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Auction Three hundred sixty eight Preview
May 20, 2011
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May 20, 2011
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| 1 511-09ldgcns
((ARSENOPYRITE, QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tino Ling Mine, Hunan
Province, China, 5 x
4.5 x 3.5 cm,
Miniature,
Lustrous silver colored Arsenopyrite with associated Quartz.
Arsenopyrite crystals undamaged, Quartz crystals have some damage.
Overall in good shape. ex H Deisinger.
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6hlhmen
((BARITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Cavnic, Romania, 8.5 x
5.5 x 2.5 cm,
Cabinet,
Here is an undamaged golden Barite from Romania.
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6ggamgs
((TOURMALINE, KUNZITE)), $60 MINIMUM BID, Nuristan, Afghanistan, 7 x
5 x 2.8 cm,
Cabinet,
Here is an attractive specimen covered with green Tourmaline crystals from
Afghanistan. The backside has a light purple Kunzite and a cast
from a second Kunzite with a small shard left. ex H Deisinger.
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94hhshis ((PYRITE)), $10
MINIMUM BID, Sioux Ajax Mine, Tintic District, Mammoth, Utah, China, 8.5 x
6 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here
is a cabinet sized specimen of Pyrite from the historic Tintic District.
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| 5 511-09ldgcrs ((SMOKY QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 6.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a cluster of Smoky Quartz crystals on a shard of Quartz with Muscovite. ex H Deisinger. |
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| 6 340-475-09fdceis ((4 CHIASTOLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, California, 4.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm,4 Miniatures, 3 Thumbnails, Here are 4 specimens of Chiastolite from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia which was part of the Wm S Vaux collection. The specimens are cut and polished to show the Chiastolite pattern. ex Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences #23090, ex Wm S Vaux collection. | |
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| 7 3807-550-201-6ggamess
((ELBAITE, QUARTZ)), $150 MINIMUM BID, Nuristan, Afghanistan, 10 x
7 x 6 cm,
Cabinet,
Here is a specimen with a double terminated satin lustrous Quartz undamaged
except one small ding on the backside. On the Quartz is an 8 x 3.5 cm
cluster of pink Elbaite.
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| 8 511-09ldgcts ((SMOKY QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Dirino das Caranjeiras, Brazil, 12 x 7 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Smoky Quartz specimen with many parallel faces. ex H Deisinger. |
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9 5hhmcns
((AMETHYST)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Creede, Colorado, 5.5 x
5 x 3 cm,
Miniature,
Here is a cluster of Amethyst with minor chiping from Creede. ex Mel
Cannon collection.
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10 99hhlmtr
((HOWLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Iona, Nova Scotia, Canada, 4 x
3 x 3 cm,
Miniature, Here is a 1 cm crystal of Howlite from Canada.
Neat undamaged crystals of this usually massive species.
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11 511-09ldgcts
((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Germany, 3 x
2.5 x 1.5 cm,
Miniature,
Here is a cluster of Smoky Quartz with an old German label. ex H Deisinger.
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| 12 511-09ldgcnr
((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Freiberg, Germany, 5.5 x
3.5 x 2.5 cm,
Cabinet,
Here is a specimen of yellow brown colored terminated Quartz from Freiberg. ex H Deisinger.
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96hhshis
((BIRNESSITE on CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine,
Tooele County, Utah, 5.5 x
2.5 x 1.3 cm,
Miniature,
Black rare micro species of Birnessite on white Calcite. ex H Deisinger.
