Auction One hundred ninety seven Preview

Feb 1, 2008

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1 misci ((THOMSONITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Marysvale, Piute County, Utah, 4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, White spheres of Thomsonite from Utah's zeolite area.

2 shn ((SMITHSONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 4.5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, blue grey botryoidal Smithsonite from a location now closed and sealed by the state.

3 mcn ((GYPSUM on HEMIMORPHITE and CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 11 x 10 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet, Large specimen originally Calcite flattened rhombic crystals on Hemimorphite. Now it is covered with a layer of Gypsum which can be seen with the light angled just right. Hidden Treasure is sealed.

4 lgnr ((Olenellus gilberti, TRILOBITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pioche Shale, Ruin Wash, Lincoln County, Nevada, 5 x 4 with trilobite 1.5 cm in length, This trilobite was collected by Lloyd Gunther, the famous Utah trilobite collector whose specimens are in museums throughout the country.

5 ari ((ORPIMENT)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mecur Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 3 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Complete yellow orange Orpiment crystal on matrix.

6 shir ((MIXITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Northern Spy Mine, Tintic District, Eureka County, Utah. 12 x 7 x 4 cm, robin egg blue fuzzy spheres of the rare mineral Mixite.

7 miscr ((ARAGONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 8 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Very nice Gold Hill Aragonite displayable from the front or back. It is also fluorescent yellow under SW. From underground which has been sealed by the state.

8 misc2767r ((VARISCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Lucin, Box Elder County, Utah, 5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Micro crystalline Variscite from Lucin.

9 sh291t ((BIRNESSITE on CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, 300' level, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 8 x 3 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Undamaged stalactitic Calcite with the black uncommon mineral of Birnessite. From underground which has been sealed by the state.

10 mcir ((SMITHSONITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 11 x 7 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a really nice and good Smithsonite for the location. Hidden Treasure is sealed.

11 6jkprns ((CYANOTRICHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Maid of Sunshine Mine, Turquoise District, Dragoon Mts., Cochise County, Arizona, 10 x 5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Blue fuzz like acicular crystals of Cyanotrichite.

12 mcn ((FLUORITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Spor Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 8 x 6.5 x 4 cm. Purple micro crystalline Fluorite from Spor Mountain. This is the location for the beryllium nodule which fluoresce green under UV and are also name Tiffany stone for cabbing. ex Otto Reiter.

13 5atdbn ((SAND CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Rattlesnake Butte, Jackson County, South Dakota, 7 x 6 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Undamaged specimen of three double terminated intergrown Calcite crystals with heavily included sand.

14 5atdbis ((TETRAHEDRITE with SIDERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Huancavelica Department, Peru, 8 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, 5atdbis ((TETRAHEDRITE with SIDERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Huancavelica Department, Peru, 8 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet

15 7idejnr ((SMOKY QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico, 9 x 4 x 4 cm, Cabinet, This is great for the location. Two undamaged crystals from Evan Jones private Mexican collection with label and valued at $100.

16 6atadir ((PYRITE flower)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Guang Xi, China, 5 x 4 x 1.5 cm, Lustrous floater with no attachments of Pyrite. They are slag name is Pyrite flowers. This one has a tight crack which seems to be the norm with these.

17 6atjkr ((AZURITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, 7 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Small blue crystals of Azurite on matrix from Morenci.

18 bf06ns ((KOTTIGITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 8 x 4 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Rarity and mineral similiar to Legrandite only not as colorful.

19 5atdbe ((CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Santa Eulalia, Chihauhau, Mexico, 5.5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Lustrous undamaged carmel colored Calcite miniature.

20 5atdbis ((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mineral Farm Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, 11 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Very nice larger cluster of lustrous undamaged terminated Quartz from Colorado.

21 7idejtg ((CALCITE on AMETHYST)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Guanajuato, Mexico, 8 x 6.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, This is great Calcite from Mexico from Evan Jones private Mexican collection with label and valued at $150 with label.

22 7idejnr ((HEMATITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ures, Chihuahua, Mexico, 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Lustrous black Mexican Hematite from Evan Jones private Mexican collection with label and valued at $100 with label.

