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Aug 24, 2007

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1 7ghjdis ((DIOPTASE)), Christmas Mine, Hayden, Arizona, 4.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, 2 x 2 inch plastic Miniature box, Colorless Calcite on green Dioptase from Arizona.

2 7ghjdis ((WULFENITE)), Melissa Mine, Yuma, County, Arizona, 4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, 2 x 2 inch plastic Miniature box, Red orange colored Wulfenite from the Melissa Mine.

3 7ghjdis ((LINARITE, CALEDONITE)), Grand Reef Mine, Arizona, 3 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, 2 x 2 inch plastic Miniature box, Blue Linarite and turquoise colored Caledonite in a vug from the Grand Reef Mine in Arizona.

4 7ghjdis ((WOLLASTONITE)), Harquahala Mt, Yuma County, Arizona, 4 x 4 x 3 cm, 2 x 2 inch plastic Miniature box, White radiating Wollastonite from Arizona.

5 7ghjdis ((AZURITE, MALACHITE)), King Exile Mine, Arizona, 4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, 2 x 2 inch plastic Miniature box, White radiating Wollastonite from Arizona.

6 7ghjdis ((OSARIZAWAITE)), Silver Hill Mine, Pima county, Arizona, 4.5 x 4 x 2 cm, 2 x 2 inch plastic Miniature box, Osarizawaite from Arizona. This is a lead aluminum copper anhydrous sulfate containing hydroxyl. It is in the Alunite group along with Beaverite, Jarosite, etc The color is greenish yellow or yellowish green.

7 7ghjdis ((QUARTZ after or on WULFENITE, HEMIMORPHITE)), Finch or Barking Spider Mine, Hayden, Dripping Springs Mtns, Gila county, Arizona, 4 x 3.5 x 2 cm, 2 x 2 inch plastic Miniature box, Undamaged Wulfenite with a perfect crystal perched on some Hemimorphite. Specimen looks like ultrasonic cleaning may help clean it up.

8 7ghjdis ((VANADINITE)), Pure Potential or North Geronomo Mine, Arizona, 4 x 3 x 2 cm, 2 x 2 inch plastic Miniature box, red orange Vanadinite with some white Calcite from the Pure Potential mine aka North Geronomo Mine.

9 7ghjdis ((CERUSSITE)), Grand Reef Mine, Graham County, Arizona, 4..5 x 3 x 2 cm, 2 x 2 inch plastic Miniature box, Twinned Cerussite crystal with several other smaller Cerussite crystals on matrix. The tip of the large twinned crystal is missing.

10 7ghjdis ((VANADINITE)), Apache Mine, Globe, Arizona, 5.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, 2 x 2 inch plastic Miniature box, Fine sparkling red orange Apache Vanadinite.

11 7ghjdis ((MALACHITE)), Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, 5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, 2 x 2 inch plastic Miniature box, Green Malachite from a classic Bisbee location.

12 7ghjdis ((PAPAGOITE)), New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona, 3.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, 2 x 2 inch plastic Miniature box, Blue Papagoite from Ajo.

13 7ghjdis ((CHALCANTHITE)), Stanley Mts. Pinal County, Arizona, 3 x 3 x 1.7 cm, 2 x 2 inch plastic Miniature box, 7ghjdis ((CHALCANTHITE)), Stanley Mts. Pinal County, Arizona, 3 x 3 x 1.7 cm, 2 x 2 inch plastic Miniature box

14 7ghjdis ((JAMESONITE)), Klondyke, Arizona, 3.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, 2 x 2 inch plastic Miniature box, grey to black crystals which are not the normal hairlike Jamesonite but are straight needle like crystals.

15 7ghjdis ((CERUSSITE)), Mammoth Mine, Arizona, 4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, 2 x 2 inch plastic Miniature box, V twinned white Cerussite for which the Mammoth Mine is famous for.

16 7ghjdis ((CYANOTRICHITE, MALACHITE)), Grand Reef Mine, Graham County, Arizona, 4 x 4 x 2.2 cm, 2 x 2 inch plastic Miniature box, Colorful combination of blue fuzzy mats of Cyanotrichite and green sphericals of Malachite.

17 7ghjdis ((VRBAITE)), Humboldt County, Nevada, 5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Thallium mineral POISONOUS, Thallium Mercury Antimony Sulfarsenate with the chemical formula Tl4Hg3Sb2As8S20. The huge red arrow points to the little micro crystals.

18 7ghjdis ((BERGITE SIBOLITE)), Berg Prospect, Kennecott Corp, Sibolith Mt, near Smithers, British Columbia, Canada, 4.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,Maroon red films and coatings on fracture surfaces. collected by J Bratt august 1971, ex J Cilen collection.

