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Auction Three hundred eighty eight Preview
Oct 7, 2011
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Oct 7, 2011
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| 1 7473 11gedwg ((GOETHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Restormel Royal Iron Mine, Lostwithiel, St Austell District, Cornwall, England, 3.5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Radiating brown Goethite crystals on matrix from St Austell District, Cornwall. ex Steve Pullman collection |
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| 2 7477 11gedwns ((MENDIPITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Pb3Cl2O2 is the chemical composition on this white uncommon species from England. ex Steve Pullman collection | |
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7478 11gedwa
((AXINITE-FE)),
$10 MINIMUM BID, Stamps and Jowl Zawn, Trewellard, St Just, Cornwall,
England, 4.5 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature, Many vugs filled with
brown Axinite-Fe crystals from Cornwall. ex Steve Pullman
collection
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| 4 7474 11gedwa ((WAVELLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, High Down Quarry, Filleigh, North Deven, Devon, England, 4 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Radiating sprays of Wavellite from Devon. ex Steve Pullman collection |
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| 5 7475 11gedwg ((GOETHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Wheal Drea, St Austell District, Cornwall, England, 6 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Botryoidal dark brown Goethite on matrix from St Austell District, Cornwall. ex Steve Pullman collection |
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| 6 7480 11gljdis ((BROCHANTITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Cornwall, England, 4.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Dark green Brochantite on matrrix from Cornwall. |
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7 7483 11gljdar
((CUPRITE)),
$75 MINIMUM BID, St Day District, Redruth, Cornwall, England, 5.5 x 3
x 3 cm, Miniature, Next to largest is a 8 MM fine dodecahedral
crystal of Cuprite, The largest is not as nice but 1 cm across.
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11gedwg
((SIDERITE)),
$10 MINIMUM BID, 260 level, South Crofty Mine, Carn Brea area, Cornwall,
England, 4.5 x 2.5 x 1 cm, Miniature, lustrous brown
Siderite crystals from Cornwall. ex Steve Pullman collection
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| 9 7481
11gljdns
((CASSITERITE)),
$25 MINIMUM BID, Cornwall, England, 4 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature,
Lustrous Cassiterite, tin oxide, crystals to 4 MM. Old G S Scott label from
New York. ex Chas. Hoadley collection.
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| 10 7476 11gedwir ((CASSITERITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Dolcoath Mine, Tuckingmill, Carn Brea Area, Cornwall, England, 3 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature, Lustrous Cassiterite, tin oxide, crystals which are small and long. ex Steve Pullman collection |
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7481 11gljdis
((CASSITERITE)),
$25 MINIMUM BID, St Agnes District, Cornwall, England, 4 x 3.5 x 2 cm,
Miniature, Very lustrous Cassiterite, tin oxide, crystals to 6 MM from
St Agnes District, Cornwall.
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| 12 7471 11gedwa ((LIBETHENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Gunheath China Clay Pit, St Austell District, Cornwall, England, 3.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Green sparkling microcrystals of Libethenite from Cornwall. ex Steve Pullman collection |
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| 13 7472 11gedwis ((BEUDANTITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, St Erth-Gwithian Area, Cornwall, England, 3 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Green sparkling microcrystals of Beudantite from Cornwall. Beudantite is an Lead Iron Arsenate with Sulphate Hydroxyl. ex Steve Pullman collection |
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14 7482 11gljdnr
((CUPRITE)),
$35 MINIMUM BID, Cornwall, England, 4 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature,
Specimen totally made up of interconnected Cuprite crystals from Conwall.
ex Calvert collection with label.
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| 15 7470 11gedwl ((TOURMALINE variety ROSSMANITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, St Dennis, St Austell District, Cornwall, England, 5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Multiple greenish grey sprays of Rossmanite from Cornwall. ex Steve Pullman collection |
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16 11iddbnr
((Pseudo Octahedral
TINCALCONITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine,
Boron, Kerns County, California, 13 x 8.5 x 8 cm, Cabinet, Here is a
rare form of Tincalconite. It is formed in the dissolving tanks
at the Borate refinery at Boron. These tanks are cleaned out every 10
to 20 years with a bulldozer and very few if any specimens are saved during
the cleaning process. I don't know if this is still true or if
processes have changed at the refinery. Harvard University and Rock
Currier's specimens are nearly the only ones pictured on Mindat.org. Also
this one has large crystals to 5 cm on an edge and a large specimen overall.
