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jakesrocks
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Thumbnail specimen collectors corner. Aug 8, 2013 21:33:10 GMT -5

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Jul 20, 2013 22:52:46 GMT -5 Geoff said:

Rogerly Mine? Did you have to take out a second mortgage?

LOL. One of the specimens that's coming is another Rogerly Mine Flourite. This time it's several small cubes in matrix with quartz crystals. Nice looking specimen.

This is the one I won. www.ebay.com/itm/Green-FLUORITE-crystals-w-Quartz-Rogerly-Mine-England-/111132876666?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT&nma=true&si=SKKDt93jWl3uEsmZsGhNO1MfEMs%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

There seems to be quite a bit of the Rogerly Mine material showing up lately. Either they've found a new seam, or else a horder decided to turn loose of some.

Last Edit: Aug 9, 2013 11:42:31 GMT -5 by jakesrocks

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jakesrocks In Memoriam RIP Don Woodward AKA jakesrocks Member since April 2010 Posts: 12,696	Thumbnail specimen collectors corner. Aug 9, 2013 11:39:45 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jakesrocks on Aug 9, 2013 11:39:45 GMT -5 Needing some intervention here !! I just added 28 more minerals that I don't have to my ebay watch list. Gonna go broke at this rate. HELP ME !!!
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jakesrocks In Memoriam RIP Don Woodward AKA jakesrocks Member since April 2010 Posts: 12,696	Thumbnail specimen collectors corner. Aug 14, 2013 15:12:39 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jakesrocks on Aug 14, 2013 15:12:39 GMT -5 6 new specimens to add today.
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Thumbnail specimen collectors corner. Aug 14, 2013 15:45:01 GMT -5

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Aug 9, 2013 11:39:45 GMT -5 jakesrocks said:

Needing some intervention here !! I just added 28 more minerals that I don't have to my ebay watch list. Gonna go broke at this rate. HELP ME !!!

Don, if you weren't collecting specimens, you'd be collecting.....something else! At least they are small, and you don't have to feed them, LOL!

Forty years of fur children

jakesrocks In Memoriam RIP Don Woodward AKA jakesrocks Member since April 2010 Posts: 12,696	Thumbnail specimen collectors corner. Aug 14, 2013 17:01:07 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jakesrocks on Aug 14, 2013 17:01:07 GMT -5 Jean, they ain't all specimens. I have over a ton of cutting material stashed away too. And my collection of lapidary equipment keeps growing.
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jakesrocks In Memoriam RIP Don Woodward AKA jakesrocks Member since April 2010 Posts: 12,696	Thumbnail specimen collectors corner. Aug 17, 2013 10:25:10 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jakesrocks on Aug 17, 2013 10:25:10 GMT -5 Woo Hoo !! 14 more new specimens should be here Monday or Tuesday. Pics coming soon.
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Thumbnail specimen collectors corner. Aug 18, 2013 22:57:03 GMT -5

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Well, I opted to go with Depron foam in my specimen boxes. It's super light weight, can be cut with a single edge razor blade without crumbling, Is just soft enough to be cut slightly oversized and pressed into the boxes for a tight fit, and mineral tack sticks to it real good. It's a medium gray in color, and has a slightly metallic look to it. It comes in several size sheets. I bought sheets that are 6 MM thick, (Slightly less than 1/4"), 10" wide X 30" long. It comes in packs of 10 sheets for $10.00 + shipping. !0 sheets will last a long time.
If anyone is interested in trying this material, I got it here. www.rcfoam.com/product_info.php?cPath=40&products_id=462 (They accept Paypal).

Oh, and I almost forgot. It can be glued with super glue without melting.

Here's a pic of a piece. The actual color is a little darker gray than the pic.

Last Edit: Aug 18, 2013 23:00:38 GMT -5 by jakesrocks

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jakesrocks In Memoriam RIP Don Woodward AKA jakesrocks Member since April 2010 Posts: 12,696	Thumbnail specimen collectors corner. Aug 21, 2013 16:53:57 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jakesrocks on Aug 21, 2013 16:53:57 GMT -5 WOO HOO. 14 new minerals to post.
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Thumbnail specimen collectors corner. Aug 26, 2013 20:23:47 GMT -5

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New minerals today. More coming tomorrow.

