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Auction Two hundred one Preview
Feb 29, 2008
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Feb 29, 2008
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| 1 8btrcr ((10 MAGNETITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, White's Well, Mt. Phillips Station, Western Australia, Australia, 1.5 to 3 cm, Thumbnails, 10 octahedral crystals of Magnetite from Australia. | |
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| 2 8btrcr ((PYROMORPHITE)),
$10 MINIMUM
BID, Mt Isa, Queensland, Australia, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.2, Thumbnail, a
cluster of light olive green undamaged Pyromorphite from Australia.
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| 3 8btrcr ((ATACAMITE
GEODES)),
$10 MINIMUM
BID, Mt Gunson, South Australia, Australia, 3 x 1.5 x 1.5, Thumbnail,
Two joined Atacamite Geodes with hollow centers filled with dark green
Atacamite crystals.
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| 4 8btrcr ((HEMIMORPHITE)),
$10 MINIMUM
BID, 79 Mine, Gila County, Arizona, 4.5 x 2 x 1.5, Miniature,
Neat sparkling white Hemimorphite made up of many small layers.
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| 5 8btrcg ((WULFENITE)),
$10 MINIMUM
BID, 79 Mine, Gila County, Arizona, 4 x 2.5 x 2, Miniature,
Usually I see more single crystals from the 79 mine but here is a cluster.
The crystals are amazingly undamaged except for the highest back area where
back crystal and the next one are damaged. That area could actually be
the base if displayed upright instead of flat.
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8btrcg ((HEMIMORPHITE on
and after WULFENITE )),
$10 MINIMUM
BID, 79 Mine, Gila County, Arizona, 5 x 3.5 x 2, Miniature, You
can see the square shapes of the Wulfenite crystals under the blue
Hemimorphite. .
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| 7 8btrcir ((WULFENITE)),
$20 MINIMUM
BID, Sortis, Kazakhstan, 4 x 3 x 3, Miniature, Red orange druze
of sparkling Wulfenite crystals from Kazakhstan. I heard about these
last year but did not find any. This year I found a small lot of 5
which I purchased along with the copper spinel twins.
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| 8 8btrcg ((HEMIMORPHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, 79 Mine, Gila County, Arizona, 7.5 x 5 x 3, Cabinet, Pastel blue botryoidal Hemimorphite in a cabinet sized specimen from Arizona. In the past these usually do not have much interest, but I still thought this one was nicer that usual. |
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| 9 8btrcin ((VANADINITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Western Union Mine, Mohave County, Arizona, 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.5, Miniature, Here's a new one for me. Long brown terminated undamaged hexagonal crystals of Vanadinite from the Western Union Mine in Arizona. I do not know whether this is an old specimen or what. It was the only one and I have not seen these before. |
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10 8btrcir ((RED
BERYL)),
$10 MINIMUM
BID, Thomas Range, Topaz Mountain, Juab County, Utah, length 1.5 cm,
Thumbnail, Here's Red Beryl on matrix in a thumbnail size from the
famous Utah Topaz location. ex Fran Ewing collection.
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| 11 8btrcns ((BORNEMANITE, NATROLITE, AEGIRINE, with minor ZORITE and RAITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Yubileinaya pegmatite, Kola, Russia, 6 x 6 x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is a combination specimen that displays well with a great black Aegirine crystal. Bornemanite see mindat.org http://www.mindat.org/min-725.html It also have small vugs containing Zorite and Raite. Neat combination of rare Russian minerals. |
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| 12 8btrct ((RED
fluorescent EUCRYPTITE)),
$10 MINIMUM
BID, Midnight Owl Mine, Maricopa County, Arizona 4.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm,
Miniature, Red fluorescent minerals stand out in a fluorescent
display. It is a lithium aluminum silicate.
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| 13 8btmpnr ((WULFENITE on MIMETITE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, level 6, San Juan Poniente Vein, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 7 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, New Wulfenite and a new darker green color for Mimetite. The butterscotch Wulfenite crystals are dipyramidal and undamaged. | |
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| 14 ari ((3 WULFENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Papago Mine, La Paz County, Arizona, Thumbnails, Three thumbnail specimens of Papago red orange Wulfenite crystals. The geology is similar to the Red Cloud Mine and in the same general vicinity. However the Papago was never commercially mined for specimens as the Red Cloud and so Papago Wulfenites are much more uncommon. These are old specimens from the Clyde Hardin collection. | |
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| 15 ari ((Hoppered
VANADINITE)),
$10 MINIMUM BID, Pure Potential Mine, La Paz County, Arizona, Height
1.2 cm, Thumbnail, The Pure Potential or North Geronomo Mine is known
for its superb hoppered Vanadinite crystals. This is an old
specimens from the Clyde Hardin collection.
