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June 11, 2010

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	1 07atkrl ((CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 4 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Colorless ice like crystals of Calcite. ex Uri Bahman collection. ex Kristalle specimen.

	2 07atkrl ((TENNANTITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Two large crystals of Tennantite. These appear to have a coating or cast of another minerals over the Tennantite crystals. This is best seen from the underside. Under a loop there is also a few micro clusters of Mimetite. ex Uri Bahman collection. ex Kristalle specimen.

	3 07atkng ((MALACHITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 8 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Green sparkling Malachite. ex Uri Bahman collection. ex Kristalle specimen.

	4 07atkil ((MALACHITE, CUPRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 4 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Green almost gemmy Malachite that almost looks like Dioptase with minor red Cuprite under the Malachite. ex Uri Bahman collection. ex Kristalle specimen.

	5 07atkg ((MIMETITE ?)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 7 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature, This was not labeled but looks like it is possibly Mimetite. . ex Uri Bahman collection. ex Kristalle specimen.

	6 00atdbiss ((EPIDOTE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Kenya, 6 x 5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a dark green terminated lustrous Kenya Epidote from the find 5 to 10 years ago.

	7 00cgclrs ((COPAL)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Columbia, 13.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large 57 gm piece of Columbian Copal resembling a flame. No insects but possibly two dried flowers.

	8 00cgclns ((COPAL)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Columbia, 6 x 5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is a polished piece of Columbian Copal. No insects.

	9 00atmdir ((VANADINITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Mibladen, Morocco, 7 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, very red, red orange crystals of Vanadinite. Small gemmy crystals with damage to some crystals. ex Uri Bahman collection. ex Kristalle specimen.

	10 05hlkmis ((CHROME ANTIGORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Woods Chromite Mine, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 9 x 8 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Purplish Chrome Antigorite with associated black Chromite from Pennsylvania.

	11 05hlkmtr ((STRONTIANITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Mt Pleasant Mills, Synder County, Pennsylvania, 8 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is an aesthetic specimen with several white spherical clusters of acicular Strontianite crystals. Also fluorescent.

	12 05tadir ((PYRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Guang Xi, China, 8 x 5.5 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large Pyrite Flower from China. It has a fair amount of cracking which many of these have.

	13 000miscis ((NATROLITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Maghera Morne Quarry, Larne, County Antrim, North Ireland, Ireland, 3 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is an Irish Natrolite.

	14 000miscis ((tabular QUARTZ)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Hot Springs, Arkansas, 9 x 8.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is plate of Quartz with several tabular Quartz crystals.

	15 000miscis ((AURICHALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 7 x 5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is fine Aurichalcite from Utah with two undamaged areas of Aurichalcite. Under a loop viewing in best.

	16 000miscis ((CHALCEDONY GEODE with QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Dugway Mtns, Tooele County, Utah, 3.5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, This is a neat Geode with a Chalcedony lining and a hanging cluster of Quartz that looks like a hanging wasp nest.

	17 000miscis ((DUGWAY GEODE with hoppered hollow QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Dugway Mtns, Tooele County, Utah, 4.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, This is a neat Geode section with a group of hoppered hollow Quartz crystals.

	18 000miscis ((CHALCEDONY GEODE with QUARTZ flower)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Dugway Mtns, Tooele County, Utah, 3.5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, This is another neat Geode with a Chalcedony lining and a mound of chalcedony then forming a stem with a ring of flower like quartz in the center of the geode.

	19 000misciss ((MIXITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Northern Spy Mine, Tintic District, Eureka County, Utah, 10 x 8 x 5cm, Cabinet, This is a large specimen covered with small fuzzy light blue green spheres of acicular microcrystals.

	20 000misciss ((GALENA)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Daly Judge Mine, Park City, Summit County, Utah, 5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a massive Pyrite specimen covered with cubo octahedral Galena crystals. The Galena crystals are undamaged.	,

	21 000miscis ((QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Carrock Mine, Brandy Gill, Cumbria, England, 3.5 x 2 x 1 cm, Miniature, Here is a Quartz crystal from and English mine. Pearl Freeman label, London.

	22 05atjkrs ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, 9 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a terminated Bisbee Calcite stalactite with a greenish tint from Brochantite or Malachite

	23 05atjkrs ((corkscrew CALCITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, 10.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is a terminated Bisbee Calcite stalactite with a greenish tint from Brochantite or Malachite. The stalactite has a corkscrew shape which is supposed to be uncommon to rare.

