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Michael Shaw
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 Posted: Jul 18, 2017 15:11 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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More odds and ends.
| Mineral: | Elbaite |
| Locality: | | Baixao Mine, Taquaral, Itinga, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais, Brazil |  |
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| Dimensions: | 0.7 x 2.8 cm |
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| Transparent to translucent etched elbaite crystal with zones of pink, yellow, green, and red. |
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| Mineral: | Dioptase |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.2 x 2.3 cm |
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| Dioptase is notoriously difficult to photograph. After a good bit of editing, the color is very close to the original, at least on my monitor. |
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| Mineral: | Malachite |
| Locality: | | Kiswishi, Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Haut-Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.7 x 2.3 cm |
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Jul 18, 2017 16:48 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| crosstimber wrote: | | More odds and ends. |
Three really nice specimens, Michael.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jul 18, 2017 19:43 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Don Lum wrote: | | crosstimber wrote: | | More odds and ends. |
Three really nice specimens, Michael. |
Thank you Don. Hope you and Gwen are doing well. Laura sends her regards.
Michael
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Philippe Durand
Joined: 10 May 2016
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Location: Normandie
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| Posted: Jul 19, 2017 12:58 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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you post always pristine jewels.
your show case or cabinet should be impressive
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jul 19, 2017 15:21 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Philippe Durand wrote: | you post always pristine jewels.
your show case or cabinet should be impressive |
Thank you Philippe. Unfortunately I do not have room to display them all. About 20% are displayed in a lighted showcase; the remainder is stored in a cabinet with 20 drawers or boxed in flats. On the bright side, everything is well-labeled, photographed, and catalogued, so any particular piece can be found without too much trouble.
A few quartz pieces today.
| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 0.9 x 2.8 cm |
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| Colorless quartz crystal with a reverse sceptered amethyst tip. |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Liliana Mine, Municipio Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 0.9 x 2.2 cm |
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| Transparent quartz cluster on a stem of milky quartz. |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Patagonia Norte, Patagonia, Argentina | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.1 x 2.0 cm |
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| Stacked cluster of transparent quartz. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jul 20, 2017 11:33 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Silver and Copper. The last piece is one of my favorites. It reminds me of a jumping animal.
| Mineral: | Silver |
| Locality: | | Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.8 x 2.5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Silver |
| Locality: | | Batopilas, Andrés del Río District, Municipio Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.6 x 2.0 cm |
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| Mineral: | Copper |
| Locality: | | Itauz Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.0 x 3.0 cm |
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| Typical spinel-twinned copper from Itauz Mine. |
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| Mineral: | Copper |
| Locality: | | White Pine Mine, White Pine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.5 x 2.9 cm |
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| Elongated cubes of copper with scattered bits of malachite. |
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Pierre Joubert
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| Posted: Jul 20, 2017 12:44 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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' It reminds me of a jumping animal.'
My wife would like that. She always sees some animal shapes in rocks :-)
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Jul 20, 2017 13:57 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| crosstimber wrote: | | Silver and Copper. The last piece is one of my favorites. It reminds me of a jumping animal. |
Michael,
I really like your Silver TN 173 and Copper with elongated cubes TN 176. They are all marvelous specimens. My copper specimens don't levitate like yours. A real privilege to look at.
Hello to Laura.
Regards,
Don
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jul 21, 2017 08:36 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Thanks Don. You need to spend more time with your coppers and train them to jump like that :>)
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jul 22, 2017 13:11 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Fluorite
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.8 x 2.1 cm |
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| Pale purple fluorite cubes with reddish-brown sphalerite crystals. |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.0 x 3.0 cm |
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| Fluorite with mosaic-textured faces on a matrix of resinous brown sphalerite. |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Nikolaevski Mine, Dalnegorsk, Dalnegorsk Urban District, Primorsky Krai, Far-Eastern Region, Russia | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.2 x 2.4 cm |
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| Water clear fluorite cubes resting on brown siderite. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jul 24, 2017 14:15 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Vesuvianite |
| Locality: | | Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.2 x 2.0 cm |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Ruck's pit, Fort Drum, Okeechobee County, Florida, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.8 x 2.2 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jul 25, 2017 14:12 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Brazil
| Mineral: | Spessartine |
| Locality: | | Navegadora claim (Orozimbo claim), Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Vale do Rio Doce, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.6 x 2.1 cm |
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| Gemmy wine-red spessartine with polycrystalline growth. |
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| Mineral: | Elbaite |
| Locality: | | Coronel Murta, Vale do Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | 0.5 x 2.6 cm |
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| Bi-colored elbaite from the Morro Redondo Mine. |
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| Mineral: | Rutile ps. after anatase |
| Locality: | | Gouveia, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.1 x 1.8 cm. |
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| Acicular golden rutile crystals paramorphing an anatase crystal from the occurrence at Cuiabá. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jul 26, 2017 01:11 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Michael, I love your fluorite thumbnails, especially the ones from Annabel Lee Mine and from Nikolaevski Mine. Small but incredibly aesthetic specimens that every fluorite collector would appreciate!
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jul 26, 2017 09:51 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Tobi wrote: | | Michael, I love your fluorite thumbnails, especially the ones from Annabel Lee Mine and from Nikolaevski Mine. Small but incredibly aesthetic specimens that every fluorite collector would appreciate! |
Thank you Tobi. Good to hear from you. It has been very hot here the past couple of weeks, very much limiting the time spent outdoors. A great opportunity to photograph mineral specimens however.
Michael
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jul 26, 2017 11:28 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Here are a couple of old timers - thumbnails mounted by Willard Perkins, namesake of the Perky Box. Because of their historical interest, I chose to leave them as is rather than remount them. The rhodochrosite is mounted on a clear comb tooth, which he used quite often.
| Mineral: | Stilbite |
| Locality: | | Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.3 x 2.4 cm |
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| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite |
| Locality: | | Silverton, Animas District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.8 x 2.2 cm |
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