AquaMatrixGirl
Registered: April 24, 2007
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| July 19, 2007 at 08:01 AM |
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My husband and I collect world wide minerals. We lean towards gem crystals, smithsonites, poldervaartites, hemmimorphites, kesterites and many others as far as having more than, say, three each.
It is rare for us to have one of something.
What do you all collect? Do you stick with location only, or how about size, or...do you collect only one sort of mineral?
One state, one country?
One continent?
ooooooohhhhhh do tell!
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Dragon
Registered: April 24, 2007
Posts: 3
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| July 19, 2007 at 04:00 PM |
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My collecting interests have fluctuated over the years, but right now my main interests are:
(1) French Creek Mine (Pennsylvania)
(2) AE Foote material
(3) Gypsum: exceptional specimens, or associated with other minerals
(4) Southern California pegmatite minerals
(5) Large tourmalines, beryls, topazes, and apatites
(6) Pegmatite weirdoes from any locality
Anyone have anything to trade, sell, etc.?
Steve
http://www.dragon-minerals.com
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skysirn
Registered: April 23, 2007
Posts: 19
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| July 20, 2007 at 10:39 AM |
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1. Calcite group minerals
2. Copper minerals (though not native copper)
3. Exceptional specimens
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tigerminerals
Registered: April 21, 2007
Posts: 3
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| July 23, 2007 at 07:08 PM |
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1. Minerals of the United States (yes I have something from all 50 states) mostly Min to Small Cab in size.
2. With subsets of Arizona and San Diego Co.
3. World Wide T/Ns.
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dechert
Registered: April 19, 2007
Posts: 10
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| July 23, 2007 at 07:58 PM |
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1. Arizona minerals
2. Barite
3. Whatever I don't have in the two categories above.
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agminerals
Registered: May 06, 2007
Posts: 6
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| July 23, 2007 at 08:44 PM |
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Native Silver(wire /crystalized)and silver bearing minerals from hard to find obscure bonanza type deposit locales in competitive thumbnail to cabinet(budget allowing)sizes. It's amazing with SO many of the older collections there were TONS of silvers/silver minerals from all over the world, and now its almost impossible to find things from those locales(Montana,Nevada,Idaho)<---grabby hands
I also just acquird a museums overstock so I have a nice little worldwide cache built up as swap ransom
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yellowstone
Registered: Jan 29, 2008
Posts: 7
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I collect the following:
1) Montana agates and other agates as well
2) Gem crystals (topaz, tourmaline, beryl, spodumene, etc.)
3) Quartz (so many possible varieties and crystal forms)
4) Herkimer diamonds (quartz)
5) Arizona petrified wood
6) Hobby related books
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kwoork
Registered: Feb 17, 2008
Posts: 1
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my focus is on the following locations:
1. Goboboseb and Brandberg, Namibia (especially quartzes and prehnites)
2. slates mine areas in Taunus and Hunsrück, Germany (especially quartzes and carbonates)
3. lead mines around Bad Ems, Germany (especially pyromorphites)
4. Dr. Geier mine (especially rhodochrosite, pyrolusite and epsomite)
Anyone have anything to trade, sell, etc.?
kwoork
http://www.mb-minerals.de
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sandwalker
Registered: March 19, 2009
Posts: 3
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| March 19, 2009 at 09:31 AM |
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Lately I have been focusing on minerals from Arizona and California (my home state). In addition, anything with an old label will catch my eye, and I will consider nice specimens from Mexico.
I am STILL LOOKING for that just right wulfenite from Rowley mine (as of 3/19/09). If anyone has one they wouldnt mind selling . . . hah!
My latest pride and joy is a malachite specimen that was collected in the late 1890's from Copper Queen mine in AZ. I picked it up for a little over $60! It came with an original label 
Life is good!
Joy
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