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Michael Shaw
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| Mineral: | Stilbite |
| Locality: | | Wasson Bluff, Bay of Fundy, Parrsboro, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada |  |
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| Dimensions: | 2.6 x 2.7 cm |
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| Light brown wheat-sheaf crystal of stilbite with pearly white heulandite. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Feb 05, 2018 15:01 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Andradite |
| Locality: | | Stanley Butte area, Stanley Butte, Stanley District, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Graham County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.7 x 2.5 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Feb 08, 2018 10:58 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Weloganite |
| Locality: | | Francon Quarry, Montréal, St. Michel District, Jacques Cartier County, Québec, Canada | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.4 x 2.3 cm |
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| Pseudohexagonal grayish weloganite crystals with horizontal growth striations on the prism. Small black specks are an unknown sulfide. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Feb 10, 2018 12:01 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Pashan Quarries, Pashan, Pune District (Poonah District), Maharashtra, India | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.0 x 8.5 cm |
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| Honey yellow scalenohedral calcite crystals to 1.5 cm on bladed white stilbite and basalt. Collected in 2006. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Feb 12, 2018 15:35 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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In 1994 my son and I decided to go camping in the San Francisco Mountains in eastern Arizona. On the way, we passed through Magdalena, New Mexico and stopped at Tony Otero's shop. He showed us some amazing smithsonites and related several interesting stories about collecting them. We left with these two pieces which he had collected on the 375' Level in the 1960s. The first specimen shows crystals with a rice-grain habit on aurichalcite with specks of what I believe to be tenorite. The second piece is the more typical botryoidal form that made this location famous.
| Mineral: | Smithsonite on Aurichalcite |
| Locality: | | Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.5 x 5.0 cm |
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| Mineral: | Smithsonite |
| Locality: | | Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.7 x 4.1 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Feb 14, 2018 17:17 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Orpiment |
| Locality: | | Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.2 x 7.0 cm |
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| A rich mass of earthy to micaceous yellow orpiment. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Feb 16, 2018 11:10 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Quartz var. smoky quartz |
| Locality: | | Reel Mine, Iron Station, Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.6 x 4.7 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Feb 19, 2018 12:22 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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A couple of New England classics.
| Mineral: | Quartz var. smoky quartz |
| Locality: | | Moat Mountain, Hale's Location, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.0 x 5.6 cm |
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| Mineral: | Microcline and Albite |
| Locality: | | Moat Mountain, Hale's Location, Carroll County, New Hampshire, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.2 x 4.4 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Feb 23, 2018 16:11 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Meta-Autunite |
| Locality: | | Malacacheta, Malacacheta Municipality, Vale do Mucuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.6 x 3.0 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Feb 25, 2018 14:41 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Andradite |
| Locality: | | Ojos Españoles Mine, General Lázaro Cárdenas, Municipio Julimes, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.2 x 7.1 x 12.0 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Feb 26, 2018 10:04 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Heulandite-Ca with Stilbite-Ca and Quartz (variety chalcedony) |
| Locality: | | Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.7 x 5.4 cm |
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| Reddish-brown heulandite and pale beige stilbite crystals on a stalactitic chalcedony matrix. |
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| Mineral: | Heulandite-Ca with Stilbite-Ca and Quartz (variety chalcedony) |
| Locality: | | Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.7 x 5.4 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 01, 2018 11:43 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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A couple of Colorado rhodochrosites.
| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite |
| Locality: | | Sunnyside Mine group (American Tunnel Mine), Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.2 x 7.5 x 7.6 cm |
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Curved pink rhombs of rhodochrosite and micro quartz scattered over a
massive rhodochrosite and quartz matrix with minor sphalerite and pyrite. . |
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| Mineral: | Rhodochrosite |
| Locality: | | Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Alma District, Park County, Colorado, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.0 x 2.6 cm |
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| Cherry red rhodochrosite rhomb measuring 1.5 cm on edge with a cubic purple fluorite crystal to 0.7 cm attached near the base of the crystal. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Mar 01, 2018 16:15 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Wow, great rhodos, Michael!
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 02, 2018 08:39 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Thanks Tobi,
A wulfenite for today.
| Mineral: | Wulfenite |
| Locality: | | San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, Cucurpe, Municipio Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.3 x 3.6 cm |
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| Lustrous brown to yellow wulfenite crystals with minor botryoidal mimetite at the base. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 05, 2018 12:04 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Sokolovskoe Mine (Sokolovskiy Mine), Rudny, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.0 x 6.5 cm |
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| Transparent, yellow twinned calcite crystals. Some of the faces are frosted while others are lustrous. |
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