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Jul 25, 2008

 

            
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  1   8ghmrir  ((ELBAITE TOURMALINE)), repaired, $10 MINIMUM BID, Elba, Italy, 4 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature,  Classic European locality for which the name Elbaite originated.   It has an old inked label.  ex Roepper Collection. 

 
  2  8ghmrnt  ((LEPIDOLITE, QUARTZ)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California, 6 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Dark purple Lepidolite with a partial crystals of Quartz from the famous Himalaya Mine in San Diego County.   These reportedly are very time comsuming to clean.  This one has been cleaned and displays beautifully.  
   
  3  8ghmrtg  ((TOURMALINE, QUARTZ)),  $40 MINIMUM BID, Little Three Mine, Ramona, San Diego County, California, 13 x 8 x 5 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a large multiple Quartz crystal with two dark green Elbaite Tourmalines.  One tourmaline is terminated and complete while the second is terminated but not complete.  The Quartz is not complete on the reverse.

 

 
  4   8ghmris  ((TOURMALINE, QUARTZ)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Santa Rosa Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 8 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet,  Watermelon Tourmaline with its pink centers and green rind on and in Quartz.

 

 
  5  8ghmrl  ((MANGANOAN CALCITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Idarado Mine, Colorado, 4 x 3 x 1 cm, Miniature,  Undamaged scalenohedral crystal of pink Manganoan Calcite that is fluorescent under UV light.   
 
  6    8ghmrnr  ((RHODOCHROSITE, QUARTZ)),  $40 MINIMUM BID, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado, 9 x 8 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet,  The specimen has pink Rhodochrosite rhombs on a bed of Quartz crystals.  However there is also minor Hubnerite and perhaps even more minor Tetrahedrite.   This is an old specimen which was collected prior to Bryan Lees Collectors Edge operation and recovery of exquisite specimens.  It is sawn flat on the base to stand up for display.
 
  7   8ghmro  ((HEMATITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Drum Mtns, near Thomas Range, Juab/ Millard Counties, Utah, 4 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature,  aesthetic miniature of a Utah Hematite from the Drum Mtns.   These came out many years ago.  Undamaged and complete sparkling grey Hematite specimen with several larger flat bladed black lustrous Hematite crystals.

 
  8    8ghmrn  ((PYRITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Daly Judge Mine, Park City, Summit County, Utah, 4 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Small Pyrite specimen from a Park City mine.  
 
     8ghmrig  ((CLINOCLASE with OLIVENITE variety LEUCOCHALCITE)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing County, Nevada, 4.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Leucochalcite is the fibrous white variety of Olivenite.  Clinoclase is the deep bluish green Copper Arsenate.
 
  10  8ghmris  ((STIBNITE on ORPIMENT)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, Twin Creeks Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada, 6 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen with a vug of small sparkling Stibnite crystals with yellow Orpiment.  Twin Creeks is world famous for its Orpiments crystals. 

 

 
  11    8ghmrrs  ((FLUELLITE with WAVELLITE and QUARTZ)),  $50 MINIMUM BID, North Pit, Willard Mine, near Lovelock, Pershing County, Nevada, 9 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Analysis was done on this specimen to confirm species.  collected by Mark Rodgers many years ago.

 

 
  12   8ghmrin  ((QUARTZ variety AMETHYST)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Stanley Butte, Graham County, Arizona, 6.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Cabinet,  Terminated Anethystine Quartz crystal with a second smaller crystal across the base.

 

 
  13 8ghmrr  ((DRUZY QUARTZ on CHRYSOCOLLA)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Globe, Arizona, 6 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature,  White Druzy Quartz on blue green Chrysocolla.

 

 
  14  8ghmris  ((MALACHITE on AZURITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Morenci, Arizona, 6 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature,  Green spheres of Malachite on a blue druze of Azurite.  Classic Arizona Malachite and Azurite. 
 
  15   8ghmre  ((CERUSSITE on CHRYSOCOLLA)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, 4 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature,  Single and twinned Cerussite crystals on a constrasting blue green Chrysocolla.

 

 

 
  16   8ghmrg  ((MANGANOAN CALCITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Magma Mine, Superior, Arizona, 5 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature,  Lightly pinkish Calcite crystals from an Arizona mine.  
 
  17  8ghmrns  ((TOURMALINE, QUARTZ, LEPIDOLITE)),  $30 MINIMUM BID, Otjua Mine, Karibib, Namibia, 4 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,  Terminated canberry colored Tourmaline with associated Lepidolite on the side and Quartz near the top. 

 
 

18     8ghmrle  ((BERYL variety AQUAMARINE)),  $80 MINIMUM BID, Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 7.5 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a large Aquamarine from Brazil.  The lower third of one side is indented from natural etching or contact.  The termination may be terminated but also looks more like a naturally healed old break.  This is an affordable large Aquamarine specimen.  

