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Auction Three hundred sixty four Preview
Apr 22, 2011
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Apr 22, 2011
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11ca
((2 SCEPTERED QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Torrington, New South
Wales, Australia, 5 and 5.3 cm, 2 Miniatures, Here are 2
sceptered Quartz with Smoky Quartz stems and Quartz tips.
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| 2 11ca ((PYROMORPHITE and SPESSARTINE on GALENA with minor MINIUM)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 2.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Thumbnail to miniature, Here is Galena with small gemmy orange Spessartine and vugs filled with larger acicular needle like white Pyromorphite crystals to about 1 mm. These are viewed with a loop or with a microscope.
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| 3 11ca ((METAROSSITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Blue Cap Mine, Paradox Valley, San Juan County, Utah, 4 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, miniature, Here is hydrous calcium vanadate from Utah's Blue Cap Mine.
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| 4 11ca ((2 COBALTOMENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Paris #25 Mine, Yellow Cat Mesa, Grand County, Utah, 3.5 and 3 cm, 2 miniatures, Here are two specimens with micro crystals of magenta Cobaltomenite from Utah. These are viewed with a loop or with a microscope.
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| . 5 11ca ((2 BERYL in QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Torrington, New South Wales, Australia, 4.5 and 2 cm, 2 Miniatures, Here are 2 reference specimens from Torrington with blue green Beryl crystals in Quartz.
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| 6 11ca ((ALLOPHANE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, New Mexico, 4 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Miniatures, Light blue spherical mounds of Allophane is a amorphous hydrous silicate of aluminum.
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| 7 11ca ((PASCOITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Firefly-Pigmay Mine, San Juan County, Utah, 8 x 3 x 3 cm, miniature, Here is a orange microcystalline crystal of Pascoite from Utah's Firefly-Pigmay Mine. With a loop the Pascoite is very lustrous. Pascoite is a hydrous calcium vanadate.
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| 8 11ca ((SULFUR)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hot Springs Point, Crescent Valley, Eureka County, Nevada, 4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, miniature, Here is a miniature with lustrous Sulfur crystals. |
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9 11ca
((GALENA)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tri State District, Oklahoma,
9 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cabinet sized plate covered
with somewhat crude cubo octahedral Galena crystals. The back side
has a few small Ruby Jack Sphalerite crystals.
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10 11ca
((DICKTHOMSSENITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Blue Cap Mine, San Juan County,
Utah, 3.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature,
Here is a fairly newly discovered rare mineral from Uah. It is a
Dickthomssenite discovered by Joe Marty and named after the micromounter
Richard Thomssen.
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11 11ca
((CARNOTITE)), Radioactive, $10 MINIMUM BID, Vanadium Queen Mine,
Paradox Valley, San Juan County, Utah, 9 x 7 x 4 cm, Cabinet,
Here is a fine yellow Carnotite, a Uranium mineral on sandstone.
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| 12 11ca
((ANTLERITE on PETRIFIED WOOD)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Widowmaker
Mine, Fry Mesa, White Canyon, San Juan County, Utah, 6.5 x 2.5 x 1.5
cm, Miniature, Here is microcystalline blue green Antlerite on
petrified wood from the widowmaker Mine. Antlerite is an
anhydrous copper sulfate.
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13 9hedwir ((FLUORITE
on QUARTZ)), $5 MINIMUM BID,
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 19 x 8 x
4
cm, Cabinet, Large cabinet sized specimen of double terminated
Quartz with small transparent light purple Fluorite crystals.
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| 14 5hhswl ((STANNITE on QUARTZ with ARSENOPYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 4 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Undamaged water clear terminated Quartz crystals with a couple of clusters of silvery Stannite crystals and minor Arsenopyrite. |
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| 15 9gsmzo ((BULTFONTEINITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa, 4 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Fuzzy looking acicular fine crystals of Bultfonteinite from N'Chwaning II. ex Mineral Zone specimen at $95. |
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300-9iddbcfs ((CELESTINE)), $1 MINIMUM BID,
Lime City, Wood County, Ohio, 2.8 x 2.6 x
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cm, Thumbnail, Here is a single crystal of Celestine from
Ohio in a thumbnail size.
