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Oct 8, 2010

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1 8atkrir ((CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia, 10 x 4 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Tsumeb specimen from the Uri Bahmann collection but was not labeled. It looks like etched orange rhombs of Calcite but I am not positive.

2 10ahmrisr ((ARTHURITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Copper Stope, Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing County, Nevada, 5 x 3 x 1 cm, Miniature, Here is a Arthurite with micro green crystals from the Copper Stope of Majuba Hill. Anyone who collected underground has told me that Majuba Hill is a very hazardous mine in which to collect which is limiting specimen collecting.

3 8atkris ((PSEUDOMALACHITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia, 6 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a Tsumeb specimen from the Uri Bahmann collection but was not labeled. I had a Tsumeb collector identify it as Pseudomalachite. Lustrous botryoidal dark green Pseudomalachite, a silicate, on contrasting white Calcite.

4 8atkrrs ((BRUCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, N'Chwaning II, Kuruman, South Africa, 2 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a Tsumeb specimen from the L Montgomery collection.

5-11 8jtpsis ((TRILOBITE EARRINGS)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Elrathia Kingi,, Wheeler Amplitheather, Juab County, Utah, 1.5 x 1 cm, Earrings, They have the peg for pierced ears glued to the back. These are great small complete trilobite specimens on not molts and the pegs could be removed with acetone.

6 8atkres ((DOLOMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia, 13 x 8 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a larger Tsumeb cabinet specimen from the Uri Bahmann collection. It has grey saddle back Dolomite crystals with another black metallic; perhaps Tennantite.

7 8atmlar ((BARITE, RHODOCHROSITE, QUARTZ, PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pachapaqui District, Ancash Department, Peru, . . ppTsumeb Mine, Namibia, 13 x 8 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a larger Tsumeb cabinet specimen from the Uri Bahmann collection. It has grey saddle back Dolomite crystals with another black metallic; perhaps Tennantite.

8 ari ((AGATE GEODE with black mineral)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Unknown location, 5 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is an Agate geode which is Quartz crystal lined. On the Quartz crystals are black spots that may be Goethite. A paper with the specimen has Leucoxene on it and may also be a guess as to the identity of the black mineral but no location.

9 9ehmzir ((ADAMITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico, 1..6 x 1.2 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a single terminated crystal of Adamite from Santa Eulalia.

10 9ehmzir ((THOMSONITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Aurangabad, Maharashtra State, India, 4 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a sphere of acicular crystals of Thomsonite from the finds of the best Thomsonite in the world from several years ago in Aurangabad, India.

11 9ehmzir ((GROSSULAR)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Kayes Region, Mali, 3 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a fully formed Grossular from Mali. Brownish color with some contact with other Grossulars.

12 9ehmzir ((MANGANITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa, 3 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Black lustrous Manganite from the Kalahari Manganese Field.

13 7hljdio ((ZINC SCHEFFERITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a rare variety of Diopside from Franklin. ex A Stevenson collection.

14 7hlkmis ((WILLIAMSITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Cedar Hill Quarry, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 3 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a gem variety of Serpentine. It is cut and polished.

15 7hlkmis ((AZURITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is an undamaged Azurite floater crystal cluster with no attachment.

16 7hlkmis ((PYRARGYRITE, CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Vera Santo Nino, Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico, 1.6 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a terminated Pyrargyrite crystals covered with small scalenohedral crystals of white Calcite.

17 7hhswis ((ARSENOPYRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 5.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a fine undamaged specimen of Arsenopyrite. The crystals are sharp but the faces are oxidized and have a grey matte like finish.

18 3hhshr ((ARAGONITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 4.5 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Colorless acicular crystals of Aragonite on matrix.

19 ari ((WULFENITE with MIMETITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, San Francisco Mine, Sonora, Mexico, 2 x 1.5 x .2 cm, Thumbnail, Classic Wulfenite location. Yellow orange Wulfenite with orange Mimetite on back and a few on the front of the Wulfenite. Crystal looks good to the naked eye but with a loop the edges have micro chipping and there is an internal partial crack which does not break the surface.

20 ari ((CORUNDUM)), $1 MINIMUM BID, North Carolina, 5 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature, North Carolina Sapphire specimen with mostly small crystals but one is 1.3 cm hexagonal crystal of Corundum variety Sapphire.

21 7hlkmis ((PREHNITE, BYSSOLITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Keystone Traprock Quarry, Cornog, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Jackstraw white colored Prehnite from this classic Alpine formation in Pennsylvania full of needles of Byssolite when viewed with a loop.

