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Tobi
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Posted: Mar 08, 2013 11:15 Post subject: Marburg Museum - first visit 2013 |
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Hi all,
today i visited the Marburg Museum for the first time in 2013. I tried to take some photos from the special exhibition that features specimens from old collections, also i made some photos of new specimens and of those i didn't capture before - so most of the these impressions should be new for you. So i hope you'll enjoy this small visit ...
Cheers!
Tobi
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A display full of colourful minerals from Arizona |
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A wonderful wulfenite from Glove Mine Approx. 9 cm |
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A really stunning Red Cloud Mine wulfenite (sorry for the fuzzy picture) Approx. 12-13 cm |
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A 20 cm fluorite - from Arizona, too |
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Tobi
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Posted: Mar 08, 2013 11:20 Post subject: Re: Marburg Museum - first visit 2013 |
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Another nice specimen from the U.S. - Elmwood Mine calcite Approx. 8 cm |
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Really old stuff - rhodochrosite with Archduke Stephan label Approx. 7 cm |
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Tetrahedrite from Romania Approx. 12 cm |
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Siciilan sulphur specimens with old labels Approx. 5 cm each one |
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Posted: Mar 08, 2013 11:25 Post subject: Re: Marburg Museum - first visit 2013 |
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A view into the beryl display |
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Old Weardale fluorite with classic Bergakademie Freiberg label Approx. 10 cm |
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A display full of carbonates |
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Some more carbonates - most colours caused by copper |
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Posted: Mar 08, 2013 11:29 Post subject: Re: Marburg Museum - first visit 2013 |
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Old galena specimen from Bad Laasphe, Germany Approx. 10 cm |
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Another old galena specimen from Saxony Approx. 10 cm |
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Some more specimens from historic collections |
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Posted: Mar 08, 2013 11:41 Post subject: Re: Marburg Museum - first visit 2013 |
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Rhodochrosites from several localities |
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Minerals from Marburg and its surroundings |
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6 cm prase next to a 9 cm amethyst |
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A 40 cm giant specimen with quartz, chalkopyrite and large selenite crystals from Cavnic, Romania |
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Posted: Mar 08, 2013 11:46 Post subject: Re: Marburg Museum - first visit 2013 |
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Some pyromorphites with an impressive 8 cm classic specimen from Bad Ems to the left |
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Rhodochrosite from South Africa Approx. 9 cm |
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Chrysoberyl from Brazil Approx. 10 cm |
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Some antimonite specimens Romania, Italy, China, Japan |
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Posted: Mar 08, 2013 11:49 Post subject: Re: Marburg Museum - first visit 2013 |
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Beryl from Namibia Approx. 20-25 cm |
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A 25 cm killer specimen of bournonite from Westerwald, Germany |
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Posted: Mar 08, 2013 11:55 Post subject: Re: Marburg Museum - first visit 2013 |
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The last photos from the trip
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Colorado amazonites Approx. 5-6 cm each one |
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A really giant specimen of hessonite on matrix from Asbestos, Canada Approx. 35 cm |
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Classic galena from Neudorf/Harz with old label Approx. 9 cm |
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Galena, sphalerite and baryte from Bleiberg/Austria (type locality for wulfenite) Approx. 12 cm |
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Jesse Fisher
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Posted: Mar 08, 2013 12:05 Post subject: Re: Marburg Museum - first visit 2013 |
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It is really nice to see some of the specimens displayed with their old/original dealer or collector labels. Adds a nice bit of history to the display. I can't recall ever seeing another museum do this, however.
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Posted: Mar 08, 2013 12:16 Post subject: Re: Marburg Museum - first visit 2013 |
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Hello Tobi,
Thanks for the photos. The bournonite is great just as the Neudorf galena :-)
Cheers
Christophe
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Antonio Alcaide
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Posted: Mar 08, 2013 14:15 Post subject: Re: Marburg Museum - first visit 2013 |
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You are actually a lucky man, Tobi, because of your living so close to this excellent Marburg Museum.
Perfect atmosphere, old labels, nice classic and selected specimens. Wow!!
Greetings
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Don Lum
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Posted: Mar 08, 2013 23:33 Post subject: Re: Marburg Museum - first visit 2013 |
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Awesome Rhodochrosite, Tobi. Thanks for the great photos.
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Matt_Zukowski
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Posted: Mar 09, 2013 02:40 Post subject: Re: Marburg Museum - first visit 2013 |
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Thanks. As Antonio said, you are lucky to live near such a wonderful museum. I wonder if this is a European thing. I have heard that serious mineral collecting really came into its own in Europe. I wonder if Europe has a greater density of fine mineral displays than other continents.
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nicu
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Posted: Mar 09, 2013 03:05 Post subject: Re: Marburg Museum - first visit 2013 |
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Tobi, many thanks for your excellent photos !
Tetrahedrite/ 2521 photo, can say it is an exceptional specimen.
I would like to make a short notice about the locality mentioned there. Almost all pieces came from Boteș, Alba Co. Apuseni mining area were found in the late 19th and first half of the 20th century. Now, this area is practically unapproachable. All researches and data available until now mentions for Tetrahedrite's occurrences: Crăciunești, Ormindea, Săliște, Ruda-Barza, Curechiu, Stănija, Zlatna (all these localities near Brad loc.) and most reprezentative is Bucium (Bucsony, Bucsum), near Câmpeni locality.
Tennantite is not mentioned from Boteș, nor from Bucium.
Nicu
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Tobi
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Posted: Mar 09, 2013 03:35 Post subject: Re: Marburg Museum - first visit 2013 |
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I'm glad you enjoyed my report, guys! :-)
@Jesse: Our museum often has some specimens from older collections on display, but at the moment there's a special exhibition about old collections - that's why there are so many of them. The history of the Marburg Museum is connected to our nearly 600 y/o university, so the history of many sciences such as mineralogy is very present here.
@Chris: I knew you would like those specimens ... because i know you love for sulfides ;-)
@Antonio: Indeed i'm a lucky man to live nearby such a museum (it takes me 12 minutes by car to get there), and even after 20 years of knowing the museum i still enjoy to visit it!
@Don: You're welcome :-)
@Matt: Don't know if this is a European thing. I can only say how it is in Germany: Due to our long tradition of mining and mineralogy we have several public collections/museums such like the one in Marburg. But it's not that every city has its own mineral museum. Marburg has an old university where geologic studies have a long tradition, that's why we have such a great museum in our rather small town.
@Nicu: There are several wrong labels/localities in the museum, one of the few things i have to criticise about the museum.
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Posted: Mar 09, 2013 04:44 Post subject: Re: Marburg Museum - first visit 2013 |
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Tobi,
The Marburg Museum is very well designed and should fully appreciate it !
Additional information should be considered as fairly support and not be a criticism. There are European countries that have not arranged their museum spaces from time out of mind.
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Andreas Gerstenberg
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Posted: Mar 14, 2013 09:46 Post subject: Re: Marburg Museum - first visit 2013 |
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Pyromorphite, Eisengarten mine... Bah! Some nice German classics in that collection. Surprise, surprise...
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