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Feb 06, 2009

 

            
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1   9hhmrl  ((TOURMALINE on QUARTZ)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Himalaya Mine, San Diego County, California, 3.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm,  Miniature, Here is a Himalaya combination with a terminated gemmy pink Tourmaline surrounded by Quartz.

 

 
  2   9hhmrtg  ((TOURMALINE on CLEVELANDITE with QUARTZ, FELDSPAR)),  $45 MINIMUM BID, Himalaya Mine, San Diego County, California, 9 x 8 x 5 cm,  Cabinet, Here is a classic Himalaya combination with Pink Tourmaline, a terminated Quartz protruding at the top, white bladed Clevelandite, and a backing of Feldspar.  The Quartz and Tourmaline are clean.  The Clevelandite is fine but not 100 % cleaned up which is difficult to do.  Still sits perfectly for display.

 

 
   9hhmrns  ((QUARTZ with CLEVELANDITE on FELDSPAR)),  $25 MINIMUM BID, Himalaya Mine, San Diego County, California, 11 x 8 x 6 cm,  Cabinet, Here is a classic Himalaya combination with two terminated Quartz crystals, white bladed Clevelandite, and Feldspar.  The Quartz are not damaged and it sits well for display.  
 

  

  4   9hhmrg  ((TOURMALINE with QUARTZ on CLEVELANDITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Himalaya Mine, San Diego County, California, 4.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm,  Miniature, Here is a Himalaya combination with a non terminated pink Tourmaline with a terminated Quartz on white bladed Clevelandite.

 

 
  5    9hhmrr  ((PYROLUSITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Gogebic County, Michigan, 6 x 4 x 2 cm Thumbnail, Massive sprays of lustrous Pyrolusite. 
 
  6     9hhmris  ((BERYL variety EMERALD)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Alexander County, North Carolina, 12 x 6 x 4 cm Cabinet, Massive green Beryl from the US Emerald location.

 

 
  7    9hhmris  ((BERYL variety AQUAMARINE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Sonora, Mexico, 8 x 6 x 4.5 cm Miniature, Light blue opague crystals and massive Aquamarine from uncommon location in Mexico.

 

 
  8     9hhmrii  ((PYRITE pseudomorph after PYRRHOTITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico, 5.5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Terminated hexagonal crystals of Pyrrhotite pseudomorphed to Pyrite.

 

 
      9hhmrg  ((MICROCLINE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Little Three Mine, Ramona, California, 6.5 x 6 x 4 cm, Miniature, Well formed cyrstal faces on the Microcline from a California mine famous for its gemmy orange Spessartine. 

 

 
 
  10  9hhmre  ((SMOKY QUARTZ)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Little Three Mine, Ramona, California, 6 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Terminated light smoky quartz from the alifornia mine famous for its gemmy orange Spessartine. 

 

 
  11   9hhmrl  ((TOURMALINE on SMOKY QUARTZ)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Little Three Mine, Ramona, California, 5.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Terminated light smoky quartz with contact on one side.  A dark Toumaline with a white to colorless cap attached to the side of the Quartz termination. 

 
  12   9hhmri  ((SMOKY QUARTZ)),  $1 MINIMUM BID, Himalaya Mine, San Diego County, California, 3.5 x 2 x 1.4 cm,  Miniature, Here is a small terminated Himalaya Quartz. 

 

  

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  13  9hhmrl  ((TOURMALINE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Santa Rosa Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 4 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Greenish coloration with several variations on this Santa Rosa Toumaline.  Both terminations pretty much look healed.

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  14     9hhmrig  ((TOURMALINE)),  $30 MINIMUM BID, Himalaya Mine, San Diego County, California, 3.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm,  Miniature, Here is a classic Himalaya Tourmaline.  Terminated and undamaged, it does have a Feldspar contact on the backside.  

 
  15   9hhmrt  ((BERYL variety MORGANITE with TOURMALINE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 4 x 4 x 2 cm,  Miniature, A section of pink Morganite crystal with dark green small Toumaline inclusions.

 

 
  16   9hhmrr  ((SPESSARTINE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 3 x 3 x .8 cm,  Miniature, A section Brazilian Spessartine.

