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PostPosted: Mar 11, 2015 15:59    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Here are a few new fluorite pieces in the collection. Locality details on the last two pieces are sketchy, but I'm confident that more specific information will eventually be revealed. The 2nd piece was reportedly found during construction of a high-speed railroad tunnel in 2014, but the language barrier prevented me from finding out much more about the location.


2235 Fluorite.jpg
 Mineral: Fluorite
 Locality:
East Faircloth, Faircloth Veins, Mundy's Landing, Harrodsburg, Woodford County, Kentucky, USA
 Dimensions: 6.8 x 9.1 cm
 Description:
An intergrown mounded aggregate of pale purple fluorite crystals with darker purple rims associated with cream-colored Baryte.
 Viewed:  32062 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Fluorite
 Locality:
Fujian Province, China
 Dimensions: 5.0 x 7.7 cm.
 Description:
Several medium green cube-octahedral fluorite crystals composed of step-like growths of small cubes on a breccia shard with quartz.
 Viewed:  32138 Time(s)

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2247 Fluorite.jpg
 Mineral: Fluorite
 Locality:
Henan Province, China
 Dimensions: 4.5 x 7.0 cm
 Description:
Xinjian, Henan Province, China.

Spherical aggregate of blue-green fluorite consisting of a stepped growth of small cubes on a small shard of quartz.
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PostPosted: Mar 14, 2015 14:45    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

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2248 Galena.jpg
 Mineral: Galena
 Locality:
Fletcher Mine, West Fork, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA
 Dimensions: 4.2 x 6.3 cm
 Description:
Bright spinel-twinned galena crystals associated with small white rhombs of dolomite from the Big Bear Orebody. Mined late 2014 or early 2015.
 Viewed:  31961 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Fluorite
 Locality:
La Viesca Mine, La Collada mining area, Huergo, Siero, Comarca Oviedo, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain
 Dimensions: 6.8 x 10.5 cm
 Description:
Intergrown cubic crystals of pale lavender fluorite with dodecahedral edge modifications and mosaic growth features on some faces.
 Viewed:  31953 Time(s)

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2258 Topaz.jpg
 Mineral: Topaz
 Locality:
Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Region (Mandalay Division), Myanmar (Burma)
 Dimensions: 2.8 x 5.1 cm
 Description:
A single transparent topaz that is colorless and gemmy throughout. The prism faces have a glassy luster and the termination has a frosted surface.
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PostPosted: Mar 14, 2015 15:19    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Excellent specimens and great photos, Michael. All of the last three. I especially like the twinned galena.
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PostPosted: Mar 14, 2015 15:49    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

I like the spinel- twinned galena crystals also, Michael.
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PostPosted: Mar 14, 2015 17:26    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Thanks Carles and Don. I was especially pleased to find the twinned galena as it is my favorite mineral.
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PostPosted: Mar 18, 2015 16:57    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

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2260 Quartz (2).jpg
 Mineral: Quartz
 Locality:
Hachupa, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
 Dimensions: 3.2 x 5.8 cm
 Description:
A glassy doubly terminated quartz crystal that exhibits a Tessin habit and has a small patch of acicular golden rutile on one prism face.
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 Mineral: Quartz
 Locality:
Hachupa, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
 Dimensions: 3.2 x 5.8 cm
 Description:
Same specimen viewed from the side.
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PostPosted: Mar 18, 2015 17:09    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Michael,

the galenite from the Fletcher Mine is very aesthetic in my eyes.

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PostPosted: Mar 18, 2015 20:15    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Very cool tessin.
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PostPosted: Mar 18, 2015 20:42    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Thank you for your comments Martin and Bob. BTW Bob, that quartz was purchased this year in Tucson for under $10, which goes to show that if you are willing to work hard, there are still bargains to be had.
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PostPosted: Mar 20, 2015 09:27    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

