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Michael Shaw
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 Posted: Jul 08, 2024 12:48 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Diopside |
| Locality: | | Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada |  |
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| Dimensions: | 2.7 x 1.8 cm |
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| Ex. Rock Currier Collection #2975. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jul 11, 2024 10:02 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw - Fluorite |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Emilio Mine, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, La Rubiera, Loroñe, Colunga, Comarca de la Sidra, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.0 x 7.0 x 6.0 cm |
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| Transparent, light blue cubic fluorite crystals with prominent parallel growths, hydrocarbon inclusions, and platy white barite crystals. |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Emilio Mine, Obdulia vein, Caravia mining area, La Rubiera, Loroñe, Colunga, Comarca de la Sidra, Principality of Asturias (Asturias), Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 9.0 x 7.0 x 6.0 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jul 16, 2024 09:02 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Ladywash Mine, Eyam, Derbyshire, England / United Kingdom | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.8 x 5.7 x 3.3 cm |
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| Colorless transparent fluorite cubes to 1.5 cm on edge with numerous inclusions of brassy marcasite and pyrite. |
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Volkmar Stingl
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| Posted: Jul 16, 2024 10:20 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Hello Michael, are you sure this is marcasite? I am not sure, but I think, I can see some octahedral faces like for pyrite (with high magnification). Nevertheless, a very nice piece!
Volkmar
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jul 16, 2024 11:27 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Hi Volkmar,
At your suggestion of pyrite rather than marcasite, I just examined the specimen under the microscope. It turns out that both pyrite and marcasite are present. Thanks for your comment and good eye :>)
Michael
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jul 18, 2024 09:06 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Leiping Mine, Leiping, Guiyang, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.0 x 5.5 x 4.2 cm |
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| A pagoda-shaped cluster of stacked pale yellow to gray flattened low-angle rhombic calcite crystals. There are phantoms visible where the rhombic crystals have overgrown pale pink scalenohedral calcite. Ex. Rock Currier Collection #8470, acquired in 2012. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jul 21, 2024 10:58 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Aragonite |
| Locality: | | Keuper outcrop, Los Molinillos, Minglanilla, Comarca Manchuela Conquense, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.0 x 3.6 x 2.6 cm |
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| Intergrown zoned purple-gray, pseudo-hexagonal twinned aragonite crystals from the classic Spanish locality. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jul 23, 2024 09:50 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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I spent a few hours yesterday reviewing photos of some of the older pieces in the collection. Some of the images, taken 20+ years ago, were really terrible. I selected some of the worst ones and re-photographed them. The following specimen is one of several pieces I did, and I don't think I ever posted a photo of it, so you won't have to look at the horrible original image.
I remember acquiring this piece 23 years ago at the Holiday Inn Show in Denver. A representative of the Fersman Museum was set up in a room on the second floor and I was really excited to be able to look over all of the specimens on display. At that time, fancy well-lit display cases were a rarity. For the most part, dealers layed flats of specimens on the beds and dresser tops, and tables. I miss those days. Anyhow, this ferberite was one of three pieces that I acquired that day (the other two were a Lorenzenite from the Kola Peninsula and a Cummingtonite from Ukraine).
| Mineral: | Ferberite |
| Locality: | | Kara-Oba, Betpak-Dala (Bet-Pak-Dala) Desert, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.5 x 6.3 cm |
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| A group of black striated ferberite crystals to 4.7 cm with small cubic pyrite crystals and minor muscovite and quartz. |
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| Mineral: | Ferberite and Pyrite |
| Locality: | | Kara-Oba, Betpak-Dala (Bet-Pak-Dala) Desert, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.5 x 6.3 cm |
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| Another view showing the pyrite. |
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Carles Millan
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| Posted: Jul 23, 2024 14:55 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| It is always a great idea to repeat old specimen photos. You now have >20 years of experience.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jul 25, 2024 09:36 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Two more older pieces that I re-photographed.
| Mineral: | Almandine |
| Locality: | | Gaisberg Valley, Obergurgl, Gurgler Valley, Ötz Valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol/Tirol, Austria | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.0 x 6.5 cm |
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| A sharp reddish-brown crystal of almandine just under 4 cm exposed from a mica schist matrix. |
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| Mineral: | Quartz |
| Locality: | | Ace of Diamonds Mine, Middleville, Town of Newport, Herkimer County, New York, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 5.3 x 3.8 cm |
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| A small cluster of transparent, slightly smoky 'Herkimer diamond' quartz crystals. Self-collected in 1963. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jul 28, 2024 09:21 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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A few older pieces from Colorado.