22 7hlkmis ((ADULARIA, BYSSOLITE, GOETHITE pseudo after PYRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Keystone Traprock Quarry, Cornog, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 2 x 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Twinned Adularia crystals from this classic Alpine formation in Pennsylvania. When viewed with a loop it is full of needles of Byssolite and micro cubes of Goethite pseudomorphs after Pyrite. One of the cubic pseudos is perched on a Byssolite crystal like a lollipop. Neat thumbnail sized specimen.

23 7hlkmis ((BYSSOLITE, GOETHITE pseudo after PYRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Keystone Traprock Quarry, Cornog, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Tufts of Byssolite with crystals of white jackstraw Prehnite from this classic Alpine formation in Pennsylvania.

24 7hlkmis ((ADULARIA, BYSSOLITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Keystone Traprock Quarry, Cornog, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 3 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Twinned Adularia crystals from this classic Alpine formation in Pennsylvania. When viewed with a loop it is full of needles of Byssolite.

25 7hlkmis ((BYSSOLITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Keystone Traprock Quarry, Cornog, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 3.5 x 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Tufts of Byssolite on Byssolite crystals from this classic Alpine formation in Pennsylvania.

26 7hlkmis ((ADULARIA, BYSSOLITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Keystone Traprock Quarry, Cornog, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 3.5 x 3 x 1 cm, Miniature, Twinned Adularia crystals from this classic Alpine formation in Pennsylvania. When viewed with a loop it is full of needles of Byssolite.	,

27 7hlkmis ((BYSSOLITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Keystone Traprock Quarry, Cornog, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 4 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature, Tufts of Byssolite on Byssolite crystals on a rock matrix from this classic Alpine formation in Pennsylvania.

28 7hlkmis ((ADULARIA, BYSSOLITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Keystone Traprock Quarry, Cornog, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 4 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Small twinned Adularia crystals on matrix from this classic Alpine formation in Pennsylvania. When viewed with a loop it is full of needles of Byssolite looking like trees in a forest.

29 7hlkmis ((5 pcs ADULARIA, BYSSOLITE, PREHNITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Keystone Traprock Quarry, Cornog, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1.5 to 2.5 cm, 5 Thumbnails, Here is a group of small specimens of Adularia, Byssolite, Prehnite, etc from this classic Alpine formation in Pennsylvania.

30 7hlkmis ((ADULARIA, BYSSOLITE, CLINOZOISITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Keystone Traprock Quarry, Cornog, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 3 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Twinned Adularia crystals with Byssolite and larger crystals of Clinozoisite on matrix from this classic Alpine formation in Pennsylvania.

31 7hlkmis ((ADULARIA, BYSSOLITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Keystone Traprock Quarry, Cornog, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 2 x 1.5 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Killer twinned Adularia crystals from this classic Alpine formation in Pennsylvania. With a loop there are also Byssolite crystals throughout.

32 7hlkmis ((ADULARIA, BYSSOLITE, PREHNITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Keystone Traprock Quarry, Cornog, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Combination specimen from this classic Alpine formation in Pennsylvania. Not the best, but a reference specimen from Cornog.

33 07atadis ((GOLD)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Olinghouse Mine, Washoe County, Nevada, 1.5 x 1.5 x .2 cm, Thumbnail, This is a very fine but small specimen. It would make a great micro. Sorry about the focus.

34 07atadar ((GOLD)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Olinghouse Mine, Washoe County, Nevada, 6 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen with a Calcite vein included with crystalized Gold, great viewing with a loop, exposed on one side. There is actually more Gold than is exposed. With a loop there is several areas that small Gold crystals are exposed.

35 05atdbrs ((SILVER)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico, 4 x 2 x 1 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen of nearly solid crystalized Silver from Batopilas.

36 07atadar ((GOLD)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Olinghouse Mine, Washoe County, Nevada, 4 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen with Calcite included with crystalized Gold, great viewing with a loop. There are arborescent wires of crystallized Gold.

37 07hhmris ((CHRYSOTILE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, British Columbia, Canada, 5.5 x 5.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a fibrous Chrysotile from Canada.

38 09hlnawig ((CERVANTITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 6 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm, Miniature, Cervantite is an Antimony Oxide.

39 10atadnr ((RHODONITE, GALENA)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 8 x 6 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large specimen of Rhodonite and Galena from Broken Hill. Base is sawn flat.

