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Apr 2, 2010

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	1 miscr ((WULFENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico, 4 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature, Single undamaged crystal of Wulfentite on matrix. Unusual shape for Los Lamentos.


	2 cels ((FLUORITE)), $75 MINIMUM BID, Jiangxi Province, China, 15.5 x 9 x 8 cm, Cabinet, Large cabinet sized specimen of dark green transluscent octahedral crystals of Fluorite. A small spot of damage on the back, otherwise undamaged. Sets up for display.

	3 98cgfgr-1892 ((GROSSULAR variety RASPBERRY GARNET)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Sierra de Cruces, Coahuila, Coahuila, Mexico, 6 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Fine large Raspberry Garnet undamaged with some contact on the backside. Also a small associated Vesuviante on the backside. These are also Fluorescent. This size was never plentiful in this shape. These Raspberry Garnets used to be fairly common for awhile in the smaller crystals but even these are not seen much anymore. This was purchased back in 1998 and has been in my collection. It could have been the best out of a group of small specimens I hand selected in 1998.

	4 8fblmii ((WULFENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Urumqui, Kuruktag Mtns, Xinjiang Uygur Region, China, 6 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Some damage but not bad. Reference specimen since color is not as good as most probably from brownish coating on the matrix.

	5 5bttgt ((GYPSUM)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Chihuahua, Mexico, 6.5 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Selenite Rose specimen made up of spheres of Gypsum.

	6 08btrdnr ((RHODOCHROSITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Ushkatan III Deposit, Zhayrem area, Kazakhstan, 4.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Fine example of Rhodochrosite from Zhayrem. This is old material. The back and base is polished.

	7 miscnr ((DIOPTASE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Kaokoveld Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Namibia, 8.5 x 8 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Specimen of a druze green crystals of Dioptase on a Quartz matrix. The backside is sawn flat.

	8 3btmlr ((MOLYBDENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Wolfram Camp, Queensland, Australia, 5.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Lustrous Molybdenite specimen with some associated Quartz.

	9 06fccdr ((FELDSPAR, EPIDOTE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Salida Prospect, Caffee County, Colorado, 9 x 7 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, Cream colored crystals of Feldspar with minor Epidote.

	10 5btjkis ((AURICHALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Level 5, Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, 9 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, 6 or 7 years ago Calcite stalactites were collected in the Southwest mine. There were also a few Aurichalcite specimens found at that time.

	11 7btadis ((AEGERINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mt Malosa, Zomba, Malawi, Africa, 6.5 x .4 x .4 cm, Miniature, Here is a double terminated undamaged Aegerine with many small secondary side crystals poking out.

	12 8ahmris ((CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Palm Wash, California, 5 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen of Calcite from the location that supplied optical Calcite for bomb sites in WWII.

	13 09btceis ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Xianghaupu Mine, Hunan Province, China, 11 x 9 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Cubic light green transparent lustrous Fluorite crystals with modified edges from China. This looks like ice or even plastic.

	14 8hhjhnr ((HALITE on GYPSUM)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Great Salt Lake, Tooele County, Utah, 20 x 9.5 x 8 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large Cabinet specimen from the one time find a couple of years ago. This has a stalactite like formation on its side formed from Gypsum crystals growing on a branch or limb and then falling over in the water to the bottom also covered with Gypsum. Then secondary the sparkling cubes of colorless Halite crystalized onto the Gypsum. Single and twinned Gypsum crystals have always been found but this is the first find having the stalactite like formation covered with sharp pointed Gypsum crystals protruding from the stalactite like a cactus.

	15 8btrdis ((SHUISKITE, UVAROVITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Saranovskii Mine, Permskaya Oblast, Urals, Russia, 3 x 1.5 x .3 cm, Miniature, Here is a small specimen of green Uvarovite Garnet with some rare blades or needles or fibrous of light purplish Shiskite.

	16 8btadir ((OLIVENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing County, Nevada, 8 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Lustrous dark green crystals of Olivenite from Majuba Hill which I am told is an incredibly dangerous mine to do any collecting.

	17 09btcee ((VANADINITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pure Potential Mine, La Paz County, Arizona, 6 x 6 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Lustrous hexagonal prisms of red orange individual Vanadinite crystals on a contrasting dark Calcite matrix. No damage.

	18 2757-00chdmtq ((TETRAHEDRITE on DOLOMITE)), $65 MINIMUM BID, Cavnic, Maramures, Romania, 12 x 10.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is an undamaged Romanian pinkish Dolomite with sharp undamaged Tetrahedrite crystals.

