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Auction Four hundred eleven Preview
Mar 23, 2012
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Mar 23, 2012
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| 1 05atedr ((GYPSUM)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Makapu'u, O'ahu, Hawaii, 5.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniatures, Specimens from Hawaii are uncommon. Here is a Gypsum from the 50th state. Minor damage or cleaving but overall in great shape. |
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05atjkis
((CALCITE with ARAGONITE tips)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Southwest
Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona,
4.5 X 4
x 3 cm, Miniature,
Here is a Cacite with a reddish brown color and Aragonite tips. |
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| 3 05atsmir
((STIBNITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Jalgoan, Maharashtra, India,
8.5 X 8.5
x 4.5 cm, Cabinet,
Here is a specimen with large salmon colored Stilbite crystal mounds.
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4 05miscis
((EPIDOTE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska,
1.4 X 1.3
x .6 cm, Thumbnail,
Here is a terminated dark green crystal of Epidote from Alaska.
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05miscis ((EPIDOTE GEODE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Dugway Geode Beds, Dugway Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, 7 X 3.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Dugway Geode section with a Quartz flower inside. Fluoresces green. ex Phil and Pat Stevens collection and collected by Phil and Pat Stevens 20 years ago. |
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| 5 06hlkmis ((CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. Quarry, Roaring Spring, Blair County, Pennsylvania, 9.5 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Undamaged Calcite specimen from Pennsylvania. |
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| 6 ariis
((GOETHITE on CALCITE & QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, East Haven,
Connecticut, 2 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Quartz and Calcite
covered with a peppering of
Goethite from Connecticut
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7 ariis
((MUSCOVITE on QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Hiddenite, North Carolina,
2.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Ugly Quartz covered with Muscovite
from North Carolina. |
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8 ariis
((GARNET)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Sidi Bou, Othman, Morocco, 2.5 x 2 x
1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Brown lustrous Garnet from Morocco.
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| 9 ariis
((VARISCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Dug Hill Mine, Avant, Arkasas, 4
x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Sparking green Arkansas druzy Variscite.
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| 10 06hlkmis ((CALCITE)), $2 MINIMUM
BID, Hanover Quarry, Adams County, Pennsylvania, 3.5 x 3.2 x
3 cm, Miniature, Cleavage rhomb from a Pennsylvanian Quarry.
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| 11 06atrct ((WULFENITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, La Aurora Mine, Cuchillo Parado, Chihuahua, Mexico, 1 x 1 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Single orange Wulfenite from the Aurora Mine. | |
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12 03hhdhir ((TETRAHEDRITE
with PYRITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Daly-Judge Mine, Park City, Summit
County, Utah, 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a large Tetrahedrite crystal from Park City. Part of the crystal is missing
from contact or healed old break. Possibly outright damage but does
not look fresh. Hard to tell.
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| 13 ariis
((FLUORITE)), $5 MINIMUM
BID, Cement Quarry, Eastgate, Weardale, England, 2 x 1.5 x
1 cm, Thumbnail, Gemmy blue green cubic Fluorite from Weardale.
Undamaged.
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| 14 ariis ((PYROMORPHITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Yang Shao, Gulin, Guangxi Province, China, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Olive green Pyromorphite from China. |
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| 15 ariis ((CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Crystal River Quarry #2, Lecanto, Florida, 1.5 x .5 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Single terminated Calcite crystal from Florida. | |
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ariis ((AUTUNITE)),
radioactive $1 MINIMUM
BID, Ruggles Mine, Grafton, New Hampshire, 2.5 x 1.5 x
1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Yellow Autunite from New Hampshire.
