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Michael Shaw
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 Posted: Apr 08, 2022 09:48 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw - Pyromorphite |
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| Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
| Locality: | | Chaillac Mine, Chaillac, Le Blanc, Indre, Centre-Val de Loire, France |  |
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| Dimensions: | 5.4 x 4.2 x 2.1 cm |
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| Lustrous green pyromorphite crystals with a tapered shape and pyramidal terminations covering a matrix of transparent cubic fluorite crystals. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Apr 13, 2022 11:03 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Hematite included quartz commonly known as "Jacinto de Compostela"
| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Keuper outcrop, Montroy, Comarca Ribera Alta, València / Valencia, Valencian Community, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.5 x 5.5 cm, xl = 1.1 cm in length |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Apr 25, 2022 08:48 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Quartz (variety rose quartz) |
| Locality: | | Huancayo District, Huancayo Province, Junín Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.8 x 3.6 cm |
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| Lustrous medium pink rose quartz crystals forming spherical and fan-shaped aggregates on matrix. Collected in 2020. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: May 03, 2022 10:41 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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During a family vacation in 1964 I had the opportunity to collect at several of the mines on Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. At that time, copper specimens were still relatively plentiful on the poor rock piles, and metal detectors were not needed. I have had a love for native copper ever since, and currently our collection contains 65 copper specimens from 19 different countries.
The following piece was mined in the early 1970s from the 1780-1860 bench of the Pearl Handle Pit.
| Mineral: | Copper |
| Locality: | | Ray Mines, Scott Mountain area, Mineral Creek District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.6 x 4.4 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: May 05, 2022 08:18 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Barite |
| Locality: | | Shangulowé Mine, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.0 x 3.0 x 3.0 cm |
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| Blocky mostly transparent crystals of barite to 1.5 cm with green inclusions of malachite. |
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| Mineral: | Barite |
| Locality: | | Shangulowé Mine, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.0 x 3.0 x 3.0 cm |
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: May 05, 2022 08:42 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Very good barite. Perfect and transparent crystals, with that green color that gives them a touch of elegance.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: May 05, 2022 08:55 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Carles Millan wrote: | | Very good barite. Perfect and transparent crystals, with that green color that gives them a touch of elegance. |
Thank you, Carles. Glad you like it.
Michael
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: May 19, 2022 08:23 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Moscona Mine, El Llano, Solís, Corvera de Asturias, Comarca Avilés, Asturias, Principality of Asturias, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 10.6 x 6.2 x 4.4 cm |
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Lustrous white calcite crystals dominated by the prism with a flattened
rhombohedron termination with translucent yellow fluorite crystals.
Collected in 2020. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: May 23, 2022 08:35 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Gypsum |
| Locality: | | Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 8.8 x 5.9 x 4.0 cm |
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| Colorless gypsum crystals to 0.9 cm with small reddish-brown sphalerite crystals covering the top surface of a gray chert matrix. Gypsum was an uncommon mineral in the Tri State District. |
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| Mineral: | Gypsum |
| Locality: | | Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 8.8 x 5.9 x 4.0 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: May 25, 2022 09:06 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw - Brochantite |
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| Mineral: | Brochantite |
| Locality: | | Paoli deposit, Paoli, Red Bed District, Garvin County, Oklahoma, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.9 x 4.8 x 2.5 cm |
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| Emerald green micro-crystalline brochantite coating the top surface of areddish-brown Garber sandstone matrix. Collected in 1981. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: May 30, 2022 07:52 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | La Barre Mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Pontgibaud, Saint-Ours, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.1 x 5.5 x 2.4 cm |
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| Sharp cubic yellow fluorite crystals with good luster and a fine geometric zoning of blue-violet color on the edges. Collected in Sept. 2020. |
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| Locality: | | La Barre Mine, Saint-Jacques-d'Ambur, Pontgibaud, Saint-Ours, Riom, Puy-de-Dôme Department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.1 x 5.5 x 2.4 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jun 05, 2022 08:36 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Cuprite on Goethite |
| Locality: | | Czar Mine, Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.0 x 3.5 x 2.4 cm |
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| A hollow stalactite of black botryoidal goethite hosting sharp octahedral crystals of cuprite to 4 mm partially coated with a thin layer of malachite. |
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| Mineral: | Cuprite on Goethite |
| Locality: | | Czar Mine, Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.0 x 3.5 x 2.4 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jun 07, 2022 10:13 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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A couple of newer thumbnails.
