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Auction Three hundred eighty six Preview
Sep 23, 2011
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Sep 23, 2011
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| 1 11hejmes
((GOLD)), .4
GRAMS, $28 MINIMUM BID, near Santa Elena, Venezuela, 6 MM in
length, Thumbnail, Here is a gold crystal with several flat
crystal faces. Base
is min tack to hold to photograph.
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| 2 11hejmes ((GOLD)), 1.1 GRAMS, $77 MINIMUM BID, near Santa Elena, Venezuela, 15 MM in length, Thumbnail, Here is a small group of crystallized gold crystals of elongated and modified crystals forming what looks like one of Utah's arches. Base is min tack to hold to photograph. | |
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| 3 11hejmes ((GOLD)), 1.5 GRAMS, $105 MINIMUM BID, near Santa Elena, Venezuela, 12 MM in length, Thumbnail, Here is a hoppered octahedral Gold crystal. Base is min tack to hold to photograph. | |
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| 4 11hejmes ((GOLD)), .6 GRAMS, $42 MINIMUM BID, near Santa Elena, Venezuela, 8 MM in length, Thumbnail, Looking like a pair of toadstool mushrooms, here is a small group of two crystallized gold crystals. Base is min tack to hold to photograph. | |
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10btcdrs
((CALCITE with HEMATITE inclusions)), $25 MINIMUM BID,
Hunan Province, China, 9
x 9 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet,
Here is an fine Chinese Calcite with reddish brown from Hematite
inclustions. No damage to the lustrous terminated crystals.
Cystals have the three faces on the terminations.
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| 6 11idjbts ((DIAMOND macle twin)), $40 MINIMUM BID, near Santa Elena, Venezuela, .4 cm on edge, Thumbnail, neat triangular shaped gemmy colorless lustrous Diamond crystal from Venezuela. The top and bottom faces are flat with side faces forming a triangle. Base is min tack to hold to photograph. |
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| 7 11idjbins ((DIAMOND octahedron)), $125 MINIMUM BID, near Santa Elena, Venezuela, .3 to .4 cm on edge, .4 to .5 across diagonal, Thumbnail, Here is an octahedral shaped gemmy colorless lustrous Diamond crystal from Venezuela. Carat weight about .38 although I do not have a scale to double check. Most collector diamonds are larger but full of inclusions and brown and not able to be cut. This is small but with great shape and a complete gem crystal that could be cut. Base is min tack to hold to photograph. |
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8 11hedwns
((CORNWALLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Murdock Mine, Spring Creek
area, Last Chance District, Plumas County, California, 10
x 6 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet,
Here is another specimen of massive like Quartz with a dark deep green
coating of Cornwallite on front and back sides.
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| 9 11hedwis
((SPHALERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Bialy Szarlej Mine aka
Bleischarley Mine, Bytom aka BeuthenDistrict, Upper Silesia, Poland, 11.5
x 6 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet,
Here is a large massive Sphalerite specimen from Poland.
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| 10 3481
9atadar
((RHODOCHROSITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Manuelita Mine, Peru,
12 x 7 x 2.75 cm, Cabinet,
Here is a fine undamaged pink Rhodochrosite from Peru's Manuelita Mine.
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9fdcenr
((CELESTINE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Jabal al Akhdar, Cyrenaica,
Libya, 7 x 4 x 4 cm, Cabinet,
Here is a rare single terminated undamaged Celestine crystal from Libya.
A few flats of these surfaced a few years
ago. They were collected and brought back by a contractor in Libya in
1962 and then kept for 40 years until finally being sold to Collectors Edge.
ex Oz Krebs collection 1962
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| 12 11hedwtl ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 7 x 4 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is an undamaged lustrous golden Calcite with a fine termination. |
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| 13 6hlkmne ((ADULARIA)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Keystone Trap Rock Quarry, Cornog, Wallace Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 3 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an old classic Pennsylvania location, now a flooded open Quarry. This is old material from the collection of Rick Hafer. | |
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3764 tr
((NATIVE SILVER)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Imiter Mine, Tineghir,
Morocco, 4.5
x 2.5 x 1 cm, Miniature,
Here is a native Silver from Morocco which weights 1 ounze.
