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1 1600422hhdwlnnr.t
((2 AMMONITES)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Peru,
3 x 2.5 x 1 cm, 2 Miniatures, Here two fossil Ammonites from Peru.
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03hhgfxl.ne
((COPAL with INSECTS)), 8.2 gm, $35 MINIMUM BID, Andes
Mountains, Columbia,
6 x 3 x 1 cm, Miniature, Normal Copal darker yellow orange than photos
shows. Lots of insects including a large winged termite fine Spider
showing lots of detail. Also many other smaller insects.
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03hhgfxl.nr
((COPAL with INSECTS)), 4.7 gm, $25 MINIMUM BID,
Madagascar,
3.5 x 2.5 x 1 cm, Miniature, Label says wasp. Here is a small insect in the
Copal. It is a shaped and polished specimen ideal for use in jewelry such
as wire wraping to make a pendant.
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4 03hhgfxl.ne
((COPAL with INSECTS)), 48.2 gm, $85 MINIMUM BID, Andes
Mountains, Columbia,
9.5 x 5.5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Normal Copal darker yellow orange than photos
shows. Lots of insects including a large moths and other insects with
large wings showing lots of detail. Also many other smaller insects and
stuff trapped in the Copal.
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238 1600422hhdwlnnr.is
((STILBITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Lonavale, Pune District,
Maharashtra, India,
10.5 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Undamaged large double terminated Quartz
from Jinkouhe.
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5 1600422hhdwlnnr.ir
((CONICHALCITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele
County, Utah,
6 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature, Brilliant green gemmy blebs of Conichalcite
from Gold Hill. Old material from a retired dealer old stock.
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6 1600422hhdwlnnr.ir
((BOBDOWNSITE, GORMANITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $20 MINIMUM BID,
Big fish River, Yukon Territory, Canada,
4 x 3 x 1.2 cm, Miniature, White Bobdownsite and dark Gormanite from
the Yukon. ex Ranaud Vochten collection.
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7 1600422hhdwlnnr.ir
((PARAVAUXITE, SIGLOITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Siglo Veinte
Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo, Potosi, Bolivia,
4.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Combination from Bolivia. ex Ranaud
Vochten collection.
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8 7iddbr
((GREIGITE on ANALCIME WITH STIBNITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Boron,
Kern County, California,
2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a thumbnail specimen with
microcrystals including Stibnite. Boron specimen from the Carnahan
collection purchased by Jim Minette and then part of the Jim Minette
collection.
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9 7idceir
((20 AGATE, ETC River Worn)), Phila. Academy col. $10 MINIMUM
BID, Unknown locality,
1 to 4 cm, 20 Thumbnails to Miniatures, Here are 20 River worn Agates and
others from the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences. No label with these.
Phila Academy collection number #20347 and two #20348.
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1700440btubnns.isa
((GRAPE AGATE aka CHALCEDONY)), $75 MINIMUM BID, Manakarra
Beach, Mamuju District, West Sulawesi, Indonesia,
14 x 11 x 7 cm, Large Cabinet, 858 gm specimen of Grape Agate. Most say
Chalcedony but I have also heard recently that these are spherical radial
Amethyst.
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11 1600422hhdwlnnr.is
((PYROMORPHITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID,
Old S W Chester County Mine, Phoenixville Mining District, Chester
County, Pennsylvania,
8 x 5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Specimen from the classic old lead silver zinc
mining district in Pennsylvania. Dark green hexagonal prisms of
Pyromorphite.
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1600422hhdwlnnr.is
((TALC)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Argonaut Mine,
Ludlow, Vermont,
8 x 7 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Argonaut had a find ten to fifteen years ago of
the finest gemmy green Talc. It evidently was a one time opportunity since
collecting is no longer allowed on the then and now operating Talc Mine.
The specimens are no longer available. I purchased the bulk of the
find and sold many flats over the years. No new specimens have become
available and I am nearly at the end of the specimens from that find.