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| 14 96hhshis ((WULFENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Lucin, Box Elder County, Utah, 4 x 2.5 x 1 cm, Miniature, Here is a large single lustrous yellow crystal to 2.5 cm from Lucin. Lucin also has Wulfenite crystals that are easier to collect but do not have the demand as the yellow and very fragile large Wulfenite crystal masses. Almost if not always damaged in the collection process and very elusive to find. Here is a rarer still large single crystal which looks to be backed small white calcite crystals giving it stability and making it less fragile than most of the Wulfenites from this Utah locality. ex H Deisinger. |
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| 15 510-09ldocrs ((COPPER)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, 6 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a lustrous Copper with a boxwork of faces from the Copper forming in the voids of other rocks or crystals. | |
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| 16 98hhmiscis ((3 TINCALCONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Searles Lake, Trona, California, 3.5 to 4.5 cm, 3 Miniatures, Here is a 3 specimens of this well known pseudomorph after Borax, Tincalconite. | |
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17 98hhmiscis
((FLUORITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Tennessee, 4.5
x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature,
Here is a corner of a cubic Fluorite from Elmwood. There is a cleave
on the back but the base is contact.
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| 18 5atkrts
((MIMETITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 2 x .8 x .5
cm, Thumbnail,
Here is a pair of double terminated Mimetite crystals. Undamaged
except on has a flat area at the termination at the base of the specimen.
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5atkrar
((CERUSSITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 3.3 x 1.7
x 1 cm, Thumbnail to Miniature,
Here is a an damaged Cerussite from Tsumeb except the bottom edge appears to
be either a contact with another crystal or a possibly a cleaved edge but is
smooth. |
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| 20 7hlkmlr ((PYROMORPHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, New Chester County Mine, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 6 x 5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a Pyromorphite specimen from the classic Pennsylvania locality of Phoenixville. Coverage is good of small but well formed dark green crystals of Pyromorphite. |
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21 4hhswis ((FOSSIL FISH, Lycoptera sp.)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Liaoning Province, China, 13.5 x 12 x .8 cm, Cabinet, Here is a 9.5 cm fossil fish from China. It is a excellent complete fish showing the side view. |
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| 22 11atrmts
((BARITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Peru,
7 x 6 x .5 cm, Miniature,
Here is a large single crystal of Barite from this prolific find.
The bottom edge as shown in the photo is cleaved and a very slight cleave at
the top. There is also an area of matrix contact in which the crystals
grownth was inhibited.
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| 23 7idcees
((HEMATITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Negaunee, Michigan, 24 x
13 x 1.5 cm, Extra Large Cabinet,
Here is an old Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences early specimen
#1535. It is a Hematite from Negaunee, Michigan. ex Phila. Acad.
of Natural Sciences #1535.
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| 24 7idcees
((ALBITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Middletown, Connecticut, 8.5 x
5 x 4 cm, Cabinet,
Here is an old Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences #24525 specimen
of Albite from Connecticut. ex Phila. Acad. of Natural Sciences
#24525.
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| 25 11ca
((ALLOPHANE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, New Mexico, 2.5 x 2 x 2
cm, Miniatures, Light blue spherical mounds of Allophane
is a amorphous hydrous silicate of aluminum.
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26 11ca ((PASCOITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Firefly-Pigmay Mine, San Juan County, Utah, 8 x 3.5 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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| 27 11ca ((DICKTHOMSSENITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Blue Cap Mine, San Juan County, Utah, 3.7 x 3.3 x 1.5 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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| 28 11ca ((METAROSSITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Blue Cap Mine, Paradox Valley, San Juan County, Utah, 4.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm, miniature, Here is hydrous calcium vanadate from Utah's Blue Cap Mine. |
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| 29 98hhshes ((4 TOPAZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 1.3 to 2.2 cm, 4 Thumbnails, Here are 4 Topaz thumbnails from the Thomas Range. | |
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511-09ldgcirs
((CHROMIAN TITANITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Saranovskii Mine,
Permaskaya Oblast, Urals Region, Russia, 5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm,
Miniature,
Here is a specimen with emerald green Chromian Titanite on a Calcite
matrix. ex H Deisinger.
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4idcsar
((TETRAHEDRITE, QUARTZ, SPHALERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Casapalca Mine,
Peru, 8 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm,
Cabinet,
Here is a specimen of undamaged Tetrahedrite with associated Quartz on a
matrix containing Sphalerite and Pyrite.
