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Michael Shaw
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 Posted: Feb 19, 2024 08:04 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Fluorite |
| Locality: | | Yiwu, Jinhua Prefecture, Zhejiang Province, China |  |
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| Dimensions: | 5.7 x 4.9 x 2.2 cm |
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| Purple octahedral fluorite crystals with a second generation of lighter purple cubic crystals on a small piece of gray matrix. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Feb 21, 2024 09:21 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Calcite |
| Locality: | | Bustillos Mine, Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 6.2 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm |
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| A stalactite of creamy white calcite scalenohedrons branching into two divergent fingers 3/4 the way to the termination. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Feb 24, 2024 09:30 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw - Clara Mine |
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One thing that has been on my wish list for quite some time was a nice Barite from the well-known Clara Mine. This year in Tucson, I was looking through some flats under a table and found one that checked all my boxes. More often than not taking time to look through stacks of flats is time well spent.
| Mineral: | Barite |
| Locality: | | Clara Mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | |
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| Dimensions: | 8.5 x 7.2 x 3.7 cm |
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| Translucent brownish chisel-shaped barite crystals to 2.0 cm in length with gray phantoms and a waxy luster. |
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Tobi
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| Posted: Feb 25, 2024 13:35 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Congratulations on your Clara Mine barite, a beautiful specimen.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Feb 25, 2024 15:06 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Tobi wrote: | | Congratulations on your Clara Mine barite, a beautiful specimen. |
Thank You Tobi. Nice to hear from you.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 02, 2024 09:13 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw - Zunyite |
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| Mineral: | Zunyite |
| Locality: | | Qalat-e Payeen salt dome, Bandar Abbas, Central District, Bandar Abbas County, Hormozgan Province, Iran | |
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| Dimensions: | 2.0 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm |
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| A chocolate brown tetrahedron of zunyite truncated by cube faces with microscopic black inclusions of hematite. |
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Don Lum
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| Posted: Mar 02, 2024 18:31 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Michael, that Zunyite is the largest and best I have ever seen.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 02, 2024 20:39 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Don, thank you for your comment. I saw several larger ones in Tucson, but the faces tended to be somewhat rough along with other imperfections. There was also a specimen with 2 crystals on matrix which I was considering, but the crystals were quite a bit smaller. In the end I chose this one because it was a complete crystal of good size and had interesting modifications.
Hope you and Gwen are doing well.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 04, 2024 15:14 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Chrysocolla |
| Locality: | | Lupoto Mine, Kakumba, Kipushi, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) | |
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| Dimensions: | 4.0 x 3.4 cm |
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| A small cluster of tapered blades covered with micro crystals of vivid blue chrysocolla covering what were probably azurite crystals on a limonitic matrix. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Mar 07, 2024 09:25 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Mineral: | Mimetite |
| Locality: | | Potosí Mine, Santo Domingo (Francisco Portillo), Santa Eulalia District, Municipio Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico | |
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| Dimensions: | 3.0 x 2.1 cm |
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| Spheroidal aggregates of yellow mimetite on a gossan matrix. |
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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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Michael Shaw
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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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Michael Shaw
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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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Michael Shaw
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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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Michael Shaw
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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 (Bombay) 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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Michael Shaw
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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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Michael Shaw
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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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