What's your favourite mineral specimen today, part TWO.

Good Morning all. Hope you day is going well. My favorite for today is a Malachite on Quartz from Africa. I like the way the Malachite cascades over the small quartz crystals. Enjoy and hope to see many of you in Tucson!

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Danny Jones

Hi,

Danny, that is a wonderfull Malachite. As a Katanga collector I really appriciate specimens like this.

You ask if my day is going well. Well after seeing your piece, no doubt. Congratulations.

Take care and best regards.

Paul.

hi,
today a plate of azurite crystallized on both sides, Chessy les Mines Rhône FRANCE, size 9.5x7.5x2cm
bests regards
Jean-Luc

Jean-Luc,

Great Lazulite.

Here is my favorite today.

Garnet var. Spessartine
Navegador Mine
Minas Gerais
Brazil

Specimen, 3.5cm across.

Have a great day.

Ryan

Hi Ryan,
very good garnet I like it
as you like lazulite these two pieces from Rapid Creek Yukon,
lazulite 1, with siderite size 3.5x3cm the big cristal on the top 2x1.5cm
lazulite 2, a big plate covered by crystals the biggest 1.5cm, size 17x15cm

Jean-Luc



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Hi,

Fantastic specimens have been shown. Congratulations to all and thanks for sharing.

My fav today is Alpine [www.mindat.org]

Enjoy.

Take care and best regards.

Paul.

paul, very pretty and wonderfull lwhat is the size of the gwindle?
regards, joe

This is my favourite today a Fluorite from Okorusu.

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Hi Joe,

I am happy you like it. It is 78 mm high.

Paul.

Well, I know I have shown this before but not in the mounting that Sunnywood put it in. This is my favorite rock just about everytime I walk by it. Montana agate from the Yellowstone River. the size of this piece is huge for Montana agate with absolutely no flaws, large moss and also large red background banding. Extremely rare. It measures 10.8 cm across, 8.5 cm high and 1.0 cm thick.

"Have A Nice Day "

ref" gwindle

hello paul, I have a few as well.....but yours is quite unusual....let me know if and when you decide to part with it..best. joe

Hi all......this is my favorite for today. Gemmy Pyromorphite from the Loudville Lead Mine in Southampton MA. This was nestled in a vug the size of a dry grain of rice. I took the picture through the eye piece of my microscope....enjoy, Andy

Hi,
Superb gwindel inusuel and interesting Paul,

For you if you like Alpine mineral today,

Fluorine Rose sur Quartz, Les Droites, Bassin d’Argentière France, size 6.5x5x5cm
Quartz fumé, Les Périades FRANCE, size 13x7x8 cm

other pictures in following message ...

other pictures of Alpine mineral:

Quartz et Chlorite,Les Grandes Rousses, Isère FRANCE, size 14x13x5cm
Quartz et Sidérite, La Gardette, Isère France, size 17x10x9cm

bye

Jean-Luc,

I have always been a big quartz fan and especially the Alpine variety. Exceptional pieces for sure, thanks for sharing them with us.The fluorite is sweet as well. Love the color!

"Have A Nice Day "

Jean-Luc,

I have always been a big quartz fan and especially the Alpine variety. Exceptional pieces for sure, thanks for sharing them with us.The fluorite is sweet as well. Love the color!

"Have A Nice Day "

All you guy's are having fun in Tucson, so my friend Lawrie St John & l decided to create our own fun, so yesterday Lawrie brought his backhoe 100 miles to dig for Calcites in Stories Quarry, Oakey, South East Queensland.
Well you cant get fresher than these Calcites, straight out of the vug, unwashed, we have dozens of specimens in all sizes, most have to be washed today, so there will be plenty of duplicates if anyone wants to do a trade or something.
These 2 specimens are my favourites.

Wow! Great calcites Philip!

Unfortunatly I'm neither in Tucson nor able to get out collecting here.

My favourit collecting spots are covered in half a meter of snow or something...

Hi,

Fine specimens posted indeed, thank you all for sharing.

My fav today is radioactive, [www.mindat.org]

Enjoy.

Take care and best regards.

Paul.

This is my favourite mineral today, maybe because I was able to take a decent photo of it Wulfie


Stephen