 

 
 
  17  9btrcii  ((DRAVITE on CHLORITE))   $10 MINIMUM BID, Yinnietharra, Western Australia, Australia, 7 x 5 x 3.5 cm,  Cabinet, Here is a dark Australia Dravite, a variety of Tourmaline, on a green Chlorite schist.  Dravite is nearly black and double terminated. 

 

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18  9btrcie  ((GYPSUM))   $10 MINIMUM BID, Mount Gunson, South Australia, Australia, 7 x 6 x 1.7 cm,  Cabinet, Here is a specimen of the old green Gypsum from Australia.  There were new green Gypsums this year with a darker and less attractive green color. 

 

 

 
 
  19  9btrcii  ((CHENEVIXITE))   $10 MINIMUM BID, Bali Lo Prospect, Ashburton Downs, Western Australia, Australia, 7 x 4.5 x 1.5 cm,  Cabinet, Here is a rare mineral, Chenevixite which is green colored. 

 

 
  20   9btrca  ((PYROMORPHITE))   $10 MINIMUM BID, Browns Prospect, Northern Territory, Australia, 3.5 x 2.5 x 1 cm, Miniature, Here is an Australian location for Pyromorphite.  
   
  21  9btrcig  ((BARITE with QUARTZ))   $20 MINIMUM BID, Barite Palmer Park Barite, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, 12 x 6 x 6 cm, Cabinet,  ex Tom Hale collection,  Miniature, Here is a New Mexico Barite.  n Australian location for Pyromorphite.

 

 
  22   9btrce  ((MIMETITE))   $10 MINIMUM BID, Sammy Dog Mine, Pima County, Arizona, 3 x 3 x 1.7 cm, Miniature,  Here is an orange Mimetite from the Sammy Dog Mine. 

 
  23  9btrcnt  ((DESCLOIZITE pseudomorph after WULFENITE))   $25 MINIMUM BID, Finch (Barking Spider) Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, 6 x 6 x 5 cm, Miniature,  Nice vug like opening with undamaged crystals of Desclosite after Wulfenite.

 

 
  24   9btrca  ((WULFENITE))   $10 MINIMUM BID, Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, 5.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Zoned crystals of Wulfenite from the Glove. 
 
  25  9hhmrn  ((FLUORITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico, 5 x 5 x 3 cm Miniature,  Light purple Fluorite from Muzquiz.

 

 
  26   9hhmre  ((FLUORITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Cave in Rock, Illinois, 8 x 6 x 4 cm Cabinet,  Nearly colorless Illinois fluorite. 
 
  27   9hhmro  ((FLUORITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Cave in Rock, Illinois, 9 x 8 x 5.5 cm Cabinet,  Here is a lustrous cluster of Rootbeer colored Illinois fluorite. Looks like a healed corner cleave on the front.  Some edge imperfections but overall not bad.

 
  28  9hhmre  ((FLUORITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 7 x 3.5 x 2 cm Cabinet,  Here is another Mapimi Fluorite with a light purple color.  It looks like some crystals on the lower left were removed probably because of damage.  
 
  29  9hhmre  ((FLUORITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Cave in Rock, Illinois, 4 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm Cabinet,  Here is an Illinois Fluorite with a purple color.

 

 
 
 

30   9hhmrii  ((FLUORITE)),  $25 MINIMUM BID, Cave in Rock, Illinois, 4 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm Cabinet,  Here is an Illinois Fluorite with the etched yellow core showing at the base and the highly desired yellow core with zoned light purple rind.  These are usually very pricy but this was underprised in our last lot of minerals purchased.

 
  31  9hhmrr  ((FLUORITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Cave in Rock, Illinois, 5.5 x 4 x 4 cm Cabinet,  Here is an Illinois Fluorite with the blue color and minor Calcite attached. 

 
  32   9hhmrr  ((FLUORITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Cave in Rock, Illinois, 5.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm Cabinet,  Here is an Illinois Fluorite which is almost colorless but has a lavender tint. Only very minor usually chipping on edges, but otherwise in great shape.

