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Michael Shaw
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 Posted: Mar 13, 2019 11:46 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst) |
| Locality: | | Reel Mine, Iron Station, Lincoln County, North Carolina, USA |  |
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| Dimensions: | 1.9 x 2.3 cm |
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| A couple of amethyst crystals with smoky zones on a plate of colorless quartz. Collected in 2018 - it's nice to see the Reel Mine active again. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 17, 2019 18:15 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Rutile and Muscovite |
| Locality: | | Shelby, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.2 x 2.3 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 21, 2019 14:40 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Elbaite |
| Locality: | | Himalaya Mine, Gem Hill, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 1.5 x 2.8 cm |
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| Bi-colored elbaite with lepidolite. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 25, 2019 08:53 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Celestine |
| Locality: | | Muculufa Mine, Butera, Caltanissetta Province, Sicily, Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.0 x 5.5 cm |
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| An intergrown group of celestine from the Muculufa Mine, Butera, Sicily. The mostly colorless crystals have pale blue zones at the termination. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 26, 2019 09:05 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Celestine |
| Locality: | | Floristella Mine, Enna (Castrogiovanni), Enna Province, Sicily, Italy | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.1 x 7.0 cm |
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| Milky white celestine crystals with a secondary growth of small clear celestine crystals associated with massive yellow Sulphur on the back side. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 27, 2019 16:28 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Calcite and Celestine |
| Locality: | | Chittenango Falls, Fenner, Madison County, New York, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.5 x 5.2 cm |
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| Colorless scalenohedral crystals to 1.5 cm on limestone matrix with pale blue celestite. This is one of the earliest specimens in my collection. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 29, 2019 14:20 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Azurite |
| Locality: | | United Verde Mine, Jerome, Verde District, Black Hills, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.1 x 12.0 cm |
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| Dark blue botryoidal azurite with minor malachite. Another very early piece in the collection, dating to 1961. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 31, 2019 14:13 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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The last couple of days I spent some time reviewing photos of the earliest specimens in my collection. Most were photographed about15 years ago, and many do not measure up to today's standards, so I am gradually replacing them with better images. Photos of the last two specimens are the results of this effort as will be the following few.
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Xianghualing Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.6 x 7.3 cm |
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| Two blue-gray octahedral fluorite crystals to 5.6 cm on edge with flattened rhombs of colorless calcite. The fluorite has a frosted luster resulting from tiny stepped faces and the interior contains a green core. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Apr 01, 2019 10:47 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Sylvanite |
| Locality: | | Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.0 x 6.0 cm |
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| Bright, gold-colored, striated sylvanite crystals to 2 mm with druzy quartz from the Cresson Mine. |
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| Mineral: | Sylvanite |
| Locality: | | Cripple Creek District, Teller County, Colorado, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.0 x 6.0 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Apr 04, 2019 15:54 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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I have been interested in minerals from Romania for the past 30 years, and one of my largest sub-collections is minerals from the Maramures region in northwest Romania. In Tucson this year, I was delighted to find several Romanian specimens to add to my collection. One of the FMF members will no doubt recognize the piece shown below as it was once part of his collection. I hope he is happy it went to a good home.
| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.3 x 9.0 x 11.2 cm |
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| Creamy white to pale tan elongated calcite crystals. The bottom of the specimen consists of black sphalerite and brassy pyrite. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Apr 07, 2019 14:05 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Boldut Mine, Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.6 x 12.8 cm |
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| An intergrown group of pale pink scalenohedral calcite crystals with a secondary overgrowth of tiny colorless scalenohedral calcites giving the specimen a frosted appearance. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Apr 09, 2019 13:58 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Andradite and Calcite |
| Locality: | | Ocna de Fier, Banat Mountains, Ocna de Fier-Dognecea District, Caraș-Severin, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.2 x 6.5 cm |
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| Sharp reddish brown andradite crystals to 0.7 cm with rhombic white calcite crystals on a matrix of hematite/magnetite. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Apr 11, 2019 07:58 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Gypsum |
| Locality: | | Mumbai District, Maharashtra, India | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.5 x 6.1 cm |
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| Colorless transparent gypsum crystals to 4.5 cm on a creamy white/pink matrix of prehnite and gyrolite. There are also small acicular crystals present, perhaps mesolite or scolecite. |
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Enrique Llorens
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| Posted: Apr 13, 2019 02:31 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| crosstimber wrote: | | I have been interested in minerals from Romania for the past 30 years, and one of my largest sub-collections is minerals from the Maramures region in northwest Romania. In Tucson this year, I was delighted to find several Romanian specimens to add to my collection. One of the FMF members will no doubt recognize the piece shown below as it was once part of his collection. I hope he is happy it went to a good home. |
It is an honor that you can enjoy this piece of Romania, as I have enjoyed it, in the last 18 years.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Apr 13, 2019 11:49 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Thank you Enrique. I am also enjoying this specimen which you will recognize.
| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Boldut Mine, Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.4 x 7.9 cm |
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| A divergent group of milky white quartz crystals with transparent reverse-sceptered terminations. |
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