Auction Three hundred ninety Preview

Oct 21, 2011

 

1  arins  ((ARSENOPYRITE)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China,  11 x 7 x 1.5 cm,  Cabinet,  A plate of Arsenopyrite crystals with Muscovite.  It also has a few Quartz and Fluorite crystals.
2  dwig  ((CALCITE with DOLOMITE)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri,  7 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm,  Miniature,  Here is a undamaged Calcite crystal on a pedestle of matrix with Dolomite.
3   dwig  ((FLUORITE with QUARTZ)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China,  7 x 6.5 x 3.8 cm,  Cabinet,  Here is a specimen with light purple Fluorite and Quartz.  One Quartz is damaged and on Fluorite has damage on one side.
4  5607 11btadns  ((MALACHITE)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Katanga Copper Cresent, Katanga, Congo,  6.5 x 5 x 2 cm,  Miniature,  5607 11btadns  ((MALACHITE)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Katanga Copper Cresent, Katanga, Congo,  6.5 x 5 x 2 cm,  Miniature
5   miscis  ((2 KYANITE)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Minas Gerais, Brazil,  9 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm,  2 Cabinets,  Here are two blue specimens of Kyanite with parallel bladed crystals.
6  aries  ((ARSENOPYRITE, QUARTZ)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China,  9 x 7 x 5 cm,  Cabinet, Here is a highly lustrous cluster of Arsenopyrite crystals.  It also has associated white Quartz.
7  dwig  ((CALCITE)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Buick Mine, near Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri,  7.5 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm,  Cabinet,  Here is a undamaged single Calcite crystal with a golden translucent tip with a more white stem and more translucent. to opaque.
8   arins  ((PYRITE pseudomorph after PYRRHOTITE)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China,  3.5 x 3 x 2 cm,  Cabinet, Here is a miniature pseudomorph of Pyrite ps Pyrrhotite with minor Calcite.  Some of the hexagonal crystals have edge damage and some do not.
9  arins  ((STANNITE with QUARTZ)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China,  2.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm,  Thumbnail,  Here is a group of terminated Quartz crystals with a spherical mound of lustrous silver colored Stannite crystals.
10     dwit  ((CALCITE with QUARTZ)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China,  10.5 x 7 x 4 cm,  Cabinet,  Here is a specimen with large terminated Quartz crystals covered with white flattened rhombs of Calcite crystals.
11   dwit  ((CALCITE with CHALCOPYRITE)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri,  5 x 3 x 2.5 cm,  Miniature,  Here is a undamaged single Calcite crystal with shimmering Pyrite inclusions within some faces.
12    5hhswis  ((ALBITE variety CLEAVELANDITE)),    $5 MINIMUM BID, Pederneiras Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil,  9 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet,  Here is specimen with white bladed Cleavelandite crystals.  There is some edge damage to the crystals.
13   ari  ((PLANERITE)),    $5 MINIMUM BID, Mauldin Mountain, Mount Ida, Arkansas,  5 x 4 x 3 cm,  Miniature,  Blue green crust with small bumps or mounds of Planerite from Arkansas.
14   dwr  ((CALCITE)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri,  5.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm,  Miniature,  Here is a undamaged  double terminated Calcite crystal on a Dolomite matrix.
15   5467 9ldocls  ((AEGERINE)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville, Quebec, Canada,  8.5 x 7 x 4 cm,  Cabinet,  Here is a cabinet specimen from Mont Saint Hilare covered with black Aegerine crystals.  ex Ernie Schlichter collection.
16  dwis  ((CALCITE)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Casteel No. 35 Mine,  Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri,  10.5 x 5 x 4 cm,  Miniature,  Here is a cluster of terminated undamaged Calcite crystals on matrix.
17  dwis  ((CALCITE)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine,  Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri,  8 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm,  Miniature,  Here is a undamaged cluster of terminated Calcite crystal with almost no matrix.  The one upper left edge crystal does have the tip cleaved.  The main crystals are undamaged.
18   dwtr  ((CALCITE)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine,  Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri,  10 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm,  Miniature,  Here is a undamaged cluster of terminated Calcite crystal on matrix.  The one left edge crystal does have the tip cleaved.  The main crystals are undamaged.
19   7hlnwts  ((SPESSARTINE included MUSCOVITE)),   $20 MINIMUM BID, Portland, Connecticut,  15 x 10 x .2 cm,  Cabinet,  Here is a larcge sheet of Muscovite with several orange Spessartine crystals included in the Muscovite.  ex N A Wintringham collection.
20  dwts  ((CALCITE)),    $20 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine,  Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri,  22 x 9.5 x 5 cm,  Cabinet,  Here is a large double terminated Calcite  crystal from Sweetwater.  One end has some contact with probably another crystal.
21   11jklrl  ((DRAVITE)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Yinnietharra Station, Western Australia,  4.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm,  Miniature,  All faces 360 degrees present on this fully formed crystal.  Flaoated with no point of attachment with all the surrounding on time matrix now removed.  In great shape with only a few, three,  smaller areas of damage to the edges or faces.
22   11jklris  ((RED BERYL)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Searle Canyon, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah,  5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm,  Miniature,  Here is a hexagonal red crystal of Red Beryl from Thomas Range in Utah.  The specimen is undamaged with 3 of the 6 sided crystal protruding from the matrix.  There are also associated small sherry colored terminated Topaz crystals on the matrix.