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2246 Barite.jpg
 Mineral: Barite
 Locality:
Maine Mine, Les Reclesnes, Cordesse, Lucenay-l'Évêque, Autun District, Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
 Dimensions: 6.2 x 6.7 cm
 Description:
A classic group of lustrous amber-gold chisel-shaped Baryte crystals.
 Viewed:  31584 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Tremolite
 Locality:
Hughes property, Minden Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada
 Dimensions: 3.2 x 3.7 cm
 Description:
Several intergrown prismatic glassy green tremolite crystals. The crystals exhibit some translucency and have distinct terminations.
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PostPosted: Mar 20, 2015 09:33    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Nice Baryte and tremolite!
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PostPosted: Mar 23, 2015 10:15    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Brazil


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 Mineral: Schorl
 Locality:
Jenipapo District, Itinga, Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais, Brazil
 Dimensions: 4.7 x 5.0 cm
 Description:
Lustrous black schorl with an unusual termination consisting of chevron-shaped growth features.
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 Mineral: Quartz
 Locality:
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil
 Dimensions: 4.2 x 6.8 cm
 Description:
Glassy transparent quartz crystals included with acicular golden rutile. The quartz crystals are flattened along the c-axis.
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PostPosted: Mar 23, 2015 12:18    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Very cool, and very bizarre Schorl!
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PostPosted: Mar 23, 2015 19:46    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

GneissWare wrote:
Very cool, and very bizarre Schorl!


Thanks Bob. The face shown in the picture is one of the 3 trigonal faces which is greatly enlarged. The other two faces are reduced to almost nothing. Very strange.
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PostPosted: Mar 26, 2015 09:39    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

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2263 Plumbogummite.jpg
 Mineral: Plumbogummite
 Locality:
Yangshuo / Laohu area, Haiyang Mountains, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
 Dimensions: 2.4 x 4.4 x 4.8 cm
 Description:
Rich blue botryoidal aggregate of plumbogummite from a find in mid 2014.
 Viewed:  30514 Time(s)

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2268 Xenotime.jpg
 Mineral: Xenotime-(Y)
 Locality:
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil
 Dimensions: 0.8 x 0.9 x 3.6 cm
 Description:
A lustrous semi-translucent chocolate brown xenotime crystal with a steep pyramidal termination.
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PostPosted: Mar 26, 2015 09:52    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Michael, Nice Plumbogummite, and looks damage free, which is rare with these pieces.
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PostPosted: Mar 27, 2015 09:48    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

GneissWare wrote:
Michael, Nice Plumbogummite, and looks damage free, which is rare with these pieces.


Thanks Bob. Believe me, I looked at a lot of plumbogummites before I found one without damage.
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PostPosted: Apr 07, 2015 15:52    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Bisbee!


2266 Malachite ps. azurite.jpg
 Mineral: Malachite
 Locality:
Sacramento Pit, Sacramento Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
 Dimensions: 2.7 x 3.1 cm
 Description:
Two sharp intergrown pseudomorphs of malachite after azurite crystals. This specimen was part of a collection assembled by John V. Mitchell, who was the superinendant of the Sacramento Mine from 1921-23. The collection was packed away in a basement for the past 92 years.
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2267 Azurite.jpg
 Mineral: Azurite
 Locality:
Calumet and Arizona Mine, Calumet and Arizona group of claims, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
 Dimensions: 2.7 x 3.0 cm
 Description:
Bright blue finely-bladed azurite in a semi-wheat sheaf form. This piece was also a part of the Mitchell Collection, and is from the Junction Shaft.
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PostPosted: Apr 13, 2015 12:10    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

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2271 Cerussite.jpg
 Mineral: Cerussite
 Locality:
Flux Mine, Flux Gulch, Alum Gulch, Patagonia Mountains, Harshaw District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
 Dimensions: 6.2 x 8.7 cm
 Description:
Snow white cerussite crystals in a jackstraw arrangement typical of this locality.
 Viewed:  28249 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Cerussite
 Locality:
Flux Mine, Flux Gulch, Alum Gulch, Patagonia Mountains, Harshaw District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA
 Dimensions: 7.4 x 10.4 cm
 Description:
Acicular white cerussite crystals with pale gray terminations.
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PostPosted: Apr 13, 2015 12:32    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

That 2nd cerussite is particularly excellent!
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