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Re: Colorado School of Mines Museum
Reply #15 - Oct 22nd, 2018 at 10:14pm
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I better get started on the Colorado Specimens because there are a lot of them.
Here's a warm up batch.
  

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Reply #16 - Oct 22nd, 2018 at 10:26pm
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And they had a display of the Gilman mining area and the Eagle Mine.
I drove by Gilman on the way to and from Leadville and have included a couple pictures of the town. First from the south side and then from the north. Pics 3 &4.
  

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Reply #17 - Oct 24th, 2018 at 9:55pm
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Just when you think you can't take any more,.......there's Arizona!
  

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Reply #18 - Oct 24th, 2018 at 10:04pm
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And some of those Fluorites I mentioned earlier.
Pics 3 & 4 are not of fluorite but of a beautiful unusual specimen from the neighborhood.
  

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Reply #19 - Oct 24th, 2018 at 10:12pm
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The rest of these fluorite specimens are from one donated or on loan collection, but I forgot to take a picture of the information.
  

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Reply #20 - Dec 12th, 2018 at 9:00pm
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Here are few specimens from all over Europe and some Russia.
I've got to start with England.
It's a thankless job being a rockhound in England. Take this first specimen for instance. If I were going out hunting for these I'd have to carry a stick to poke them first and make sure they were rock-hard before picking it up! Wink
  

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Reply #21 - Dec 12th, 2018 at 9:02pm
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Just a couple more.
  

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Reply #22 - Dec 12th, 2018 at 9:12pm
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Time to head south to South America.
May as well start with a few from Brazil.
  

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Reply #23 - Dec 12th, 2018 at 10:01pm
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More South America.
  

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Reply #24 - Dec 12th, 2018 at 10:07pm
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Heading north, we have to go through Mexico.
  

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Reply #25 - Dec 12th, 2018 at 10:50pm
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you are right! I can't take it any more!
I am looking at these incredible specimens and feel like throwing all my specimens out in back yard. Then some of the fluorite made me feel a little better, since I have some pretty decent specimens from the Eureka mine in KY - which I have been revisiting this week, oddly enough.
That calcite from Chihuahua, Mexico is amazing! AMAZING! It isn't the prettiest specimen in the pics, but something about it is just WOW.  How did that happen!?  Cheesy
  
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Reply #26 - Dec 16th, 2018 at 10:08pm
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Okay, Okay. So I'm on a mission!
But atleast we're going back, yes we're going back, back to the USA! Cheesy
  

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Reply #27 - Dec 16th, 2018 at 10:19pm
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A couple more pics and then we're going back to Colorado.
What an incredible state for minerals! I'm going to start with some pictures of what I think is my favorite gemstone the state has to offer!
  

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Reply #28 - Dec 16th, 2018 at 10:28pm
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First two incredible specimens from Colorado they had side-by-side, then we'll start at the top.
  

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Reply #29 - Dec 16th, 2018 at 10:33pm
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