 

 
 
 

33   9btcee  ((CALCITE on minor APATITE))   $10 MINIMUM BID, Panasqueira, Covilha, Portugal, 10 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Panasqueira Calcite on purple Apatite which is seen along the bottom edge.

 

 
  34  9btcee  ((ARSENOPYRITE))   $10 MINIMUM BID, Panasqueira, Covilha, Portugal, 6.5 x 6.5 x 2 cm, Small Cabinet,   Highly lustrous silver colored Arsenopyrite  with some damage on the high areas.  Also Calcite on the backside. 

 

 
  35   9btcee  ((SIDERITE and CHALCOPYRITE on ARSENOPYRITE))   $10 MINIMUM BID, Panasqueira, Covilha, Portugal, 5.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature,  Small light brown Siderite crystals and a druse of brassy Chalcopyrite on heavy Arsenopyrite. 

 

 

   
 

36  9btcee  ((SIDERITE and FERBERITE on QUARTZ))   $10 MINIMUM BID, Panasqueira, Covilha, Portugal, 8 x 7 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet,  A lustrous terminated Quartz crystal with a sharp terminated with black Ferberite and tannish brown Siderite. 

 

 
  37  9btcee  ((PYRITE with CALCITE))   $10 MINIMUM BID, Panasqueira, Covilha, Portugal, 11 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet,  A lustrous undamaged Pyrite with a somewhat iridescent patina with associated minor Calcite.
 
  38  9btcee  ((SIDERITE))   $10 MINIMUM BID, Panasqueira, Covilha, Portugal, 8.5 x 6.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet,  A huge Siderite crystal undamaged and 6.5 cm across.  Another crystal pointing straight  ahead is cleaved showing the internal growth. 

 

 
 

39  9btcee  ((QUARTZ))   $10 MINIMUM BID, Panasqueira, Covilha, Portugal, 9 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet,  Double terminated Quartz crystal with a side crystal and several small areas of Muscovite and or Siderite.

 

 
  40    9btcee  ((SIDERITE on SPHALERITE))   $10 MINIMUM BID, Panasqueira, Covilha, Portugal, 7 x 5.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet,  Here is an undamaged floater of a large Sphalerite crystal covered with Siderite crystals.
 
 

41     9btcee  ((CHALCOPYRITE coating on ARSENOPYRITE with CALCITE))   $10 MINIMUM BID, Panasqueira, Covilha, Portugal, 6 x 5 x 3 cm, Miniature,  Golden colored lustrous Arsenopyrite from the Chalcopyrite coating.  Also minor Calcite present. 

 
  42   9btcet  ((FLUORITE))   $10 MINIMUM BID, Hianghualing Mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China, 10 x 7 x 2 cm, Cabinet,  Light green gemmy cubic Fluorite with modified edges.  

 

 
  43    9btcet  ((FLUORITE))   $10 MINIMUM BID, Hianghualing Mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China, 11 x 6 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet,  Light green gemmy cubic Fluorite with modified edges.  

 

 
  44  9hhmrg  ((REALGAR)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Getchell Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada, 7 x 4 x 3.5 cm Cabinet,  Many red terminated and contacted Realgar crystals etched from Calcite from Gethchell Mine. 

 

 

 
  45   9btclis  ((COPAL aka COLUMBIAN AMBER))   $10 MINIMUM BID, Columbia, 7.3 x 2.6 x 1 cm, Cabinet,  Polished Copal with a fly and red spider. 

 

 
  46   9btclis  ((COPAL aka COLUMBIAN AMBER))   $10 MINIMUM BID, Columbia, 9 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet,  Polished Copal with a many winged terminates.
 
  47   9btclis  ((COPAL aka COLUMBIAN AMBER))   $10 MINIMUM BID, Columbia, 7 x 3.5 x .6 cm, Cabinet,  Polished Copal with a few insects.

 
  48    9btclis  ((COPAL aka COLUMBIAN AMBER))   $10 MINIMUM BID, Columbia, 3 x 2 x 1 cm, Miniature,  Polished Copal with a cute little cockroach.
 
