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Auction Three hundred fifty three Preview
Feb 4, 2011
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Feb 4, 2011
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1 11ataris ((QUARTZ variety AMETHYST)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Vera Cruz, Mexico, 3 x 2.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, V shaped pair of very light purple undamaged Amethyst crystals from Vera Cruz.
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| 2 11ataris ((PSEUDOMALACHITE on CHRYSOCOLLA)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mt Glorious Mine, Queensland, Australia, 4.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Dark green crystals of Pseudomalachite on robin egg blue colored Chrysocolla from Australia.
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| 3 11ataris ((AGARDITE Ce)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Telfer Mine, Western Australia, Australia, 4 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature, Light yellow green Agardite Ce on a contrasting Dark green crystals of Pseudomalachite brown matrix from Australia
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| 4 11ataris ((QUARTZ variety AMETHYST)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Vera Cruz, Mexico, 4 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Miniature, A pair of very light purple undamaged Amethyst crystals from Vera Cruz.
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| 5 11ataris ((QUARTZ variety AMETHYST)), $10 MINIMUM BID, End of the Rainbow Claim, Red Feather Lakes, Colorado, 4 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature, A single terminated purple Amethyst crystal from Red Feather Lake. Sharp and undamaged crystal faces and termination. |
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| 6 11ataris ((SMITHSONITE on CORONADITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 3.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Light blue green rice grain blebs of Smithsonite on dark blackish brown Coronadite from Broken Hill.
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| 7 11ataris ((CHENEVIXITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ashburton Downs, Western Australia, Australia, 4.5 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature, Olive green Chenevixite, a copper iron arsenate, from Australia.
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| 8 11ataris ((SMOKY QUARTZ, MICROCLINE, ALBITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, 2nd Mesabi Claim, Park County, Colorado, 4 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Aesthetic miniature with a terminated undamaged Smoky Quartz and an undamaged Microcline crystal on a small matrix with Albite. | |
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9 11ataris ((MICROCLINE
Carlsbad Twin)), $10
MINIMUM BID, Devils Head, Douglas County, Colorado, 4.5 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm,
Miniature, Double
terminated Carlsbad Twinned Microcline with some damage on one
termination. ex Berry colection, Colorado Springs
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10 11ataris ((HEAZLEWOODITE)),
TYPE LOCALITY, $10
MINIMUM BID, Lord Brassey Mine, Heazlewood District, Tasmania, Australia, 4 x
2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here
is a silvery aggregate of Heazlewoodite in a Serpentine matrix. from the
Type Locality.
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| 11 11ataris ((GALENA, SCHALENBLENDE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Cadjebut Mine, Fitzroy Crossing, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, 5 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Cubic Galena crystals on concentric layered Sphalerite-Wurtzite matrix. |
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| 12 11ataris ((GASTROPODA Campanile Symbolicum)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Madura, Western Australia, Australia, 5 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a Pliocene Gastropod fossil from Australia. | |
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| 13 11ataris ((MICROCLINE)), $2 MINIMUM BID, Park County, Colorado, 3 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail to Miniature, Here is an undamaged Microcline from Colorado. | |
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| 14 11ataris ((LAVENDULAN)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Dome Rock, South Australia, Australia, 3.5 x 3 x 1 cm, Miniature, Here is a blue Lavendulan from Australia. | |
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11ataris
((CALCITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 6 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm,
Miniature, Here
is a fine undamaged Calcite specimen with rhombic crystals from Tsumeb.
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11ataris
((GALENA, MARCASITE, SCHALENBLENDE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Cadjebut Mine, Fitzroy
Crossing, Kimberley, Western Australia, Australia, 5 x 3 x 2 cm,
Miniature,
Cubic Galena crystals sprinkled with
Marcasite with minor concentric
layered Sphalerite-Wurtzite matrix.
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((PYROMORPHITE, MALACHITE, CERUSSITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Brown's
Prospect, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia, 5.5 x 5.5 x 4 cm,
Miniature,
Botyroidal green Malachite and
botryoidal yellow Pyromorphite with minor Cerussite.
