Mindat Mineralogy Messageboard - Scrapbook Temporary board for posting photos, etc. http://www.mindat.org/msgboard-17.html Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:43:09 +0000 Phorum 5.2.8-RC1 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161817,161870#msg-161870 Re: Cornwall trip results http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161817,161870#msg-161870 Timothy Jackson Scrapbook Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:47:03 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161817,161866#msg-161866 Re: Cornwall trip results http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161817,161866#msg-161866 Timothy Jackson Scrapbook Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:20:45 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161817,161865#msg-161865 Re: Cornwall trip results http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161817,161865#msg-161865 Timothy Jackson Scrapbook Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:53:46 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161817,161864#msg-161864 Re: Cornwall trip results http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161817,161864#msg-161864 Jim Hall Scrapbook Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:46:32 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161817,161859#msg-161859 Re: Cornwall trip results http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161817,161859#msg-161859 Steve Hardinger Scrapbook Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:37:24 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161817,161858#msg-161858 Re: Cornwall trip results http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161817,161858#msg-161858 Peter Haas Scrapbook Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:34:54 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161817,161856#msg-161856 Re: Cornwall trip results http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161817,161856#msg-161856 Timothy Jackson Scrapbook Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:27:09 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161817,161855#msg-161855 Re: Cornwall trip results http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161817,161855#msg-161855
We tend to use backpacks for our wrapped specimens. Our hands are kept free to keep our hammers at the ready...

Jolyon]]> Jolyon Ralph Scrapbook Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:26:44 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,160281,161848#msg-161848 Re: Your Favourite Field Collected Minerals http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,160281,161848#msg-161848 This one may be cheating a little, but my favorite field collected piece is this aquamarine. It's cheating since Jennifer came with me and found it sitting on top of the ground within a minute of sitting down, although she gave it to me. Mt Antero is my favorite place to collect, and I have found many aquas there, but size wise, this one is the best.

]]> Jim Hall Scrapbook Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:59:08 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161817,161844#msg-161844 Re: Cornwall trip results http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161817,161844#msg-161844 Jim Hall Scrapbook Sun, 29 Nov 2009 15:35:45 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,160281,161828#msg-161828 Re: Your Favourite Field Collected Minerals http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,160281,161828#msg-161828 Michael Otto Scrapbook Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:55:01 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161817,161826#msg-161826 Re: Cornwall trip results http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161817,161826#msg-161826
Best regards,
Dana]]> Dana Slaughter Scrapbook Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:34:11 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161817,161824#msg-161824 Re: Cornwall trip results http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161817,161824#msg-161824 Timothy Jackson Scrapbook Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:01:45 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,160281,161822#msg-161822 Re: Your Favourite Field Collected Minerals http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,160281,161822#msg-161822
[www.mindat.org]]]> Peter Haas Scrapbook Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:54:23 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161817,161820#msg-161820 Re: Cornwall trip results http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161817,161820#msg-161820
The chalcopyrite, especially the one on the first photo, appears to be pyrite instead (greenish hue of the freshly broken material).]]> Peter Haas Scrapbook Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:48:05 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161817,161818#msg-161818 Re: Cornwall trip results http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161817,161818#msg-161818
1: Quartz- Cligga mine dump, Cligga head, St Agnes, Cornwall, UK.
2: Chalcopyrite- Wheal Cock, Botallack mine, St Just, Cornwall, UK.
3: Chalcopyrite- Wheal Cock, Botallack mine, St Just, Cornwall, UK]]> Timothy Jackson Scrapbook Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:30:02 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161817,161817#msg-161817 Cornwall trip results http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161817,161817#msg-161817
1: Fluorite- Wheal Cock dump, Botallack mine, St Just, Cornwall, UK.
2: Quartz- Wheal Cock dump, Botallack mine, St Just, Cornwall, UK.
3: Quartz- Cligga mine dump, Cligga head, St Agnes, Cornwall,Uk.]]> Timothy Jackson Scrapbook Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:22:24 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161460,161777#msg-161777 Re: a new name that caption for you http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161460,161777#msg-161777 Craig Mercer Scrapbook Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:12:22 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,137358,161769#msg-161769 Re: What's your favourite mineral specimen TODAY part four, Gail Style http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,137358,161769#msg-161769
Fav for today is

Fluorite
Huanzala mine
Peru

Take care.......Trev]]> trevor kitto Scrapbook Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:15:26 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,160281,161763#msg-161763 Re: Your Favourite Field Collected Minerals http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,160281,161763#msg-161763
after a long day on the coaltip collecting, or rather not collecting, millerite, this turned up. it had been a long day digging out large ironstone nodules with a pick and then wielding a heavy sledgehammer to crack open the ironstones with not too much to show for it. the majority were solid, or where they had cavities, with just small siderite crystals and very few associated sulphides . so, as evening approached, tired and with the thought of a beer becoming ever more attractive, i took the tools back to the car and set off across the tip to collect my modest stash of specimens.

walking back with my hands full i saw the tip of what i thought was another nodule sticking out so i poked it with the toe of my boot as i walked past. a 3x3 inch piece came out, far too small to be interesting, so i continued on back towards the car. half way back, curiosity overcame the thoughts of a beer so i reluctantly turned, put my rocks down and picked it up to see if there was any sign of a cavity. nothing - it was just a cruddy lump of ironstone, but with a 2mm siderite vein on one face. so, i was about to toss it, but for some reason, before i did, i lightly tapped it on a nearby rock. it split neatly in two and most of the inside was a shallow siderite-lined cavity filled with these sprays of millerite crystals to over an inch, some coated with elongated galena crystals.

