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Sante Celiberti
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Location: Tuscany
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Posted: Mar 04, 2020 08:17 Post subject: Re: Collecting and imagining. |
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Thank you, Don.
It's always a pleasure to hear from you.
Here is another "suggesting" specimen, this time self-collected: a nodule of cinnabar that reminds me of a famous Etruscan artifact.
Warm greetings.
Sante
Mineral: | Cinnabar |
Locality: | Cerreto Piano, Scansano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy | |
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Dimensions: | 95 x 40 mm |
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"The sarcophagus of the spouses" Sixth century BC anthropoid sarcophagus from Caere, now in the National Etruscan Museum, Villa Giulia, Rome. |
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Mineral: | Cinnabar |
Locality: | Cerreto Piano, Scansano, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy | |
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Sante Celiberti
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Posted: Mar 05, 2020 17:50 Post subject: Re: Collecting and imagining. |
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Hello.
Two quartzes from the same locality.
Best regards.
Sante
Mineral: | Quartz (Variety Scepter) |
Locality: | Fenice Capanne Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy | |
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Mineral: | Quartz (Variety Scepter) |
Locality: | Fenice Capanne Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy | |
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Sante Celiberti
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Posted: May 18, 2020 17:01 Post subject: Re: Collecting and imagining |
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Hello.
Here is another Tuscan quartz: just a miniature, but quite interesting.
In addition to the saturated citrine color, due to iron inclusions, it shows a particular scepter surrounded by a reverse scepter.
The scepter shape reminds a tail-coat, therefore I called this specimen "Man in a tail-coat" (nothing to do with Van Gogh...).
I hope you find it funny.
Warm greetings and take care.
Sante
Mineral: | Quartz (variety scepter) |
Locality: | Fenice Capanne Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy | |
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Mineral: | Quartz (variety scepter) |
Locality: | Fenice Capanne Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy | |
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Bob Harman
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Posted: May 18, 2020 22:05 Post subject: Re: Collecting and imagining |
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I consider Sante's latest mineral specimen a modern version of Michaelangelo's "David"!!.......Both great examples, Ciao, Bob
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Sante Celiberti
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Posted: May 19, 2020 17:27 Post subject: Re: Collecting and imagining |
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Ciao, Bob.
I read with great pleasure your nice comment and I also appreciated the grace with which you made the comparison between these both Tuscan objects.
In light of the suggested new perspective, I would say that -more than a modern version- my quartz is a "Dionysian" vision of the "Apollonian" Michelangelo's David.
Now, the name "Man in tailcoat" seems to be outdated and we have to find another more appropriate (and elegant) nikname, since -as seen in this tread- I like to give a name to my suggesting specimens.
Thank you, Bob. I was hoping for your comment on Tuscany minerals and I'm waiting for others.
Receive my warm Tuscan greetings and stay safe.
Sante
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Tony L. Potucek
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Posted: May 20, 2020 08:47 Post subject: Re: Collecting and imagining |
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Thank you, Sante,
I, too, enjoy seeing minerals from your region. It's ok by me if you also slip in a photo or two of a some of your favorite Italian wine! Ha!
best regards,
tlp
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Philippe Durand
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Sante Celiberti
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Posted: May 20, 2020 16:40 Post subject: Re: Collecting and imagining |
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Tony L. Potucek wrote: | Thank you, Sante,
I, too, enjoy seeing minerals from your region. It's ok by me if you also slip in a photo or two of a some of your favorite Italian wine! Ha!
best regards,
tlp |
Hi, Tony.
Tuscany has some of the best Italian wines and Gavorrano, the former "City of pyrite" where I live, has recently been officially renamed the "City of wine". So... I have no problems with photos. My problem is finding a mineral specimen that looks like a bottle to post here. But I don't despair... :-)
Anyway, you are invited to taste them directly here with me.
Warm greetings and stay safe.
Sante
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Sante Celiberti
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Posted: May 21, 2020 19:39 Post subject: Re: Collecting and imagining |
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Hello, Philippe.
Thank you very much for your kind words and the funny suggestion.
Rocco is quite known to a franch neighbor of Italy, but I'm looking for an expressive and at the same time elegant name easily recognizable by everyone.
I think that, all together, we will find it. ;-)
Take care.
Sante
Mineral: | Quartz (var. scepter) |
Locality: | Fenice Capanne Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy | |
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Dimensions: | 68 x 13 mm |
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Sante Celiberti
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Posted: Aug 15, 2020 16:47 Post subject: Re: Collecting and imagining |
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Hello.
Two suggesting (at least to me) specimens from Morocco.
Best regards.
Sante
Mineral: | Quartz (variety chalcedony) |
Locality: | Sidi Rahal, El Kelaâ des Sraghna Province, Marrakech-Safi Region, Morocco | |
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Mineral: | Vanadinite, Baryte |
Locality: | Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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Volkmar Stingl
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Posted: Aug 16, 2020 01:04 Post subject: Re: Collecting and imagining. |
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Matt_Zukowski wrote: | There was a display at Tucson some years back that had what looked like a dinner table with all sorts of mineral specimens (and rocks i think) that looked like a set table full of food. It included specimens that looked like bread and cheese and fruits. Can anyone remember which show that was? |
Hi Matt,
Your question is from February, but I can help very late with the show (at least the show that I visited). I have seen the same table at the first show in Changsha. I wrote an article for the German "Mineralienatlas" with pictures of these "meals"! It was an amazing thing!
Here is the link: https://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/Veranstaltungen/Changsha%202013%20Mineral%20%26%20Gem%20Show%20Messebericht
Volkmar
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Sante Celiberti
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Posted: Aug 16, 2020 05:20 Post subject: Re: Collecting and imagining |
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Hi, Volkmar.
My compliments on your very interesting and detailed article.
BTW, a very funny set table.
Greetings from Tuscany.
Sante
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Jordi Fabre
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Posted: Aug 16, 2020 06:23 Post subject: Re: Collecting and imagining. |
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Some possibility to write here a new version and in English language?
Otherwise, I remember to all FMFers that the Google translator at the left top of every page works very well.
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Sante Celiberti
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Posted: Nov 25, 2020 15:20 Post subject: Re: Collecting and imagining |
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Green light to the imagination.
Mineral: | Aragonite |
Locality: | Tazouta, Sefrou, Sefrou Province, Fès-Boulemane, Morocco | |
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