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11atrmns
((COQUIMBITE, MALACHITE, CERUSSITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Nazca Mine, Nazca
Province, Ica Department, Peru, 7.5 x 5 x 5 cm,
Miniature, Here is
a purple Coquimbite with some glassy crystals from the find last year.
Also minor white Halotrichite and Alunogen are present. The miner
source this year says that this is the correct location and that the
location given on may specimens on the web was a location disception and
incorrect. This new find produced the some of the world's best
Coquimbite. Although water soluble,
show reports from last years show
reported that these seem to be stable. Still they are water soluble
and should be protected in humid environments.
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| 19 9ldgcirs
((QUARTZ with HEMATITE and AMETHYST)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Corinto, Minas
Gerais, Brazil, 12 x 10 x 8.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a strange Quartz
specimen with orange Quartz on on side from Hematite inclusions and Amethyst
on the other side. ex H Delsinger collection.
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9ldgctss
((FLUORITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Naica, Municipio de saucillo, Chihuahua,
Mexico, 11.5 x 10.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large specimen with nearly
colorless Fluorite crystals. the crystals are cubo octohedral crystals
with some other modifications. Undamaged except for the some crystals
on the edge. ex H Delsinger collection.
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21 9ldgcnrs
((MANGANOAN CALCITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Huanzala Mine, Dos de Mayo Province,
Huanuco Department, Peru, 7 x 7 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a
beautiful undamaged pink Manganoan Calcite. Will fluoresce red
orange. ex H Delsinger collection.
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| 22 9ldgctss
((FLUORITE, QUARTZ, DOLOMITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Shangbao Mine, Leiyang
County, Hunan Province, China, 14 x 12 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a fine
purple Fluorite with cubic crystals. Fine undamaged specimen
with associated Quartz and saddleback cream colored Dolomite crystals.
ex H Delsinger collection.
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| 23 9ldgcirs
((CELESTINE on SULFUR)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Machow Mine, Tarnobrzeg,
Podkarpackie, Poland, 10 x 9 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen with
light brownish Celestine crystal sprays that look undamaged but may have
some minor or micro chipping. The matrix is a mix of base rock and
Sulfur. ex H Delsinger collection.
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| 24 9ldgcar
((PYRITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Baia Mare, Maramures County, Romania, 17 x
11 x
6.5 cm, Large Cabinet, Here is a large cabinet specimen covered with
lustrous Pyrite crystals from Romania. Undamaged but may have some
micro edge chipping if viewed with a loop. ex H Delsinger collection.
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| 25 9ldgcar
((CALCITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Elbingerode, Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt,
Germany, 12 x 12 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cabinet specimen covered
short stubby nail head Calcite crystals. No damage from Germany.
ex H Delsinger collection.
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26 9ldgcar
((FLUORITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Melchor Musquiz, Coahuila, Mexico, 12 x
12 x 6.5 cm,
Cabinet, Here is a cabinet specimen with dark purple cubic Fluorite
from Musquiz. Again undamaged and in great shape. ex H Delsinger
collection.
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| 27 7hlkmes ((DOLOMITE, CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Oak Hall Quarry, Center County, Pennsylvania, 7.5 x 7 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is an undamaged specimen from Oak Hall Quarry with Dolomite crystals and colorless gemmy Calcite crystals on a limestone matrix. It has a sawn backside. | |
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7hlkmeis ((CALCITE
with PHANTOMS)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Weaverland Quarry, Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania, 3.5 x
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x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is an undamaged sharp Calcite with Phantoms
from Weaverland.
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| 29 7hlkmets ((LAUMONTITE, PREHNITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Silver Hill Quarry, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 7.5 x 7 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is an undamaged specimen with great coverage of Laumontite crystals on a thin layer of Prehnite. | |
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7hlkmers ((CELESTINE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Meckley's
Quarry, Mandata, Northcumberland County, Pennsylvania, 5 x
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x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is a blocky crystal of light blue Celestine
with a little edge chipping on the front termination edge but overall in
good shape.
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7hlkmees ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Winfield
Quarry, Union County, Pennsylvania, 9 x
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x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a vug filled with lustrous golden Calcite
scalenohedral crystals. Undamaged except a little rough around
the peripheral edges.
