Auction Two hundred twenty six Preview

Aug 22, 2008

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	1 8hmdwns ((CHALCOPYRITE with DOLOMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds county, Missouri, hwd, 9.5 x 12 x 2.5 cm , Cabinet, Here is a very nice larger Chalcopyrite specimen from Missouri with a natural bronze irridescent patina. Also present are cream colored rhombs of Dolomite.

	2 8hmdwts ((GALENA with CALCITE)), 30 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds county, Missouri, hwd, 9.5 x 9 x 5 cm , Cabinet, Here is a large lustrous Galena with a great association of a terminated Calcite. It is hard to tell on these Galenas, but I believe that the top and back side are cleavage faces which are still lustrous instead of natural faces. Naturally sits on its side for display or could be set on a stand to have the Calcite stand upright.

	3 8hmdwin ((CALCITE, CHALCOPYRITE, DOLOMITE, minor GALENA)), 30 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds county, Missouri, hwd, 11 x 16 x 6 cm , Cabinet, Here is a large and except for one Calcite at the top is an undamaged Sweetwater specimen. Terminated and double terminated Calcites cover the upper left half of the speicmen. The bottom right half is dominated by micro Chalcopyrite. The backside is totally covered with Dolomite rhombs but sprinkled with Chalcopyrite. The backside also has a couple of flattened crystals of grey lustrous Galena.

	4 8hmdwi ((GALENA)), 10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds county, Missouri, hwd, 2.5 x 2.1 x 2.2 cm , Thumbnail, Here is a perfect thumbnail of an octahedral crystal of Galena with a slight cubic modification on the tip. Bottom part of one side had the attachment. The bottom does not look like it was attached.

	5 8hlegie ((MONTGOMERYITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tip Top Mine, Custer County, South Dakota, hwd, 2 x 5 x 3.5 cm , Miniature, Tip Top is a classic location for phosphate minerals. This one is named for Arthur Montgomery.

	6 8hlegns ((APACHITE)), TYPE LOCATION, $20 MINIMUM BID, Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona, hwd, 2.5 x 4 x 2 cm , Miniature, This copper silicate is named for the Apache tribe that lived in the area, Apachite type location is the Christmas Mine.

	7 8hlegin ((BARBOSALITE, STRENGITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Palermo #1 Mine, North Groton, New Hampshire, hwd, 3 x 3 x 2.5 cm , Miniature, Two phosphate minerals from the Palermo #1 Mine.

	8 8hlegis ((PHOENICOCHROITE, MIMETITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Potter-Cramer Mine, Maricopa County, Arizona, hwd, 2.5 x 3 x 2 cm , Miniature, Dark red Phoenicochroite, a chromate mineral and yellow Mimette.

	9 8hlegis ((NICCOLITE aka NICKELINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, hwd, 4 x 5 x 2 cm , Miniature, silver colored Nickel Arsenide from Ontario.

	10 8hlegnn ((AGARDITE-La)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Laurion, Attiki, Greece, hwd, 3.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm , Miniature, Rarer La, Ce Copper Arsenate. Excellent light green colored spheres that are actually spheres of acicular tuffs of crystals similar to the form of Mixite.

	11 8hlegin ((WOHLERITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Saga Mine, Langesund, Norway, hwd, 5 x 2 x 3 cm , Miniature, This silicate mineral contains both Zr and Nb. Large yellow crystal of Wohlerite.

	12 8hlega ((ETTRINGITE)), TYPE LOCATION, $10 MINIMUM BID, Ettringen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, hwd, 3 x 3.5 x 1.2 cm , Miniature, Here is a Sulfate from its old type location discovered in 1874.

	13 8hmmwr ((PYRITE SUN)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sparta, Illinois, hwd 9 x 9 x .5 cm, Cabinet, I was able to purchase several of this great Pyrite specimens from Sparta, Illinois. The Pyrite "suns" occur in the slate layers between the coal beds of Illinois.

	14 8hlkmr ((PROBERTITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sigma Mine, Inyo County, California, hwd 7.5 x 9 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a borate mineral from an old collection from the borate deposits in California.

	15 8hlkmr ((COLEMANITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sigma Mine, Inyo County, California, hwd 6 x 9 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a borate mineral from an old collection from the borate deposits in California. These also I believe fluoresce under UV. Colemanite has spear like white crystals. Back side is sawn.

