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Auction Two hundred fifteen Preview
June 6 2008
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June 6 2008
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8ectgg ((FLUORITE on CREEDITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Navidad Mine, Rodeo, Durango, Mexico, 4 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature,
Here is another of the fine Mexican Creedites. This one has associated
bluish purple Fluorite which is not on that many specimens. This
location is reported over. They have still been available at low costs
while dealer stocks dwindle.
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| 2 8ectgo ((WULFENITE, MIMETITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 6.5 x 6 x 4.5 cm, Miniature, yellow orange dipyramidal Wulfenite crystals on matrix with some olive green Mimetite. | |
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| 3 8ectgo ((WULFENITE,
MIMETITE)),
$10 MINIMUM
BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 9 x 6 x 2 cm, Cabinet, yellow orange
dipyramidal
Wulfenite crystals on front and back matrix with some olive green
Mimetite.
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| 4 8ectgt ((WULFENITE, MIMETITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 3 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, yellow orange dipyramidal Wulfenite crystals on matrix with some olive green Mimetite. | |
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| 5 8ecbfr ((WULFENITE, ENDLICHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 6.5 x 5.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, yellow orange dipyramidal Wulfenite crystals on matrix of brown Endlichite crystals. One side is totally brown Endlichite. |
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| 6 8ecbfg ((MIMETITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 11 x 8 x 5 cm, Cabinet, yellow orange Mimetite crystals on front and back of specimens. |
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| 7 7hhjhis ((HALITE on SELENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Great Salt Lake, Tooele County, Utah, 11 x 9 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Cubic lustrous Halite over Selenite which formed on a rock whose imprint is on the bottom. |
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| 8 8ecgmii ((CROCOITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia, 8 x 5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, red orange Crocoite crystals in a matrix depression. |
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| 9 8ecgmii ((AXINITE, ALBITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, New Melones Res., Calaveras County, California, 5 x 5 x 3 cm, Miniature, brownish lustrous crystals of Axinite on matrix. Associated white to colorless druze of small Albite crystals. |
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10 8ectges ((NEPTUNITE)),
$50 MINIMUM
BID, Gem Mine, San Benito County, California, 14 x 6 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet,
Black lustrous clusters of Neptunite crystals.
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| 11 8ecgmer ((ANDRADITE variety TOPAZOLITE with CLINOCHLORE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Santa Rita, New Idria District, San Benito County, California, 6.5 x 5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Fine Clinochlore crystals with associate Topazolite Andradite. |
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| 12 8ddtge ((PURPURITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Namaqualand, North Cape Province, South Africa, 4 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Nice purplish magenta color on this Purpurite from South Africa. | |
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| 13 7ddcea ((DATOLITE, EPIDOTE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Lane Quarry, Westfield, Massachusetts, 12 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, White Datolite on a contrasting matrix of dark green Epidote. ex Ernie Schlichter collection which label states visual ID only. |
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| 14 8ecjtis ((LIMONITE pseudomorph after MARCASITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Cape Blanc Nez, Pas de Calai, France, 3 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Fine cluster of Marcasite crystals now pseudomorphed into Limonite. Usually not seen very ofter from France on the market for sale. |
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| 15 7ddcent ((STILBITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Lewis River, Skamania, Washington, 9 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Great Stilbite specimen from the location of Washington state. Sets perfectly for display. No damage. ex Ernie Schlichter collection. |
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| 16 5hhshn ((PLATTNERITE on HEMIMORPHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 7 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Fantastic clusters of bladed gemmy Hemimorphite crystals which are best viewed under a microscope or at least 10 X loop. Uncommon black mineral Plattnerite on some of the white Hemimorphite crystals from the Hidden Treasure Mine, which is now closed by the state of Utah. . |
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| 17 7hljde ((CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Laurel Hill, Secaucus, New Jersey, 6 x 4 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Label says recrystallization on Calcite crystals. | |
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18 7hljde ((APOPHYLLITE after PECTOLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Millington Quarry, New Jersey, 7 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Label says alteration process of Apophyllite replacing Pectolite. |
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| 19 7hljde ((APOPHYLLITE on DATOLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Millington Quarry, New Jersey, 8 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Label says Apophyllite on Datolite. | |
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| 20 7hljde ((2 CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Prospect Park, New Jersey, 5 and 6 cm across, 2 Miniatures, Both have cleaved bases, otherwise no damage. | |
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| 21 7hljde ((AMETHYST, CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Paterson, New Jersey, 7 x 6 x 3 cm, Cabinet, very light Amethystine Quartz with associated Calcite. |
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| 22 7hljde ((APOPHYLLITE
casts after ANHYDRITE with STILBITE and HEULANDITE)),
$10 MINIMUM
BID, Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, New Jersey, 10 x 4 x 4 cm,
Cabinet, Heres an interesting specimen. There are Stilbite and
Heulandite crystals on the Apophyllite casts after Anhydrite. The
Apophyllite crystals are small and resemble Quartz. Looping with 10 X
the crystals do not look like Quartz and do look like Apophyllite.
