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Michael Shaw
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 Posted: Dec 09, 2012 18:05 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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It's time to leave the confines of the U.S. and post a few of the European specimens in my collection.
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Fluorite
Argentiere Massif, Chamonix, Mont Blanc, Haute-Savoie, France
4.2 x 5.7 cm.
Octahedral fluorite on smoky quartz with chlorite. |
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Celestine
Machow Mine, Tarnobrzeg, Podkarpackie, Poland
6.0 x 6.5 cm |
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Aragonite var. "cave pearls"
Rohrig Shaft, Wettelrode, Sangerhausen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
8.0 x 10.0 cm |
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Peter
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| Posted: Dec 10, 2012 02:47 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Beautiful photography and fine specimens Michael. I would not mind any of the 3 Mexican TN's. Peter
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 10, 2012 11:11 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Thank you for your kind comment Peter. I love the perfection that thumbnails often exhibit, and they are certainly easier to store.
This morning's post includes a few more pieces from Europe. The last is one of my all time favorites due to its history and the fact that I was able to spend 5 months in Iceland in the late 60s. I never found anything of this caliber, but had a great time trekking around this beautiful country.
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Quartz var. smoky
Cavradi Gorge, Curnera Valley, Grischun, Switzerland
4.1 x 4.6 cm.
A smoky quartz with nice transparency and a gwindel habit. |
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Rutile
Kaputdzhukh Mt., Paragachai, Zangezur Range, Armenia
6.3 x 9.0 cm.
These specimens came out in the early 1990s and are very scarce nowadays. |
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Stilbite
Teigarhorn, Berufjordur, Suour-Mulasysla, Iceland
5.8 x 9.4 cm
This specimen has an interesting history. It was collected by Swedish geologist Carl Willhelm Paijkull during his expedition to Iceland and sold to the Natural History Museum in Stockholm around 1866. I often wonder where else it has resided until now. |
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| The label for the above stilbite. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 11, 2012 08:51 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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As I mentioned in an earlier post, my favorite mineral is galena. So, this morning I have included three galenas from Europe.
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Galena
Olkusz, Bytom District, Slaskie, Poland
6.0 x 9.1 cm.
Octahedral galena with small brown sphalerite crystals. |
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Galena
Ramsbeck, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
5.3 x 7.3 cm |
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Galena with siderite
Neudorf, Harzgerode, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
5.8 x 6.2 cm. |
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GneissWare
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| Posted: Dec 11, 2012 09:06 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Excellent photographs, and the rocks are really nice also.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 13, 2012 14:10 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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I didn't get to post anything yesterday, but today I'll continue with a couple of pieces from Germany and a Spanish fluorite courtesy of Jordi.
Michael
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Manganite
Ilfield, Harz Mts., Nordhausen, Thuringia, Germany
4.7 x 5.6 cm. |
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39375 Time(s) |
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Gypsum
Thomas Munzer Shaft, Sangerhausen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
7.0 x 10.3 cm. |
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Fluorite
Berbes Mine, Ribadesella, Asturias Prov., Spain
6.0 x 7.5 cm. |
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supertxango
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Location: Madrid
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| Posted: Dec 13, 2012 16:10 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Hi Michael.
Nice fluorite from my country. Congratulations. I´m enjoying a lot your minerals.
Thanks.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 14, 2012 09:57 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Thank you Juan, I'm glad you liked the Berbes fluorite. Today I will post three more pieces from your country.
Michael
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Fluorite
Moscona Mine, Villabona, Asturias Prov., Spain
7.1 x 7.7 cm.
Cubic fluorite with small calcite crystals. |
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Dolomite
Azcarate Quarry, Eugui, Esteribar, Navarre, Spain
5.0 x 7.0 cm
Colorless twinned dolomite crystals. |
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Fluorite
La Viesca Mine, Huergo, La Collada, Asturias Prov., Spain
5.5 x 9.0 cm
Cubic fluorite on quartz casts after Baryte. Collected in December 2001. |
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supertxango
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| Posted: Dec 14, 2012 11:49 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Your welcome! Also nice fluorites and a beautiful dolomite. Really classic specimens from Spain. I´m waiting for more pictures.
Regards.
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 15, 2012 11:04 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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I'll start off today with a specimen from the mines at Trepca. There is active mining at this deposit again, so I hope we will see many more nice specimens from there in the future. The last piece is a heulandite from Iceland that was once part of the Washington Roebling Collection which went to the Smithsonian. I am very happy to have this piece as well as the accompanying labels.
