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Mar 6, 2009

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	1 9btdris ((QUARTZ pseudomorph after ARAGONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Valle de las Plumas, Paso de Indios, Chubut, Argentina, 8 x 7 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Large Aragonite crystals pseudomorphed to Quartz with Hematite inclusions giving them a reddish color.

	2 9btdris ((BERYL variety EMERALD)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Carnaiba Mine, Bahia, Brazil, 2 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Green opaque Emerald crystal from Brazil.

	3 9btad ((CUPRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Red Dome Mine, Queensland, Australia, 5 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Mostly massive Cuprite from Red Dome with a few crystals.

	4 9btad ((AEGERINE with QUARTZ and FELDSPAR)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mt Malosa, Zomba, Malawi, 5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Black lustrous slender Aegerine crystals on a matrix with Quartz crystals and an associated white opaque Feldspar crystal.

	5 9atmrit ((TANTALITE in LEPIDOLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Erongo, Namibia, 11 x 7 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Larger specimen of purple to yellow Lepidolite matrix full of dark Tantalite crystals.

	6 9btrdit ((ANDRADITE variety MELANITE, PYRITE)) $25 MINIMUM BID, Sarbayskiy Mine, Kazakhstan, 8 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Undamaged black lustrous Melanite Garnet crystals.

	7 9btad ((QUARTZ on SPHALERITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Animon Mine, San Jose de Huayllay District, Cerro de Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru, 8 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Black lustrous Sphalerite crystals with terminated Quartz crystals. Some of the Quartz crystals are broken but not in critical areas.

	8 9btad ((GALENA)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Huanzala Mine, Huanuco Department, Peru, 7.5 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, A specimen of lustrous cubic Galena crystals with octahedral modifications from Peru.

	9 9btad ((CALCITE on TETRAHEDRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Casapalca Mine, Lima Department, Peru, 6.5 x 5.5 x 5 cm, Miniature, White Calcite scalenahedral crystals on contrasting grey Tetrahedrite crystals.

	10 9btamo ((CROCOITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia, 5 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, A cluster of red orange Crocoite crystals from Tasmania.

	11 9btad ((RHODOCHROSITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon, Lima Department, Peru, 7 x 7 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Vug with pinkish red rhombs of Rhodochrosite from Peru.

	12 5misci ((CELESTINE in RED JASPER NODULE with CALCITE)) $10 MINIMUM BID, San Rafael Swell, Utah, 7 x 5.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Red Jasper aka Carnelian which is filled with a large Celestine crystal and associated small terminated Calcite crystals.

	13 9btad ((QUARTZ, SPHALERITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Animon Mine, San Jose de Huayllay District, Cerro de Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru, 7 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Lustrous black Sphalerite crystals with terminated Quartz crystals.

	14 8atjkns ((HEMIMORPHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, San Antonio Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico, 12 x 8 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, A matrix completely covered with white to colorless terminated crystals of Hemimorphite.

	15 9btad ((BARITE on CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, China, 10 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here are grey Calcite crystals with a few golden Barite crystals. Back is sawn.

	16 9btad ((QUARTZ on SPHALERITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Animon Mine, San Jose de Huayllay District, Cerro de Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru, 6.5 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Terminated Quartz on black lustrous Sphalerite.

	17 7chmdl ((VESZELYITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Black Pine Mine, Philipsburg, Montana, 8 x 7 x 2 MM, Thumbnail, Small blue Veszelyite crystal, a rare phosphate, on matrix.	9btad ((GOLD)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Olinghouse Mine, Washoe County, Nevada, 10 x 8 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Large matrix with the top sparsely covered with micro Gold crystals.

	18 7chmdl ((VESZELYITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Black Pine Mine, Philipsburg, Montana, 7 x 7 x 4 MM, Thumbnail, Three small blue Veszelyite crystals, a rare phosphate, on matrix.

	19 8ghswnr ((QUARTZ variety AMETHYST scepters)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Goboboseb Mtns, Brandberg District, Erongo Region, Namibia, 1.8 x 1.4 x .9 cm, Thumbnail, Three Amethyst scepters in a thumbnail sized cluster.

	20 8ghswnr ((QUARTZ variety AMETHYST scepters)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Goboboseb Mtns, Brandberg District, Erongo Region, Namibia, 2.9 x .8 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, Single large Sceptered Amethyst from Brandberg.

	21 9btad ((OLIVINITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Majuba Hill Mine, Nevada, 6 x 5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Dark green Olivinite crystals from a well known Nevada Mine.

	22 9btejis ((SPESSARTINE GARNET)) $25 MINIMUM BID, Lonzono, Tanzania, 1.1 x 1 x .9 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a completely formed tangerine orange crystal of Spessartine. The crystal is completely transluscent. One of the small faces has chipping/ damage which can be the base.