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| 16 ari ((FLUOR-RICHTERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada, 3 x 2 x 1.5 cm, thumbnail, Terminated Fluor-richterite crystal on a Calcite matrix in a thumbnail perky box. ex Clyde Hardin collection. | |
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| 17 7dddbt ((CHALCOCITE coating on PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Chino Mine, Bayard, Grant County, New Mexico, 1.4 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm, Thumbnail, Fully formed floater Pyrite crystal coated with a thin coating of Chalcocite from New Mexico. |
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18 7dddbrs ((COBALTIAN CALCITE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Bou Azzer, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco, 6.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Fine undamaged pink crystals of Cobaltian Calcite from Morocco. |
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| 19 5idcsis ((TETRAHEDRITE)), $10
MINIMUM BID, Casapalca Mine, Peru, 6.5 x 5.5 x
2 cm, Miniature, Lustrous Tetrahedrite with minor Quartz.
The Tetrahedrite has a thin coating of Chalcopyrite.
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| 20 7dddbr ((TURQUOISE
pseudomorph after APATITE)), $10
MINIMUM BID, Baviacora, Sonora, Mexico, 1.2 cm length, Thumbnail,
Terminated crystal of Apatite now pseudomorphed and replaced by Torquoise.
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| 21 5swr ((RHODOCHROSITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ucchuchacua Mine, Lima Department, Peru, 3 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a cluster of pinkish red Rhodochrosite on matrix. |
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| 22 7dddbg ((FLUORESCENT SCHEELITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ophir Hill Mine, Ophir, Tooele County, Utah, 7 x 6 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Small 1.2 yellow orange octahedral crystals of Fluorescent Scheelite. These are not coming out any more and are getting quite scarse. Very few of these around any more |
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| 23 7ddcdns ((WULFENITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Urumqi, Kuruktag Mtns, Xinjiang Uygur Region, Northern China, 3.5 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Lustrous red orange crystals of Wulfenite. I sold a similar looking one but indeed a larger miniature about twice the size for $500 at Tucson and it was way less than other similar specimens. |
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| 24 7dddbis ((SPESSARTINE on ALBITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Little Three Mine, Ramona, San Diego County, California, 3 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Yellow orange lustrous Spessartine on a bed of Albite variety Clevelandite from the Little Three Mine. | |
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| 25 7ddmwns ((CALCITE, QUARTZ)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Dalnegorsk, Russia, 9 x 6 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Terminated Quartz and large Calcite crystals which are flattened rhombs. Appears to be damage free. |
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7ddmwig ((PYRRHOTITE and
SPHALERITE with QUARTZ)), $25
MINIMUM BID, Dalnegorsk, Russia, 7 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, a mound
covered with terminated Quartz crystals and looks damaged free. On
the Quartz are lustrous hexagonal crystals of brassy Pyrrhotite and dark
multifaced Sphalerite crystals.
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| 27 7ggcmne ((REALGAR, ORPIMENT, GALENA)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Paloma Mine, Julcani District, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru, 4 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Red Realgar and yellow Orpiment on a heavy specimen of Galena. |
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| 28 7ggcmr ((NATIVE SILVER, CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Batopilas, Mexico. 2 x 1 x 1 cm, thumbnail, Herringbone twinned Silver with white Calcite. | |
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29 7cgclg ((COPAL AMBER with many INSECTS)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Columbia, 8 x 2 x 1.3 cm, cabinet, Polished Copal Amber specimen with a variety of insects.
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| 30 7ikjjis ((PARISITE-Ce)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Snowbird Mine, Mineral County, Montana, 3.2 x 1 x 1cm, Thumbnail, Single terminated Parisite crystal. Apparently some of this actually weather out of the matrix. | |
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31 7ikjjt ((REALGAR)), $10
MINIMUM BID, Green River Gorge, King County, Washington, 6 x 3 x 1.5cm, Miniature,
Several gemmy small blood red Realgar crystals from Washington state.
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| 32 7ddcenr ((QUARTZ on CALCITE, APOPHYLLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India, 6 x 5 x 4cm, Miniature, A lens of Calcite covered with Quartz druze forming a stalactite which is covered with colorless Apophyllite crystals. Looks undamaged and sharp. | |
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33 7ikjjn ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Heson Mine, Buckskin Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, 3.5 x 1.5 x 1.5cm, Miniature, Octahedral purplish green Fluorite crystlswSeveral gemmy small blood red Realgar crystals.