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| 17 9fbbmer ((VAUXITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Siglo Viente Mine, Potosi Department, Bolivia, 2 x 1.5 x
1.2
cm, Thumbnail, An acicular cluster of dark blue Vauxite
crystals. Vauxite is a rare phosphate.
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8ecgmrs ((TOURMALINE variety ELBAITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Cryo Genie Mine, San Diego County, California, 3.3 cm, Miniature,
Terminated Elbaite from the Cryo Genie. While the Gochenours did
not label this as repaired. It looks repaired to me. Photos
show the line more than it actually looks.
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| 19 9hljdis ((LOMONOSOVITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Khibina Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia, 4 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Lomonosovite is a sorosilicate with the type locality as Kola Peninsula but the Lovozero Massif. |
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| 20 7fglmis ((SILVER)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Creede, Colorado, Thumbnail, Nice long wire Silver which if stretched out would be about 4.5 cm in length. | |
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21 7fglmis ((SILVER)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Creede, Colorado, .8 cm, Thumbnail, A cluster of coiled Silver wires. |
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| 22 9gsmzo ((HEMATITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa,
3.8 x 3 x
2.5
cm, Miniature, Undamaged very lustrous Hematite from
Wessels. ex Mineral Zone specimen at $125.
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| 23 6hhmrig
((ELBAITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Cruziero Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil,
3.9 x .8 x .8 cm,
Miniature,
Here is a terminated Elbaite with a gemmy green center.
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| 24 8atrdt ((COPPER spinel twin)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Itauz Mine, Kazakhstan, 3.2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a stout spinel twin Itauz Copper. |
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| 25 511-09ldgcar
((SPHALERITE on DOLOMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Baia Mare, Maramures,
Romania, 15 x 12 x 3 cm,
Large Cabinet,
Here is a 3 cm cap or layer of Dolomite covered with small dark
Sphalerite crystals from Romania. ex H Deisinger collection.
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26 511-09ldgcnrs ((GALENA)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Olkusz Mine, Malopolskie, Poland, 17 x 14.5 x 3.8 cm, Large Cabinet, Here is a large cabinet specimen of Polish Galena. The plate is full of octahedral Galena crystals to 4 cm. Polish Galena specimens are uncommon and not usually found at shows. There is a light brown coating on the Galena and I do not know if it can be removed or not. I suspect not. ex H Deisinger collection.
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511-09ldgcar
((QUARTZ on DOLOMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony,
Germany, 14 x 7 x 4 cm,
Cabinet,
Here is a 3 cm cap or layer of Dolomite covered with small dark
Sphalerite crystals from Romania. ex H Deisinger collection.
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| 28 511-09ldgcts ((SILICON CARBIDE lab grown)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany, 7 x 4 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen of iridescent Silicon Carbide with large plate like crystals. ex H Deisinger collection. | |
| 29 511-09ldgces ((GALENA, MARCASITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri, 5 x 5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen which cubic Galena crystals and Marcasite druze from Missouri. ex H Deisinger collection. | |
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6atswt
((MOLYBDENITE, QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Wolfram Camp, Queensland,
Australia, 5.5 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature,
Here is are three Molybdenite crystals on a Quartz matrix.
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| 31 6hhmris ((CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Palm Wash, California, 5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a Calcite specimen from the source of optical Calcite for bomb sites in WWII. | |
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6attgt
((GYPSUM variety SELENITE ROSE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Chihuahua, Mexico,
8 x 6.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet,
Here is a cluster of Selenite Roses from Mexico.
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| 33 511-09ldgcar ((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hot Spring, Arkansas, 14 x 9 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen covered with terminated Quartz from Arkansas. Some damaged crystals but overall displays well with the damaged crystals not standing out that much. ex H Deisinger collection.
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511-09ldgciss
((CERUSSITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Hot Spring, Arkansas, 20 x 17 x
6 cm,
Large Cabinet,
Here is a large specimen from Morocco. It is covered with Cerussite
crystals that are undamaged except the one large crystal center bottom which
has the crystal broken off. Iron stained clusters of bladed crystals
of Barite. ex H Deisinger collection.
