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Auction Two hundred forty six Preview
Jan 9, 2009
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Jan 9, 2009
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1 5atdbg ((BROCHANTITE on GALENA with FLUORITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Mex Tex Mine, Hansonburg District, Socorro County, New Mexico, 6.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Mex Tex Mine combination. ex Dave Bunk.
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| 2 5hljdts ((TORBERNITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
BoisNoirs, Loire, France, 7 x 6 x 3.5 cm,
Cabinet, green Torbernite crystals on matrix from a European location.
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3 5atdbes ((POLYBASITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID,
415 level, San Juan de Rayas Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico, 3 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm,
Large Thumbnail to Miniature, Silver mineral from Mexico. ex
Dave Bunk.
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4 5atdbns ((MICROCLINE
variety AMAZONITE with SMOKY QUARTZ)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Crystal
Peak area, Park/Teller Counties, Colorado, 5.5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature,
Aesthetic undamaged cluster from Colorado. ex Dave Bunk. but no Bunk label.
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| 5 5atxlns
((CHALCOPYRITE, CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, San Martin Mine,
Zacatecas, Mexico, 9 x 4 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here
is a specimen almost totally crystals of lustrous Chalcopyrite with only
minor Calcite and small Quartz crystals.
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2943misctr ((AZURITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID,
Sacramento Shaft, Bisbee, Arizona, 5 x 3.5 x
4 cm, Miniature, Azurite crystals to 1 cm undamaged with minor green
Malachite from Bisbee. ex Earl Sullivan collection, ex Evan Jones (no
labels).
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| 7 6hwmdns
((GALENA)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Rosiclare level, Denton Mine, Harris
Creek District, Southern Illinois,
7.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Undamaged Galena from the famous
location known for Fluorite. One half of the specimen looks like a
large octahedron and the other side is stepped. Both have a natural
patina. No point of contact or damage. A really interesting
specimen.
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5swl ((AZURITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Jiangxi Province, China, 8.5 x 5.5 x
4 cm, Cabinet, Blocky Azurite crystals with some beginning to
pseudomorph to Malachite.
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1276miscrr ((BRAZILIANITE)), $40 MINIMUM BID,
Sao Geraldo do Baixio, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm,
Miniature, Here is a fine specimen consisting of a large
lustrous single terminated Brazilianite crystal. Undamaged except for very
minor roughness on the termination tip edge.
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10 541cpcmlr ((HEMATITE)), $40 MINIMUM BID,
Minas Gerais, Brazil, 6 x 4.5 x
3 cm, Miniature, Black lustrous undamaged specimen which is part
of a much larger crystal. The 2 major faces looked like a large
pseudo cubic Hematite crystal.
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11 4482swirs ((RHODOCHROSITE)), $80 MINIMUM BID,
Uchuchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru, 7 x 4 x
3 cm, Cabinet, Pretty sparkling pink scalenohedrons of gemmy and
undamaged Rhodochrosite crystals to 9mm from Peru. The Rhodos are
on a matrix covered with the contrasting black manganese oxide. It
could also be displayed upright.
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8lhmrtn ((AEGERINE)), $35 MINIMUM BID,
Mt. Malosi, Zomba Plateau, Malawi, 4.8 x 3 x 1 cm, Here is an
aesthetic black lustrous double terminated Aegerine crystal perched on a
second crystal. From an old collection with the number 5820.
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| 13 8hedwi ((GALENA)), $1 MINIMUM BID, West Fork Mine, Centerville, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri, 7 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Octahedral Galena on matrix with rhombs of Dolomite and Chalcopyrite and even cubic Galena. |
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| 14 7hlkmr ((PREHNITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
O & G Quarry, Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, 5 x 4 x
2.5 cm, Miniature, Botryoidal pastel green Prehnite from Connecticut's
O & G Quarry.
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| 15 8hedwr ((CHALCOPYRITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID,
Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri, 6 x 5.5 x
1.5 cm, Miniature, Botryoidal brownish Chalcopyrite from the Viburnum
Trend.
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| 16 6atxll ((VALENCIANITE
aka ADULARIA, QUARTZ)), $5 MINIMUM BID,
Valenciana Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico, 7 x 6 x
1.5 cm, Miniature, White chisle shaped Andulatia crystals covered with
associated stubby terminated Quartz crytals.
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| 17 7hlkmr ((LAUMONTITE
with NATROLITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID,
Silver Hill Quarry, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 3 x 2.5 x
1.5 cm, Miniature, Combination of acicular needles of Natrolite with white
opague crystals of laumontite.
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18 7hlkmr ((PYROMORPHITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, New Chester County Mine, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 4 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Green microcrystals of Pyromorphite on a matrix of Pyromorphite.
