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Michael Shaw
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One of the things that I was looking forward to this year in Tucson was visiting JTI at the former La Fuente restaurant on Oracle. Renovations to the building are still underway, but there was a large tent set up in the parking lot which held a very small portion of Rock Currier's personal collection. As a dealer who imported many tons of Indian zeolite specimens, it was interesting to browse through some of the pieces that he kept for his personal collection. I picked up this little piece more for the mineral association and label than anything else. Rock was a big proponent of affixing a "lifesaver" label to each specimen, identifying the mineral and location permanently, and the second photo shows that he practiced what he preached. His very detailed description notes that he obtained this piece in a shipment of zeolites from Hussein Tyebjee in 1975.
| Mineral: | Laumontite |
| Locality: | | Malad, Mumbai (Bombay), Mumbai District, Maharashtra, India |  |
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| Dimensions: | 3.1 x 3.9 cm |
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| Creamy white, prismatic laumontite crystals associated with several colorless hydroxyapophyllite crystals. |
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| Mineral: | Laumontite |
| Locality: | | Malad, Mumbai (Bombay), Mumbai District, Maharashtra, India | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.1 x 3.9 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Feb 22, 2019 15:45 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Choir area, Province Govisümber, Mongolia | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.7 x 5.7 x 8.6 cm |
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| Pale green cubic fluorite collected from a remote location in the Gobi Desert in 2016 and just now making its debut at the Tucson Show. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Feb 25, 2019 09:50 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Peñas Blancas Mine, Municipio San Pablo de Borbur, Western Emerald Belt, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.5 x 6.6 cm |
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| A nearly muzo habit quartz showing a clearly defined rhombohedral s-face. |
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Olivier Vandebroucke
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| Posted: Feb 28, 2019 11:08 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Nice find crosstimber, this last one almost looks like it's been worked on by a machine! These minerals which naturally take geometrical shapes have always been my favourites.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Feb 28, 2019 12:05 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Olivier Vandebroucke wrote: | | Nice find crosstimber, this last one almost looks like it's been worked on by a machine! These minerals which naturally take geometrical shapes have always been my favourites. |
Thank you Olivier.
| Mineral: | Mottramite ps. wulfenite |
| Locality: | | Total Wreck Mine, Cienega Creek, The Narrows, Empire District, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.6 x 3.0 cm |
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| A sparkly druse of mottramite replacing crystals of wulfenite to 1.5 cm. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 02, 2019 15:12 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Dyscrasite after Allargentum and with Silver |
| Locality: | | Bouismas Mine, Agdz, Bou Azzer mining district, Zagora Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.5 x 5.9 cm |
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| A zoned mixture of metallic dark gray to silver dyscrasite and silver crystals that have pseudomorphed allargentum |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Mar 03, 2019 02:19 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| That sharp Peñas Blancas quartz is a true beauty, Michael!
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 03, 2019 10:06 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Tobi wrote: | | That sharp Peñas Blancas quartz is a true beauty, Michael! |
Thanks Tobi,
I love the heavily striated prism faces and water clear transparency throughout the entire crystal.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 03, 2019 12:30 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Baryte |
| Locality: | | Michal mining tunnel, Banská Štiavnica (Schemnitz), Banská Štiavnica District, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovak Republic | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.0 x 5.5 x 8.8 cm |
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| Bladed white barite rosettes with sphalerite and drusy quartz from the Michal Mine. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 07, 2019 10:29 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst) |
| Locality: | | Kakamunurle Quarry, Karur District, Tamil Nadu, India | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.1 x 7.2 xm |
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| Flower-like arrangement of purple amethyst crystals on colorless quartz. Many of the amethyst crystals are sceptered and tinged yellow-brown with iron oxide. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 08, 2019 08:43 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Quartz with Actinolite inclusions |
| Locality: | | Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.2 x 6.8 cm |
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| A divergent group of quartz crystals to 6.9 cm with inclusions of dark green actinolite. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 11, 2019 15:23 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
| Locality: | | Bad Ems, Bad Ems District, Lahn Valley, Rhineland-Palatinate/Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.5 x 2.0 cm |
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| Pyromorphite group from the Königsstiel adit, near Braubach. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Mar 11, 2019 17:35 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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What a wonderful little sculpture, a perfect miniature of a great German classic, ... well, THE German classic ;-)
Great structure and a very saturated green colour, even many German collectors would like to have such a specimen in their collection.
A great one, Michael :-)
Tobi
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 11, 2019 17:50 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Tobi wrote: | What a wonderful little sculpture, a perfect miniature of a great German classic, ... well, THE German classic ;-)
Great structure and a very saturated green colour, even many German collectors would like to have such a specimen in their collection.
A great one, Michael :-)
Tobi |
Thank you Tobi. I now have three pyromorphites from Bad Ems and each one is from a different mine and is a different color. When I found this little green gem, I knew it must join the other two :>)
Michael
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Tobi
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| Posted: Mar 12, 2019 06:14 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| crosstimber wrote: | | Tobi wrote: | What a wonderful little sculpture, a perfect miniature of a great German classic, ... well, THE German classic ;-) Great structure and a very saturated green colour, even many German collectors would like to have such a specimen in their collection.
A great one, Michael :-)
Tobi |
Thank you Tobi. I now have three pyromorphites from Bad Ems and each one is from a different mine and is a different color. When I found this little green gem, I knew it must join the other two :>)
Michael |
I understand that. A beautiful mineral specimen should never be alone, that's why we all allow them to exist in large crowds ;-)
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