Small Cabinet Specimens from Santa
Dec 25, 2014 17:38:48 GMT -5
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Post by 150FromFundy on Dec 25, 2014 17:38:48 GMT -5
This was a really good Christmas and almost all my gifts were Rock Hound related. As usual, Santa usually leaves a few specimens to add to my display shelf.
The first one is a piece of Aragonite that Laura picked up the Parrsboro rock and mineral show this year. The vendor was selling this by the gram. That should have been a warning to run right there. Rather than run, a lesson was learned.
Aragonite
The second one has flattened Fluorite crystals on a bed of dogtooth Calcite crystals and a few small spheres of Aragonite on the top side and a larger Calcite crystal on the bottom side from China.
Fluorite, Aragonite, Calcite (top side)
Fluorite, Aragonite, Calcite (bottom side)
The third one is Cavansite on Stilbite with Calcite from the Wagholi Quarry, Pune, Maharashtra District, India.
Cavansite, Stilbite, Calcite
The fourth on is Stilbite with a druze of Heulandite from Cap D’or, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. Ironically, this piece was donated by Lance Hampel to the AE Seaman Museum where it didn’t quite make the cut. It was purchased through Walter Kellogg and now is only a few hours from its original location.
Stilbite, Heulandite
The fifth is a few crystals of Smokey Quartz on Microline feldspar from the Lovejoy Quarry in Albany, Carroll County, New Hampshire.
Smokey Quartz, Microline
The last is Prehnite from the Lower New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey.
Prehnite
Darryl.
The first one is a piece of Aragonite that Laura picked up the Parrsboro rock and mineral show this year. The vendor was selling this by the gram. That should have been a warning to run right there. Rather than run, a lesson was learned.
Aragonite
The second one has flattened Fluorite crystals on a bed of dogtooth Calcite crystals and a few small spheres of Aragonite on the top side and a larger Calcite crystal on the bottom side from China.
Fluorite, Aragonite, Calcite (top side)
Fluorite, Aragonite, Calcite (bottom side)
The third one is Cavansite on Stilbite with Calcite from the Wagholi Quarry, Pune, Maharashtra District, India.
Cavansite, Stilbite, Calcite
The fourth on is Stilbite with a druze of Heulandite from Cap D’or, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. Ironically, this piece was donated by Lance Hampel to the AE Seaman Museum where it didn’t quite make the cut. It was purchased through Walter Kellogg and now is only a few hours from its original location.
Stilbite, Heulandite
The fifth is a few crystals of Smokey Quartz on Microline feldspar from the Lovejoy Quarry in Albany, Carroll County, New Hampshire.
Smokey Quartz, Microline
The last is Prehnite from the Lower New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey.
Prehnite
Darryl.