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| 35 511-09ldgciss ((QUARTZ variety AMETHYST)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany, 10.5 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a German Amethyst from Saxony. ex H Deisinger. |
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511-09ldgces
((PYRITE ps PYRRHOTITE on SPHALERITE, QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Maramures
County, Romania, 7.5 x
5 x 5 cm, Cabinet,
Here is a Romanian Sphalerite with two Pyrite pseudos after Pyrrhotite and
associated Quartz. ex
H Deisinger.
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37 511-09ldgces
((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, St Gotthard, Switzerland, 10 x
5 x 5 cm, Cabinet,
Here is a Swiss Quartz from St Gotthard. Overall good shape. Two
large crystals are missing with old breaks not with a matte luster on the
break area. ex
H Deisinger.
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| 38 511-09ldgces
((ANDRADITE-GROSSULAR, EPIDOTE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hohe Waid Mt,
Schriesheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, 6.5 x
6.5 x 4.5 cm, Miniature,
Here is and uncommon German location with Garnet and Epidote. Label on
specimen bottom says 1975. ex
H Deisinger.
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| 39 511-09ldgcrs
((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Okarusu Mine, Namibia, 6 x
2.8 x 2.8 cm, Miniature,
Here is a cluster of cubic Fluorite with a dark blue to purplish blue color
when backlit. Crystals are undamaged and sharp. ex
H Deisinger.
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40 511-09ldgces ((GALENA on DOLOMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri, 7.5 x 7 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Cubo octahedral Galena crystals on white Dolomite. ex H Deisinger. |
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| 41 511-09ldgces ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Madan, Bulgaria, 6 x 6 x 3.3 cm, Miniature, Here is an undamaged Calcite specimen from Bulgaria. ex H Deisinger. |
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| 42 511-09ldgces
((BERYL variety AQUAMARINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Nagar, Hunza Tal,
Pakistan, 1.8 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an
light blue terminated Aquamarine. ex H
Deisinger.
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| 43 511-09ldgcrs
((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province,
China, 7 x 7 x 2.2 cm, Cabinet,
Here is an undamaged transparent colorless Fluorite specimen with cubo
octahedral crystals. ex H Deisinger.
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| 44 511-09ldgcrs
((ARSENOPYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan
Province, China, 4 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature,
Here is an undamaged lustrous Arsenopyrite specimen from China. ex H Deisinger.
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| 45 511-09ldgciss
((SPHALERITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Pakistan, 7 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm,
Cabinet,
Here is a lustrous Sphalerite from Pakistan. Most of the lustrous
crystals are twinned. ex H Deisinger.
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46 511-09ldgciss
((SILVER)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Unknown, 1 x 1 x 1 cm,
Thumbnail,
Here is a neat thumbnail sized Silver specimen. No label and I can not
Identify the location. It does not look like Batopilas, Freiberg, or
Kongsberg. ex H Deisinger.
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| 47 511-09ldgciss
((AQUAMARINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pakistan, 4.5 x 4 x 4 cm,
Miniature,
Here are several Aquamarine crystals on a matrix covered with Muscovite. ex H Deisinger.
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| 48 511-09ldgciss
((SIDERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Johanngeorgenstadt, Erzgebirge,
Saxony, Germany, 8 x 6 x 3 cm,
Cabinet,
Here is a fine Siderite from Saxony. ex H Deisinger.
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49 511-09ldgcar
((BOULANGERITE, PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Zacatecas, Mexico, 4 x
3.5 x 2.5 cm,
Miniature,
Here is a miniature specimen with a Pyrite matrix almost totally covered
with needles of Boulangerite. ex H Deisinger.
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50 510-09lddors
((ANACIME)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mont St Hilare, Quebec, Canada, 2.2 x
2.2 x 1.9 cm,
Thumbnail,
Here is a cluster of white Anacime crystals to 1.5 cm from Quebec's Mont St
Hilaire. ex Ernie Schlichter.
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| 51 510-09lddors
((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, unknown, 10 x 4 x 2.7 cm,
Cabinet,
Here is and undamaged double terminated Quartz crystal with the one end
ballooning out and larger than the other end. Fine sharp edges without
chipping or damage. ex Ernie Schlichter.
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52 10hhbtr
((CALCITE slab)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Woodland, Utah County, Utah, 10 x
8 x 1 cm,
Cabinet,
Here is a slab of Calcite. It is coated and not polished to give it
the luster. It could be cabbed and used in jewelry.