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| 23 7hljde ((2
QUARTZ pseudomorph after GLAUBERITE)),
$10 MINIMUM
BID, Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, New Jersey, 4.5 and 5 cm in
length, 2 Miniatures, Heres another set of interesting
specimens. I can not tell if these were Glauberite or Anhydrite, but
the label says Glauberite.
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| 24 7hljde ((QUARTZ casts after ANHYDRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, New Jersey, 8 x 6 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, The label is lengthy and says Babingtonite on Quartz and Hematite stained Quartz with Calcite crystals and Anhydrite casts. All in all it is a reference specimen and not attractive at all. | |
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ari ((SPHALERITE, QUARTZ, PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Huaron Mine, Pasco, Peru, 6 x 5 x 2 cm,
Miniature, Sphalerite looks undamaged and the Quartz for the most part is
undamaged while a couple of Quartz crystals are broken off.
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ari ((QUARTZ inside GALENA
VUG, GALENA, QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Huaron Mine, Pasco, Peru, 4 x 3.5 x 4 cm,
Miniature, Cubic Galena which has a dull luster has a vug or cavity within
the crystal. Looking closely there is a Quartz crystal actually
inside the cavity.
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| 27 ari ((PYRITE,
QUARTZ, SPHALERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Pachapaqui, Peru, 5 x 3 x 1.5 cm,
Miniature, Nice Pyrite specimen forming what looks like a natural arch.
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| 28 ari ((TETRAHEDRITE,
PYRITE, QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Pachapaqui, Peru, 5 x 3 x 2 cm,
Miniature, Nice lustrous stacked Tetrahedrite crystals with associated
Pyrite and Quartz.
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29 ari ((PYRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Pachapaqui, Peru, 6 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Nice Pyrite specimen with lustrous small crystals. |
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ari ((PREHNITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID,
Poona, India, 5 and 7 cm, 2
Miniatures, Here is a pair of Indian Prehnite. One is a regular light
green specimen. The other is a cream colored Prehnite cast after
Laumontite with small Gyrolite spheres and a couple of larger Okenite
spheres without there typical fuzzy acicular crystals.
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31 ari ((3 APATITES)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Yates Mine, Otter Lake, Quebec, Canada, 3 to 6 cm, 3
Miniatures, Here are 3 unusually small Apatite crystals in orange Calcite
from Otter Lake. The Apatite crystals are 1 to 2.5 cm in length.
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| 32 ari ((QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Hot Spring, Arkansas, 9 x 7 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Here is a nice cluster of Arkansas Quartz. The back has a large broken crystal which could be removed. Otherwise the Quartz crystals are in good shape with some minor roughness. | |
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33 7hljde ((PREHNITE, CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Millington Quarry, New Jersey, 6 x 5 x 5 cm, Miniature, Fine lustrous green Prehnite with associated Calcite from Millington Quarry. |
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| 34 7hlkmr ((PREHNITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, O and G Quarry, Connecticut, 6 x 6 x 4 cm, Miniature, Very light green Prehnite (not yellow as in the photo) Prehnite. Backside has a darker Prehnite and the base has small Calcite crystals on Apophyllite. | |
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| 35 7hljkmr ((APOPHYLLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, O and G Quarry, Connecticut, 6.5 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature, Nice O and G Apophyllite specimen. O and G has produced fine Prehnite specimens and here is an associated Apophyllite. |
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36 7hlkmr ((PREHNITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, O and G Quarry, Connecticut, 6 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Fine botyoidal green Prehnite from the O and G Quarry. Photos from front and back. |
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| 37 5swl ((QUARTZ, FLUORITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 9 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Quartz with Fluorite. Some damage to Quartz crystals. |
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38 7hlmdis ((ZINCITE,
FRANKLINITE, WILLEMITE, CALCITE)), $20
MINIMUM BID, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, 16 x 7.5 x 5 cm,
Cabinet, Here is a fine large Franklin fluorescent specimen.
