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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Nov 17, 2022 12:55 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Calcite |
Locality: | Conco Mine, North Aurora, Kane County, Illinois, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 8.0 x 7.8 x 4.0 cm |
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Grayish scalenohedral calcite crystals included with tiny marcasite crystals. Most of the crystal have sharp phantoms. |
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Mineral: | Calcite |
Locality: | Conco Mine, North Aurora, Kane County, Illinois, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 8.0 x 7.8 x 4.0 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Nov 18, 2022 08:19 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Baryte |
Locality: | Magma Mine, Superior, Pioneer District, Pinal Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 3.5 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm |
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Transparent to translucent, yellow barite crystals in an intergrown group of blocky crystals to 1.0 cm on edge. |
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Tobi
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Posted: Nov 21, 2022 03:22 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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An excellent baryte specimen with great aesthetics, Michael!
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Nov 21, 2022 11:36 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Tobi wrote: | An excellent baryte specimen with great aesthetics, Michael! |
Thank you, Tobi. It's a small specimen, but as I understand it, the larger crystals tended to be included with a variety of oxides and sulfides causing them to be various shades of brown to black.
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Nov 21, 2022 11:49 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Andradite |
Locality: | Stanley Butte area, Stanley Butte, Stanley District, San Carlos Indian Reservation, Graham County, Arizona, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 2.4 x 2.1 cm |
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An intergrown group of green dodecahedral andradite crystals exhibiting slight iridescence. |
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Tobi
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Posted: Nov 22, 2022 09:32 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Michael Shaw wrote: | Tobi wrote: | An excellent baryte specimen with great aesthetics, Michael! | Thank you, Tobi. It's a small specimen, but as I understand it, the larger crystals tended to be included with a variety of oxides and sulfides causing them to be various shades of brown to black. | Thanks for the additional information. The crystals remind me of those from Châtel-Guyon in France, I once had a specimen from there which was very similiar to your piece from Magma Mine.
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Tobi
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Nov 22, 2022 14:39 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Tobi,
I wasn't familiar with The French location of Chatel-Guyon, so I looked it up on Mindat and yes, the crystals are remarkably similar in color and morphology. Thanks for pointing out this new (to me) location.
Regards,
Michael
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Nov 23, 2022 10:39 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Quartz |
Locality: | De Baca County, New Mexico, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 1.9 x 1.6 cm |
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An opaque light brown Cumberland habit quartz crystal known locally as "Pecos Valley Diamonds." |
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James Catmur
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Nov 25, 2022 09:44 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Olivenite |
Locality: | Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 5.5 x 3.2 x 2.0 cm |
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Lustrous acicular olive-green olivenite crystals on an iron-rich matrix. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Nov 27, 2022 10:00 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Cinnabar with Mercury |
Locality: | Almaden Mine, Almadén, Comarca Valle de Alcudia, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain | |
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Dimensions: | 6.5 x 4.0 x 1.9 cm |
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Bright red massive cinnabar with small blebs of silvery native mercury smeared over the surface. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Nov 29, 2022 09:44 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Galena |
Locality: | Cadjebut Mine, Fitzroy Crossing, Derby-West Kimberley Shire, Western Australia, Australia | |
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Dimensions: | 6.5 x 4.0 x 3.2 cm |
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Galena crystals to 1.0 cm with cuboctahedral and stepped cubic growth covering the top of a sulfide matrix with minor colorless calcite crystals. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Dec 02, 2022 09:44 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Quartz (variety chalcedony) |
Locality: | Mopah Spring, Turtle Mountain Wilderness, San Bernardino County, California, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 5.2 x 3.9 x 2.1 cm |
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A pale pink chalcedony rose that displays green fluorescence under short wave UV. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Dec 04, 2022 11:02 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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I first became aware of these Newfoundland amethyst specimens at the 2020 Tucson Show. After looking through hundreds of specimens I was unable to find an undamaged piece. I'm told this was because the deposit was mined with mechanical equipment resulting in specimens with quite a lot of damage. I forgot about these until I spied a couple of flats at the 2022 Denver Show. To my surprise, most of the pieces were damage free, so I had a second chance to select a few for the collection.
Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst) |
Locality: | La Manche, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland (Island), Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | |
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Dimensions: | 8.3 x 6.5 x 5.0 cm |
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Tightly intergrown amethyst crystals showing mostly just the pyramidal terminations. |
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Mineral: | Quartz (variety amethyst) |
Locality: | La Manche, Placentia Bay, Newfoundland (Island), Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada | |
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Dimensions: | 6.0 x 4.5 x 4.0 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Dec 06, 2022 12:44 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Gypsum |
Locality: | Lily Mine, Umay District, Pisco Province, Ica Department, Peru | |
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Dimensions: | 9.2 x 7.6 x 4.6 cm |
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Sharp lustrous water-clear crystals of gypsum var. selenite to 5.1 cm across forming an intergrown group. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Dec 08, 2022 12:45 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Siderite and Quartz |
Locality: | Trepča Complex, Trepča Valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovska Mitrovica District, Kosovo | |
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Dimensions: | 4.0 x 7.0 x 7.0 cm |
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A combination of prismatic white quartz, spherical brown siderite, and dark green chlorite. The terminations on some of the quartz crystals have unusual clear zones. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Dec 11, 2022 10:54 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Copper |
Locality: | Chino Mine, Santa Rita, Santa Rita District, Grant County, New Mexico, USA | |
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Dimensions: | 4.1 x 1.2 cm |
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An elongate spinel-twinned copper crystal from the 5100 Bench, East Pit with a nice patina and darker areas of cuprite. |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Dec 15, 2022 09:27 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Gypsum |
Locality: | Naica Mine, Naica, Municipio Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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Dimensions: | 6.8 x 5.4 x 4.4 cm |
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Sharp water-clear gypsum crystals on a mound of golden scalenohedral calcite crystals. |
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Tobi
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Posted: Dec 16, 2022 03:06 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Lovely gypsum!!!
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Dec 16, 2022 12:44 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Tobi wrote: | Lovely gypsum!!! |
Thank you, Tobi. Where we live there is not a great variety of minerals to be collected, but there is no shortage of Gypsum. I have collected Gypsum specimens from 5 or 6 localities in Oklahoma, and the habits are quite distinct. Years ago, I focused somewhat on building a suite of Gypsum from around the world since it was ubiquitous and relatively inexpensive. That suite now includes 83 Gypsum specimens from 52 different localities. It was fun building that suite, and I have used it several times for various programs and displays. Occasionally, I will come across a Gypsum specimen from a locality that is not represented in the collection, and I will add another piece to the suite.
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