Auction Three hundred seventy six Preview

Jul 15, 2011

 

1   6838-11atdbar.g    ((PYRITE on SPHALERITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID,  Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado,  9 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet,  Chipping to only a few Pyrite crystals and other wise in great shape.  Lustrous Pyrite crystals on a mixed Pyrite and Sphalerite matrix.
2    64-09fdceis    ((COPPER, CALCITE)), $35 MINIMUM  BID,  Northwestern Mine, Houghton County, Michigan,  11 x 8 x 5 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a great Copper specimen from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia #22331.  ex John Wagner.  Jagged edges with some remnants of Calcite.
3      1647-09ldgcnrs    ((FLUORITE)), $25 MINIMUM  BID,  South Vein, Weardale, North Pennines, Durham, England,  11 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a classic English Fluorite with lustrous purple highly fluorescent cubic crystals.  H Deisinger collection.
4   1647-09ldgcirs    ((DOLOMITE)), $15 MINIMUM  BID,  Eupel Mine, Niederhovels, Siegerland, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany,  12 x 8.5 x 6 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a German Dolomite with large saddle back cream colored Dolomite crystals.  This is nearly a floater with a narrow attachment.  The top is concave and the bottom is convex.  No damage and also associated Chalcopyrite.   H Deisinger collection.
5      5367-11atdbar.in    ((PYRITE)), $15 MINIMUM  BID,  c-470 & Hwy 285 near Morrison, Jefferson County, Colorado,  12.5 x 7 x 3 cm, Cabinet,  Here is an interesting Pyrite specimen from Colorado.  One tip is missing on the irregular concentric Pyrite nodule.  On the center there is a crystalized nodule that protrudes from both the top and back sides.
6   5469-6hhshis    ((FLUORITE)), $15 MINIMUM  BID,  North of Redstone Quarry, Conway, New Hampshire, 12 x 6 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a rare Fluorite from New Hampshire from the Ernie Schlichter collection.  There is a sawn base for display and undamaged except the
7   5395-11atdbtrs.rt    ((PYRITE)), $35 MINIMUM  BID,  Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Dos de Mayo, Huanuco Department, Peru,  7.5 x 6 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a near octahedral Pyrite from Peru. Lustrous tectured faces with sharp undamaged edges.  I see the tip of one octahedron with with the tip damaged but is hard to pick out when displaying.
8    5368-11atdbrs.g    ((VANADINITE variety ENDLICHITE on WULFENITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID,  Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico,  11 x 7.5 x 2 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a specimen with dirty brown Endlichite over blocky crystals of orange Wulfenite which are not visable from the top but can be seen from the underside.
9  5600-11btadns   ((MALACHITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Katanga Copper Cresent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of China,  8.5 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a botryoidal green Malachite.  No damage and the side shows the concentric banding.
10    5470-6hhshis    ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID,  Pugh Quarry, Custar, Wood County, Ohio,  8.5 x 5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a specimen of golden Calcite from the Pugh Quarry.  Slight cleave on one scalenohedral crystal.  The other 2 main crystals are undamaged.
11   443-09fdceis    ((PARAVAUXITE)), $15 MINIMUM  BID,  Ilallagua, Potosi Department, Bolivia,  6.5 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature,  Here is a specimen of Paravauxite from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia .  This was probably from the Vaux expeditions in the early 20th century.
12     5475-6hhshis    ((QUARTZ variety HERKIMER DIAMOND)), $15 MINIMUM  BID,  Herkimer County, New York, 8.5 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet,  Here is an undamaged Herkimer Diamond in a vug on matrix from the Ernie Schlichter collection #10.1271.
13    2074-09ldocirs    ((MICROCLINE, CLEAVELANDITE, SMOKY QUARTZ)), $15 MINIMUM  BID,  Moat Mountain, Carroll County, New Hampshire, 7.5 x 6 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet,  Here is an neat New Hampshire pegmatite specimen with white bladed Cleavelandite and white Microcline with some Smoky Quartz crystals.  ex Ernie Schlichter collection.