Here is something you do not see everyday if anyday. I had never heard
of these previously.
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11fbdjt ((VESZELYITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Black Pine Mine, Philipsburg, Montana, 1.6 x .7 x .5 cm, Thumbnail,
Here is a thumbnail specimen with a large blue Veszelyite. The front
is flat like a cleave or contact. The crystal is large but looks like
it completely took up the growing space it had with one face on the side
barely showing. It is still a large crystal.
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18 7086
11fbdjt ((VESZELYITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID,
Black Pine Mine, Philipsburg, Montana, 5.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here
is a matrix specimen covered with very small micro crystals of blue Veszelyite.
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19 11hhjdnr
((SCHEELITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ophir Mine, Tooele County,
Utah, 12 x 10 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, One side has a druse of small Quartz
crystals with some Scheelite while the main side is covered with the small
micro octahedrons of lustrous Scheelite.
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20 11hhjdnr
((SCHEELITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ophir Mine, Tooele County,
Utah, 9 x 9 x 3 cm, Cabinet, The front side has good coverage of micro
octahedral Scheelite crystals. These specimens have the Calcite
removed with HCl to expose the Scheelite.
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| 21 3691 05swns ((FLUORITE, MUSCOVITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 8 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Undamaged purple Fluorite centered in the Muscovite matrix. Associated Quartz on the base. |
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22 5727
11btrmnr ((COQUIMBITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID,
Javier Mine, Ayacucho Department, Peru, 6.5 x 6 x 3 cm, Miniature,
Purple Coquimbite through out the specimen with some larger hexagonal prisms
of Coquimbite. Also minor brown Romerite crystals at one area.
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| 23 11hhjdis ((CALCITE with HEMIMORPHITE with PLATTNERITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele Mine, Utah, 7 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen from the Hidden Treasure with Calcite and Hemimorphite with brown micro Plattnerite crystals. |
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| 24 11hhjdis ((HEMIMORPHITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele Mine, Utah, 9.5 x 8.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large specimen with nearly colorless Hemimorphite crystals. |
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| 25 11hhjdis ((CALCITE, PLATTNERITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele Mine, Utah, 12.5 x 7.5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large specimen with Calcite coated with Plattnerite giving a brownish color to the Calcite. drowncvercALCITEnearly colorless Hemimorphite crystals. |
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11hhjdis
((HEMIMORPHITE with PLATTNERITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Hidden
Treasure Mine, Tooele Mine, Utah, 8 x 7 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Here is a
specimen from the Hidden Treasure with Hemimorphite with brown micro
Plattnerite crystals.
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| 27 11hhjdis ((GYPSUM on SMITHSONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele Mine, Utah, 30 x 16 x 7 cm, Huge Cabinet, Here is a huge specimen from the Hidden Treasure with Smithsonite coated with Gypsum. These large specimens are uncommon because collecting and getting them out is hard to do. |
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| 28 9iddbgcts ((GYPSUM)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Harz Mts., Germany, 8 x 6 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Gypsum from Germany. The label says Hohenthalschacht but it did not come up under mindat.org . Not pristine but overall in good shape. |
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| 29 9iddbgcts ((SPHALERITE, GALENA, QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Trepca, Yugoslavia, 7 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Combination specimen from Trepca. |
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| 30 9iddbgcts ((ORPIMENT)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Dellach, Carinthia, Austria, 4.5 x 3 x cm, Miniature, Yellow Orpiment on Limestone from Austria. |
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| 31 9iddbgcts ((PYRITE on Limestone)), $1 MINIMUM BID, local on label, 5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Locality given on label but not readible. |
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32 9iddbgcts ((SANIDINE)),TYPE LOCALITY, $1 MINIMUM BID, Drachenfels, Siebengebirge, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, 6 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature, Old classic locality with is the type location for Sanidine. |
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| 33 5610 11btadts ((SPESSARTINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tongbei, Fugian Province, China, 6.5 x 6 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Total coverage of undamaged dark orange Spessartine crystals. The crystals have the shape of the underlining Feldspar crystals.
