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Nov 13, 2009

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1 9fdceis ((LAUMONTITE)), ANSP #20908, $15 MINIMUM BID, Wilmington, Delaware, 8.5 x 5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is an Academy of Natural Science Philadelphia specimen from Delaware of Laumontite.

2 300-9iddbcfiss ((FLUORITE with CALCITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico, 11 x 5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Light yellow to colorless cubic Fluorite crystals to 1 cm covered with small dogtooth brown opaque crystals of Calcite. Looks undamaged although some Calcite terminations may be a bit rounded. But any minor damage does not show when viewing with the naked eye.

3 300-9iddbcfes ((PYROLUSITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Taylor Mine, Alberta, Baraga County, Michigan, 8.5 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, The Taylor mine is a small open-pit iron mine prospect pits lying in an isolated patch of of the iron-formation near Alberta, Michigan which has noteworthy Pyrolusite and Manganite specimens ref Rocks and Minerals vol 58 page 108. This specimen has several vugs with the best being in front protecting sprays of terminated Pyrolusite crystals. Better in person. Photos do not show vug very well.

4 300-9iddbcfns ((QUARTZ)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Dugway Geode Beds, Dugway Mtns, Tooele County, Utah, 10 x 10 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large open Dugway geode with great Quartz in a variety of forms.

5 300-9iddbcfes ((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hunter Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, 8 x 6 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Nice plate of terminated undamaged Quartz crystals with a soft matte luster. Base has a label with 10/03 and so it was probably collected in October, 2003.

6 300-9iddbcfirs ((COPPER)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, 9 x 9 x .4 cm, Cabinet, Fine specimen of large flattened crystals of Copper from Michigan. Old Label says Dr Horace Ferguson, London, Ontario Sept. 1950. ex Don Olson, ex Dave Bunk.

7 300-9iddbcfar ((GALENA WITH BARITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Black Cloud Mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, 6 x 6 x 3 cm, Miniature, Undamaged crystals of Cubic Galena with slight octahedral modifications. Luster is a dull metallic grey and some small Barite crystals, Sphalerite crystals, and Pyrite crystals in the crevases between the larger Galena crystals. There is also one larger 7 MM Barite crystal perched on the Galena. Old label says collector is Richard Johnson.

8 300-9iddbcfts ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Owl Canyon, Larimer County, Colorado, 8 x 7 x 4 cm, Miniature, Undamaged brown lustrous dogtooth crystals of Calcite from Owl Canyon in Colorado. Old label says minerals from the Allen Collection.

9 300-9iddbcfts ((GYPSUM)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Great Salt Plains, Jet, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, 12 x 7 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Here is a fine undamaged scuptural example of Gypsum from the Oklahoma Salt Plains. It consists of a group of intergrown double terminated crystals to 6.5 cm.

10 300-9iddbcfirs ((TETRAHEDRITE, QUARTZ on SPHALERITE)), $40 MINIMUM BID, Casapalca Mine, Huarochiri Province, Lima Department, Peru, 10 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Terminated undamged Quartz crystals with lustrous grey Tetrahedrite crystals. I see three damaged Tetrahedrite crystals which is very good for almost all Tetrahedrite specimens have some damage. Aesthetic looking combination especially with the protruding larger multiterminated parallel Quartz to the left of the Tetrahedrite crystals.

11 300-9iddbcfiss ((CUPRITE ON COPPER)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, 8 x 6.5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Heavy arborescent crystals of Copper covered with Cuprite.

12 300-9iddbcfrs ((CALCITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Blue Mound Mine, Pitcher, Tri-State District, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, 9 x 7.5 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, Excellent undamaged Tri-State Calcite with the actual Mine known. This has two generations of Calcite. The first formed a yellow scalenohedral crystal of Calcite. The The second generation grew a whiter Calcite over the first crystals faces forming four terminations over the original termination. The new white Calcite is thinnest at the old yellow Calcite face edges and the yellow shows through. Neat tri-state Calcite.

13 300-9iddbcfirs ((CALCITE)), $40 MINIMUM BID, Magma Mine, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona, 8 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet, This Magma Calcite specimen is covered with sharp undamaged scalenohedral crysals of Calcite. ex Harold Michel collection.

14 300-9iddbcfirs ((SPHALERITE with QUARTZ and CALCITE)), $45 MINIMUM BID, San Antonio El Grande Mine, East Camp, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico, 10 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Great combination specimen with large black Sphalerite crystals and terminated long Quartz crystals. On these are white double terminated scalenohedral crystals of Calcite. Probably from the one of the Belsher collections.

