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PostPosted: May 12, 2014 12:06    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Time for a few minerals from classic locations in the Czech Republic.


0305 Marcasite.jpg
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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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0902 Dyscrasite.jpg
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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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0902 Dyscrasite.jpg



1285 Opal var. hyalite.jpg
 Description:
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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1285 Opal var. hyalite.jpg



1780 Orthoclase ps. leucite.jpg
 Description:
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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1780 Orthoclase ps. leucite.jpg



0548 Proustite.jpg
 Description:
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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PostPosted: May 15, 2014 15:10    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

A few alpine vein minerals from France.


0410 Epidote.jpg
 Description:
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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0410 Epidote.jpg



1387 Quartz var. smoky.jpg
 Description:
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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1387 Quartz var. smoky.jpg



1644 Albite.jpg
 Description:
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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PostPosted: May 20, 2014 15:17    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Continuing with France.


0507 Gypsum.jpg
 Description:
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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0507 Gypsum.jpg



0830 Pyromorphite.jpg
 Description:
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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0830 Pyromorphite.jpg



1129 Fluorite.jpg
 Description:
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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PostPosted: May 26, 2014 11:03    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

A few more miniature pieces from France.


1303 Fluorite-Pivoul.jpg
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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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1303 Fluorite-Pivoul.jpg



0951 Azurite.jpg
 Description:
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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0951 Azurite.jpg



2081 Fluorite.jpg
 Description:
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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2081 Fluorite.jpg



2108 Cerussite.jpg
 Description:
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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PostPosted: May 31, 2014 11:23    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

A few odds and ends for today's post, and the only representatives I have in the collection from Ireland, Indonesia and Greece.


2030 Dolomite.jpg
 Description:
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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2030 Dolomite.jpg



1778 Dolomite.jpg
 Description:
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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1778 Dolomite.jpg



2101 Chalcedony.jpg
 Description:
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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2101 Chalcedony.jpg



0047 Quartz var. prase.jpg
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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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PostPosted: Jun 07, 2014 09:33    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Time for a few minerals from Italy today. I have an amusing story about the following picture. Several years ago, on a trip to Italy, we visited Lake Como. We stayed in Baveno at a nice hotel right on the lake, and when we arrived in our room Laura opened the drapes expecting to have a nice view of the lake. She was disappointed because our room faced the other direction. I was ecstatic because we had a beautiful view of the quarry where the specimen pictured was found. We still laugh about this.


1985 Orthoclase.jpg
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Orthoclase
Montecatini Quarry, Baveno, Piedmont, Italy
4.2 x 6.4 cm
A creamy tan Carlsbad-twinned orthoclase crystal on a granite matrix.
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1985 Orthoclase.jpg



0104 Actinolite in talc.jpg
 Description:
Actinolite
Roccamonfina, Caserta, Campania, Italy
6.5 x 7.0 cm
Bundles of acicular olive-green actinolite embedded in white talc.
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0104 Actinolite in talc.jpg



0265 Sulfur.jpg
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Sulphur
Racalmuto Mine, Agrigento Prov., Sicily, Italy
5.5 x 6.7 cm
Bright lemon yellow Sulphur crystals associated with white aragonite crystals which exhibit pink fluorescence under LW and SW light.
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0265 Sulfur.jpg


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PostPosted: Jun 11, 2014 10:55    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

More from Italy.


0583 Quartz.jpg
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Tornadei Valley, Malenco, Sondrio Prov., Lombardy, Italy
4.5 x 6.6 cm
Glassy colorless quartz crystals included with green chlorite.
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0583 Quartz.jpg



1569 Quartz.jpg
 Description:
Quartz
Colle Vaccera, Val Pelice, Torino Prov., Piemonte, Italy
3.5 x 4.3 cm
A small group of transparent quartz crystals associated with small specks of dark green epidote
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1569 Quartz.jpg



2066 Talc.jpg
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Talc
Pietranera, Rovegno, Genova Prov., Liguria, Italy
6.6 x 9.0 cm
Something you don't see everyday - waxy green talc crystals.
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2066 Talc.jpg


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PostPosted: Jun 11, 2014 17:44    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Great photo's Michael; I like the talc crystals.
Thanks for showing.