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| 17 05atjkar ((CALCITE STALACTITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, 9.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet, Stalactite from Bisbee. |
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| 18 2516 10btbwnr ((SPHALERITE with RUBY JACK)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Tri State District, USA, 9 x 8.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Fine Sphalerite specimen with large undamaged crystals. Also on the back side and some on the front are gemmy red Ruby Jack Sphalerite crystals. ex Bill Williams collection from Tucson. |
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07idociss ((COPPER)), $20
MINIMUM BID, Central Mine, Central Keweenaw County, Michigan, 6 x 4.5
x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a fine specimen from the Central Mine
which is fully crystallized Copper.  |
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| 20 07idocis ((HORNBLENDE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, New Jersey, 1.5 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a complete undamaged crystal of Hornblende. | |
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| 21 06jkrtn
((NATROLITE, APOPHYLLITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Weyerhaeuser Lincoln Creek
Quarry, Doty Hills, Lewis County, Washington, 4 x 3.5
x 3 cm, Miniature, ex Rudy Tschernich, Rudy wrote the book
on Zeolites and collected in the northwest. He also recently retired as
curator of the Rice Museum in Hillsborough, Oregon. This specimen has
small to micro Apophyllite crystals on long needle like crystals of
Natrolite. ex Rudy Tschernich
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| 22 06jkrtn
((NATROLITE, APOPHYLLITE, CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Weyerhaeuser Lincoln
Creek Quarry, Doty Hills, Lewis County, Washington, 4 x 2.5
x 1.5 cm, Miniature, ex Rudy Tschernich, Rudy wrote the
book on Zeolites and collected in the northwest. He also recently retired as
curator of the Rice Museum in Hillsborough, Oregon. This specimen has
small to micro Apophyllite crystals on basalt with long needle like crystals
of Natrolite and small rhombs of Calcite. ex Rudy Tschernich
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23 06jkrtn
((CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Weyerhaeuser Lincoln Creek Quarry, Doty Hills,
Lewis County, Washington, 3.5 x 3.5
x 2 cm, Miniature, ex Rudy Tschernich, Rudy wrote the book
on Zeolites and collected in the northwest. He also recently retired as
curator of the Rice Museum in Hillsborough, Oregon. This specimen is a
large specimen of Calcite with multiple intergrown crystals. ex
Rudy Tschernich
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| 24 06jkrtn
((NATROLITE, APOPHYLLITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Weyerhaeuser Lincoln Creek
Quarry, Doty Hills, Lewis County, Washington, 3.5 x 3
x 2 cm, Miniature, ex Rudy Tschernich, Rudy wrote the book
on Zeolites and collected in the northwest. He also recently retired as
curator of the Rice Museum in Hillsborough, Oregon. This specimen has
small to micro Apophyllite crystals on needle like crystals of Natrolite.
ex Rudy Tschernich
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| 25 06jkrtn ((STILBITE, MESOLITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Short Creek Hill, Kamilche, Mason County, Washington, 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Thumbnail, ex Rudy Tschernich, Rudy wrote the book on Zeolites and collected in the northwest. He also recently retired as curator of the Rice Museum in Hillsborough, Oregon. This specimen has an undamaged grouping of Stilbite with micro needles of Mesolite connecting to the Stilbite. Mesolite is now showing up in the photo. ex Rudy Tschernich | |
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26 06jkrtn ((THOMSONITE, CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Neer Road, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, 4 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, ex Rudy Tschernich, Rudy wrote the book on Zeolites and collected in the northwest. He also recently retired as curator of the Rice Museum in Hillsborough, Oregon. This specimen has mounds of Thomsonite with minor Calcite. ex Rudy Tschernich
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06jkrtn
((CALCITE, THOMSONITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Neer Road, Goble, Columbia County,
Oregon, 4 x 2.5
x 2 cm, Miniature, ex Rudy Tschernich, Rudy wrote the book
on Zeolites and collected in the northwest. He also recently retired as
curator of the Rice Museum in Hillsborough, Oregon. This specimen has
small Calcite crystals covering a mound of Thomsonite. ex Rudy
Tschernich
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| 28 06jkrtn
((NATROLITE, APOPHYLLITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Weyerhaeuser Lincoln Creek
Quarry, Doty Hills, Lewis County, Washington, 4 x 3
x 1 cm, Miniature, ex Rudy Tschernich, Rudy wrote the book
on Zeolites and collected in the northwest. He also recently retired as
curator of the Rice Museum in Hillsborough, Oregon. This specimen has
a large Apophyllite crystal and micro Apophyllite on basalt with long needle
like crystals of Natrolite. ex Rudy Tschernich
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| 29 06jkrtn ((NATROLITE, APOPHYLLITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Weyerhaeuser Lincoln Creek Quarry, Doty Hills, Lewis County, Washington, 4 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, ex Rudy Tschernich, Rudy wrote the book on Zeolites and collected in the northwest. He also recently retired as curator of the Rice Museum in Hillsborough, Oregon. This specimen has small to micro Apophyllite crystals on long needle like crystals of Natrolite. ex Rudy Tschernich | |
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06jkrtn
((TSCHERNICHITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Neer Road Pit, Goble, Columbia County,
Oregon, 2.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, ex Rudy Tschernich,
Rudy wrote the book on Zeolites and collected in the northwest. He also
recently retired as curator of the Rice Museum in Hillsborough, Oregon.
