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

Posted: May 18, 2019 10:59 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

2612 Azurite - Cristiana Mine, Lavrion Dist., Attika, Greece.jpg

Mineral:

Azurite

Locality:

Christiana Mine, Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion Mining District, Attikí (Attica) Prefecture, Greece

Dimensions:

4.7 x 6.5 cm

Description:

Spherical druzy blue azurite crystals associated with small patches of green conichalcite and blotches of white aragonite on matrix.

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Michael Shaw
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Posts: 1639
Location: Oklahoma

Posted: May 21, 2019 08:17 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

TN743 Pyrite - Magma Mine, Pinal County, Arizona.jpg

Mineral:

Pyrite

Locality:

Magma Mine, Superior, Pioneer District, Pinal Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA

Dimensions:

2.3 x 2.4 cm

Description:

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Michael Shaw
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Posts: 1639
Location: Oklahoma

Posted: May 22, 2019 09:19 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

Elbaite - Danburitovaya pegmatite, Krasny Chikoy, Malkhan District, Transbaikalia, Russia.jpg

Mineral:

Elbaite

Locality:

Malkhan (Malchan), Krasnyi Chikoy, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia

Dimensions:

1.8 x 4.4 cm

Description:

Collected in Summer 2004.

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Tobi

Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Posts: 3561
Location: Good Old Germany

Posted: May 23, 2019 01:22 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

What a wonderful Malkhan elbaite, Michael! I love the cherry-red colour, simply beautiful!

Michael Shaw
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Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 1639
Location: Oklahoma

Posted: May 23, 2019 13:15 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

Tobi wrote:

What a wonderful Malkhan elbaite, Michael! I love the cherry-red colour, simply beautiful!

Thanks Tobi.

Michael Shaw
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Posts: 1639
Location: Oklahoma

Posted: May 26, 2019 13:50 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

2629(2) Azurite - Milpillas Mine, Ciutaca, Sonora, Mexico.jpg

Mineral:

Azurite

Locality:

Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico

Dimensions:

2.1 x 3.5 cm

Description:

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Michael Shaw
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Posts: 1639
Location: Oklahoma

Posted: May 28, 2019 13:48 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

2626 Fluorapophyllite - Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India.jpg

Mineral:

Fluorapophyllite, Heulandite

Locality:

Aurangabad District, Maharashtra, India

Dimensions:

3.7 x 4.6 cm.

Description:

Bowtie groups of fluorapophyllite with green zones and colorless terminations associated with pearly off- white stilbite crystals on salmon-colored heulandite.

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Michael Shaw
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Posts: 1639
Location: Oklahoma

Posted: Jun 03, 2019 20:04 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

TN084 Quartz - Sinerechenskoe, Primorskiy Kray, Russia.JPG

Mineral:

Quartz (variety prase)

Locality:

Sinerechenskoe, Primorsky Krai, Russia

Dimensions:

2.3 x 8.1 cm

Description:

Quartz with inclusions of hedenbergite from a skarn occurrence near Dal'negorsk.

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Michael Shaw
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Posts: 1639
Location: Oklahoma

Posted: Jun 04, 2019 12:21 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

TN736 Quartz - Cabiche, Mun. de Quipama, Boyaca Dept., Colombia.jpg

Mineral:

Quartz

Locality:

Cabiche, Quípama, Boyacá Department, Colombia

Dimensions:

0.8 x 2.4 cm

Description:

Colorless quartz crystal with fibrous inclusions of a yet to be identified mineral.

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Tobi

Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Posts: 3561
Location: Good Old Germany

Posted: Jun 05, 2019 04:12 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

crosstimber wrote:

Colorless quartz crystal with fibrous inclusions of a yet to be identified mineral.

Unidentified but beautiful!!! :-)

Michael Shaw
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Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 1639
Location: Oklahoma

Posted: Jun 12, 2019 11:25 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

TN733 Stellerite - Dyer Quarry, Berks Co., Pennsylvania.jpg

Mineral:

Stellerite

Locality:

Dyer Quarry, Birdsboro, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA

Dimensions:

1.6 x 2.4 cm

Description:

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Michael Shaw
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Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 1639
Location: Oklahoma

Posted: Jun 17, 2019 09:44 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

2606 Quartz var. smoky - Miage Glacier, Monte Bianco, Aosta Valley, Italy.jpg

Mineral:

Quartz

Locality:

Miage Glacier, Veny Valley, Monte Bianco Massif (Mont Blanc Massif), Courmayeur, Aosta Valley (Val d'Aosta), Italy

Dimensions:

5.4 x 7.6 cm.