14  9ectgns    ((ROSASITE or MALACHITE)), $15 MINIMUM  BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 8 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a specimen from Ojuela that looks more like Malachite but may also be Rosasite.  Large botryoidal bed of velvety crystals of either Malachite or Rosasite from the Ojeula.  No damage.
15    4342-06idbsrs    ((SMITHSONITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Choix, Chihuahua, Mexico, 7 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a specimen from Choix of pink botryoidal Smithsonite.  It has more of a matte finish instead of lustrous.  No damage.
16  ari    ((BROOKITE on SMOKY QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Moses Hill, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, 3.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Here is a specimen of terminated Smoky Quartz from Arkansas's Magnet Cove with 5 to 7 MM lustrous Brookite crystals.  ex Clyde Hardin collection.  collected in 1987.
17 3685  ((PYRITE, APOPHYLLITE, QUARTZ)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China,  6.5 x 6 x 4.5 cm,  Miniature, Flattened blocky crystals of Apophyllite with lustrous cubic Pyrite crystals.  Also Quartz and probably minor brown Hubeite.
18  11gsjmes  ((GOLD)),  .7 GRAMS,  $40 MINIMUM BID, near Santa Elena, Venezuela,  8 MM in length,  Thumbnail,  Here is a crystallized gold with a weight of .7 gm.   Base on $1600 /ounze Gold the spot value is $40.
19   11gsjmes  ((DIAMOND MACLE TWIN)),   $40 MINIMUM BID, near Santa Elena, Venezuela,  5 TO 6 MM in Width,  Thumbnail,  Here is a Diamond crystals which is a Macle Twin.  The crystal is gemmy and colorless and transparent with some inclusions.
20     1645-09ldgcnrs  ((FLUORITE)),  $25 MINIMUM BID, Sauberg Mine, Enrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany,  9 x 5 x 2.5 cm,  Cabinet, yellow cubic Fluorite crystals from Germany.  ex H Deisinger collection.  Overall in great shape.
21    4949 6atkmg  ((MIMETITE, CALCITE, MALACHITE with micro pseudos)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia,  12 x 10 x 2 cm, Cabinet,  Here is cabinet specimen with yellow Mimetite crystals on white Calcite.
22  5442 5atadiss  ((RHODOCHROSITE)),  $25 MINIMUM BID, Manuelita Mine, Morococha District, Peru,  12 x 9 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet,  Here is cabinet specimen with pink crystals of Rhodochrosite.
23  528 09fdceis  ((VESUVIANITE, CLINOCHLORE, ANDRADITE)),  $25 MINIMUM BID, Montreal Chrome Pit, Coleraine, Quebec, Canada,  14 x 11 x 6 cm, Cabinet,  Here is old cabinet specimen from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia #21752 which was from the geological survey, Canadian disvision of Mineralogy.  Vesuvianite are micro crystals and the Clinochlore are small mica like transparent greenish crystals.
24   6637 11atdbrs.r  ((SMOKY QUARTZ)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Specimen Rock, El Paso County, Colorado,  9.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm,  Cabinet,  Here is double terminated Smoky specimen from Colorado.
25     1538 09ldgcnss  ((FLUORITE)),  $25 MINIMUM BID, Marienberg, Marienberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany,  9 x 8 x 3.5 cm,  Cabinet,  Cabinet, yellow cubic Fluorite crystals from Germany.  ex H Deisinger collection.  Overall in great shape.
26  3480 98ecdbtg  ((VANADINITE)),  $25 MINIMUM BID, Pure Potential Mine, La Paz County, Arizona,  11 x 7 x 3 cm,  Cabinet, Here is a specimen with hexagonal red orange crystals of Vanadinite.
27  36 09fdceis  ((COQUIMBITE?)),  $15 MINIMUM BID, Petropolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 9 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet,  Here is old cabinet specimen from the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia #22596.  It says Coquimbite but someone has a question mark after it.  What ever it is, it is an old Academy of Science specimen with a label.