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13 1600422hhdwlnnr.is
((SMOKY QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Middle Moat
Mountain locality, Hale's Location, Carroll County, New Hampshire,
7.3 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Lustrous terminated Smoky from the Ernie
Schlichter collection. It was probably self collected by Ernie.
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14 1600422hhdwlnnr.r
((SAND included CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Rattlesnake
Butte, Jackson County, South Dakota,
6.5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Double terminated cluster of Calcite crystals
totally included by sand. Undamaged except one flat spot on the backside
which was probably attachment of another crystals but can be used as a base.
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15 1600422hhdwlnnr.r
((SAND included CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Rattlesnake Butte, Jackson County, South Dakota,
4.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm, Miniature, Double terminated cluster of Calcite
crystals totally included by sand. Undamaged except some areas of
attachment on the top of the one crystal.
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1600422hhdwlnnr.is
((TOPAZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Zapot Claim, Nevada,
6.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Large partial crystal with two large faces of
the crystal.
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1600422hhdwlnnr.is
((TOPAZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Zapot Claim,
Mineral County, Nevada,
8 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Large partial bluish crystal with two
smaller side faces of the crystal.
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18 1600422hhdwlnnr.r
((CHRYSOCOLLA)), $8 MINIMUM BID, Morenci Mine, Greenlee
County, Arizona,
3.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Rounded sphericules of bluegreen
Chrysocolla with some minor green Malachite.
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19 1600422hhdwlnnr.r
((CHRYSOCOLLA pseudo after AZURITE)), $8 MINIMUM BID,
Morenci Mine, Greenlee County, Arizona,
3.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Rounded sphericules of bluegreen
Chrysocolla partially pseudomorphed blue Azurite.
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20 1600422hhdwlnnr.es
((AMMONITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Ammonite claim, Utah,
3 x 2.5 x .7 cm, Iridescent opalized Ammonite from Utah suitable for
wirewrapping. Epoxy on the top for protection and stability.
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1600422hhdwlnnr.ns
((AMMONITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Ammonite claim, Utah,
1.5 x 1 x .2 cm, Iridescent opalized Ammonite from Utah suitable for
wirewrapping. Epoxy on the top for protection and stability.
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1600422hhdwlnnr.ns
((AMMONITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Ammonite claim, Utah,
2 x 1.3 x .3 cm, Iridescent opalized Ammonite from Utah suitable for
wirewrapping. Epoxy on the top for protection and stability.
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1600422hhdwlnnr.nr
((AMMONITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Ammonite claim, Utah,
2 x 1.5 x .4 cm, Iridescent opalized Ammonite from Utah suitable for
wirewrapping. Epoxy on the top for protection and stability. Looks like the
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1600422hhdwlnnr.nr
((BAUXITE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Mas Rouge,
Provence-Alps-Cote d'Azur, France,
15 x 11 x 10 cm, Large Cabinet,
Here is a extra large, not normally seen, of Bauxite and its from France.
Bauxite is the ore of aluminum.
ex Ranaud Vochten collection.
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160096btceisss.rs
((FLUORITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Xianghualing Mine, Hunan
Province, China,
11 x 11 x 8 cm, Cabinet, Stalactitic like chains of light green cubic
Fluorite crystals.
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1600422hhdwlnnr.is
((MAGNETITE, minor minor FLUORAPATITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Iron Mountain, Iron Springs District, Iron County, Utah,
5.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Lustrous octahedral crystals of Magnetite
with associated very minor yellow brown Fluorapatite.
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1600422hhdwlnnr.is
((MALACHITE, AZURITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Apex Mine,
Washington County, Utah,
3.5 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is combination of Malachite and Azurite
from a famous Utah locality now closed.
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1600422hhdwlnnr.is
((MAGNETITE, FLUORAPATITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Iron
Mountain, Iron Springs District, Iron County, Utah,
4 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Lustrous octahedral crystal of Magnetite
with associated crystal of yellow brown Fluorapatite broken off at the
Magnetite face.
