群里小伙伴突然讨论起来了天河石烟晶标本组合,就是那个几乎全球独一家的美国Dorris家族(分享过很多次,还写过一篇文:http://t.cn/A6WgZyMk)的天河烟晶标本
然后就顺便聊了聊,自他家开了ins账号后,关于挖掘、修复的消息知道的更多了,其实他家能够这么出名,固然和派克峰独一无二的烟晶天河石组合出产有关,但也和西方人在矿物标本修复技术多年的积累同样密不可分,正好Tim Dorris分享过一个修复前后的对比图,我发出来大家看看,顺便附上原文说明:
We found this piece during the second to last week of the 2020 mining season. It comes from the Chandelier Pocket, Sky Hawk claim, Colorado. We named it that due to how the pocket formed with the "hanging wall" being complete and damage free. This formed a "chandelier" of specimens. The specimens found from it are the least repaired and restored specimens we have ever found. Pictured here is the specimen just collected and hand washed in some water. The next two pictures show the piece finalized and fully processed through our mineral cleaning and prep lab. Not only do I consider this piece to be one of the top pieces from the pocket but one of the finest amazonite and smoky combos ever found. It is damage free with no restorations and only one repair.
我们在2020年采矿季的倒数第二周发现了这块矿物。它来自于美国科罗拉多州的Sky Hawk矿区的吊灯矿脉。我们之所以这样命名,是因为这个矿脉的形成方式很特别,它的“悬壁”是完整的,没有受到损伤。这就形成了一串“吊灯”状的矿物标本。从这个矿脉中找到的矿物是我们有史以来最少经过修复和修饰的。这里的图片展示的是我们刚刚采集并用水清洗过的矿物。后面两张图片展示的是经过我们的矿物清洗和加工实验室处理后的最终成品。我认为这不仅是这个矿脉中的顶级矿物,也是有史以来最精美的天河石和烟晶组合。它没有任何损伤,没有任何修复,只有一处接合。
把图1修成图2、3的效果,那可不太容易……
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