28   NW3159-08hhNAWils  ((LUDLAMITE)),  $25 MINIMUM BID, Huanuni Mine, Oruro Department, Bolivia,  2.5 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm,  Thumbnail,  Olive green cluster of terminated Vivianite with a small base of matrix.
29  09idgcts  ((PYRITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Lograno, La Rioja, Spain,  4.3 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm, Miniature,  Here is a specimen with two major cubic crystals of Pyrite and a few minor from Lograno.  These are originally covered with matrix which has been removed.  The cubes have been repaired by gluing to reattach the cubes to themselves.  Minor chipping at the repair.
30   2037 09ldocers  ((FLUORITE on QUARTZ)),  $35 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China,  10 x 7.5 x 3 cm,  Cabinet, Sharp undamaged cluster of lustrous cubic Fluorite crystals on a cluster of undamaged terminated Quartz.  No chipping, totally undamaged and pristine.  choice!  ex Don Olson specimen.
31   5842 11atdbtss.ts  ((GYPSUM)),  $35 MINIMUM BID, Las Salinas de Paracas, Pisco, Ica Department, Peru,  8 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm,  Cabinet, Sharp undamaged transparent terminated and highly fluorescent Gypsum crystal.  The main crystals is on a bed of smaller crystals.  choice!
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33    99hhshns    ((SMITHSONITE with CALCITE)),  $10 MINIMUM  BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 7 x 7 x 3.5 cm,  Cabinet,  Here is a specimen of greyish blue green botryoidal Smithsonite partially covered with white disks of Calcite.
34        99hhshns    ((ROSASITE on HEMIMORPHITE)),  $10 MINIMUM  BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 7 x 7 x 5.5 cm,  Cabinet,  Here is a specimen from the Hidden Treasure Mine with many bluish green spheres of Rosasite on matrix covered with colorless bladed microcrystals of Hemimorphite seen with a loop or microscope.
35      99hhshns    ((AZURITE)),  $10 MINIMUM  BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 5 x 3.5 x 2 cm,  Miniature,  Here is a specimen from the Hidden Treasure Mine with drusy blue Azurite crystals in a vug.
36     99hhshns    ((HEMIMORPHITE on GOETHITE pseudo after CALCITE)),  $10 MINIMUM  BID, Ophir District, Tooele County, Utah, 4 x 3.5 x 3 cm,  Miniature,  Here is a specimen of Goethite partially replacing Calcite and totally covered with micro Hemimorphite crystals.
37     5atdbr    ((CALCITE with SAND inclusions)),  $5 MINIMUM  BID, Rattlesnake Butte, Jackson County, South Dakota, 6.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm,  Miniature,  Here is a cluster of terminated Calcite from Rattlesnake Butte.  Part of the crystals are missing forming a base for the single terminated crystals.
38      5hhgais    ((2 ORPIMENT)),  $5 MINIMUM  BID, Barneys Canyon, Bingham, Salt Lake County, Utah, 2 x 2 x 1.5 cm,  2 Thumbnails,  Here is are two thumbnails of micro crystals of Orpiment from a Canyon location near the large Open Pit Copper Mine in Utah.
39     5ari    ((WAVELLITE)),  $5 MINIMUM  BID, Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas, 9.5 x 8 x 5 cm,  Cabinet,  Here is a Wavellite with spheres of radial crystals.
40    5ari    ((AEGERINE)),  $10 MINIMUM  BID,  Arkansas, 19 x 14 x 4 cm,  Cabinet,  Here is a great Arkansas Aegerine with crystals to 6 cm.  The back side is sawn and polished.
41   5atdbis    ((MOLYBDENITE)),  $1 MINIMUM  BID, Twin Lakes, Lake County, Colorado, 9 x 5.5 x 5 cm,  Cabinet,  Here is a specimen with several small Molybdenites on matrix from Colorado.
42    5atdbts    ((HUEBNERITE)),  $10 MINIMUM  BID, Ruby Mine, Maggie Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado, 5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm,  Miniature,  Here is a miniature specimen with brown Huebnerite crystals covering the matrix plate.