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1600422hhdwlnnr.is
((MAGNETITE, FLUORAPATITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Iron
Mountain, Iron Springs District, Iron County, Utah,
7.5 x 4 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Lustrous octahedral crystals of Magnetite
with several associated crystals of yellow brown Fluorapatite broken off at
the Magnetite face.
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1600422hhdwlnnr.is
((VARISCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil, 2.5
x 2.5 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a specimen with a several spheres of green
terminated crytals of Variscite on matrix. ex Carlos Barbosa. ex Dave
Shannon. |
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1600422hhdwlnnr.is
((VARISCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil, 3.5
x 3 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a specimen with a single sphere of green
terminated crytals of Variscite on matrix. ex Carlos Barbosa. ex Dave
Shannon. |
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1600422hhdwlnnr.is
((THOMSONITE, CALCITE, CHABAZITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Goble, Oregon,
3.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a zeolite specimen from Oregon
mounted in a plastic miniature box.
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1600422hhdwlnnr.is
((HEMIMORPHITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine,
Tooele County, Utah,
8.5 x 5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a fine undamaged specimen of
clusters of terminated Hemimorphite crystals from Hidden Treasure.
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1600422hhdwlnnr.is
((ACTINOLITE pseudo after DIOPSIDE aka URALITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID,
Calumet Mine, Turret District, Chaffee County, Colorado,
4.5 x 3 x 1 cm, Miniature, Terminate crystals of Diopside not
pseudomorphed to Actinolite. The Uralite was exposed from dissolving the
Calcite over the Uralite.
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1600422hhdwlnnr.is
((WULFENITE)), $8 MINIMUM BID, Los Lamentos Mine,
Chihuahua, Mexico,
3.5 x 3.5 x 2.8 cm, Miniature, Undamaged lustrous cluster of
butterscotch colored Wulfenite crystals on matrix. |
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36 1600422hhdwlnnr.nr
((MARCASITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Zacatecas, Mexico,
9 x 9 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large botryoidal mound of Marcasite
from Zacatecas, Mexico. Its in great shape as seen in photos.
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1600422hhdwlnnr.is
((JAMESONITE, QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Noche Buena, Zacatecas, Mexico,
6.5 x 5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here are hairlike grey needles of
Jamesonite crystals with associated Quartz crystals under the Jamesonite.
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1600422hhdwlnnr.is
((SUNSTONE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Kong Mines, Hart Range,
Central Desert Shire, Northern Territory, Australia,
misc, Thumbnails, With just the right light angle, the specimens light
up with multiple spots of color.
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38 1600422hhdwlnnr.is
((17 SUNSTONE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Kong Mines,
Hart Range, Central Desert Shire, Northern Territory, Australia,
misc, 2 to 3 cm, 17 Thumbnails, With just the right light
angle, the specimens light up with multiple spots of color. These are
the ones left after picking out the ones with the best flashes. I saw
one that looks nice and several others with some flashes
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39 1600422hhdwlnnr.rs
((PYRITE)), Phila. Academy of Sciences, $20 MINIMUM BID,
Llallagua, Bolivia,
7 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Pyrite from Bolivia from the Phila Academy
of Sciences. No number on the specimen or label. It was with
several Pyrite specimens from Bolivia. Some others were label and had
numbers.
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40 1600422hhdwlnnr.rs
((RIEBECKITE variety CROCIDOLITE)), Phila. Academy of Sciences, $50
MINIMUM BID, West Quincy, Massachuseets,
6 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature, A fine historic specimen of blue grey
Riebeckite from Massachusetts. ex Phila Academy of Science #23058.
I have another specimen which is #23050 with the Academy label but no label
with #23058. I will include a copy of the #23050 label. ex
Philadelphia Academy of Science, ex Charles Palache a well known American
mineralogist and crystalographer 1869-1954, whom retired from teaching
at Harvard in 1941. Americas large scale granite quarrying began in
West Quincy which became known as the granite city in 1825. The last
active quarry closed in 1863 when Metropolitan District Commission purchased
22 acres.
