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Michael Shaw
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 Posted: Dec 13, 2017 09:32 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Nunzio wrote: | | Beautiful Mimetite, Michael! |
Thank you Nunzio.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 14, 2017 14:18 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Little Gem Mine, Boulder Batholith, Jefferson County, Montana, USA |  |
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| Dimensions: | 4.0 x 8.8 cm |
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| A pale smoky quartz crystal hosting several jacaré habit amethyst crystals. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 17, 2017 16:47 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Ktenasite and Gypsum on Calcite |
| Locality: | | Mid-Continent Mine, Picher Field, Treece, Tri-State District, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.5 x 5.5 cm |
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| Scalenohedral calcite crystals to 4.5 cm set on a matrix of sphalerite. The calcite is partially coated with a white crust of gypsum and blue ktenasite. Mined in the 1950s. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 20, 2017 13:42 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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A couple of Bunker Hill pyromorphites.
| Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
| Locality: | | Bunker Hill Mine, Jersey Vein, 9th level, Bunker Hill properties, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.3 x 3.1 cm |
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| Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
| Locality: | | Bunker Hill Mine, Jersey Vein, 9th level, Bunker Hill properties, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.3 x 2.4 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 22, 2017 11:44 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Minerva I Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.2 x 6.4 cm |
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| Glassy yellow modified calcite scalenohedrons to 2.0 cm in length on a small piece of brownish fluorite. Recovered during pillar robbing on the sub-Rosiclare Level in early March 1995. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 23, 2017 13:41 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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An old specimen of a mineral that is not often seen on the mineral market.
| Mineral: | Botryogen |
| Locality: | | Libiola Mine, Sestri Levante, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.3 x 6.7 cm |
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| Sharp lustrous orange crystals of botryogen scattered over a typical matrix with earthy yellow copiapite. |
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| Mineral: | Botryogen |
| Locality: | | Libiola Mine, Sestri Levante, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.3 x 6.7 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 26, 2017 14:23 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Greenockite on sphalerite |
| Locality: | | Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.5 x 7.0 cm, FOV=2.5 cm |
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| A greenish-yellow film of micro-crystallized greenockite partially covering brown sphalerite crystals. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 28, 2017 10:51 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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One of the less common minerals from the Tri State District.
| Mineral: | Cerussite |
| Locality: | | Granby Field, Tri-State District, Newton County, Missouri, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.8 x 2.0 cm |
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| Colorless bladed crystals of cerussite with 2 small groups of prismatic green pyromorphite. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jan 02, 2018 10:29 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Cassiterite |
| Locality: | | Amo deposit, Ximeng, Pu'er Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.7 x 4.5 cm |
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| Lustrous twinned cassiterite crystals on a quartz crystal covered matrix. |
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| Mineral: | Cassiterite |
| Locality: | | Amo deposit, Ximeng, Pu'er Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.7 x 4.5 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jan 04, 2018 12:39 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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A couple of old specimens from New Hampshire collected in the 1960s.
| Mineral: | Heterosite |
| Locality: | | Parker Mountain Mine, Parker Mountain, Strafford, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.3 x 4.5 cm |
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| Purple heterosite with bladed white albite. |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety smoky) and Microcline |
| Locality: | | Moat Mountain, Hale's Location, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.9 x 6.0 cm |
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| Smoky quartz crystals with blocky microcline and minor albite. |
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Firmo Espinar
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| Posted: Jan 05, 2018 10:41 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Very nice Cassiterite!!
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jan 05, 2018 20:47 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| franjungle wrote: | | Very nice Cassiterite!! |
Thanks for your comment Firmo.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jan 06, 2018 12:52 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Baryte |
| Locality: | | Denton Mine, Goose Creek Mine group, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.1 x 4.4 cm. |
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| Lustrous blades of pale blue barite covering the corner of a dark purple fluorite cube. Collected on the Rosiclare Level in 1983. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jan 08, 2018 16:48 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Mahoning No. 4 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.0 x 8.5 cm |
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| Elongated calcite scalenohedrons to 4.0 cm, with associated barite on matrix. Mined in the 1960s. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jan 09, 2018 15:45 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Barnett Mine, 800' level South, Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar Mining District, Pope County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 8.0 x 8.5 cm |
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| A mound of calcite intergrown with thickly bladed white barite. The calcite shows multi-stage growth and is terminated with lustrous pale yellow scalenohedrons. Mined in the late 1960s. |
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