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| 32 7hlkmeis ((DOLOMITE)), $2 MINIMUM BID, Blue Ball Quarry, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 3.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a smaller cluster of large white Dolomite crystals. |
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7hljdis
((SPHALERITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID,
Pitcher, Oklahoma,
1.5 x
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x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a thumbnail sized cluster of gemmy lustrous
ruby jack aka Sphalerite crystals from Pitcher.
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511-1566-09ldgcar
((STIBNITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Baia Mare, Maramures County,
Romania, 8 x 6 x
2.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a massive grouping of thin Stibnite crystals
from Romania. ex H Deisinger collection
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511-1983-09ldgcts
((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Gelbe Birke Mine, near Beierfeld,
E rzgebirge, Saxony, Germany, 7 x 5.5 x
4.5 cm, Cabinet, This is a reference specimen of light green Fluorite
from an old German location. ex H Deisinger collection
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| 36 511-1983-09ldgcns ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hunan Province, China, 6 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a lustrous light green cubic Chinese Fluorite. ex H Deisinger collection | |
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| 37 511-1483-09ldgcrs ((CLEAVELANDITE with TOURMALINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 7 x 7 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen with large platy white Albite crystals variety Cleavelandite. MInor Tourmaline but not significant. tntourlustrous light green cubic Chinese Fluorite. ex H Deisinger collection |
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| 38 10btaais ((STELLERITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Tambar Springs, New South Wales, Australia, 6 x 5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is an orange colored Stellerite from Australians Tambar Springs. | |
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| 39 10btaais
((PYROMORPHITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID,
Kintore Open Cut, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 3.5 x
3.5
x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is specimen from Broken Hill. Its an
olive green specimen of Pyromorphite.
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40 10btaais ((CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 4 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen of Calcite from Broken Hill.
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| 41 10btaais ((GALENA, SPESSARTINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pinnacles Mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 8 x 6 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen of lustrous Galena with red orange Spessartine. | |
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((MALACHITE,
CERUSSITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle, Northern
Territory, Australia, 8 x
6.5
x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen of Cerussite on contrasting
green Malachite from Rum Jungle.
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| 43 832ir
((ARSENOPYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mina Noche Buena, Parrol, Mexco,
4.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Undamaged superb specimen of
lustrous terminated Arsenopyrite crystals.
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| 44 7hlkmg
((FELDSPAR)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Miller Apatite Mine, Tory Hill,
Ontario, Canada, 8 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, A large euhedral
cluster of Feldspar crystals from Ontario. The three large
cryrtals are undamaged. The two small crystals are cleaved perhaps
contact cleavage.
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45 7hlkmts ((SPHENE aka TITANITE with FELDSPAR)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Miller Apatite Mine, Tory Hill, Ontario, Canada, 6.5 x 5.5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is a lustrous huge single crystal of Sphene from Ontario with associated Feldspar.
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| 46 9hhmrnr ((CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Palm Wash, California, 8 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Calcite cluster from the location that supplied optical Calcite for bombsites in WWII. | |
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((3 KEOKUK GEODES)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois areas, 3 to
3.5 cm in diameter, 3 Miniatures, Here are 3 Keokuk geodes split into
halves. These are filled with lustrous Calcite crystals.
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miscr
((UVAROVITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Saranovskoe, Perskaya Oblast, Urals,
Russia, 3 x 2 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a small specimen of the
emerald green Uvarovite crystals from Russia.
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49 miscr
((12 QUARTZ)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Hunan Province, China, 1 to 2.2 cm,
12 Thumbnails, Here is are 12 Herkimer Diamond look alike Quartz
crystals from China, not Herkimer NY.
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05atadts
((ELBAITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID,
Alaska, 11 x
10
x 7 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large pegmatite specimen from Alaska
rich with pink and green Elbaite crystals to 10 cm. Large crossed
crystals on the front with many other Elbaites within the massive Quartz
matrix. Neat and unusual locality specimen. Collected by a
contractor working in the area years ago.