15 300-9iddbcfirs ((DESCLOIZITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Abenab Mine, Grootfontein, Namibia, 7 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, ex H Westenberger collection. A mound of clusters of brownish grey crystals of Descloizite. Some damage to the peripheral crystals

16 300-9iddbcfar ((CALCITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Aurora Mine, Leversbach, Eifel Mountains, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, 10.5 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, ex H Westenberger collection. Undamaged very fine old German specimen of Calcite consisting of stacked rhombs with minute octahedral crystals of Pyrite on and included in the Calcite.

17 300-9iddbcfts ((PYRITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado, 13 x 7 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Large cabinet sized specimen of Eagle Mine Pyrite. Specimen is solid Pyrite with small cubic crystals.

18 300-9iddbcfirs ((RHODOCHROSITE with FLUORITE and QUARTZ)), $45 MINIMUM BID, Sunnyside Mine, near Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado, 10 x 7.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, This specimen is mainly nearly colorless cubic Fluorite from Sunnyside with associated pink Rhodochrosite and minor white Quartz.

19 300-9iddbcfirs ((CALCITE with FLUORITE)), $45 MINIMUM BID, Annabel Lee Mine, Cave In Rock, Hardin County, Illinois, 10 x 9 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, This specimen is mainly Calcite with associated yellow Fluorite. While not pristine, it displays nicely. The large Calcite has many many parallel terminations with the top having some damage on the back. The cluster of Calcite crystals has a couple of missing with the others undamaged and terminated.

20 300-9iddbcfrs ((SIDERITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Black Cloud Mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, 12 x6.5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Large cabinet sized specimen of Black Cloud Siderite. Specimen is undamaged and displays nicely.

21 300-9iddbcfes ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico, 12 x 7 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Cabinet sized specimen from Blanchard with cubic light purple Fluorites on the front and a couple of altered Galena crystals on the backside. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.

22 300-9iddbcfegrs ((QUARTZ over DANBURITE with CALCITE)), $250 MINIMUM BID, Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, 17 x 14 x 9 cm, Cabinet, An excellent undamaged specimen with many terminated Danburite crystals covered with a druze of Quartz. The base is covered with smaller double terminated Calcite crystals. The Danburites are in superb condition without any damage.

23 8hljdnss ((very rare pseudo GOLD pseudomorph after AIKINITE on QUARTZ)), Martin Ehrmann Label $265 MINIMUM BID, Beresov, Urals, 7 x 5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, very rare pseudomorph with an old Martin Erhmann label. Small area of Gold replacement of Aikinite. Knowledgeable collectors at the Friends of Mineralogy show were very impressed but I guess did not collect pseudomorphs. Not the most aesthetic but a great old timer. NOTE all the tan is not Gold. Gold is the white (shiny) area (middle right).

24 7atkrls ((SMITHSONITE on TENNANTITE pseudomorph after CHALCOCITE pseudomorph after AZURITE)), $200 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 5 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a neat undamaged Tsumeb pseudomorph. I have had this out this year at $695. At Tucson knowledgeable dealers familiar with Tsumeb identified it. Also sits well for display.

25 300-9iddbcfns ((MIMETITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 3.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Color is more yellow and less brown than shown. Miniature Tsumeb specimen with a druse of Mimetite crystals.

26 300-9iddbcfar ((QUARTZ Japan Law Twin)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Mundo Nuevo Mine, Pasto Bueno District, Pallasca Province, Peru, 3.5 x 3 x 1 cm, Miniature, Undamaged lustrous neat Japan Law Twin from Peru.	,

27 300-9iddbcfirs ((QUARTZ Japan Law Twin)), $45 MINIMUM BID, PC Mine, Jefferson County, Montana, 4.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Undamaged lustrous neat Japan Law Twin from Montana. It is hard to tell but the spot in the middle is actually a terminated Quartz crystal extending out from the twin but it is not seen on the backside.

28 300-9iddbcfts ((PLATTNERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 4.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, An undamaged specimen with micro black lustrous Plattnerite crystals. ex Harold Michel collection.

29 300-9iddbcfrs ((SPHALERITE with QUARTZ)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Sweethome Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, 5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Terminated Quartz and Sphalerite look to be undamaged. Sweethome is famous for its world class Rhodochrosite specimens.

