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Collection of Michael Shaw
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Michael Shaw
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Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 2228
Location: Oklahoma

Posted: Jan 02, 2023 09:39 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

2878 Heulandite - Dorena Dam, Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon.jpg

Mineral:

'Heulandite'

Locality:

Dorena Dam, Cottage Grove, Lane County, Oregon, USA

Dimensions:

5.2 x 4.4 x 3.0 cm

Description:

Lustrous white heulandite crystals on a small amount of brown matrix.

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Michael Shaw
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Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 2228
Location: Oklahoma

Posted: Jan 05, 2023 12:22 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

2898 Plattnerite - Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.jpg

Mineral:

Plattnerite

Locality:

Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango, Mexico

Dimensions:

12.2 x 7.4 x 5.2 cm

Description:

Microcrystals of metallic black plattnerite coating colorless calcite rhombs on a brown limonitic matrix.

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2898 Plattnerite 2 - Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.jpg

Mineral:

Plattnerite

Locality:

Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio Mapimí, Durango, Mexico

Dimensions:

12.2 x 7.4 x 5.2 cm

Description:

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Michael Shaw
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Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 2228
Location: Oklahoma

Posted: Jan 09, 2023 14:06 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

2892 Gyrolite - Malad Quarry, Mumbai District, Maharashtra, India.jpg

Mineral:

Gyrolite

Locality:

Malad Quarry, Malad, Mumbai (Bombay), Mumbai District, Maharashtra, India

Dimensions:

4.4 x 3.1 x 1.9 cm

Description:

Pale olive green gyrolite spheres, the dominant ball measuring 2.8 cm in
diameter, on a very thin plate of colorless quartz with minor laumontite.

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2892 Gyrolite 2 - Malad Quarry, Mumbai District, Maharashtra, India.jpg

Mineral:

Gyrolite

Locality:

Malad Quarry, Malad, Mumbai (Bombay), Mumbai District, Maharashtra, India

Dimensions:

4.4 x 3.1 x 1.9 cm

Description:

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Michael Shaw
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Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 2228
Location: Oklahoma

Posted: Jan 10, 2023 11:37 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

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TN829 Epidote - VAG Mine, Lowell & Eden, Lamoille Co., Vermont.jpg

Mineral:

Epidote

Locality:

Belvidere Mountain Quarries, Lowell & Eden, Orleans and Lamoille Counties, Vermont, USA

Dimensions:

2.4 x 1.0 cm

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TN831 Pyrite - Blue Ball, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.jpg

Mineral:

Pyrite

Locality:

Blue Ball Stone Company Quarry, Blue Ball, Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA

Dimensions:

1.5 x 1.7 cm

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TN827 Fluorite - Surprise Mine #2, Cookes Peak Dist., Luna Co., New Mexico.jpg

Mineral:

Fluorite

Locality:

Surprise Mine #2, Cookes Peak District, Luna County, New Mexico, USA

Dimensions:

2.5 x 2.1 cm

Description:

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Michael Shaw
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Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 2228
Location: Oklahoma

Posted: Jan 12, 2023 10:55 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

2868 Quartz var. smoky - Steinkopf, Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa.jpg

Mineral:

Quartz (variety smoky quartz)

Locality:

Steinkopf, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape Province, South Africa

Dimensions:

6.5 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm

Description:

Doubly-terminated transparent smoky quartz crystal.

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Michael Shaw
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Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 2228
Location: Oklahoma

Posted: Jan 13, 2023 12:44 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

Wulfenite - Red Cloud Mine, L paz County, Arizona.jpg

Mineral:

Wulfenite

Locality:

Red Cloud Mine, Trigo Mountains, Silver District, La Paz County, Arizona, USA

Dimensions:

8.0 x 4.5 cm, FOV ~4.5 cm

Description:

Mined in 1996.

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Philippe Durand

Joined: 10 May 2016
Posts: 653
Location: Normandie

Posted: Jan 13, 2023 15:02 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

wow ! _________________ https://www.youtube.com/user/ptitrainrouge/videos?view_as=subscriber

Michael Shaw
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Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 2228
Location: Oklahoma

Posted: Jan 14, 2023 09:51 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

2893 Colemanite - Initial Pit, Boron Open Pit, Boron, Kern Co., California.jpg

Mineral:

Colemanite

Locality:

Boron, Kramer District (Kramer Borate District), Kern County, California, USA

Dimensions:

5.4 x 3.0 x 2.7 cm

Description:

Fanlike aggregates of colorless bladed colemanite crystals enclosing orange-brown botryoidal calcite. This piece was part of the Minette borate collection and collected from the Initial Open Pit in 1959.

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Michael Shaw
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Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 2228
Location: Oklahoma

Posted: Jan 16, 2023 09:12 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

2889 Calcite - Santa Eulalia, Mexico.jpg

Mineral:

Calcite

Locality:

Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico

Dimensions:

7.1 x 4.7 x 4.3 cm

Description:

Opaque white calcite rhombs to 3.0 cm associated with small colorless transparent hemimorphite crystals on a brown limonitic matrix.

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Michael Shaw
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Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 2228
Location: Oklahoma

Posted: Jan 19, 2023 11:50 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

2891 Calcite - Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Reynolds Co., Missouri.jpg

Mineral:

Calcite

Locality:

Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, USA

Dimensions:

4.5 x 5.2 x 5.2 cm

Description:

Prismatic yellow calcite crystals to 3.2 cm on a galena-rich matrix with small white dolomite rhombs.

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2891 Calcite (2) - Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Reynolds Co., Missouri.jpg

Mineral:

Calcite

Dimensions:

4.5 x 5.2 x 5.2 cm

Description:

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Enrique Llorens

Joined: 02 Jun 2011
Posts: 406

Posted: Jan 20, 2023 05:57 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

Beautiful classic Calcite

Michael Shaw
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Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 2228
Location: Oklahoma

Posted: Jan 20, 2023 10:41 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

Thank you Enrique.

Michael Shaw
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Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 2228
Location: Oklahoma

Posted: Jan 20, 2023 11:33 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

Sulfur from the San Pablo de Napa Mine, 4-5 miles west of the El Desierto Mine.

2863 Sulfur - San Pablo de Napa Mine, San Pablo de Napa, Potosi, Bolivia.jpg

Mineral:

Sulfur

Locality:

San Pablo de Napa Mine, San Pablo de Napa, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia

Dimensions:

5.8 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm

Description:

A loose skeletal floater crystal of bright yellow translucent native sulfur.

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Firmo Espinar

Joined: 05 Apr 2017
Posts: 777
Location: Medellín, Colombia.

Posted: Jan 20, 2023 19:50 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

Congratulations Michael on your second red star. Two million views!!! It is fantastic and very difficult to reach that figure.

Michael Shaw
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Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 2228
Location: Oklahoma

Posted: Jan 20, 2023 22:28 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

Firmo Espinar wrote:

Congratulations Michael on your second red star.

Two million views!!!

It is fantastic and very difficult to reach that figure.

Thank you very much Firmo. I sure never expected this when I started my collection thread.
Michael

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