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41 1600399hhdwlnnr.rs
((CELESTINE)), $75 MINIMUM BID, Sakoany Deposit,
Madagascar,
18 x 10 x 7 cm, Large Cabinet, Large undamaged open geode of
terminated lustrous Celestine crystals.
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42 1600399hhdwlnnr.irs
((LIBETHENITE)), type locality, $50 MINIMUM BID,
Podlipa Deposit, Lubietova, Slovakia,
5.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Lustrous deep green octahedral crystals of
Libethenite from the type locality.
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43 1600399hhdwlnnr.ir
((CELESTINE
on COLEMANITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID,
East Coleman Mine, Furnace Creek, Death Valley, California,
3.5 x 3 x 1.8 cm, Miniature, ex Jim Minette collection, Uncommon
locality. Undamaged spear like terminated crystals of Colemanite with
smaller thinner terminated colorless Celestine crystals.
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44
1600399hhdwlnnr.in
((TOPAZ
with HEMATITE and TOPAZ pseudomorphs after GARNET)), $15 MINIMUM BID,
Maynard's Claim, Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah,
3.7 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Undamaged terminated or double
terminated lustrous Topaz crystal with quartz inclusions and
a Hematite Topaz pseudomorph after Garnet.
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45 1600399hhdwlnnr.in
((TOPAZ)), $15 MINIMUM BID,
Maynard's Claim, Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah,
5 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Miniature, Undamaged double terminated Topaz
crystal with quartz inclusions making them opaque and light grey in color.
Two crystals intersect at just under 90 degrees. Great variation from
the standard sherry colored Topaz from Maynard's Claim. ex Collectors
Edge specimen.
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46
1600399hhdwlnnr.in
((TOPAZ)), $30 MINIMUM BID,
Maynard's Claim, Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah,
5 x 4 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Undamaged double terminated Topaz
crystals with quartz inclusions forming a cross. x Collectors
Edge specimen. |
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47 1600399hhdwlnnr.in
((HEMATITE
and TOPAZ pseudomorphs after GARNET with BIXBYITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID,
Maynard's Claim, Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah,
3.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Undamaged 4
Hematite Topaz pseudomorphs after Garnet with some minor small cubic
lustrous Bixbyites on the pseudomorphs.
ex Collectors Edge specimen |
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48
1600399hhdwlnnr.in
((TOPAZ with HEMATITE and TOPAZ pseudomorphs after GARNET)), $20 MINIMUM BID,
Maynard's Claim, Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah,
3.7 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a cluster of lustrous
terminated Topaz crystals with 5 small Hematite Topaz pseudomorphs after
Garnet.
ex Collectors Edge specimen. |
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1600422hhdwlnnr.e
((GYPSUM)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Makapu'u O'ahu, Hawaii,
5 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Mineral specimens from Hawaiian
Islands are not too common being a series of volcanic Islands.
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50 1600422hhdwlnnr.is
((TREMOLITE variety HEXAGONITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID,
Gouverneur Mine, Fowler, St Lawrence County, New York,
6 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is a course grained pretty lavender
Hexagonite.
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1600422hhdwlnnr.is
((CHALCANTHITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID,
Bertha Mine, Dugway Range, Tooele County, Utah,
8 x 4 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Blue Chalcanthite, aka copper sulphate,
from Utah's Berha Mine. Old specimen collected 25 to 30 years
ago.
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52 1600422hhdwlnnr.is
((ARSENOPYRITE, MUSCOVITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID,
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China,
4 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is another silver colored
lustrous Arsenopyrite from China with associated Muscovite.
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53 1600422hhdwlnnr.g
((CHALCOPYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Chihuahua, Mexico,
8 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a colorful Chalcopyrite
sometimes sold as Bornite or Peacock Ore. If the blue iridescent outer
layer is chipped the typical gold Chalcopyrite color shows through.