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PostPosted: Jun 15, 2014 14:56    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Mike Wood wrote:
Great photo's Michael; I like the talc crystals.
Thanks for showing.

Regards, Mike


Thank you Mike. I really enjoyed your pictures and post about your visit to Ben Loyal. It looks like a very stark but beautiful landscape.

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PostPosted: Jun 15, 2014 22:32    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Mike Wood wrote:
Great photo's Michael; I like the talc crystals.
Thanks for showing.

Regards, Mike

Agreed. Best talc I have seen.
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PostPosted: Jun 17, 2014 15:00    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Thanks Bob. I don't ever recall having seen crystallized talc before, so I thought this was pretty interesting.

Continuing with a few more from Italy.



1829 Andradite var. demantoid.jpg
 Description:
Andradite var. demantoid
Ciappanico Mine, Malenco Valley, Sondrio Prov., Lombardy, Italy
7.5 x 8.5 cm.
Pale green demantoid crystals scattered over the top surface of a green serpentine matrix.
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1829 Andradite var. demantoid.jpg



1573 Siderite.jpg
 Description:
Siderite
Brosso Mine, Calea, Lessolo, Torino Prov., Lombardy, Italy
6.0 x 7.8 cm
Lenticular brown siderite crystals from the Geriniere Level of the mine. There are bladed, metallic black hematite crystals on the reverse side.
 Viewed:  27437 Time(s)

1573 Siderite.jpg



1524 Pyrite.jpg
 Description:
Pyrite
Valle Giove Stope, Rio Mine, Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Prov., Tuscany, Italy
5.2 x 6.3 cm
Bright metallic pyritohedral pyrite crystal associated with lustrous black specular hematite and minor sphalerite.
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1524 Pyrite.jpg


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PostPosted: Jun 19, 2014 09:19    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

It's raining here this morning so no work in the garden today. Plenty of time to finish up minerals from Italy.
Michael



0322 Sulfur.jpg
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Sulphur
Cianciana Mine, Agrigento Prov., Sicily, Italy
9.2 x 10.5 cm
Yellow prismatic Sulphur crystals to 1.2 cm interspersed among stalactitic growths of acicular aragonite.
 Viewed:  27350 Time(s)

0322 Sulfur.jpg



0322 Sulfur.jpg
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Sulphur
Cianciana Mine, Agrigento Prov., Sicily, Italy
9.2 x 10.5 cm
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0322 Sulfur.jpg



1692 Stibnite.jpg
 Description:
Stibnite
Niccioleta Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosetto Prov., Tuscany, Italy
5.5 x 8.3 cm
Jackstraw aggregate of prismatic lead-gray stibnite crystals.
 Viewed:  27440 Time(s)

1692 Stibnite.jpg



2021 Calcite.jpg
 Description:
Calcite
Campomorto Quarry, Pietra Massa, Viterbo Prov., Latium, Italy
8.0 x 8.0 cm
Greenish-yellow chatoyant spherical calcite groups scattered over a gray basalt-like matrix.
 Viewed:  27376 Time(s)

2021 Calcite.jpg



2177 Pyrite.jpg
 Description:
Pyrite
Rio Marina, Elba Island, Livorno Prov., Tuscany, Italy
4.5 x 4.8 cm
A matrix of micaceous hematite hosts a lustrous crystal of pyrite.
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2177 Pyrite.jpg


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PostPosted: Jun 28, 2014 15:14    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Returning to the USA for a while - here are a few from Elmwood.


