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Auction Four hundred three Preview
Jan 20, 2012
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Jan 20, 2012
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| 1 7066 11fbdjt ((VESZELYITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Black Pine Mine, Philipsburg, Montana, 4 MM high, Thumbnail, Here are two small dark blue crystals forming a cross. The vertical crystal is terminated and the crossed crystal looks terminated and also contacted on the termination. Small but neat. | 1 11hedwir ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Boulder Hill Mine, Wellington District, Douglas County, Nevada, 9 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Undamaged grey to colorless cubic Fluorite crystals. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection |
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| 2 11hedwts
((MILLERITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Essen, Ruhr Coal Mining area,
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 3.5 x 3 x 1 cm, Miniature, Here are
tufts of needle like Millerite, a nickel sulfide.
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| 3 11hedwis ((FLUORITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 4 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here in a specimen of Chinese light purple Fluorite with a flat cleaved backside and an undamaged display side. | |
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11hedwns
((MIMETITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango,
Mexico, 4 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is one of the green Mimetites
from the Ojuela. It also has small Wulfenite crystals that can be seen
in the photos.
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| 5 11hedwts ((FLUORITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 3.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here in a specimen of Chinese nearly colorless cubic Fluorite. Undamaged with attachment contact on the bottom. | |
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11hedwnl
((CHALCOPYRITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend
District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 5
x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature,
Iridescent blue Chalcopyrite on Dolomite.
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11atdbes.l
((PYRITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle
County, Colorado, 10 x 7 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet,
Backside has really
lustrous Pyrite crystals while the front display side has more of a matte
luster. Overall in great shape and undamaged.
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| 8 11hedwts
((CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend
District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 9
x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet,
Combination of Calcite with Galena, Chalcopyrite, and Dolomite.
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11hedwil
((CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend
District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 4
x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,
Two crossed double terminated crystals of golden Calcite on a matrix of
Pyrite.
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| 10 11hedwnl
((CHALCOPYRITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend
District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 7
x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet,
Multitude of iridescent colors of blue, magenta, and golden Chalcopyrite
crystals on Dolomite
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11 11hedwil
((CHALCOPYRITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend
District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 3.5
x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,
Multitude of iridescent colors of blue, magenta, and golden Chalcopyrite
crystals.
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7478 11gedwa
((AXINITE-FE)),
$5 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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11gedwg
((SIDERITE)),
$5 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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| 14 7476 11gedwir ((CASSITERITE)), $5 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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| 15 11hhjdis ((GYPSUM on SMITHSONITE)), $5 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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1554 09ldgcnss
((CASSITERITE)), $10 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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| 17 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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| 18 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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| 19 1602 9fldgcnrs ((FLUORITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Rottleberode, Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, 10 x 10 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Old German green cubo octahedral Fluorite with large crystals and a sawn and polished base. ex H Deisinger collection. |
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| 20 ggg.is ((STIBNITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Herja Mine, Maramures, Romania, 6 x 5.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here are a pair of intergrown sprays of Stibnite from Romania. ex Gil Griffin collection. |
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| 21 7ddtgtr
((CREEDITE, FLUORITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Mina Navidad, Rodeo,
Durango, Mexico, 8.5 x 8.5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet,
Here is a large cabinet specimen undamaged large terminated
crystals of Creedite with associated sea green Fluorite.
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| 22 12aljdis ((STANNITE)),
TYPE LOCALITY, $5 MINIMUM BID,
Wheal Rock, St Agnes, Cornwall, England,
2.5 x
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x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Massive silvery Stannite with some associated
Calcite from Cornwall's Wheal Rock, the Type locality. Stannite is a
Copper, Iron, Zinc, Tin Sulfide.
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23 12aljdr ((PARARAMMELSBERGITE)),
$5 MINIMUM BID, Lianijaure, Lappland, Sweden, 2.5 x 2.5 x 1 cm,
Thumbnail, Silvery Pararammelsbergite which is a Nickel Arsenide.
This location in Sweden was not listed in Mindat.org
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| 24 12aljdis
((BETEKHTINITE, MALACHITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Mine #45, Dzhezkazgan,
Kazakhstan, 2.5 x 2.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Grey black sub parallel crystals
of Betekhtinite a Pb Cu Fe Sulfide with associated green Malachite.
