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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 !!!
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: May 12, 2014 12:06 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Time for a few minerals from classic locations in the Czech Republic.
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Marcasite
Komořany, Most, Ústí Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
5.6 x 6.1 cm
Arborescent group of pale, bronze-yellow, spear-shaped crystals. This location is a classic locale for marcasite where it occurs in plastic clays associated with coal deposits. |
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Dyscrasite
Příbram, Central Bohemia Region, Czech Republic
4.1 x 5.0 cm
Metallic dyscrasite crystals with an iridescent tarnish on stibarsen matrix. Collected in 1982. |
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Opal var. hyalite
Valec, Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
7.0 x 8.1 cm
Glassy botryoidal hyalite opal on a shard of matrix. The opal exhibits a strong green fluorescence under SW light. |
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Orthoclase ps. leucite
Loucná, Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
3.1 x 3.5 cm
A classic pseudomorph of K-feldspar after a trapezohedral leucite crystal. |
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Proustite
Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
5.0 x 5.4 cm
Small carmine-red crystals of proustite in a matrix of massive arsenic. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: May 15, 2014 15:10 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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A few alpine vein minerals from France.
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Epidote
Saint-Véran, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, France
5.6 x 6.5 cm
Dark green epidote crystals in divergent groups associated with quartz and albite. |
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Quartz
Les Droites, Mt. Blanc Massif, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France
4.0 x 6.1 cm
A floater of sharply-formed, tabular smoky quartz crystals in parallel growth with minor chlorite coating several crystal faces. |
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Albite
Roc la Niera, Ubaye Valley, Alpes-de-Haute Province, France
4.5 x 4.7 cm
A group of tabular twinned albite crystals. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: May 20, 2014 15:17 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Continuing with France.
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Gypsum
Angervillieres Quarry, Essone, Ile-de-France, France
4.4 x 7.3 cm
An intersecting group of transparent gypsum crystals from an defunct locality just outside Paris. |
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Pyromorphite
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Corrèze, Limousin, France
5.6 x 7.0 cm
Olive-green, barrel-shaped pyromorphite crystals to 1.0 cm with mustard-yellow tips on iron stained white Baryte |
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Fluorite
Argentière Glacier, Mont Blanc, Chamonix, Haute-Savoie, France
4.2 x 5.7 cm
Pale pink octahedral fluorite crystals to 1.1 cm on edge sitting atop chlorite coated fluorite and smoky quartz crystals. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: May 26, 2014 11:03 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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A few more miniature pieces from France.
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Fluorite
Piboul Mine, Gabrias, Marvejols, Lozère, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
3.4 x 4.5 cm
An intergrown group of sharp, translucent to transparent, lemon-yellow, cubic crystals. |
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Azurite
Chessy-Les Mines, Le Bois d'Oingt, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France
3.5 x 5.2 cm
A group of bladed azurite crystals ranging in color from dark to bright blue. |
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Fluorite
Le Burc Mine, Tarn, Midi-Pyrénées, France
3.2 x 3.8 cm
Intergrown cubic blue fluorite crystals dusted with small pyrite crystals. |
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Cerussite
Lescure Mine, Mayres, Ardèche, Rhône-Alpes, France
3.2 x 4.2 cm
A group of opaque white cerussite crystals with a silky luster. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: May 31, 2014 11:23 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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A few odds and ends for today's post, and the only representatives I have in the collection from Ireland, Indonesia and Greece.
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Dolomite
Abbeytown Mine, Ballysadare, County Sligo, Ireland
5.5 x 6.8 cm
Light tan curved rhombs of dolomite with a pearly luster on a matrix of gray basalt. |
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Dolomite
Aughamore Quarry, Aughamore, County Sligo, Ireland
5.0 x 6.2 cm
Lustrous pale pink curved rhombs covering the top of a flat matrix plate. |
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Chalcedony
near Mt. Merapi, Java, Indonesia
1.8 x 14.3 cm.
A translucent stalactite of chalcedony with a prominent hollow central channel. |
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Quartz
Mega Horio, Serifos Island, Cyclade Islands, Kykládes Prefecture, Greece
3.5 x 6.5 cm
Tapered crystals of hedenbergite included quartz. |
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