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Post by jakesrocks on Dec 25, 2014 11:38:05 GMT -5
Hey Jan, got a Kimzyite specimen coming. Should be here Monday. I'll post a pic here.
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Post by gingerkid on Dec 25, 2014 23:00:29 GMT -5
Thank you, MrP! Would love to check out your specimens posted in your avatar.  Woah, Starguy, that's a beauty! *Stars galore* I hope you will hang on to that cab. Fascinating to see it show 6 and 4 rays. Are you going to make a piece of jewelry with it? Thank you for posting it and the crystals! I would carry the garnet crystals in my pocket. Have you cut any cat's eyes with the crystals? I've seen one almandine cats eye that was listed at the House of Onyx, but it must have found a loving home since it isn't listed any longer. Good to see you, washingtonrocks!! Thank you for posting your gorgeous hydrogrossulars! Beautiful material!! Love the pic with the light shining through the HGG! Don, you found another kimzeyite?!  Cannot wait to see it!! |
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Post by gingerkid on Jan 25, 2015 10:20:19 GMT -5
Terrible pic of a pair of andradite garnet cat's eye cabs from San Benito county, California. They don't fit the cab settings too well.  Andradite cat's eye
San Benito county, CaliforniaHere's some heated garnets that @rocks2dust kindly sent to me to play with. You can see how the garnet's surface has been effected by the heat in the close-up. They have an iridescent-look to them.  Heated garnet parcel close-up of heated garnet parcel |
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 25, 2015 9:39:00 GMT -5
Purchased a rainbow/iridescent garnet TN from Japan's Nara Prefecture and it should arrive next week. It has a nice cubic-shaped xtal on it, although it is difficult to tell from the seller's pic if it is a complete xtal. I'm hoping it is a complete xtal, lol. Will post a photo of it when it arrives. |
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Post by jakesrocks on Apr 25, 2015 9:41:23 GMT -5
Dang Jan, I think you've cornered the world wide market on garnets. But you missed one. Either today or Monday I'll have an Andradite cluster from Zacatecas, Mexico.
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 25, 2015 9:47:29 GMT -5
Dang Jan, I think you've cornered the world wide market on garnets. But you missed one. Either today or Monday I'll have an Andradite cluster from Zacatecas, Mexico. ROFL, and thank you, jakesrocks! I wish I could afford one of each. Would you please post a link to the Mexican andradite specimen that you won, Don? I don't think I can muster patience to see it later today or Monday, lol. I really would like to see it!! I hope you'll also share a pic of it with us on the forum, too. |
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Post by jakesrocks on Apr 25, 2015 9:51:43 GMT -5
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 25, 2015 10:08:52 GMT -5
That's a nice andradite specimen, jakesrocks!!  Congratulations!!! I'm jealous, lol, and will probably drive myself crazy trying to find a Mexican andradite specimen. Do you know what the host rock is on the specimen? I looked at John Betts' website for Mexican andradite. Saw a Mexican demantoid that is also found in Mexico, which I didn't know, although the crystals are a very light green. Not sure if these should be called demantoid. Here's a garnet specimen collection that is outstanding. He also has other specimens that I highly recommend checking out. Alan Guisewite also has a lot of information on his website on minerals worth reading. www.cs.cmu.edu/~adg/adg-piimages.html |
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Post by jakesrocks on Apr 25, 2015 10:25:41 GMT -5
Not sure what the host rock is. I'll see if I can figure it out when the specimen gets here.
Like I said, it needs a good cleaning. As soon as the weather dries out, I'll break out my little soda blaster, and see if I can make those crystals shine.
I'm gonna have to set aside a few hours to go through Guisewite's collections. Should be some interesting pics & reading.
I'll send a message to the seller of my specimen to find out if he has more. If so, I'll let you know in advance of the sale. I had a message from him a couple days ago. This weekend he's going to the Denver show to buy new specimens to offer. He'll also be meeting with several of the miners, to see if he can come up with some rare and unusual specimens.
