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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Mar 11, 2024 10:10 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Calcite |
Locality: | Himmelfahrt Mine, Freiberg, Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany |  |
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Dimensions: | 6.9 x 6.2 x 4.0 cm |
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Intergrown groups of divergent silky-lustered calcite crystals to 5.6 cm in length from the Alte Elisabeth-Schacht. |
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Mineral: | Calcite |
Locality: | Himmelfahrt Mine, Freiberg, Freiberg District, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony/Sachsen, Germany |  |
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Dimensions: | 6.9 x 6.2 x 4.0 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Mar 14, 2024 08:55 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Fluorite |
Locality: | Koh-i-Maran, Kalat District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan |  |
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Dimensions: | 9.5 x 6.7 x 5.5 cm |
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An aggregate of pale green cubic fluorite crystals to 2.6 cm on edge with lilac-colored edges and prominent mosaic textured faces. |
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Posted: Mar 15, 2024 09:18 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Getchellite |
Locality: | Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA |  |
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Dimensions: | 4.2 x 4.0 x 2.3 cm |
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Bright red platy masses of getchellite throughout a yellow orpiment matrix from the Type Locality for the species. Collected in the 1960s. |
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Posted: Mar 19, 2024 08:36 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Schorl |
Locality: | Bergsig Farm 167 (Hohenstein), Omaruru, Erongo Region, Namibia |  |
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Dimensions: | 7.1 x 5.3 x 4.1 cm |
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Two intersecting lustrous black schorl crystals to 7.3 cm in length with associated smoky quartz crystals. The schorl crystals consist of tightly packed acicular crystals. |
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Mineral: | Schorl |
Locality: | Bergsig Farm 167 (Hohenstein), Omaruru, Erongo Region, Namibia |  |
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Dimensions: | 7.1 x 5.3 x 4.1 cm |
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Tobi
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Posted: Mar 20, 2024 04:50 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Very nice and good fluorite from Koh-i-Maran!
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Mar 20, 2024 08:41 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Tobi wrote: | Very nice and good fluorite from Koh-i-Maran! |
Thank you Tobi.
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Posted: Mar 22, 2024 08:32 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Calcite |
Locality: | Nashik District (Nasik), Maharashtra, India |  |
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Dimensions: | 8.2 x 5.6 x 4.0 cm |
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Stacks of flattened rhombic calcite crystals to 1.3 cm across resting on a thin crust of white laumontite on pale greenish basalt. |
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Posted: Mar 25, 2024 13:32 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Calcite |
Locality: | Mumbai (Bombay), Mumbai District, Maharashtra, India |  |
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Dimensions: | 5.8 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm |
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Two intersecting crystals of gemmy honey-colored calcite with druzy white quartz. |
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Posted: Mar 31, 2024 09:13 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Descloizite |
Locality: | M'Fouati, M'Fouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo |  |
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Dimensions: | 5.4 x 3.9 x 2.4 cm |
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Dark brown lenticular descloizite crystals forming small rosettes. |
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Mineral: | Descloizite |
Locality: | M'Fouati, M'Fouati District, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo |  |
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Dimensions: | 5.4 x 3.9 x 2.4 cm |
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Posted: Apr 07, 2024 08:51 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw - Pyromorphite |
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Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
Locality: | Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo |  |
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Dimensions: | 6.0 x 4.1 x 2.2 cm |
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Bright green pyromorphite crystals to 3 mm scattered over the top surface of a country rock matrix. |
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Mineral: | Pyromorphite |
Locality: | Mindouli, Mindouli District, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo |  |
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Dimensions: | 6.0 x 4.1 x 2.2 cm |
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Tobi
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Posted: Apr 10, 2024 05:19 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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A really nice specimen, Michael. Nice colour, good contrast and such a beautiful tiny landscape of flawless pyromorphite crystals.
And it reminds me of classic pyromorphites from Germany or England.
Lovely!
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Michael Shaw
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Posted: Apr 10, 2024 08:08 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Tobi wrote: | A really nice specimen, Michael. Nice colour, good contrast and such a beautiful tiny landscape of flawless pyromorphite crystals.
And it reminds me of classic pyromorphites from Germany or England.
Lovely! |
Thank You Tobi.
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Posted: Apr 13, 2024 08:47 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Mimetite |
Locality: | Guatomo Mine (Hat Yai), Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province, Thailand |  |
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Dimensions: | 6.7 x 5.6 x 2.4 cm |
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Lustrous yellow-orange hexagonal mimetite crystals to 6 mm covering the top surface of a brown limonitic matrix. |
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Mineral: | Mimetite |
Locality: | Guatomo Mine (Hat Yai), Tham Thalu, Bannang Sata District, Yala Province, Thailand |  |
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Dimensions: | 6.7 x 5.6 x 2.4 cm |
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Posted: Apr 18, 2024 10:23 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Siderite on Hematite |
Locality: | Sterling Mine, Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York, USA |  |
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Dimensions: | 9.1 x 7.4 x 4.0 cm |
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Sharp, rhombic crystals of rich honey-brown colored siderite measuring up to 5 mm covering the top of a reddish-black hematite matrix. The old iron mine dates to 1836 and was last worked in 1910. |
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Posted: Apr 23, 2024 07:31 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Mineral: | Strontianite |
Locality: | Dreislar Mine, Dreislar, Winterberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany |  |
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Dimensions: | 9.5 x 7.4 x 5.3 cm |
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Compact sprays of pale yellow strontianite on a matrix of bladed white barite. |
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Mineral: | Strontianite |
Locality: | Dreislar Mine, Dreislar, Winterberg, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia/Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany |  |
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Dimensions: | 9.5 x 7.4 x 5.3 cm |
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