40 5atjdis ((MALACHITE included CALCITE, MALACHITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, level 5, Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, 9 x 4 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Bisbee Malachite with Calcite with Malachite inclusions.

41 4hhshrs ((ARAGONITE on CALCITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Mammoth Mine, Tintic District, Utah, 4 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a superb specimen of a Mammoth Mine Aragonite. Undamaged and aesthetic, it is mounted in a miniature plastic box. Well attached and should hold up in shipping. This is the best one of these that has ever been on the auction.

42 09ehejls ((AZURITE)), $65 MINIMUM BID, La Sal District, San Juan County, Utah, 7 x 5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is a superb specimen of lustrous undamaged Azurite from La Sal. This has crystals on the front and back as a floater. The back has two areas near the side that does have some minor damage.

43 4hhshrs ((SMITHSONITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 15 x 8 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large Smithsonite from Hidden Treasure. The light blue green Smithsonite also has some Calcite discs on the Smithsonite. There is also some peppering of micro spherical darker blue green Rosasite easier seen with a loop.

44 3swr ((CINNABAR, DOLOMITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Tongren, China, 4 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a single terminated hexagonal red Cinnabar crystal which is about 4 MM high on Dolomite.

45 7atadar ((EPIDOTE, QUARTZ, and CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pampa Blanca, Huancavelica Department Peru, 11 x 9 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cabinet sized specimen with etched Calcite, a terminated tapered Quartz crystal, and mini fan of lustrous dark green undamaged terminated Epidote.

46 7hhjdes ((MOOREITE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, North ore body, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, 9 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a rarer specimen from Franklin District in New Jersey, the Sterling Hill Mine.

47 7hhjdes ((MCGOVERNITE, FRANKLINITE, WILLEMITE, ZINCITE, CALCITE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, 7 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a rarer specimen from Franklin District in New Jersey, the Sterling Hill Mine. It also is a great combination specimen. It has great coverage of the bronze Mcgovernite.

48 4hhshis ((HEMIMORPHITE on CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Ophir Hill District, Tooele Mine, Utah, 4 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a Calcite covered with micro crystals of white Hemimorphite. Great with a loop.

49 10hleais ((3 RHODOCHROSITE slabs)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Argentina, 5.5 to 7 cm, 3 slabs, Here are 3 slabs of Rhodochrosite from Argentina.

50 10hleais ((8 Hawaii BLACK CORAL)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Argentina, 3 to 5.5 cm, 8 Miniature, Here are 8 pieces of black coral which I believe are from Hawaii.

51 10hleais ((9 RHODOCHROSITE unpolished cabs)), $2 MINIMUM BID, Argentina, 2 cm, 9 Thumbnail, Here are 9 cabs cut from Rhodochrosite slabs and ready to grind and polish.

52 10hleais ((jar of PERIDOT)), $2 MINIMUM BID, Argentina, jar is 6 x 6 x 6 cm, 1 jar, Here is a jar full of small Peridot crystals. Lid is on very tight. I do not know where they are from but perhaps Arizona.

53 4hhshis ((TRILOBITE, Bathyuriscus fimbriatus)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Millard County, Utah, bug is 2 cm in length, Fossil, Here is a Cambrian Trilobite from the Marjum Formation, House Range of Utah. Usual these are ventral but this is a dorsal view exposed.

54 4hhshis ((TRILOBITE, Zacanthoides idahoensis)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Wellsville Mountains, Brigham City, Utah, bug is 1.8 cm in length, Fossil, Here is a Cambrian Trilobite from the Spence Shale Formation of Utah. Zacanthoides have long pleural spines on the body.

55 4hhshis ((TRILOBITE, Elrathia kingi)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Wheeler Amplitheather, Millard County, Utah, bug is 3.7 cm in length, Fossil, Here is a specimen of multiple Cambrian Trilobites from the Wheeler Shale Formation of Utah. These are large Elrathia.

56 4hhshis ((TRILOBITE, Modocia typicallis)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Millard County, Utah, bug is 1.6 cm in length, Fossil, Here is a Cambrian Trilobite from the Marjum Formation, House Range of Utah.

57 4hhshis ((TRILOBITE, Asaphicus Wheeleri)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Wheeler Amplitheather, Millard County, Utah, bug is 4.2 cm in length, Fossil, Here is a Cambrian Trilobite from the Wheeler Shale Formation of Utah.

58 4hhshis ((MIXITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Northern Spy Mine, Tintic District, Eureka County, Utah, 5.5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen with micro crystals of robin egg blue Mixite.