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Post by gingerkid on Apr 25, 2015 10:52:47 GMT -5
ROFL, yes, it may take a little while to check out Alan Guisewite's website. I have it bookmarked and also use it as a mineral guide or reference. I'll send a message to the seller of my specimen to find out if he has more. If so, I'll let you know in advance of the sale. I had a message from him a couple days ago. This weekend he's going to the Denver show to buy new specimens to offer. He'll also be meeting with several of the miners, to see if he can come up with some rare and unusual specimens. Thank you, Don!! |
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Post by gingerkid on May 3, 2015 19:16:54 GMT -5
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Post by Fossilman on May 3, 2015 19:34:12 GMT -5
NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by gingerkid on May 3, 2015 20:29:39 GMT -5
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Post by gingerkid on May 28, 2015 17:06:36 GMT -5
Here's a few more garnets I recently acquired that I wanted to share with forum members. Here's the pretty garnet minerals that I received from Stephen of Orkyton Minerals on GemRockAuctions. Stephen accidentally sent me the incorrect andradite and even though I offered to return it to him, he let me keep the specimen and sent the andradite I purchased. Stephen lives in Greece and his sales help support miners in his area. He also tutors children. I highly recommend him!  Clinozoisite with grossular
Kresti Hill, Kato Nevrokopi, Drama, Macedonia, Hellas (please note: I found a similar specimen on mindat that listed this as andradite with clinozoisite, but I believe it is grossular as Stephen of Orkyton Minerals listed it)  Andradite with nice color zoning on garnet crystal edges
Serifos Island, Hellas Serifos Island andradite with hedenbergite(?)  Here's another shot of the small bouquet of Serifos Island andradite sitting on top of what I think may be hedenbergite Other garnets:  Almandine from China (unpolished)  Pakistani spessartine thumbnail with microline feldspar and possibly calcite (on end)  Pakistani spessartine showing etching in crystals  Andradite with quartz
Stanley Butte, Arizona
From Ex. collection of Buck Keller Demantoid in serpentine
Jiang Xi Province, Chinalarge cabinet specimen This is the seller's (Allen) close-up pic of the demantoid in serpentine  Thanks, again, for checking them out! |
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Post by jakesrocks on May 28, 2015 18:04:21 GMT -5
Wow Jan, I must have been sleeping. I missed a couple of your latest posts. All beautiful specimens, but that iridescent specimen from Japan is drop dead gorgeous. Gotta get me a specimen of that.
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Post by gingerkid on Jun 5, 2015 21:13:35 GMT -5
...more garnets...  This specimen was listed as 'Uvarovite on Diopside from Magog, Ontario, Canada from the 1960's,' so I researched it and read a discussion on mindat that the uvarovite is probably chromian grossular and found at Orford Nickel Mine. I asked the seller about it and he agreed and said he forgot to change the information on his website.  Chromian grossular on diopsideOrford Nickel Mine, Canada   shot of the diopside xtals  Garnet (andradite?) on actinoliteStanley Butte, Arizona  cheater shot of tiny garnets on actinolite Thanks for checkin' them out! |
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Post by gingerkid on Jul 6, 2015 13:23:28 GMT -5
yep...more garnets... This TN was a freebie from @rocks2dust. Thank You, rocks2dust!!!  Cryolithionite "fluorite garnet"Garnet structural group Ivigtut, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland (type locality) Thumbnail rruff.info/uploads/AM56_18.pdf Tsavorite (grossular) Kenya Thumbnail  Grossular and vesuvianite (idocrase) (Happy Camp Jade, Californite, and Pulga Jade) Happy Camp, California unpolished slab Thanks for checking 'em out! |
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Post by Fossilman on Jul 6, 2015 13:57:51 GMT -5
Oh ya'! Thumbs up
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Post by gingerkid on Jul 6, 2015 14:08:32 GMT -5
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Post by snowmom on Jul 7, 2015 5:06:47 GMT -5
Jans museum of garnets. Thanks for this thread, I'm learning so much! what a collection of beauties. |
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Cannot wait to see it!! 
Congratulations!!! 
