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rweaver
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 Posted: Jun 09, 2018 13:34 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Not to store up a hornets nest but would not the correct location be "Delta Carbonate Quarry" since that is when it was when collected. I like to keep the history of my specimens intact with what the location was when they were collected not what the location is called today.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jun 09, 2018 13:57 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| rweaver wrote: | | Not to store up a hornets nest but would not the correct location be "Delta Carbonate Quarry" since that is when it was when collected. I like to keep the history of my specimens intact with what the location was when they were collected not what the location is called today. |
Actually my catalog entry and label for this piece notes the location as Delta Carbonate Quarry. I simply posted it under the current name of the quarry because that is how it is listed in the database.
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Jordi Fabre
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| Posted: Jun 09, 2018 13:59 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| rweaver wrote: | | Not to store up a hornets nest but would not the correct location be "Delta Carbonate Quarry" since that is when it was when collected. I like to keep the history of my specimens intact with what the location was when they were collected not what the location is called today. |
Easy to fix it! 😊 Now is: "York Building Supply Quarry (Delta Carbonate Quarry)"
In fact the name Delta Carbonate Quarry already was in our data base but not visible for display, only for search, so considering the popularity of the "Delta Carbonate Quarry" we made it visible (inside brackets) together with the official name.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jun 16, 2018 09:52 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Sphalerite |
| Locality: | | Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee, USA |  |
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| Dimensions: | 5.5 x 8.7 x 11.9 cm |
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| Lustrous root beer-colored sphalerite with a few crystals reaching 2.5 cm. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jun 29, 2018 16:07 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Another sphalerite. This specimen and the previous piece were part of two flats of Elmwood sphalerite that I picked up in 1987 for a ridiculously cheap price. Over the years I traded many of the pieces, but held on to these two for the collection.
| Mineral: | Sphalerite |
| Locality: | | Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith County, Tennessee, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.5 x 10.5 x 15.0 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jul 04, 2018 13:59 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Celestine |
| Locality: | | White Rock Quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.5 x 6.3 x 10.5 cm |
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| Divergent sprays of pale blue bladed celestine crystals to 3.0 cm. on matrix with a pyrite druse. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jul 15, 2018 09:03 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Granite Quarry, Shannapheasteen, Connemara, County Galway, Connacht, Ireland | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.5 x 2.9 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jul 23, 2018 17:39 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Pearceite |
| Locality: | | Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.5 x 5.0 cm |
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| Small metallic black pearceite crystals nestled in cavities in manganoan calcite. |
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| Mineral: | Pearceite |
| Locality: | | Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón Province, Lima Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.5 x 5.0 cm, FOV = 2.0 cm |
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| The largest pearceite crystal aggregate (4mm) associated with a small wire silver. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jul 26, 2018 13:21 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Prehnite |
| Locality: | | O&G Southbury Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.5 x 8.5 x 11.2 cm |
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| Mint green prehnite lining a vug in basalt with colorless calcite rhombs. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jul 31, 2018 10:34 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| crosstimber wrote: | Fluorite
Granite Quarry, Shannapheasteen, Connemara, County Galway, Connacht, Ireland |
I think I could not even pronounce "Shannapheasteen", but I really like that beautiful small fluorite specimen!
;-)
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jul 31, 2018 13:45 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Tobi wrote: | | crosstimber wrote: | Fluorite
Granite Quarry, Shannapheasteen, Connemara, County Galway, Connacht, Ireland |
I think I could not even pronounce "Shannapheasteen", but I really like that beautiful small fluorite specimen!
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Thanks Tobi. I can pronounce it phonetically, but I'll bet it has a Gaelic pronunciation that I wouldn't even recognize!
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Aug 06, 2018 13:24 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Gold |
| Locality: | | Colorado Quartz Mine, Colorado, Colorado District, Mother Lode Belt, Mariposa County, California, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.0 x 2.6 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Aug 10, 2018 08:45 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Silver |
| Locality: | | New Nevada Mine, Cerro San Antonio, San Miguel, Batopilas, Andrés del Río District, Municipio Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.9 x 2.6 cm |
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| Etched calcite hosting arborescent silver. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Aug 11, 2018 13:13 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw - Tsumeb |
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Tsumeb
| Mineral: | Mimetite |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.5 x 2.0 cm |
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| Mineral: | Dioptase |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.6 x 2.5 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Aug 16, 2018 15:25 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Quartz and Hematite |
| Locality: | | Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, former Cumberland, Cumbria, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.5 x 2.8 cm |
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