 
  19   8ghmris  ((BERYL variety HELIODOR)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, Sherlova Gora, Urals, Russia, 6.5 x 2 x 1.6 cm, Miniature,  Here is a non terminated golden Beryl variety Heliodor from Russia.  ex Robert F. Herron collection.  

     
  20    8ghmris  ((TOURMALINE)),  $30 MINIMUM BID, Himalaya Mine, San Diego County, California, 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Here is a termination which is a healed old break on a pink Himalaya Tourmaline.  There is also a shard of black Schorl Tourmaline. 

 
  21     8ghmrl  ((QUARTZ variety AMETHYST)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Kingston Peak, San Bernardino County, California, 4.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,  Here is a cluster of Amethyst from a California location. 

 
  22     8ghmris  ((MICROCLINE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Crystal Annie Claim, Cauhilla Mtn., Riverside County, California, 11.5 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet,  Cabinet sized specimen with large cream colored Microcline.

 

 
  23  8ghmra  ((ARTINITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, San Benito County, California, 6 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature,  Thick white acicular crystals of Artinite from California.

 

 
  24   8ghmre  ((BARITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Palos Verdes, Peninsula, Los Angeles County, California, 6 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature,  Fine undamaged cluster of bades of Barite.  Note color is not as brown as shown but more lighter and creamy tan. 

 

 
  25   8ghmrg  ((MIMETITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 5 x 2.5 x 1.2 cm, Miniature,  An older Ojuela Mine specimen of Mimetite.

 

 
  26  8ghmrii  ((CELESTINE, CALCITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Mojina Mine, Gallegos, Chihuahua, Mexico, 5.5 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm, Miniature,  Clusters of light blue Celestine covered with white Calcite.  This is an older specimen that have only been seen recently out of older collections.   
 
  27     8ghmrg  ((ADAMITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 6 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature,  An older aethetic Ojuela Mine specimen of Adamite with spherical mounds of lustrous Adamite.
 
  28    8ghmrg  ((VESUVIANITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Lake Jaco, Coahuila, Mexico, 5 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm, Miniature,  Here is an excellent cluster of brown Vesuvianite crystals from Laco Jaco in Mexico.  The excellent Grossular garnets and Raspberry Garnets come from the same region. 

 

 
  29   8ghmrg  ((MARCASITE, CALCITE, GALENA)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Joplin, Missouri, 8 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a combination specimen of white Calcite and brassy Marcasite which I believe in mislabeled and is actually Pyrite.   The matrix is made up partly of Galena. 

 

 

 

 
 

30   8ghmrl  ((FLUORITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Ft Wayne, Indiana, 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Miniature,  Here is an undamaged lustrous cubic Fluorite from Ft Wayne.  The color is yellowish not brownish are the photos show.

 
  31   8ghmrir  ((GALENA)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri, 6 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature,  Here is a hard to photograph Galena specimen.  It is very nice and undamaged with the cubic crystals having octahedral modifications on the corners.  The cubic crystals are very lustrous and the specimen is quite nice.

 

 
  32   8ghmro  ((CALCITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Picher, Oklahoma, 6 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature,  Here is a cluster of Picher Calcites There is cleavage on two tips.  
 
 

33  8ghswis  ((UVAROVITE GARNET)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, Saranui, Ural, Russia, 2 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,  Emerald green Uvarovite crystals which are lustrous and larger than most.  Undamaged.   Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

 
  34   8ghswnr  ((SILVER)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico, 2.4 x 1.8 cm, Thumbnail,  Most of these Silvers from Batopilas have the exquisite herringbone twinning but this one in unusual in that it is full of euhedral crystals of native Silver rather than the more common herringbone twins.   Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.  
 
  35  8ghswns  ((KAMMERERITE)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, Kopdaglari, near Erzurum, Turkey, 3 x 2.8 x 2 cm, Thumbnail,  Kammererite cyrstals have great color.  These are getting hard to  fine.  edsrktr twinning but this one in unusual in that it is full of euhedral crystals of native Silver rather than the more common herringbone twins.    Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection. 