	24 000miscis ((5 JASPER pseudo after BARITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Moab area, Utah, 2 cm average, 5 Thumbnails, Here are 5 round Jasper pseudomorphs after Barite. These come in all sizes and usually larger. These were the first small ones I've seen.

	25 000miscis ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mt Pleasant Mills, Synder county, Pennsylvania, 16.5 x 9 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large specimen with a vug filled with nail head type Calcite crystals.

	26 000misciss-1777 ((TORBENITE)), Radioactive, $35 MINIMUM BID, Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Shaba Province, Zaire, 13 x 8 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large specimen with green mica like Torbenite.

	27 511-9ldgcts ((HEMATITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Nador, Morocco, 8 x 5.5 x 5 cm, Miniature, Sparkling druse of Hematite crystrals from Morocco. ex H Desinger collection.

	28 511-9ldgcts ((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Diamantina, Brazil, 5.5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, A cluster of double terminated Quartz crystals perched on the termination of a larger terminated Quartz crystal. ex H Desinger collection.

	29 511-9ldgcns ((CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Freiberg, Germany, 12 x 7 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Small opaque double terminated Calcite crystals on a mounded crust. ex H Desinger collection.

	30 511-9ldgcar ((MOLYBDENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Knaben Mine, Knaben, Vest-Agder, Norway, 6.5 x 6 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Shiny silvery Molybdenite from Norway. ex H Desinger collection.

	31 511-9ldgcar ((QUARTZ variety SMOKY, GOETHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Freisen, Saarland, Germany, 15 x 7 x 4 cm, Miniature, Stubby Smoky Quartz crystals with associated external black Goethite crystals. ex H Desinger collection.

	32 511-9ldgcar ((PYRROTITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Bayerland Mine, Pfaffenreuth, Waldsassen, Oberpfalzer Wald, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany, 13 x 8 x 6 cm, Cabinet, This was an Iron Mine during WWII until being abandoned in 1971. This is not solid Pyrrhotite but a vein of Pyrrhotite. ex H Desinger collection.

	33 511-9ldgcns ((BARITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Barcelona, Spain, 5.5 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature, Undamaged Barite specimen from Spain. ex H Desinger collection.

	34 511-9ldgciss ((PYROMORPHITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Freyung, Bayr Wald, Germany, 12 x 5.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Undamaged Green opaque Pyromorphite crystals. ex H Desinger collection.

	35 511-9ldgciss ((MARCASITE on GALENA)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Bytom District, Upper Silesia, Poland, 7 x 5 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet, Octahedral Galena crystals covered with Marcasite. Under a loop the Marcasite is totally crystallined shaped like blocky and tabular Barite. ex H Desinger collection.

	36 511-9ldgces ((GALENA)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Huanzala Mine, Huanuco Department, Peru, 8 x 4 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Octahedral Galena crystals with a slight molten look and very lustrous from Peru. ex H Desinger collection.

	37 511-9ldgces ((GALENA)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri, 3 x 3 x 2.2 cm, Miniature, Lustrous cubic Galena with slight octahedral modifications on the corners. No matrix, one corner was originally attached to matrix. In great shape. ex H Desinger collection.

	38 511-9ldgcts ((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Cavnik, Romania, 11 x 3 x 2.8 cm, Cabinet, Neat double terminated Romanian Quartz with a small attachment on the bottom side. Multiple terminations at the one end. ex H Desinger collection.

	39 511-9ldgcrs ((MARCASITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Vintirov, Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Rupublic, 5 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is a fine Czech Marcasite with large crystals. ex H Desinger collection.

	40 511-9ldgciss ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Madan Bulgaria, 9 x 9 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen of lustrous Calcite from Madan. ex H Desinger collection.

	43 , 41 511-9ldgcts ((DOLOMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Schlema, Germany, 9 x 6 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is an undamaged Dolomite on matrix. It is a mound of multiple crystals. ex H Desinger collection.

	44 42 511-9ldgcnss ((TITANITE, CALCITE, QUARTZ)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Sarapaul, Urals, Russia, 14 x 7 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is specimen with a schist matrix with a Quartz core. On that Titanite aka Sphene crystals and Calcite crystals. The Calcite and Quartz are undamaged. The main cluster of Titanite are in good shape with only one small crystal missing and almost impossible to see. The minor Sphenes to the left have damage. ex H Desinger collection.