| Mineral: | Actinolite ps. diopside |
| Locality: | | Calumet Mine, Turret District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.5 x 4.7 cm |
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| Prismatic gray-green crystals of an amphibole, most likely actinolite, pseudomorphing diopside crystals associated with white calcite. |
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| Mineral: | Astrophyllite |
| Locality: | | St Peters Dome, Cheyenne District, El Paso County, Colorado, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 8.2 x 5.8 cm |
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| Divergent sprays of metallic golden-brown astrophyllite embedded in iron-stained pegmatite. |
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| Mineral: | Riebeckite |
| Locality: | | St Peters Dome, Cheyenne District, El Paso County, Colorado, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.7 x 5.3 cm |
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| Partial crystals of bladed black riebeckite embedded in a syenite granite matrix. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Jul 31, 2024 09:18 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Chabazite-Ca |
| Locality: | | Řepčice, Třebušín, Litoměřice District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.4 x 6.8 x 4.3 cm |
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| Opaque white chabazite crystals to 1.2 cm on edge on a light brown matrix. According to Mindat, this location is a classic for Chabazite-Ca and was known as early as 1825. |
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| Mineral: | Chabazite-Ca |
| Locality: | | Řepčice, Třebušín, Litoměřice District, Ústí nad Labem Region, Czech Republic | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.4 x 6.8 x 4.3 cm |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Aug 01, 2024 11:58 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Gypsum |
| Locality: | | Hagans, Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 22.4 x 15.7 cm |
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| Mounded knobs of gypsum tinted reddish-brown by iron oxides. These were collected in the late 1980s. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Aug 02, 2024 14:03 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Michael Shaw wrote: | | I spent a few hours yesterday reviewing photos of some of the older pieces in the collection. Some of the images, taken 20+ years ago, were really terrible. I selected some of the worst ones and re-photographed them. The following specimen is one of several pieces I did, and I don't think I ever posted a photo of it, so you won't have to look at the horrible original image. |
| Carles Millan wrote: | | It is always a great idea to repeat old specimen photos. You now have >20 years of experience. |
I agree, re-photographing your mineral specimens is sometimes a great thing. You know I did this several times and presented the results here. Carles did the same. And I liked these 2.0 photo sessions for two reasons: I could see my progress in photographing minerals and (sometimes) I got photos that did the specimens justice. So I can encourage you, Michael. Do some more reviews of specimens (if you have the time and the mood for it) and show these photos here. I think Carles and I are not the ony ones who would appreciate it :-)
Best regards
Tobi
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Aug 02, 2024 14:38 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Tobi,
Besides the benefits you mentioned, I have had the pleasure of seeing and holding several specimens that I haven't seen in quite a while, years actually). So, yes, I have started reviewing many of the early photos and re-doing some of them.
The preceding photo shows a piece I found in a box that had never been photographed and hadn't even been catalogued yet. Today's post features a specimen that I photographed yesterday. It can keep your wonderful Mt. Xuebaoding scheelite company :>) I acquired this piece 28 years ago, and Carles is right, specimens from this locality are getting harder and harder to find. So, congratulations on acquiring a fine scheelite.
| Mineral: | Beryl (variety aquamarine) |
| Locality: | | Mount Xuebaoding, Pingwu, Mianyang Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.8 x 3.5 x 2.0 cm |
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| Glassy pale blue aquamarine crystals associated with bladed muscovite crystals. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Aug 05, 2024 02:50 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Michael Shaw wrote: | | Tobi, Besides the benefits you mentioned, I have had the pleasure of seeing and holding several specimens that I haven't seen in quite a while, years actually). So, yes, I have started reviewing many of the early photos and re-doing some of them. |
Nice to hear that you got into reviewing! And sure, "meeting" some specimens again after years is without a doubt another reason to start a new photo session :-)
| Michael Shaw wrote: | | The preceding photo shows a piece I found in a box that had never been photographed and hadn't even been catalogued yet. Today's post features a specimen that I photographed yesterday. It can keep your wonderful Mt. Xuebaoding scheelite company :>) I acquired this piece 28 years ago, and Carles is right, specimens from this locality are getting harder and harder to find. So, congratulations on acquiring a fine scheelite. |
Very nice beryl, lovely little piece from that wonderful locality. And thanks again for your appreciation of my new scheelite. A nice beryl/aqua from Xuebaoding like yours is also something I would like to have in my collection. I once had one but sold it because it didn't meet my criteria anymore. I'm glad for you that you could get one some time ago when prices were not as insane as today. Your beryl deserves a place outside the box! ;-)
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Aug 05, 2024 11:15 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Cerussite |
| Locality: | | Nakhlak Mine, Madan-e Nakhlak, Anarak District, Nain, Isfahan Province, Iran | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.0 x 3.0 x 1.2 cm |
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| A reticulated twinned cerussite crystal collected from the 130 Level in March 2016. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Aug 07, 2024 10:25 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Annite (Mica Group) |
| Locality: | | Hewitt Gem Quarry, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.3 x 6.5 x 2.0 cm |
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| A subhedral cleavage of Annite, an Fe-rich mica forming a series with phlogopite and several other uncommon micas. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Aug 09, 2024 13:04 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Pyrolusite |
| Locality: | | Gremmelsbach (Triberg im Schwarzwald), Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | 7.5 x 3.5 x 3.4 cm |
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| Radiating acicular sprays of lustrous black pyrolusite. Collected in June 2022. |
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| Mineral: | Pyrolusite |
| Locality: | | Gremmelsbach (Triberg im Schwarzwald), Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.5 x 5.0 x 2.8 cm |
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| Radiating acicular sprays of lustrous black pyrolusite in a light-colored granite matrix. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Aug 12, 2024 08:20 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw - Topaz |
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| Locality: | | Karengerenge village, Solwezi District, North-Western Province, Zambia | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.2 x 1.8 x 1.0 cm |
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