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PostPosted: Apr 14, 2015 14:42    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

GneissWare wrote:
That 2nd cerussite is particularly excellent!


Thanks Bob. Of all the cerussites in my collection, that one is my favorite.
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PostPosted: Apr 22, 2015 10:30    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Vanadinite


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 Mineral: Vanadinite
 Locality:
Hamburg Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
 Dimensions: 4.5 x 5.5 cm
 Description:
Lustrous, cherry-red drusy vanadinite crystals to 1 mm covering a breccia matrix. Collected by David Shannon in March 1995.
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 Mineral: Vanadinite
 Locality:
Ramsey Mine, Plomosa District, Plomosa Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
 Dimensions: 8.2 x 11.7 FOV ~
 Description:
Lustrous greenish-brown barrel-shaped crystals to 2mm.
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 Mineral: Vanadinite
 Locality:
Apache Mine, Globe Hills, Radium, Burch area, Globe Hills District, Globe-Miami District, Gila County, Arizona, USA
 Dimensions: 4.5 x 7.5 cm
 Description:
Lustrous red crystals of vanadinite to 5 mm covering a breccia matrix with minor colorless micro calcite crystals in association.
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PostPosted: Apr 30, 2015 08:12    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Staurolite


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 Mineral: Staurolite
 Locality:
Pilar village, Picuris District, Taos County, New Mexico, USA
 Dimensions: 2.4 to 2.8 cm
 Description:
A 60 degree twin on {231}, a 90 degree cruciform twin on {031}, and a single crystal.
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PostPosted: May 09, 2015 15:23    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

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 Mineral: Wulfenite
 Locality:
Total Wreck Mine, Cienega Creek, The Narrows, Empire District, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA
 Dimensions: 4.5 x 6.2 cm
 Description:
Semi-lustrous yellow-orange tabular crystals to 4 mm on brown gossan matrix.
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 Mineral: Vanadinite
 Locality:
Pure Potential Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
 Dimensions: 6.0 x 6.3 cm
 Description:
Lustrous red hexagonal crystals to 4 mm covering a gray manganiferous calcite matrix.
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PostPosted: May 20, 2015 11:07    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

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 Mineral: Calcite
 Locality:
Dachang District, Nandan, Hechi Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
 Dimensions: 4.6 x 4.9 cm
 Description:
A colorless low angle rhomb of calcite with a narrow strip of included pyrite bisecting each of the three terminal faces. There is a very good article explaining how these form in the Mar/Apr 2015 issue of Rocks and Minerals authored by none other than FMF member Peter Richards.
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 Mineral: Marcasite
 Locality:
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
 Dimensions: 1.5 x 10.5 cm
 Description:
Curved stalactite of brassy marcasite crystals, some of which display a subtle iridescence. Collected in July 2014.
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 Mineral: Barite
 Locality:
Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
 Dimensions: 2.5 x 5.0 cm
 Description:
A floater of lustrous honey-colored Baryte crystals with minor marcasite. Collected in 2014.
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PostPosted: May 22, 2015 14:07    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

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 Mineral: Azurite
 Locality:
Nchanga Mine, Chingola, Chingola District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
 Dimensions: 5.0 x 7.5 cm
 Description:
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
 Dimensions: 3.8 x 5.3 cm
 Description:
Yellow cauliflower-like mimetite crystals scattered on the top surface of a brown gossan matrix.
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PostPosted: May 22, 2015 14:21    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

mike these specimens are amazing. love the color in that Vanadinite. very red.
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PostPosted: 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
 Dimensions: 3.4 x 6.7 cm
 Description:
A honey-colored twinned scalenohedral calcite crystal.
 Viewed:  28635 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Barite
 Locality:
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee, USA
 Dimensions: 4.2 x 5.2 cm
 Description:
A mounded aggregate of waxy-lustered milky white Baryte crystals that resemble rice grains.
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PostPosted: May 29, 2015 10:35    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

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.



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 Mineral: Fluorite
 Locality:
Youxi, Sanming Prefecture, Fujian Province, China
 Dimensions: 5.0 x 7.7 cm
 Description:
Several medium green cuboctahedral fluorite crystals composed of step-like growths of small cubes on a breccia shard with quartz.
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PostPosted: May 29, 2015 18:07    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

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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PostPosted: May 31, 2015 21:46    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

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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PostPosted: Jun 01, 2015 10:23    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

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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PostPosted: Jun 01, 2015 15:34    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

vic rzonca wrote:
Mike, your collection is deep and wide. In the Carthage Baryte, I see a peony, only one of your amazing images.
Thanks.


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.

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PostPosted: 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
 Dimensions: 4.0 x 4.7 cm
 Description:
Cream-colored rhombic dolomite crystals to 0.5 cm on edge scattered over and among black sphalerite crystals.
 Viewed:  28077 Time(s)

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 Mineral: Calcite
 Locality:
Naica Mine, Naica, Municipio Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico
 Dimensions: 5.6 x 7.0 cm
 Description:
Creamy-white rhombic calcites with a sugary surface texture associated with scattered pyrite crystals on massive pyrite and sphalerite.
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PostPosted: 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)
 Dimensions: 2.9 cm
 Description:
Malachite on shattuckite.
 Viewed:  27843 Time(s)

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TN558 Brochantite.jpg
 Mineral: Brochantite
 Locality:
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
 Dimensions: 1.3 x 3.0 cm
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PostPosted: Jun 16, 2015 05:32    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Hi Michael. I like the Dolomite/sphalerite and the calcite/pyrite specimens .
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PostPosted: Jun 16, 2015 07:57    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

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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PostPosted: Jun 21, 2015 14:45    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Thumbnail specimens.


TN407 Siderite.jpg
 Mineral: Siderite
 Locality:
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
 Dimensions: 2.0 x 2.5 cm
 Description:
Rhombic siderite crystals sprinkled with tiny white albite crystals.
 Viewed:  27605 Time(s)

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TN411 Fluorite - Lafarge Quarry.jpg
 Mineral: Fluorite
 Locality:
North Quarry, Dundas Quarry, West Flamborough Township, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
 Dimensions: 1.5 x 2.0 cm
 Description:
Intergrown glassy fluorite cubes.
 Viewed:  27531 Time(s)

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TN474 Cerussite.jpg
 Mineral: Cerussite
 Locality:
Monarch Mine, Prichard Creek, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
 Dimensions: 1.7 x 2.0 cm
 Description:
Twinned cerussite crystals on a brown gossan matrix.
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PostPosted: Jun 25, 2015 15:07    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Garnets


TN016 Grossular.jpg
 Mineral: Grossular
 Locality:
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada
 Dimensions: 1.5 x 2.0 cm
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 Viewed:  27346 Time(s)

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TN121 Grossular.jpg
 Mineral: Grossular
 Locality:
Coyote Range, Bishop, Bishop District, Inyo County, California, USA
 Dimensions: 1.4 x 2.1 cm
 Description:
 Viewed:  27349 Time(s)

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TN607 Spessartine - Seydar, Braldu Valley, Pakistan.jpg
 Mineral: Spessartine
 Locality:
Seydar, Hoh Nala, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
 Dimensions: 2.0 x 1.9 cm
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PostPosted: Jun 25, 2015 16:19    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Nice garnets! The Bishop one is quite bright for the locality.
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