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trtlman
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Posted: Nov 27, 2012 01:07 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Susan Robinson wrote: | Fabulous collection! What a shame that the famous Russell, MA, almandine locality became "lost." It produced some great crystals! Your specimen is among them for sure. |
I thought the mine was just filled in not lost. And there is still a small opening but the site is just a tourist attraction now and the mine was picked clean before being filled back in the 1880's I believe
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John S. White
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Posted: Nov 27, 2012 06:17 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Wonderful specimens, Michael, and very fine photographs. Please keep them coming.
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Nov 27, 2012 10:05 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Thank you Susan and John. Certainly this is quite a compliment coming from two people that have had the pleasure of handling and working with many, many fine mineral specimens.
Since I grew up in Massachusetts and started my collecting there, the Russell almandine is one of my most treasured pieces. These were found around 1885, and one of the fellows that collected them was a farmer from Tyringham, Mass. who seldom traveled out of state. He reportedly had a barrel full of these garnets and traded them with collectors all over. Through these trades, he was able to build a fine worldwide collection, which he donated to the Berkshire Museum around 1901. For a little more history on the location you can go to the Lithographie monograph on garnets and read Russ Behnke's comments, pg. 28.
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Pyrite on magnetite French Creek Mines, St. Peters, Chester Co., Pennsylvania 4.3 x 8.5 cm |
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Copper Phoenix Mine, Keweenaw Co., Michigan 6.3 x 7.5 cm |
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Sphalerite Grace Walker Mine, Picher Field, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma 7.1 x 11.9 cm Resinous brownish-black sphalerite crystals to 2.5 cm with epitactic chalcopyrite and small "ruby jack" sphalerite on chert. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Nov 29, 2012 09:09 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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In 1966 I spent a week exploring Michigan's Upper Peninsula. We collected at as many mine sites as time would allow and I developed a great appreciation for UP minerals. Here are a few from my collection.
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Datolite Flintsteel Mine, Mass City, Ontonagon Co., Michigan 3.3 x 4.5 cm |
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Copper in calcite Phoenix Mine, Keweenaw Co., Michigan 3.4 x 5.3 cm |
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Copper Adventure Mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan 3.1 x 5.2 cm Self collected. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Nov 30, 2012 10:53 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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The southern Illinois fluorspar district has held a special place in my collection ever since I acquired my first specimen from there nearly 50 years ago. The following are a few of my favorite pieces from the district.
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Fluorite Minerva Mine #1, Cave In Rock District, Hardin Co., Illinois 4.2 x 4.5 cm Mined in 1992. |
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Calcite Denton Mine, Bahama Pod, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois 6.2 x 8.3 cm Mined in 1992. |
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supertxango
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Posted: Nov 30, 2012 12:00 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Superb collection Michael. Thank you very much for showing in FMF and for the great explanation about minerals and mining areas.
Regards from Spain !
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Nov 30, 2012 12:23 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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I will continue with a few more from the southern Illinois fluorspar district.
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Calcite on fluorite Minerva Mine #1, Cave In Rock District, Hardin Co., Illinois 5.3 x 5.4 cm |
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Witherite Minerva Mine #1, Cave In Rock District, Hardin Co., Illinois 4.0 x 4.5 cm |
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Strontianite Minerva Mine #1, Cave In Rock District, Hardin Co., Illinois 9.0 x 11.6 cm Mined in 1981. |
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Fluorite Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois 7.1 x 12.5 cm. Mined in 1989. |
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Fluorite with Baryte Minerva Mine #1, Cave In Rock District, Hardin Co., Illinois 5.5 x 8.5 cm. Spherical white Baryte is partially included within the fluorite along with small chalcopyrite crystals. Mined in 1992 from the Crosscut Orebody. |
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Tobi
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Posted: Nov 30, 2012 13:24 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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A very impressive collection, Michael - and really good photos! Please keep them coming!