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09ldgcns ((PYRITE with QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM
BID, Rio Marina, Elba Island, Tuscany, Italy, 8 x 7 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet,
Matrix of small Quartz crystals with several lustrous Pyrite pyritahedral
crystals.
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1554 09ldgcnss
((CASSITERITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Horni Slavkov, Bohemia,
Czech Republic, 6 x 6 x 2 cm, Miniature, Classic European
location. Lustrous Cassiterite crystals on a matrix filled with
Quartz crystals.
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| 36 3684 05swis ((ARSENOPYRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 3.5 x 3.5 x 1 cm, Miniature, Strange flat aggregate of Arsenopyrite crystals with various patinas of blue to gold coloration. Also Quartz present. |
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| 37 123 09fdceis ((SILVER in QUARTZ)), Phila. Academy $10 MINIMUM BID, Pasco Mtns, Peru, 7 x 5.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Philadelphia Academy of Science specimen #105. This has a very early number and is an old historic specimen. There are a few micro Silver crystals in the Quartz visable but hard to find with a loop. Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences label and an old label from the 1800's. |
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| 38 naw115ts ((VANADINITE on BARITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, ACF Mine, Morocco, 6.5 x 5.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is red orange Vanadinite on contrasting bladed Barite. |
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| 39 naw069in
((COLEMANITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, Kern
County, California, 5.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature,
Here is a well crystallized Colemanite from Boron. Present are
lustrous crystals in great shape.
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naw093nr
((AMETHYST)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Brazil, 4 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature,
Here is purple Amethyst from Brazil.
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| 41 nawxxxr ((TURQUOISE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Toltec Mine, San Bernandino County, California, 4 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature, Greenish blue Turquoise from California. | |
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| 42 naw035tr
((GROSSULAR GARNET)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Wah Wah Mnts, Beaver
County, Utah, 6 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature,
Here is a grey green Grossular from the Wah Wah Mtns in Utah. The
front of the Grossular is damaged and was probably the area exposed when the
rock was broken to find the Grossular inside. Then addition matrix and
faces were exposed.
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| 43 naw120nin
((BOURNONITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Machacamarca Mine, Bolivia, 7 x
5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a fine Bournonite from Bolivia.
Faces exhibit the cogwheel pattern of growth typical of Bournonite crystals.
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| 44 naw146nr
((PREHNITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Bendoukou, Sandare District, Kayes
Region, Mali, 2.4 x 2.4 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a spherical
green undamaged Prehnite from Mali.
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45 naw022ns
((APOPHYLLITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India, 6
x 6 x 5 cm, Miniature, Here is a colorless Apophyllite specimen
from India.
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46 naw122ies
((TURQUOISE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Arizona, 7 x 5 x 2.5
cm, Cabinet, Here is a bluish green Turquoise from Arizona.
There are Turquoise nodules throughout the matrix. It is hard to
tell how much Turquoise is unseen in the interior of the specimen.
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| 47 naw033rr ((CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, American Fork Canyon, Utah County, Utah, 4.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen from Utah of small scalenohedral crystals of Calcite. |
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| 48 ari
((WAVELLITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Mauldin Mountain, Mount Ida,
Arkansas, 9 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen of light and
dark green Wavellite on a brecciated Limestone matrix. Wavellite is
the phosphate mineral known worldwide from Arkansas.
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| 49 11hedwnr
((HELVITE with
SPESSARTINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei,
Fujian Province, China, 9 x 5.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a
Helvite with triangular faces on a matrix with orange gemmy Spessartine
crystals on the Feldspar and Muscovite.