23 5misciss ((HYDROXYLHERDERITE)), $75 MINIMUM BID, Morro Redondo Mine, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 3 x 3 x 2 cm, Large thumbnail, Small Miniature, Here is a twinned lustrous light purple terminated Hydroxylherderite crystal from Brazil. There are internal fractures which all that I have seen had. This was from 5 to 10 years ago from a Brazilian dealer no longer in business. The faces are glassy and undamaged, the termination is undamaged. The two wide edges are rough for some reason ( maybe contact). The two narrow edges are fine.

24 7hlkmr ((LABRADORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Quebec, Canada, 8.5 x 7 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Neat typical color when catching the light at the right angle. One surface has been polished to show the color. This is a neat example of unpolished Labradorite instead of the more typical totally polished Madagascar specimens.

25 7hlkmr ((APOPHYLLITE, STILBITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India, 12 x 8 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Nice example of this common India zeolite combo. Apophyllite crystals have the flat blocky terminations and are not damaged or cleaved. I take that back. I see three that are cleaved although you can not hardly tell the difference. T'was a little dirty and so ran it through the ultrasonic cleaner and its one lustrous good looking beauty now.

26 6dhbfr ((SMITHSONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico, 4.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, pinkish purple botryoidal Smithsonite from this classic Mexican location.

27 7ddceo ((SMOKY QUARTZ, MICROCLINE, ALBITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, North Conway, New Hampshire, 9 x 5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Aesthetic specimen with an undamaged terminated Smoky in the middle of a bed of contrasting white Microcline and Albite. ex Ernie Schlichter collection.

28 7hlkmr ((STILBITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India, 9 x 8 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Heres the salmon colored cluster of sheaves of Stilbite from India. Cleaned and lustrous with a few minor rubs on the high spots.

29 5atdbg ((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Osceola Mine, SAn Juan County, Colorado, 7 x 6 x 3 cm, Cabinet, I have had these on before but these are quite nice. Undamaged terminated short stubby lustrous cluster of Quartz crystals from a Colorado mine. ex Dave Bunk at $40

30 5atdbg ((QUARTZ pseudomorph after CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Crystal Cave, Ouray County, Colorado, 5.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Quartz after Calcite from Ouray County. ex Dave Bunk at $40

31 5atdbg ((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mineral Farm Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, 5.5 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, I have had these on before but these are quite nice. Undamaged terminated short stubby lustrous cluster of Quartz crystals from a Colorado mine. ex Dave Bunk at $30

32 7atadr ((MALACHITE, CERUSSITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Browns Prospect, Rum Jungle, Northern Terrritory, Australia, 6 x 5 x 5 cm, Miniature, Green Marlachite with white Cerussite.

33 7hlmmis ((AUTUNITE)), RADIOACTIVE $10 MINIMUM BID, Ruggles Mine, Grafton, New Hampshire, Thumbnail, Here is a thumbnail sized specimen of Grafton Autunite, an Uranium mineral and Fluorescent under UV.

34 7hlmmis ((SHOEPITE and GUMMITE)), RADIOACTIVE $10 MINIMUM BID, Ruggles Mine, Grafton, New Hampshire, 8.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Cabinet. Uranium containing minerals from Grafton, New Hampshire.

35 7hlmmis ((AUTUNITE)), RADIOACTIVE $10 MINIMUM BID, Ruggles Mine, Grafton, New Hampshire, 9 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cabinet sized specimen of Grafton Autunite, an Uranium mineral and Fluorescent under UV.

36 5hhmcis ((10 pcs TOPAZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 2 to 3.5 cm in length, Thumbnails, Here are 10 specimens of thumbnail sized clusters of Utah Topaz. Mostly included by Rhyolite sand but still with some gemmy sherry colored terminations.


37 7hedwnr ((PYRITE STALACTITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Buick Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County Missouri, 7.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Superb undamaged Pyrite stalactite which is completely terminated. Half of the specimen has a Quartz druze coating and half does not. Great addition to the Pyrite collection.

38 ari ((META-VARISCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mauldin Mountain, Mt Ida, Arkansas, 5 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature, These three specimens resemble each other but are slightly different. This one is the Meta Variscite from Mauldin Mtn. ex Clyde Hardin collection.

39 ari ((PLANERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mauldin Mountain, Mt Ida, Arkansas, 4.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, These three specimens resemble each other but are slightly different. This one is the Planerite from Mauldin Mtn. ex Clyde Hardin collection.

40 ari ((VARISCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Dug Hill Mine, Avant, Arkansas, 4 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, These three specimens resemble each other but are slightly different. This one is the Variscite from Dug Hill. ex Clyde Hardin collection.

