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Don Lum
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 Posted: Dec 06, 2014 17:59 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| crosstimber wrote: | | Don Lum wrote: | Michael,
I like your Jeffrey Quartz, jpg.1941. When the specimen is a "floater", they are sometimes referred to as "haystack" around here. |
Thanks Don,
As an Arkansas collector, do you know anything about the location listed for 0885 Quartz 2.jpg? The only information listed on the label was White Phantom Claim, Arkansas. I think it may be in Pulaski County, but not sure of this.
More from Arkansas in today's post.
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Michael,
I spoke to a geologist today about the White Phantom. He told me that it is located in Saline County, Arkansas, and that it was under private contract with the United States Forest Service. Saline County is just south and west of Pulaski County.
Merry Christmas to you and Laura.
Regards,
Don
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Dec 07, 2014 10:17 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Don Lum wrote: | | I spoke to a geologist today about the White Phantom. He told me that it is located in Saline County, Arkansas, and that it was under private contract with the United States Forest Service.... |
Fixed: https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=42758#42758
Thank you Don!
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 07, 2014 12:53 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Don Lum wrote: | Michael,
I spoke to a geologist today about the White Phantom. He told me that it is located in Saline County, Arkansas, and that it was under private contract with the United States Forest Service. Saline County is just south and west of Pulaski County.
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Don |
Don,
Thank you for inquiring about the White Phantom claim. I'm very pleased to have the source of that specimen resolved.
Michael
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Dec 07, 2014 19:01 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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My pleasure, Michael.
Don
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Dec 07, 2014 21:36 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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My pleasure, Jordi.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 08, 2014 12:38 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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More from Arkansas.
| Mineral: | Brookite |
| Locality: | | Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA |  |
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| Dimensions: | 6.2 x 6.5 cm |
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| Metallic black brookite crystals on iron stained quartz collected in 1963. Largest crystal is 1.0 cm. |
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| Mineral: | Brookite |
| Locality: | | Rutherford Deposit (Moses Hill), Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.0 x 5.3 cm |
| Description: |
| Blocky black crystals of brookite to 0.9 cm on edge scattered over a matrix of grayish crystallized quartz. |
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| Mineral: | Brookite |
| Locality: | | Rutherford Deposit (Moses Hill), Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.0 x 1.1 cm |
| Description: |
| A single lustrous black brookite crystal with a small sidecar brookite. |
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| Mineral: | Rutile ps. brookite |
| Locality: | | Magnet Cove Rutile Company Deposits, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.8 x 2.1 cm |
| Description: |
| A cyclic twinned rutile crystal pseudomorph after brookite. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 11, 2014 11:05 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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The last of our minerals from Arkansas.
| Mineral: | Dolomite |
| Locality: | | Ben Hogan Quarry, Black Rock, Lawrence County Zinc District, Lawrence County, Arkansas, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.0 x 9.5 cm |
| Description: |
| Typical pearly-lustered, pink saddle-shaped crystals to 1.1 cm covering the top surface of Powell dolomite matrix. |
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| Mineral: | Goethite |
| Locality: | | Cedar Mountain, Mountain Valley, Jessieville, Garland County, Arkansas, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.0 x 9.2 cm |
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| Bubbly iridescent goethite coating a chert breccia matrix. |
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| Mineral: | Kidwellite |
| Locality: | | Three Oaks Gap workings, Three Oaks Gap, Polk County, Arkansas, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.0 x 6.2 cm |
| Description: |
| Olive green spheres of kidwellite associated with flat-lying, acicular crystals of reddish brown beraunite, and other phosphates on novaculite. |
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| Mineral: | Kidwellite |
| Locality: | | Three Oaks Gap workings, Three Oaks Gap, Polk County, Arkansas, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.0 x 6.2 cm |
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| Closer view of above specimen. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 13, 2014 12:58 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Old and new pieces from the Congo.
