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Great to have these talks recorded. Was all primed for an enjoyable diversion when even cell phone reception went wonky after the series of storms that hit Toronto.
Just saw your presentation, Gerhard. Very nice finds indeed, especially I love the combination of erythrite and azurite, those are real eyecandy. Compliments on you work !
Nice presentation, Bruce! Years ago, I got specimens from Majuba Hill from a dealer by the name of Scott Kleine, who collected most of the material by himself and with another guy by the name of Greg Ferdlock, who co-authored the Minerals of Nevada book. I also got a Burrus mine richeldorfsite from Scott.
Outstanding presentation Douglas Merson! Gold Hill is my favorite place to collect in Utah (especially before all the mines were closed). I have had many happy collecting adventures at Gold Hill through the years. Thanks for sharing this outstanding presentation.
Superb presentation! Stunning photos of beautiful crystals of rare minerals from a locality one never sees on the market, what’s not to love. The transparent colorless steacyite was a surprise, wonder if it fluoresces as well as the MSH.
Can the body digest these minerals and are their any benefits. Curious how humans had powers back in the day and this makes me think there's ways to enhance the brain?
Fun and daunting as I have just started micromounting. I am in Arizona so I have plenty of localities and species to keep me learning. Working with R.E. (Bob) Pedersen who is very active in the upkeep of the Dana system and have the help of geologist and long time judge with the Tuscon show, Ed Hutchinson. They host a once a month mineral class at their homes. I consider it a great privilege to learn from them and from their incredible collections. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
We visited "Grube Clara" this weekend for the first time but surely not for the last time. Where can I find the KZW society ? Would love to join them. I also would like to purchase a microscope for close view of the minerals. Can you recommend any ? Thanks
What a fascinating insight into the lead works and mineralogy on Meadowfoot smelter. I have several clumps of material gathered from the dumps and kindly donated by a member of the BMS. I've gone through some of it and found linarite and malachite, a picture of which is on the Mindat page for the site. Also, Steve Rust visited us in Liskeard some years ago and identified a mystery mineral for me as being pumpellyite (Fe2+) from Loanhead Quarry which was marvellous. We need to see more of these video clips.
I think it comes down mainly to the quality of the optics. I have a good camera and super macro lens. Sometimes there are issue but then they get fixed in stacking and/or post processing.
I came to micromount through meeting a former mining-engineer & mineral collector who traded world-wide here in Australia . He has given me a lot of his cast-offs and I am delighted with what he provided, especially after breaking them with a hydraulic press. Although I have an interest in geology my main interest is in the beauty of the crystals to be seen through a microscope. I quickly realised that trying to identify minerals without plenty of money to access cutting-edge scanning services is a complete waste of time and effort for me. Complete-ism in this interest has two aspects: knowledge of a mineral's composition, and collecting mineral species. I have more-or less abandoned that rabbit-hole. My classification efforts now concentrate on describing the eye-candy which is what first attracted me to the activity.
Sorry, no, this is an old specimen. I have collected in the Caldbeck Fells but not at Dry Gill. Not sure what the current rules around collecting are. It was heavily restricted at one point.