	45 43 511-9ldgcrs ((SMITHSONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mexico, 10 x 5.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a pink botryoidal Smithsonite which looks like Choix, Sinaloa but the German stand label says El Cobre. ex H Desinger collection.

	42 44 511-9ldgcrs ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mexico, 7 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a reddish brown Calcite from the Hematite inclusions. Stand label says Naica. ex H Desinger collection.

	46 45 511-9ldgcns ((CALCITE, QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Capnic, Rumania, 10 x 7 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a plate of Quartz crystals covered with Calcite. ex H Desinger collection.

	47 46 511-9ldgces ((BISMUTH)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Niederschlema, Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany, 7 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a German Bismuth specimen with actual crystals in some areas. ex H Desinger collection.


	47 3480-98ecdbtg ((VANADINITE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Pure Potential Mine, La Paz County, Arizona, 11 x 7 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a older specimen of red orange hexagonal prisms of Vanadinite. COLOR is a more orange than the photos show.

	48 3481-9atadar ((RHODODHROSITE)), $65 MINIMUM BID, Manuelita Mine, Peru, 12 x 7 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a fine cabinet sized pink Rhodochrosite from Peru.

	49 3482-7hlkmiss ((CALCITE)), $150 MINIMUM BID, Delta Carbonate Quarry, York County, Pennsylvania, 9 x 9 x 8 cm, Cabinet, Here is a fine undamaged York Calcite with two crystal forms.

	50 3483-7hlkmiss ((CALCITE)), $65 MINIMUM BID, Delta Carbonate Quarry, York County, Pennsylvania, 10 x 9 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a fine undamaged York Calcite.

	51 3484-7atjtiss ((WULFENITE, MIMETITE)), $125 MINIMUM BID, Mammoth St Anthony Mine, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona, 6 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is a Tiger Wulfenite with a peppering of yellow Mimetite.

	52 3485-99atcsigr ((HEULANDITE)), $100 MINIMUM BID, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India, 10 x 10 x 6 cm, Miniature, Large undamaged pearly white Heulandite. Hard to photo, Better in person.

	53 3486-06ddtgngs ((SPESSARTINE, SMOKY QUARTZ)), $999 MINIMUM BID, Tongbei, Yunxiao, Fujian, China, 12 x 9 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a excellent cabinet sized Spessartine from Tongbei. COLOR is a orange and not as red orange. More of a typical Tongbei Spessartine color rather than a Vanadinite red orange

	54 ame8lr ((AMETHYST FLOWER)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 10 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Undamaged on both front and back except two minor edge areas. This is a bit of a freeform Flower. Most of these are shaped more round and most are cloudy. This one has nice purple tips on the various directions of Quartz crystals. NOTE PURPLE is not as dark as the photo.

	55 994256-rs ((FLUORITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Nasik, Maharashtra, India, 5 x 5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a pair of hemispherical Fluorite that resembles fried eggs.

	56 09btadns ((CUPRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Red Dome Mine, Queensland, Australia, 4 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Solid Cuprite from Red Dome. This is a reference specimen of mostly massive Cuprite.

	57 9atmris ((GOETHITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Lake George area, Colorado, 4.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, A brown cluster of bladed crystals of the Colorado Goethite.

	58 10atadar ((EPIDOTE, QUARTZ)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Pampa Blanca, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica, Peru, 14 x 13 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large cabinet specimen with 6 to 10 cm Quartz crystals with dark green long crystals of Epidote. Visually impressive but there is one major Quartz crystal in the center that is missing and a second partial Quartz crystal missing on the right edge.

	59 9fdcea ((RHODOCHROSITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Champion Mine, Hinsdale County, Colorado, 10 x 7 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Colorado pink opaque Rhodochrosite from a location other than Sweethome.

	60 10atadar ((QUARTZ, PYRITE, SPHALERITE, CHALCOPYRITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Animon Mine, Huaron, Peru, 11 x 7 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a fine Peruvian sulfide specimen with terminated Quartz with associated Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, and Pyrite. Especially nice are the 6 cubic lustrous undamaged Pyrite crystals along the top edge.

	61 5atjkns ((MALACHITE included CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, level 5, Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, 5 x 4.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen from Bisbee with dark green acicular crystals of Malachite. Some are included in a lustrous transparent Calcite.

	62 3dhshnr ((BIRNESSITE, CALCITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, 300 foot level, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 6.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a fine specimen with stalactites of Calcite coated with and filled with the rare black mineral Birnessite. This is attached to a plastic block with hot glue. Heating the glue and separating the glue from the plastic, and then heating enough to pull the glue from the specimen with care would allow the specimen to be separated from the stand. The Calcite is fragile enough to break if trying to pull the Calcite from the stand.

