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Improving Mindat.orgDravite?

2nd Jan 2017 13:50 UTCReiner Mielke Expert

http://www.mindat.org/photo-788114.html It looks like vesuvianite to me.

2nd Jan 2017 15:13 UTCErik Vercammen Expert

These crystals look indeed very tetragonal.

2nd Jan 2017 15:25 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager

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12th Jan 2017 16:46 UTCRob Schnerr

Sorry for my late respons, the result of sadly family cirsumstances.

Thanks very much for your opinion about the Dravite/Vesuvianite. The label was wrong. I will edit the photo (788114) directly

Greetings,

Rob Schnerr.

12th Jan 2017 18:01 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager

Thanks. Please change also the child photo.

12th Jan 2017 19:02 UTCJohn Sobolewski Expert

To me, this looks like typical vesuvianite crystals in a white skarn matrix from the Sierra de Cruces, Coahuila, Mexico. These specimens were abundant 15 to 30 years ago. John S.

13th Jan 2017 08:29 UTCRob Schnerr

John Sobolewski Wrote:

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> To me, this looks like typical vesuvianite

> crystals in a white skarn matrix from the Sierra

> de Cruces, Coahuila, Mexico. These specimens were

> abundant 15 to 30 years ago. John S.

John : when I look at the photos from Sierra de Cruces you must be wright. Even the matrix looks the same. Thanks for your reaction. The piece comes from a very old collection which consisted of a number of even older collections. The chance of a mixup is obvious.

Uwe : I've changed the childphoto too. Do you agree with the change of locality as John advised?

13th Jan 2017 18:47 UTCUwe Kolitsch Manager

Hi Rob,

Yes, I agree.

13th Jan 2017 20:13 UTCJohn Sobolewski Expert

Glad to be of help, Rob. That is why mindat.org is a great resource for mineral collectors. John S.

16th Jan 2017 09:35 UTCRob Schnerr

Reiner, Erik, Uwe, John, thank you all very much for your help.

Rob