This species discovered and named for Rudy Tschernich is very small, micro
in size. It occurs in the small vesicles in the volcanic matrix.
They are usually pricey for their size. This was not an expensive
specimen and I have not looked at the specimen under a microscope to see the
Tschernichite. It is more a reference specimen and was in the flat of
miniatures and thumbnails of Weyerhaeuser locality zeolites.
ex Rudy Tschernich
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06jkrtn
((APOPHYLLITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Weyerhaeuser Lincoln Creek Quarry, Doty
Hills, Lewis County, Washington, 3.5 x 3.5
x 2 cm, Miniature, ex Rudy Tschernich, Rudy wrote the book
on Zeolites and collected in the northwest. He also recently retired as
curator of the Rice Museum in Hillsborough, Oregon. This specimen has
small Apophyllite crystals on the basalt matrix. ex Rudy Tschernich
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| 32 06jkrtn ((NATROLITE, APOPHYLLITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Weyerhaeuser Lincoln Creek Quarry, Doty Hills, Lewis County, Washington, 4.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, ex Rudy Tschernich, Rudy wrote the book on Zeolites and collected in the northwest. He also recently retired as curator of the Rice Museum in Hillsborough, Oregon. This specimen has small to micro Apophyllite crystals on long needle like crystals of Natrolite. ex Rudy Tschernich | |
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33 arins
((WAVELLITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Maudin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas,
6 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Mounds of light green Wavellite on
grey limestone from Arkansas.
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34 5370 11atdbiss.ir ((ENARGITE, PYRITE)) $25 MINIMUM BID, Quiruvilca Mine, La Libertad Department, Peru, 8.5 x 6.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Lustrous combination of black Enargite and brassy Pyrite crystals from Quiruvilca Mine in Peru. Undamaged, ex H Westenberger collection. |
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12chprr
((MALACHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Apex Mine, Tutsagubet District, Washington County, Utah, 3 x 2.5 x .8 cm, Thumbnail,
Deep green Malachite with traces of blue Azurite along the edge. ex Robert
Ray collection.
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| 36 08idgces
((QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 9 x 7
x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Quartz specimen from Brazil.
Some damage.
ex H Deisinger.
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03atdbts
((EPIDOTE)), $1 MINIMUM BID,
North Eastern Province, Kenya, 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Terminated dark green
Epidote. Base is a healed old break. This was from a limited find
about 10 years ago.
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38 arins
((ADULARIA)), $5 MINIMUM BID,
Caledonia Mine, Ontonogan County, Michigan,
6 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Salmon colored Adularia from the
Caledonia. Mindat.org has a photo under Microcline variety
Adularia from the Caledonia.
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10btbwr ((PYRITE Stalactite)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Pleasant Ridge,
Indiana,
3 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Elongated Pyrite crystals which are
actually part of a stalactite. ex Bill Williams collection.
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((BROOKITE)) $1 MINIMUM BID,
Moses Hill, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, 2.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,
Two undamaged Brookite crystals on a pedestle of gossan matrix.
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| 41 07jkmiscis
((CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Dallas City Hancock County,
Illinois, 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Gemmy flattened
rhombs of Calcite.
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| 42 5atadir
((BARITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Meikle Mine, Nevada, 6.5
x 3 x 2.8 cm, Miniature, Blocky Barite crystals with micro
Calcite crystals covering one side of the specimen.
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| 43 5atadir
((BARITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Meikle Mine, Nevada, 3
x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Large single undamage blocky crystal of
Barite. Complete on all sides. Small micro Calcite crystals on
one face and smaller Barite crystals on the opposite face.
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| 44 07hlkmns
((4 STRONTIANITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, New Enterprise Stone and
Lime Co. Quarry, Roaring Spring, Bair County, Pennsylvania, 3.5 to 5.5 cm, 4
Miniatures, Clusters of white Strontianite from Pennsylvania.