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| 34 7ddcena ((RHODIZITE, LONDONITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Antandrokomby Mine, Ibity Mountain, Antsirabe, Madagascar, 5 x 4 x 3cm, Miniature, Madagascar rare terminated beryllium yellow crystal. There is a series between Rhodizite and Londonite. | |
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35 7ddcetn ((BREWSTERITE)), $35
MINIMUM BID, Strontian, Scotland, 8 x 6 x 5cm, Cabinet,
Classic Scottish mineral specimen.
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36 7ddcets ((BABINGTONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Lane Quarry, Westfield, Massachusetts, 6 x 2.5 x 1.5cm, Miniature, Large black Babingtonite crystals from Massachusetts. |
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37 7ddmwr ((FLUORESCENT
CHALCEDONY GEODE)), $10
MINIMUM BID, New Mexico or Mexico?,
6 x 6 x 6 cm, Miniature, Here is another one of these green
fluorescent grey pink Chalcedony geodes.
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| 38 7ddcent ((PETALITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Shengus, Gilgit District, Pakistan, 5 x 4 x 3cm, Miniature, Naturally etched crystal of Petalite from Pakistan. |
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39 7ikmmtr ((PARAVAUXITE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bolivia, 9 x 6 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Fine white crystals of Paravauxite on matrix. |
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| 40 7ikjjis ((SILVER pseudomorph after DYSCRASITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pibram, Czech Replublic, 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Fine thumbnnail of this classic European pseudomorph. | |
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41 4misci ((TINCALCONITE pseudomorph after BORAX with Halite?)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Searles Lake, Trona, California, 4 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, White Tincalconite pseudomorph after Borax with another yellowish to colorless mineral which may be Halite.
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| 42 6cfslis (( TWO SAPPHIRE crystals)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka, 1 cm in length, Thumbnail, | |
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| 43 ari ((MISERITE)), TYPE
LOCALITY, $10
MINIMUM BID, North Wilson Pit, Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs,
Garland County, Arkansas, 15 x 7 x 4 cm, Cabinet, This is the type
locality of this silicate mineral.
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ari ((WULFENITE, MIMETITE)), $10
MINIMUM BID, San Francisco Mine, Magdalena, Mexico, Thumbnail,
Transparent yellow Wulfenite crystal with orange Mimetite on the Wulfenite.
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5hhjhe ((27 GOETHITE PSEUDOMORPH AFTER PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Pelican Pt, Utah, 1.5 to 3 cm, 27 Miniatures, 27 pseudos from
Pelican Point after they have been out of the ground for several years.
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| 46 5atjhr ((BELEMNITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Moscow, Russia, 6.8 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm, Miniature, Here is a Jurassic age fossilized Squid or Belemnite nose cone. These are actually Aragonite replacing the original animal | |
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| 47 5swns ((RHODONITE)), $20
MINIMUM BID, Chiurucu Mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Huanuco Department,
Peru, 7 x 5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Pretty pink bladed crystals
of Rhodonite from Peru. These are highly desirable.
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| 48 ari ((MANMADE SILICON CARBIDE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, 6 x 5 x 5 cm, Miniature, This is man made and sometimes used to make jewelry. I is very iridescent with many colors. |
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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.
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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.
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| 51 6idedl ((FLUORITE)), $10
MINIMUM BID, Cement Quarry, Eastgate, Weardale, England, thumbnail,
Highly fluorescent Fluorite from England.
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| 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
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cm, Miniature to thumbnail, mounted in a 2 inch perky.
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| 54 6fbdjt ((QUARTZ
on BORNITE)), $10
MINIMUM BID, Butte, Montana, 7 x 4 x 2
cm, Cabinet, colorful Butte specimen.
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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.
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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.
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| 57 5iddbr ((BARITE)), $10
MINIMUM BID, Stoneham, colorado, 3.5 cm in length, Miniature,
Single undamaged terminated Barite crystal.
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| 58 6hlbrg ((EPIDOTE, RUTILE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pakistan, 4.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, excellent twinned Rutile and associated Epidote. |
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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.
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| 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.
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| 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. |
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| 64 6hljde ((WULFENITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, D & H Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, Thumbnail, Reference specimen from Arizona D & H Mine. |
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| 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.
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| 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. | |
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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.
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| 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.
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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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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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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.
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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. |
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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.
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Fluororichterite - George Earle Farm, Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada (small cabinet)
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