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Auction Three hundred ninety six Preview
Dec 02 2011
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Dec 02 2011
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| 1 7atkra
((GALENA)),
$10 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 2 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail,
Galena at Tsumeb is uncommon. Here is a lustrous specimen with two
intergrown cubic Galena crystals which are undamaged with a small contact
area. ex Uli Bahmann collection.
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| 2 7atkrg ((MALACHITE pseudomorph after CUPRITE on GOETHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 3.5 x 2 x 1 cm, Miniature, Green Malachite pseudo after duodecahedral Cuprite on a bed of contrasting brown Goethite. ex Uli Bahmann collection. |
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7atkrg ((WULFENITE on TENNANTITE)),
$10 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 2.5 x 2.4 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,
Undamaged blocky Wulfenite crystals on a matrix the looks like massive
Tennantite. ex Uli Bahmann collection.
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4 7atkrg ((BLACK
CERUSSITE)),
$10 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 3 x 2.7 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail,
Nearly a floater with only very small minor attachment, here is a black
yteomm twinned from Tsumeb. Undamaged except with a loop there are a
couple of small micro chips. ex Uli Bahmann collection.
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| 5 7atkrg ((MOTTRAMITE)),
$10 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 3.8 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature,
Here is an undamaged botryoidal dark green Mottramite with a small
attachment at the base. ex Uli Bahmann collection.
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6 7iddbgcirs ((ANDRADITE)),
$25 MINIMUM BID, Sinerechenskiy Mine, Primorskiy Kray, Far Eastern Region,
Russia, 7.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Undamaged lustrous fine brown
Andradite from Russia. ex H Deisinger collection.
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7iddbgcirs ((SPINEL in MARBLE)),
$20 MINIMUM BID, Lake Baikal area, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia, 5.5 x
5.5 x 4.5 cm, Miniature, This specimen has several large black
octahedral Spinel crystals in a contrasting white Marble matrix. ex H
Deisinger collection..
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8 7iddbgcts ((CALCITE)),
$5 MINIMUM BID, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far Eastern Region, Russia, 4.5
x 4.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a white Calcite which is undamaged
on the front and cleaved flat on the backside. ex H Deisinger
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9 9ldgces
((FLUORITE)),
$10 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China,
6.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Here
is a light purple compound cubic Fluorite specimen. Many intergrown crystals
of undamaged Fluorite. ex H Deisinger collection.
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9ldgcrs
((BARYTE)),
$15 MINIMUM BID, Baryte Mine, Brunndoba, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany,
6 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Here
is a classic miniature Baryte from an old German location. ex H Deisinger
collection.
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9ldgcts
(unknown)),
$1 MINIMUM BID, cannot read label,
5.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here
is the label. See if you can read it. Looks like Wohl Mine but
could make on Mindat.org ex H Deisinger collection.
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| 12 7iddbgcts ((CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far Eastern Region, Russia, 7 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here are flattened white rhombs of Calcite from Dalnegorsk. ex H Deisinger collection. |
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| 13 4hhornr ((20 MARCASITE NODULES)), $10 MINIMUM BID, New York, 2 to 5 cm, 20 Thumbnails to Miniatures, Here are Marcasite nodules which may have a fossil inside. Marcasite is undamaged but are beginning to break down and decompose as Pyrite and especially Marcasite may do over time. ex H Deisinger collection. |
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14 7ddcenss.tl
((FLUORAPATITE)),
$30 MINIMUM BID, Mount Rubellite Mine, Hebron, Oxford County, Maine, 5.5 x 4.5 x
3.5 cm,
Miniature, Here is a US classic. Purple Fluorapatite crystals on
the front and backside. No damage with the naked eye.
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| 15 3hermlr ((OLMIITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, N'chwaning II, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa, 5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Light salmon colored Olmiite crystal mounds on matrix. Undamaged with contact on backside. | |
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16 ari
((4 QUARTZ with
SAND inclusions)),
$5 MINIMUM BID, McEarl County, Arkansas, 3.5 to
5 cm, 4
Miniatures, Quartz with Sand inclusions making the Quartz opaque. ex
Clyde Hardin collection.
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| 17 09ldgciss
((APATITE, FLUORITE)),
$5 MINIMUM BID, Greifenbach adit, Sauberg, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge,
Saxony, Germany, 3 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an
old German Apatite on a matrix with associated Fluorite. Several blue grey
terminated hexagonal prismatic crystals on matrix with purple Fluorite on
the reverse. ex H Deisinger collection.