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| 19 7hlkmr ((CELESTINE)), $5 MINIMUM BID,
Winfield Quarry, Union County, Pennsylvania, 3 x 1.5 x
1.2 cm, Thumbnail, Single lustrous pale blue crystal of Celestine from
Pennsylvania. Contact at both terminations from being in a pocket and
contacted on both ends.
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| 20 7hlkmr ((CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID,
Dyer Quarry, Gibralter, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 5 x 4 x 2 cm,
Miniature, Golden Calcite from the Dyer Quarry in Pennsylvania.
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| 21 7hlkmr ((STILBITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID,
Valley Quarry, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, 5 x 4 x
2.5 cm, Miniature, Miniature covered with undamaged Stilbite crystals from
Gettysburg.
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| 22 7hlkmr ((CHROME
ANTIGORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Wood's Chromite Mine, Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania, 10 x 4 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet, Cabinet sized specimen of
purplish Chrome Antigorite from Wood's Chromite Mine.
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| 23 7hlkmnr ((STRONTIANITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Mt Pleasant Mills, Synder County, Pennsylvania, 12 x 9 x 5.5 cm,
Cabinet, Large cabinet specimen with a 5 x 4.5 cm cluster of Strontianite.
Stronitianite is fluorescent with a whitish or cream color.
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| 24 7hlkmnr ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mt Pleasant Mills, Synder County, Pennsylvania, 7 x 7 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Calcite specimen from the same quarry as the Strontianite specimens. |
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| 25 7hlkmnr ((BERYL)), $5 MINIMUM BID,
Crum Creek, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 5.5 x 5.5 x 5 cm,
Miniature, Beryl crystals within a pegmatitic rock. The exposed Beryl
crystals are also coated with fingernail polish which can be removed with
remover or acetone.
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26 7hlkmnr ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Burkholders Quarry, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 8 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm,
Cabinet, Fine undamaged Calcite specimen from a Pennsylvanian Quarry.
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27 8atrdt
((COPPER spinel twin)) $10 MINIMUM BID,
Itauz Mine, Kazakhstan, 4 x .7
x .5 cm,
Thumbnail, Elongated Copper spinel twin.
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28 8atrdt
((COPPER spinel twin)) $10 MINIMUM BID, Itauz Mine,
Kazakhstan, 2 x .8
x .8 cm,
Thumbnail, Stubby Copper spinel twin.
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| 29 8hemsr
((TALC)) $10 MINIMUM BID,
Argonaut Mine, Ludlow, Vermont, 6.5 x 3.5
x .3 cm,
Miniature, gemmy green transparent Talc from Vermont.
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30 8edbfir ((MIMETITE)) $10 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Durango, Mapimi, Mexico, 7 x 6 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Great coverage of yellow Mimetite. Looking closely there are a few small Wulfenite crystals. |
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| 31 7codta ((LINARITE, BROCHANTITE)) $10 MINIMUM BID, Goulmina, Er Rachida Province, Morocco, 6 x 5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, blue Linarite and associated contrasting green Brochantite from Morocco. |
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| 32 8ghswis
((APATITE)) $25 MINIMUM BID,
Cerro De Mercado, Durango, Mexico, 1.9 x .8 x .8 cm, Thumbnail,
gemmy yellow transparent terminated Durango Apatite crystal. ex Louellen
Montgomery thumbnail collection.
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33 8ghswes ((MILARITE)) $40 MINIMUM BID, Jaguaracu, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 3 x 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, cluster of parallel crystals of Milarite on base of Albite and Milarite. ex Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.
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34 8ghswnt
((AZURITE)) $40 MINIMUM BID,
Chessy, Rhone, France, 2 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail,
Fine Azurite rose cluster of blue Azurite crystals from the classic
European location of Chessy. ex Louellen
Montgomery thumbnail collection.
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35 8ghswns
((DIOPTASE)) $35 MINIMUM BID,
Tsumeb, Namibia, 1.7 x 1.3 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,
Label on front looks like it originally came from a Perky specimen.
Dark green lustrous large crystals of Dioptase. ex Louellen
Montgomery thumbnail collection.
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36 8ghswts ((PYRARGYRITE)) $35 MINIMUM BID, Huancavelica, Peru, 1.8 x 1.4 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, A pair of terminated crystals of this Silver Antimony Sulfide. ex Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.
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| 37 8ghswes ((LIBETHENITE)) $40 MINIMUM BID, area E of Pit, Rokana Mine, Kitwe, Zambia, 1 x 1 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, Superb undamaged deep green well defined sharp crystal of Libethenite with the pseudo octahedral habit. ex Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection. |
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38 8ghswtr
((PYROMORPHITE)) $40 MINIMUM BID,
Mt Isa, Queensland, Australia, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm, Thumbnail,
Large hoppered compound terminated crystal which is hard to find
in this size. Old specimen with part of a Lidstrom's label. ex Louellen
Montgomery thumbnail collection.