30 300-9iddbcfirs ((CALCITE with COPPER inclusions on COPPER)), $45 MINIMUM BID, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, 3 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Looks to be undamaged but with a little edge wear. However the tip of the termination is contact and has some of the matrix material included. Calcite is transluscent and the included Copper can be seen but the Calcite is not transparent. ex Harold Michel collection.

31 300-9iddbcfirs ((BARITE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, near Warihuayin, Huamalies Province, Huanuco Department, Peru, 5 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Outstanding colorless lustrous Barite from Peru. These almost always have some damage. This one looks to be damage free to me and has fairly thin crystals so that it is not as fragile as it looks.

32 300-9iddbcfes ((SMOKEY QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Fat Jack Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona, 6 x 5 x 4.5 cm, Miniature, Two undamaged double terminated and on terminated Smokey Quartz crystals in an aesthetic pile from the Fat Jack Mine.

33 300-9iddbcfns ((PECTOLITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, 5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Nice miniature specimen of radial white Pectolite from New Jersey.

34 300-9iddbcfts ((TILASITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $10 MINIMUM BID, Langban, filipstad, Varmland, Sweden, 3 x 2.5 x 1 cm, Miniature, A reference specimen of massive Tilasite from the type locality.

35 300-9iddbcfts ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Two purple parallel crystals of Fluorite from Sweethome Mine. The crystals are partially formed having contacted with matrix.

36 300-9iddbcfns ((TURQUOISE pseudomorph after APATITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Baviacora, Sonora, Mexico, 2 x 1.7 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a thumbnail sized specimen of Baviacora pseudomorph of Turquoise after Apatite.

37 300-9iddbcfts ((HEMATITE variety TURGITE on QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a terminated Quartz coated with iridescent Turgite from Graves Mountain.

38 300-9iddbcfts ((KERNITE with TINCALCONITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $10 MINIMUM BID, Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, 7.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Cabinet, A colorless Kernite crystal with some white Tincalconite coating.

39 300-9iddbcfns ((COPPER)), $10 MINIMUM BID, San Bartolo near Calama, El Load Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile, 4 x 2.5 x .1 cm, Miniature, ex H Westenberger collection. A flattened specimen of dendritic crystals of Copper from Chile.

40 300-9iddbcfns ((QUARTZ with EPIDOTE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Leshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China, 7 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature to small Cabinet, Dark green Epidote on Quartz from China.

41 300-9iddbcfts ((GOETHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Orient Mine, near Villa Grove, Saguache County, Colorado, 6.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Lustrous black small grapelike mounds of Goethite Here is a Colorado Malachite with minor blue Azurite from the Copper Rivet Mine.

42 300-9iddbcfts ((WOLLASTONITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, 5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, I do not have my UV light along but Franklin Wollastonite fluoresces a yellow orange (see mindat photos).

43 300-9iddbcfts ((TITANITE twin)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan, 2.5 x 1 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, A perfect undamaged sharp twinned Titanite from Pakistan. It is a complete crystal floater with no attachment.

44 300-9iddbcfis ((AMIANT aka ACTINOLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Roter Kopf, Schwarzensee, Zillertal, Austria, 7 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, ex H Westenberger collection. Fibrous soft Acinolite from Austria.

45 300-9iddbcfns ((PURPURITE with HETEROSITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Big Boulder Prospect, Larimer County, Colorado, 4.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, A specimen of Colorada Purpurite. Older label says Mark I Jacobson collection.

46 300-9iddbcfns ((EMMONSITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico, 2 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, ex H Westenberger collection. Emmonsite is a greenish yellow Tullurite.

47 300-9iddbcfts ((AUGITE variety FASSAITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Fassa Valley, Trente Province, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy, 4.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, ex H Westenberger collection. Fassaite is an Augite with a low Iron content originally reported from this location.

48 300-9iddbcfns ((SPESSARTINE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1.4 x 1.2 x .6 cm, Thumbnail, Gem grade Spessartine from Brazil in a thumbnail sized specimen.

49 300-9iddbcfts ((DOLOMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ophir Hill Mine, Ophir, Tooele County, Utah, 4 x 2.7 x 2.7 cm, Miniature, Light peach colored Dolomite from Ophir. These were not collected much underground. This is the first I remember seeing.

50 300-9iddbcfts ((GALENA)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Alamos, Sonora, Mexico, 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Galena is not that prevalent from Elmwood. Here is a lustrous specimen with cubic Galena. ex Scott Williams Minerals.