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| 18 gggns ((HEMIMORPHITE, CALCITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico, 4.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Choice undamaged specimen with terminated Hemimorphite crystals coated somewhat with Calcite. Also some Calcite rhombs also on the matrix. ha sacNeat Boron Calcite stalactite like formaton. ex Gil Griffin collection. | |
| 19 7hhjdil
((WULFENITE)), $15
MINIMUM BID, Harrington-Hickory Mine, Beaver County, Utah,
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x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,
yellow orange Wulfenite crystals from a mine in Utah.
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| 20 9fdcetr ((STAUROLITE)), Philadelphia Academy, $20 MINIMUM BID, Cherokee County, North Carolina, 4 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is an Academy of Science specimen #4330, an early number, of twinned Stauolite from North Carolina. ex Philadelphia Academy of Science, no academy label except a hand written label. The Staurolite is twinned at 90 degree angles, called fairy cross. | |
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9ldgcirs
((FLUORITE)),
$5
MINIMUM BID, Unknown, 4.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature,
Here is a cubic opaque Fluorite without a label. It is from the H
Deisinger collection and is probably a German location. Undamaged.
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| 22 2atdbiss ((EPIDOTE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Northern Frontier, Kenya, 6 x 3 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Ten years ago a limited find in Kenya produced some of the best Epidote crystals in the world. Here is a superb lustrous terminated example. Undamaged for a minor area just below the termination on the one side. This was an area with a small secondary compound termination at one corner. Small grey sparkling micro Hematite crystals on the reverse side. |
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| 23 1382 97hlmdls ((EPIDOTE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Green Monster Mine, Alaska, 4.5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, The Green Monster mine is famous for Epidote specimens and its remote location. Here is a terminaed superb specimen which the maine crystals is also twinned. Undamaged. | |
| 24 ke16 ((VESZELYITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Black Pine Mine, Philipsburg, Montana, 9 MM high, Thumbnail, Here is a terminated Veszelyite with only minor micro chipping at the tip. | |
| 25 ke02 ((PHILIPSBURGITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Black Pine Mine, Philipsburg, Montana, 3 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a thumbnail specimen of Quartz with green Philipsburgite. | |
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((BIXBYITE)),
$50 MINIMUM BID, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 2 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm,
Thumbnail, Here is a huge Bixbyite. It is a cubic crystal with
typical edge and corner modification. No damage or chipping and highly
lustrous. The front of the crystal is fully formed. The back
half of the crystal was not formed and was merged into the Rhyolite matrix
which is not present.
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8hljdir ((SILVER)),
$25 MINIMUM BID, Silver Miller Mine, Brady Lake, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada,
3.5 x .7 x .4 cm,
Miniature, Here is a thick wire of Canadian Silver.
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| 28 6ecimils ((PYRITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Four Metals Mine, Dugway Mtns, Tooele County, Utah, 2 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a lustrous pair of cubic Pyrite crystals from the Four Metals Mine. No damage or chipping. Much better than average for these. | |
| 29 7hlkmr ((ADULARIA, BYSSOLITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Keystone Traprock Quarry, Cornog, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1.5 x 1.3 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is probably the most aesthetic Adularia specimen from Keystone Traprock Quarry that I have. Old classic Pennsylvania specimen from a now flooded quarry. | |
| 30 7hljdes ((ZIRCON)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Sieland, Norway, 2.8 x 2 x 1.2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is fine lustrous brown Zircon from Norway. Undamaged, ex D W Schmerling collection. | |
| 31 8ghswnr ((TOPAZ, SCHORL)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Goboboseb Mtns, Brankdberg District, Erongo, Namibia, 2 x 1.7 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a fine undamaged combination specimen with a terminated colorless Topaz and a lustrous black Schorl crystal. | |
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32 7iddbts ((BARITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Cerro Warihuyn, Huanuco, Peru, 2 x 1.7 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a thumbnail sized Barite from Peru. Nearly undamaged lustrous crystals unless examining under a loop. Then a couple of small chips are present.
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| 33 arirs ((RUTILE paramorph after BROOKITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, MCTC, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, 1.5 x 1.5 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a classic Arkansas specimen. Its a Rutile paramorph after Brookite from the Magnet Cove Titanium Corporation property in Magnet Cove. ex Clyde Hardin. |
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| 34 5atjkar
((CALCITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, 8 x
6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a great sculptural Calcite from
Bisbee. Undamaged except the attachment which is hard to find.
Actually looking again I can not even say that there is an attachment for
certain.
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5atjkar
((CALCITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Arizona,
9.5 x
6.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a great Bisbee Calcite on
matrix. The matrix is actually hard soil from Bisbee and so should not
get wet or it would break down and crumble. Completely undamaged this
is a fine choice Calcite from the Southwest Mine in Bisbee.