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11ca
((PYROMORPHITE and SPESSARTINE on GALENA with minor MINIUM)), $5 MINIMUM BID,
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail
to miniature, Here is Galena with micro gemmy orange Spessartine and
vugs filled with micro acicular needle of white Pyromorphite crystals to
about 1 mm. These are viewed with a loop or with a microscope.
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| 33 8jgjsr ((SCHORL aka BLACK TOURMALINE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Pingwu County, Sichuan Province, China, 5.5 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm, Miniature, Here is a double terminated black Schorl from China. A minor amount of chipping but overall looks undamaged without close inspection. |
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511-09ldgces
((AGATE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Unknown,
7 x 4 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet,
Here is a polished Agate probably from Germany. ex H Deisinger.
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6hlkmrs
((CALCITE)), $8 MINIMUM BID, New Enterprise Quarry, Roaring
Spring, Blair County, Pennsylvania,
11 x 6 x 3 cm, Cabinet,
Here is a Pennsylvanian Calcite from the New Enterprise Quarry.
The Calcite faces have a light iridescent coating.
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96miscr
((FOSSIL MARCH FLY)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Green River Formation,
Wyoming, 3.5 x
3 x 1 cm, Miniature,
Here is fossil fly from the Green River Formation of Wyoming.
There is not alot of detail.
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37 95hhshtr
((SMITHSONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Ophir
District, Tooele County, Utah, 12 x
5 x 4 cm, Cabinet,
Here is a Smithsonite from the Hidden Treasure Mine in Utah. Bluish
green botryoidal layer of Smithsonite. Backside has a much lighter
pastel color of Smithsonite.
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| 38 11atadls ((BARITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Meikle Mine, Nevada, 13 x 11 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large cabinet sized golden Barite from Meikle Mine. One side is more sparsely covered with Barite crystals. The other side less sparse. No damage is seen but probably alittle minor chipping around the edges. |
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| 39 11atadts
((BARITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Meikle Mine, Nevada, 5.5 x 3.5 x
1.5 cm, Miniature,
Here is a partial crystals from a large golden Barite from Meikle Mine.
Damage on some of the edges but the side faces are OK.
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40 11atades ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Meikle Mine, Nevada, 6 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is a colorless scalenahedral crystal of Calcite from Meikle. Undamaged and lustrous crystal.
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| 41 11atadls ((RHODOCHROSITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Uchucchacua Mine, Lima Department, Peru, 3 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail to Miniature, Here is a specimen with 2 generations of Rhodochrosite. The first generation of Rhodochrosite is covered with a black mineral with with a bubbly surface over the Rhodochrosite rhombs. On top of the first generation and black coating are second generation undamaged lustrous gemmy red Rhodochrosite crystals. The base has a Rhodo which is the attachment and is cleaved. |
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| 42 97hhshns
((AURICHALCITE, PLATTNERITE, HEMIMORPHITE, CALCITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Hidden
Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah,
3.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature,
Here is a cute undamaged miniature with blue green Aurichalcite and
colorless plately crystals of Hemimorphite. On these are black
Plattnerite and small cream colored Calcite crystals.
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| 43 97hhshns
((GOETHITE pseudo after CALCITE coated with HEMIMORPHITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Ophir
Mine, Ophir District, Tooele County, Utah,
3 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm, Thumbnail to Miniature,
Here is a cute double terminated scalenohedral Calcite not pseudomorphed to
brown Goethite. The pseudo is covered with microcrystals of white
Hemimorphite.
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| 44 7attgis
((PERIDOTE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, San Carlos Indian Reservation,
Arizona, 10 x 9 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a green Peridot
specimen with an aggregate of Peridot on grey Basalt.
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46 4hhshis ((TRILOBITE,
Elrathia kingi)), $10 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.
