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Feb 18, 2011

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1 11btbwis ((COPPER)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, 5.5 x 3 x 1 cm, Miniature, Aesthetic branching miniature Copper from the Ray Mine. ex Bill Williams collection.

2 11btbwir ((AZURITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Inspiration Mine, Miami, Gila County, Arizona, 3.5 x 2.5 x 1 cm, Miniature, Undamaged fine lustrous Azurite crystals to about 5 mm with associated Malachite/Brochantite. ex Bill Williams collection.

3 11btbwis ((BROCHANTITE on MALACHITE pseudomorphs after AZURITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona, 4 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, This has several smaller Malachite pseudos after Azurite to about 5 mm. These and the rest of the specimen are covered with acicular needle like crystals of green Brochantite. ex Bill Williams collection.

4 11btbwis ((COPPER)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Silver Bell Mine, Silver Bell, Pima County, Arizona, 4 x 3 x 2.2 cm, Miniature, Here is a Copper specimen with a small mountains of crystalline Copper. ex Bill Williams collection.

5 11btbwis ((AZURITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Superior, Arizona, 4 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen with a two rounded masses of Azurite in matrix from Superior, Arizona. ex Bill Williams collection.

6 11btbwis ((PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Navisivik Mine, Baffin Island, NWT, Canada, 4.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is an undamaged Pyrite specimen from the well know location of Navisivik in the North West Territory of Canada. ex Bill Williams collection.

7 11btbwnr ((AZURITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, New Caledonia, Arizona, 5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a fine specimen with undamaged rossettes and single crystals of lustrous deep blue Azurite. ex Bill Williams collection.

8 11btbwnr ((GALENA, SPHALERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Idarado Mine, Ouray, Ouray County, Colorado, 4 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a fine specimen from the historic Idarado Mine in Colorado. It has lustrous cubic Galena crystals with octahedral modifications on a matrix of Sphalerite. ex Bill Williams collection.

9 11btbwtr ((STIBNITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Felsobanya, Maramures County, Romania, 7.5 x 1 x .5 cm, Miniature to Small Cabinet, Here is a fine lustrous terminated single stout crystal of Stibnite from Romania. Many are seen from China and this would be a small Chinese Stibnite and commom but from Romania it is unusual to find a single crystal this large. Undamaged and in great shape for a Stibnite specimen, this is a fine Stibnite example. ex Bill Williams collection.

10 11btbwtr ((FLUORITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Denton Mine, Cave in Rock, Hardin County, Romania, 4 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is an aethetic fine lustrous dark purple transluscent on the edges and on the small crystals Denton cubic Fluorite. Undamaged and the larger crystal sets up on a smaller crystal. ex Bill Williams collection.

11 11btbwtr ((MALACHITE pseudomorph after AZURITE with AZURITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona, 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a large chatoyant Malachite after Azurite crystal. It is unusual and aethetic because the cental area has lustrous undamaged deep blue Azurite which was not pseudomorphed which greatly enhances the aethetics of the specimen. ex Bill Williams collection.

12 11btbwnr ((COVELLITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, 2 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a fine thumbnail sized Covellite with natural red and blue patina. It looks like it was once mounted in a perky box and has remnants of the styrofoam on one side. ex Bill Williams collection.

13 11btbwis ((VANADINITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mibladen, Morocco, 3 x 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a fine undamaged thumbnail sized Moroccan Vanadinite with large crystals. ex Bill Williams collection.

14 11btbwis ((MOLBDENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mission Mine, Pima County, Arizona, 5.5 x 3 x .5 cm, Miniature, Molys are usually seen from Australia but this is a fine large Arizona specimen from the Mission Mine. ex Bill Williams collection.

15 11btbwis ((AZURITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Longfellow Mine, Clifton, Greenlee County, Arizona, 4.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is another Arizona location for Azurite. This is an old specimen with an old specimen number from a previous collection. ex Bill Williams collection.

16 11btbwnr ((AZURITE in Calcareous Silicate)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sreyonga, Northwest Territory, Australia, 6 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is an odd Azurite specimen with a coin like 3 cm disc of blue Azurite on a contrasting cream colored matrix. ex Bill Williams collection.