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39 8ghswts ((AZURITE)) $40 MINIMUM BID, Flinders Range, Australia, 2 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm, Thumbnail, Excellent older specimen with a old Bideaux Minerals label and an old price of $27.50 A cluster of blue rossettes of Azurite crystals. ex Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.
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| 40 8ghswnr ((PARAVAUXITE)) $40 MINIMUM BID, Llallagua, Potosi, Bolivia, 2 x 1.5 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Large Paravauxite crystals on small thin matrix. ex Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection. |
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41 8ghswtr ((LINARITE)) $40 MINIMUM BID, Silver Hill Mine, Silver Bell, Arizona, 3 x 2.5 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, Blue undamaged plate of Linarite crystals from Arizona. ex Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection. |
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| 42 8ghswir
((COPPER)) $40 MINIMUM BID,
Onganja, Seeis, South West Africa, 2 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm, Thumbnail,
Excellent older specimen with a old Bideaux Minerals label and an old price
of $12.50 A cluster of sharp Copper crystals from Onganja.
Specimens from Onganja are usually arborescent and its unusual to find these
well defined crystals. ex Louellen
Montgomery thumbnail collection.
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| 43 8ghswir ((CERUSSITE)) $30 MINIMM BID, Tsumeb, Nambia, 2.8 x 1 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, A V twin of Cerussite. Small micro chipping but for Cerussite over all in good shape. ex Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection. |
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8ghswnr
((GOLD)) $30 MINIMUM BID,
Diltz Vein, Mariposa County, California, .8 x .7 x .3 cm, Thumbnail,
Crystallized Gold specimen from Mariposa County in California with high
luster and fine crystals. ex Louellen
Montgomery thumbnail collection.
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8ghswtr
((HOPEITE)) $40 MINIMUM BID,
Kabwe Mine, Broken Hill, Zambia, 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail,
Tabular crystals to 1 cm. ex Louellen
Montgomery thumbnail collection.
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| 46 8ghswns ((CREEDITE)) $30 MINIMUM BID, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico, 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm, Thumbnail, Cluster of terminated Creedite crystals. Older specimen from Santa Eulalia. ex Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection. |
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| 47 8ghswns
((BOURNONITE)) $30 MINIMUM BID,
Huancavelica, Peru, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail,
Cluster of grey Bournonite crystals from Peru. ex Louellen
Montgomery thumbnail collection.
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48 8ghswr
((CHALCOPYRITE)) $20 MINIMUM BID, Clear Creek County,
Colorado, 2 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,
Single large undamaged crystal of golden Chalcopyrite. ex Louellen
Montgomery thumbnail collection.
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| 49 ari ((BROOKITE on SMOKY QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Moses Hill, Magnet Cover, Arkansas, 2.5 cm, Thumbnail, Several black lustrous Brookite crystals on Smoky. These are seen sometimes out of old collectious or accumulations. I have not seen newly collected specimens for sale. | ||
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ari ((BROOKITE on SMOKY QUARTZ)), $1
MINIMUM BID, Moses Hill, Magnet Cover, Arkansas, 6.7 cm,
Miniature, Several black lustrous Brookite crystals not all able to be
seen at this view, on Smoky. These are seen sometimes out of old
collectious or accumulations. I have not seen newly collected
specimens for sale.
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ari ((BROOKITE on SMOKY QUARTZ)), $1
MINIMUM BID, Moses Hill, Magnet Cover, Arkansas, 3.5 cm,
Miniature, Several black lustrous Brookite crystals on Smoky.
These are seen sometimes out of old collectious or accumulations. I
have not seen newly collected specimens for sale.
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| 52 ari ((BROOKITE
on SMOKY QUARTZ)), $1
MINIMUM BID, Moses Hill, Magnet Cover, Arkansas, 4 cm,
Miniature, Several black lustrous Brookite crystals, one larger one,
on Smoky. These are seen sometimes out of old collectious or
accumulations. I have not seen newly collected specimens for sale.
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| 53 ari ((BROOKITE
on SMOKY QUARTZ)), $1
MINIMUM BID, Moses Hill, Magnet Cover, Arkansas, 4.5 cm,
Miniature, Several black lustrous Brookite crystals, larger and small,
on Smoky. These are seen sometimes out of old collectious or
accumulations. I have not seen newly collected specimens for sale.
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| 54 ari
((BROOKITE on SMOKY QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Moses Hill, Magnet
Cover, Arkansas, 3.5 cm, Miniature, One black lustrous Brookite
crystal on Smoky. These are seen sometimes out of old collectious or
accumulations. I have not seen newly collected specimens for sale.