	19 06eclml ((SPESSARTINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Navegadora Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1.4 x 1 x .3 cm, Thumbnail, Gemmy transluscent to transparent Spessartine from Brazil. Faces are stepped with multiple crystal surfaces.

	20 c91ir ((SMITHSONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Ophir Hill District, Tooele County, Utah, 12 x 7 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Cabinet sized bluish green Smithsonite from the Hidden Treasure Mine.

	21 08atrdn ((COPPER spinel twin)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Itauz Mine, Djeskasgan, Kazakhstan, 3 x 1 x .1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a fine spinel twinned Copper in a large Thumbnail size.

	22 09ecmsns ((RHODOCHROSITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Wuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, 4.3 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Miniature specimen with pink lustrous rhombs of Rhodochrosite on matrix with associated Pyrite from China.

	23 09ecgpr ((CHALCOCITE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin, 5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, U S Classic and reclaimed location. This one is a cluster of Chalcocite crystals without damage with a bronze to purple patina or luster.

	24 09hlnawtn ((FRANKLINITE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Franklin, New Jersey, 3.2 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm, Miniature, Here is a large single crystal of Franklinite from Franklin. The octahedral crystal has some missing crystal on the tips of the octahedral crystal some contact on the back. The edges are sharp and undamage. Overall this crystal is in great shape for a large Franklinite crystal. ex Neil A Wintringham collection whom specialized in East Coast minerals.

	25 09hlmdr ((WILLEMITE, CALCITE, FRANKLINITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Franklin, NJ, 10 x 8 x 8 cm, Cabinet, Here is a typical Franklin specimen with red Calcite and green Willemite Fluorescent colors. It is a large specimen and should be split into two or three nice Cabinet sized specimens but the trimmer splitter is not handy right now. UVSW was not taken in total darkness. Light was coming through the closed vertical blinds. Super Bright II was used.

	26 09hlmdr ((SPHALERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Franklin, NJ, 4.5 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a lesser known and more unusual Fluorescent mineral. It is Fluorescent Sphalerite from Franklin and is Fluorescent yellow. UVSW was not taken in total darkness. Light was coming through the closed vertical blinds. Super Bright II was used.

	27 09hlnawr ((NORBERGITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Farber Quarry, Franklin, NJ, 7.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a more uncommon Fluorescent mineral from Franklin. It is Norbergite and is Fluorescent yellow. Also note that the actual Quarry is known and ex Neil A Wintringham collection whom specialized in East Coast minerals. UVSW was not taken in total darkness. Light was coming through the closed vertical blinds. Super Bright II was used.

	28 09hlmdr ((SODALITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Canada, 7 x 7 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Sodalite that was in with some Franklin fluorescent specimens. Suspected location is Canada for this Fluorescent red orange mineral. UVSW was not taken in total darkness. Light was coming through the closed vertical blinds. Super Bright II was used.

	29 09ectgl ((ADAMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 4.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Fine spherical yellow lustrous Adamite with strong fluorescence. UVSW was not taken in total darkness. Light was coming through the closed vertical blinds. Super Bright II was used.

	30 09hlnawni ((APATITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Newry, Maine, 5.5 x 4 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Purple Apatite crystals cover the front of this specimen. ex Neil A Wintringham collection whom specialized in East Coast minerals.

	31 08jkjlns ((ZEKTZNERITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Willow Basin, Washington Pass, Okanogan County, Washington, .7 x .6 x .6 cm, Thumbnail, Fine partial crystal of this rare species with strong fluorescence. UVSW was not taken in total darkness. Light was coming through the closed vertical blinds. Super Bright II was used.

	32 09jddbocnr ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Clay Center, Ohio, 3 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Strongly fluorescent rootbeer colored Fluorite from Ohio. UVSW was not taken in total darkness. Light was coming through the closed vertical blinds. Super Bright II was used.

	33 9aanawnr ((GYPSUM pseudomorph after GLAUBERITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Camp Verde, Arizona, 7.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cluster of the well known Arizona pseudomorph, Gypsum ps Glauberite.

	34 9aanawtl ((HEMIMORPHITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Wenshan, Yunnan Province, China, 7.5 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, These Hemimorphites from China are a very colorful robin egg blue.

	35 9aanawnr ((GOLDEN SELENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Las Salinas de Paracas, Paracas, Pisco, Ica Department, Peru, 7 x 5.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a highly fluorescent Selenite from Peru. The large twinned crystal does have a nick in one crystal that may be a contact with another crystal.