17 11btbwns ((QUARTZ with PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, 4 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a cluster of stubby terminated undamaged Quartz crystals with minor Pyrite from the historic Butte, Montana copper district. ex Bill Williams collection.

18 11btbwir ((RHODONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, 5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen with a black exterior which has been sawn and polished to expose the pink Rhodonite interior. ex Bill Williams collection.

19 11btbwis ((AZURITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Silver Bell Mine, Silver Bell, Pima County, Arizona, 4 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a vuggy specimen with druzy Azurite filling the vugs. ex Bill Williams collection.

20 11btbwir ((AZURITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Silver Hill Mine, Silver Bell, Pima County, Arizona, 4 x 4 x 1 cm, Miniature, Here is a flattened specimen made up of undamaged Azurite crystals. ex Bill Williams collection.

21 11btbwns ((COPPER)), $10 MINIMUM BID, New Cornelia Pit, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona, 3.5 x 3 x 1 cm, Miniature, Here is a flattened specimen made up of large Copper crystals. ex Bill Williams collection.

22 11btbwns ((FLUORITE on CELESTINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Musquiz, Coahuila, Mexico, 3.5 x 3.5 x 2.3 cm, Miniature, This specimen has a transparent large single Celestine crystal penetrating a light purple also transparent cubic Fluorite crystal, a classic Musquiz specimen. Fluorite was contacted with another Fluorite on the back of the crystal. ex Bill Williams collection.

23 11btbwnr ((CHRYSOCOLLA)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Silver Bell Mine, Silver Bell, Pima County, Arizona, 3 x 2 x 1 cm, Miniature, Here is a neat specimen with undamaged botryoidal mounds of light sky blue Chrysolla. Note Chrysocolla has some hairlines which I think is common. ex Bill Williams collection.

24 11btbwir ((AZURITE on CHRYSOCOLLA)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tyrone Pit, Tyrone, Grant County, New Mexico, 2.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Thumbnail to small Miniature, Here is a specimen with a vug filled with bluish green Chrysocolla and deep blue Azurite. ex Bill Williams collection.

25 11btbwir ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Omega Mine, Helvetia District, Pima County, Arizona, 3.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen with Calcite on a brown matrix. cALCITc a vug filled with bluish green Chrysocolla and deep blue Azurite. ex Bill Williams collection.

26 11btbwtr ((AZURITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Omega Mine, Helvetia District, Pima County, Arizona, 3 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is an undamaged specimen with several small lustrous terminated and double terminated dark blue Azurite crystals on a contrasting white matrix. ex Bill Williams collection.

27 11btbwtr ((HEMIMORPHITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, 79 Mine, Gila County, Arizona, 4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a fine undamaged specimen robin egg blue botryoidal Hemimorphite from the 79. ex Bill Williams collection.

28 11btbwis ((COPPER)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, 6.5 x 3 x .5 cm, Miniature, Here is an aesthetic miniature with branching flattened Copper crystals. ex Bill Williams collection.

29 11btbwnr ((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pasedon, Coahuila, Mexico, 3.5 x 3 x 1 cm, Miniature, Here is an interesting Quartz. It is undamaged and lustrous and has several terminations. ex Bill Williams collection.

30 11btbwns ((PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Navisivik Mine, Baffin Island, NWT, Canada, 4 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is an undamaged Pyrite specimen from the well know location of Navisivik in the North West Territory of Canada. ex Bill Williams collection.

31 11btbwIr ((AZURITE, MALACHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Majuba Hill Mine, Nevada, 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a cute specimen with fibrous Malachite vug within the massive Azurite. ex Bill Williams collection.

32 11btbwis ((COPPER)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Silver Bell Mine, Silver Bell, Pima County, Arizona, 4 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a miniature Copper specimen from the Silver Bell. ex Bill Williams collection.

33 11atrmns ((COQUIMBITE, MALACHITE, CERUSSITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Nazca Mine, Nazca Province, Ica Department, Peru, 13 x 6.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a fine large purple Coquimbite with glassy crystals from the find last year. Also yellow Copiapite 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 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.