59 5atadts ((QUARTZ, PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Morococha Mine, Yauli Province, Junin Department, Peru, 13 x 7 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Peruvian specimen with terminated stubby Quartz with Pyrite. One side has a couple of broken crystals but could be trimmed. Morococha specimens are not seen that often as Animon and Huanzala specimens from Peru.

60 7atdrr ((HEMATITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Morocco, 6 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a Moroccan Hematite which is lustrous from the Moroccans hand rubbing.

61 5attgir ((GYPSUM)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Chihuahua, Mexico, 12 x 7 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Undamaged intergrown spheres of Gypsum from Mexico.

62 9iddbar ((CHALCOPYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Bulgaria?, 13 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a great Chalcopyrite, without a label, with Sphalerite on the back.

63 6hlkmls ((CELESTINE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Meckley's Quarry, Mandata, Northcumberland County, Pennsylvania, 11 x 10 x 7.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a fine Celestine specimen from Pennsylvania's Meckley's Quarry.

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65 6hhshnr ((PYRITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Silver King Mine, Park City, Summit County, Utah, 6 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is Pyrite from the famous Silver mine, Silver King in historic Park City collected by Solon Hammack.

66 3883rs ((COPPER on QUARTZITE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, 6590 level, Bingham Canyon Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah, 7 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is one of the Coppers from the small recent find. Brecciated Quartzite with Copper crystallizing in the voids

67 3899ar ((COPPER on QUARTZITE)), $150 MINIMUM BID, 6590 level, Bingham Canyon Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah, 10 x 8 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Here is another of the largest Coppers from the small recent find. Brecciated Quartzite with Copper crystallizing in the voids.

68 5atdbns ((HEUBNERITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Ruby Mine, Maggie Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado, 3 x 2 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a fine thumbnail sized specimen with bladed crystals of Heubnerite.

69 5hhswnr ((CINNABAR)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tongren Mine, China, 8 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a twinned Cinnabar drill point crystal of red Cinnabar. I looped it and it looks natural and not faked as the Chinese at least used to do frequently with these Cinnabars.

70 6hhcanr ((ROMERITE, HALOTRICHITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Dexter #7 Mine, San Rafael District, Emery County, Utah, 8 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is an specimen with brown Romerite and white Halotrichite which are both sulphates and water soluble. Do not get wet!
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71 bf06ns ((KOTTIGITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 6 x 5.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a rare mineral and relative to the famous yellow Legrandite from Ojuela. This specimen of Kottigite has greenish grey crystals in a vug in the brown gossan matrix is about 30 years old.

72 6hlkmns ((DIOPSIDE pseudomorph after ???)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Grace Mine, Morgantown, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 4 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is one of the strange and I presume uncommon, pseudomorphs from Grace Mine that I have never seen identified.

73 4hhshis ((TRILOBITE, Cryptolythus)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Swatara Gap, Pennsylvania, bug is 1.4 cm in length, Fossil, Here is a trilobite from Swatara Gap in the Martinsburg shale formation. The collecting locality in no longer available.

74 6atadrs ((ARAGONITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Northern Lights Mine, Nevada, 10 x 10 x 9 cm, Cabinet, These Aragonites bring three figure prices on some other internet auction for somewhat better specimens. This is still a good specimen and a more affordable specimen.

75 6atadrs ((ORPIMENT included BARITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Nevada, 6 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Heavily included Barite crystals with yellow Orpiment. Crystals all look to be undamaged.

76 5attgr ((GYPSUM)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Chihuahua, Mexico, 3 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a single spherical cluster of Gypsum from Mexico in a thumbnail size.

77 5atdbts ((3 LUDLAMITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Black Bird Mine, Lemhi County, Idaho, 1.1 cm, 3 Thumbnails, Here are 3 specimens of dark green Ludlamite from the Black Bird Mine in Idaho.

78 5atdbis ((WULFENITE, QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Rowley Mine, Arizona, 3 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a single gemmy yellow orange Wulfenite on a small matrix of quartz crystals.

79 3603ts ((GYPSUM variety SELENITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Whyalla, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia, 17 x 10.5 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Here is are orange Selenite crystals with a white Selenite base from Australia.

80 7atceis ((TOURMALINE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Panasqueira Mine, Portugal, 5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a Panasqueira specimen with needle like nearly black Tourmaline crystals. It came in a flat of non labeled Panasqueira minerals from the Collectors Edge.

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