43    7ikmjes    ((CERUSSITE)),  $10 MINIMUM  BID, Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Idaho, 7 x 7 x 4 cm,  Cabinet,  Here is a cabinet sized Cerussite from the famous Bunker Hill Mine.
44  4904 6hljdis    ((CHALCANTHITE)),  $1 MINIMUM  BID, Stanley Butte, Pinal County, Arizona, 3 x 3 x 2 cm,  Miniature,  Here is an example of blue Chalcanthite from Arizona.
45   6ianit  ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Tsumeb, Namibia,  5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a Tsumeb Calcite with sharp edges and no damage to the existing faces.  Bottom part of the specimen is contact from being part of a larger group of crystals.
46    8hljda  ((STILBITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Gettysburg Quarry, Cumberland Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania,  11 x 10 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large specimen of clusters of yellow brown Stilbite crystals from the Gettysburg Quarry.
47   2hhphis  ((ERYTHRITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Blackbird Mine, Lemhi County, Idaho,  4 x 3.5 x 1 cm, Miniature, Here is a miniature with micro crystals of Erythrite from the Blackbird Mine.
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49   UUGD   ((PYRITE, QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Bingham Copper Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah,  6 x 5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a miniature specimen  of Pyrite with Quartz from Bingham.  A few Pyrites and Quartz have damage but most are damage free.   ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
50    UUGD   ((ARSENOPYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Bingham Copper Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah,  7.5 x 6 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cabinet specimen of silver colored Arsenopyrite.  This is mostly massive Arsenopyrite and a reference specimen from Bingham.   ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
51    UUGD   ((WAVELLITE/FAUSTITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Bingham Copper Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah,  9 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cabinet sized specimen of Wavellite and or Faustite from Bingham.   ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
52  UUGD   ((REALGAR)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Bingham Copper Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah,  4 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a miniature specimen of Realgar.  Label says from the Hill Fault Zone.   ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
53  UUGD   ((PYRITE, Chloritic Alteration)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Bingham Copper Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah,  8 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cabinet specimen with the label says Chloritic Alteration.   ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
54  UUGD   ((GALENA, PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, US/Lark Mine, Bingham Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah,  6.5 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a miniature specimen from the old US/Lark Mine which has been consumed by the ever expanding  Bingham Pit.   ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
55   UUGD   ((2 THAUMASITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Bingham Copper Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah,  4.5 and 6.5 cm, 2 Miniatures, Here are two miniature specimens of white colored Thaumansite from Bingham.   ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
56    UUGD   ((2 MONTMORILONITE variety NONTRONITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Bingham Copper Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah,  5 and 7 cm, Miniature and Cabinet, Here are two specimens of yellow green Nontronite from Bingham.  Published article.  ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
57  UUGD   ((CLINTONITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Maria Mine, Beaver County, Utah,  6.5 x 5.5 x .4 cm, Miniature, I have heard these micas called Phlogopite and Clintonite.  Here the U of U has it labeled as Clintonite.   ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
58   UUGD   ((MARCASITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Homestake Uranium Mine, near New Haven, Wyoming,  14 x 5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a reference locality specimen with Marcasite.    ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
59   UUGD   ((CHALCOPYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Ruby Creek Copper Deposit, Brooks Range, Alaska,  6 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a neat Chalcopyrite from an Alaskan Copper deposit.   ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
60   UUGD   ((COPPER)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, near Austin, Nevada,  6 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is a heavy specimen of Copper from Nevada.   ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
61  UUGD   ((PYROLUSITE variety RAMSDELLITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Monroe Tenor Mine, Chisolm, Minnesota,  6 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a Ramsdellite specimen from Minnesota.  ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
62    UUGD   ((CALCITE GEODE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Windlop Mine, Wyoming,  10 x 7 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a hollow geode filled with Calcite instead of Quartz.   ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
63     UUGD   ((DIOPSIDE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Belmat, New York,  7 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen of green granular Diopside crystals.   ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