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55 ari ((BROOKITE
on SMOKY QUARTZ)), $1
MINIMUM BID, Moses Hill, Magnet Cover, Arkansas, 3.5 cm,
Miniature, Several black lustrous Brookite crystals on Smoky
cluster. These are seen sometimes out of old collectious or
accumulations. I have not seen newly collected specimens for sale.
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| 56 ari ((BROOKITE
on SMOKY QUARTZ)), $1
MINIMUM BID, Moses Hill, Magnet Cover, Arkansas, 4 cm,
Miniature, Several black lustrous Brookite crystals on Smoky.
These are seen sometimes out of old collectious or accumulations. I
have not seen newly collected specimens for sale.
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57 ari ((BROOKITE on SMOKY
QUARTZ)), $1
MINIMUM BID, Moses Hill, Magnet Cover, Arkansas, 2 cm,
Thumbnail, Several black lustrous Brookite crystals on Smoky.
These are seen sometimes out of old collectious or accumulations.
I have not seen newly collected specimens for sale.
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58 ari ((BROOKITE on SMOKY QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Moses Hill, Magnet Cover, Arkansas, 2.5 cm, Thumbnail, Large black lustrous Brookite crystal on Smoky. These are seen sometimes out of old collectious or accumulations. I have not seen newly collected specimens for sale.
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59 ari ((BROOKITE
on SMOKY QUARTZ)), $1
MINIMUM BID, Moses Hill, Magnet Cover, Arkansas, 4 cm,
Miniature, Several black lustrous Brookite crystals on Smoky.
These are seen sometimes out of old collectious or accumulations.
I have not seen newly collected specimens for sale.
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60 ari ((BROOKITE on
SMOKY QUARTZ)), $1
MINIMUM BID, Moses Hill, Magnet Cover, Arkansas, 3.7 cm,
Miniature, Several black lustrous Brookite crystals on Smoky.
These are seen sometimes out of old collectious or accumulations. I
have not seen newly collected specimens for sale.
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| 61 ari ((BROOKITE on SMOKY QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Moses Hill, Magnet Cover, Arkansas, 5 cm, Miniature, Penetration twinned black lustrous Brookite crystals on Smoky. These are seen sometimes out of old collectious or accumulations. I have not seen newly collected specimens for sale. | ||
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| 62 ari ((BROOKITE
on SMOKY QUARTZ)), $1
MINIMUM BID, Moses Hill, Magnet Cover, Arkansas, 3.2 cm,
Miniature, Several black lustrous Brookite crystals, one large one,
on Smoky. These are seen sometimes out of old collectious or
accumulations. I have not seen newly collected specimens for sale.
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| 63 ari ((BROOKITE
on SMOKY QUARTZ)), $1
MINIMUM BID, Moses Hill, Magnet Cover, Arkansas, 2.5 cm,
Miniature, Several black lustrous Brookite crystals on Smoky.
These are seen sometimes out of old collectious or accumulations. I
have not seen newly collected specimens for sale.
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| 64 ari ((BROOKITE
on SMOKY QUARTZ)), $1
MINIMUM BID, Moses Hill, Magnet Cover, Arkansas, 4.5 cm,
Miniature, Several black lustrous Brookite crystals on Smoky cluster.
These are seen sometimes out of old collectious or accumulations. I
have not seen newly collected specimens for sale.
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71 5swns ((FERBERITE, QUARTZ,
MUSCOVITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan County,
China, 10.5 x 9 x 8 cm,
Cabinet, A heavy specimen with parallel black thick blades of Ferberite.
The Ferberite is covered with 5 to 10 mm crystals of Muscovite.
Also associated Quartz and a spherical unknown which is probably
Chalcopyrite. The large Quartz looks like it originally had two
terminations. One is there and the other is either damage or
contacted and not present.
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72 99idcsir ((TETRAHEDRITE,
QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Casapalca Mine, Peru, 5 x 6 x 4 cm,
Miniature, Here is a specimen of Tetrahedrite with associated
Quartz. The Tetrahedrite also has a thin coating of golden
Chalcopyrite giving the Tetrahedrite a golden sheen.
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72 al4120ir ((KYANITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Barra do Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 6.5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature,
Blue blades of Kyanite with a base of Quartz.
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| 74 bru27r ((QUARTZ)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Brumado Mine, Bahia, Brazil, 8 x 6 x 2 cm, Cabinet, A specimen covered with Quartz crystals from Brumado, now closed. | ||
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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.
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| 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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| 48 8hljdr ((OPAL)), $10 MINIMUM BID, White Cliffs, Australia, 3 x 4.5 x 1.7 cm, Miniature, White opal with red and green fire. Hard to photograph and show color. |
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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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10 8jhmrt ((HALITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Salton Sea, Imperial County, California, 5.5 x 6.5 x 3 cm,
Miniature to Small Cabinet, Stiking orange fluorescent under UV on
this California cubic Halite specimen.
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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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