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Michael Shaw
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Posted: May 18, 2019 10:59 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Azurite |
Locality: | Christiana Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture, Greece | |
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Dimensions: | 4.7 x 6.5 cm |
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Spherical druzy blue azurite crystals associated with small patches of green conichalcite and blotches of white aragonite on matrix. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: May 21, 2019 08:17 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Pyrite |
Locality: | Magma Mine, Superior, Pioneer District, Pinal Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 2.3 x 2.4 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: May 22, 2019 09:19 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Elbaite |
Locality: | Malkhan (Malchan), Krasnyi Chikoy, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia | |
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Dimensions: | 1.8 x 4.4 cm |
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Collected in Summer 2004. |
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Tobi
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Posted: May 23, 2019 01:22 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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What a wonderful Malkhan elbaite, Michael! I love the cherry-red colour, simply beautiful!
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: May 23, 2019 13:15 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Tobi wrote: | What a wonderful Malkhan elbaite, Michael! I love the cherry-red colour, simply beautiful! |
Thanks Tobi.
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: May 26, 2019 13:50 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Azurite |
Locality: | Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico | |
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Dimensions: | 2.1 x 3.5 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: May 28, 2019 13:48 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Fluorapophyllite, Heulandite |
Locality: | Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India | |
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Dimensions: | 3.7 x 4.6 cm. |
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Bowtie groups of fluorapophyllite with green zones and colorless terminations associated with pearly off- white stilbite crystals on salmon-colored heulandite. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Jun 03, 2019 20:04 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Quartz (variety prase) |
Locality: | Sinerechenskoe, Primorsky Krai, Russia | |
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Dimensions: | 2.3 x 8.1 cm |
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Quartz with inclusions of hedenbergite from a skarn occurrence near Dal'negorsk. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Jun 04, 2019 12:21 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Quartz |
Locality: | Cabiche, Quípama, Boyacá Department, Colombia | |
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Dimensions: | 0.8 x 2.4 cm |
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Colorless quartz crystal with fibrous inclusions of a yet to be identified mineral. |
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Tobi
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Posted: Jun 05, 2019 04:12 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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crosstimber wrote: | Colorless quartz crystal with fibrous inclusions of a yet to be identified mineral. | Unidentified but beautiful!!! :-)
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Jun 12, 2019 11:25 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Stellerite |
Locality: | Dyer Quarry, Birdsboro, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 1.6 x 2.4 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Jun 17, 2019 09:44 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Quartz |
Locality: | Miage Glacier, Veny Valley, Monte Bianco Massif (Mont Blanc Massif), Courmayeur, Aosta Valley (Val d'Aosta), Italy | |
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Dimensions: | 5.4 x 7.6 cm. |
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Glassy transparent smoky quartz crystals to 2.2 cm in length on a matrix of milky quartz with green chlorite. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Jun 23, 2019 11:30 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Schorl |
Locality: | Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia | |
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Dimensions: | 3.6 x 7.1 x 7.2 cm |
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Lustrous black schorl crystals on feldspar. This piece was given to me by a childhood acquaintance that I reconnected with after 50+ years at the most recent Tucson Show. What a surprise - thanks Kevin! Because of the contrast, it was a difficult specimen to photograph and retain detail in the feldspar as well as the schorl. |
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Don Lum
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Posted: Jun 23, 2019 14:55 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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That is a difficult specimen to photograph. Like at a wedding black tuxedo and white wedding dress. Good picture. Kevin Downey is from Massachusetts.
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Jun 23, 2019 17:28 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Don Lum wrote: |
That is a difficult specimen to photograph. Like at a wedding black tuxedo and white wedding dress. Good picture. Kevin Downey is from Massachusetts.
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Thanks Don. Yes, Kevin and I grew up in the same town in Massachusetts. We both admired the same minerals on display at the Berkshire Museum.
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Jul 04, 2019 09:24 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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I don't usually collect polished specimens, but I found this quartz that was part of Rock Currier's collection interesting.
Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst) |
Locality: | Artigas Department, Uruguay | |
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Dimensions: | 5.2 cm |
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A polished section of quartz stalactite. The core of the stalactite consists of banded agate with an exterior surrounded by clear quartz and amethyst. |
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Tobi
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Posted: Jul 06, 2019 03:32 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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crosstimber wrote: | Schorl
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia
Description: Lustrous black schorl crystals on feldspar. | Interesting and unusual shape of the crystal, I didn't know that Darth Vader's helmet was made of schorl ;-)
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Jul 06, 2019 13:42 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Tobi wrote: | crosstimber wrote: | Schorl
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia
Description: Lustrous black schorl crystals on feldspar. | Interesting and unusual shape of the crystal, I didn't know that Darth Vader's helmet was made of schorl ;-) |
Tobi - I am terrible at seeing alternate images in things, but now that you mention it ........
Thanks,
Michael
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Tobi
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Posted: Jul 07, 2019 02:09 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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michael shaw wrote: | Tobi wrote: | crosstimber wrote: | Schorl
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia
Description: Lustrous black schorl crystals on feldspar. | Interesting and unusual shape of the crystal, I didn't know that Darth Vader's helmet was made of schorl ;-) |
Tobi - I am terrible at seeing alternate images in things, but now that you mention it ........
Thanks,
Michael |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Jul 09, 2019 15:44 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Barrerite (Stilbite subgroup) |
Locality: | Rocky Pass, Kuiu Island, Sitka Borough, Alaska, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 5.5 x 6.2 cm |
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A mounded group of pearly-lustered white barrerite crystals to 4.0 cm. |
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