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Mike Wood
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 Posted: Apr 23, 2014 12:43 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Well done Michael!
You must have quite a large collection, if as you say, "hopefully there will be many more to come"!
Many thanks for sharing these lovely specimens with us; and best wishes to yourself and Laura.
Mike :-)
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GneissWare
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| Posted: Apr 23, 2014 13:55 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Michael,
Congratulations. You have a very broad and aesthetic collection!
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Apr 23, 2014 17:20 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Thank you very much Pierre, Mike, and Bob. I have found that these collection threads are such a nice way to connect with other people who share the same passion for minerals and that I might never get a chance to meet in person.
Mike, my collection contains a little over 2,100 catalogued specimens. I suppose that may seem large to some people, but I regularly talk to collectors that have 5,000 or even 10,000 specimens. I never really think too much about numbers, but try to focus on building as comprehensive a collection as my budget allows. You can interpret my comment on "hopefully there will be many more to come" in a couple of ways. Yes, I have quite a few more pieces that I have not shown; then again, some are just not very photogenic. My thought was more along the lines of - I hope to continue building this collection for many years to come :>)
Thanks again for your comments.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Apr 25, 2014 07:59 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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More Aussie minerals.
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Quartz var. smoky
Mooralla, Victoria, Australia
3.5 x 4.0 cm
A cluster of transparent, smoky quartz crystals on a small piece of matrix. |
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20023 Time(s) |
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Stellerite
Tambar Springs, New South Wales, Australia
4.0 x 6.6 cm
Lustrous salmon-colored stellerite blades to 5.5 cm. |
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Chabazite var. phacolite
Flinders, Victoria, Australia
6.5 x 9.0 cm
Glassy chabazite var. phacolite crystals to 0.5 cm covering matrix. The unusual morphology of the crystals is due to multiple twinning of the rhombohedrons. |
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Mike Wood
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| Posted: Apr 25, 2014 12:08 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Nice smokies Michael, and lovely fresh stellerite too. Well done for the photo of the phacolite specimen - not an easy mineral to deal with!
Regards, Mike : )
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Apr 25, 2014 13:05 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mike Wood wrote: | Nice smokies Michael, and lovely fresh stellerite too. Well done for the photo of the phacolite specimen - not an easy mineral to deal with!
Regards, Mike : ) |
Thanks, Mike.
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Roger Warin
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| Posted: Apr 25, 2014 15:48 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Nice stellerite.
Roger.
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Martin Rich
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Location: Lower Austria
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| Posted: Apr 25, 2014 20:14 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Michael, I want also send you my congratulations!
I enjoy your photographs of specimens around the world.
Martin
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Apr 29, 2014 14:15 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Thank you Roger and Martin. Glad you are enjoying them.
Continuing with minerals from Australia - today a trio of gypsum.
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Gypsum
Woolcunda Station, New South Wales, Australia
7.5 x 9.0 cm
An intergrown group of reddish-brown lenticular gypsum crystals. |
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Gypsum
Lake Gilles, Corunna Station, South Australia, Australia
Left 2.3 x 3.3 cm, Right 2.1 x 4.3
A couple of colorless twinned gypsum crystals. |
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Gypsum
Myall Creek, Whyalla, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
7.0 x 10.0 cm
Sparkling colorless gypsum crystals completely covering an undulating matrix. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Apr 30, 2014 16:40 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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More from 'Down Under' featuring Broken Hill.
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Rhodonite
Broken Hill mines, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
6.0 x 8.5 cm
Dark red cleavages of rhodonite associated with silvery metallic galena. |
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19670 Time(s) |
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Chlorargyrite
Broken Hill mines, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
4.5 x 5.0 cm
Rich crystalline gray chlorargyrite covering the top of a brown gossan matrix. |
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19695 Time(s) |
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Copper
Broken Hill mines, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
5.5 x 6.0 cm
Native copper with twinned crystals arranged in a feather pattern. Ex. Washington A. Roebling Collection. |
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19725 Time(s) |
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Copper
Broken Hill mines, Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
5.5 x 6.0 cm
Smithsonian label for copper. |
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19674 Time(s) |
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Apr 30, 2014 16:50 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Michael,
I really like your Rhodonite and Copper specimens.