19 7ghjdir ((LOMONSOVITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, Chlinglusuai River Valley, Lovozero, Russia, 4 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Dark brown glassy plates and aggregates in Sodalite matrix with other species. ex Excalibur Mineral Company.

20 7gemsis ((AUTUNITE)), RADIOACTIVE, Ruggles Mine, Grafton, New Hampshire, 4 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Yellow platy yellow crystals that are fluorescent under UV.

21 7gemsis ((GUMMITE)), RADIOACTIVE, Ruggles Mine, Grafton, New Hampshire, 4 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Orange to yellow mixture of uraninite and secondary Uranium minerals.

22 7gemsis ((SCHOEPITE, GUMMITE)), RADIOACTIVE, Ruggles Mine, Grafton, New Hampshire, 4 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Gummite is orange to yellow mixture of uraninite and secondary Uranium minerals. Schoepite is a hydrated Uranium oxide with the chemical formula UO3.2H20.

23 7ghjdi ((BLUE QUARTZ and FELDSPAR)), $1 OPENING BID, Hare's Hill Rd, Kimberton, Chester county, Pennsylvania, 8 x 8 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Reference specimen of Pennsylvania Blue Quartz.

24 7ghjdr ((CHROME DEWEYLITE)), Cedar Hill Quarry, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 12 x 7 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Green Chrome Deweylite from Pennsylvania. Deweylite is a mixture of poorly ordered trioctahedral silicates, mainly lizardite and stevensite.

25 7ghjdr ((MUSCOVITE)), Oak View, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, 11 x 8.5 x 1.1 cm, Cabinet, Fine thick book of Muscovite Mica from a Pennsylvania location.

26 7ghjdi ((QUARTZ, BARITE, MALACHITE)), $1 OPENING BID, Whim Shaft, Audubon, Pennsylvania, 7 x 4 x 3 cm, Cabinet, A Pennsylvania locality specimen.


27 7ghjdi ((WAVELLITE)), $1 OPENING BID, Kreamer, Pennsylvania, 5.5 x 5 x 4.5 cm, Miniature, Here was the typical Pennsylvania Wavellite prior to the new find at Mt Pleasant Mills Quarry.

28 7ghjdi ((PYRRHOTITE)), $1 OPENING BID, Gap Nickel Mine, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 5 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Bronze colored massive Pyrrhotite from this famous Nickel Mining area.

29 7ghjdr ((GOLD BEARING ORE)), Lead, South Dakota, 6 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Gold ore from Lead. The brassy mineral is Pyrite. ex Dan Weinrich speicmen.

30 7ghjdir ((VANADINITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, OLD SMITHSONIAN LABEL, Hamburg Mine, Silver District, New Mexico, 12.5 x 9 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Small orange brown Vanadinite crystals on a cabinet sized matrix. Great old US Nat'l Museum Label. ex Delaware County Museum of Science, ex Smithsonian- U S National Museum


31 7ghjdnn ((FERROCOLUMBITE with SPESSARTINE on ALBITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Shengus, Shengus Road, Pakistan, 4 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, reddish maroon Spessartines with two terminated Ferrocolumbite crystals. ex John Betts specimen

32 7ghjdr ((HEXAGONITE with PYRITE)), Balmat, New York, 6 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, a manganoan variety of Tremolite supposed to be hexagonal but is actually monoclinic distinguished by its pale lilac to purplish color.

33 7ddcein ((HEMATITE)), Chubb lake, New York, 9 x 6 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Large cabinet sized specimen with bladed Hematite rosettes. Looks in good shape. ex Ernie Schlichter.

34 7ddceie ((BARITE)), Baia Sprie, Romania, 7 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Undamaged specimen of thick bladed Romanian Barite. ex Ernie Schlichter.

35 7ddceie ((SMITHSONITE)), Chessy, France, 5.5 x 4.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Classic European locality. Here is a yellowish cream colored Smithsonite with some green non crystalline Malachite on the backside. ex Ernie Schlichter.

36 7ddceo ((TETRAHEDRITE, DOLOMITE)), Casapalca Mine, Peru, 6.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm, Small Cabinet, Tetrahedrite crystals with only two minor very small dings. With the Tetrahedrite are also light brown saddle back shaped Dolomite crystals. ex Ernie Schlichter.

37 7ddceo ((QUARTZ)), Minas Gerais, Brazil 7 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Nice cluster of terminated colorless Quartz crystals. Undamaged except for a micro roughness which is actually not worth mentioning. ex Ernie Schlichter.

38 7ddceo ((SPHALERITE on DOLOMITE)), Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith county, Tennessee, 8 x 5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Lustrous Sphalerite crystals from the famous Elmwood Mine which is now flooded. Great shape with only one minor rub. ex Ernie Schlichter.