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51 05attgls
((CINNABAR)), $25 MINIMUM BID,
Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China, 5.5 x
3.5
x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a large lustrous blood red Cinnabar
crystal, 1.1 x .9 x .8 cm, on a matrix of Dolomite and Quartz. The
Crystal has great color and only on small chip seen with a loop on the side
by the matrix. The lustrous termination has a triangular shape.
This has been stored in a box with a lid. Sunlight or heat will cause
the surface to turn silvery colored.
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52 511-9ldgcnss
((TITANITE, CALCITE, QUARTZ)) $10 MINIMUM BID,
Dodo Mine, Saranpaul, Prepolar Ural, Russia, 14.5 x
8
x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Russian Titanite aka Sphene on matrix. Some
of the crystals have damage. ex H Desinger collection.
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| 53 96atrdt ((COPPER Spinel Twin)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Itauz Mine, Kazakhstan, 2.5 x .8 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is one of the Itauz spinel twinned Coppers. When these first came out in the early 90's, they were $50 each. Like the Indian Cavansites, many more came out and the prices went down. When they become more scarce the prices will go back up. | |
| 54 ari ((Yellow WAVELLITE)) $15 MINIMUM BID, Mauldin Mountain Quarries, Montgomery County, Arkansas, 8 x 8 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is an unusual Arkansas Wavellite which is yellow. ex Clyde Hardin collection. | |
| 55 5atrcnr ((DESCLOIZITE pseudomorph after WULFENITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Finch aka Barking Spider Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, 6 x 6 x 5.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a neat specimen from the Barking Spider Mine aka Finch Mine. The Finch also has the Quartz pseudomorphs after Wulfenite. This one is great damage wise and nearly completely undamaged. ex Ray Grant collection. | |
| 56 5atrce ((MIMETITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sammy Dog Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, 4 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a neat specimen with acicular yellow orange Mimetite crystals. Enhanced looking through a loop. c n from the Barking Spider Mine aka Finllch Mine. The Finch also has the Quartz pseudomorphs after Wulfenite. ex Ray Grant collection. | |
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57 6atmre ((FLUORITE)) $5 MINIMUM BID,
Cave in Rock, Hardin County, Illinois,
4.5 x
3.5
x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a cubic Fluorite with a colorless interior
and inky purple on the outside 5 MM.
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6atmre ((FLUORITE)) $10 MINIMUM BID,
Cave in Rock, Hardin County, Illinois,
8 x
6.5
x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cubic Fluorite with an uncommon totally
colorless color.
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6atmrl ((FLUORITE)) $10 MINIMUM BID, Rosiclare,
Hardin County, Illinois,
7 x 4.5
x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cubic Fluorite with a light purplish tint
and some black hydrocarbons.
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60 6atmrn ((FLUORITE)) $5 MINIMUM BID,
Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico,
5 x 4.5
x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is a cubic Fluorite with a light purplish
tint.
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61 5hhmrr
((QUARTZ)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province,
China, 9 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is an undamaged lustrous terminated Quartz crystal
with some sort of inclusions. The base is healed.
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07atmrnt ((AXINITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Consolidated
Tungsten Mine, Drum Valley, near Visalia, California, 5 x 3 x
2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a cluster or plate of Axinite crystals from
California. Minor chipping seen with a loop but overall in good shape.
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5atjkis ((AURICHALCITE,
HEMIMORPHITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Level 5, Southwest Mine, Bisbee,
Cochise County, Arizona, 7 x
6
x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Robin egg blue acicular Aurichalcite with
colorless blades of Hemimorphite.
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5hhswis
((QUARTZ, FLUORITE, MUSCOVITE, ARSENOPYRITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province,
China, 7 x 6 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is combination specimen with
terminated Quartz and cubic purple Fluorite coated with green micro
Muscovite. Also several Arsenopyrite crystals on the base and
near the Fluorite.
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65 7atkris
((UNKNOWN)), $10 MINIMUM
BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 5 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature,
Here is another of the unlabeled specimens from the Uli Bahmann collection.
This has white spheres in a vug lined with sparkling brown microcystals. ex Uli Bahmann
collection.
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| 66 7atkris
((CALCITE over MALACHITE pseudos after AZURITE)), $10 MINIMUM
BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature,
Here is another of the unlabeled specimens from the Uli Bahmann collection.
