Good eve to all members of PIG i am new to research. I am working on genesis of Sapphire bearing pegmatites frm kashmir. Any sugestion regarding my research. I want to create a genetic model for these pegmatites and genesis of sapphire. On 6 Sep 2018 23:35, "Pawan Singh" <psp.geo.ju@gmail.com> wrote: > Waw great work > On 6 Sep 2018 23:26, "MSA-Pegmatite Interest Group" < > msa-pegmatite@minlists.org> wrote: > >> On a visit to Minas Gerais back in June of 2002, I was fortunate enough >> to visit the Navegadora (Orozimbo) mine shortly after the excavation of a >> huge pocket containing very large crystals of quartz and microcline. The >> most amazing was a wonderful microcline accented by balls of cleavelandite >> and paired with (yes, the two pieces fit together) an equally remarkable >> crystal of quartz. At the time, I was told that the entire lot had been >> purchased by someone from Japan. Apparently, that deal fell through because >> later that year I was contacted by Lawrence Stoller asking whether our >> museum might be interested in buying some large crystals from Brazil. (Yes, >> those same crystals!) Needless to say, I jumped at the chance. >> >> >> >> Unfortunately, acquiring the crystals turned out to be the easy step. >> Finding a way to get a 6-ton (combined) mineral specimen on display has >> turned out to be much more complicated. I am happy to report that, 16 years >> after their discovery, these crystals are now on public display >> (temporarily) at the Los Angeles County Fair. Hopefully, in the future, we >> will be able to find a way to put them on permanent display. >> >> >> >> I am attaching an image of me with the two pieces taken during setup at >> the Fair (giant crystals.jpg), an image of me with the microcline at the >> mine in 2002 (microcline.jpg) and an article about the discovery by >> Jaroslav Hyrsl that appeared in Mineralien-Welt in 2002. >> >> >> >> Tony >> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Anthony R. Kampf, Ph.D. >> >> Curator Emeritus, Mineral Sciences >> >> Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County >> >> 900 Exposition Blvd. , Los Angeles , CA 90007 >> >> Phone: 213-763-3328; Fax: 213-749-4107 >> >> Email: akampf@nhm.org >> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MSA-pegmatite mailing list >> http://lists.minlists.org/mailman/listinfo/msa-pegmatite >> >> The MSA-pegmatite Listserv is an announce-only list serve. It was >> created by the Pegmatite Interest Group (PIG) to send its members news. >> >