Inesite --- Hale Creek Mine, Trinity Co., California

Sturmanite on Hausmannite -- N'Chwaning #2 Mine, Kuruman, South Africa

The yellow Crystals are the Flourellestadite. They are in Crestmore blue calcite.

Arfvedsonite --- Mount Malosa, Zomba, Malawi

Last Edit: Aug 26, 2013 21:26:13 GMT -5 by jakesrocks

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rockpickerforever In Memoriam RIP Jean Bradley, you are forever loved Member since July 2011 Posts: 12,069	Thumbnail specimen collectors corner. Aug 26, 2013 20:28:25 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockpickerforever on Aug 26, 2013 20:28:25 GMT -5 Wow, sure are a lot of rocks from different places. So many of those names I've never heard of. (The typed ones are good, can you read some of those hand written ones?)
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jakesrocks
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Thumbnail specimen collectors corner. Aug 26, 2013 21:11:58 GMT -5

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Aug 26, 2013 20:28:25 GMT -5 rockpickerforever said:

Wow, sure are a lot of rocks from different places. So many of those names I've never heard of. (The typed ones are good, can you read some of those hand written ones?)

I'll edit in the info for the hand written minerals. Haven't had time to type new labels yet. When I type them up, they'll contain more info than the sellers labels.

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Geoff spending too much on rocks Please add 1074 to my post number. Member since December 2012 Posts: 446	Thumbnail specimen collectors corner. Aug 27, 2013 2:23:27 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Geoff on Aug 27, 2013 2:23:27 GMT -5 Dammit. I bid on some of those.

jakesrocks
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Thumbnail specimen collectors corner. Aug 27, 2013 8:54:30 GMT -5

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LOL, so you're the guy that keeps upping the bids. Over 2 days of bidding there were 3 or 4 that I didn't win.

There was only 1 that I wasn't willing to loose. The Flourellestadite. I needed that one for my Crestmore Quarry collection.

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Fossilman Cave Dweller Member since January 2009 Posts: 20,723	Thumbnail specimen collectors corner. Aug 27, 2013 11:39:40 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Fossilman on Aug 27, 2013 11:39:40 GMT -5 Awesome stuff Don...
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jakesrocks In Memoriam RIP Don Woodward AKA jakesrocks Member since April 2010 Posts: 12,696	Thumbnail specimen collectors corner. Aug 27, 2013 11:55:52 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jakesrocks on Aug 27, 2013 11:55:52 GMT -5 Thanks Mike. I'm in the process of mounting 10 more in boxes. Pics coming later.
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jakesrocks In Memoriam RIP Don Woodward AKA jakesrocks Member since April 2010 Posts: 12,696	Thumbnail specimen collectors corner. Aug 27, 2013 20:22:40 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jakesrocks on Aug 27, 2013 20:22:40 GMT -5 Few more new minerals. Miniatures and one small cabinet size this time.
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jakesrocks
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Thumbnail specimen collectors corner. Aug 30, 2013 19:59:38 GMT -5

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Post by jakesrocks on Aug 30, 2013 19:59:38 GMT -5

3 New specimens tonight.

Double Terminated.

Possible Double Terminated. Some idiot glued it into the styrofoam. Need to soak it and try to get the glue off.

Type Locality. Rare. Only 3 locations in the world. Double terminated.

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jakesrocks In Memoriam RIP Don Woodward AKA jakesrocks Member since April 2010 Posts: 12,696	Thumbnail specimen collectors corner. Aug 31, 2013 13:10:30 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jakesrocks on Aug 31, 2013 13:10:30 GMT -5 Removed the glue from the Lorenzenite crystal. It was double terminated. Nice crystal. Minor damage on one termination.
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jakesrocks In Memoriam RIP Don Woodward AKA jakesrocks Member since April 2010 Posts: 12,696	Thumbnail specimen collectors corner. Sept 1, 2013 12:39:08 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jakesrocks on Sept 1, 2013 12:39:08 GMT -5 When one collects rocks, minerals and fossils, one can never have enough books to identify them. I present to you the protectors of my books.
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jakesrocks In Memoriam RIP Don Woodward AKA jakesrocks Member since April 2010 Posts: 12,696	Thumbnail specimen collectors corner. Sept 15, 2013 10:45:45 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jakesrocks on Sept 15, 2013 10:45:45 GMT -5 Finally a few new specimens, with more coming in a few days. I find pseudomorphs interesting. Also skeletal minerals.
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