	16 5atlmr ((LEPIDOLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Minas Gerais, Brazil, hwd 5 x 7.5 x 1.3 cm, Cabinet, Here is purple thick lithium mica aka Lepidolite specimen.

	17 8hljdtn ((SPHALERITE)), $40 MINIMUM BID, Cornwall, England, h.w.d. 6.5 x 7 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Sharply formed lustrous crystals of Sphalerite that are separated with a contrasting whitish coating on the matrix. I showed this to Dan Weinrich at the East Coast show and he believed it was from Menthead, Cumbria, England rather than the old James Zigras label which said Cornwall, England.

	18 8hljdle ((SIDERITE on PYRITE pseudomorph after PYRRHOTITE)), $75 MINIMUM BID, Turt Mine, Satu Mare, Maramures, Romania, h.w.d. 8.5 x 11 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Sharply formed hexagonal crystals of Pyrrhotite now pseudomorphed into Pyrite and covered with light brown crystals of lustrous Siderite.

	19 wer 8hljdiss ((FLUORITE)), $150 MINIMUM BID, Blackdene Mine, Weardale, County Durham, England, h.w.d. 8 x 10 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, Classic English Fluorite with sharp undamaged purple crystals. No cleaves, corners intact.

	20 8hlndis ((CROCOITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia, h.w.d. 3 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Brilliant red orange Crocoite crystals.

	21 8hlndii ((ANDRADITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Stanley Butte, Arizona, h.w.d. 3 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Lustrous greenish brown crystals of Stanley Butte Andradite.

	22 8hmtgir ((PYROMORPHITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Daoping Mine, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi, China, h.w.d. 2.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Lustrous green undamaged hexagonal crystals of Pyromorphite. These are reportedly harder and harder to get with nothing new from the finds of a few years ago. This is a very fine example. It also sets up perfectly for display.

	23 8hlndg ((VESUVIANITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Fushan near Xintai, Hebei Province, China, h.w.d. 3.2 x 3.2 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail to small Miniature, Root beer colored double terminated Vesuvianite from the Fushan iron deposit.

	24 8hlndt ((PYROPHYLLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, h.w.d. 4 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, star like radial cluster of Pyrophyllite crystals from the famous Rutile location.

	25 wer 8hmdwn ((CALCITE), 10 MINIMUM BID, Meshberger Stone Company Quarry, Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana, hwd, 8 x 6 x 3 cm , Cabinet, Nice matrix Calcite with undamaged terminated and double terminated Calcite crystals.

	26 8hlndn ((ALMANDINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Little Pine Mine, Madison County, North Carolina, h.w.d. 3.3 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm, Thumbnail, Complete crystal of Alamandine from North Carolina. Two minor corner nicks and otherwise undamaged.

	27 8hlndii ((BLACK TOURMALINE aka SCHORL with SMOKY QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Erongo Mountains, Namibia, h.w.d. 4 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Fine miniature with a terminated black lustrous Schorl crystal with a terminated Smoky Quartz crystal. ex Frank Hissong collection.

	28 8hlnde ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Millington Quarry, Basking Ridge, New Jersey, h.w.d. 6 x 6 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, grey colored undamaged double terminated needle like scalenohedral crystals of Calcite.

	29 8hmjdit ((NADORITE)), TYPE LOCATION $10 MINIMUM BID, Djebel Nador, Constantine, Algeria, h.w.d. 3 x 6 x 4 cm, Miniature, A druze of pinkish Calcite scalenohedral crystals on microcrystalline Hematite. Lead Antimony oxychloride.

	30 8hlnde ((SKUTTERUDITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Bou Azzer District, Morocco, h.w.d. 3 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Lustrous silvery Skutterudite crystals from Morocco. Skutterudite is a cobalt arsenide.

	31 8hmdwi ((SPINEL TWINNED GALENA)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Amax Buick Mine, Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron County, Missouri, hwd, 1.4 x 1.2 x .3 cm , Thumbnail, Hexagonal fully formed almost a floater spinel twinned Galena crystal.

	32 8hlnde ((EASTONITE)), TYPE LOCATION, $10 MINIMUM BID, C K Williams Quarry, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 3.5 x 8 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, This is the type locality for this greenish mica like phyllosilicate.

