Sulla80 Posted July 27 · Supporter Share Posted July 27 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted July 27 · Supporter Share Posted July 27 Occaisionally I have experimented with rocks and fossils for staging coins : 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIF Posted July 27 · Supporter Share Posted July 27 3 hours ago, Sulla80 said: Occaisionally I have experimented with rocks and fossils for staging coins : Gorgeous! I don't recognize the beautiful coin. Massalia? Can I see both sides? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted July 28 · Supporter Share Posted July 28 Here is an interesting one. The face has been polished, but the rest is left in the rough. The larimar is translucent and glows when a light source is placed behind it. LARIMAR Larimar is a very rare type of silicate mineral pectolite that is found only in a small area in the Dominican Republic. It was first discovered in 1916, but not commercially mined until the 1970’s. It is celebrated for its beautiful hazy-blue color and patterns reminiscent of the sparkling ocean – fitting for a stone unique to the Caribbean. Specimen information: Size: Approx. 44x29mm, 14mm thick Weight: 14.42g 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-monolith- Posted August 4 · Member Share Posted August 4 Post your fossils, minerals and crystals. Here are a few of my fossils: 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-monolith- Posted August 4 · Member Share Posted August 4 Post your fossils, minerals and crystals. Here are a few of my rocks, minerals and meteorites: 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benefactor robinjojo Posted August 4 · Benefactor Benefactor Share Posted August 4 17 minutes ago, -monolith- said: Post your fossils, minerals and crystals. Here are a few of my rocks, minerals and meteorites: Great photos! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted August 4 · Supporter Share Posted August 4 @-monolith- those are simply stunning! I love the detail in the trilobite's eyes. And the minerals/crystals are beautiful as well. What exactly is the fourth one down from the top, the black shiny oblong piece? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIF Posted August 4 · Supporter Share Posted August 4 Someday I'd like to collect a lot more minerals, precious, and semi-precious rough gems. Here's a very nice pyrite specimen I splurged on a while back. 3.85 x 3.41 x 2.9 cm Chelyabinsk meteorite, whole specimen with fusion crust. Two polished slices of the Esquel palasite meteorite, purchased from Bob Haag. Love these huge chunks of olivine. Peridot from outer space... so cool 😍. Some Welo opal rough (one of these days I'll try carving and polishing it): 5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIF Posted August 4 · Supporter Share Posted August 4 Some rough gemstones. Beautiful tangerine-colored spessartite garnet, ranging from 5.7-9.5 carats: A parcel of sapphires from Montana showing a terrific range of colors, the largest is 2.5 carats: Imperial topaz rough, pieces ~4-7 carats: Some jewelry I made from rough tourmaline and 18k gold: Some rings I made with rough gemstones (and one cut apatite-- the stone was already faceted when I bought it). Ruby, pink tourmaline, aquamarine, tsavorite. 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-monolith- Posted August 4 · Member Share Posted August 4 1 hour ago, CPK said: @-monolith- those are simply stunning! I love the detail in the trilobite's eyes. And the minerals/crystals are beautiful as well. What exactly is the fourth one down from the top, the black shiny oblong piece? #4 is a Tektite meteorite from Hunan, China site; and #7 is from the Campo Del Cielo meteorite site in Argentina and is a coarse iron (octahedrite) meteorite. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Kowsky Posted August 4 · Member Share Posted August 4 1 hour ago, TIF said: Someday I'd like to collect a lot more minerals, precious, and semi-precious rough gems. Here's a very nice pyrite specimen I splurged on a while back. 3.85 x 3.41 x 2.9 cm Chelyabinsk meteorite, whole specimen with fusion crust. Two polished slices of the Esquel palasite meteorite, purchased from Bob Haag. Love these huge chunks of olivine. Peridot from outer space... so cool 😍. Some Welo opal rough (one of these days I'll try carving and polishing it): TIF, The pyrite group is exquisite & the meteorite sensational 🤩! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hesiod Posted August 4 · Member Share Posted August 4 2 hours ago, -monolith- said: Post your fossils, minerals and crystals. Here are a few of my rocks, minerals and meteorites: Wow, really nice fluorite and malachite/azurite pieces! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted August 4 · Supporter Share Posted August 4 @TIF, those are spectacular! Funny, I have been vacillating on purchasing both a pyrite cube group and a Chelyabinsk meteorite. Your specimens are top-notch! Also, fantastic pallasite slice with gem-quality olivine. I've got a complete slice of the Springwater pallasite (purchased from Matt Morgan, Mile High Meteorites) I should post when I get the chance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sulla80 Posted August 4 · Supporter Share Posted August 4 (edited) On 7/27/2024 at 11:11 AM, TIF said: Gorgeous! I don't recognize the beautiful coin. Massalia? Can I see both sides? Yes Massalia, one I no longer own, as I sold off a few coins a few years ago. I have been shedding coins as my interests evolve - some of my RR denarii are in tonight's HA.com auction. Here's another one that I do own: Notes here: https://www.sullacoins.com/post/massalia Edited August 4 by Sulla80 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIF Posted August 4 · Supporter Share Posted August 4 3 hours ago, -monolith- said: Beautiful! Is this smithsonite? Or is it hemimorphite, chrysocolla/gem silica or something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-monolith- Posted August 5 · Member Share Posted August 5 3 hours ago, TIF said: Beautiful! Is this smithsonite? Or is it hemimorphite, chrysocolla/gem silica or something else? That one is Hemimorphite. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPK Posted August 9 · Supporter Share Posted August 9 Pallasite meteorites are truly otherworldly in their appearance and beauty. Here is my own humble specimen, a complete slice from the Springwater meteorite. With a total known mass of only about 260 lbs, and much of that in museums, specimens from this particular meteorite are fairly scarce on the market. SPRINGWATER PALLASITE METEORITE Pallasites (named after German naturalist Peter Pallas) are a sub-class of stony-iron meteorites which are composed of semi-translucent yellow-green olivine crystals embedded in an iron-nickel matrix. They are very rare, accounting for only about 0.2% of all classified meteorites, and when sliced in cross section to reveal their internal composition, are visually the most spectacular of all meteorites. Just how pallasites are formed is still debated, but one theory is that they are impact-generated from a mixture of the core and mantle material of colliding asteroids. This specimen is a complete slice from the Springwater pallasite, so called because it was discovered near Springwater, Saskatchewan, in 1931. The total known mass of this meteorite is about 260 pounds, including one piece weighing 117 pounds that was found in 2009 and is now in the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada. The Springwater pallasite is known for its well-rounded olivine crystals, which are evident in this specimen. Specimen information: Size: 39x18mm, approx. 3mm thick Weight: 5.95g Provenance: Purchased from Matt Morgan (Mile High Meteorites) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.