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Calcite on sphalerite
Stari Trg Mine, Trepca Complex, Stanterg, Kosovo
7.2 x 8.5 cm.
A large complex sphalerite crystal capped with colorless calcite crystals. |
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Pyrite
Rio Marina, Val Giove Stope, Elba Island, Livorno Prov., Italy
5.1 x 6.2 cm.
Classic pyritohedral form with hematite. |
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Heulandite
Teigarhorn, Berufjord, Iceland
6.5 x 7.0 cm. |
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| Labels for above heulandite. New minerals and new localities are wonderful, but I am always drawn to specimens that have a known history. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 16, 2012 10:53 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Today's offering includes a few specimens from the famous mines at Panasqueira.
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Fluorapatite
Panasqueira Mines, Covilha, Castelo Branco Dist., Portugal
4.8 x 5.5 cm.
Pale blue hexagonal prisms on chalcopyrite. |
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Fluorapatite
Panasqueira Mines, Covilha, Castelo Branco Dist., Portugal
4.8 x 5.5 cm.
Different view of same specimen. |
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Arsenopyrite
Panasqueira Mines, Covilha, Castelo Branco Dist., Portugal
5.1 x 9.3 cm.
Bright arsenopyrite xls. associated with siderite, quartz, and spherical calcites on the bottom. |
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Fluorapatite
Panasqueira Mines, Covilha, Castelo Branco Dist., Portugal
5.5 x 6.7 cm.
This fluorapatite is quite different than the previous piece. Aside from being on muscovite instead of chalcopyrite, the prisms are terminated with a low-angle pyramids instead of flat pinacoids. |
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Ferberite
Panasqueira Mines, Covilha, Castelo Branco Dist., Portugal
4.4 x 4.6 cm.
Parallel growth of lustrous ferberite dotted with a few small tan siderite rhombs and spherical white calcites. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 17, 2012 09:59 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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I have enjoyed looking at everyone's recent posts to this section of the forum. I will start off today with a few specimens from France, and end with one from Switzerland.
Michael
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Pyromorphite
Les Farges Mine, Correze, Limousin, France
5.8 x 7.2 cm.
Olive green barrel-shaped crystals to 1.2 cm. with mustard yellow tips on iron-stained Baryte. |
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Azurite
Chessy-les-Mines, Rhone-Alpes, France
3.8 x 5.4 cm. |
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38993 Time(s) |
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Hematite
Cavradi Gorge, Curnera Valley, Grischun, Switzerland
3.0 x 4.0 cm.
Lustrous bladed hematite crystals to 1.6 cm. with small quartz crystals and rutile. Collected 6-04-97 by Swiss strahler Theodosi Venzin. |
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GneissWare
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| Posted: Dec 17, 2012 10:42 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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| Michael--Very nice rocks!
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 18, 2012 09:24 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Thanks Bob. Here are a few more offerings for today.
Michael
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Calcite
La Sambre Quarry, Landelies, Hainaut, Belgium
5.6 x 9.4 cm.
Transparent twinned crystals to 2.3 cm. This was part of a very big specimen which I obtained in a trade and reluctantly decided to trim. I was pleased with the result - definitely one of my more successful ventures in trimming. |
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Silver
Pohla Mine, Block 0985, Erzgebirge, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
4.5 x 7.4 cm.
Herringbone silver crystals on native arsenic. |
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Aragonite
Styrian Erzberg, Eisenerz, Styria, Austria
7.0 x 12.5 cm.
Aragonite var. flos ferri from a classic Austrian locality. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 19, 2012 09:32 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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A few more for today. Tomorrow I will show a few of my favorites from England.
Michael
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Meta-torbernite
Assuncao Mine, Aldea Nova, Viseu Dist., Portugal
6.4 x 9.5 cm, FOV ~ 4.0 cm.
Emerald green crystals to 3.0 mm on quartz. |
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38902 Time(s) |
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Baryte
Marmora Mine, Nebida, Carbona-Iglesias Prov., Sardinia, Italy
6.8 x 8.2 cm.
Thin tabular Baryte crystals to 3.2 cm from an old Pb-Zn mine. |
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38877 Time(s) |
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Pyrite
Murgul, Artvin Province, Turkey
6.1 x 6.5 cm.
Brassy octahedral crystals to 1.6 cm from a seldom seen locality. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 20, 2012 08:44 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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This morning I would like to share some pieces in my collection from England. I'll start off with a few Barytes.
Michael
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Baryte
Force Crag Mine, Coledale, Braithwaite Dist., Cumbria, England
4.1 x 5.3 cm.