	33 8hmdwi ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Elwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee, hwd, 2 x 2 x 1.8 cm , Thumbnail, Undamaged light blue purple cubic crystal of Fluorite in a thumbnail sized specimen. The base corner is the contact attached cleaved area with remnant of Sphalerite.

	34 8hlkmr ((TITANITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, C K Williams Quarry, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 7 x 7.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Brown Titanite crystals to 1.3 cm in matrix.

	35 8ghmris ((DIOPTASE on PLANCHEITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 2.5 x 5.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Dark emerald green crystals of Dioptase on white Dolomite and light blue Plancheite.

	36 8ghmris ((RHODOCHROSITE, TETRAHEDRITE, QUARTZ, PYRITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorada, 5 x 7.5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Sweet Home Rhodo that is prior to Bryan Lees highly successful mining efforts.

	37 8ghmrir ((PREHNITE pseudomorph after CALCITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Ahmadnagar, Maharashtra, India, 3 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Miniature, These pseudos can out many years ago and no new ones have been found again. These are only available from old collections and a very few in old dealer stocks.

	38 8hljdin ((COVELLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Leonard Mine, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, 3 x 5.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Blue irridescent Covellite from Montana. Covellite is getting quite uncommon.

	39 8ghmrin ((PYRITE with MOLYBDENITE coating)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Rico, Colorado, 6.5 x 7 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large Pyrite crystal with the strange silver color from the Molybdenite coating.

	40 8ghmre ((FLUORITE on BARITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Royal Flush Mine, Blanchard Claims, Bingham, New Mexico, 3.5 x 6 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Light blue cubic Fluorite crystals on white Barite. NOTE these are light blue and not the darker blue shown in the photo.

	41 8hlkmr ((CRYPTOMELANE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sherman Valley, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, 5 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet, black botryoidal mounds of Cryptomelane from Pennsylvania

	42 8hljdr ((CHRYSOTILE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada, 5 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Fuzzy Chrysotile from Quebec.

	43 8ghmrg ((APATITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Panasqueira, Portugal, 2.5 x 4.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Fluorescent Apatite crystals from the classic Portugal location of Panasqueira.

	44 8ghmris ((ADAMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 4 x 7 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Classic specimen with sphericules of yellow cream colored Adamite crystals.

	45 8hljdr ((OPAL)), $10 MINIMUM BID, White Cliffs, Australia, 3 x 4.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, White opal with red and green fire.

	46 8hlkmr ((PYROMORPHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Old southwest Chester County Mine, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 4 x 10 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Olive green small hexagonal crystals of Pyromorphite from Pennsylvania.

	47 8ghmrit ((SCHORL on CLEVELANDITE with SPESSARTINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Little Three Mine, Ramona, San Diego County, California, 4 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Terminated lustrous black Schorl and a large orange complete crystal of Spessartine with white Cleavelandite.

	48 8ghmria ((DIOPTASE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 3 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Dark emerald green crystals of Dioptase.

	49 8ghswis ((FLUORITE with QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Weardale, England, 1 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm, Thumbnail, A twinned light green English Fluorite sprinklered with gemmy sparkling micro Quartz crytals on the faces. Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

	50 8hmdwi ((HALITE with a WATER BUBBLE inclusion)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Lyons, Rice County, Kansas, 4.5 x 4.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a rare occurrance. It is an easily visible water bubble included in Halite.

	51 8ghswis ((UVAROVITE GARNET)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Saranui, Ural, Russia, 2.5 x 1.7 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, Emerald green Uvarovite crystals which are lustrous and larger than most. Undamaged. Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

	52 8ghswis ((STILBITE)), Dana locality, $20 MINIMUM BID, Raudarfell, Berufjord, East Iceland, 2.5 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Very nice double terminated pair of Stilbite crystals from Iceland. Looks at least nearly a floater. Can not see any attachment. Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

	53 8ghswis ((CANVANSITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Waholi Quarry, Poona, India, 2.8 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Very nice stacked blue Cavansite spheres. Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

	54 8ghswts ((STILBITE with PINK TOURMALINE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California, 1.6 x 1.4 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a rare Stilbite. It is a Stilbite from the Himalaya Mine and has a pink Tourmaline slightly protruding from its base. Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

	55 8hljdis ((MILLERITE, PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Halls Gap, Kentucky, 3 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Some Millerite and Pyrite inside part of a Geode from Halls Gap.