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| 25 12aljdir ((GALKHAITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $5 MINIMUM BID, Getchell Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada, 1.3 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, A red mound of Galkhaite and a small twinned cubic crystal of Galkhaite, a rare cesium thallium, mercury sulfide. |
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| 26 12aljdis ((SCHMITTERITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, RADIOACTIVE, $5 MINIMUM BID, La Bambolla Mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico, 1.5x 1 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Pale yellow areas of microcrystals of this rare uranyl tellurate only found in a few locations worldwide. |
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| 27 12aljdis ((URANOSPINITE)), RADIOACTIVE, $5 MINIMUM BID, Menzenschwand, Black Forest, Germany, 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Pale yellow micaceous crystals of calcium uranyl arsenate. |
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| 28 12aljdr
((LUDLAMITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Blackbird Mine, Cobalt,
Idaho, 1 x 1 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Lustrous dark green crystal of Ludlamite
form the Blackbird Mine in Idaho.
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| 29 12aljdr ((NENEDKEVICHITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Mount Saint Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada, 2 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a niobium silicate. Light rose pink Nenedkevichite in the upper left side and lower third of specimen. |
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| 30 8hljdls
((RHODIZITE, TOURMALINE)), $5 MINIMUM BID,
Antandrokemby Mine, Sahatany River, Antsirabe, Madagascar, 5 x 4.5 x
2.5 cm, Miniature, Yellowish Rhodizite and magenta Tourmaline.
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31 2193 9ldgciss ((BARITE)) $1 MINIMUM BID, Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany, 6 x 5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a lustrous German Barite. Two cleaved corners as shown. ex H Deisinger collection. |
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622 ts ((COLEMANITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Kramer Borate Deposit,
Boron, Kern County, California, 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is
a different specimen of Colemanite. The crystal tips are brown. Some
damage upper left as seen in the photos, ex
Jim Minette collection.
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| 33 622 ts ((INDERITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID,
Boron Open Pit Mine, Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California,
2.8 x 1.2 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Here is
a colorless non terminated Inderite. Thumbnail sized specimen for the
TN collections, ex
Jim Minette collection.
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| 34 609tl ((HYDROBORACITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Boraxo Mine aka Thompson Mine, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, 3.2 x 2 x 1.7 cm, Thumbnail, Hydrodoracite is a rare hydrated Borate mineral from Death Valley. Sprays of bladed crystals. Thumbnail sized specimen for the TN collections, ex Jim Minette collection. | |
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| 35 609tl
((MEYERHOFFERITE pseudomorph after INYOITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $5 MINIMUM BID,
Mount Blanco Mine, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California,
2 x 1.5 x .7 cm, Thumbnail,
Here is a classic Death Valley pseudomorph. Teminated blocky Inyoite
pseudomorphed to Meyerhofferite.
Thumbnail sized specimen for the TN collections, ex
Jim Minette collection.
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| 36 609tl
((KURNAKOVITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Kramer
Borate Deposit, Boron, Kerns County, California, 2 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm,
Thumbnail, Translucent Kurnakovite crystal. This is probably collected in the
70's. The crystal has 4 sides of crystal faces.
Thumbnail sized specimen for the TN collections, ex
Jim Minette collection.
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37 609tl
((HOWLITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Kramer
Borate Deposit, Boron, Kerns County, California, 2.7 x 1.7 x 1 cm,
Thumbnail,
White polished half of nodule of Howlite from the Boron Open Pit
Mine. Thumbnail
sized specimen for the TN collections, ex
Jim Minette collection.
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| 38 609tl
((ULEXITE pseudomorph after BORAX)), $5 MINIMUM BID,
Boron Open Pit Mine, Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kerns County,
California, 2.5 x 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a classic Boron pseudomorph. A single terminated
crystal of Borax now pseudomorphed to opaque white Ulexite.
Thumbnail sized specimen for the TN collections, ex
Jim Minette collection.
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622 ts ((COLEMANITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID,
Sigma aka White Monster Mine, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County,
California, 3.1 x 2 x 1.1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is
a Colemanite with Caramel colored terminations on the large crystals.
Backside is contact or incomplete or cleaved. Thumbnail sized
specimen for the TN collections, ex
Jim Minette collection.
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5836 9iddol
((PYRITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle County,
Colorado, 13
x 7 x 5 cm, Miniature,
Lustrous cubic Pyrite crystals in a cabinet sized specimen from Gilman.
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11hlkmnr
((COPPER on SERPENTINE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Greenstone Quarry,
Adams County, Pennsylvania, 14
x 12 x 3 cm, Cabinet,
Here is a large cabinet sized Copper specimen from this uncommon
locality in Pennsylvania. This is from a small lot collected years ago
and purchased this past summer. Copper is dispersed within the layered
serpentine. On the front is a Copper sheet with the serpentine removed
from the top of the sheet. There is Serpentine, Quartz, and
Calcite containing Copper at this locality.