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15 5366
11atdbnt
((SPHALERITE, QUARTZ, CALCITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, San
Antonio El Grande Mine, East Camp, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico, 10 x
7 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet,
Fine Mexican specimen with Quartz and large Sphalerite crystals covered
with small white scalenohedral Calcite crystals. ex Blue Sky
collection.
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16 8ghmrta
((URANOPHANE with BARITE on FLUORITE)), radioactive, $10 MINIMUM BID,
Wolsenberg, Nabburg, Oberphalz, Germany, 9 x 7 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet,
Yellow Uranophane in a large vug on the side with Barite on a matrix of
Fluorite. bugIN Aight Brown micro crystals of Cacoxenite on matrix from this old
Pennsylvania phosphate location. ex Fred Pough collection.
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| 17 5022
96cpcmgl
((HEMATITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Rio Marina, Island of Elba,
Italy, 5.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Lustrous Hematite from
Elba.
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| 18 3688 05swts ((CINNABAR, DOLOMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tongren Mine, Guezhou Province, China, 7 x 5.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, 2 x 1 cm cluster of two red Cinnabar crystals on white contrasting Dolomite. |
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| 19 5397 11atdbtss.er ((SPHALERITE variety SCHALENBLENDE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Segen Gottes Mine, Weislach, Germany, 10 x 7 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Schalenblende is an odd variety of Sphalerite that does not look like much until cut and polished reveiling the growth patterns. |
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| 20 5818 11atdbrs.r ((HUBNERITE on FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Yukon Mine, San Juan County, Colorado, 5 x 4.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Large dark reddish brown crystals of Hubnerite on pale cubic Fluorite crystals. Top of Hubnerite crystals look like they may have some contact with another layer of matrix and formed in a seam. |
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21 3783
ns
((ENSTATITE variety
BRONZITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Kraubath, Leoben, Styria, Austria, 8 x 5 x
3.5 cm, Cabinet, Bronzy brown Bronzite specimen from Austria.
ex H Westenberger collection.
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11btadng
((SPESSARTINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Tongbei, Yunxiao, Fugian Province, China, 6.5 x 4 x
1.5 cm, Miniature, Large crystals of orange lustrous Spessartine.
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| 23 5769 es ((GROSSULAR)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sierra de Cruces, Coahuila, Coahuila, Mexico, 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is an undamaged Raspberry Garnet perched on matrix from Coahuila. |
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| 24 4957 6hljdtg ((EPIDOTE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Belouchiskan, Iran, 7 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a black green colored lustrous Epidote on matrix from Iran. |
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9lbonrs
((COPPER)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Central Mine, Keeweenaw County,
Michigan,
6.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Small Cabinet, Interesting Copper specimen made up
of multiple Copper crystals.
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| 26 5357 11atdbirs.nt ((STRUNZITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hegendorf South Pegmatite, Waidhaus Vohenstraub, Bayem, Germany, 6 x 4.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Uncommon species of Strunzite from Germany. ex H Westenberger collection. |
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| 27 11hljdis ((PYRITE BAR)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Buick Mine, Viburnum Trend, Missouri, 3 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Lustrous pair of Pyrite crystals which look like mini Pyrite Bars. Label says Pyrite after Anhydrite which I am sure is not correct. These may be just Pyrite crystals or Pyrite bars although short and stubby if so. |
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| 28 11hljdis
((PHLOGOPITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ottawa County, Quebec, Canada, 10 x
6.5 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Large long books of Phlogopite Mica from
Quebec.
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| 29 11hedwes ((STIBNITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Eleanora Mine, Hillgrove, Sandon County, New South Wales, Australia, 5 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a Stibnite from a seldom seen location. ex Steve Pullman collection. ex Lidstrom's with label. |
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| 30 11iddbis ((Clam shell ULEXITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, 6.5 x 5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Crystallized Clam shell type of Ulexite from Boron. Some edge missing as shown in photo. | |
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| 31 6636 11atdbirs.ir ((SMOKY QUARTZ)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Specimen Rock, El Paso County, Colorado, 11 X 6.5 X 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a fine large undamaged lustrous terminated Smoky from Colorado which is terminated and undamaged. ex Frank Knaus collection. | |
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32 11hedwts ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 8.5 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Missouri Calcite from Sweetwater with a group of terminated Calcite crystals on breciated blocks of matrix. The one side crytal is cleaved but the two main crystals are undamaged. |
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| 33 2191 9ldgcnrs ((FLUORITE and BARITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Anton Mine, Wieden, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, 10 x 7 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is an undamaged old German specimen. Cubic light purple crystals of Fluorite with associated blades of white Barite. ex H Deisinger collection.
