Gail's NEW favourite of the day, PART 2

yes ok its from slag, but its the same nice

Connellite - Madonna di Fucinaia (Madonna della Fucinaia; slag locality), Campiglia Marittima, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy

0.97 mm blue dark Connellite tuft. Collection Francesco Bonotti Photo Matteo Chinellato



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Attrezzatura e tecnica sono solo l'inizio. È il fotografo che conta più di tutto. (John Hedgecoe)

Thanks everyone for sharing your faves. Always enjoyable.

Last week I went to my first mineral show for the year and picked up this interesting location piece. At first I thought this was a radiating shorl specimen but was surprised to see the label as stibnite. The location was unusual so it had my curiosity and decided to take it home. This was from Doug Wambold who self-collected it back in 1978 when he was living in New Zealand. He told me the location where this was found was a former gold workings but is no longer there and is now a road. The yellow coating may be cervantite. My fave for the week!

Stibnite on Quartz with (?)Cervantite
Waiotahi Mine, Thames, Thames-Coromandel, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand
overall ~ 8cm x 5cm

Stephanie,
Very cool rock!! I collect unusual locations for Stibnite, and have never heard of this locality. Good find!
Bob

Thanks Bob! I appreciated it even more when I got home and checked out mindat. I will get it uploaded over the weekend since there is only one other from there in the gallery.

steph

This piece needs a little cleaning, but you get the idea.

Brandberg Bunny Ears
3cm

Very apt for Easter, Stephanie!

Cheers

Tim

Pseudomalachite elegantly capping malachite, M'sesa, Kambove, Katanga (near Likasi). Found in the late 60's, small cabinet!
Aqcuired at Liège show 2011 for 50 Euros... This opportunity obviously did not escape some important northern Belgium collectors... A great and unusual rock for a cheap price, always pleasant to see for the starters!
Enjoy!
Valère

Lake Superior ... Easter Agate

Thanks Tim, you guessed it!

Valère, a great piece for a great deal. Congrats on securing such a fine treasure.

John ~ that Easter Eggate is Eggsellent!

I have about 75 stone eggs in my collection and picked out this one as a holiday companion for the Brandberg Bunny.



Best wishes to all,
stephanie



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Posting the egg reminded me of something else I have called "Birds Nest Opal".
These are geodes lined with opal and/or chalcedony. They get their name from their appearance.
I am assuming these are opal-AN, they are very fluorescent. Obtained from Jeremy Fuller.

Opal-AN
Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA
Approx 4.5cm x 3.5cm

What fabulous photos!!!!!

Gail Patricia Copus Spann

Iam with you Gail, Great mineral pics.
Just mounted this,

Stibiconite, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. 7x5cm

Linarite - Monte Trisa Mines, Mercanti Valley, Torrebelvicino, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy

Linarite crystal of 1.39 mm. Collection Domenico Preite photo Matteo Chinellato



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Attrezzatura e tecnica sono solo l'inizio. È il fotografo che conta più di tutto. (John Hedgecoe)

Incredible photo, Matteo; please congratulate Domenico for the killer tiny specimen.

I agree with Luiz, it is perfection! Both specimen and photo. An inspiration.

My fave today is this xenotime-Y crystal group.

Xenotime-Y
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
approx 13mm





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I've showed this before, but after three years it remains one of my favorites.



Calcite, Berry Materials Corporation quarry, North Vernon, Jennings Co., Indiana. 7.5x7x6 cm. Circa 1966.

Cheers!

Steve

Stephen, that calcite looks like it wants to be a garnet! LOL. Beautiful crystal, I can see why it stays a favourite.

Trevor, great job on mounting the stibiconite, very aesthetic piece.

Something from Sweden today...

Prismatine, Phlogopite, Talc
Stakholmen quarry, Hassela, Nordanstig, Hälsingland, Sweden
Overall ~ 5cm x 3cm
Crystal section approx 2cm x 2cm x 1.5cm

I'm not sure what this calcite is trying to be, but it does somewhat remind me of a maze. Perhaps if it had more time to grow, it may eventually have joined itself, with a result looking rather like an Escher drawing. Another example of the interesting variety of Indian calcite forms.

Calcite
Nashik District (Nasik District), Maharashtra, India
2.7cm x 2.5cm

It's been way too long since I've added to this thread - no time like the present!

This quartz and siderite combo pleases me... hope you like it too.

Panasqueira Mine, Portugal
H:5.5cm x W:3cm x D:2.5cm

Today's favorite is a double terminated quartz with calcite and tiny helvite crystals from Inner Mongolia, China. 8.5 x 2.4 cm.







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