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Philippe Durand
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Location: Normandie
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 Posted: Nov 22, 2016 12:42 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Oh yes, I was wrong by 5 times.
Thank you for the correction, Fiebre Verde
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vic rzonca
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Location: MA
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| Posted: Nov 22, 2016 13:53 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| An incredible body of photographic work not to mention the shear tonnage of your collection! Well done and continue, I hope you shall.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 22, 2016 14:48 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| vic rzonca wrote: | | An incredible body of photographic work not to mention the shear tonnage of your collection! Well done and continue, I hope you shall. |
Thank you Vic,
Rest assured I plan to continue until I run out of specimens. As for tonnage, it does take up quite a bit of room, but it is still a relatively modest collection in terms of size. I often marvel at those of us who are afflicted with this passion and who build collections of 10,000 or more specimens. The one thing that I am proud of is that everything is photographed and well catalogued.
Michael
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 23, 2016 10:56 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Dolomite |
| Locality: | | Timmins area, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada |  |
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| Dimensions: | 1.8 x 2.3 cm |
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| Dolomite rhombs sprinkled with tiny chalcopyrite crystals from the ASARCO Aquarius gold mine. |
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| Mineral: | Skutterudite |
| Locality: | | Tamdrost Mine, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.7 x 2.3 cm |
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| A small group of bright well-formed crystals of skutterudite. |
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| Mineral: | Smithsonite |
| Locality: | | Berg Aukas, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.8 x 2.6 cm |
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| Tsumeb is justly famous for producing many colors of smithsonite, but Berg Aukas also produced some wonderful smithsonites. These yellow hexagonal prisms are colored by cadmium. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 28, 2016 15:16 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Elbaite
| Mineral: | Elbaite |
| Locality: | | Himalaya Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.1 x 3.2 cm |
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| Mineral: | Elbaite |
| Locality: | | Stak Nala, Haramosh Mountains, Skardu District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.8 x 2.5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Elbaite |
| Locality: | | Malkhan (Malchan), Krasnyi Chikoy, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.4 x 2.1 cm |
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Nunzio
Joined: 28 Oct 2016
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Location: Massachusetts
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| Posted: Nov 28, 2016 15:51 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Very interesting specimen of Smithsonite. It's very similar to the Tsumeb Mimetites.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 28, 2016 17:31 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Nunzio wrote: | | Very interesting specimen of Smithsonite. It's very similar to the Tsumeb Mimetites. |
Somewhat similar. Here's a Tsumeb mimetite for comparison.
| Mineral: | Mimetite |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.5 x 2.3 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 01, 2016 10:07 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | Malbunka copper Mine, Western Aranda, Ltalaltuma, Australia | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.5 x 2.5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Cerussite |
| Locality: | | Nakhlak Mine, Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province, Iran | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.8 x 2.9 cm |
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Philippe Durand
Joined: 10 May 2016
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Location: Normandie
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| Posted: Dec 01, 2016 15:18 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Wow, the Russian elbaite is wonderful !
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 02, 2016 09:51 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Philippe Durand wrote: | | Wow, the Russian elbaite is wonderful ! |
Thank you Philippe. I thought the same when I saw it and knew I had to add it to the collection :>)
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 05, 2016 12:03 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Quartz
| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Mooralla, Southern Grampians Shire, Victoria, Australia | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.2 x 2.5 cm |
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| Glassy transparent to translucent smoky quartz on a thin shard of matrix. |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Naru island (Narushima), Gotoh Islands, Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyushu Region, Japan | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.9 x 2,0 cm |
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| Flattened Japan-law twinned crystals. |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Pitorra claim, Alto da Pitorra, Laranjeiras, Galiléia, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.2 x 2.5 cm |
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| Well-developed transparent rose quartz crystals. Ex. Luiz Menezes Collection - a nice reminder of this kind and knowledgeable man. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 07, 2016 09:43 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Vanadinite |
| Locality: | | Mibladen (Mibladen mining district), Midelt, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.7 x 2.4 cm |
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| Mineral: | Arsenopyrite |
| Locality: | | Hidalgo del Parral, Municipio Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.1 x 2.5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
| Locality: | | San Andrés Mine, Espiel, Comarca Valle del Guadiato, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.2 x 1.9 cm |
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Enrique Llorens
Joined: 02 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Dec 07, 2016 11:51 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Special Vanadinite, a like a lot.
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Enrique Llorens
Joined: 02 Jun 2011
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| Posted: Dec 07, 2016 12:07 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Enrique Llorens wrote: | | Special Vanadinite, a like a lot. |
I like very much. Is more correct.
"Vana" is the colloquial expression of Vanadinite in the area Mibladen-Midelt.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 07, 2016 12:38 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Enrique Llorens wrote: | | Enrique Llorens wrote: | | Special Vanadinite, a like a lot. |
I like very much. Is more correct.
"Vana" is the colloquial expression of Vanadinite in the area Mibladen-Midelt. |
Thank you Enrique. I like it because of the elongated prisms. It is very different from the usual pieces that you see.
Michael
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