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Elise
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Posted: Nov 30, 2012 13:26 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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crosstimber wrote: | In 1966 I spent a week exploring Michigan's Upper Peninsula. We collected at as many mine sites as time would allow and I developed a great appreciation for UP minerals. Here are a few from my collection. |
Hi Michael,
I just saw that we each posted a similar calcite specimen on the same day, that of calcite with copper inclusions. I've been trying to photograph it in different lights and am amazed at all of the features it shows ( here is the image: https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=26918#26918 ) Are these found anywhere else and are they nearly always in this form ? It appears the calcite in your photo has double terminations or crystals growing opposite of the main one ( ? ). A beautiful specimen and photo!
The "Calcite Minerva Mine #1" specimen and portrait are both stunning!
Elise
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Nov 30, 2012 19:06 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Thanks Elise and Tobi. Elise, thanks for the link to your nice copper included calcite. I suppose I would have seen it sooner or later. It's nice to revive that thread. I agree, when you really start examining these closely, there are some really neat features that are hard to capture in a photo. Perhaps an expert on the area is aware of some different forms, but all of the pieces I have seen from Michigan's UP are complex scalenohedrons. On the specimen I showed there are several smaller crystals at the bottom and in front of the main crystal and they are indeed doubly terminated.
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Dec 01, 2012 19:09 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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This post will finish up the Southern Illinois fluorspar district. Hopefully these few images will give some idea as to the variety and beauty of specimens that collectors enjoyed from these mines during their heyday.
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Galena Davis-Deardorff Complex, Cave In Rock Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois 7.5 x 8.0 cm |
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Calcite Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave In Rock Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois 7.5 x 7.5 cm. |
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Galena Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois 5.5 x 8.0 cm Galena with fluorite and sphalerite. |
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Baryte ps. after celestite Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois 6.5 x 8.1 cm. |
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Baryte Cave In Rock Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois 4.2 x 6.3 cm. |
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Fluorite Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave In Rock Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois 6.5 x 7.5 cm. Mined in 1993 from the Cross-cut Orebody. |
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Calcite Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois 5.1 x 6.6 cm. These calcites with distinctive sceptered terminations were recovered from the Bethel Level in 1986. There were very few since the pockets were small and they were difficult to extract in one piece. |
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Calcite on fluorite with celestite Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois 8.0 x 10.6 cm. Scalenohedral yellow calcite crystals coated with a second generation of snow-white calcite on dark purple fluorite with druzy blue celestite. Mined 11-13-1987. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Dec 02, 2012 11:32 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Today I will start off with a jackstraw cerussite that is very similar to the Flux Mine specimens from Patagonia, Arizona. This one is from Colorado however, as are the other specimens.
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Cerussite Black Cloud Mine, Leadville, Lake Co., Colorado 4.5 x 4.7 cm. Mined from Orebody #3 in 1980. |
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Goethite Lake George area, Park Co., Colorado 6.9 x 7.5 cm |
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Microcline var. amazonite Tree Root Pocket, Two Point Claim, Teller Co., Colorado 4.2 x 5.4 cm. |
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Dolomite Drift 28, 2000 Level, Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle Co., Colorado 3.5 x 5.6 cm. The small crystals that selectively coat the rhomb faces are freibergite and pyrite. The freibergite was confirmed by SEM. Mined in 1980. |
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GneissWare
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Posted: Dec 02, 2012 11:35 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Michael,
Great specimens and very nice photos!!! Keep them coming!
Bob
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Dec 02, 2012 13:41 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Thanks Bob. I will try to add a few more tomorrow..
Michael
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Dec 03, 2012 12:42 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Here a few of my favorites from the state of New Mexico.