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11hedwgs
((FLUORITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province,
, 13.5
x 11 x 4 cm, Cabinet,
Here is a large plate of cubic purple Fluorite from China. There
are two generations of Fluorite. Over all in great shape looks
to be undamaged.
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11atdbirs.nt
((DRAVITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Yinnietharra Station, Pibara
Region, Western Australia, Australia, 10.5 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm,
Cabinet, Here is a large undamaged Dravite other than a couple of edge
dings from Western Australia.
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| 36 11hedwar ((PYRITE, GALENA)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 12.5 x 10 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large cabinet specimen with Pyrite covering octahedral Galena crytals. |
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11hedwng
((ADULARIA with LAUMONTITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Gross Valley,
Hospental, Urseren, Uri, Switzerland, 4.5
x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature,
Here is a single Adularia
crystal covered with small laumontite crystals. ex Steve Pullman
collection
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| 38 11hedwne ((HERDERITE with GOYAZITE, QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Alto Bernadino, Paraiba, Brazil, 4.5 x 3.5 x 1 cm, Miniature, Part of a Quartz crystal with small Herderite crystals and smaller yet Goyazite crystals on the Quartz. ex Steve Pullman collection |
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| 39 11hedwte ((CALCITE with CHALCOPYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a single terminated Calcite completely undamaged on a small part of matrix with minor Chalcopyrite. |
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11hedwng
((CALCITE with CHALCOPYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri,
3.5
x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature,
Here is a cluster of single terminated Calcite crystals, undamaged, and
with some Pyrite inclusions.
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11hljdns
((HEMATITE on QUARTZ and HEMATITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Cumberland,
England, 3.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Large lustrous blades of
Hematite on Quartz on botryoidal Hematite. ex Claude Yoder collection.
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| 42 11hljdis
((CALCITE on GOETHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Jackson Iron Mine,
Negaunee, Michigan, 4.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature, Aesthetic
undamaged brown
Goethite stalactite 80% covered with Calcite. Neat Michigan specimen.
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9ldgciss
((CERUSSITE on BARYTE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Mibladen, Morocco,
Iowa, 5
x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature,
Here is an undamaged very large well formed Cerussite on a small matrix of
brown Baryte. ex H Deisinger collection.
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| 44 11heppns
((SCHORL, CLEAVELANDITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Gilgit, Pakistan, 4 x
4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Miniature sized specimen with a terminated
black Schorl surrounded by large white crystals of Cleavelandite.
Schorl has multiple terminations.
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9ldgcar
((WOLFRAMITE, SMOKY QUARTZ)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Aqshatau Mine,
Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan, 6.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Miniature,
Undamaged Smoky with a bluish iridescent coating with black Wolframite.
ex H Deisinger collection
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46 11hljdns
((SMITHSONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Chihuahua, Mexico, 11 x 7 x
3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Smithsonite with only Mexico given as
the location. It is thick Smithsonite from .4 to .8 cm. One
very familiar with Mexican minerals could pinpoint the location but it
is probably from Chihuahua. It might be Santa Eulalia, the San Antonio
Mine, etc
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| 47 9ectgis ((MALACHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 8.5 x 6 x 3 cm, Cabinet, This is from the Rosasite-Malachite finds in Ojuela a couple of years ago. It may actually be Malachite over Rosasite. | |
| 48 11hljdis
((CALCITE on GOETHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Jackson Iron Mine,
Negaunee, Michigan, 4.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature, Aesthetic brown
Goethite stalactite 80% covered with Calcite. Neat Michigan specimen.
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| 49 11heecis
((ELBAITE in
MUSCOVITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Ingersoll Mine, Pennington County,
South Dakota, 6 x 5.5 x 1 cm, Miniature, Green Elbaite in
Muscovite.
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| 50 11hljdis ((PSEUDOMALACHITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Alandroal, Portugal, 3.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Botryoidal dark green Pseudomalachite. ex Jay Lininger collection. |
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11hljdis
((KORNERUPINE variety PRISMATINE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Waldheim,
Saxony, Germany,
3.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a Mg Al Silciate. The
specimen has grey green prismatic crystals of Kornerupine throughout the
matrix.
