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Michael Shaw
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Nchanga Mine, Chingola, Chingola District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia |  |
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| Dimensions: | 5.0 x 7.5 cm |
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| A cluster of bladed medium blue azurite with no point of attachment. Collected in 1979. |
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| Mineral: | Mimetite |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.8 x 5.3 cm |
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| Yellow cauliflower-like mimetite crystals scattered on the top surface of a brown gossan matrix. |
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Jared3339
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| Posted: May 22, 2015 14:21 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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mike these specimens are amazing. love the color in that Vanadinite. very red.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: May 28, 2015 08:49 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.4 x 6.7 cm |
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| A honey-colored twinned scalenohedral calcite crystal. |
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| Mineral: | Barite |
| Locality: | | Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.2 x 5.2 cm |
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| A mounded aggregate of waxy-lustered milky white Baryte crystals that resemble rice grains. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: May 29, 2015 10:35 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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At this year's Tucson show, there was a Chinese dealer at the TCC Hotel that had quite a few fluorites (in fact, that is all he had), supposedly from Fujian Province. I tried, without success, to get more detailed information about the occurrence, but the language barrier prevented me from finding out anything more about the location. The specimens were quite attractive and hadn't been oiled, which I took as a good sign, so I decided to purchase one thinking that details of the location would eventually come to light. Although the Chinese dealer that had these fluorites was about the only one that had them, I questioned some of the other Chinese dealers at the show. Most didn't seem to know anything about fluorite from Fujian, but a few did, and Fujian was as detailed as they could get. One dealer, who spoke English quite well, was able to tell me that these were recovered during construction of a high-speed train tunnel in Fujian Province.
I had pretty much forgotten about the piece, until I spotted a similar one on Jordi's website. The location given was Youxi, Sanming, Fujian Prov. and the matrix was identical to my specimen, so I knew it was from the same location. Well, after a little research, I was able to determine that Youxi is a county in Fujian Province, under the administration of Sanming City, and the just-completed Xiangtang–Putian high-speed railway runs through Youxi. It also has several tunnels over 10 km in length, so the information provided by the one dealer seemed to make sense.
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Youxi, Sanming Prefecture, Fujian Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.0 x 7.7 cm |
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| Several medium green cuboctahedral fluorite crystals composed of step-like growths of small cubes on a breccia shard with quartz. |
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GneissWare
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| Posted: May 29, 2015 18:07 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Very similar material, some with / without small grains of white quartz? as inclusions were coming out in 2014 from the Ruyuan fluorite mine, Ruyuan Co., Shaoguan Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China. This is a prolific locality for green fluorite with quartz.
These were said by the dealer to be coming from a different locality, but I was able to confirm with my Chinese contacts the correct locality.
Does yours have any inclusions, or matrix other than quartz points?
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: May 31, 2015 21:46 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| GneissWare wrote: | Very similar material, some with / without small grains of white quartz? as inclusions were coming out in 2014 from the Ruyuan fluorite mine, Ruyuan Co., Shaoguan Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China. This is a prolific locality for green fluorite with quartz.
These were said by the dealer to be coming from a different locality, but I was able to confirm with my Chinese contacts the correct locality.
Does yours have any inclusions, or matrix other than quartz points? |
Bob,
The crystals show good transparency and there are no inclusions present. The quartz and fluorites are attached to a small rib of limestone matrix. The crystal form for the Ruyuan fluorites also seems to be predominantly octahedrons.
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vic rzonca
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Location: MA
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| Posted: Jun 01, 2015 10:23 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mike, your collection is deep and wide. In the Carthage Baryte, I see a peony, only one of your amazing images.
Thanks.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jun 01, 2015 15:34 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| vic rzonca wrote: | Mike, your collection is deep and wide. In the Carthage Baryte, I see a peony, only one of your amazing images.
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Hi Vic,
Thank you. As for depth and breadth - many folks would say that I lack focus :>), but it gives me great pleasure and that's what counts.
I am terrible at seeing "other" shapes in minerals, unless its very obvious, but that Elmwood Baryte sure does look like a peony now that you mention it.
Michael
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jun 06, 2015 14:12 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Dolomite |
| Locality: | | Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District, Kosovo | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.0 x 4.7 cm |
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| Cream-colored rhombic dolomite crystals to 0.5 cm on edge scattered over and among black sphalerite crystals. |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Naica Mine, Naica, Municipio Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.6 x 7.0 cm |
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| Creamy-white rhombic calcites with a sugary surface texture associated with scattered pyrite crystals on massive pyrite and sphalerite. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jun 15, 2015 16:45 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Malachite |
| Locality: | | Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.9 cm |
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| Malachite on shattuckite. |
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| Mineral: | Brochantite |
| Locality: | | Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.3 x 3.0 cm |
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Pierre Joubert
Joined: 09 Mar 2012
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| Posted: Jun 16, 2015 05:32 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Hi Michael. I like the Dolomite/sphalerite and the calcite/pyrite specimens .
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jun 16, 2015 07:57 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Pierre Joubert wrote: | | Hi Michael. I like the Dolomite/sphalerite and the calcite/pyrite specimens . |
Thanks for your kind words Pierre.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jun 21, 2015 14:45 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Thumbnail specimens.
| Mineral: | Siderite |
| Locality: | | Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.0 x 2.5 cm |
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| Rhombic siderite crystals sprinkled with tiny white albite crystals. |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | North Quarry, Dundas Quarry, West Flamborough Township, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.5 x 2.0 cm |
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| Intergrown glassy fluorite cubes. |
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| Mineral: | Cerussite |
| Locality: | | Monarch Mine, Prichard Creek, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.7 x 2.0 cm |
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| Twinned cerussite crystals on a brown gossan matrix. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jun 25, 2015 15:07 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Garnets
| Mineral: | Grossular |
| Locality: | | Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.5 x 2.0 cm |
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| Mineral: | Grossular |
| Locality: | | Coyote Range, Bishop, Bishop District, Inyo County, California, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.4 x 2.1 cm |
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| Mineral: | Spessartine |
| Locality: | | Seydar, Hoh Nala, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.0 x 1.9 cm |
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GneissWare
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| Posted: Jun 25, 2015 16:19 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Nice garnets! The Bishop one is quite bright for the locality.
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