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54
1600422hhdwlnnr.r
((MIMETITE, CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Inglaterra Mine, West Camp, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico,
8 x 5.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cabinet sized specimen with yellow
prismatic Mimetite crystals on contrasting white Calcite.
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55 1600422hhdwlnnr.rs
((SILVER, CALCITE)), $75 MINIMUM BID,
Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway,
8.5 x 5.5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Silver specimen with Silver surfacing
throughout the gray Calcite matrix on the front and back of the specimen
from this desirable Silver locality. ex Renaud Vochten specimen. |
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56 1600422hhdwlnnr.a
((ARAGONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico,
6 x 6 x 5 cm, Miniature, Here is a Aragonite and perhaps Calcite from
Santa Eulalia. I checked fluorescent and a thin layer on the base is
green.
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57 1600422hhdwlnnr.r
((MARTITIE)), $7 MINIMUM BID, Millard
County, Utah,
4.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Octahedral crystals of Martite which is
Hematite pseudomorph after Magnetite. Undamaged. |
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58 1600386btceiss
((PLUMBOGUMMITE pseudomorph after PYROMORPHITE)), $100 MINIMUM BID,
Yangshuo Mine, Guangxi Zhuang A R, China,
5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Single terminated crystals of this recent
find from three years ago. No damage except one small chip inside.
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59 1600422hhdwlnnr.is
((WULFENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
San Francisco Mine, Sonoro, Mexico,
3.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a miniature with yellow orange
Wulfenite crystals. Crystals in great shape.
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60 1600420ewshis
((CALCITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID,
Cliff Mine, Ophir District, Tooele County, Utah,
11 x 9 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, Cabinet sized specimen with scalenahedral
Calcite crystals in great shape. Old specimen from the early 1990's.
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61 1600420ewshis
((CALCITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID,
Cliff Mine, Ophir District, Tooele County, Utah,
15 x 8 x 8 cm, Cabinet, Cabinet sized specimen with scalenahedral
Calcite crystals in great shape. Old specimen from the early 1990's. |
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62 4919
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((BARITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID,
Cacilie Mine, Schwarzenfeld, Oberpfalz, Germany,
10 x 8 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Brown flat Barite crystals from Germany.
Minor cleaved tips in a few places but overall in great shape. Old
German specimen from the H Deisinger collection with label with a $200 price
tag. I had it listed on the web pages for several years.
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1600436hhphass.ir
((CERUSSITE, ANGLESITE pseudo after GALENA)), $15 MINIMUM BID,
La Purisima Mine, West Camp, Santa Eulalia, Mexico, 4 x 4 x 3 cm,
Miniature, Unusual and uncommon pseudomorph from Mexico. Galena
altering to Anglesite and Cerussite from the La Purisima Mine in Mexico.
Galena can be seen in photo of bottom of specimen. Only one photo
from Lavensky shown on mindat. |
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6hhorr
((CALCITE on MAGNETITE)), $5 INIMUM BID,
Iron Mountain, Iron Springs District, Iron County, Utah, 12.5 x 6 x 4 cm,
Cabinet, Here is a specimen of massive Magnetite with small vugs with
micro crystals of Magnetite. Massive Magnetite is covered with
scalenahedral Calcite crystals. Not the most aestetic but great
reference specimen from Utah's Iron District not available on the market
collected years ago. Otto did field collecting in Utah in the 50's to
70's. ex Otto Reiter, Salt Lake City, Utah collection.
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6hhorr
((CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID,
Iron Mountain, Iron Springs District, Iron County, Utah, 12 x 9.5 x 5 cm,
Cabinet, Here is a specimen that appears to be covered in Calcite.
Matrix is not heavy and not Magnetite. Not the most aestetic but great
reference specimen from Utah's Iron District not available on the market
collected years ago. Otto did field collecting in Utah in the 50's to
70's. ex Otto Reiter, Salt Lake City, Utah collection.
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1600394btceits.l
((DIOPTASE, MOTTRAMITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Kaokoveld Plateau, Namibia,
5 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen with large lustrous green
Dioptase and associated Mottramite.