Collected by Lindsay Greenbank in 1988. |
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Baryte
Dalmellington Mine, Frizington, Cumbria, England
5.1 x 6.3 cm.
Tabular honey-colored crystals with blue cores. |
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Baryte
Frizington, Cumbria, Engand
5.2 x 6.4 cm
Lustrous blue spear-shaped crystals with a little reddish hue imparted by hematite. The photo below shows a few of the labels that accompanied this piece. |
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| Label for Baryte pictured above. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 21, 2012 10:03 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Continuing with rocks from England. Tomorrow I hope to finish up England with a few specimens from localities in the West Cumberland Iron Field.
Michael
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Fluorite
Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, Weardale, Durham, England
5.2 x 10.5 cm.
Glassy pale lilac-colored crystals to 1.2 cm on limestone matrix. |
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38690 Time(s) |
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Baryte
Dam Rigg Level, Northside Mines, Arkengarthdale, North Pennines, England
5.0 x 6.0 cm.
Lustrous spear-shaped crystals to 2.7 cm. |
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Copper
Relistian Mine, Gwinear, Cornwall, England
2.9 x 4.2 cm.
An arborescent group of well-defined crystals. |
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38673 Time(s) |
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Copper
Relistian Mine, Gwinear, Cornwall, England
2.9 x 4.2 cm.
Back side of the above specimen. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 22, 2012 14:12 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Today's post with a few specimens from the West Cumberland Iron Field will wrap up specimens I want to share from England. Tomorrow I'll post some pieces from one of my favorite locations - the Madan orefield in Bulgaria.
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Calcite
Pallaflat Mine, Bigrigg, Cumbria, England
9.7 x 12.1 cm.
Transparent calcite prisms to 2.5 cm covering a hematitic matrix. |
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38568 Time(s) |
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Quartz on hematite
Florence Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England
7.8 x 9.7 cm.
Collected in Feb. 1957. |
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Hematite
Egremont, Cumbria, England
4.1 x 7.2 cm.
A reniform aggregate of reddish-brown "kidney ore." |
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38650 Time(s) |
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Calcite
Egremont, Cumbria, England
8.0 x 11.5 cm.
Prismatic crystals to 2.1 cm with low angle terminations. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 23, 2012 13:20 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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Today's post include a few specimens from the Madan orefield in Bulgaria. This polymetallic deposit has been known since ancient times and includes a large number of mines. Although many are now closed, there are still several working mines and specimens are still being recovered from a few of the closed mines. I have been working on assembling a representative suite of specimens from the Madan, Zlatograd, and Laki Districts for about the last 20 years and will start off with several from the Madan District.
Michael
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Chalcopyrite
Mogila Deposit, Madan District, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
5.5 x 6.7 cm.
Chalcopyrite xls. with minor galena and pyrite. Mined from the 760 M level in 1983. |
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38351 Time(s) |
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Rhodochrosite
Osikovo Mine, Madan District, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
6.0 x 9.0 cm
Spherical groups of pink rhodochrosite scattered among quartz crystals and cubeoctahedral galena. |
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Sphalerite
Borieva Mine, Madan District, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
8.0 x 9.0 cm.
Lustrous, black sphalerite crystals to 2.5 cm. with slender, transparent quartz crystals. Mined in 2006. |
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Michael Shaw
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| Posted: Dec 24, 2012 10:14 Post subject: Re: Collection of Michael Shaw |
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The Droujba Mine has been one of the more prolific specimen producers in the Laki District. It is well known for a variety of nice pseudomorphs, a couple of which are included here.
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Dolomite ps. calcite
Droujba Mine, Laki District, Plovdiv Oblast, Bulgaria
6.1 x 7.9 cm.
Scalenohedral calcite crystals to 3.5 cm replaced by sugary-textured light tan dolomite. |
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38213 Time(s) |
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Quartz var. amethyst
Djurkovo Mine, Laki District, Plovdiv Oblast, Bulgaria
5.4 x 7.8 cm
In June 2005 a large pocket was breached which produced some wonder amethyst specimens. Some of the individual plates were nearly a meter across. |
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38182 Time(s) |
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Aragonite
Droujba Mine, Laki District, Plovdiv Oblast, Bulgaria
7.5 x 8.0 cm.
Aragonite fingers to 3.5 cm with hematite stained calcite. |
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38216 Time(s) |
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Quartz casts after calcite
Droujba Mine, Laki District, Plovdiv Oblast, Bulgaria
7.1 x 10.0 cm.
Scalenohedral calcite crystals to 3.5 cm. epimorphed by quartz. The calcite has been completely dissolved away leaving thin hollow shells. |
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