This one looks like colorless lustrous Calcite rhombs covering green
Malachite pseudomorhs after Azurite with a few blue Azurite remnants. ex Uli Bahmann
collection.
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| 67 7atkris
((GALENA, PYRITE, TENNANTITE)), $10 MINIMUM
BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature,
Here is another of the unlabeled specimens from the Uli Bahmann collection.
This one looks like lustrous Galena with the majority of the specimen
covered with Pyrite. Also grey Tennantite appears to be present. ex Uli Bahmann
collection.
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7atkris
((CALCITE with METALLIC)), $10 MINIMUM
BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 4.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature,
Here is another of the unlabeled specimens from the Uli Bahmann collection.
This one has pinkish rhombic crystals of Calcite with another grey metallic
mineral, Tennantite? or something else. ex Uli Bahmann
collection.
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69 7atkris
((DOLOMITE, CUPRITE, MALACHITE)), $10 MINIMUM
BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 4.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature,
Here is another of the unlabeled specimens from the Uli Bahmann collection.
This one has cream colored Dolomite with micro Cuprite crystals peppering
the Dolomite. Some of the Cuprite crystals have small sphericals of
green Malachite on the already small Cuprite crystals as viewed with a 10x
loop. ex Uli Bahmann
collection.
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| 70 7atkris
((GALENA)), $10 MINIMUM
BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 4.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature,
Here is another of the unlabeled specimens from the Uli Bahmann collection.
This one has Galena crystals on the top which are easily identified by the
cleaved fractures on the bottom of the specimen. ex Uli Bahmann
collection.
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7atkris
((CHALCOCITE, QUARTZ)), $15 MINIMUM
BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 4 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature,
Here is another of the unlabeled specimens from the Uli Bahmann collection.
This one has what appears to be grey Chalcocite crystals with some minor
Quartz crystals. ex Uli Bahmann
collection.
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7atkrts
((UNKNOWN)), $15 MINIMUM
BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 12 x 8 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here
is another of the unlabeled specimens from the Uli Bahmann collection.
I am not sure what this one is. It is fairly light in weight, at least
not heavy. Dendritic crystal growth is front , back, top, and bottom. ex Uli Bahmann
collection.
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73 7atkrts
((ARAGONITE)), $15 MINIMUM
BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 9 x 8 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Here is
another of the unlabeled specimens from the Uli Bahmann collection.
This one has sprays of tapered crystals of Aragonite. The base and
main part of the crystals have a bluish tint. with the outside of the
crystals having a white and black coating. ex Uli Bahmann
collection.
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7atkris
((CALCITE with CONICHALCITE?)), $15 MINIMUM
BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 6 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature,
Here is another of the unlabeled specimens from the Uli Bahmann collection.
This one has two generations of rhombic crystals of Calcite. Between
the two generations of Calcite in a green mineral that looks like
Conichalcite. ex Uli Bahmann
collection.
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7atkris
((CALCITE with DUFTITE)), $15 MINIMUM
BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 5.5 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature,
Here is a labeled specimen from the Uli Bahmann collection. This one
has stacked Calcite crystals covered with green Duftite and small Calcite
crystals included with green Duftite. ex Uli Bahmann
collection.
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| 76 7atkrts
((UNKNOWN)), $10 MINIMUM
BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 6 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here
is another of the unlabeled specimens from the Uli Bahmann collection.
I am not sure what this one is. It has a vug with a white prismatic
lustrous crystal across the vug and attached to the walls on both ends. ex Uli Bahmann
collection.
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| 77 99hhdlts
((GYPSUM variety SELENITE)), $10 MINIMUM
BID, Hanksville, Wayne County, Utah, 37 x 5 x 3 cm, Large
Cabinet, Here is a large single Gypsum crystal with brown mud
inclusions from Hanksville and collected 20 years ago by Dave Lewis and his
son.
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| 78 5atjkrs
((ARAGONITE on CALCITE)), $15 MINIMUM
BID, Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, 15 x 7 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet,
Here is a large specimen with round blobs of Calcite with some covered with
acicular clusters of Aragonite.