	56 8ghswtr ((CAVANSITE, STILBITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Waholi Quarry, Poona, India, 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Again aethetic specimens of this combo are hard to find. Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

	57 8hlkmr ((STRONTIANITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, National Limestone, Quarry, Mt Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, 5 x 9.5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, rather aesthetic specimen of the uncommon mineral, Strontianite. Fortunately in 2006 many larger pockets were found at this mine producing specimens on the market for at least currently until stocks are gone.

	58 8gljdr ((MILLERITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Halls Gap, Kentucky, 1 x 1 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Thumbnail sized section of Halls Gap geode with wire shaped Millerite, nickel sulfide.

	59 8ghswil ((WAVELLITE, QUARTZ)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Halls Gap, Kentucky, 1.8 x .7 x .4 cm, Thumbnail, Thumbnail sized terminated Quartz crystal with spheres of Wavellite. The Quartz crystal also has a druse of Quartz over the original Quartz crystal. Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

	60 8ghswr ((GREEN HEULANDITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Sakoli, India, 2 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Super nice specimen of two complete undamaged crystals of Heulandite with Caledonite inclusions causing the green coloration. Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

	61 8ghswtr ((LUDLAMITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is the last Ludlamite. Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

	62 8ghswr ((STILBITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Luck Quarry, Centreville, Virgina, 3 x 2.8 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, A colorful Virginia Stilbite that strongly resembles the Russian stellerites. Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

	63 8ghswir ((PYRRHOTITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico, 1 x .8 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Terminated hexagonal somewhat lustrous Pyrrhotite from Mexico. Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

	64 8ghswn ((STILBITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Gibelsbach, Switzerland, 1.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, More of a whitish color than the tan shown on this Swiss Stilbite. Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

	65 8ghswns ((CREEDITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Liberty Mine, Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada, 1.4 x 1.4 x 1.4 cm, Thumbnail, Purple Creedite crytals from Nevada. Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

	66 8ghswis ((MIMETITE variety CAMPYLITE, QUARTZ)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Drygill, Cumberland, England, 2 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Campylite on Quartz. Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

	67 8ghsr ((STILBITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Cape D'or Nova Scotia, Canada, 2 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Terminated sheaf of Stilbite from Nova Scotia. Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

	68 8ghsr ((STILBITE, HEULANDTE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Sulitjelma, Norway, 2 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Another neat location for Stilbite. Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.

	69 8ghmrit ((GALENA)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri, 5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Lustrous Galena. Some contact were it came off a matrix with Dolomite.

	70 8ghmrir ((PREHNITE on or pseudomorph after CALCITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Ahmadnagar, Maharashtra, India, 5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Rock Currier of Jewel Tunnel brought these to the U S many years ago. Now only occasionally seen from collections or old dealer stock. Light green Prehnite with a Calcite core.

	71 8ghmrnis ((RHODOCHROSITE, QUARTZ)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado, 8 x 4 x 4 cm, Cabinet, The specimen has pink Rhodochrosite rhombs on a bed of Quartz crystals. This is an old specimen which was collected prior to Bryan Lees Collectors Edge operation and recovery of exquisite specimens.

	72 8ghmrit ((SPESSARTINE, QUARTZ, CLEAVELANDITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Little Three Mine, Ramona, San Diego County, California, 4.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Two large orange partial crystals of Spessartine with associated Quartz and Cleavelandite from the Little Three Mine. Front and back photos show.

	73 8ghmrin ((SPHALERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico, 7.5 x 4.5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Galena and Sphalerite combination from Naica.

	74 8ghmrin ((CALCITE on WULFENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 9.5 x 6 x 4.5 cm, Cabient, Here is a cabinet specimen full of yellow Wulfenite crystals. The specimen has a cap of Calcite.

	75 8ghmrit ((HEMIMORPHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Magistral, Durango, Mexico, 7 x 6 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Light blue botryoidal Hemimorphite which almost looks like Smithsonite. This is also coming out of China but beware the Chinese do dye some lots.

	76 8ghmro ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico, 9.5 x 7 x 5 cm, Miniature, Here is a goethite vug filled with large Calcite crystals.

	77 8ghmrig ((QUARTZ ROSETTE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Santa Rosa Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 6 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Santa Rosa is well known for its Tourmalines. Here is an undamaged Quartz rose from the same mine.

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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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