| Mineral: | Malachite |
| Locality: | | Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Lualaba, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.5 x 12.5 cm |
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| Botryoidal crust of green malachite partially covering a lamellar black matrix. |
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| Mineral: | Carrollite |
| Locality: | | Kamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.8 x 5.1 cm. FOV ~ 3 cm |
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| Lustrous metallic carrollite crystal frozen in a calcite matrix. From the late Chris Wright who acquired the piece from Gilbert Gauthier in 2001 |
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| Mineral: | Chrysocolla |
| Locality: | | L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.5 x 8.5 cm |
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| A globular crust of chrysocolla that is so smooth and lustrous it almost looks like plastic. |
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| Mineral: | Malachite ps. barite |
| Locality: | | Shangulowé Mine, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.3 x 10.2 cm |
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| Velvety green malachite pseudomorphing a group of prismatic Baryte crystals. |
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Dec 13, 2014 14:02 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Michael,
Very nice Carrollite.
Don
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 16, 2014 16:03 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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A few from my home state.
| Mineral: | Tremolite |
| Locality: | | Route 7 road cuts, New Ashford, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.1 x 7.2 cm. |
| Description: |
| Densely compacted masses of pale brown tremolite var. “mountain leather” on light gray limestone. Self collected in 1961. |
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| Mineral: | Almandine |
| Locality: | | Rowe, Franklin County, Massachusetts, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.2 cm across |
| Description: |
| Sharply-formed dodecahedral garnet self collected in 1960. |
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| Mineral: | Prehnite |
| Locality: | | Lane & Son traprock Quarries, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.4 x 12.3 cm |
| Description: |
| Botryoidal apple green prehnite with a few scattered small black babingtonite crystals. Ex. Ernie Schlichter Coll. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 18, 2014 11:23 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Todays offering consists of three specimens from Japan - a country that I wish was better represented in my collection.
| Mineral: | Stibnite |
| Locality: | | Ichinokawa Mine, Saijo, Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku Island, Japan | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.5 x 7.3 cm |
| Description: |
| Slender metallic stibnite crystal with a small accessory crystal. The crystal exhibits typical longitudinal striations and two areas of natural bending. |
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| Mineral: | Orthoclase |
| Locality: | | Takatama Mine, Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Tohoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.9 x 7.8 cm |
| Description: |
| Cream-colored, semi-lustrous, orthoclase crystal set on a thin matrix of smaller crystallized orthoclase. The main crystal measures 6.7 cm long and is a Baveno twin. |
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| Mineral: | Axinite-(Fe) |
| Locality: | | Toroku Mine, Takachiho, Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu Region, Japan | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.0 x 6.0 cm |
| Description: |
| Lustrous loose brown ferroaxinite crystals in parallel growth. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 20, 2014 13:03 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Three Montana calcites.
| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Alzada, Carter County, Montana, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.1 x 6.6 cm |
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| Translucent, orange calcite stalactites on a small piece of gray limestone. |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | North Home Mine, Radersburg District, Broadwater County, Montana, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.5 x 5.1 cm |
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| Sculptural stalactitic growth of white to pale tan calcite. Collected by Chris Tucker. |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Red Cliff Camp, Gallatin County, Montana, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.3 x 5.5 cm |
| Description: |
| Honey-colored scalenohedral calcite on a light gray dolomitic matrix coated with smaller calcite crystals. |
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Vitaliy
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| Posted: Dec 20, 2014 21:32 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| I like the first and third calcite in particular. The third is very similar to Elmwood Mine Calcite. Apparently the rumor with the first calcite was that the collector who collected these never disclosed the exact location.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Dec 21, 2014 03:09 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Really cool orange stalagmite specimen ... or maybe stalactite. Did it grow this way or the other way round? If you don't know, you'll never know for sure whether you have a stalactite or a stalagmite specimen ;-)
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 21, 2014 09:43 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Tobi wrote: | | Really cool orange stalagmite specimen ... or maybe stalactite. Did it grow this way or the other way round? If you don't know, you'll never know for sure whether you have a stalactite or a stalagmite specimen ;-) |
Thanks Vitaliy and Tobi,
As to what orientation the specimen grew in - I don't know, so it could be either. In any case, I think we can use the term stalactitic to describe the general growth habit.
Michael
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