41 misci ((RED BERYL)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, .7 x .6 x .2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a tabular hexagonal Red Beryl from Topaz Mountain aka Thomas Range. It is lustrous and undamaged but does have some rhyolite sand inclusions.

42 5atcda ((NICKELINE, ANNABERGITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Great Slave Lake, Canada, 7 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Solid and massive metallic Nickeline, NiAs, with a thin coating of green Annabergite.

43 5iddblr ((BECQUERELITE)), RADIOACTIVE, $50 MINIMUM BID, Musonoi Mine, Kowezi, Kantanga, Congo, 9 x 4 x 2, Cabinet, Rare Uranium mineral. Specimen is very rich.

44 5hhshr ((TETRAHEDRITE, PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Daly Judge Mine, Park City, Summit county, Utah, 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Thumbnail, Great Thumbnail. One corner of Tetrahedrite crystal has some contact or old damage. Rest of crystal undamaged and displays well. There is also associated Sphalerite at the top of the specimen. These were collected many years ago. .

45 5ectg2544is ((PYRITE SUN)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sparta, Illinois, 9 x 8.5 x .7 cm, Cabinet, Excellent example of a Pyrite sun from the coal fields in Illinois. This one is undamaged and looks like a perfect 3 leaf clover. This one has been in my collection for several years. My collection number 2544.


46 5iddbph ((HOLFERTITE, TOPAZ, HEMATITE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Searle Canyon, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, Thumbnail, Many times I have heard about great Holfertites but they are never visible except under a microscope or at the very least a loop. One is on the right bottom park of the Topaz and is 2.5 mm in length. There is a second one on the left on a Hematite and it is 1 mm in length. The others that I have had on are ones I cannot see and hopefully I take an in focus photo which blowns up the crystal. This one is going to be great, actually seeing the crystal to photo it. As you can figure the Holfertite are the two yellow needle like crystals.

47 5atts ((NATIVE SILVER)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Kongsberg, Norway, 1 cm, Thumbnail, Whenever Silver is mentioned, Kongsberg immediately comes to mind. Here is a thumbnnail sized cluster of wires.

48 ari ((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hot Spring, Arkansas, 9 x 9 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Cabinet sized cluster of Arkansas Quartz with terminated and double terminated crystals. Undamaged except for one large crystal at the lower front. ex Clyde Hardin collection

49 5misci ((2 BOLEITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Baja California, Mexico, 3 and 4 mm cube, Thumbnail, 2 complete cubes of blue Boleite. These are elmer glued on styrofoam and soaking in warm water for 20 minutes will soften the glue and allow the cubes to be removed.

50 6atxtnr ((AMETHYST)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico, 5.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Undamaged cute Amethyst cluster from Veracruz.

51 6idedl ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Cement Quarry, Eastgate, Weardale, England, thumbnail, Highly fluorescent Fluorite from England.

52 6idedr ((PYROMORPHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Yang Shao, Guilin, China, thumbnail, Green Pyromorphite from China.

53 6fbdjr ((MARCASITE on CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Brushy Creek Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri, 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature to thumbnail, mounted in a 2 inch perky.

54 6fbdjt ((QUARTZ on BORNITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Butte, Montana, 7 x 4 x 2 cm, Cabinet, colorful Butte specimen.

55 6fbdjg ((COLUSITE, QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Butte, Montana, 5 x 3 x 2 cm, Cabinet, From a Butte dealer. I am not sure but the Colusite is probably minor with the major minerals being Quartz and Pyrite.

56 5hhjhe ((GOETHITE PSEUDOMORPH AFTER PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pelican Pt, Utah, 3 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniatue, Complete and undamage with no attachment. A crack which is normal on this pseudos from Pelican Point after they have been out of the ground for several years.



57 5iddbr ((BARITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Stoneham, colorado, 3.5 cm in length, Miniature, Single undamaged terminated Barite crystal.

58 6hlbrg ((EPIDOTE, RUTILE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pakistan, 4.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, excellent twinned Rutile and associated Epidote.

59 6fborr ((ORPIMENT, CALCITE, REALGAR)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Getchell Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada, 8 x 6 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Fine Orpiment with white Calcite and minor red Realgar. Yellow Orpiment in nicely crystallized. ex Otto Reiter Collection.