	63 7attjnr ((RED BERYL)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Wild Horse Springs, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 3 MM, small Thumbnail, Here is a small double terminated 3 MM Red Beryl specimen from the most uncommon of the three Utah Red Beryl locations. These are prismatic crystals unlike the Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range Beryls. The Wah Wah Mountains have prismatic crystals but are usually very expensive. The Wild Horse location seems to be completely played out. Several local field collectors over the years have been on location trying to find more specimens but none have been found.

	64 9atmris ((PALYGORSKITE, CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Metaline, Washington, 10 x 6 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen of Mountain Leather, an amphibole species, Palygorskite. Also it has associated flattened rhombs of Calcite.

	65 07atkls ((SMITHSONITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 8.5 x 6 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen covered with Smithsonite on both sides. One side has micro green crystals on the Smithsonite that looks like Malachite after Cuprite or Copper. On the edges it also looks like the pale greenish Smithsonite is actually a second growth of Smithsonite over a brown colored Smithsonite. ex Uri Bahman collection. ex Kristalle specimen.

	66 07atkls ((SMITHSONITE)), $40 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 11 x 7 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen with large crystals of Smithsonite and one extra large crystal. Specimen is undamaged. The extra large crystal has minor wear on the high spots visable with a loop. ex Uri Bahman collection. ex Kristalle specimen.

	67 07atkls ((DIOPTASE, DUFTITE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 8.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen covered with small gemmy crystals of emerald green Dioptase on olive green Duftite. Kristalle label at $125. ex Uri Bahman collection. ex Kristalle specimen.

	68 07atkis ((DOLOMITE on GOETHITE coating DOLOMITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 7 x 4 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen with black rhombic Dolomite colored from the Goethite coating. Over the Goethite coated Dolomite are more cream colored Dolomite. ex Uri Bahman collection. ex Kristalle specimen.

	69 5atmlis ((QUARTZ)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Hunan Province, China, 8 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cluster of double terminated Quartz crystals from China.

	70 994258rs ((JULGOLDITE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India, 3.5 x 3 x 1 cm, Miniature, Here is a rare Indian mineral. Its black, a hemisphere, and looks soft but is not. It came out about 12 years ago. There never seemed to be many specimens and are rarely if ever seen any longer for sale. This is one from 1999 and has been out for sale for awhile but not for the last several years.
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	71 9atmrir ((JAMESONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Noche Buena, Zacatecas, Mexico, 6 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen that looks like a 000 steel wool brillo pad.

	72 5atmlis ((DOLOMITE, FLUORITE, WOLFRAMITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Hunan Province, China, 7.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a combination specimen with cream colored Dolomite with associated Fluorite and Wolframite.

	73 5atmlis ((DOLOMITE, FLUORITE, WOLFRAMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Hunan Province, China, 7 x 6 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a highly lustrous terminated Wolframite. The outside crystal is highly scuffed and damaged. The two crystals in back are great crystals with a higher than usual luster, more like a Cassiterite.

	74 33-00idcsgs ((TETRAHEDRITE, QUARTZ)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Casapalca Mine, Huarochiri Province, Lima Department, Peru, 14 x 9 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Here is a fine large Cabinet sized Tetrahedrite with associated Quartz. It has a large 5 cm central crystal. A few minor termination scuffs but overall no major damage and in great shape for a large Tetrahedrite specimen which usually have some damaged crystals.

	75 6idejnt ((ANATASE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Hardangarvidda, Norway, 1.7 x 1.3 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a fine single crystal of black lustrous Anatase from Norway. Undamaged except for a chip on the underside of one termination. Displays in a perky without showing the damage. NOTE what looks like a crack in the photo is actually the crystal having a two terminations at that end from offset growth of the crystal.

	76 5atmlis ((FLUORITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Hunan Province, China, 7 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a light purple transparent lustrous cubic Fluorite which has sharp edges and undamaged.

	77 5atmlis ((CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Hunan Province, China, 8 x 4 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Chinese Calcite with flattened rhombs

	78 10atadtr ((SPHALERITE, CALCITE, QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Animon Mine, Huaron, Peru, 7.5 x 5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Peruvian specimen with lustrous black Sphalerite and a few terminated Quartz crystals covered with mounds of white Calcite.

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