64      UUGD   ((CELESTINE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Madison County, New York,  6 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a hollow vug filled with Celestine crystals from New York.   ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics, ex Eastern Mineral Exchange, Bethlehem, PA
65    UUGD   ((REALGAR, ORPIMENT)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Getchel Mine, Humbolt County, Nevada,   7 x 5.5 x 4 cm,  Cabinet, Here is specimen from Getchell of red Realgar with yellow Orpiment.  Orange is Pararealgar.      ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
66    UUGD   ((4 GILSONITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Uintah Basin, Northeastern Utah,   5.5 to 6 cm, 4 Miniatures, Here is are 4 specimens of natural asphalt from Utah's Uintah Basin.  ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
67     UUGD   ((BORNITE, RHODOCHROSITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana,  12 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen of massive Bornite with minor Rhodochrosite.    ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
68    UUGD   ((HEMATITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Armour #1 Mine, Ironton, Minnesota,  8.5 x 7.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen of Hematite with area of Hematite crystals.  The Hematite crystals are undamaged.   ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
69   UUGD   ((GOLD ORE, PYRRHOTITE, ARSENOPYRITE, PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Battle Mountain, Fortitude Deposit, Nevada,  13 x 9 x 9 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large heavy specimen of Gold bearing ore containing Pyrrhotite, Arsenopyrite, and Pyrite from Battle Mountain.    ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
70    UUGD   ((CARBONATITE variety SIDERITE RAUHAUGITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Iron Hill Carbonatite Complex, Colorado,  13 x 11 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large heavy specimen #741 which is referenced in a published article.  A copy of the article is included.    ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
71     UUGD   ((PYRRHOTITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Homestake Mine, Lead, South Dakota,  8.5 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cabinet sized specimen of massive iridescent Pyrrhotite from the Homestake Mine.      ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
72   UUGD   ((AMPHIBOLITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, 4850 foot level, Homestake Mine, Lead, South Dakota,  12 x 7 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cabinet sized specimen of massive Amphibolite.      ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
73   UUGD   ((CHALCOCITE, minor MALACHITE, AZURITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Bonanza Mine, Kennecott, Alaska,  10 x 8 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cabinet sized specimen with a vein of massive Chalcocite.  Associated minor Malachite and Azurite are also present.      ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
74      UUGD   ((RED BERYL on RHYOLITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Violet Claims, Wah Wah Mtns, Beaver County, Utah,  14 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cabinet sized specimen of Ryolite with two areas of Red Beryl.  Mostly red remnants of Beryl but also one 6 or 7 MM crystal imbedded in the Rhyolite.  Here is a neat affordable Red Beryl specimen.   ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
75      UUGD   ((GOLD ORE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa,  14 x 9 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large cabinet sized specimen of Gold ore from the the South African Witwatersrand Basin.    ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
76  UUGD   ((OLIVINE, SERPENTINE in CHROMITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Bushveeld Complex, South Africa,  11 x 7 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cabinet sized specimen of Chromite and Serpentine from South Africa.   ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
77     UUGD   ((SILVER bearing TETRAHEDRITE in SIDERITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Sunshine Mine, 4800 foot Stope, Coeur D'Alene District, Idaho,  15 x 11 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large  cabinet sized specimen of Tetrahedrite and Siderite from Idaho.   ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
78   UUGD   ((GOLD ORE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Harvard Mine, Jamestown District, Toulumne County, California,  14 x 10 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large cabinet sized specimen of Gold ore from the well known Harvard Mine in California.   ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
79   UUGD   ((CHALCOPYRITE, PYRRHOTITE, PYRITE with SULPHIDES)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Geco Mine, near Manitouwadge, Ontario, Canada,  17 x 12 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large and heavy cabinet sized specimen of sulphides from Canada's Geco Mine.   ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
80    UUGD   ((SMITHSONITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Moscow Mine, Star Range, Beaver County, Utah,  8 x 7 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cabinet sized specimen of greyish brown botryoidal Smithsonite from the Moscow Mine.  I have never seen these on the market except from specimens from the university.  Mimetite from the Star Range was in the lot I got of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, but no Smithsonite.  ex U of U dept of Geology and Geophysics
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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98   Beaverdell British Columbia Canada
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

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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