Good coverage of green fluorescent Willemite and red orange fluorescent
Calcite. Without the fluorescent minerals there is good coverage
of the reddish brown Zincite and black Franklinite. This is an
excellent example with or without the UV lamp.
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39 5jmbti ((CELESTINE, BARYOCALCITE, JASPER)), $10 MINIMUM BID, San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah, 8 x 5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Excellent and pretty Jasper Nodule from the San Rafael Swell area. Most of these nodule are not very aesthetic. 5 years ago I hand picked out a few flats from a large lot of these and got a few very nice examples such as this one.
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| 40 8hhjhis ((PINK HALITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Great Salt Lake, Tooele County, Utah, 11 x 5 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet, These were a new find last year. Pink hoppered Halite crystals from the Great Salt Lake. Color is from bacteria in the brind ponds which is similar to the other pink Halite location of Searles Lake in California that has been known for many years. | |
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41 6hhswg ((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, near Eagle Eye, New Water Mtns, La Paz County, Arizona, 4 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Odd growth on terminated Quartz crystals from Arizona. Scepters and reverse scepters. Terminations look delicated but also look to be undamaged. |
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5ggg ((PSILOMELANE)), $20
MINIMUM BID, Cerra Do Navio, Amapa, Brazil, 7 x
4 x
4 cm, Cabinet, Undamage knob of Psilomelane from Brazil. Older
specimen from the Gil Griffin collection.
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| 43 6atjkts ((CALCITE)), $20
MINIMUM BID, Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, 10 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm,
Cabinet, Excellent undamaged Calcite from Bisbee.
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8atede ((GYPSUM variety SELENITE)), $1
MINIMUM BID, Makapu'u, O'ahu, Hawaii, 11 x 4.5 x 2 cm, Cabinet,
Hawaii minerals are very uncommon and almost never seen at shows for sale.
Here is a nice example of a Selenite from Hawaii.
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ari ((WAVELLITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID,
Mauldin Mtn, Mount Ida, Arkansas, 6 x 5 x 2 cm, Miniature, green
spherical mounds of Wavellite from Arkansas. ex Clyde Hardin
collection.
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| 46 5ggg ((SILVER, COPPER HALFBREED)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michiga, 1.5 x 1.5 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Nice thumbnail sized Halfbreed. ex Gil Griffin collection. | |
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| 47 5iddbns ((EPIDOTE)), $10
MINIMUM BID, Northern Frontier District, Kenya, 5 x 1 x .8 cm, Miniature,
Lustrous double terminated dark green Epidote from Kenya. Multiple
termination at one end has chipping to the lesser terminations. The
main termination and other end are fine. One time fine but myself and
another dealer whom purchase the two large lots several years ago still have
some available.
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48 ari ((lots
of GOETHITE pseudomorphs after PYRITE)),
$1 MINIMUM
BID, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, most 2 to 4 mm with some larger, Thumbnails,
Lots and lots of cubic crystals of the pseudomorph Limonite or Goethite
after Pyrite.
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| 49 5misc ((GREEN APOPHYLLITE, STILBITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India, 11 x 7 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, Green Apophyllite and associated Stilbite. This specimen is not very aesthetic and needs trimming or something. Still a nice reference specimen. Apophyllite does not do that well for me when being trimmed. It tends to cleave and fall off the specimen. So I am not trying to trim this. The three green Apophyllite crystals are undamaged while the two near the base, in this case on the right side of the photo are remnants of cleaved crystals. | |
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| 50 6hlkmr ((NATROLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Kibblehouse Quarry, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 3 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Large thumbnail, Acicular crystals of white Natrolite. | |
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| 51 6hlkmr ((DOLOMITE)), $10
MINIMUM BID, Binkley and Ober Quarry, East Petersburg, Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania, 14 x 8
x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Pinkish saddleback Dolomite crystals from
Pennsylvania.
