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Don Lum
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 Posted: Nov 10, 2021 11:04 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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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,.
Regards,
Don
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Philippe Durand
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 10, 2021 12:30 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| 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,.
Regards,
Don |
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
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 10, 2021 12:33 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| 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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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 12, 2021 11:21 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Vanadinite (variety arsenian) |
| Locality: | | Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mountain Range, Municipio Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico |  |
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| Dimensions: | 6.3 x 4.6 x 2.4 cm |
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| 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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James Catmur
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| Posted: Nov 12, 2021 12:44 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Michael
Do you think toughened glass might help?
James
| Michael Shaw wrote: |
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 |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 12, 2021 15:35 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| James Catmur wrote: | Michael
Do you think toughened glass might help?
James
| Michael Shaw wrote: |
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,
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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.
Michael
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silvia
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| Posted: Nov 12, 2021 17:11 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| I have always been pleased with your mineral photographs, and at time very envious. :)
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 13, 2021 10:34 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| 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.
Michael
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 15, 2021 09:36 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Adularia |
| Locality: | | Hachupa, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan (Northern Areas), Pakistan | |
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| 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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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 18, 2021 09:40 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Stibnite |
| Locality: | | Poiana Botizei Mine, Baiut, Maramures, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.5 x 7.4 x 5.6 cm |
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| Thick lead-gray stibnite crystals to 3.6 cm on a matrix of white quartz. |
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silvia
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| Posted: Nov 18, 2021 14:23 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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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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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 21, 2021 09:56 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Thanks Silvia. Here is another Romanian specimen - a classic Herja calcite.
| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Herja Mine, Chiuzbaia, Baia Sprie, Maramures, Romania | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm |
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| White calcite rhombs to 2.3 cm with small brown siderites on a matrix of black sphalerite and minor pyrite. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Nov 27, 2021 10:27 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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| 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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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.0 x 7.4 x 6.3 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 01, 2021 11:12 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Lupita Mine, Descubridora mining district, Buruguilla, Municipio Mapimí, Durango, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 11.7 x 7.5 x 3.4 cm |
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| Octahedral purple fluorite crystals with stepped growth scattered over a crystallized colorless quartz plate. Collected in early 2021. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 03, 2021 10:59 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Topaz |
| Locality: | | Karengerenge village, Solwezi District, North-Western Province, Zambia | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.0 x 1.2 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 06, 2021 11:49 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Stilbite |
| Locality: | | Riffe Lake, Kosmos, Lewis County, Washington, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.0 x 4.0 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 08, 2021 16:15 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Pyrrhotite |
| Locality: | | Potosí Mine, Santo Domingo (Francisco Portillo), Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.2 x 1.6 cm |
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| Metallic pseudohexagonal pyrrhotite crystals with small dolomite crystals scattered over the surface. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 11, 2021 10:03 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Spinel |
| Locality: | | Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.3 x 1.5 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 13, 2021 12:08 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Boracite |
| Locality: | | Boulby Mine, Loftus, Yorkshire, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.8 x 4.5 cm |
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| Greenish blue crystals of this uncommon borate mineral. Collected in the 1990s. |
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