Nice !!!
Don
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Apr 30, 2014 17:02 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Don Lum wrote: | Michael,
I really like your Rhodonite and Copper specimens.
Nice !!!
Don |
Thanks Don. The copper is one of my personal favorites.
Regards,
Michael
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: May 03, 2014 10:39 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Continuing with minerals from Australia.
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Azurite
Malbunka Copper Mine, Areyonga, Gardiner Range, Northern Territory, Australia
6.2 x 6.2 cm
Bright blue disks of azurite, known as “azurite suns” embedded in white kaoilinitic siltstone. |
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19580 Time(s) |
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Scholzite
Reaphook Hill, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
5.9 x 9.7 cm.
Delicate acicular crystals of scholzite to 1.0 cm. covering a gossan matrix. |
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19657 Time(s) |
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Atacamite
Mt. Gunson Mine, Andamooka Ranges,South Australia, Australia
9.2 x 11.5 cm.
Dark green atacamite crystals covering all sides of matrix. |
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19548 Time(s) |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: May 06, 2014 15:40 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Except for a few specimens of Queensland agate, that about does it for Australian minerals in our collection. If I can find time to photograph a few thumbnails, there may be a few more pieces worth showing.
Michael
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Crocoite
Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia
4.6 x 7.7 cm
Reddish-orange aggregate of prismatic crocoite crystals with hollow
terminations and partially covered with gray-white gibbsite. |
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Pyromorphite
Browns Open Pit, Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Northern Territory, Australia
4.5 x 6.5 cm
Lustrous olive-green hexagonal barrel-shaped crystals to 2 mm coating a bright green malachite matrix. Recovered from the "Emerald Pocket" in 2010. |
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Azurite
Malbunka Cu Mine, Western Aranda country, Areyonga, Northern Territory, Australia
6.3 x 8.0 cm
Ovate leaf-shaped azurite sun with shallow concentric ridges on a matrix of pale gray kaolinite. |
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Roger Warin
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: May 06, 2014 16:11 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Many thanks, Roger. Sometimes a photograph does not do justice to a specimen. In this case, however, I was very pleased with the outcome.
Michael
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: May 08, 2014 11:14 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Well as luck would have it, it's raining this morning, so no working in the garden today. That leaves me with a little time to photograph a few thumbnail pieces from Australia.
Michael
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Fluorite
Mungana, Chillagoe-Herberton District, Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia
2.1 x 2.3 cm
A pale green octahedral fluorite crystal on a small piece of quartz matrix from a not often seen location. |
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19356 Time(s) |
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Malachite
Sir Dominick Mine, Arkaroola Region, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
1.2 x 1.9 cm
a velvety malachite pseudomorph after azurite. |
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19312 Time(s) |
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Cassiterite
Inverell, Hardinge Co., New South Wales, Australia
1.6 x 1.8 cm
A lustrous dark brown cassiterite crystal with root beer-colored internal highlights. |
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: May 12, 2014 09:56 Post subject: Congratulations Michael! |
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In https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=37588#37588 Michael Shaw published a great photo (see below). In its last issue (Jg. 39, Nr. 5, May 2014) the fine German magazine Lapis has published this photo, giving credit to Michael. Congratulations!
To purchase this stupendous issue you can use this link from the Lapis web page
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The image that Michael published here.
Chalcocite
Tongshan Mine, Daye Mine, Huangshi Pref., Hubei Prov., China
1.0 x 4.7 cm
Stalactitic chalcocite coated with a thin film of iridescent chalcopyrite. |
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| And a partial reproduction of the page of the issue Jg. 39, Nr. 5, May 2014 of the Lapis magazine. |
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Don Lum
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| Posted: May 12, 2014 10:05 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Congratulations, Michael. Stunningly beautiful specimen and great photography.
Don
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: May 12, 2014 11:30 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| What a pleasant surprise. Thanks Don, and thanks to Jordi for bringing this to my attention.
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