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Post by jakesrocks on May 28, 2015 15:10:00 GMT -5
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Post by gingerkid on May 28, 2015 16:47:25 GMT -5
 Those are outstanding, jakesrocks! I like all of 'em and hope we'll see your freebies soon. Had to research ilsemannite. Very nice color and nice display set-up for it. Your Pakistani spessartine is gorgeous!  Those garnets have some killer color. Thank you for posting it!
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Post by jakesrocks on May 28, 2015 17:04:10 GMT -5
Jan, the ilsemannite is usually found in small crumbly pieces. They wet it & press it into small cakes for display.
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Post by jakesrocks on May 28, 2015 17:19:06 GMT -5
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Post by gingerkid on May 31, 2015 10:10:33 GMT -5
Fantastic freebies, jakesrocks. Got some pretty garnets, too!! Love the hourglass selenite! Jan, the ilsemannite is usually found in small crumbly pieces. They wet it & press it into small cakes for display. Wow, that is interesting, Don! I'll have to see if I can find info on how they prepare the ilsemannite. That's it for this week. But be warned, I won more last night. I'll be back next week. ROFL!  |
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Post by jakesrocks on Jun 1, 2015 21:13:32 GMT -5
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Post by Fossilman on Jun 2, 2015 0:42:18 GMT -5
Beautiful!
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Post by jakesrocks on Jun 3, 2015 16:40:19 GMT -5
Aargh !! The seller I was buying my thumbnail storage drawers from no longer sells them. By the end of the month if bidding goes well, my storage drawers will be full. I need to find a new seller. Until then I'll be storing them in cardboard boxes again.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jun 3, 2015 19:46:41 GMT -5
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Post by gingerkid on Jun 3, 2015 23:42:42 GMT -5
Wicked quartz specimens ya got there, jakesrocks! Are there several specimens of vauxite in the perky box? I'm glad you found another source that has the storage drawers for your TN's - and at a better price! |
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Post by tims on Jun 4, 2015 16:50:31 GMT -5
I've only browsed a few pages of this thread, but wow it's an overwhelming variety of specimens. I really like the uncommon quartz formations ... I see a lot of quartz but it's all pretty boring by comparison.
Complete noob question: What qualifies as a thumbnail specimen? Is it just the small size? Is there a specific size constraint that thumbs fall under?
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Post by jakesrocks on Jun 4, 2015 19:02:34 GMT -5
A thumbnail specimen will fit inside of what is called a Perky box. They measure about 1-1/8" inside, and are cube shaped. This will give a good explanation of sizes in most home collections. rockhoundingar.com/sizes.php |
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Post by tims on Jun 4, 2015 19:30:15 GMT -5
Very informative link, thank you.
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Post by gingerkid on Jun 5, 2015 11:36:56 GMT -5
I was browsing the Khyber Minerals website the other day, and he has some specimens listed as 'toenail' sized, jakesrocks and tims. ROFL! I purchased a chromian grossular on diopside from Khyber Minerals and will post it later in the garnets thread. |
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Post by jakesrocks on Jun 5, 2015 11:44:55 GMT -5
Thanks Jan. I'll check them out this afternoon.
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Post by gingerkid on Jun 5, 2015 20:58:45 GMT -5
 Annabergite Lavrio Mines, Hellas, Greece Here's one of the Christmas tree thingies  Hematite marcasite pseudomorph White Desert, Egypt |
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Post by jakesrocks on Jun 9, 2015 16:27:57 GMT -5
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Post by gingerkid on Jun 9, 2015 17:06:39 GMT -5
Awesome additions to your TN collection, jakesrocks. Love the contrast of the colors of your smoky quartz with amazonite - beautiful. Cannot wait to see your fluorescent pic of your manganocalcite. |
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Post by jakesrocks on Jun 9, 2015 17:25:01 GMT -5
Need to get a better pic of the Titanite. That one came out bad.
The Selenite & Manganocalcite are both miniatures. The Smokey Quartz & Amazonite is a small cabinet size.
Got 3 in this batch which will fluoresce. Selenite, Manganocalcite & the Zircon. The Selenite is also strongly phosphorescent. I'll try to get pics of all 3 under UV tonight when it's dark.
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Post by Fossilman on Jun 9, 2015 22:13:35 GMT -5
That Amazonite with smokey quartz is killer cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Those are outstanding, 
Those garnets have some killer color. Thank you for posting it! 