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| 53 510-09lddors ((SOLUTION QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Arkansas, 3.5 x 2.7 x 1 cm, Miniature to large Thumbnail, Here is an aesthetic undamaged cluster of double terminated Quartz crystals from Arkansas. ex Ernie Schlichter. | |
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510-09lddors
((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, northeastern US, 10 x 4 x 2.7 cm,
Cabinet,
Corncob Quartz. Here is and undamaged double terminated Quartz crystal with the one end
ballooning out and larger than the other end. Fine sharp edges without
chipping or damage. ex Ernie Schlichter.
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| 55 10hhbtr
((CALCITE slab)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Woodland, Utah County, Utah, 12 x
9 x 1 cm,
Cabinet,
Here is a slab of Calcite. It is coated and not polished to give it
the luster. It could be cabbed and used in jewelry.
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| 56 8hljdnt
((BARITE with CINNABAR)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Clarashell Mine, Baumholder,
Pfalz, Germany, 3.5 x
3.5 x 4 cm,
Miniature,
Here is a specimen with bladed crystals of Barite with Cinnabar. ex
Robert Bates collection.
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7hlkmnr
((APATITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Quebec, Canada, 13 x 5 x 4 cm,
Cabinet, Here is a large brownish ugly Canadian Apatite crystal.
One end is terminated with voids from contact with other crystals that
prohibited growth of the Apatite.
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5atjkts
((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County,
Arizona, 21 x 9 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large cabinet sized
specimen covered with Calcite crystals from Bisbee's Southwest Mine.
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| 59 11dgcdns
((CAVANSITE, STILBITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Poona, India, 4.5 x 4 x
3 cm, Miniature, Here is an aesthetic combination with blue needle
like sprays of Cavansite and contrasting cream colored Stilbite.
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60 6370-11-1attdiss ((PYRITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Silver King Mine, Park City, Utah, 8 x 5.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Pyrite from Park City, Utah's historic Silver King Mine with lustrous cubic striated crystals.
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| 61 6hlkmnr ((PYROMORPHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, New Chester Mine, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 10 x 7 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Pyromorphite specimen from a classic old Pennsylvania location. |
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| 62 6hlkmnr
((MAGNETITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, French Creek, Chester County,
Pennsylvania, 5.5 x 3.5 x
3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a lustrous Magnetite specimen from a
classic Pennsylvania locality more famous for its classic Chalcopyrite
specimens.
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63 ari
((STIBNITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Xikuangshan, Lengshuijiang, Hunan, China,
3 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a very lustrous Stibnite with
smaller side crystals and sprays.
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65 11atdbns
((ACTINOLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Roter Kopf, Schwarzensee, Zillertal,
Austria, 7 x 4 x 1.3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a white soft
fibrous Actinolite from Austria.
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511-9ldgcar
((CALCITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID,
Irhoud, Safi Province, Morocco, 9.5 x 8 x 4.5
cm, Cabinet, Here is a fine Moroccan Calcite specimen. An 8
cm hexagonal crystal of Calcite is about half formed as it protrudes from
the matrix. No damage. Other smaller crystals cover the matrix.
Peppering of Pyrite on the backside.
ex H Deisinger collection.
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69 780-511-9ldgciss
((BARITE, QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Pohla, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany, 13 x 6.5 x 3.5
cm, Cabinet, Here is a Barite from Pohla with Barite crystals on
one side and a druze of Quartz with Hematite inclusions coloring it reddish
brown.
ex H Deisinger 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 |
Weloganite is an ultra rare, strontium, sodium, zirconium carbonate and this showy and excellent specimen is from the famous Type Locality - the now-closed Francon Quarry in Montreal, Quebec. An 8 mm, doubly terminated, tapered and layered, off-white crystal is aesthetically set on the calcite crystal covered sculptural limestone matrix. A fine and showy example, this extremely rare species is known at its best from a very few pockets at this cement quarry, which has incredibly strange chemistry and has produced a number of such rarities IN THE PAST. Not available now, except from advanced recycled collections. Ex Ernie and Vera Schlichter Collection. Note that the crystal is yellow inside but is covered by a microthin layer of other rare species.
Rhodochrosite (old - RARE Colorado) Belsky Coll.
Moose Mine, Russell Gulch, Central City District,
Gilpin Co., Colorado
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