| Mineral: | Gold |
| Locality: | | Los Delirios claim, Delirios III cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department, Colombia | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.0 x 1.4 cm |
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| A bright dendritic growth of elongated, sharp gold crystals. |
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| Mineral: | Rutile |
| Locality: | | Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.5 x 2.2 cm |
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| Lustrous dark brown rutile crystal with deep red reflections from a classic U.S. locality. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jun 07, 2022 12:24 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Michael Shaw wrote: | A couple of newer thumbnails
Gold
Los Delirios claim, Delirios III cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department, Colombia
2.0 x 1.4 cm |
That's really funny, Michael: When I searched for a gold specimen a few months ago and before I finally decided to take this one ( https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=77338#77338 ) your elegant 2 cm gold specimen shown above was one of Jordi's specimens that I thought of purchasing. Good for you I decided for another one ;-)
Best regards
Tobi
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jun 07, 2022 12:53 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Tobi wrote: | | Michael Shaw wrote: | A couple of newer thumbnails
Gold
Los Delirios claim, Delirios III cut, Municipio Vetas, Soto Province, Santander Department, Colombia
2.0 x 1.4 cm |
That's really funny, Michael: When I searched for a gold specimen a few months ago and before I finally decided to take this one ( https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=77338#77338 ) your elegant 2 cm gold specimen shown above was one of Jordi's specimens that I thought of purchasing. Good for you I decided for another one ;-)
Best regards
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Glad it worked out so we both got the piece we wanted!
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Tobi
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| Posted: Jun 08, 2022 01:56 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Tobi wrote: | | That's really funny, Michael: When I searched for a gold specimen a few months ago and before I finally decided to take this one ( https://www.mineral-forum.com/message-board/viewtopic.php?p=77338#77338 ) your elegant 2 cm gold specimen shown above was one of Jordi's specimens that I thought of purchasing. Good for you I decided for another one ;-) |
| Michael Shaw wrote: | | Glad it worked out so we both got the piece we wanted! |
Your gold specimen is more elegant than mine, it has a wonderful shape, very sculptural. I decided for the other one because I wanted a matrix piece. Really cool to see that someone from our community has the other one in his collection now :-)
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jun 12, 2022 09:41 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw - Huanggang Quartz |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Huanggang Mines, Hexigten Banner (Kèshíkèténg Qí), Ulanhad (Chifeng), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.0 x 4.5 x 4.0 cm |
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| Multiple lustrous sceptered quartz crystals with a uniform green color due to inclusions of hedenbergite. |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Dimensions: | 7.0 x 4.5 x 4.0 cm |
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| Reverse side of specimen. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jun 23, 2022 09:39 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Hutchinsonite, Pyrite, Quartz |
| Locality: | | Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.5 x 8.8 x 2.6 cm |
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| Small groups of metallic black hutchinsonite crystals scattered among pyritohedral pyrite crystals with quartz and tiny orange orpiment crystals. |
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| Mineral: | Hutchinsonite, Pyrite, Quartz |
| Locality: | | Quiruvilca Mine (La Libertad Mine), Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.5 x 8.8 x 2.6 cm |
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| Detail of hutchinsonite crystals. |
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silvia
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| Posted: Jun 23, 2022 15:10 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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A really lovely specimen containing a rare Thallium species. I love Peruvian minerals especially the sulphides and sulphosalts. Keep up the great photos - especially the close up shots.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jun 23, 2022 18:57 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| silvia wrote: |
A really lovely specimen containing a rare Thallium species. I love Peruvian minerals especially the sulphides and sulphosalts. Keep up the great photos - especially the close up shots. |
Thank you, Silvia. I am very fond of Peruvian minerals as well. In fact, Peru ranks second behind Romania with respect to the number of specimens in the collection.
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