	23 7ecjpns ((GROSSULAR)) $15 MINIMUM BID, Eden Mills, Vermont, .8 x .8 x .4 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a lustrous half formed lustrous dark tangerine orange crystal of Spessartine. The crystal is completely transluscent to transparent and gemmy.

	24 9btad ((ANDRADITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Garnet Hill, California, 3 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Dark reddish brown lustrous crystals of Andradite from California.

	25 9atmrl ((FLUORITE, QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Cave In Rock, Illinois, 5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Golden colored Fluorite with small Quartz crystals on one face.

	26 9atmra ((FLUORITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 4.5 x 4.5 x 3.2 cm, Miniature, Dark reddish purple crystals of cubic Fluorite.

	27 9btmrn ((DISTORTED QUARTZ CRYSTAL)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Little Three Mine, Ramona, California, 8 x 3.2 x 3 cm, Miniature, Undamaged floater Quartz crystal which is completely distorted from the Little Three Mine.

	28 9btmri ((CLEVELANDITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Little Three Mine, Ramona, California, 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, White bladed crystals of Clevelandite variety of Albite from the Little Three Mine.

	29 9btad ((SPESSARTINE)) $1 MINIMUM BID, Ely, Nevada, 6 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature, 7 mm Spessartine crystal in a small vug of micro Quartz druze on Rhyolite.

	30 8hemsg ((TALC)) $25 MINIMUM BID, Argonaut Mine, Ludlow, Vermont, 10 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Extra fine gemmy green Talc from Vermont.

	31 9btmris ((BOROMUSCOVITE on LEPIDOLITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $10 MINIMUM BID, Little Three Mine, Ramona, California, 4 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Two large books of Lepidolite with a thin white coating of Boromuscovite. The Little Three Mine is the type location for Boromuscovite.

	32 9btad ((CALCITE)) $1 MINIMUM BID, Meikle Mine, Nevada, 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Single terminated Calcite crystal from this famous location for Barite.

	33 9chpsis ((BRYOZOA)) $10 MINIMUM BID, Pelican Point, Utah County, Utah, 13 x 10 x 2.7 cm, Cabinet, Netlike Bryozoa fossil from Utah. ex Phil and Pat Stevens fossil collection.

	34 9chpsis ((UKNOWN FOSSIL)) $10 MINIMUM BID, Unknown location, 13 x 7 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, Center looks like grey limestone. May be part of a femur. ex Phil and Pat Stevens fossil collection.

	35 9chpsis ((TRILOBITE FOSSIL)) $10 MINIMUM BID, Marjum Formation, House Range, Millard County, Utah, 17 x 10.5 x .5 cm, Cabinet, Red shale from the Marjum formation with a large head and tail from a trilobite. Also many many small blind trilobites, Peronopsis interstrictus. ex Phil and Pat Stevens fossil collection.

	36 9chpsis ((FOSSIL LIMB)) $10 MINIMUM BID, Unknown location, 18 x 13 x .5 cm, Cabinet, Limb fossil in shale. ex Phil and Pat Stevens fossil collection.

	37 9chpsis ((BACCULITES)) $10 MINIMUM BID, Pierre Shale, South Dakota, 15 x 5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, A section of straight Ammonite called Baculites. Sutures are not visable. Looks to be polished and minor shell fragments remain. ex Phil and Pat Stevens fossil collection.

	38 7hlkmr ((ANDRADITE)) $10 MINIMUM BID, Cornwall Mine, Cornwall, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, 10 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Matrix is loaded through out with brown Andradite Garnets from the historic Cornwall Mines.

	39 7hlkmr ((ANTIGORITE)) $10 MINIMUM BID, Cedar Hill Quarry, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 10 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Antigorite specimen polished on one side.

	40 7hlkmr ((STILBITE)) $10 MINIMUM BID, J T Dyer Quarry, Gibralter, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 11 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Cabinet specimen of Pennsylvania zeolite Stilbite.

	41 9btcee ((CALCITE on ARSENOPYRITE)) $1 MINIMUM BID, Panasqueira, Covilha, Portugal, 8 x 7 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, No attachment with Calcite covering Arsenopyrite.

	42 7hlkmr ((MARCASITE)) $10 MINIMUM BID, Valley Quarry, Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, 8 x 6.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Cabinet specimen of Pennsylvania Marcasite.

	43 9btcee ((QUARTZ)) $5 MINIMUM BID, Panasqueira, Covilha, Portugal, 14 x 5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Large terminated Quartz crystal with sharp edges and no damage. Backside has indent from contact with another Quartz crystal.

	44 7hlkmr ((KYANITE)) $10 MINIMUM BID, Prospect Park, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 13 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Blue Kyanite from Pennsylvania's Prospect Park.