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| 50 6633 11atdbnss.ns ((PYRITE, SIDERITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado, 16 x 11 x 6.5 cm, Large Cabinet, Here is a extra large Pyrite from the Eagle Mine, a Colorado classic. Crystals a very lustrous and damage free with some Siderite at the side. Two areas as seen in the photo are just massive Pyrite without crystals. |
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| 51 5427
8btukiss ((FLUORITE)), $100 MINIMUM BID, Rogerly Mine,
Frosterley, County Durham, England, 14.5 x 10 x 4 cm, Large Cabinet,
Here is a super Rogerly highly fluorescent Fluorite. No damage to to
the green cubic crystals with the frosty white centers. One pocket was
found with this unusual coloration.
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07hlkmnr
((ADULARIA)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Keystone Trap Rock Quarry, Cornog,
Chester County, Pennsylvania, 17 x 7 x 7 cm, Large Cabinet, Here
is a large specimen with small white twinned Adularia crystals
covering the matrix. Old PA
classic from a now water filled quarry.
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3103 09ldocts
((CALCITE with
CELESTINE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, White Rock Quarry, Clay Center,
Ottawa County, Ohio, 5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a 4.5 cm
terminated Celestine crystal protruding from a cluster of yellow Calcite
crystals and pale blue Celestine.
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| 54 11iddbts ((HANKSITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Searles Lake, Trona, California, 10.5 x 9 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Here is a 10.5 Hanksite crystal with matrix of other smaller Hanksite crystals and some Borax now pseudomorphed to white Tincalconite. Specimen has been coated to protect against humidity. |
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55 11iddbts
((HANKSITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Searles
Lake, Trona, California, 15
x 14 x 10.5 cm, Large Cabinet, Here is a large cluster of
Hanksite crystals and some Borax now pseudomorphed to white Tincalconite.
Specimen has been coated to protect against humidity.
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| 56 4283 10gsmzis ((EMMONITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Bambolla Mine, Municipio de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico, 5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Green micro Emmonite on matrix. |
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| 57 859
9ldgciss
((CHALCOPYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony,
Germany, 4.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature,
Here is an old German undamaged Chalcopyrite,
ex H Deisinger collection
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| 58 2004 9ldoctss.ls ((CALCITE twin)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Irving Materials Quarry, Anderson, Madison County, Indiana, 5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a large twinned Calcite from Indiana. It is undamaged, pristine without any dings or nicks. |
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| 59 8idejtn ((MALACHITE pseudo after AZURITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Milpillas, Cananea District, Sonora, Mexico, 5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a fine undamaged pseudo from Milpillas. The largest crystal is 4.5 cm in length. | |
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2737 10btadts
((GOLD)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Olinghouse Mine, Washoe County, Nevada, 7 x 4 x 4 cm, Cabinet,
Finely crystallized Gold on matrix from the Olinghouse.
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| 61 5027 9hlnawa ((LOELLINGITE, DYSCRASITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, St Andreasberg, Harz Mtns, Lower Saxony, Germany, 1.8 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, ex N A Wintringham, Sparkling micro crystals of Loellingite with associated Dyscrasite. |
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62 11fbmdns ((TOPAZ with GARNET pseudos)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Topaz Mtn, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 4 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a cluster of terminated clay included Topaz crystals. Undamaged except for one which can be the base or pedestal. There are also a half of dozen small Topaz-Hematite pseudomorphs after Garnet on the Topaz crystals. It was mined two years ago by Collectors Edge.
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| 63 9atcqis ((AQUAMARINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Erongo, Namibia, 1.7 x .8 x .6 cm, Thumbnail, Here is another of these pretty Erongo Aquamarines. Gemmy and transparent on the top half and more translucent to transparent on the bottom half. | |
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| 64 2276ir ((SENARMONTITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Djebel Haminate, Mine, Constantine Province, Algeria, .5 x .5 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Uncommon species with a complete crystal in a thumbnail size. |
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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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((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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((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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((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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((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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