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Michael Shaw
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 Posted: Nov 01, 2019 14:27 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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According to the Mineralogical Record article on this locality Vol. 35(5), these fan-shaped epidote aggregates were a unique find collected from the lower workings in summer 2003.
| Mineral: | Epidote |
| Locality: | | Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan District, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough, Alaska, USA |  |
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| Dimensions: | 3.0 cm x 5.0 cm x 6.0 cm |
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| Lustrous deep green prismatic epidote crystals with lighter green terminations arranged in a fan-shaped aggregate. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Nov 02, 2019 03:07 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Very nice, Michael - and I am NOT an epidote fan ;-)
And a truly superb photo, incredible quality, it would deserve a place in a book or magazine!!!
Please more, it's always a pleasure to watch your collection :-)
Regards
Tobi
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 02, 2019 10:48 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Tobi wrote: | Very nice, Michael - and I am NOT an epidote fan ;-)
And a truly superb photo, incredible quality, it would deserve a place in a book or magazine!!!
Please more, it's always a pleasure to watch your collection :-)
Regards
Tobi |
Thank you for those very kind words Tobi. You would laugh if I told you how many pictures I took of that specimen before I finally captured one that I was happy with. All I can say is, it is a good thing that I wasn't shooting on film.
Michael
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Tobi
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| Posted: Nov 04, 2019 06:19 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Michael Shaw wrote: | | Tobi wrote: | Very nice, Michael - and I am NOT an epidote fan ;-)
And a truly superb photo, incredible quality, it would deserve a place in a book or magazine!!!
Please more, it's always a pleasure to watch your collection :-)
Regards
Tobi |
Thank you for those very kind words Tobi. You would laugh if I told you how many pictures I took of that specimen before I finally captured one that I was happy with. All I can say is, it is a good thing that I wasn't shooting on film.
Michael |
I know that struggle, Michael. But with a photo like this, it was worth it!
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 06, 2019 11:42 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Xia Yang Mine, Yongchun, Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.0 cm x 5.1 cm |
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| Cube-octahedral dark purple fluorite crystals to 3.0 cm on a thin shard of siliceous gray matrix |
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jose luis jara jara
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| Posted: Nov 06, 2019 16:39 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Attractive Fluorite crystal, very cool
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 06, 2019 18:02 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| jose luis jara jara wrote: | | Attractive Fluorite crystal, very cool |
Thanks for your comment Jose.
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Tobi
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| Posted: Nov 07, 2019 01:53 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Hi Michael,
that specimen looks gorgeous though the photo has not your usual quality ;-)
Tobi
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 07, 2019 09:57 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Tobi wrote: | Hi Michael,
That specimen looks gorgeous though the photo has not your usual quality ;-)
Tobi |
You have a good eye Tobi. The camera that I usually use is currently not working, so that photo was taken with my phone (not so bad for a phone image). I will have to reshoot it once I get my camera repaired.
Regards,
Michael
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Dalnegorsk, Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.0 cm x 3.7 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 12, 2019 14:20 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Linarite |
| Locality: | | Grand Reef Mine, Laurel Canyon, Grand Reef Mountain, Klondyke, Aravaipa District, Graham County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.1 cm x 2.5 cm |
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| Linarite with malachite on quartz. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 14, 2019 11:37 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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These new pink fluorites from Huanggang Mine #6 caused a bit of excitement this past September at the Denver Show.
| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.1 cm x 2.9 cm |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.1 cm x 2.9 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 18, 2019 10:18 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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The Ojuela Mine produces several different habits of wulfenite including thin tabular yellow crystals, the well known bi-pyramidal butterscotch-colored crystals on green mimetite, and blocky orange crystals somewhat similar to those from Los Lamentos. My favorite habit is shown below with sharply zoned crystals producing a "sandwich" effect. Collected in the 1960s from the America Poniente vein.
| Mineral: | Wulfenite |
| Locality: | | Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.0 cm x 6.0 cm. |
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| Tabular toffee-brown wulfenite crystals to 1.4 cm with yellow-brown overgrowths creating a sharply defined sandwich effect. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Nov 18, 2019 10:28 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Michael Shaw wrote: | | These new pink fluorites from Huanggang Mine #6 caused a bit of excitement this past September at the Denver Show. |
Not only in Denver: A friend of mine was at the Munich Show, both as a dealer and a visitor, and he purchased several of these. I visited him last week and he showed me the crystal clusters, some of them up to 7 cm with ~ 2 cm octahedrons, very impressive. Like yours, they all were floaters of simply perfect octahedrons, flawless and without any matrix or point of attachment, does anyone know if they were etched from the surrounding rock?
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 20, 2019 10:46 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Galena and Siderite |
| Locality: | | Turt Mine, Turt, Negresti-Oas, Oas Mountains, Satu Mare, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.0 cm x 7.0 cm x 7.5 cm |
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| Lead-gray cuboctahedral galena crystals preferentially coated with druzy light brown siderite crystals. |
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jose luis jara jara
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| Posted: Nov 20, 2019 14:41 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Good specimen with beautiful Galena crystals
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 20, 2019 17:23 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| jose luis jara jara wrote: | | Good specimen with beautiful Galena crystals |
Thanks Jose.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 23, 2019 10:42 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Strontianite |
| Locality: | | Oberdorf an der Laming, Laming valley, Bruck an der Mur, Styria/Steiermark, Austria | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.8 cm x 7.0 cm x 11.0 cm |
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| Crystallized sprays of colorless strontianite to 2.0 cm in length covering the top surface of white magnesite. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 27, 2019 10:50 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Pyrite pseudo after Pyrrhotite |
| Locality: | | Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.0 cm x 5.0 cm x 8.0 cm |
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| Sparkling brassy-yellow pyrite replacing a 3.0 cm prismatic crystal of pyrrhotite with several lustrous milky quartz crystals to 2.5 cm. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 01, 2019 14:42 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Pyrite and Sphalerite |
| Locality: | | Pachapaqui mining district, Pachapaqui, Aquia District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.7 cm x 5.9 cm x 6.0 cm |
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| Bright pyrite crystals to 1.8 cm with a pyritohedral habit associated with black sphalerite crystals. |
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