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36 1hhnr
((RHODOCHROSITE FROG)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Capillitas Mine,
Catamarca, Argentina, 2.5 x
2.5 x 1.5 cm, Here is a carved from out of pink Rhodochrosite
from a cave deposit in Argentina.
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| 37 9iddoiss ((COPPER)), $10 MINIMUM BID, White Pine Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, 3.5 x 2 x 1 cm, Miniature, Copper specimen with large crystals from the White Pine Mine with minor Calcite remnants. | |
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| 38 ceig
((FLUORITE)),
$25 MINIMUM BID, Jiangxi Province, China, 16 x 9 x 7 cm,
Cabinet,
Here are large undamaged dark green octahedral Fluorite crystals to 7 cm
across a face on a specimen from China. Base is sawn.
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| 39 9iddoiss ((FLUORITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 7.5 x 5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, This is a transparent gemmy lustrous purple Fluorite from China. The matrix can be seen through the Fluorite crystals. The cubic crystals are undamaged except some micro chips seen with a loop. |
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| 40 7atkrts ((PLUMBOAN ARAGONITE aka TARNOWITZITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 2.6 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a single terminated undamaged crystal of Plumboan Aragonite which used to be called Tarnowitzite, a lead rich Aragonite. The top half of the crystal is translucent. |
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| 41 3hhi ((PSEUDOBROOKITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 4 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is areference specimen with a 3 MM spray of black needle like Pseudobrookite in a small vug in Rhyolite. |
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| 42 3hhshir ((AURICHALCITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID,
Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 7 x 6 x
3 cm, Cabinet, Delicate sprays of robin egg blue Aurichalcite on
matrix. Pretty specimen from a Utah mine with limited at best access.
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6ecmdnr ((MORDENITE
on CHALCEDONY)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Aurangabad, India,
3 x 2.9 x
2.7 cm, Thumbnail, Sculptural coral like blue grey Chalcedony
with white spheres of Mordenite with small needles seen under a loop.
Specimen is light weight.
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| 44 2edvmis ((ROSE QUARTZ)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Pitorra Mine, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1 x 1 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a Rose Quartz single crystal with multiple terminations. | |
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45 2hhjhnr
((PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Four Metals Mine, Tooele
County, Utah, 3.5 x
3.5 x 2.3 cm, Miniature, Here is a Pyrite from the Four Metals
Mine, These occur in a matrix of Hematite and or a matrix that soaks
up water and crumbles. Undamaged except one large face has contact and
looks like regrowth and one of the secondary small crystals is damaged.
This specimen is a large crystal for the deposit. Most are 1 to 2 cms
in size.
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| 46 6idceis
((4 CHAMPION SPRING
Crusts)),
Philadelphia Academy,
$1 MINIMUM BID, Champion Spring, Saratoga Springs, New York, 4.5 to
6.5 cm, 4 Miniatures,
Historic Academy of Science specimens #2791, an early number, of
specimens of crusts from a New York spring in Saratoga. ex Philadelphia Academy of Science, academy
label included. ex D S Martin.
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47 9ldgces
((ARSENOPYRITE)),
$1 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China,
3.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here
is a large silver colored lustrous terminated Arsenopyrite crystal with a
multiple termination. Undamaged with contact on half the backside
and base. ex H Deisinger collection.
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| 48 9ldgces ((TREMOLITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Saxberget Mine, Dalarna, Sweden, 6 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a Tremolite from an old Copper mine found in 1800's and finally closed in 1989. ex H Deisinger collection. |
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11hlkmir
((GOETHITE)),
$1 MINIMUM BID, Mud Lake-Grubb Lake, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,
6 x 5 x
3 cm,
Miniature, Botryoidal Goethite with a red brown colored surface.
The edges are formed by lots of natural cracked surfaces with very lustrous
faces. Part of the bottom has been shaped by grinding.
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| 50 7iddbdons ((CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany, 6.5 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is the old classic German location of Freiberg. The specimen is made up of white to colorless prisms of Calcite crystals. Some damage but also an interesting specimen. ex H Deisinger collection. |
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| 51 11hlkmts ((VERMICULITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Haines and Kibblehouse Penn-Maryland Materials Quarry, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 6 x 5 x .4 cm, Miniature, Greenish bronze colored micaceous Vermiculite with the outdated name of Jeffersite which was later determined to be Vermiculate. | |
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7iddbdoar
((CELESTINE)),
$5 MINIMUM BID, Madagascar, 6 x 5 x 3.5 cm,
Miniature, Here is a specimen with transparent gemmy terminated
crystals of light blue Celestine. In great shape with only damage to
the edges of the specimen. ex H Deisinger collection.
