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Michael Shaw
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Covellite
| Mineral: | Covellite |
| Locality: | | Summitville Mine, Summitville District, Rio Grande County, Colorado, USA |  |
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| Dimensions: | 4.1 x 5.8 cm |
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| Layered plates of golden-brassy metallic covellite with subtle iridescent blue highlights. |
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Benj
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| Posted: Nov 24, 2017 10:36 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| very nice !
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 24, 2017 14:23 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Thank you Benj. The color of these covellites from the Summitville Miine is quite different from the covellite specimens from other locations.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 27, 2017 18:34 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Krushev dol Mine, Madan mining area, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.4 x 1.6 x 5.4 cm. |
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| A twisted helectite composed of stacked colorless calcite rhombs to 0.6 cm. Mined in January 2016 from Level 550, Block 1-South. |
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Niels Brouwer
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| Posted: Nov 27, 2017 20:11 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Hello Michael, I think it has been at least the fourth time now that I've browsed through all 60 pages of your collection, and it is still an absolute pleasure to see the diversity and quality of your collection. Thanks a lot for sharing it with us!
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 28, 2017 08:46 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Niels Brouwer wrote: | | Hello Michael, I think it has been at least the fourth time now that I've browsed through all 60 pages of your collection, and it is still an absolute pleasure to see the diversity and quality of your collection. Thanks a lot for sharing it with us! |
Thank you Neils. Likewise, I am enjoying your wonderful collection of baryte. It is a pleasure to be able to share our passion for minerals with other collectors on this site.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 29, 2017 12:46 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Pyrite ps. after pyrrhotite |
| Locality: | | Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.9 x 7.0 x 9.1 cm. |
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| Brassy yellow pyrite forming pseudomorphs after pyrrhotite crystals, interspersed among milky quartz crystals on a matrix of quartz, galena and pyrite. |
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| Mineral: | Pyrite ps. after pyrrhotite |
| Locality: | | Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.9 x 7.0 x 9.1 cm. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 01, 2017 13:08 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Arsenopyrite |
| Locality: | | Stan Trg (Stari Trg) Mine, Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District, Kosovo | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.2 x 5.9 x 7.1 cm |
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| Sharp silver-metallic arsenopyrite crystals to 2.5 cm exhibiting stepped growth on massive arsenopyrite. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 04, 2017 13:03 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Oklahoma quartz
| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Broken Bow, McCurtain County, Oklahoma, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.9 x 4.3 cm |
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| Collected in 2001 just north of Broken Bow. |
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Pierre Joubert
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| Posted: Dec 05, 2017 02:42 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Hi Michael, what is the white near the termination point of the Oklahoma quartz? Is it inclusions or on the surface?
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 05, 2017 21:12 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Pierre Joubert wrote: | | Hi Michael, what is the white near the termination point of the Oklahoma quartz? Is it inclusions or on the surface? |
Hi Pierre,
Actually the white is a reflection of the rhombohedral faces on the back side of the crystal. I should try for a better photo in the future.
Michael
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Pierre Joubert
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| Posted: Dec 06, 2017 02:35 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| crosstimber wrote: | | Pierre Joubert wrote: | | Hi Michael, what is the white near the termination point of the Oklahoma quartz? Is it inclusions or on the surface? |
Hi Pierre,
Actually the white is a reflection of the rhombohedral faces on the back side of the crystal. I should try for a better photo in the future.
Michael |
Hi Michael, nothing wrong with the picture. I am talking about the white spots near the point.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 06, 2017 11:13 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Pierre Joubert wrote: | | crosstimber wrote: | | Pierre Joubert wrote: | | Hi Michael, what is the white near the termination point of the Oklahoma quartz? Is it inclusions or on the surface? |
Hi Pierre,
Actually the white is a reflection of the rhombohedral faces on the back side of the crystal. I should try for a better photo in the future.
Michael |
Hi Michael, nothing wrong with the picture. I am talking about the white spots near the point. |
Hi Pierre,
Oh, those spots! I really hadn't noticed them until you mentioned them. They are not visible when looking at the actual specimen in the hand unless the light is just right. So I looked at the piece closely this morning, and even examined it under a microscope. The spots are definitely on the surface. Probably left over residue from the oxalic acid bath.
Michael
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 07, 2017 14:14 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Libethenite |
| Locality: | | Nchanga Mine, Chingola, Chingola District, Copperbelt Province, Zambia | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.3 x 5.5 cm |
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| Sharp prismatic crystals of lustrous dark green libethenite to 3.0 mm lying on botryoidal blue-green pseudomalachite. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 09, 2017 09:47 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Leiping Mine, Leiping, Guiyang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.6 x 8.5 cm |
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| Two generations of calcite. The first composed of honey-colored scalenohedrons overgrown with lustrous flattened calcite rhombs to 3.0 cm across, the rims of which are tinted gray presumably from included sulfides. |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Leiping Mine, Leiping, Guiyang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.6 x 8.5 cm |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Leiping Mine, Leiping, Guiyang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.6 x 8.5 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 11, 2017 15:24 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Ojuela Mine
| Mineral: | Adamite |
| Locality: | | Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.1 x 13.2 cm |
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| Mineral: | Mimetite |
| Locality: | | Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.7 x 2.4 cm |
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Dec 11, 2017 16:12 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| crosstimber wrote: | | Ojuela Mine |
Michael,
How did you get the sugar to coat this Mimetite so uniformly? ;-)
Don
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 11, 2017 17:53 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Don Lum wrote: | | crosstimber wrote: | | Ojuela Mine |
Michael,
How did you get the sugar to coat this Mimetite so uniformly? ;-)
Don |
Now Don, you know that I can't divulge this secret enhancement technique. Good to hear from you. Hope you and Gwen are well.
Michael
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 12, 2017 14:16 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Gypsum |
| Locality: | | Irish Canyon, Moffat County, Colorado, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.5 x 3.5 x 6.2 cm |
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| A single mostly transparent gypsum crystal with mosaic-textured faces. |
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Nunzio
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| Posted: Dec 12, 2017 22:57 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Beautiful Mimetite, Michael!
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