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45 07jkmiscis
((QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Plymouth, McDonough County, Illionois, 1.5 x .7 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Neat Quartz
with small multiple spherical clusters of Quartz in a thumbnail sized
specimen.
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46 ari
((PUCHERITE, CLINOBISVANITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Londonderry
Feldspar Quarry, Coolgardie, Western Australia, Australia, 2.5 x
1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Pucherite is small orange crystals and
Climobisvanite is a yellow crust. Both are bismuth species.
However I think the specimen is mounted in the perky box the white
Feldspar face up instead of showing the uncommon Bismuth species now on
the sides. ex Clyde Hardin collection.
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| 47 07atrcr
((3 WULFENITE)), $2 MINIMUM BID, Kamariza, Attika, Greece, 1 to
2 MM, 3 Micros, Unusual and rare location for Wulfenite.
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| 48 07jkmiscis ((CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, O'Neal Quarry, Plymouth, Hancock County, Illinois, 2 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Two gemmy Calcite crystals forming lips. |
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| . 49 12chjcir ((DUGWAY GEODE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Dugway Geode Beds, Dugway Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, 7.5 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Beautiful Dugway Geode with a sparkling lining of druzy Quartz which allows the green SWUV fluorescence to show up from the .5 cm banded Chalcedony or Agate lining under the druze Quartz. The Geode has been sawn and has a flat surface with a matte finish. |
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50 12chjcir
((DUGWAY GEODE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Dugway Geode Beds, Dugway
Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, 11.5 x 7.5 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet,
Beautiful Dugway Geode with a sparkling sculptural lining of druzy Quartz
which allows the green SWUV fluorescence to show up from the .5 cm banded
Chalcedony or Agate lining under the druze Quartz. The Geode has been
sawn and has a flat surface with a matte finish. The shape and
sculptural characteristics of the interior makes this a unique and
especially attractive.
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| 51 12chjcir
((DUGWAY GEODE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Dugway Geode Beds, Dugway
Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, 10 x 9.5 x 7 cm, Cabinet,
Beautiful Dugway Geode with a white druzy Quartz interior that sparkles like
freshly fallen snow. The lining of druzy Quartz allows the green SWUV
fluorescence to show up from the 1 cm banded Chalcedony or Agate lining
under the druze Quartz. The Geode has been sawn and has a flat surface
with a matte finish.
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12chjcir
((DUGWAY GEODE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Dugway Geode Beds, Dugway
Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, 8.5 x 7 x 4.7 cm, Cabinet,
Beautiful Dugway Geode with a white druzy Quartz interior that sparkles. The
lining of druzy Quartz allows the green SWUV fluorescence to show up from
the .3 to 2 cm banded Chalcedony or Agate lining under the druze Quartz
which is .1 to .4 cm thick. The Geode has been sawn and has a flat
surface with a matte finish.
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| 53 5atadir ((2 CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Meikle Mine, Nevada, 4.5 and 3 cm, 2 Miniatures, Two Calcite specimens from Meikle showing two crystal forms. One is scalenohedrons and the other is flattened rhombs. | |
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| 54 11hhjdis ((GYPSUM on HEMIMORPHITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 6.5 x 4.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Lustrous Gypsum covering blue grey Hemimorphite from the Hidden Treasure Mine. | |
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54 95hhshis
((SILVER)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniatures, Here is a
Silver specimen from the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia.
It has a very early number #58. It should be from the from early 19th
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55 09hetgr
((CREEDITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Navidad Mine, Rodeo, Durango, Mexico, 4 x
3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, A cluster of light brownish terminated
Creedite crystals from Mexico. Specimen in great shape. I can
only find one missing crystal when looking with a 5X optivisor.
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| 56 622 ts ((FLUORITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Spor Mountain, Juab County, Utah, 4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm,
Miniature, I am surprised that I have not seen these previously.
A few of these were collected last weekend at Spor mountain, Juab County.
On mindat.org I found one pictured as from Topaz Mountain, Thomas
Range, Juab County. The locations are close and Spor mountain
may be part of the Thomas Range but not Topaz Mountain, itself. Spor
Mountain typically has the bertranite-fluorite nodule known as Tiffany Stone
to the jewelry and lapidary trades. This is a Fluorite nodule in a
volcanic matrix has the voids lined with dark purple lustrous sparkling
Fluorite.
