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Carles Millan
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Posted: Apr 29, 2016 08:22 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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crosstimber wrote: | This one is from Chumar Bakhoor. |
This is really the typical apatite from Chumar Bakhoor. Pink to light pink, on a bed of mica, and sometimes accompanied by beryl (or more seldomly by fluorite).
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Apr 30, 2016 09:54 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Heulandite |
Locality: | Pato Branco, Paraná, Brazil |  |
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Dimensions: | 2.2 x 3.3 cm |
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Reddish-brown heulandite crystals with greenish-blue celadonite. |
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Tobi
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Posted: Apr 30, 2016 12:01 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Great photo and a really nice specimen with a strong colour contrast!
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Apr 30, 2016 20:47 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Tobi wrote: | Great photo and a really nice specimen with a strong colour contrast! |
Thank you Tobi. I seldom see specimens from that location anymore.
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: May 02, 2016 10:56 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Mordenite |
Locality: | Ahmadnagar District, Maharashtra, India |  |
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Dimensions: | 6.0 x 8.9 cm |
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Hemispherical aggregate of radiating acicular white mordenite crystals associated with pseudocubic green apophyllite crystals. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: May 06, 2016 09:49 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Woodhouseite |
Locality: | Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA |  |
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Dimensions: | 2.5 x 3.2 cm |
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Lustrous tan pseudocubic woodhouseite crystals to 5 mm completely covering matrix. Collected by Chris Lehmann in 2015 from the type locality. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: May 10, 2016 14:18 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Sphalerite |
Locality: | Blue Goose Mine, Commerce, Tri-State District, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, USA |  |
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Dimensions: | 8.3 x 12.3 cm |
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Reddish “ruby jack” sphalerite crystals to 1.0 cm covering the top of a dark gray chert matrix. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: May 13, 2016 15:22 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Zircon |
Locality: | Astor Valley, Astor District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan |  |
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Dimensions: | 1.5 x 2.5 cm |
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A reddish brown zircon measuring 1.0 cm embedded in a matrix of albite and biotite collected near Bulbin in the Astor Valley. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: May 16, 2016 08:41 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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This little group of Betafite crystals is no doubt among the ugliest minerals in my collection. However, it is special to me as I collected at this location many years ago when I was a teenager.
Mineral: | Betafite Group |
Locality: | Silver Crater Mine, Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada |  |
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Dimensions: | 2.4 x 2.6 cm |
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A group of cubeoctahedral betafite crystals that have a thin alteration rind of hydroxycalciopyrochlore. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: May 25, 2016 11:45 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Rhodonite |
Locality: | San Martín Mine, Chiurucu (Chiuruco), Huallanca District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru |  |
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Dimensions: | 2.0 x 2.5 cm |
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Mineral: | Quartz |
Locality: | Keuper outcrop, Chella, Comarca Canal de Navarrés, Valencia / València, Valencian Community / Comunitat Valenciana, Spain |  |
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Dimensions: | 2.1 x 2.5 cm |
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A small group of sharply-formed quartz crystals with an intense brick red color, attributed to hematite inclusions. These quartz crystals originate from Chella, where they are locally known as "Jacinto de Compostela." |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: May 28, 2016 09:55 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Copper |
Locality: | Bou Nahas Mine, Oumjrane mining area, Alnif Commune, Tinghir Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco |  |
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Dimensions: | 2.6 cm |
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A floater of spinel-twinned copper. |
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Mineral: | Andradite |
Locality: | Imilchil area, Anti-Atlas, Er Rachidia Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco |  |
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Dimensions: | 3.7 cm |
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Two dodecahedral andradite crystals on a matrix of orthoclase. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Jun 01, 2016 14:32 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Zircon |
Locality: | Siilinjärvi Mine, Siilinjärvi, Eastern Finland Region, Finland |  |
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Dimensions: | 8.0 x 9.5 cm |
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Well-formed brown zircon crystal 1.5 cm in size embedded in a phlogopite schist matrix. |
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Mineral: | Zircon |
Locality: | Siilinjärvi Mine, Siilinjärvi, Eastern Finland Region, Finland |  |
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Dimensions: | 1.5 cm the crystal |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Jun 07, 2016 15:19 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Barite |
Locality: | Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain |  |
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Dimensions: | 5.0 x 6.0 cm |
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Classic tabular blue Baryte crystals with distinct color zonation, grading from darker centers and lighter rims. |
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Mineral: | Barite |
Locality: | Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain |  |
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Dimensions: | 5.0 x 6.0 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Jun 11, 2016 10:11 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Calcite |
Locality: | Nikolaevski Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Far-Eastern Region, Russia |  |
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Dimensions: | 7.0 x 7.5 cm |
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Aggregate of rhombic pink calcite crystals associated with minor quartz and sphalerite on the back. Collected in November 2015. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Jun 16, 2016 11:05 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Celestine |
Locality: | La Grasta Mine, Delia, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy |  |
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Dimensions: | 6.0 x 6.0 cm |
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Sculptural group of colorless celestine crystals to 3.9 cm in length with classic association of Sulphur on the bottom of the piece. |
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