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1600394btceits.l
((SHATTUCKITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Kaokoveld Plateau, Namibia,
3 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Small mounds of light blue Shattuckite.
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((GOLD)), $150 MINIMUM BID, La Gran Sabana, near Santa Elena,
Venezuela,
1 cm, Thumbnail, Unusual and Rare pair of Gold crystals from
Venezuela with many faces.
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15btadlr
((GOLD)), $75 MINIMUM BID, Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada,
1.8 cm, Thumbnail, Unusuall leaf of Gold from Round Mountain
with two double triangular raised areas on the flat surface. If it was
not from the finds at Round Mountain I can imagine it was part of the
interstellar Roswell flying saucer.
Maybe part of King Tuts tomb. Comes with a round cut stone holder as
seen in the photos.
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1600429iddwnsss.is
((WULFENITE, MIMETITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, San Francisco Mine, Sonora,
Mexico, 3.3 x 2.3 x
2.3 cm, Miniature, Fine miniature of this well known Wulfenite
locality with major pockets found and marketed by Wayne Thompson in the
early 90's.
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1600429iddwnsss.is
((WULFENITE, MIMETITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, San Francisco Mine, Sonora,
Mexico, 2.5 x 2.5 x
2.5 cm, Thumbnail, Fine thumbnail of this well known
Wulfenite locality with major pockets found and marketed by Wayne
Thompson in the early 90's.
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14hhjdis
((QUARTZ with GOETHITE coating)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Colorado Mine, Tintic District, Juab County, Utah, 7 x 7 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet,
Undamaged Quartz with terminated crystals coated with brown to black
Goethite from Utah's Tintic District.
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75 9iddbes
((PSEUDO OCTAHEDRAL TINCALCONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Dissolving Tanks
in Borate Refinery, Open Pit Mine, Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kerns
County, California,
4 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Rare specimen Tincalconite primary
crystals found and collected by Jim Minette when dissolving tanks at the
Borate Refinery in Boron. ex Jim Minette collection.
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96btes.ts
((CAVANSITE on STILBITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID,Wagholi
Quarry, Pune, Maharashtra, India, 3.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm,
Miniature, Aesthetic undamaged specimen of Cavansite. Basalt is
covered with white micro Stilbite crystals and 1 cm terminated and double
terminated white Stilbite crystals forming the base for a 1.1 cm blue
spherical cluster of acicular Cavansite. This was an early specimen in
my collection #431 mounted with blue mineral tack on an economy block stand.
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77
5btmlns
((TENNANTITE pseudomorph after ENARGITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Julcani
Mine, Peru, 3.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, I did not take a
very good photo. I may retake them. Here are a pair of large
lustrous terminated crystals of Enargite now pseudomorphed to Tennantite
from the find in about 2005. |
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78
5btmlns
((TENNANTITE pseudomorph after ENARGITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Julcani
Mine, Peru, 2.5 x 2 x 1 cm, Miniature, I did not take a
very good photo. I may retake them. Here are a single large
lustrous terminated crystals of Enargite now pseudomorphed to Tennantite
from the find in about 2005.
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79 7iddbts
((COLEMANITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, Kern
County, California, 9 x
8 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Here is a larger and fine Colemanite specimen
from Boron. Some minor chipping but overall in great condition.
ex Jim Minette collection.
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81
11iddbir ((VEATCHITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $1 MINIMUM BID, Tick Canyon
Borate Deposit, Tick Canyon, Lang, Los Angelos, California, 3 x 2 x 1
cm, Miniature, Here is strontian borate species. It is
from the Jim and Dawn Minette collection and has his personal collection
label. Label says Paraveatchite, but I did not find the
Paraveatchite on mindat, just Veatchite from the location on the label.