39 7ddceg ((SELENITE)), Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico, 6.5 x 6 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Selenite crystals on a matrix covered with smaller crystals from the well known Selenite location, Naica. ex Ernie Schlichter.


40 7ddceie ((MALACHITE)), Cole Shaft, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, 4 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Fibrous chatoyant green Malachite from Bisbee. ex Ernie Schlichter.

41 7ddceg ((PYRITE, SPHALERITE)), Conception del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico, 6.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Nice Pyrite specimen with an undamaged Sphalerite in the upper left. ex Ernie Schlichter.

42 7ddceii ((PECTOLITE)), Patterson, New Jersey, 12 x 7.5 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Find specimen with spheres of Pectolite from Patterson. ex Ernie Schlichter.

43 7ddceo ((CALCITE)), Vernon, Indiana, 6 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Group of lustrous intergrown Calcite crystals from Indiana. ex Ernie Schlichter.

44 7ddceg ((14 EPIDOTE NEEDLES)), Warren Bros. Quarry, Acushnet, Massachusetts, 1.5 to 4 cm in length, Thumbnail to Miniature, A plastic box with 14 long thin Epidote crystals from Massachusetts. ex Ernie Schlichter.

45 7ddceg ((BARITE, CALCITE)), Prospect Park, New Jersey, 7 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, A specimen of terminated scalenohedral Calcite crystals with blades of white Barite. Its hard to tell but I think the Barite blades may have some cleaved edges. ex Ernie Schlichter, ex Vitali collection.


46 7ddceie ((FLUORITE)), $30 minimum bid, Wise Mine, Westmoreland, New Hampshire, 10 x 8 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Almost transparent, gemmy green Fluorite naturally etched from the Wise Mine. ex Ernie Schlichter.

47 7ddceie ((MAGNETITE)), Zinc Corp America Mine no. 4, 2500' level, Balmat, New York, 9 x 8.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Large lustrous pseudocubic Magnetite from New York, ex Ernie Schlichter.

48 7ddceg ((RHODOCHROSITE and AEGERINE on MICROCLINE)), Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, 6 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Small red brown Rhodochrosite crystals and black Aegerine on white Microcline. ex Ernie Schlichter.

49 7ddceis ((SMOKY QUARTZ, ALBITE)), South Moat Mt, New Hampshire, 6 x 3.7 x 3 cm, Miniature, Large Smoky is sharp and undamaged and transparent to a little transluscent. Smaller Smoky has a micro chip near the tip on the back. collected in 1973 ex Ernie Schlichter.

50 7ghjdr ((ARTINITE)), Staten Island, New York, New York, 7 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, White radial spherical Artinite on matrix from New York.

51 7ghjdr ((SMOKY QUARTZ on PETRIFIED WOOD)), Western U S, 7.5 x 4 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is very fine example of lustrous terminated Smoky Quartz on wood.

52 7ghjdr ((GARNET altering to CHLORITE)), Sedalia Mine, Salida, Colorado, 5 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm, Miniature, Large Colorado Garnet with some Chlorite on the faces.

53 7ghjdi ((CALCITE)), $1 OPENING BID, Brooksville, Florida, 7 x 4 x 2 cm, Cabinet, A druse of terminated Calcite crystals on matrix from a state with limited mineral locations.

54 7ghjdi ((2 PYRITE)), $1 OPENING BID, Zinc Corp America, Pierrepont, New York, 1.5 to 2.5 cm, Thumbnail, Two Pyrite specimens from New York.

55 7ghjdi ((2 DOLOMITE pseudomorphs after HALITE)), $1 OPENING BID, Major County, Oklahoma, 4 to 6 cm across, Miniature, 7ghjdi ((2 DOLOMITE pseudomorphs after HALITE)), $1 OPENING BID, Major County, Oklahoma, 4 to 6 cm across, Miniature

56 7ghjdi ((CHRYSOCOLLA, MALACHITE, CHALCOPYRITE)), $1 OPENING BID, Snake Hill, Secaucus, New Jersey, 6 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Locality reference specimen from Secaucus.

57 7ghjdi ((PETRIFIED DRIFTWOOD)), $1 OPENING BID, Bruneau Desert, Owyhee County, Idaho, 4.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature, 7ghjdi ((PETRIFIED DRIFTWOOD)), $1 OPENING BID, Bruneau Desert, Owyhee County, Idaho, 4.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature,

58 7ghjdi ((MOLYBDENITE in SERPENTINE)), $1 OPENING BID, Philipsburg, New Jersey, 5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Green Serpentine with shiny silvery Molybdenite on the surface. Reference specimen from New Jersey.

59 7ghjdi ((2 SPHENE)), $1 OPENING BID, Limecrest, New Jersey, 4 to 4 cm across, Miniatures, Two reference specimens of Sphene from New Jersey.

