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PostPosted: Nov 10, 2021 11:04    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Hi Michael,

Does your glass get scratched by some specimens and do you change the glass often or somehow remove the scratches?

I have been a fan of your work for years,.

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PostPosted: Nov 10, 2021 12:09    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

thank you Michael
this photo of your set up will help me

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PostPosted: Nov 10, 2021 12:30    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Don Lum wrote:
Hi Michael,

Does your glass get scratched by some specimens and do you change the glass often or somehow remove the scratches?

I have been a fan of your work for years,.

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Hello Don,

Thank you. Absolutely, the glass gets scratched no matter how careful the specimens are placed on it. That said, I have been using the same piece of glass for several years. Any scratches are pretty minor and are easily removed during the editing process.

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PostPosted: Nov 10, 2021 12:33    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Philippe Durand wrote:
Thank you Michael,
this photo of your set up will help me


Glad to be of help Philippe.
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PostPosted: Nov 12, 2021 11:21    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  




Vanadinite (var. arsenian).jpg
 Mineral: Vanadinite (variety arsenian)
 Locality:
Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mountain Range, Municipio Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico
 Dimensions: 6.3 x 4.6 x 2.4 cm
 Description:
Lustrous dark brown arsenic-bearing vanadinite crystals to 1.3 cm in length on a thin shell of iron-stained calcite.
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PostPosted: Nov 12, 2021 12:44    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Michael

Do you think toughened glass might help?

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Hello Don,

Thank you. Absolutely, the glass gets scratched no matter how careful the specimens are placed on it. That said, I have been using the same piece of glass for several years. Any scratches are pretty minor and are easily removed during the editing process.

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PostPosted: Nov 12, 2021 15:35    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

James Catmur wrote:
Michael

Do you think toughened glass might help?

James

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Hello Don,

Thank you. Absolutely, the glass gets scratched no matter how careful the specimens are placed on it. That said, I have been using the same piece of glass for several years. Any scratches are pretty minor and are easily removed during the editing process.

Best,
Michael


James,

I don't think so. The piece of glass I used before the current one was part of a tempered glass shelf and after several years of use it had quite a few scratches. Although tempered (toughened) glass is 5x stronger than regular glass, it seems like it is not immune to scratching.

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PostPosted: Nov 12, 2021 17:11    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

I have always been pleased with your mineral photographs, and at time very envious. :)
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PostPosted: Nov 13, 2021 10:34    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

silvia wrote:
I have always been pleased with your mineral photographs, and at time very envious. :)


Thank you, Silvia. Actually, I was thinking the same thing about your photos. Your use of photo stacking software produces a really sharp photo overall. I have toyed with the idea of using photo stacking, but in the limited reading I have done it seems a bit complicated and time consuming.

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PostPosted: Nov 15, 2021 09:36    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  




2785 Adularia - Hashupa, Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan Prov., Pakistan.jpg
 Mineral: Adularia
 Locality:
Hachupa, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan
 Dimensions: 4.1 x 3.3 x 3.0 cm
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An intergrown cluster of sharp doubly terminated milky white adularia crystals with green chlorite inclusions.
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PostPosted: Nov 18, 2021 09:40    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  




2799 Stibnite - Poiana Botizii, Maramures, Romania.jpg
 Mineral: Stibnite
 Locality:
Poiana Botizei Mine, Baiut, Maramures, Romania
 Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.4 x 5.6 cm
 Description:
Thick lead-gray stibnite crystals to 3.6 cm on a matrix of white quartz.
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PostPosted: Nov 18, 2021 14:23    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Michael Shaw wrote:


Lovely Stibnite specimen. We have many minerals from some of the Romanian Mines (Turt, Boldut, Herja) and we just love Romanian Stibnites. Again - nice specimen.
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PostPosted: Nov 21, 2021 09:56    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  

Thanks Silvia. Here is another Romanian specimen - a classic Herja calcite.


2798 Calcite - Herja Mine, Baia Mare, Maramures, Romania.jpg
 Mineral: Calcite
 Locality:
Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania
 Dimensions: 5.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm
 Description:
White calcite rhombs to 2.3 cm with small brown siderites on a matrix of black sphalerite and minor pyrite.
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PostPosted: Nov 27, 2021 10:27    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  




2796 Calcite - Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia.jpg
 Mineral: Calcite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 9.0 x 7.4 x 6.3 cm
 Description:
A lustrous white calcite crystal comprised of many densely packed curvilinear rhombs resting on a thin plate of pinkish dolomite covered with druzy calcite with minor green duftite on the bottom.
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2796 Calcite (2) - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia.jpg
 Mineral: Calcite
 Locality:
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
 Dimensions: 9.0 x 7.4 x 6.3 cm
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PostPosted: Dec 01, 2021 11:12    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  




2797 Fluorite - La Lupita Mine, Mun. de Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.jpg
 Mineral: Fluorite
 Locality:
Lupita Mine, Descubridora mining district, Buruguilla, Municipio Mapimí, Durango, Mexico
 Dimensions: 11.7 x 7.5 x 3.4 cm
 Description:
Octahedral purple fluorite crystals with stepped growth scattered over a crystallized colorless quartz plate. Collected in early 2021.
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PostPosted: Dec 03, 2021 10:59    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  




TN813 Topaz var. Imperial Topaz - Karengerenge, Solawezi District, North-Western Prov., Zambia.jpg
 Mineral: Topaz
 Locality:
Karengerenge village, Solwezi District, North-Western Province, Zambia
 Dimensions: 2.0 x 1.2 cm
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PostPosted: Dec 06, 2021 11:49    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  




2775 Stilbite - Kosmos, Lewis County, Washington.jpg
 Mineral: Stilbite
 Locality:
Riffe Lake, Kosmos, Lewis County, Washington, USA
 Dimensions: 5.0 x 4.0 cm
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PostPosted: Dec 08, 2021 16:15    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  




TN811 Pyrrhotite - Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico.jpg
 Mineral: Pyrrhotite
 Locality:
Potosí Mine, Santo Domingo (Francisco Portillo), Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico
 Dimensions: 2.2 x 1.6 cm
 Description:
Metallic pseudohexagonal pyrrhotite crystals with small dolomite crystals scattered over the surface.
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PostPosted: Dec 11, 2021 10:03    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  




TN808 Spinel - An Phu, Luc Yen District, Yen Bai Prov., Vietnam.jpg
 Mineral: Spinel
 Locality:
Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam
 Dimensions: 2.3 x 1.5 cm
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PostPosted: Dec 13, 2021 12:08    Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw  




1830 Boracite - Boulby Mine, Loftus, North Yorkshire, England.jpg
 Mineral: Boracite
 Locality:
Boulby Mine, Loftus, Yorkshire, England / United Kingdom
 Dimensions: 7.8 x 4.5 cm
 Description:
Greenish blue crystals of this uncommon borate mineral. Collected in the 1990s.
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