23  11jkrko  ((IDRIALITE)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Culver Baer Mine, Sonoma County, California,  3.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm,  Miniature,  Here is a rare hydrocarbon based mineral.  Is is a yellow colored mineral with strong fluorescense.
24   11jklrr  ((DESAUTELSITE)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, San Benito County, California,  7 x 4.5 x 4 cm,  Cabinet,  Here is are white sprays of Desautelsite on matrix.
25   11jklris  ((STRINGHAMITE)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Bwana Pit, Beaver County, Utah,  4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm,  Miniature,   Here is the uncommon Stringhamite with light blue micro crystals.
26     11jklrr  ((TALC pseudomorph after unknown minerals)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Rainey Mine, King County, Washington,  6 x 5 x 5 cm,  Miniature,  Here is an interesting pseudomorph with interesting forms.
27   3appdts    ((ZINCITE)),   $10 MINIMUM  BID, Poland Zinc Smelter, 6.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,  Here is an attractive specimen of Zincite from Poland.  The inefficient smelters left Zincite crystallize within the Smelter or smelter stacks.  This used to be plentiful years ago when it first was discovered and is seldon seen for sale today.  This was from a lot of several flats that I got 10 years ago.  This one I had kept.
28  5atmris   ((CALCITE TWIN)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico,  3.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Miniature,  Here is a butterfly twin from Santa Eulalia, Mexico.
29   miscis   ((APOPHYLLITE, CALCITE, STILBITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Skookumchuck Dam, Blucoda, Washington,   7 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a zeolite specimen from Washington with golden Calcite covered with Stilbite and Apophyllite crystals.  ex Gil Griffin collection.
30   7hetga    ((Green ADAMITE, CALCITE)),   $20 MINIMUM  BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 6 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Here is an undamaged lustrous green Adamite in a vug with colorless lustrous Calcite crystals.
31   7hetgt    ((Green MIMETITE, WULFENITE)),   $20 MINIMUM  BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 6.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,  Here is an undamaged green Mimetite with blocky yellow orange Wulfenite crystals.
32     7hetgr    ((CREEDITE)),   $10 MINIMUM  BID, Navidad Mine, Rodeo, Durango, Mexico, 4 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature,  Here is a fine Creedite miniature with a sphere of crystals sitting on a pedestle of Creedite.
33    5246 6hlmsir   ((TALC)), $15 MINIMUM  BID, Argonaut Mine, Ludlow, Vermont,  12 x 7 x 6 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a cabinet specimen of the pretty gemmy green Talc from Vermont that has been very popular.  Supplies are drying up from the find 3 or 4 years ago.
34        1992  3idcdar   ((CALCITE with iron oxide inclusions aka Mercedes CALCITE)),   $35 MINIMUM  BID, Hengyeng, Hunan Province, China,  13.5 x 11 x 5 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a fine undamaged Calcite from China.  The Iron oxide inclusions form yellow lines through the Calcite.  No dings or chips.  It is in superb shape.
35      1585 09ldgcnrs   ((MANGANOAN CALCITE)),   $20 MINIMUM  BID, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia,  10 x 6 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a pink Manganoan Calcite from Dalnegorsk.  Undamaged without and dings or chipping.
36      2193 99atcae    ((HEULANDITE)),   $20 MINIMUM  BID, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India, 5.5 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature,  Choice specimen of lustrous pearly undamaged Heulandite.
37    bsir    ((STRONTIANITE, SPHALERITE)),   $15 MINIMUM  BID, Minerva #1 Mine, Hardin County, Illinois, 7 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet,  Undamaged crystals of Strontianite on Sphalerite from Minerva #1 famous for its Fluorite specimens.
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.
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.
40   5attgis   ((ARAGONITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico,  9.5 x 7 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet,  Here is an undamaged specimen of Aragonite from Santa Eulalia.  It is fluorescent green under UV.
41    nawxxxr    ((TURQUOISE)),  $5 MINIMUM  BID, Toltec Mine, San Bernandino County, California, 4 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Greenish blue Turquoise from California.
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.
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.
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.
45  naw022ns    ((APOPHYLLITE)),  $5 MINIMUM  BID, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India, 6 x 6 x 5 cm, Miniature,   Here is a colorless Apophyllite specimen from India.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
52    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.
53   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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
60     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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
66        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.
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.
66
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.
97
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

Cymatolite ps. After Spodumene (old & rare) Mullane Coll. Back to Weekly COLLECTION LIQUIDATION AUCTIONS - end July 21, 2011

Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry), Redding, Fairfield Co., CT

Add to Watchlist
 

 

Ends In: 18H 57M 22S

• Starting Time:7/11/2011 06:30:00 PM(CDT)
• Ending Time:7/21/2011 06:30:00 PM(CDT)

• Time Left:18H 58M 12S

• Start Bid:$10
• Reserve Bid:$10
• Current Bid:$75
• Size:12.4 x 6.8 x 4.1 cm
• Size Description:CABINET

 

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

.