	36 9aanawir ((SPESSARTINE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Garnet Hill, Ely, White Pine County, Nevada, 5 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is an Ely Garnet. Nice ones take alot of work to collect. Here is a nice vug in the rhyolite matrix with a lustrous dark Garnet in the vug.

	37 9aanawts ((VANADINTE on BARITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, ACF Mine, Mibladen, Morocco, 6 x 6 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here are small lustrous orange hexagonal Vanadinite crystals on white blades of Barite.

	38 9aanawtg ((SULFUR)), $15 MINIMUM BID, El Desierto Mine, Bolivia, 10 x 6 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Sulfur specimen with large well defined separate yellow crystals.

	39 9aanawen ((BOURNONITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Machacamarca Mine, Bolivia, 7 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, This is a Bournonite from Bolivia. The compound crystal has cogwheel structure and striations typical of Bournonite. It is on a matrix shimmering from micro Pyrite crystals.

	40 9aanawns ((APOPHYLLITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India, 6 x 6 x 5 cm, Miniature, This is a reference specimen of colorless Apophyllite from India.

	41 9aanawnr ((AMETHYST)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Brazil, 4 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, This is a reference specimen of dark purple Brazilian Amethyst.

	42 9aanawnr ((PREHNITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Bendoukou, Sandare District, Kayes Region, Mali, 2.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Fine sphere of green Prehnite from Mali. Bottom has a contact dent that forms a base and allow the specimen to display without rolling.

	43 9aanawer ((SPHALERITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Telluride District, San Miguel County, Colorado, 8 x 4 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Fine lustrous Telluride County Sphalerite.

	44 9aanawi ((PYROMORPHITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Spain, 3.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Reference specimen of yellow green Spanish Pyromorphite.

	45 9aanawin ((COLEMANITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Boron, Kern County, California, 5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a fluorescent mineral which is Colemanite from Boron. The white bladed crystals also fluoresce white.

	46 9aanawrr ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, American Fork Canyon, Utah County, Utah, 5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Scalenohedral Calcite crystals from Utah on limestone.

	47 9aanawtr ((GROSSULAR)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah, 5.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Light greenish Grossular from the Wah Wahs. One side has some contact or damage. It is very hard to find these undamaged since they are frozen in matrix. Prepping is hard.

	48 9aanawr ((AMBER)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Curonian Lagoon, Neringa Municipality, Lithuanian, 3 x 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Carmel colored opaque Amber from Lithuanian.

	49 511-9ldgcrs ((QUARTZ with RUTILE and MUSCOVITE inclusions)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Brazil, 6 x 4 x 3 cm, Cabinet, This is a polished Quartz specimen with great inclustions. There are two large crossed Rutile needles with a hexagonal Muscovite crystal on one of the Rutile crystals. ex H Desinger collection.

	50 511-9ldgciss ((SMOKY QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Akchatau, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan, 8 x 7 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a gemmy Smoky Quartz cluster from Kazakhstan. There is a missing crystal leaving a contact spot and otherwise in good shape with a little minor chipping. ex H Desinger collection.

	51 511-9ldgcnss ((TITANITE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Dassu, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Northern Areas, Pakistan, 12 x 9 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large cabinet sized specimen covered with gemmy yellow green crystals of Titanite. They look undamaged and gemmy. ex H Desinger collection.

	52 511-9ldgcrs ((GOETHITE pseudomorph after PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Brazil, 4.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a large pseudomorph of Goethite after Pyrite. The large crystal has a natural crack which is typical on these pseudomorphs. ex H Desinger collection.

	53 511-9ldgces ((ADULARIA on PERICLINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Habach Valley, Hohe Tauern Mountains, Salzburg, Austria, 6 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen from Austria of Adularia crystals on larger Pericline crystals. ex H Desinger collection.

	54 511-9ldgces ((SPHALERITE with DOLOMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Trepca, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo, 8.5 x 6.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen of undamaged Sphalerite crystals on a matrix of Dolomite. ex H Desinger collection.

	55 511-9ldgcirs ((PYRRHOTITE on MAGNESITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Morro Velho Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 10 x 8 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Flattened rhombs of Magnesite with Pyrrhotite on and included. ex H Desinger collection.

	56 511-9ldgces ((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 8 x 7 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Smoky Quartz specimen from Brazil. There is some edge nicking but not bad. Contacted or broken surface on back and bottom. ex H Desinger collection.