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82
7hljdr
((COOKEITE, ELBAITE, QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID,
Agsvaret, Norway, 4.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Reference specimen from
the Jay Lininger reference collection with label. |
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83 12jklrr
((25 WULFENITE xls)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Old Yuma Mine, Pima County, Arizona,
.4 to 1.6 cm, 25 Thumbnails, Here is a group of single Wulfenite
crystals. ex Bill Dameron collection. |
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84 12jkjdr
((QUARTZ SCEPTER without STEM)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Pedro Claim, King County,
Washington, 2 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is the top Quartz crystal of
a scepter but the stem is missing, otherwise undamaged.
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85 12jkwgr
((ORTHOCLASE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, near Mosquito Pass, Lake County, Colorado,
2.5 to 6.5 cm, Thumbnail to Cabinet, Twinned and Untwinned Orthoclase
crystals from Colorado. ex Bill Dameron collection |
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86 12jkwgr
((11 QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Ngai, near Didieni, Kayes Region, Mali,
1.5 to 2.5 cm, 11 Thumbnails, 11 double terminated Quartz crystals.
ex Bill Dameron collection
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87
12jkwgr ((BARITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Wet Grooves Mine,
Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England, 4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, A
specimen of Barite from Missouri. ex Bill Dameron collection. |
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88
12jkfme
((CREEDITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Hall Mine, Tonopah, Nevada, 3
x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a large thumbnail with small
purple crystal of Creedite from Nevada. ex D Earnest collection.
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89
12hljdr
((MAGNESIOARFVEDSONITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Berkus, near Bonn, Germany, 3.5
x 2 x 1.2 cm, Miniature, Uncommon bluish black Silicate collected by
Manfred Schaeffer. ex David Shannon. |
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90
12hljdr ((2 TOBERMORITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Fosso
Atico, Sicily, Italy, 1 and 2 cm, 2 Thumbnails, an uncommon white
silicate. ex David Shannon. |
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91
12hljdr ((YITROFLUORITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, White
Cloud Pegmatite, Jefferson County, Colorado, 2.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,
an uncommon Ca Y F species. ex David Shannon. |
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92
12hljdr ((BRONZITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, near Bamle,
Norway, 3 x 2 x 1 cm, Miniature, the ferroan variety of Enstatite. ex
David Shannon. |
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93
12hljdr ((BERYLLONITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Linopolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
.5 and less cm, Micros, Here is many small pieces of Beryllonite. ex
Carlos Barbosa, ex David Shannon.
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94 5iddbl ((ANHYDRITE)), $1 MINIMUM
BID, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico, 8.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a
light blue specimen with fans of Anhydrite crystals. The right back has
cleaved terminations with the left side having fully terminated crystals.
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95 6hlbrir
((EPIDOTE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Pakistan, 6 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is a
specimen with needle like crystals of dark green Epidote.
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96
12fbdjt ((CHALCOCITE)), $1 MINIMUM
BID, Butte, Montana, 5 x 4 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a miniature sized
specimen from Butte of massive Chalcocite.
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97 11iddbir
((UNKNOWN RED BROWN)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Boron, Kerns
County, California, 5 x 5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is unknown from the
Boron Open Pit. It is from the Jim and Dawn Minette collection and has his
personal collection label.
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11btcar ((FLORENCITE-Ce on
MICROCLINE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Rumi Tucu Quarry, Papachacra, Catamarca,
Argentina, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here
is a specimen of Microcline covered with micro Florencite-Ce crystals.
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12jkjlis
((QUARTZ over HEMATITE pseudomorph after PYROXENE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Bessemer Ridge, King County, Washington, 3.5 x 1.3 x .9 cm, Miniature,
Here is an unusual pseudomorph from the North West. The pseudomorph has
been studied and is believed to be Hematite after Pyroxene. This one is
also covered with small terminated Quartz crystals. ex John Lindell
collection. |
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12hljdt ((HOELITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Kladno,
Bohemia, Czech Republic, 1.5 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an
uncommon, actually rare, organic species with yellow acicular crystals. The
light must be right to photograph but some crystals are visible in the
photos. More crystals are on the specimen.
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