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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Dec 13, 2017 09:32 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Nunzio wrote: | Beautiful Mimetite, Michael! |
Thank you Nunzio.
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Dec 14, 2017 14:18 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Quartz |
Locality: | Little Gem Mine, Boulder Batholith, Jefferson County, Montana, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 4.0 x 8.8 cm |
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A pale smoky quartz crystal hosting several jacaré habit amethyst crystals. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Dec 17, 2017 16:47 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Ktenasite and Gypsum on Calcite |
Locality: | Mid-Continent Mine, Picher Field, Treece, Tri-State District, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 4.5 x 5.5 cm |
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Scalenohedral calcite crystals to 4.5 cm set on a matrix of sphalerite. The calcite is partially coated with a white crust of gypsum and blue ktenasite. Mined in the 1950s. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Dec 20, 2017 13:42 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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A couple of Bunker Hill pyromorphites.
Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
Locality: | Bunker Hill Mine, Jersey Vein, 9th level, Bunker Hill properties, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 2.3 x 3.1 cm |
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Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
Locality: | Bunker Hill Mine, Jersey Vein, 9th level, Bunker Hill properties, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 2.3 x 2.4 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Dec 22, 2017 11:44 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Calcite |
Locality: | Minerva I Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 6.2 x 6.4 cm |
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Glassy yellow modified calcite scalenohedrons to 2.0 cm in length on a small piece of brownish fluorite. Recovered during pillar robbing on the sub-Rosiclare Level in early March 1995. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Dec 23, 2017 13:41 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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An old specimen of a mineral that is not often seen on the mineral market.
Mineral: | Botryogen |
Locality: | Libiola Mine, Sestri Levante, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy | |
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Dimensions: | 4.3 x 6.7 cm |
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Sharp lustrous orange crystals of botryogen scattered over a typical matrix with earthy yellow copiapite. |
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Mineral: | Botryogen |
Locality: | Libiola Mine, Sestri Levante, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy | |
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Dimensions: | 4.3 x 6.7 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Dec 26, 2017 14:23 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Greenockite on sphalerite |
Locality: | Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper County, Missouri, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 5.5 x 7.0 cm, FOV=2.5 cm |
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A greenish-yellow film of micro-crystallized greenockite partially covering brown sphalerite crystals. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Dec 28, 2017 10:51 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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One of the less common minerals from the Tri State District.
Mineral: | Cerussite |
Locality: | Granby Field, Tri-State District, Newton County, Missouri, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 1.8 x 2.0 cm |
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Colorless bladed crystals of cerussite with 2 small groups of prismatic green pyromorphite. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Jan 02, 2018 10:29 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Cassiterite |
Locality: | Amo deposit, Ximeng, Pu'er Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China | |
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Dimensions: | 3.7 x 4.5 cm |
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Lustrous twinned cassiterite crystals on a quartz crystal covered matrix. |
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Mineral: | Cassiterite |
Locality: | Amo deposit, Ximeng, Pu'er Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China | |
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Dimensions: | 3.7 x 4.5 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Jan 04, 2018 12:39 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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A couple of old specimens from New Hampshire collected in the 1960s.
Mineral: | Heterosite |
Locality: | Parker Mountain Mine, Parker Mountain, Strafford, Strafford County, New Hampshire, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 4.3 x 4.5 cm |
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Purple heterosite with bladed white albite. |
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Mineral: | Quartz (variety smoky) and Microcline |
Locality: | Moat Mountain, Hale's Location, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 5.9 x 6.0 cm |
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Smoky quartz crystals with blocky microcline and minor albite. |
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Firmo Espinar
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Posted: Jan 05, 2018 10:41 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Very nice Cassiterite!!
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Jan 05, 2018 20:47 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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franjungle wrote: | Very nice Cassiterite!! |
Thanks for your comment Firmo.
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Jan 06, 2018 12:52 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Baryte |
Locality: | Denton Mine, Goose Creek Mine group, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 3.1 x 4.4 cm. |
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Lustrous blades of pale blue barite covering the corner of a dark purple fluorite cube. Collected on the Rosiclare Level in 1983. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Jan 08, 2018 16:48 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Calcite |
Locality: | Mahoning No. 4 Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 5.0 x 8.5 cm |
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Elongated calcite scalenohedrons to 4.0 cm, with associated barite on matrix. Mined in the 1960s. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Jan 09, 2018 15:45 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Calcite |
Locality: | Barnett Mine, 800' level South, Illinois-Kentucky Fluorspar Mining District, Pope County, Illinois, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 8.0 x 8.5 cm |
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A mound of calcite intergrown with thickly bladed white barite. The calcite shows multi-stage growth and is terminated with lustrous pale yellow scalenohedrons. Mined in the late 1960s. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Jan 11, 2018 10:06 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Spar Mountain Area, Cave-in-Rock, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 3.8 x 5.1 x 5.7 cm |
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Dark purple fluorite cubes with polysynthetic growth. This piece is from older surface workings on Spar Mountain known by locals as Iron Mountain. |
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Philippe Durand
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Posted: Jan 11, 2018 12:46 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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very nice fluorite !
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Jan 11, 2018 13:28 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Philippe Durand wrote: | very nice fluorite ! |
Thank you Phillipe. Nice to hear from you.
While not as famous as some of the other locations like the Minerva, Denton, and Annabel Lee mines, the Spar Mountain (Iron Mountain) location seems to have produced a few nice quality fluorites. I have never seen much of anything else from there however.
Michael
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Bob Harman
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Posted: Jan 11, 2018 14:20 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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MICHAEL, It is my understanding that The Hastie Quarry mining into the South side of Spar Mountain has adits directly continuing into the closest of the 2 nearest Harris Creek mining district mines (not the Annabel Lee Mine). So your pictured example might actually be from one of those mines that you mention rather than being from another nearby locality. BOB
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Jan 11, 2018 17:38 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Bob Harman wrote: | MICHAEL, It is my understanding that The Hastie Quarry mining into the South side of Spar Mountain has adits directly continuing into the closest of the 2 nearest Harris Creek mining district mines (not the Annabel Lee Mine). So your pictured example might actually be from one of those mines that you mention rather than being from another nearby locality. BOB |
Hi Bob,
Yes, I'm aware of that, and I saw some fluorite from some of the new quarrying efforts at Hastie at the Denver Show. I acquired this piece from Jared Freiberg at the Denver Show this past September. Since I had never heard of an Iron Mountain location, and the southern Illinois fluorspar district is one focus of my collection, I asked him about it. He told me that several years ago he had purchased this piece and several other flats labeled "Iron Mountain" from the wife of a local dealer after he died. She told Jared that Iron Mountain referred to older surface workings on Spar Mountain, near the Hastie Quarry, but not actually part of it. This seemed to be confirmed by several other locals that Jared talked to. In the end, I think Spar Mountain is as close as I'm going to get to a locality for this specimen.
Michael
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