	57 511-9ldgces ((BARYTE on DOLOMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Moscona Mine, Asturias, Spain, 14 x 8 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Barite specimen from Spain. ex H Desinger collection.

	58 511-9ldgciss ((HYALITE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Valec, Doupov, Bohemia, Czech Republic, 6 x 5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is the classic locality for Hyalite Opal. Undamaged lustrous bubbly transparent highly fluorescent Hyalite. ex H Desinger collection.

	59 511-9ldgciss ((TITANITE on ORTHOCLASE variety ADULARIA)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Pakistan, 8 x 6 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is an Adularia specimen from Pakistan with several Titanite crystals. ex H Desinger collection.

	60 511-9ldgcts ((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Gopfersgrun, Fichtelgebirge, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, 5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a Quartz crystal with smaller crystals all around it. ex H Desinger collection.

	61 511-9ldgces ((SPHALERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Hunan Province, China, 7 x 6 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen of Chinese Sphalerite with associated Calcite and Quartz druze. ex H Desinger collection.

	62 10btadts ((LEPIDOLITE, CLEAVELANDITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Pederneira Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 12 x 8 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cabinet specimen of purplish brown Lepidolite and blades of white Cleavelandite. ex H Desinger collection.

	63 10btadts ((CLEAVELANDITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Pederneira Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 16 x 10 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cabinet specimen with blades of white Cleavelandite. Associated purple Lepidolite on the back. ex H Desinger collection.

	64 10btadts ((QUARTZ)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Pederneira Mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 14 x 7 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cabinet specimen with a large terminated Quartz crystal with some matrix of white Cleavelandite and purple Lepidolite on the base. Quartz termination and edges are sharp and undamaged. ex H Desinger collection.

	65 24 511-9ldgces ((FLUORITE, QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, China, 5.5 x 5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is an undamaged specimen of pale pastel green Fluorite with terminated stubby white Quartz on the top. The bottom, back, and left side are healed cleaves. The front is a cubo octahedral Fluorite with multiple stacked cubic faces along the octahedral sides. ex H Desinger collection.

	66 28 511-9ldgcis ((QUARTZ, PYRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Peru, 5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a combination Peru specimen of Quartz and Pyrite. ex H Desinger collection.

	67 31 511-9ldgciss ((CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Herja Mine, Baia Mare, Maramures, Romania, 9 x 8 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Romania Calcite with curved flattened rhombs of white Calcite. These are sometimes gray from Boulangerite inclusions and sometimes white. ex H Desinger collection.

	68 36 3272wiin ((CALCITE on DOLOMITE CAST)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 5 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature, Long thin colorless terminated and double terminated Calcite crystals on a Dolomite cast after Calcite. ex Willy Israel collection.

	69 41 misc-is ((CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 8 x 6 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen with small groups of Calcite crystals on matrix.

	70 44 misct ((QUARTZ, TOURMALINE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California, 5.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a partial Quartz crystal with some pink Tourmaline.
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	71 512-10ahmrt ((QUARTZ pseudomorph after ARAGONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Clarendon, Donley County, Texas, 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Here another of these curious pseudomorphs that I had not run into previously. Its an Aragonite pseudomorphed to Quartz.

	72 512-10ahmris ((CALCITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico, 19 x 12 x 8.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large cluster of Calcite from Santa Eulalia. Even though large, I do not see any damage.

	73 511-9ldoces ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany, 11 x 7 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is another Schlema Calcite with another Calcite habit. This has sheaf like clusters of Calcite crystals. ex H Deisinger collection from Germany. ex H Deisinger collection from Germany.

	74 511-9ldocar ((CELESTINE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Sakoany, Majunga Province, Madagascar, 6 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a aesthetic specimen of a large blue Celestine crystal with a 3.3 cm terminated crystal across the front. ex H Deisinger collection from Germany.

	75 511-9ldocar ((SPHALERITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Taolin Mine, Yueyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China, 4 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a fine gemmy Chinese Sphalerite. For the most part undamaged especially all the major crystals are undamaged. ex H Deisinger collection from Germany.

	76 511-9ldoces ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany, 10 x 5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Freiberg Calcite. ex H Deisinger collection from Germany. ex H Deisinger collection from Germany.

	77 511-9ldocrs ((CALCITE, FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 6 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Cubic Fluorite crystals cover the matix with two large large undamaged Calcite crystals with a third smaller Calcite between the two large crystals. ex H Deisinger collection from Germany.


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