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| 57 11iddbtr ((COLEMANITE)), $10 MINIMUM
BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 16 x 11 x 8 cm,
Large Cabinet, Here is a
large specimen of Colemanite from Boron. ex Jim and Dawn Minette
collection, no label.
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| 58 11iddbtr ((COLEMANITE
on CALCITE)), FLUORESCENT $10 MINIMUM
BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 13 x 9 x 4 cm,
Cabinet, Here is a cabinet sized specimen with tannish orange
botryoidal Calcite covering the matrix and colorless single Colemanite
crystals protruding from the Calcite. ex Jim and Dawn Minette
collection, no label.
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59 11iddbtr ((BROWN COLEMANITE)), $7 MINIMUM
BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 7 x 6 x 3.5 cm,
Cabinet, Here is a specimen of brown Colemanite from Boron. ex
Jim and Dawn Minette collection, no minette label.
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| 60 11iddbtr ((CALCITE)), FLUORESCENT $10 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 7.5 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cabinet sized specimen with tannish orange botryoidal Calcite covering the matrix. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection. |
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| 61 11iddbtr ((CALCITE on and included in ULEXITE)), FLUORESCENT $10 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 4.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a strange miniature with long needle like Ulexite crystals with orange Calcite crystals on and throughout the Ulexite. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.
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62 11iddbtr ((COLEMANITE)), FLUORESCENT $15 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 8 x 5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen with a vug filled with lustrous Colemanite with brown colored inclusions. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection, no label. |
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11iddbtr ((CALCITE)), FLUORESCENT $15 MINIMUM
BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 14 x 5 x 2.5 cm,
Cabinet, Here is a cabinet sized specimen with bright orange rhombs of
Calcite with some forming chains or stalactics of crystals. Undamaged.
ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.
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11iddbtr ((COLEMANITE)),
FLUORESCENT $10 MINIMUM
BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 10.5 x 9 x 6 cm,
Cabinet, Here is a specimen with undamaged sharp crystals of Colemanite. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection, no label.
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65 11iddbtr
((CALCITE)), $20 MINIMUM
BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 8 x 5 x 4 cm,
Cabinet, Here is a cabinet sized specimen with unusual Calcite worm
like formations. Also a white coating on part of the specimen that is
probably a Borate species. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.
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11iddbtr ((COLEMANITE)), $15 MINIMUM
BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 9.5 x 7 x 7 cm,
Cabinet, Here is a specimen with undamaged sharp crystals of Colemanite in an aesthetic upright specimen. ex Jim and
Dawn Minette collection, no label.
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67 11iddbtr
((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM
BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 10 x 6.5 x 6 cm,
Cabinet, Here is a cabinet sized specimen with unusual white Calcite
crystals on a tan druze coating the vug. ex Jim and Dawn Minette
collection.
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| 68 11iddbtr ((REALGAR included COLEMANITE on CALCITE)), FLUORESCENT $15 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 6 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen with sparkling crystals of reddish brown Realgar included Colemanite on orange colored botryoidal Calcite. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection, no label. |
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69 11iddbtr
((COLEMANITE on CALCITE)), FLUORESCENT $20 MINIMUM
BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 8 x 7 x 6 cm,
Cabinet, Here is a specimen with micro sparkling crystals of white Colemanite on light brown Calcite. ex Jim and Dawn Minette
collection, ex Milton L Speckels collection with label.
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70 11iddbtr
((CALCITE)), FLUORESCENT $15 MINIMUM
BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 6 x 4 x 3.5 cm,
Cabinet, Here is a miniature sized specimen with unusual Calcite large
worm like formations. Also a white coating on part of the specimen
that is probably a Borate species. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.
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11iddbtr
((COLEMANITE)), FLUORESCENT $10
MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 14.5 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm,
Cabinet, Here is a large specimen with undamaged sharp crystals of
grey color zoned Colemanite that sets perfectly for display. Some sawn
areas on the base and backside. ex Jim and Dawn Minette
collection, no label.
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11iddbtr ((CALCITE on COLEMANITE)),
FLUORESCENT $10 MINIMUM
BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 5 x 5 x 4.5 cm,
Miniature, Here is a specimen of Colemanite with half the specimen
covered with light brown Calcite. ex Jim and Dawn Minette
collection, no label.
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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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((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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((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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((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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((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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((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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Gypsum, Thomas Munzer shaft, Copper slate
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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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