34 11btrcr ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Deadmans Canyon, Grant County, New Mexico, 5.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen with small Fluorite crystals with a great purple color. NOTE; darker than the photo shows.

35 11btrce ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Burro Mountains, Grant County, New Mexico, 4.5 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen with small Fluorite octahedral crystals with a great purple color.

36 11btrcis ((COLEMANITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Boron, California, 5 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a club like specimen of colorless chisel shaped Colemanite from Boron.

37 11btadtr ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Meikle Mine, Elko County, Nevada, 8 x 8 x 7.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cabinet size cluster of lustrous scalenohedral crystals of Calcite from Meikle, famous for its golden Barite crystals. There may be a couple of crystals missing but overall in great shape. Crystals on a mound of Limestone and on all sides.

38 11btadtr ((BARITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Meikle Mine, Elko County, Nevada, 13 x 7 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cabinet size speicmen with undamaged golden Barite from the Meikle Mine.

39 11btadtr ((fluorescent PHLOGOPITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Badakhstan Province, Afghanistan, 6 x 5.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, I found an old dealer flat left over from years ago of these gemmy fluorescent Phlogopite specimens that first appeared aboutn 10 years ago.

40 11btadtr ((SMOKY QUARTZ and MUSCOVITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pasto Bueno, Ancash Department, Peru, 11 x 7 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a fine undamaged Quartz specimen from Pasto Bueno.

41 11btadtr ((CLEAVELANDITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Pederneiras Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 16 x 11 x 5 cm, Large Cabinet, Here is a specimen with large platey crysals of Cleavelandite. Minor Lepidolite present. In great shape. One area near the edge has a broken plate but blends in fairly well, otherwise undamaged.

42 11btadtr ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Meikle Mine, Elko County, Nevada, 4.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is a single lustrous modified scalenohedral crystal of Calcite from Meikle, famous for its golden Barite crystals.

43 11btadtr ((BARITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Meikle Mine, Elko County, Nevada, 5 x 3 x 1 cm, Cabinet, Here is a single large Barite crystal. These thick large crysrals were from the Rusty Bucket pocket. More yellow and transparent than the photo shows. In great shape except a bit of roughness to the back of the termination.

44 11btadtr ((TOURMALINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Alaska pegmatite area, 10 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, I also was able to pick up some more old material at Tucson. These green with pink centered Tourmaline were collected by helicopter. So only a small limited amount were collected. Too costly for a trip just to collect minerals, it was just some quick side collecting on other business. Tourmaline on front and back of specimen. The pink Tourmaline fluoresces

45 11btadnr ((COPPER)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, 11 x 5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen of the typical sheet like Copper from Ray.

46 11btadnr ((RHODOCHROSITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Uchucchacua Mine, Lima Department, Peru, 3 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail to small Miniature, Small lustrous gemmy pink Rhodochrosite crystals. Old material.

47 11btadnr ((AQUAMARINE, SCHORL)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Erongo, Nambia, 4.5 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is a terminated Aquamarine on matrix from Erongo. Lustrous and translucent. The three internal fractures show up with the camera but are barely visable with the naked eye.

48 11btadnr ((SPESSARTINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tongbei, China, 6 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a orange Spessartine with great coverage.

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.

50 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

58 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.

59 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.

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.

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.

62 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.

63 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.

64 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.

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.

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.

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.

68 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.

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.

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.

71 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.

72 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.

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.

74 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.

75 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

81 9chmrl ((JAMESONITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Noche Buena, Zacatecas, Mexico, 3.5 x 3 x 1 cm, Miniature, Needles of Jamesonite from Mexico.

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.

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.


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.

85 9chmrn ((RUTILE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Montejo, Madrid Province, Spain, 3 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Titanium oxide, Rutile from Spain.

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.

87 9chmrn ((TOURMALINE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, White Queen Mine, Pala, California, 2.5 x .5 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Terminated White Queen Mine Tourmaline.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
99 Gypsum, Thomas Munzer shaft, Copper slate deposits, Sangerhausen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (miniature

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