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Enrique Llorens
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Posted: Sep 19, 2019 02:26 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Really beautiful.
Good colors, shine and aesthetic
Regards
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Sep 19, 2019 09:10 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Enrique Llorens wrote: | Really beautiful.
Good colors, shine and aesthetic
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Nice to hear from you Enrique. Thank you for your comment.
Michael
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Sep 20, 2019 09:03 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Topaz |
Locality: | Hacienda Jaral de Berrio, San Felipe, Municipio San Felipe, Guanajuato, Mexico | |
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Dimensions: | 1.8 cm x 2.9 cm |
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Transparent sherry-colored topaz crystal set on a matrix of pale brown rhyolite. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Sep 22, 2019 16:01 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst) |
Locality: | Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 2.3 cm x 3.5 cm |
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An intergrown group of doubly-terminated, sceptered amethyst crystals on a short stem of milky quartz. Collected in the early 1980s. |
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Philippe Durand
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Sep 26, 2019 10:27 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Thanks Philippe.
Mineral: | Baryte |
Locality: | Magma Mine, Superior, Pioneer District, Pinal Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 3.1 cm x 4.0 cm |
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jose luis jara jara
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Posted: Sep 26, 2019 14:25 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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A nice mineral candy :)
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Sep 27, 2019 15:50 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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jose luis jara jara wrote: | A nice mineral candy :) |
Thanks Jose.
Mineral: | 'Stilbite' |
Locality: | Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 5.9 cm x 8.0 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Sep 29, 2019 13:37 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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A white cap/white stripe amazonite has been on my wish list for nearly a decade. It's not that there were none available - just not one that met my size and price criteria. My patience was finally rewarded when the one pictured below turned up. It was my most exciting find of the Denver Show.
This specimen was collected May 25, 1996 by Ray Berry on a claim that later became the Smoky Hawk Mine.
Mineral: | Microcline var. amazonite with Albite var. cleavelandite |
Locality: | Smoky Hawk claim, Crystal Peak area, Teller County, Colorado, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 6.1 cm x 7.5 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Oct 02, 2019 12:51 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Calcite |
Locality: | Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 6.2 cm x 8.7 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Oct 03, 2019 11:36 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Another of the new wulfenites from La Morita Mine. I think the color zoning of the crystals is interesting.
Mineral: | Wulfenite |
Locality: | La Morita Mine, Municipio Ascención, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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Dimensions: | 3.3 cm x 4.5 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Oct 09, 2019 14:06 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Quartz pseudomorph after Calcite |
Locality: | Boldut Mine, Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures, Romania | |
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Dimensions: | 7.5 cm x 9.0 cm |
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Classic hollow casts of quartz that has replaced scalenohedral calcite crystals. The surface of the quartz has a sugary texture and there are small pyrite and bournonite crystals scattered about. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Oct 12, 2019 10:28 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Vanadinite |
Locality: | San Carlos Mine (Apex Mine), San Carlos, Municipio Manuel Benavides, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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Dimensions: | 2.7 cm x 2.9 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Oct 13, 2019 09:42 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Aragonite |
Locality: | San Giovanni Mine, Punta della Torre, Iglesias, Sud Sardegna Province, Sardinia/Sardegna, Italy | |
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Dimensions: | 4.7 cm x 6.2 cm |
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Sante Celiberti
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Posted: Oct 13, 2019 13:26 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Oh no, Michael.
This is a low blow.
Very nice Sardinian specimen.
Best regards.
Sante
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Oct 14, 2019 08:22 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Thank you Sante. I was fortunate to be able to acquire this piece recently from an older collection.
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Oct 23, 2019 11:28 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Pectolite |
Locality: | Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 4.2 cm x 9.0 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Oct 24, 2019 13:24 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: | 8.5 cm x 11.0 cm x 15.0 cm |
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Two generations of calcite on a matrix of quartz and minor pyrite. The first generation consists of sparkly cream-colored spherical calcite and the second is small scalenohedral crystals. |
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Mineral: | Calcite |
Locality: | Boldut Mine, Cavnic mining area, Cavnic, Maramures, Romania | |
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Dimensions: | 8.5 cm x 11.0 cm x 15.0 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Oct 28, 2019 14:54 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Galena |
Locality: | Fletcher Mine, West Fork, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 0.5 cm x 0.6 cm x 5.3 cm |
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These unusual galena specimens were collected in summer 2019. This doubly-terminated crystal is greatly elongated, slightly twisted, and perhaps twinned. |
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Carles Millan
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Posted: Oct 28, 2019 15:01 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Indeed very unusual, Michael. I wonder what the chemical and physical conditions would be for such a curious habit to grow.
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