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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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65110 Time(s) |
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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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65015 Time(s) |
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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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65026 Time(s) |
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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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65110 Time(s) |
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Baryte
Cave In Rock Sub-District, Hardin Co., Illinois
4.2 x 6.3 cm. |
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65072 Time(s) |
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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.
Michael
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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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65008 Time(s) |
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Goethite
Lake George area, Park Co., Colorado
6.9 x 7.5 cm |
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65045 Time(s) |
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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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64981 Time(s) |
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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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64764 Time(s) |
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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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64707 Time(s) |
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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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64708 Time(s) |
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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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64740 Time(s) |
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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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64711 Time(s) |
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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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64065 Time(s) |
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Cerussite
Flux Mine, Harshaw District, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona
7.4 x 10.4 cm. |
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64076 Time(s) |
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Cuprite
Ray Mine, Dripping Springs Mts., Pinal Co., Arizona
6.4 x 10.7 cm |
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64048 Time(s) |
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Azurite
Silver Hill Mine, Waterman Mts., Pima Co., Arizona
2.5 x 4.2 cm. |
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64120 Time(s) |
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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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64050 Time(s) |
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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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64028 Time(s) |
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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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64059 Time(s) |
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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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64088 Time(s) |
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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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Pierre Joubert
'The tree of silence bears the fruit of peace. ' |
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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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63934 Time(s) |
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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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63940 Time(s) |
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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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63883 Time(s) |
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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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64032 Time(s) |
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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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63908 Time(s) |
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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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63864 Time(s) |
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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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63836 Time(s) |
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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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63791 Time(s) |
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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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63833 Time(s) |
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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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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 09, 2012 18:05 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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It's time to leave the confines of the U.S. and post a few of the European specimens in my collection.
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Fluorite
Argentiere Massif, Chamonix, Mont Blanc, Haute-Savoie, France
4.2 x 5.7 cm.
Octahedral fluorite on smoky quartz with chlorite. |
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64236 Time(s) |
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Celestine
Machow Mine, Tarnobrzeg, Podkarpackie, Poland
6.0 x 6.5 cm |
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64311 Time(s) |
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Aragonite var. "cave pearls"
Rohrig Shaft, Wettelrode, Sangerhausen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
8.0 x 10.0 cm |
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64370 Time(s) |
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Peter
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| Posted: Dec 10, 2012 02:47 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Beautiful photography and fine specimens Michael. I would not mind any of the 3 Mexican TN's. Peter
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 10, 2012 11:11 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Thank you for your kind comment Peter. I love the perfection that thumbnails often exhibit, and they are certainly easier to store.
This morning's post includes a few more pieces from Europe. The last is one of my all time favorites due to its history and the fact that I was able to spend 5 months in Iceland in the late 60s. I never found anything of this caliber, but had a great time trekking around this beautiful country.
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Quartz var. smoky
Cavradi Gorge, Curnera Valley, Grischun, Switzerland
4.1 x 4.6 cm.
A smoky quartz with nice transparency and a gwindel habit. |
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64270 Time(s) |
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Rutile
Kaputdzhukh Mt., Paragachai, Zangezur Range, Armenia
6.3 x 9.0 cm.
These specimens came out in the early 1990s and are very scarce nowadays. |
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64185 Time(s) |
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Stilbite
Teigarhorn, Berufjordur, Suour-Mulasysla, Iceland
5.8 x 9.4 cm
This specimen has an interesting history. It was collected by Swedish geologist Carl Willhelm Paijkull during his expedition to Iceland and sold to the Natural History Museum in Stockholm around 1866. I often wonder where else it has resided until now. |
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64141 Time(s) |
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| The label for the above stilbite. |
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64106 Time(s) |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 11, 2012 08:51 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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As I mentioned in an earlier post, my favorite mineral is galena. So, this morning I have included three galenas from Europe.
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Galena
Olkusz, Bytom District, Slaskie, Poland
6.0 x 9.1 cm.
Octahedral galena with small brown sphalerite crystals. |
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64149 Time(s) |
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Galena
Ramsbeck, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
5.3 x 7.3 cm |
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64074 Time(s) |
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Galena with siderite
Neudorf, Harzgerode, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
5.8 x 6.2 cm. |
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64085 Time(s) |
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GneissWare
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| Posted: Dec 11, 2012 09:06 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Excellent photographs, and the rocks are really nice also.
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