51 300-9iddbcfes ((ARSENOPYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pucarrajo Mine, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru, 6 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Silver colored large crystals of Arsenopyrite from Peru.

52 300-9iddbcfes ((ANDRADITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Stanley butte, Graham County, New Mexico, 4 x 4 x 2.3 cm, Miniature, Lustrous dark olive colored crystals of Andradite.

53 300-9iddbcfes ((SCHORL aka BLACK TOURMALINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Michelle Mine, Rayon, Sonora, Mexico, 7.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Lustrous Schorl with a 4 cm terminated crystal with other smaller crystals on matrix. ex Frank Knaus collection.
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54 300-9iddbcfts ((ARSENOPYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Zacatecas, Mexico, 6 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm, Miniature, Silver colored and lustrous specimen of Arsenopyrite.
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55 300-9iddbcfar ((CHALCOPYRITE on CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pea Ridge Mine, Washington County, Missouri, 3 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a single Calcite crystal which is reddish brown from Hematite and has several large Chalcopyrite crystals perched on the faces.

56 300-9iddbcfts ((SPHALERITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Patch Mine, Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado, 2 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a single Sphalerite crystal thumbnail from a Colorado Mine. It is contacted on the backside.

57 300-9iddbcfns ((PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Magma Mine, Suuperior, Pinal County, Arizona, 2 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, A single lustrous Pyrite crystal on a small amount of Pyrite matrix from Magma Mine in Arizona.

58 300-9iddbcfts ((BARITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado, 6.5 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature, A golden Barite from the Eagle Mine. Older label says from the Allen collection.

59 300-9iddbcfns ((AUGITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Paskapole, Bohemia, Czech Republic, 1.5 x 1.3 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, A single complete undamaged thumbnail sized specimen of Augite from Czech Republic.

60 300-9iddbcfts ((CELESTINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Matehuala, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, 5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, A single miniature sized crystal of Celestine from Mexico. It has a little edge wear but overall in good shape. The bottom has contacted where part of a large plate at one time.

61 300-9iddbcfts ((PYRITE with QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Black Cloud Mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, 4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, A combination with white opaque Quartz and lustrous Pyrite from Leadville.

62 300-9iddbcfts ((COPPER)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mountain City Mine, Elko County, Nevada, 4 x 1 x 1 cm, Miniature, Here is a miniature arborescent Copper from the Mountain City Mine in Nevada.

63 300-9iddbcfts ((COPPER)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Central Mine, Houghton County, Michigan, 2.5 x 2.5 x .3 cm, Thumbnail to small Miniature, Here is a herringbone twinned Copper from Michigan's Central Mine.

64 300-9iddbcfns ((ARAGONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sioux Ajax Mine, Mammoth, Juab County, Utah, 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Thumbnail, A rounded Calcite bleb with a Medusa head of Aragonite.

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81p1 300-9iddbcfrs ((PYRITE)), $25, Tuscany, Italy, 5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature

82p2 300-9iddbcfar ((PYRITE)), $50, Ambasaguas, Muro de Aguas, La Rioja, Spain, 8 x 7 x 4 cm, Cabinet, ex H Westenberger.

83p3 300-9iddbcfirs ((PYRITE)), $50, Huanzala Mine, Huanuco Department, Peru, 6 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature

84p4 300-9iddbcfar ((PYRITE)), $40, Huanzala Mine, Huanuco Department, Peru, 5 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, ex Frank Knaus coll.

85p5 300-9iddbcfar ((PYRITE on DOLOMITE)), $25, Ronneburg, Thuringa, Germany, 8.5 x 5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, ex Paul Jung coll.

86p6 300-9iddbcfinr ((PYRITE)), $35, 630-900 slope, 21 level, Walsh Replacement Ore Body, Camp Bird Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, 6.5 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature

87p7 300-9iddbcfiss ((PYRITE)), $35, Adelaide Mine?, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, 5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature

88p8 300-9iddbcfar ((PYRITE)), $25, Julia Fisk Mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado, 6 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature

89p9 300-9iddbcfar ((PYRITE)), $25, St Louis Tunnel, Rico, Delores County, Colorado, 5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature

90p10 300-9iddbcfirs ((PYRITE)), $50, Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado, 7.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet

91p11 300-9iddbcfiss ((PYRITE, SIDERITE)), $35, Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado, 7.5 x 5 x 3 cm, Cabinet

92p12 300-9iddbcfinr ((PYRITE, SIDERITE)), $35, Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado, 8 x 5 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet

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