one of my best millerites ever, and it so very nearly got away. certainly a beer that evening tasted good!]]> Ian Jones Scrapbook Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:47:16 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,137358,161761#msg-161761 Re: What's your favourite mineral specimen TODAY part four, Gail Style http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,137358,161761#msg-161761 Ray Hill Scrapbook Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:35:50 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,160281,161752#msg-161752 Re: Your Favourite Field Collected Minerals http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,160281,161752#msg-161752 Don Swenson Scrapbook Sat, 28 Nov 2009 21:03:15 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,160281,161724#msg-161724 Re: Your Favourite Field Collected Minerals http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,160281,161724#msg-161724 6cm moly cluster on feldspar collected 2008 at highway 5, Chelsea, Quebec.

[attachment 18897 Spinel.jpg]
25mm spinel collected 2009 at the Parker Mine claim, Notre-Dame-du-Laus, Quebec.

[attachment 18898 molybdenite2.jpg]
2cm or so molybdenite xl also from highway 5, 2008.]]> Philippe M. Belley Scrapbook Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:15:33 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,160281,161714#msg-161714 Re: Your Favourite Field Collected Minerals http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,160281,161714#msg-161714
Here is one of my favourite ones.
[attachment 18894 ErstfundGrubeVereinigungBB3mm.jpg]
fov:3.0mm


The only Pattersonit I was able to find myself.

I collected on the dumps of the Vereinigung Mine dozent of times. Over the time, there were a lot of nice different Pyromorphites and o lot of Cerussite.

When I first saw the new mineral Pattersonite, I wish I would find one myself. I found some crystals looking like Kintoreite, which occurs together with Pattersonite. But just these extreme tiny Kintoreite-like crystals all the time.

I knew three persons who were able to find this mineral. The original finder and too more collectors (but they found more or less oxidized crystals).

One windy day this year I went along the fields, were sometimes some material comes up because of the farmers work. I found not much, a few Pyromorphites but there was furthermore one piece, showing very tiny Kintoreite(?) crystals (fov 1.8mm).
[attachment 18895 Kintoreit2EisenbachBB18mm.jpg]

When I trimmed and cleaned it at home a few weeks later, I didn't believe my eyes. There it was. My first self-collected Pattersonite and such I nice one I guess!

Marko]]> Marko Burkhardt Scrapbook Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:11:28 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,137358,161711#msg-161711 Re: What's your favourite mineral specimen TODAY part four, Gail Style http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,137358,161711#msg-161711
My Favourite today is

Mimetite on Wulfenite
San Franisco mine, Mexico

Take care.....Trev]]> trevor kitto Scrapbook Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:35:49 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,160281,161705#msg-161705 Re: Your Favourite Field Collected Minerals http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,160281,161705#msg-161705 Philippe M. Belley Scrapbook Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:46:33 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,160281,161675#msg-161675 Re: Your Favourite Field Collected Minerals http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,160281,161675#msg-161675 -------------------------------------------------------
> Sigurd Stordal Wrote:
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> > rare: group of stetindite-Y xls.
> What about that chemchuznikovite(?) you found at
> the roadwork at Konnerud?

Zussmanite, and yes it has to be up there on the top, the first to my knowledge find of zussmanite in a hydrothermal setting.]]> Sigurd Stordal Scrapbook Sat, 28 Nov 2009 06:54:44 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,160281,161668#msg-161668 Re: Your Favourite Field Collected Minerals http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,160281,161668#msg-161668
We set up camp and Charlie and I went down to collect. Joy stayed in camp to read as was her usual choice. Late afternoon it started to snow. Charlie put out a sheet of newspaper and said when it is all wet we will go up and decide what we are going to do. Half an hour later we slogged up the hill. Charlie went to talk to Joy in the tent then joined me in the Jeep. He said she would give her decision in a few minutes. By now the snow covered the windshield of the Jeep and we wondered what the decision would be. A few minutes later the back door of the Jeep flew opan and in came two duffle bags followed by Joy. She said. "there is my vote!"

We worked our way back to the road and into Patagonia. The Stagecoach Inn was the only motel. We pulled in and asked if there was a vacancy. They were booked up! But one reservation had not shown up and they had till 6PM, 30 minutes from now. They did not show. We got the room, got warm, and went down to the restaurant for dinner. Turns out that the Inn has a great steak house.

Next morning, we went back to collecting. We had three more days with great weather and went home with a stuffed Jeep and good memories.

© WWB

Bill]]> William W Besse Scrapbook Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:58:36 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,160281,161662#msg-161662 Re: Your Favourite Field Collected Minerals http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,160281,161662#msg-161662

[www.mindat.org]]]> Adam Kelly Scrapbook Sat, 28 Nov 2009 00:52:28 +0000 http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161460,161574#msg-161574 Re: a new name that caption for you http://www.mindat.org/forum.php?read,17,161460,161574#msg-161574 Ray Hill Scrapbook Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:19:30 +0000