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Appreciation Of Top Mineral Crystal Collections(1)

Mineral collection is a collection category that has both science and art. Some people collect it as a hobby and a way to cultivate their sentiments; some people collect it for study and research needs; some people collect it as a career and a way to make a living; some people collect it for investment and to become beautiful hard objects. currency. Most people do not simply have one of the above, but a combination of two or more. I often meet friends who are in the early stages of collecting and ask how to distinguish between common people’s mines and noble mines. I don’t know when these two concepts appeared, but since there are good and bad, there must be a distinction: it’s about value, it’s about rarity, etc. condition. This article aims to guide readers from the perspective of each top mineral collector to observe what types of minerals are top-notch and what kind of specimens are good through their eyes.

Natural sulfur, aragonite, 10.1 cm
Agrigento, Sicile, Italy
Collection: Irv BROWN, San Diego, Californie, U.S.A.
Photography: Stuart WILENSKY
Aquamarine, mica, 9.5 cm
Mine Nagar, Vallée d’Hunza, Territories du Nord, Pakistan
2007 Munich exhibition poster promoting minerals
Collection: Irv BROWN, San Diego, Californie, U.S.A.
Photography: Stuart WILENSKY
Manganese arsenite (cobalt arsenite?) 7.6 cm
Mine Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango,Mexico
Collection: Irv BROWN, San Diego, Californie, U.S.A.
Photography: Stuart WILENSKY
Red beryl, 5.5 cm
Harris Mine, Wah Wah Mtns., Beaver Co., Utah, U.S.A
The background is a mineral painting
Collection: Irv BROWN, San Diego, Californie, U.S.A.
Photography: Stuart WILENSKY
Tourmaline, 10.5 cm
Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego Co., Californie, U.S.A
Mineralogical Record Vol. 16, No. 5, Sep-Oct 1985 Cover Mineral
Collection: Irv BROWN, San Diego, Californie, U.S.A.
Photography: Stuart WILENSKY
Phosphorite on pyrite, 8.9 cm
Mine Huanuni, Dept d’Oruro, Bolivie
Collection: Irv BROWN, San Diego, Californie, U.S.A.
Photography: Stuart WILENSKY
Azurite & Malachite, 6.35 cm
Copper Queen Mine, Cochise County, Bisbee, Arizona, U.S.A.
Collection: Irv BROWN, San Diego, Californie, U.S.A.
Photography: Stuart WILENSKY
Rhodochrosite on chertite, 10.1 cm, single crystal 2.5 cm
Good Luck Pocket, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado, U.S.A.
Collection: Irv BROWN, San Diego, Californie, U.S.A.
Photography: Stuart WILENSKY
Natural copper “Running Rabbit”, 13 cm
Péninsule de Keweenaw, Michigan, U.S.A.
Collection: Irv BROWN, San Diego, Californie, U.S.A.
Photography: Stuart WILENSKY
Amazonite & Smoky Quartz, 8.9cm
Tree Root Pocket, Two Point Claim, Teller Co., Colorado, U.S.A.
Rocks & Minerals , Sep/Oct 2005, Vol. 80, No. 5 Cover Minerals
Collection: Irv BROWN, San Diego, Californie, U.S.A.
Photography: Stuart WILENSKY
Topaz on Black Crystal, 7.6 cm
Alabashka-Mursinka, Yekaterinburg Oblast, Oural, Russia
Collection: Irv BROWN, San Diego, Californie, U.S.A.
Photography: Stuart WILENSKY
Natural silver, 10.5 cm
Mine de manganèse d’Hongda, Comté d’Qugou Lingqiu, Datong, Shanxi Province, China
Collection: Irv BROWN, San Diego, Californie, U.S.A.
Photography: Stuart WILENSKY

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