60 7ghjdi ((AUGITE)), $1 OPENING BID, Jenny Jump Mt, Hope, New Jersey, 4 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Large Augite crystal on an Augite matrix.


61 7ghjdr ((VIVIANITE on FOSSIL BONE)), Barton, Florida, 6.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Great example of Vivianite, a phosphate growing on fossil bone. A couple terminated crystals while most are contacted with the bone.

62 7ghjdr ((CALCITE on PALYGORSKITE aka MOUNTAIN LEATHER)), Metaline, Washington, 8.5 x 6 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Small Calcite crystals cover and are held together with white Palygorkite aka Mountain Leather which looks and feels like chamois. ex North Star specimen.	e

63 7ghjdr ((CRANDALLITE, minor MILLISITE, WARDITE)), Green Monster Mine, Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Tooele County, Utah, 5.5 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature, A phosphate nodule which is sawn to show mainly yellow Crandallite. Minor Millisite whiteish and Wardite bluish grey also present. ex Dave Shannon specimen.

64 7ghjdr ((ALMANDINE GARNET)), Garnet Lodge, Wrangel, Alaska, 10 x 6 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Several reddish maroon Almandine Garnets in a matrix of Schist. Old Ward's label not in the best of shape.

65 7ghjdr ((MALACHITE)), Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 8 x 6 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Mounds of green fibrous Malachite from the Ojuela Mine in Mexico on a gossan limonite matrix.

66 7ghjdr ((AURIFEROUS PHYLLITE CORE)), Ropes Gold Mine, Marquette County, Michigan, 10 x 3.3 x 3.3 cm, Cabinet, Core of Phyllite with traces of Gold.

67 7ghjdr ((JAROSITE)), Soumies, Karmarrza, Laurion, Greece, 6.5 x 5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Micro crystals of Jarosite on matrix from Greece.

68 7ghjdr ((PLUME MUSCOVITE)), Mt. Apatite, Auburn, Maine, 10 x 7 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Interesting form of Muscovite Mica which looks like feather.

69 7ghkmi ((CALCITE)), $1 OPENING BID, Wymore, Nebraska, 4.5 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Small orange colored Calcite crystals with a wonderful iridescent coating giving the crystals a multitude of colors.

70 7ghmwn ((CHALCOPYRITE)), Reynolds County, Missouri, 4.5 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature, Great aesthetics on this miniature. Magenta and gold colored iridescent Chalcopyrite from Reynolds County.


71 7ghmwo ((CALCITE on DOLOMITE)), Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri, 7 x 7 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Undamaged scalenohedral crystal of Calcite on a matrix of Dolostone covered with Dolomite rhombs. Some side crystals to the back are cleaved off and removed but the main crystal and specimen is undamaged.

72 7ghkmi ((CALCITE, minor PYRITE)), $1 OPENING BID, Faraday Mine, 400' level, Ontario, Canada, 9 x 7 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Calcite specimen from the Faraday Mine.

73 7ghnse ((NATIVE LEAF COPPER)), Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, 8 x 7 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Native leaf Copper which formed with the fold. It is too thick to fold or bend.

74 7hemwl ((FOSSIL CLAM SHELL without CALCITE)), Rucks Pit, Fort Drum, Okeechobee County, Florida, 12 x 9 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, A pleistocene fossil clam shell species Mercenaria permagna. This is a complete front and back bivalve clam shell free of matrix and hollow on the inside. This is a fine fossil clam shell specimen from Florida.

75 7ghnse ((CALCITE with BARITE)), Pugh Quarry, Custar, Ohio, 9.5 x 6 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Golden scalenahedral crystals of Calcite with white Barite from this well know Ohio location for great Calcite specimens.

76 7ghnse ((FLUORITE with CHALCOPYRITE inclusions)), Cave In Rock, Hardin County, Illinois, 6 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature, Lustrous undamaged Fluorite corner which is light yellow interior with a 5 mm colorless outside edge and filled with Chalcopyrite inclusions.

77 7ghnse ((CALCITE)), Cave In Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois, 12 x 8 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Plate of scalenohedral crystals of Calcite. Damage to tips of about 5 crystals but overall in great shape.

78 7ghnse ((NATIVE COPPER, EPIDOTE)), Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, 11 x 6 x 2 cm, Cabinet, A fairly heavy speicmen of Native Copper with associated green Epidote and base rock on the front and back which is a basalt.

79 7ghnse ((BARITE)), Rosiclare level, Minerva Mine #1, Cave In Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois, 6.5 x 5 x 3 cm, Small Cabinet, Plate of white undamaged Barite crystals from Hardin County's Minerva Mine #1.

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Fluororichterite - George Earle Farm, Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada (small cabinet)

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