Description:

Glassy transparent smoky quartz crystals to 2.2 cm in length on a matrix
of milky quartz with green chlorite.

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Michael Shaw
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Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 1639
Location: Oklahoma

Posted: Jun 23, 2019 11:30 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

2617 Schorl - Erongo Region, Namibia.jpg

Mineral:

Schorl

Locality:

Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia

Dimensions:

3.6 x 7.1 x 7.2 cm

Description:

Lustrous black schorl crystals on feldspar. This piece was given to me by a childhood acquaintance that I reconnected with after 50+ years at the most recent Tucson Show. What a surprise - thanks Kevin! Because of the contrast, it was a difficult specimen to photograph and retain detail in the feldspar as well as the schorl.

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Don Lum

Joined: 03 Sep 2012
Posts: 2401
Location: Arkansas

Posted: Jun 23, 2019 14:55 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

crosstimber wrote:

That is a difficult specimen to photograph. Like at a wedding black tuxedo and white wedding dress. Good picture. Kevin Downey is from Massachusetts.
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Michael Shaw
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Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 1639
Location: Oklahoma

Posted: Jun 23, 2019 17:28 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

Don Lum wrote:

crosstimber wrote:

That is a difficult specimen to photograph. Like at a wedding black tuxedo and white wedding dress. Good picture. Kevin Downey is from Massachusetts.
. .,

Thanks Don. Yes, Kevin and I grew up in the same town in Massachusetts. We both admired the same minerals on display at the Berkshire Museum.

Michael Shaw
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Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 1639
Location: Oklahoma

Posted: Jul 04, 2019 09:24 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

I don't usually collect polished specimens, but I found this quartz that was part of Rock Currier's collection interesting.

2599 Quartz var. amethyst - Artigas Department, Uruguay.jpg

Mineral:

Quartz (variety amethyst)

Locality:

Artigas Department, Uruguay

Dimensions:

5.2 cm

Description:

A polished section of quartz stalactite. The core of the stalactite consists of banded agate with an exterior surrounded by clear quartz and amethyst.

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Tobi

Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Posts: 3561
Location: Good Old Germany

Posted: Jul 06, 2019 03:32 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

crosstimber wrote:

Schorl
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia
Description: Lustrous black schorl crystals on feldspar.

Interesting and unusual shape of the crystal, I didn't know that Darth Vader's helmet was made of schorl ;-)

Michael Shaw
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Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 1639
Location: Oklahoma

Posted: Jul 06, 2019 13:42 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

Tobi wrote:

crosstimber wrote:

Schorl
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia
Description: Lustrous black schorl crystals on feldspar.

Interesting and unusual shape of the crystal, I didn't know that Darth Vader's helmet was made of schorl ;-)

Tobi - I am terrible at seeing alternate images in things, but now that you mention it ........
Thanks,
Michael

Tobi

Joined: 07 Apr 2009
Posts: 3561
Location: Good Old Germany

Posted: Jul 07, 2019 02:09 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

michael shaw wrote:

Tobi wrote:

crosstimber wrote:

Schorl
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region, Namibia
Description: Lustrous black schorl crystals on feldspar.

Interesting and unusual shape of the crystal, I didn't know that Darth Vader's helmet was made of schorl ;-)

Tobi - I am terrible at seeing alternate images in things, but now that you mention it ........
Thanks,
Michael

;-)

Michael Shaw
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Joined: 30 Apr 2008
Posts: 1639
Location: Oklahoma

Posted: Jul 09, 2019 15:44 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw

2603 Barrerite - Kuiu Island, Sitka Borough, Alaska.jpg

Mineral:

Barrerite (Stilbite subgroup)

Locality:

Rocky Pass, Kuiu Island, Sitka Borough, Alaska, USA

Dimensions:

5.5 x 6.2 cm

Description:

A mounded group of pearly-lustered white barrerite crystals to 4.0 cm.

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