	45 7hlkmr ((FLUORITE, minor SPHALERITE)) $10 MINIMUM BID, Kurtz Quarry, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 9 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, For Pennsylvania this is great coverage for cubic purple Fluorite. Also present is minor Sphalerite. Back is sawn and the end 1 to 1.5 cm has been glued on but is not necessary for the specimen and only has very minor Fluorite. I do not understand why the collector felt compelled to glue this small piece onto the rest of the specimen.

	46 7hlkmr ((GYPSUM variety SELENITE)) $10 MINIMUM BID, Weaverland Quarry, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, ,7 x 4 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet, Transparent Selenite from Lancaster County in Pennsylvania.

	47 9btcer ((VANADINITE)) $5 MINIMUM BID, Pure Potential Mine, Arizona, 6 x 6 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a druse of red orange Vanadinite on dark grey Calcite.

	48 7hlkmr ((PYRITE in SCHIST)) $10 MINIMUM BID, Lincoln Jr High School, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 11 x 6 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Cubic elongated Pyrite crystals in Schist from Lancaster County.

	49 7hlkmir ((CALCITE)) $10 MINIMUM BID, Winfield Quarry, Union County, Pennsylvania, 10 x 10 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Scalenohedral crystals of Calcite from Pennsylvania.

	50 7hlkmlir ((PYROMORPHITE)) $10 MINIMUM BID, New Chester Mine, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 8 x 8 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Dark green crystals of Pyromorphite from Phoenixville.


	51 9atmrig ((RUTILE on HEMATITE)) $23 MINIMUM BID, St Gotthard, Switzerland, 2 x 2 x .3 cm, Thumbnail, Classic Swiss Hematite with Rutile. Here is an undamaged Hematite rose with associated red Rutile crystals.

	52 7hlkmr ((PICROLITE)) $10 MINIMUM BID, Cedar Hill Quarry, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 13 x 8 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Excellent specimen on front and back of Pennsylvanian Picrolite.

	53 7hlkmr ((CHABAZITE)) $10 MINIMUM BID, Dyer Quarry, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 7 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Rhombs of white Chabazite from Berks County.

	54 7hlkmr ((CHROME ANTIGORITE)) $10 MINIMUM BID, Woods Chrome Mine, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 10 x 7 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Purple Antigorite which looks to have some associated black Chromite attached from the famous Woods Chrome Mine.

	55 7hlkmr ((STRONTIANITE)) $10 MINIMUM BID, Mt Pleasant Mills, Synder County County, Pennsylvania, 9 x 8 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Cream colored spheres of Strontianite on matrix. Strontianite also is fluorescent and is uncommon except for a couple of locations such as this one.

	56 7hlkmr ((LAUMONTITE, PREHNITE, APOPHYLLITE)) $10 MINIMUM BID, Silver Hill Quarry, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 6 x 3 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, It is usually hard to find nice specimens of the species Laumontite.

	57 4hhdwis ((50 FLUORITE DIAMONDS)) $10 MINIMUM BID, Reynolds County, Illinois, 1 to 1.5 cm, Thumbnails, Here are 50 Fluorite cleaved into octahedrons aka Fluorite diamonds.

	58 9btad ((FLUORITE)) $10 MINIMUM BID, Qinglong, Guizhou Province, China, 34 x 16 x 7.5 cm, HUGE Cabinet, Here is a large specimen of the new purple cubic Fluorite which is over a foot in length. Instead of the stalactitic style, this is a huge plate.

	59 5hhswns ((FLUORITE, CALCITE in SCHIST)) $35 MINIMUM BID, Xianghualing Mine, Linwu, Chenzhou, Hunan, China, 9 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Fine small cabinet Fluorite from China. Faces made up of thousands of small stepped octahedrons which make the faces sparkle from the many incorporated small faces. There is also a flattened Calcite rhomb. Undamaged specimen including the Calcite.

	60 5hhswl ((PHLOGOPITE)) $10 MINIMUM BID, Koksha Valley, Badakhstan, Afghanistan, 7 x 5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Strongly Fluorescent and gemmy golden Phlogopite from Afghanistan.

	61 7hlkmg ((MALACHITE pseudomorph aftr AZURITE)) $10 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 8 x 6.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Sits up for display. Nice specimen of this classic pseudomorph.

	62 7hlgkr ((DICKITE on QUARTZ)) $10 MINIMUM BID, St Clair, Pennsylvania, 7.5 x 6 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cluster of terminated Quartz crystals with fine white Dickite that looks like snow or glitter or white sand has been sprinkled on the Quartz.

	63 9chpsis ((FOSSIL LEAVES)) $10 MINIMUM BID, Coalville, Utah, 21 x 10 x 3 cm, Cabinet, White leaves with veining in a grey shale. Also spruce like and pine like needles are present. ex Phil and Pat Stevens fossil collection.

	64 9atmrr ((GYPSUM variety SELENITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico, 5 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a cute cross of Gypsum crystals from Naica.

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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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