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| 79 8hhmrin
((BARAHONAITE-Al)), $15 MINIMUM BID, 80' Adit, Gold Hill
Mine, Gold Hill, Tooele County, Utah, 6.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,
Here is a rare relatively newly described mineral found at Gold Hill.
Although not the type location, it was probably found at Gold Hill first but
the describing and naming this Copper Arsenate was delayed and beat out by
the Spanish locality.
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| 80 5atadns ((ARAGONITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID,
Northern Lights Mine, Mineral County, Nevada, 5 x 3.5 x
3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a fine Aragonite specimen from the
well known Northerns Lights Mine.
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| 81 9chmrl ((JAMESONITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Noche Buena, Zacatecas, Mexico, 3.5 x 3 x 1 cm, Miniature, Needles of Jamesonite from Mexico.
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| 82 9chmrit ((MIMETITE variety CAMPYLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Drygill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England, 4 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Uncommon larger specimen of Campylite. Mainly seen as thumbnails. |
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| 83 9chmria ((PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Quiruvilca, La Libertad Department, Peru, 6 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Different and strange luster on the faces. Fine Quiruvilca Pyrite with minor edge roughness but overall in great shape for an older specimen.
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| 84 9chmrna ((CELESTINE on SULFUR)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy, 7 x 7 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, Undamaged crystals of colorless to white Celestine on a yellow matrix of Sulfur.
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| 85 9chmrn ((RUTILE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Montejo, Madrid Province, Spain, 3 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Titanium oxide, Rutile from Spain.
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| 86 9chmrn ((CERUSSITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Hull Mine, Yuma County, Arizona, 1 x 1 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, Terminated crystal on a small amount of matrix of an Arizona Cerussite.
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| 87 9chmrn ((TOURMALINE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, White Queen Mine, Pala, California, 2.5 x .5 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Terminated White Queen Mine Tourmaline.
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| 88 9chmre ((AXINITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Drum Valley, Tulare County, California, 1.5 x 1 x .3 cm, Thumbnail, sharp gemmy crystal of California Axinite. |
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| 89 9chmrl ((JAPAN TWIN QUARTZ)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Holland Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, 2 x 1.3 x .4 cm, Thumbnail, Thumbnail sized Japan Twin from Arizona.
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| 90 9chmra ((FLUORITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Catron County, New Mexico, 2 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Dark purple octahedral crystal of Fluorite from New Mexico.
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| 91 9chmrt ((TOURMALINE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, California, 1.8 x 1 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, Terminated Tourmaline known as a Black Cap. The body is dark olive green transluscent with an opaque black top .9 cm termination. | |
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92 9chmris ((CALCITE, PALYGORSKITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Metaline Falls, Pend Oreille, Washington, 6.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Flattened rhombs of Calcite from Metaline Falls. The backside is covered with Palygorskite aka Mountain Leather.
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| 93 9chmris ((PALYGORSKITE, CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Metaline Falls, Pend Oreille, Washington, 6 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Palygorskite aka Mountain Leather from Metaline Falls. The backside is covered with small crystals of Calcite. |
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| 94 9chmrt ((ARAGONITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $5 MINIMUM BID, Molina de Aragon, Guadalajare, Spain, 3 x 2.3 x 2 cm, Miniature, cluster of double terminated Aragonite. Undamaged except for one little roughness one crystal. Usually seen are single crystals. Clusters from this location are somewhat uncommon.
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| 95 9atcdis ((LORANDITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Guangxi, China, 5 x 4 x 1 cm, Miniature, Composition TlAsS2 which is a rare species and also a poisonous species so hands should be washed after handling. Lorandite is the red mineral.
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| 96 7hlkmis ((MORDENITE on CHALCEDONY)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Aurangabad, near Nasik, Maharashtra, India, 7.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is an aesthetic specimen that looks like a spaceship. Blue Chalcedony covered with white spheres and hairlike crystals of Mordenite. | |
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Formerly part of the famous collection of
Archduke Stephan Franz Victor von Habsburg-Lothringen, dating this to
pre-1867. For background on this collection, see: http://www.minrec.org/labels.asp?colid=596.
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Gypsum, Thomas Munzer shaft, Copper slate
deposits, Sangerhausen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (miniature |
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