2124 Barite.jpg
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Baryte on sphalerite
Elmwood, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
6.4 x 7.1 cm
Two spherical aggregates of creamy Baryte perched on lustrous brown sphalerite.
 Viewed:  27135 Time(s)

2124 Barite.jpg



2165 Calcite.jpg
 Description:
Calcite and fluorite
Elmwood, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
6.2 x 6.7 cm
Pale yellow calcite crystals in parallel growth with stepped cubes of light purple fluorite.
 Viewed:  27181 Time(s)

2165 Calcite.jpg



1671 Fluorite.jpg
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Fluorite
Elmwood, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
5.2 x 6.4 cm
Pale purple, zoned fluorite with a small dark brown sphalerite crystal on dolomitic limestone.
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PostPosted: Jun 29, 2014 06:17    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Beautiful specimens, Michael!
I love the fluorites from France and from Elmwood Mine :)

Tobi
P.S. What's the size of the gypsum from France (0507 Gypsum.jpg)?
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PostPosted: Jun 29, 2014 09:31    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Michael, I like the last fluorite with the purple zoning.

Hello to Laura.

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PostPosted: Jun 29, 2014 17:59    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Tobi wrote:
Beautiful specimens, Michael!
I love the fluorites from France and from Elmwood Mine :)

Tobi
P.S. What's the size of the gypsum from France (0507 Gypsum.jpg)?


Thank you Tobi. The gypsum is 4.4 x 7.3 cm. Thanks for pointing out that I forgot to include it. I have added the size to the image now.

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PostPosted: Jun 29, 2014 18:19    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Don Lum wrote:
Michael, I like the last fluorite with the purple zoning.

Hello to Laura.

Don


Thanks Don. Say hi to Gwen.
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PostPosted: Jun 30, 2014 09:07    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Mike,
Like Tobi, I have a weakness for fluorite specimens. I particularly enjoy the three French fluorites, especially the Le Burc Mine (2081 Fluorite.jpg) fluorite.

I also have enjoyed the Elmwood Mine specimens (2165 Calcite.jpg, 1671 Fluorite.jpg) that both you and Don Lum on his thread have posted. It is one of my favorite localities.

Although this was many pages ago, I also enjoyed the aesthetics of the Carrolite specimen (1135 Carrollite (3).jpg, pg. 20) and the “Bahama Pod” Calcite from the Denton Mine (1373 Calcite.jpg, pg. 2)

I am assuming that the pink fluorite from Argentiere Massif, Chamonix (1129 Fluorite.jpg, pg. 3) is the same specimen as (1129 Fluorite.jpg, pg. 24). The chlorite, I think adds more character to it. Very cool…
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PostPosted: Jun 30, 2014 10:58    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Jamison Brizendine wrote:
Mike,
Like Tobi, I have a weakness for fluorite specimens.

It ain't a "weakness" - it's a fetish-like addiction ;-)
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PostPosted: Jun 30, 2014 11:27    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Jamison Brizendine wrote:
Mike,
Like Tobi, I have a weakness for fluorite specimens. I particularly enjoy the three French fluorites, especially the Le Burc Mine (2081 Fluorite.jpg) fluorite.

I also have enjoyed the Elmwood Mine specimens (2165 Calcite.jpg, 1671 Fluorite.jpg) that both you and Don Lum on his thread have posted. It is one of my favorite localities.

Although this was many pages ago, I also enjoyed the aesthetics of the Carrolite specimen (1135 Carrollite (3).jpg, pg. 20) and the “Bahama Pod” Calcite from the Denton Mine (1373 Calcite.jpg, pg. 2)

I am assuming that the pink fluorite from Argentiere Massif, Chamonix (1129 Fluorite.jpg, pg. 3) is the same specimen as (1129 Fluorite.jpg, pg. 24). The chlorite, I think adds more character to it. Very cool…


Hi Jamison,

Thanks for your nice comments. It's hard not to have a weakness (or as Tobi describes it, an addiction) for fluorite. I love MVT localities, and Elmwood is also one of my favorite locales ever since I acquired my first specimen from there over 40 years ago.

And yes, the images of the pink fluorite from Chamonix are of the same specimen, the last one being a shot of the entire piece. Lastly, why don't you consider starting your own collection thread. We'd enjoy seeing some of your collection.

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