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Post by jakesrocks on Feb 3, 2015 21:01:03 GMT -5
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Post by gingerkid on Feb 3, 2015 21:08:37 GMT -5
New minerals that would have been posted yesterday, but our substitute mail carrier who has the IQ of a slug put the package in the wrong mailbox. Thankfully we have honest neighbors. ROFL, jakesrocks! My apologies, but I had a good chuckle when I read that statement. Glad that your neighbors brought your specimens to you. I see you are breaking bad with the outstanding specimens - WoW!! LoVe all of them!!! Those are superb!  |
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Post by gingerkid on Feb 3, 2015 21:10:55 GMT -5
um, okay, you just posted your freebie. Another fantastic freebie ~ rare Burmese painite!  |
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Post by jakesrocks on Feb 3, 2015 21:13:44 GMT -5
um, okay, you just posted your freebie. Another fantastic freebie ~ rare Burmese painite! Actually Jan, the freebie is posted with my fossils. Got more minerals coming from a seller in Iowa. Should be here Thursday. |
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Post by gingerkid on Feb 3, 2015 21:22:44 GMT -5
Don, I swear I don't have the IQ of your substitute mailman. Well, maybe sometimes. Anyway, these that you added are really nice!!  Fixin' to head over to check out your fossils and freebie in the fossil thread. |
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Post by jakesrocks on Feb 6, 2015 19:42:28 GMT -5
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Post by glennz01 on Feb 7, 2015 1:28:12 GMT -5
Without seeing prices I think the other guy gave you a better deal quality wise  |
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Post by jakesrocks on Feb 7, 2015 10:20:02 GMT -5
Without seeing prices I think the other guy gave you a better deal quality wise No doubt about it Glenn, but this second seller has some very rare minerals that I may not otherwise be able to get for my collection. This second seller does do a better job of packaging minerals for shipping,But I've only had one break from my favorite seller, and as soon as I let him know, he sent a replacement. |
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Post by glennz01 on Feb 7, 2015 14:21:46 GMT -5
Without seeing prices I think the other guy gave you a better deal quality wise No doubt about it Glenn, but this second seller has some very rare minerals that I may not otherwise be able to get for my collection. This second seller does do a better job of packaging minerals for shipping,But I've only had one break from my favorite seller, and as soon as I let him know, he sent a replacement. ah. At least your 2nd seller sends another if they break.. Maybe he would rather send another if his time is more valuable than the specimen. If you get to keep the broken one all the better!. |
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Post by jakesrocks on Feb 7, 2015 14:35:36 GMT -5
He doesn't want the broken one back. I repaired it and set it aside to give away to a kid just getting into minerals.
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Post by gingerkid on Feb 8, 2015 10:10:52 GMT -5
Even though you get a freebie from this seller, these are very nice specimens, jakesrocks. I like the boulangerite in quartz and will have to look for one to add with the ever-growing quartz w/ inclusions group. That's a sweet garnet specimen, and heulandite, too. Not familiar with mullite, but I like it with the blue sapphire. He doesn't want the broken one back. I repaired it and set it aside to give away to a kid just getting into minerals.  |
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Post by gingerkid on Feb 8, 2015 12:33:13 GMT -5
Here's a few that I won at prices with starting bids from 99 cents to $1.99. I guess everyone was asleep since I won all of them. jakesrocks, some of these are small to medium-sized cabinet specimens, and if I should remove them from your TN thread, please let me know, okay?  Apophyllite and stilbite  opposite side of apophyllite and stilbite (not sure, but wondered if the pinkish-colored crystals (and/or maybe the green ones?) are some type of zeolite, possibly heulandite??)  Augelite with quartz, barite and pyrite  Bornite, chalcopyrite after tetrahedrite, and dolomite on matrix  cheater shot of bornite, chalcopyrite after tetrahedrite, and dolomite on matrix  Hematite  Hematite cheater-shot  Bad shot of teal kyanite crystal  Pargasite on marble  Pargasite crystals  Variscite (polished) chunk  Lil tigers eye sphere  Yellow wavellite and quartz  Close-up of wavellite Thanks for checkin' them out! |
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Post by jakesrocks on Feb 8, 2015 13:51:27 GMT -5
No problem Jan. Minerals are minerals. Not all of mine are thumbnails.
Love that Hematite.
I'll be bidding on a bunch more this evening.
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Post by gingerkid on Feb 8, 2015 15:10:42 GMT -5
Thank you, jakesrocks, for your kind comments about the hematite! He's a spikey fella. Happy Specimen Bidding, and Good Luck! |
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Post by jakesrocks on Feb 10, 2015 18:47:19 GMT -5
Received some new minerals & a freebie today. Those who have followed this thread know that I have a fascination with pseudomorphs. In this round of bidding I was lucky enough to score a double pseudomorph. This specimen started out as a well formed cluster of Calcite crystals. They were replaced by Goethite, wich was later replaced by Ramsdellite. The pic doesn't do this specimen justice. Through the whole process of change, it was retained the Calcite crystal shapes.  I'll take & post pics of the other minerals later. |
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Post by Fossilman on Feb 10, 2015 23:57:40 GMT -5
Thumbs up! NICE!!!
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Post by jakesrocks on Feb 11, 2015 19:05:37 GMT -5
A slightly better pic of the double pseudomorph. Too cold & overcast to take it outside for a pic in sunlight. At least in this pic, you can see the general shape of the original Calcite crystals.  And the other stuff that came yesterday.   And the freebie.  Should be more minerals coming tomorrow. |
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Post by captbob on Feb 11, 2015 19:20:55 GMT -5
Should be more minerals coming tomorrow.  and the next day, and the next day, and th.... seems Sunday is the only day without rock deliveries around here.  When we gonna see pictures of your new display cases all loaded up with your pretties? |
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Post by jakesrocks on Feb 11, 2015 19:28:03 GMT -5
Should be more minerals coming tomorrow. and the next day, and the next day, and th.... seems Sunday is the only day without rock deliveries around here. When we gonna see pictures of your new display cases all loaded up with your pretties? LOL. Still moving things around, trying to make space for them. Not easy when mamma and I are both packrats. |
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Post by jakesrocks on Feb 13, 2015 11:46:32 GMT -5
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