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Fiebre Verde
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 Posted: Mar 05, 2018 12:14 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Superb photo Michael!
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 05, 2018 13:24 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Fiebre Verde wrote: | | Superb photo Michael! |
Thank you Gérard. Not the easiest piece to photograph, but after a few tries I managed to get one that was satisfactory.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 07, 2018 16:43 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Galena |
| Locality: | | Ballard Mine, Baxter Springs, Picher Field, Tri-State District, Cherokee County, Kansas, USA |  |
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| Dimensions: | 9.0 x 14.0 cm |
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| A semi-lustrous, lead-gray, cubic galena crystal measuring 5.0 x 5.5 cm with octahedral surface growths, adjacent to a group of large, resinous, dark brown sphalerite crystals, on which numerous chalcopyrite crystals are scattered. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 09, 2018 18:22 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.5 x 5.5 cm |
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| Colorless twinned calcite crystals to 4.5 cm resting on a small shard of chalcedony. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Mar 10, 2018 08:30 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| As usual, great material. Michael!
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 11, 2018 16:44 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Tobi wrote: | | As usual, great material. Michael! |
Many thanks, Tobi.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 12, 2018 09:20 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety prase) |
| Locality: | | Serifos Island, Cyclade Islands, Kykládes Prefecture, Aegean Islands Department (Aiyaíon), Greece | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.5 x 6.8 cm |
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| Elongate tapered quartz crystals tinted green with hedenbergite. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 14, 2018 16:34 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Wulfenite |
| Locality: | | Jianshan Mine, Ruoqiang, Bayin'gholin Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.5 x 2.7 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 15, 2018 12:55 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst) |
| Locality: | | Vakinankaratra Region, Madagascar | |
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| Dimensions: | 0.9 x 2.2 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 16, 2018 09:08 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Vanadinite |
| Locality: | | Grey Horse Mine, Riverside, Riverside District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.5 x 2.0 cm |
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| Bright orange vanadinite crystals with hoppered terminations and small crystals of colorless calcite. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Mar 16, 2018 13:37 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| crosstimber wrote: | Vanadinite
Locality: Grey Horse Mine, Riverside, Riverside District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
Dimensions: 1.5 x 2.0 cm
Description: Bright orange vanadinite crystals with hoppered terminations and small crystals of colorless calcite. |
Always a pleasure to see an aesthetic vanadinite that's not from Mibladen or Taouz :-)
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 16, 2018 19:53 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Tobi wrote: | | Always a pleasure to see an aesthetic vanadinite that's not from Mibladen or Taouz :-) |
I agree. Here's another vanadinite from a locality other than Mibladen. I think the greenish color of the crystals is pretty cool.
| Mineral: | Vanadinite |
| Locality: | | Ramsey Mine, Plomosa District, Plomosa Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.3 x 2.6 cm |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Mar 17, 2018 02:42 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| crosstimber wrote: | | Tobi wrote: | | Always a pleasure to see an aesthetic vanadinite that's not from Mibladen or Taouz :-) |
I agree. Here's another vanadinite from a locality other than Mibladen. I think the greenish color of the crystals is pretty cool.
Vanadinite
Locality: Ramsey Mine, Plomosa District, Plomosa Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA
Dimensions: 2.3 x 2.6 cm |
Cool specimen, it somehow looks like a mixture of Bunker Hill pyromorphite and Dry Gill campylite ;-)
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 17, 2018 16:12 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Scheelite |
| Locality: | | Camp Bird Mine, Gordon replacement orebody, level 21, Camp Bird, San Juan Mountains, Ouray, Sneffels District, Ouray County, Colorado, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.0 x 3.1 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 19, 2018 08:34 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Hematite |
| Locality: | | Big Bertha Mine (Veta Grande Mine), Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.5 x 1.9 cm |
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| Perfect eisenrose floater with mirror-like faces from a location more famous for zunyite. |
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