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| 42 11hlkmnr
((COPPER on SERPENTINE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Greenstone Quarry,
Adams County, Pennsylvania, 13.5
x 10 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet,
Here is a large cabinet sized Copper specimen from this uncommon
locality in Pennsylvania. This is from a small lot collected years ago
and purchased this past summer. This specimen is a very rich in
Copper. On the front is white opaque contrasting Calcite. The
backside has the green serpentine but is still rich in Copper. In my
opionion, this was one of the four best specimens in the lot. There is
Serpentine, Quartz, and Calcite containing Copper at this locality.
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| 43 11hedwnl
((CHALCOPYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend
District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 7
x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet,
Multitude of iridescent colors of blue, magenta, and golden Chalcopyrite
crystals on Dolomite
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| 44 11hedwte
((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend
District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 6
x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature,
Perfect termination on this undamaged golden Calcite.
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45 11hedwil
((CHALCOPYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend
District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 3.5
x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,
Multitude of iridescent colors of blue, magenta, and golden Chalcopyrite
crystals.
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46 11hlmdrs
((ELBAITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Paprock, Nuristan, Afghanistan,
4 x 1 x 1 cm, Miniatures,
Terminated undamaged Elbaite from Afganistan.
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| 47 11hedwts ((SPESSARTINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian Province, China, 7 x 5.5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Gemmy orange Spessartine crystals on feldspar. |
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| 48 11hljdis
((CHALCANTHITE, CHALCOALUMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Copper Queen
Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, 4
x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Label says Chalcanthite which is usually
blue. This light blue looks more like Chalcoalumite which this is the
Type Locality. So I am puzzled.
ex Dr Lincoln Sherk collection.
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11atdbirs.nt
((AQUAMARINE, FELDSPAR, MUSCOVITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Chumar
Bakhoor aka Nagar, Gilgit District, Pakistan, 3.5 x
3.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is an undamaged double terminated Aqua
on matrix with fine large translucent Feldspar crystals and associated
Muscovite. The Aquamarine has multiple terminations on both ends of
the translucent light grey blue crystal.
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11atdbiss.ir
((CALCITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, 8 x
5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a fine lustrous Charcas twinned
scalenohedral Calcite. It was deassessed from the collection of Bill
and Carol Smith. There note card says it was purchased in Nov 1996
from Collectors Edge for $125. The Calcite crystals are transparent to
translucent with the large crystal having minor damage to the tips.
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2303 ggg
((CALCITE, PALYGORSKITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Metalline, Pend
Oreille County, Washington, 12 x
9 x 8 cm, Cabinet, Here is a fine large cabinet specimen of flattened
rhombs of Calcite on matrix from Washington's Pend Oreille County.
There is minor gray Palygorskite aka mountain leather on the backside.
No major damage or missing crystals. Crystals do have some edge
chipping. ex
Gil Griffin collection
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10ahmrar
((ARTHURITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Copper Stope, Majuba Hill Mine,
Pershing County, Nevada, 3.5 x
3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is miniature with green microcrystals of
Arthurite.
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1619 09ldgcirs
((BARITE with
FLUORITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID,
Giftgrube, Ste Marie aux Mines, Alsace, France, 5 x 5 x
4 cm, Miniature, Here a French Barite covered with colorless
cubic Fluorite crystals to 5 MM. ex H Deisinger collection
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| 54 6hlkmnr ((BYSSOLITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Keystone Trap Rock Quarry, Cornog, Wallace Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 8 x 5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here a classic Cornog, Keystone Trap Rock Byssolite that looks like a brillo pad. ex Rick Hafer collection. |
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55 6hlkmnr
((ADULARIA with
BYSSOLITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID,
Keystone Trap Rock Quarry, Cornog, Wallace Township, Chester County,
Pennsylvania, 8.5 x 7 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here a classic
Cornog, Keystone Trap Rock twinned Adularia with Byssolite. The
Adularia has damage in the center of the specimen. Normal viewing it is not
that noticeable, With optivisor it stands out. Still lots of great
twinned Adularia. ex Rick Hafer collection.
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| 56 3682
05swns
((ARSENOPYRITE, QUARTZ, MUSCOVITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID,
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 8
x 5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet,
Here is a specimen covered with crystals of Arsenopyrite, Quartz and
Muscovite from Yaogangxian Mine.
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((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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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 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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Beaverdell
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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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Gypsum, Thomas Munzer shaft, Copper slate
deposits, Sangerhausen, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany (miniature |
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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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