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| 52 6hlkmr ((KYANITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Prospect Park, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 4 x 2.5 x 1 cm, Miniature, smaller specimen of blue Kyanite from Pennsylvania. |
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| 53 6hlkmr ((STRONTIANITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mt Pleasant Mills, Synder County, Pennsylvania, 14 x 9 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, White mounds of Stronianite from the Mount Pleasant Mills Quarry. | |
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| 54 6hlkmr ((CABAZITE with NATROLITE and STILBITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Kibblehouse Quarry, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 4 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Rhombs of salmon colored Cabazite with highlights of brownish Stilbite and white Natrolite. | |
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6hlkmr ((CELESTINE)), $25
MINIMUM BID, Meckley's Quarry, Mandata, Northcumberland County,
Pennsylvania, 2.5 x 2
x 2 cm, Large Thumbnail, Fine thumbnail of two blocky blue crystals of
Celestine forming an X.
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| 56 6hlkmr ((CALCITE, DOLOMITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Oak Hall Quarry, Center County, Pennsylvania, 6.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Nice Calcite on a matrix of Limestone covered with Dolomite. Calcite is undamaged and has a little Fluorite on the corner. | |
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57 6hlkmr ((PYROMORPHITE)), $10
MINIMUM BID, New Chester County, Mine, Phoenixville, Chester County,
Pennsylvania, 4 x 3
x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Olive green hexagonal prisms of Pyromorphite with
crystals to 3 to 4 mm in length. Some areas of damage.
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| 58 5ggg ((ARSENOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, DOLOMITE, QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Yugoslavia, 5.5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Nice Yugoslavia combination miniature. Overall undamaged with perhaps some minor chipping. Older specimen from the Gil Griffin collection. The Dolomite is very pinkish and almost looks like Rhodochrosite. Very nice specimen. |
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59 5ggg ((ARSENOPYRITE)), $10
MINIMUM BID, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico, 4.5 x
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1.5 cm, Miniature, Cluster of lustrous silver colored Arsenopyrite
crystals from Mexico. Undamaged. Older
specimen from the Gil Griffin collection.
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| 60 5ggg ((ARAGONITE)), old Lidstrom label, $10 MINIMUM BID, Tazouta, near Sefrou, Morocco, 4.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Cluster of pseudo hexagonal twinned Aragonite crystals from Morocco. Pretty much undamaged and old Lidstom label. Older specimen from the Gil Griffin collection. |
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| 61 7hlkml ((STILBITE
on HEULANDITE)), $5
MINIMUM BID, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India, 11.5 x 7.5 x
3.5
cm, Cabinet, Cream colored Stilbite on a matrix of light salmon
colored Heulandite.
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| 62 5hhshis ((TETRAHEDRITE,
PYRITE, QUARTZ)), $10
MINIMUM BID, Daly Judge Mine, Park City, Utah, 7 x 5 x 3.5
cm, Cabinet, Most of Pyrite is damaged while there is some nicely
formed and undamaged Tetrahedrite crystals. Tetrahedral from the Daly
Judge came out many years ago when Bryan Lees of Collectors edge was just
getting started. He bought the many lot of these Park City
Tetrahedrites. This on came from the collector who still had a few
that he had saved.
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| 63 7hlkml ((HEULANDITE)), $5
MINIMUM BID, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India, 9.5 x 8.5 x
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cm, Cabinet, Light salmon colored lustrous Heulandite.
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| 64 5ggg ((STILBITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Jewel Tunnel area, Deccan Traps, India, 5.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Cluster of lustrous cream colored Stilbite sheaves and bowties. Jewel Tunnel was the first major imported of Indian minerals. This evidently is one of these that were early on in importing Indian minerals. Rock Currier chose his company name from this location which he called Jewel Tunnel Inc and Jewel Tunnel area. Undamaged. Older specimen from the Gil Griffin collection. |
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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. | |
| 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)), $25
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)), $25 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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