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11hljdnir
((MIXITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Witticher, Germany,
5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Blue green sprays of Mixite, a Bi Cu
Arsenate.
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11hlkmir
((PREHNITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID,
Rio Grande de Sol, Brazil, 8.5 x 5 x
1.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Prehnite from a location not usually
seen, Brazil.
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| 54 11hljdns ((ZIRCON)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Sieland, Norway, 5.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a Zircon from Norway. Root beer colored translucent Zircons to 7 MM, some are damaged. |
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| 55 11hljdis ((CALCITE, QUARTZ, FLUORITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Alston Moor District, Cumberland, England, 4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a group of lustrous flattened white rhombs of Calcite with a white lustrous terminated Quartz crystal sitting in front on a matrix of greenish Fluorite. Undamaged and aesthetic combination. |
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| 56 5344 ((GROSSULAR)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Civrari Mountain, Condove, susa Valley, Piedmont, Italy, 3 x3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is an European classic. Lustrous deep red translucent Grossular crystals. Undamaged except the on the edge of the specimen crystal has a slight edge wear. |
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| 57 772iss
((CHALCOPYRITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Dachsberg, Nentershausen,
North Hesse, Germany, 4.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,
Here is an old German undamaged Chalcopyrite,
ex H Deisinger collection
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| 58 99hhshis
((HEMIMORPHITE, ROSASITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure
Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 12
x 8.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet,
Here is a specimen with colorless sparkling micro crystals of
Hemimorphite. Bluegreen sphericals of Rosasite add color.
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| 59 99hhshis ((HEMIMORPHITE, ROSASITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 7 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen with colorless sparkling micro crystals of Hemimorphite. Bluegreen sphericals of Rosasite add color. | |
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11hlkmis
((STELLERITE with
CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Kibblehouse Quarry,
Perkiomenvile, Pennsylvania, 5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,
Lusterous golden colored Stellerite with colorless Calcite rhombs.
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| 61 11hlkmis ((TREMOLITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, C K Williams Quarry, Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 6 x 5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a white fibrous form of Tremolite from C K Williams Quarry. |
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62 11hlkmis ((CALCITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Kibblehouse Quarry, Perkiomenvile, Pennsylvania, 7.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Lustrous golden Calcite crystals from Kibblehouse Quarry in Pennsylvania.
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11hlkmis
((GOETHITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID,
Grubb Lake, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 5.5 x 4.5 x
2.5 cm, Miniature, Botryoidal black Goethite from Lancaster
County.
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11hlkmis
((PYRITE in PHYLLITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID,
Blue Ball Stone Quarry, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 11 x 10 x
2.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a lustrous Pyrite on shale like Phyllite.
The Pyrite has a hair line crack but does not look repaired or reattached.
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65 11hlkmis
((SPHALERITE,
CHALCOPYRITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Picher, Oklahoma, 4.5 x 4 x
3 cm, Miniature, Here is a Picher specimen of a large undamaged
single crystal of Sphalerite with some angular Chalcopyrite crystals.
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11hlkmis
((PYRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Schoenick, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 3.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature,
Here is a small unusual Pyrite from Lancaster County.
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67 11hlkmis
((CHALCEDONY/QUARTZ
DRUZE)), $3 MINIMUM BID,
Glen Mills Quarry, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 8 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet,
Here is a vug filled with light purplish grey druze of Chalcedony/
QUARTZ. This is a new find from a few months ago.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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((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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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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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Description:Cymatolite is a RARE pseudomorph of spodumene by a mixture of muscovite and albite. It is ususally somewhat lamellar to parallel fibrous. This is a lamellar section after a very large spodumene crystal. THIS IS OLD CLASSIC MATERIAL , MOSTLY FROM THE 1800S! IT WAS STUDIED INTENSIVELY IN THE EARLY DAYS OF MINERALOGY. This piece appears to be composed mainly of lustrous, creamy-brown albite with minor muscovite. This lithium-rich granite pegmatite is well-known for its manganese phosphates and cymatolite. Ex Dennis Mullane Collection and comes with a faded label from the Rocky Moore Collection of Los Angeles, dated January, 1942. The quarry and mine have been inactive since 1944. It is quite hefty for its size at 545 grams or nearly a pound.
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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