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Posted: May 23, 2024 08:00 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Quartz (variety chalcedony) |
Locality: | San Rafael District, Emery County, Utah, USA | ![](templates/FabreMinerals/images/LocalidadesGreen.png) |
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Dimensions: | 7.2 x 4.8 x 3.0 cm |
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Reddish-orange chalcedony, the top surface covered by small bubbly growths averaging 2-3 mm, known locally as “caviar or roe agate.” |
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Posted: May 24, 2024 10:46 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Quartz |
Locality: | Empire Mine, Patagonia Mountains, Washington Camp-Duquesne District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA | ![](templates/FabreMinerals/images/LocalidadesGreen.png) |
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Dimensions: | 7.1 x 5.4 x 4.0 cm |
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Druzy quartz crystals lining a small cavity in white quartz. Collected in February 1994. |
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Posted: May 27, 2024 08:06 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw - Fluorite |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | El Filo vein, Santa Librada, Municipio Mapimí, Durango, Mexico | ![](templates/FabreMinerals/images/LocalidadesGreen.png) |
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Dimensions: | 7.3 x 5.1 x 2.7 cm |
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An aggregate of cubic purple fluorite crystals to 2.2 cm on edge. The crystal faces have a stepped growth pattern and many crystals have darker purple edges. |
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Posted: May 28, 2024 09:04 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw - Quartz |
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Mineral: | Quartz |
Locality: | Toufassmame (Izizauen), Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | ![](templates/FabreMinerals/images/LocalidadesGreen.png) |
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Dimensions: | 7.0 x 6.4 x 5.9 cm |
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Quartz crystals tinted reddish brown by hematite. The cores of the crystals are colorless quartz and the outside is overlain by a thin layer of transparent quartz. From the 2015 find. |
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Mineral: | Quartz |
Locality: | Toufassmame (Izizauen), Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | ![](templates/FabreMinerals/images/LocalidadesGreen.png) |
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Dimensions: | 7.0 x 6.4 x 5.9 cm |
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Posted: May 29, 2024 08:21 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst) |
Locality: | La Manche, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland (Island), Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | ![](templates/FabreMinerals/images/LocalidadesGreen.png) |
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Posted: Jun 02, 2024 08:51 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Heulandite on Thompsonite |
Locality: | Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India | ![](templates/FabreMinerals/images/LocalidadesGreen.png) |
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Dimensions: | 6.6 x 4.3 x 2.9 cm |
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Classic coffin-shaped crystals of colorless heulandite to 1.3 cm covering pale orange spheres of thompsonite. According to Sami Makki, these were collected in 2023 during the excavation of a water well at Pahur. |
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Posted: Jun 04, 2024 08:39 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw - Malachite |
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Mineral: | Malachite |
Locality: | Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) | ![](templates/FabreMinerals/images/LocalidadesGreen.png) |
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Dimensions: | 7.1 x 2.4 x 1.2 cm |
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A parallel growth of stalactitic sparkling green malachite. Ex. Rock Currier Collection #6525. |
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Posted: Jun 05, 2024 08:45 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Spinel |
Locality: | Mahenge Mountains, Morogoro Region, Tanzania | ![](templates/FabreMinerals/images/LocalidadesGreen.png) |
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Dimensions: | 2.5 x 2.0 cm |
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Reddish-purple octahedral spinel crystals partially embedded in a white marble matrix. |
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Mineral: | Spinel |
Locality: | Mahenge Mountains, Morogoro Region, Tanzania | ![](templates/FabreMinerals/images/LocalidadesGreen.png) |
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Dimensions: | 2.5 x 2.0 cm |
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Posted: Jun 07, 2024 09:00 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Mesolite |
Locality: | Pashan Quarries, Pashan, Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra, India | ![](templates/FabreMinerals/images/LocalidadesGreen.png) |
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Dimensions: | 7.0 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm |
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Radiating acicular mesolite presenting as compact white crystals at the base grading to colorless transparent crystals at the terminations. Ex. Rustam Kothavala. |
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Posted: Jun 09, 2024 08:26 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Azurite |
Locality: | Mikheevskoe deposit, Kartalinsky District, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Ural Federal District, Russia | ![](templates/FabreMinerals/images/LocalidadesGreen.png) |
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Dimensions: | 2.3 x 2.2 cm |
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Half of an azurite nodule containing a star-shaped cavity lined with azurite crystals. |
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Posted: Jun 11, 2024 13:17 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Albite |
Locality: | California State Gem Mine (Benitoite Gem Mine), San Benito River headwaters area, Santa Rita Peak, New Idria District, San Benito County, California, USA | ![](templates/FabreMinerals/images/LocalidadesGreen.png) |
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Dimensions: | 3.0 x 2.5 cm |
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One of the less commonly found minerals at a location most known for benitoite and neptunite. |
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Posted: Jun 12, 2024 09:50 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Vanadinite |
Locality: | Potosí Mine, Santo Domingo (Francisco Portillo), Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico | ![](templates/FabreMinerals/images/LocalidadesGreen.png) |
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Dimensions: | 2.3 x 1.5 cm |
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Chocolate brown vanadinite crystals associated with minor colorless calcite from Cock's Orebody. |
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Posted: Jun 16, 2024 08:27 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw - Fluorite |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | San Francisco del Oro Mine, San Francisco del Oro Municipality, Chihuahua, Mexico | ![](templates/FabreMinerals/images/LocalidadesOrange.jpg) |
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Dimensions: | 8.0 x 7.2 x 2.7 cm |
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A group of translucent pale green fluorite octahedrons to 1.8 cm with faint purple hues and matte-textured faces. |
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