  49      7h1jdns  ((CATLINITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Pipestone, Minnesota,  4 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,  This is a mixture of Pyrophyllite and Sericite and is a red clay used by native americans to make pipes.   This is actually a pipe.  I do not know much about it other than ex Willam Blackadoar collection and the additional label says obtained by Harriet D Thoukadar April 1950.  Note I have trouble reading the name spelling on the label.

 

 
 
   50    8lhmrir  ((fluorescent SYLVITE and HALITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID,  Salton Sea, California,  9 x 8 x 7.5 cm, Cabinet, Very Fluorescent Salton Sea Sylvite, Halite with octahedral crystals. 

 

 
 
  51  99hhpst  ((Hopper, Hollow fluorescent QUARTZ)), $15 MINIMUM BID,  Dugway Geode Beds, Tooele County, Utah,  7 x 5.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Sawn Dugway geode which fluorescent green and has the strange hollow Quartz. 

 

 

 
 
  52   8lhmrt  ((fluorescent SYLVITE and HALITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,  Salton Sea, California,  5 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Very Fluorescent Salton Sea Sylvite, Halite with cubic crystals. 

 

 

 
 
  53   8lhmrnt  ((CLINOCLASE, LEUCOCHALCITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID,  Salton Sea, California,  3 x 3 x 1 cm, Miniature, Clinoclase and Leucochalcite a variety of Olivenite. 

 

 
  54   8jkrbnr  ((PYROMORPHITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID,  Bunker Hill, Kellogg, Idaho,  2 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail,  Orange lustrous hexagonal crystals of Bunker Hill Pyromorphite. 

 

     
  55  6edbfns  ((KOTTIGITE, PARASYMPLESITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID,  Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico,  4 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature,  Rare arsenates not mined for 30 years.  These are back and related to the very popular yellow Legrandite.  Analysis is needed to positive ID between Kottigite and Parasymplesite but generally it looks like the dark grey crystals are Kottigite and the light brownish crystals are Parasymplesite.  This specimen probably leans toward Parasymplesite.

 

 
     
  56  7hlgmr  ((RUTILE)), $1 MINIMUM BID,  Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia,  4 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,  Partial crystal of lustrous classic Graves Mtn Rutile.   
     
  57  5atdmi  ((QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID,  Old County Quarry, Wymore, Gage County, Nebraska,  4.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature,  I do not see many Nebraska specimens, known more for fossils.  Here is an undamaged cluster of Quartz from Nebraska. 

 

 
     
 

58   ari  ((CALCITE with HEMATITE inclusions)), $10 MINIMUM BID,  Pallaflats Mine, Cumbria, England,  8 x 7 x 4 cm, Cabinet,  Classic English specimen.  Perimeter crystals are cleaved with the center crystals being undamaged.

 

 

 
     
  59   40499atsmls  ((APOPHYLLITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Jalgoan, Maharashtra, India,  4 x 5 x 5 cm, Miniature, Excellent undamaged Apophyllite with sharply formed crytals perched on a terminated stalactite of spongey Quartz. High quality Indian zeolite specimen retail 100.

 

 

 
     
  60   5atdbn  ((HEUBNERITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID,  Adams Mine, San Juan County, Colorado,  2 x 2 x 1.7 cm, Thumbnail, Thumbnail sized specimen with large Heubnerite crystals.

 

 
     
  61     8attgg  ((GYPSUM variety SELENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,  Chihuahua, Mexico,  11 x 5 x 5 cm, Miniature,  Intergrown group of three clusters of Gypsum from Chihuahua.  
     
  62   6dboris  ((ORPIMENT, REALGAR)), $10 MINIMUM BID,  Getchell Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada,  9 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet,  Fine specimen of yellow Orpiment and Realgar.  Both a fine red lustrous Realgar crystal and a larger yellow Orpiment crystal present on this specimen with associated white Calcite. 

 

 
     
  63    5atdbe  ((PHENAKITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,  Mt Antero area, Chaffee County, Colorado,  9 x 9 x 7 mm, Thumbnail,  Single crystal of Colorado Phenakite in a thumbnail size.

 

 

 

 

     
  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.  

 

 
     
  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. 

 

 
     
  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.

 

 
     
  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.    
     
  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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  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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  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.
   
 
  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. 

 

 
   

 

 

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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