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Michael Shaw
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 Posted: Nov 18, 2015 09:50 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Aragonite |
| Locality: | | Ajax Mine, Mammoth, Tintic District, East Tintic Mountains, Juab County, Utah, USA |  |
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| Dimensions: | 5.0 x 5.9 cm |
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| Acicular white aragonite crystals and helectite forms topping stalactitic aragonite. Collected in November 2004. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 21, 2015 10:49 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst) |
| Locality: | | Soliva Quarry (AVE Quarry works), Can Sala, Riudarenes, Comarca La Selva, Gerona / Girona, Catalonia / Catalunya, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 8.3 x 10.9 cm |
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| Glassy parallel-growth quartz crystals with amethyst and smoky zones and a bit of orthoclase matrix. My understanding is that these were collected in 2006 from a location which is now inaccessible. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 24, 2015 09:38 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst) |
| Locality: | | Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg area, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.0 x 6.8 cm |
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| Doubly-terminated, glassy quartz crystal with colorless and amethyst zones. Several movable enhydro bubbles and goethite inclusions are visible. |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst) |
| Locality: | | Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg area, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.0 x 6.8 cm |
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| Closeup of above specimen showing one of the bubbles which freely moves about in a v-shaped cavity. Several spherical goethite inclusions are visible along the top edge of the crystal |
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Mike Wood
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| Posted: Nov 24, 2015 17:21 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Beautiful amethyst crystal Michael
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 24, 2015 18:21 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mike Wood wrote: | | Beautiful amethyst crystal Michael |
Thanks Mike, I appreciate your comment. It's just fascinating to look at that crystal under the microscope.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 25, 2015 16:40 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Brazilianite |
| Locality: | | Telírio claim, Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.1 x 3.2 cm |
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| Glassy, yellow-green brazilianite crystal found in 2000. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 27, 2015 10:26 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Roata Mine, Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.0 x 3.0 cm |
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| Rounded blue-green fluorite dodecahedrons on colorless calcite and quartz. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 29, 2015 10:37 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Cäcilia Mine, Freiung, Stulln, Wölsendorf West District, Upper Palatinate/Oberpfalz, Bavaria/Bayern, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.5 x 9.8 cm |
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| A matrix of green fluorite, the top surface of which is covered with numerous small cubic crystal faces selectively included with reddish-brown material on the corners and associated with several groups of light tan dolomite crystals. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 11, 2015 18:52 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Inesite |
| Locality: | | Fengjiashan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.5 x 7.5 cm |
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| Acicular pink inesite crystals associated with bladed crystals of reddish-brown hubeite. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 16, 2015 11:50 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Hubeite |
| Locality: | | Fengjiashan Mine, Edong, Daye, Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | FOV ~ 2.5 cm |
| Description: |
| Bladed brown hubeite crystals associated with pink inesite from the type locality. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 17, 2015 14:02 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Linarite |
| Locality: | | Blanchard Mine (Portales-Blanchard Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.1 x 8.6 cm |
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| Bright blue radiating linarite on a matrix of quartz with scattered small crystals of cerussite and brochantite. |
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Dec 17, 2015 15:08 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Hi Michael!
What's the locality of this linarite?
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Stan Celestian
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| Posted: Dec 17, 2015 15:50 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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I have just joined this group, so please excuse me if you have already addressed this specimen somewhere else, but, is this from the Blanchard Mine, NM?
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GneissWare
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| Posted: Dec 17, 2015 17:43 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Blanchard is my guess, based on the matrix, and the cerussite.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 17, 2015 20:58 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Carles Millan wrote: |
Hi Michael!
What's the locality of this linarite? |
Sorry for the confusion. I lost my internet connection before I had a chance to add the locality. Fixed now. Those of you who guessed Blanchard Mine are correct.
Lastly, welcome to the group Stan.
Michael
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