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7iddbdots ((CELESTINE)),
$1 MINIMUM BID, Madagascar, 6.5 x 5 x 3.5 cm,
Miniature, Here is a specimen with transparent gemmy terminated
crystals of light blue Celestine. Some missing crystals and damage. ex H Deisinger collection.
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| 54 4hhjhrs ((GOETHITE pseudomorph after PYRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Silver Zone Pass, Wendover, Nevada, 6.5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a pseudomorph with Pyrite crystal forms pseudomorphed to brown Goethite. Utah has the famous location of Pelican Point and Nevada has the well known location of Silver Zone Pass. The Silver Zone pass specimens usually have some desert caliche on them and are collected off the desert floor. This specimen is undamaged but has attachment contact on both ends and caliche on the one side. |
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| 55 7iddbdoiss ((ANDRADITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Stanley Butte, Graham County, Arizona, 6 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen with lustrous undamaged Andradite crystals from Arizona's Stanley Butte location. ex H Deisinger collection. |
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11hlkmns
((CERUSSITE)),
$1 MINIMUM BID, Southwest-New Chester County Mine, Phoenixville, Chester
County, Pennsylvania,
4.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm,
Miniature, Several lustrous colorless Cerussite crystals on matrix
from a Phoenixville lead silver mine worked from 1851 to 1860 then reopened
from 1917 to 1920. This specimen was collected on the dumps 4/16/09 by
a local Pennsylvania field collector. These Phoenixville mine consist of the
Wheatley and Chester County Mine and several others from the same deposit,
the Wheatley Lode.
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| 57 arirs ((RUTILE paramorph after BROOKITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, MCTC, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, 1.5 x 1.5 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a classic Arkansas specimen. Its a Rutile paramorph after Brookite from the Magnet Cove Titanium Corporation property in Magnet Cove. ex Clyde Hardin. |
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58 1hhnr
((RHODOCHROSITE FROG)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Capillitas Mine,
Catamarca, Argentina, 2.5 x
2.5 x 1.5 cm, Here is a carved from out of pink Rhodochrosite
from a cave deposit in Argentina.
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| 59 9iddoiss ((COPPER)), $5 MINIMUM BID, White Pine Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, 3.5 x 2 x 1 cm, Miniature, Copper specimen with large crystals from the White Pine Mine with minor Calcite remnants. | |
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6ecmdnr ((MORDENITE
on CHALCEDONY)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Aurangabad, India,
3 x 2.9 x
2.7 cm, Thumbnail, Sculptural coral like blue grey Chalcedony
with white spheres of Mordenite with small needles seen under a loop.
Specimen is light weight.
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| 61 2edvmis ((ROSE QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Pitorra Mine, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1 x 1 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a Rose Quartz single crystal with multiple terminations. | |
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62 2hhjhnr
((PYRITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Four Metals Mine, Tooele
County, Utah, 3.5 x
3.5 x 2.3 cm, Miniature, Here is a Pyrite from the Four Metals
Mine, These occur in a matrix of Hematite and or a matrix that soaks
up water and crumbles. Undamaged except one large face has contact and
looks like regrowth and one of the secondary small crystals is damaged.
This specimen is a large crystal for the deposit. Most are 1 to 2 cms
in size.
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| 63 6idceis
((4 CHAMPION SPRING
Crusts)),
Philadelphia Academy,
$1 MINIMUM BID, Champion Spring, Saratoga Springs, New York, 4.5 to
6.5 cm, 4 Miniatures,
Historic Academy of Science specimens #2791, an early number, of
specimens of crusts from a New York spring in Saratoga. ex Philadelphia Academy of Science, academy
label included. ex D S Martin.
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64 9ldgces
((ARSENOPYRITE)),
$1 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China,
3.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here
is a large silver colored lustrous terminated Arsenopyrite crystal with a
multiple termination. Undamaged with contact on half the backside
and base. ex H Deisinger collection.
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65 11hlkmns ((ANTIGORITE
variety PICROLITE)),
$10 MINIMUM BID, Cedar Hill Quarry, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 19 x
5 x
3 cm, Cabinet, A long and fine large specimen of Picrolite from
Cedar Hill Quarry. Picrolite is only found at 7 locations worldwide, 6
of which in the US and the other in the Slovak Republic.
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11hlkmns ((BRUCITE)),
$10 MINIMUM BID, Cedar Hill Quarry, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 13 x
10 x
6 cm, Cabinet, A large specimen of foliated shiny translucent
pearly crystals of Brucite from Cedar Hill Quarry.
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67 11hlkmns ((COPPER)),
$10 MINIMUM BID, Greenstone Quarry, Adams County, Pennsylvania, 9 x
7.5 x
3.5 cm, Cabinet, Pennsylvania is an uncommon locality for
Copper specimens. This on has some white associated Calcite.
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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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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
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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 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.
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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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