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| 47 10iddbns ((ALMANDINE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Zillertal, North Tyrol, Austria, 2.5 x 2.4 x 2.4 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a fully formed classic Almandine garnet crystal from Tyrol. It has a few areas of Schist remnants on the crystal. | |
| 48 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.
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| 49 10iddbns
((GALENA and PYRITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Daly Judge Mine, Park City,
Summit County, Utah, 2 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a Galena
specimen in a thumbnail sized specimen. The Galena crystals are
typical crude dull octahedrals.
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| 50 10iddbns
((HEMATITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 2 x 1.5 x .5 cm,
Thumbnail, Here is a large single flat Hematite crystal covered with smaller
Hematite crystals.
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| 51 bruar
((BRAZILIANITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Conselheiro Pena,
Minas Gerais, Brazil, 4.5 x
3
x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a large lustrous terminated Brazilianite
crystal. It is a partial crystal with the back being contact with
Albite matrix. Only remnants of white Albite are present.
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52 bruir ((DOLOMITE
TWINS on shard of QUARTZ)), $2 MINIMUM BID, Brumado Mine, Bahia, Brazil, 6 x
1.5
x 1 cm, Miniature, Golden Dolomite twinned crystals on each end of a
shard of Quartz. Shard of Quartz is healed on the back side.
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| 53 bruar ((BRAZILIANITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 5 x
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x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is a lustrous double terminated
Brazilianite crystal on an Albite matrix. No damage although the small side
crystals have some contact to the Albite matrix material.
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54 10ehswto ((HEULANDITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India,
21 x 14
x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a much better than average India zeolite
specimen. A thick ribbon of lustrous Heulandite crystals with several
other Heulandite crystals and a bed of small double terminated Stilbite
crystals with the same pinkish off white color. Back side of Basalt is
sawn and shaped to remove any excess weight.
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| 55 5hhpriss ((DIOPTASE
on CALCITE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia,
5 x
5
x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a sparkling specimen with rhombs of white
translucent Calcite heavily peppered with small emerald green crystals of Dioptase. Undamged.
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56 7ecvmis ((ROSE QUARTZ)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Pitorra Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2.3 x
1.7
x 1.4 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a thumbnail sized specimen of crystals of
Rose Quartz from Brazil.
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7atkris ((CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID,
Tsumeb, Namibia, 6 x
2
x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a miniature with undamaged grey crystals of
Calcite from Tsumeb.
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58 7hhswis ((QUARTZ
with FLUORITE)), $2 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province,
China, 6.5 x
5.5
x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a terminated Quartz with light purple
Fluorite attached to one side. Contacted on back side of specimen.
Fluorite looks to be undamaged and the Quartz has a very small chip at the
termination.
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59 7hhswts ((FLUORITE)),
$5 MINIMUM BID, Hunan Province, China, 8.5 x 6.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet,
Undamaged light green cubic Fluorite crystals on matrix.
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| 60 7hhswar
((FLUORITE and QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province,
China, 16 x 12 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Light purple cubic Fluorite
crystals and terminated Quartz crystals on a large specimen. Back is
sawn. Minimal if any damage. I did see a Quartz crystal missing.
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61 5atcens ((BARITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Book Cliffs, Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado, 3 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a teminated undamaged Barite from Book Cliffs. It is a double parallel growth crystal. The terminations are frosted like frosted glass. So this is makes this specimen stand out from other Book Cliffs Barite.
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| 62 7hhswns
((WOLFRAMITE on QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan
Province, China, 5 x 5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Lustrous black
Wolframite protruding from one side of a terminated Quartz crystal.
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10atcqis ((PAPAGOITE included QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Messina Mine, South Africa, 2.3 x
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x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is blue Papagoite included in a terminated
Quartz crystal.
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10atcqis
((AJOITE phantom included QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Messina
Mine, South Africa, 2 x
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x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is blue green Ajoite Phantom included in a
terminated Quartz crystal.
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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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