 

 

 
 

36   8ghswis  ((EPIDOTE)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, New York, 3 x 2 x 1.2 cm, Thumbnail,  Lustrous terminated dark green Epidote crystals from New York.  I did not look at the New York locations for Epidote on mindat.  This ones label just says New York.    Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

 
  37  8ghswr  ((CHALCANTHITE)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, Socorro County, New Mexico, 2 x 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,  Blue Copper sulfate crystals.  Although these desiccate and turn whitish blue, this one is out of an old collection and so appears stable.  Do keep it away from heat from hot lights or direct sunlight.    Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

 
  38   8ghswir  ((PYROMORPHITE)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, Burke, Idaho, 2 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm, Thumbnail,  Stout olive green Pyromorphite crystals which are large.  Back side drops off as shown in second photo from being trimmed.     Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

 

 

 
 

39  8ghswis  ((QUARTZ, JAPAN LAW TWINS)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, San Pedro Mine, Sante Fe County, New Mexico, 2.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Thumbnail,  Neat Quartz specimen with at least three Japan Law twinned Quartz crystals that stick out.  There are probably more but I could not find them.  I take that back.  Now there are at least 5 twinnned Quartz crystals.    Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

 
  40   8ghswis  ((CAVANSITE)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, Waholi Quarry, India, 1.1 x 1.1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,  NOTE;  Blue color is more of a robin egg blue or aurichalcite blue.  It is not the dark blue shown in the picture.  Undamaged cluster of acicular Cavansite crystals forming a sphere.   Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection. 
 
 

41   8ghswt  ((BARITE)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, Cumberland, England, 2 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail,  Old Bideaux Mineral label at $3, probably when gas was 40 cents a gallon.  A cluster of bluish bladed English barite.    Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

 
  42     8ghswls  ((LUDLAMITE)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico, 2 x 1.6 x .8 cm, Thumbnail,  A pair of green Ludlamite crystals from Santa Eulalia.    Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.
 
  43   8ghswns  ((ZOISITE varitey TANZANITE)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, Arusha, Tanzania, .8 x .8 x .5 cm, Thumbnail,  A small but gemmy blue/  blue violet terminated Tanzanite.  The crystal is faced and terminated.    Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

 
  44   8ghswir  ((VANADINITE)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, Old Yuma Mine, Tucson Mtns, Tucson, Arizona, 2.3 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail,  Collected in 1949.  Red orange hexagonal prisms of lustrous Vanadinite.  Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.  
 
  45  8ghswnr  ((METATORBERNITE)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, Silver Bell Mine, Pima, County, Arizona, 2 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,  Green RADIOACTIVE Uranium species from the Silver Bell Mine.  Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

 
  46   8ghswnr  ((GOLD)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, Diltz Vein, Mariposa County, California, 1 x .9 x .4 cm, Thumbnail,  Crystalized Gold specimen from Mariposa County in California.   Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.
 
  47   8ghswis  ((BARITE)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, Juanita Mine, Socorro County, New Mexico, 3 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, A cluster or rosette of bladed Barite crystals with a brown coating which has flaked off in several small locations.  Undamaged except for the very back last minor crystal.    Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

 

 
  48    8ghswnt  ((FLUORITE)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, Lead Hill District, Illinois, 1.4 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,  Mined in the 20's to 30's.  Two transparent cubic light purple Fluorite crystals.    Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.
 
  49      8ghswi  ((PYRITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Huaron, Peru, 2 x 2 x .8 cm, Thumbnail,  A cubic but narrow crystal of Pyrite.  A couple of small chips on the surface as shown in the photo.   Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.
 
  50   8ghswe  ((STILBITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Lynn County, Oregon, 3.5 x 1.3 x .8 cm, Thumbnail,  Nice double terminated crystals of Stilbite from an Oregon location.  Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

 

 
  51   8ghswe  ((STILBITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Benton County, Oregon, 2.5 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,  Three intergrown double terminated crystals of Stilbite from an Oregon location.  Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

 

 
  52   8ghswis  ((PYROMORPHITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1.8 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail,  Fairly large green Pyromorphite crystals from the classic Pennsylvanian location of Phoenixville.    Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

 
  53   8ghswis  ((GOETHITE included AMETHYST)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Pea Ridge Mine, Sullivan, Missouri, 2 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,  Lustrous terminated crystal of Amethyst with dark needle like brown Goethite inclusions.    Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

 
  54  8ghswr  ((STILBITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Green Peter Dam Site, Sweet Home, Oregon, 3 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,  A double terminated Stilbite crystal overlaying another Stilbite crystal.   Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

 

 

 
  55   8ghswn  ((STILBITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Kitsap County, Oregon, 3 x 2.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,  Plate of terminated Stilbite crystals from an Oregon location.  Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

 

 
  56   8ghswr  ((CALCITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Nevada, 3 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Thumbnail,  Brownish bush like growth of Calcite crystals from Nevada.    Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

 

 
 
  57    8ghswr  ((REALGAR)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Getchell Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada, 2 x 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,  Red large terminated crystal of Realgar on the top of other Realgar crystals from Getchell mine.   Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

 

 
 

58   8ghswg  ((STILBITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Middle Fork, Gila River, Catron County, New Mexico, 2.5 x 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,  Two Stilbite crystals from a location in New Mexico.   Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

 
 

  59   8ghswn  ((STILBITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Wasson's bluff, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail,  A cluster of Stilbite crystals from Wasson's Bluff.  Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

 

 

 

 

 
  60   8ghswr  ((QUARTZ)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Mt Ida, Arkansas, 4 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail,  A cluster of Quartz crystals from Arkansas.  Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.  
 