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Smithsonite Kelly Mine, 375' Level, Magdalena, Socorro Co., New Mexico 4.5 x 5.0 cm. Smithsonite crystals with a rice-grain habit on botryoidal aurichalcite with minor tenorite. Collected by Tony Otero. |
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Fluorite Pine Canyon deposit, Burro Mts., Grant Co., New Mexico 6.6 x 9.5 cm. The scalloped faces on these fluorites are very distinctive. Collected by Raymond DeMark. |
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Brochantite Portales Mine, Bingham, Socorro Co., New Mexico 5.2 x 6.1 cm. Brochantite with spangolite and Baryte on quartz. |
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Fluorite Mex Tex Mine, Ora Tunnel, Bingham, Socorro Co., New Mexico 5.6 x 5.8 cm. The pale lavender fluorite crystal is composed of hundreds of tiny stacked octahedrons. A small cubic galena crystal partially altered to anglesite provides a nice accent. |
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Copper Chino Mine, East Pit, 5100 Bench, near Bayard, Grant Co., New Mexico 1.7 x 5.5 cm. Spinel-twinned copper crystals with a nice patina. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Dec 05, 2012 15:13 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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It's easy to like Arizona with so many famous mineral producing localities. For today's post I've selected a few of my favorites from the Grand Canyon state.
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Cerussite and malachite Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona 5.5 x 6.7 cm Colorless to smoky twinned cerussite with silky malachite. Collected sometime around the 1950s. |
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Cerussite Flux Mine, Harshaw District, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona 7.4 x 10.4 cm. |
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Cuprite Ray Mine, Dripping Springs Mts., Pinal Co., Arizona 6.4 x 10.7 cm |
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Azurite Silver Hill Mine, Waterman Mts., Pima Co., Arizona 2.5 x 4.2 cm. |
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Dolomite Vekol Mine, near Casa Grande, Pinal Co., Arizona 7.0 x 8.1 cm Chocolate brown ferroan dolomite collected by David Shannon. |
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Dioptase Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona 5.5 x 6.1 cm, FOV = 2.0 cm. Lustrous blue-green dioptase with colorless cerussite and tabular orange wulfenite crystals lining a cavity in a whitish gray clay matrix. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Dec 06, 2012 09:36 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Only have time to post a couple of pieces this morning.
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Malchite ps. after azurite New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona 3.7 x 5.1 cm Collected in 1985. |
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Vanadinite Grey Horse Mine, Dripping Springs Mts., Pinal Co., Arizona 7.5 x 10.0 cm Collected in June 1976 by Gary Fleck. |
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Pierre Joubert
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Posted: Dec 06, 2012 12:30 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Nice specimens; good photos! Thanks for showing them Michael.
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Dec 07, 2012 16:49 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Thanks Pierre. Today I will continue with a few more Arizona localities that have produced wonderful specimens.
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Aurichalcite '79 Mine, 350' Stope, Hayden, Banner District, Gila Co., Arizona 4.5 x 8.1 cm Turquoise spheres of aurichalcite with drusy gray/white smithsonite. |
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Wulfenite Red Cloud Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mts., La Paz Co., Arizona 4.6 x 8.2 cm |
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Azurite Morenci Mine, Shannon Mts., Greenlee Co., Arizona 5.5 x 6.2 cm. Aggregates of azurite rosettes to 1.0 cm. |
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Wulfenite Rowley Mine, Theba, Painted Rock District, Maricopa Co., Arizona 3.1 x 4.2 cm. Collected by George Godas in the early 1990s. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Dec 08, 2012 12:34 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Today's post will show a few specimens from arguably the most famous Arizona locality - Bisbee.
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Hematite var. turgite Shattuck Mine, Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise Co., Arizona 6.8 x 9.8 cm. |
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Malachite Cole Shaft, 1200' Level, Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise Co., Arizona 8.5 x 12.0 cm. |
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Siderite Junction Shaft, Bisbee, Warren Disctrict, Cochise Co., Arizona 6.1 x 10.9 cm. There was a small find of these velvety siderites back in the 1960s and they were never found again. |
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Azurite Copper Queen Mine, Czar Shaft, Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise Co., Arizona 8.5 x 9.0 cm. |
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Copper 6.5 x 10.5 cm. Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise Co., Arizona Crystallized copper interspersed with patches of red cuprite. |
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Calcite Holbrook Mine, Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise Co., Arizona 5.8 x 8.0 cm. Colorless helectites of calcite emanating from crystallized calcite tinged by secondary copper minerals. |
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