60 6atadr ((OLIVINITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing County, Nevada, 2.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Thumbnail sized specimen of dark green lustrous crystals of Olivinite from Majuba.

61 ari ((VANADINITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Apache Mine, Globe, Arizona, Thumbnail, Red orange hexagonal prisms of Vanadinite from the Apache.

62 6hljde ((ELBAITE in COOKITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Agsvaret, Norway, 4.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Reference specimen from Jay Lininger collection.

63 6hljdn ((DIOPSIDE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Dog Lake, Storrington Twp, Ontario, Canada, 4 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Partially formed large Diopside crystal from Ontario.

64 6hljde ((WULFENITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, D & H Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, Thumbnail, Reference specimen from Arizona D & H Mine.

65 6dwtgr ((SPESSARTINE, SMOKEY QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tongbei, Fujian Province, China, Mexico, 3 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Undamaged lustrous dark orange Spessartine Garnets on three terminated undamaged Smokey Quartz crystals.

66 5atshiss ((PYRITE, QUARTZ)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Silver King Mine, Park City, Summit County, Utah, 14 x 10 x 94.5 cm, Large Cabinet, Here is a large specimen of historic Park City Pyrite. Some roughness on the edges of the striated cubic Pyrite crystals but overall in good shape. Hard to come by, this is a large Utah Pyrite specimen.

67 6dwtges ((FLUORITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Erongo Mtn, Usakos and Omaruru Districts, Erongo Region, Namibia, 12 x 9 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Undamaged lustrous cubic Fluorite from Namibia. Sawn base and back.

68 7hljdr ((APOPHYLLITE on PECTOLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Millington Quarry, New Jersey, 10 x 8.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, The outside resembles the outside of the amethyst Brazilian cathedrals. Only this is filled with radial botryoidal Pectolite cover with colorless Apophyllite crystals. A little hard to photograph but a neat New Jersey zeolite specimen.

69 7ddskes ((FRESNOITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Junnila Property, San Benito County, California, 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a large yellow Fresnoite crystal which is also very fluorescent under UV. These were collected 10 years ago and although not a complete crystals it is larger than most.






70 7hljder ((ANGLESITE)), $65 MINIMUM BID, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 9.5 x 7.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a heavy specimen consisting of many crystals of cream colored Anglesite from the famous Australian location of Broken Hill.

71 6hlgkg ((DICKITE on QUARTZ)), $30 MINIMUM BID, St Clair, Pennsylvania, 10 x 6 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is specimen which looks like it has been snowed on. Its a great specimen of white Dickite profusely covering undamaged and actually double terminated Quartz crystal cluster with several tabular Quartz crystals.

72 7hljdnr ((CALCITE)), $40 MINIMUM BID, Andreasberg, Hartz Mts., Germany, 6 x 5 x 5 cm, Miniature, Classic old German location in the Hartz Mts. This Calcite consists of stacked white poker chips of Calcite.

73 5ecvm1280ns ((PINK TOPAZ on QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Brumado Mine, Bahia, Brazil, 4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Terminated pink Topaz on Quartz from Bramado. Specimen can be displayed from either side but the small pink Topaz are only on one side.

74 5ecvm1280ns ((PINK TOPAZ on QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Brumado Mine, Bahia, Brazil, 4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Terminated pink Topaz on Quartz from Bramado. Specimen can be displayed from either side but the small pink Topaz are only on one side.

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MRZ114 � Picromerite (Schonite) on Halite - $300 (SOLD) Potash Mine, Rossleben, Querfurt, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Large Miniature, 5.7 x 4.5 x 3.6 cm A sharply crystallized example of this rare sulfate species, formerly known as Schonite, from a classic locality long abandoned. Minor halite is associated underneath and around the backside. It is, overall, a very attractive miniature. It carries an old label from the Bergakadmemie Freiberg. Sharp and complete all around, very 3-dimensional.	7hhlmit ((FLUORESCENT APATITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Sapo Mine, Goiabeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 4 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a great miniature. It is double terminated stacked crystals of Apatite which has a hollow core and is Fluorescent orange under UV. Completely undamaged.
	7jgcdl ((NAN DAN METEORITES)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Nan Dan, Hunan, China, 2.5 cm, 2 thumbnails, Two 2.5 cm length iron meteorites from Nan Dan China. They are lightly varnished to protect from rusting but this man be removed with thinner or nail polish remover.

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

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