  61    8ghswr  ((BARITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Stoneham, Colorado, 1.5 x 1 x .6 cm, Thumbnail,  A terminated specimen of three parallel crystals of blue Barite crystals from Stoneham.   Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.  
 
  62   8ghswr  ((STILBITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Great Notch, New Jersey, 2 x 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,  A cluster of terminated crystals of Stilbite from New Jersey.  Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

 

 
 
  63    8ghswr  ((STILBITE, PYRITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Perkiomenville, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 2 x 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,  A cluster of terminated crystals of Stilbite from Pennsylvania with a peppering of micro Pyrite crystals.  Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

 

 

 
  64   8ghswr  ((PYRITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Dallas/ Fr Worth Airport, Texas, 2.5 x 2.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,  A Pyrite nodule with larger crystals of Pyrite around the perimeter.  Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

 

 

 
 
  65  8ghmris  ((DIOPSIDE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Dekalb, New York, 3.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Here is a cluster of transparent light green terminated Diopside crystals. 

 

 
  66   8ghmrtg  ((TOURMALINE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Newry, Maine, 4 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature,  Here is a section of green Tourmaline from Newry, Maine.  It looks like the top termination and the thin striated side face of a partial crystal.
 
  67    8ghmrtit  ((FLUORITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Canon City, Fremont County, Colorado, 6 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature,  These botryoidal purple Fluorite specimens also are green under UV light. 

 

 
  68  8ghmris  ((COPPER)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Cashin Mine, Montrose County, Colorado, 8 x 7 x 1 cm, Cabinet,  There are many specimens seen from Arizona and Michigan but here is a much less seen Colorado Copper specimen.

 

 
 
  69    8ghmrg  ((CASSITERITE, QUARTZ)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Viloco, Bolivia, 3.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Lustrous black Cassiterite crystals with terminated Quartz crystals from Bolivia in great shape.

 

 
 
  70   8ghmrl  ((BROCHANTITE, ATACAMITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, La Verde Mine, Copiapo, Chile, 3.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,  Green Bochantite and Atacamite acicular crystals on a contrasting brown matrix from Chile. 

 

 
  71   8ghmrii  ((CYANOTRICHITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Mina Vieja, Potrerillos, Chile, 4 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Blue acicular crystals of Cyanotrichite from Chile.

 

 
  72   8ghmris  ((QUARTZ, MANGANOAN CHALCITE, SPHALERITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Casapalca, Peru, 6 x 5 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Terminated Quartz crystals coated with Manganoan Chalcite on dark Sphalerite crystals.  
 
  73   8ghmrg  ((ARSENOPYRITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Panasqueira, Portugal, 3.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Lustrous terminated Arsenopyrite crystals from the classic European location in Portugal. 
 
  74  8ghmrg  ((APATITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Panasqueira, Portugal, 4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Lustrous double terminated Apatite crystals from the classic European location in Portugal. 

 

 
  75      8ghmrg  ((WOLFRAMITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Panasqueira, Portugal, 3.5 x 2 x 1 cm, Miniature, Lustrous  terminated Wolframite crystal with contact on the termination from the classic European location in Portugal. 

 

 

 

 

 
  76     8ghmris  ((BARITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Machow Mine, Poland, 3.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,  Here is a fine Barite cluster with little if any damage.  Looks great.  NOTE: color is a light tannish brown but not the darker brown as shown. 
 
  77    8ghmris  ((APOPHYLLITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Palaborwa Mine, Transvaal, South Africa, 6 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Fine specimen of blocky sparkling crystals of white Apophyllite from South Africa.

 

 
  78   8ghmrig  ((SCHORL, CLEAVELANDITE)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, Gilgit, Skardu Region, Pakistan, 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature,  Aesthetic specimen of Schorl with contrasting white Cleavelandite.  Undamaged except for a few micro chipping on the edge of the termination. 
 
  79    8ghmrit  ((DIOPTASE, DUFTITE, CALCITE)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Aesthetic miniature from Tsumeb with several species of minerals including the highly prized emerald green Dioptase.
 
  80      8ghmro  ((VANADINITE, BARITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Mibladen, Morocco, 5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,  Hexagonal double terminated red orange Vanadinite crystals with white blades of Barite crystals.   
     
   

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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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