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Auction Four hundred twenty nine Preview

Jul 27, 2012

 

            
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1  11iddbir  ((UNKNOWN RED BROWN)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Boron, Kerns County, California,  5 x 5 x 3 cm,  Miniature,  Here is unknown from the Boron Open Pit.  It is from the Jim and Dawn Minette collection and has his personal collection label.  

 

2  11iddbir  ((SZAIBELYITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Inder B Depost and Salt Dome, Atyrau Deposite, Kazakhstan,  6 x 4.5 x 3 cm,  Miniature,  Here is magnesium borate species.  It is from the Jim and Dawn Minette collection and has his personal collection label.  

3    11iddbir  ((VEATCHITE)), TYPE LOCALITY,  $10 MINIMUM BID, Tick Canyon Borate Deposit, Tick Canyon, Lang, Los Angelos, California,  3 x 2 x 1 cm,  Miniature,  Here is strontian borate species.  It is from the Jim and Dawn Minette collection and has his personal collection label.   Label says Paraveatchite, but I did not find the Paraveatchite on mindat, just Veatchite from the location on the label.

 

 
4   11iddbir  ((BAKERITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California,  4.5 x 4 x 1 cm,  Miniature,  Here is polished specimen of Bakerite.  It is from the Jim and Dawn Minette collection but does not have his label.  It has an index card from A Heuck collection #295.  
5   11iddbir  ((CALCITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Ext 23, Boron Open Pit Mine, Boron, Kerns County, California,  1.5 x 1 x 1 cm,  Thumbnail,  Here is a small Calcite with colorless platey crystals from the Basalt under orebody north of Baker connection fault.  It is from the Jim and Dawn Minette collection and has his personal collection label.  
6  11iddbir  ((SMYTHITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Ext 175, Boron Open Pit Mine, Boron, Kerns County, California,  3.5 x 2.5 x 1 cm,  Miniature,  Here is a specimen with rosettes of Smythite, and iron nickel sulfide, on matrix of the footwall basalt.  It is from the Jim and Dawn Minette collection, originally purchased from Vince Morgan in 1992,  and has Minette's personal collection label.  

 

 

7   11iddbir  ((GYPSUM)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Corkscrew Canyon, above Corkscrew Mine, Furnace Creek Wash, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California,  6.5 x 4 x 4 cm,  Miniature, Small Cabinet,  Here is a specimen of Gypsum. It is undamage except a minute cleave on the base edge.  It sets up for display on its own.   It is from the Jim and Dawn Minette collection  and has Minette's personal collection label.   Small tag says B248.


8   11iddbir  ((FLUOBORITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, New Method Mine,  Amboy, San Bernandino County, California,  6 x 5.5 x 3 cm,  Miniature,  Here is a ugly specimen from the Jim and Dawn Minette collection but does not have his label.  It has an index card from C H Plopper collection #899.  

 

9     11iddbir  ((SULFUR)),   $10 MINIMUM BID,  Boron Open Pit Mine, Boron, Kerns County, California,  5.5 x 5 x 2 cm,  Miniature,  Here is a brown slickenside of a redbrown unknown mineral on volcanic ash with Sulfur.  It is from the Jim and Dawn Minette collection and has Minette's personal collection label.

10    11iddbir  ((FLUOBORITE, WIGHTMANITE, LUDWIGITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Potter Lake, Twin Lakes area, Gresno County, California,  11 x 8 x 3.5 cm,  Cabinet,  Here is a specimen collected by Vince Morgan in the 80's.  Yellowish prisms of Fluoborite with associated Wightmanite and Ludwigite.  Specimen from the Jim and Dawn Minette collection but does not have his label. 

 

  

11  11iddbir  ((VONSENITE aka PAIGEITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID,  Brooks Mountain, Seward Peninsula, Alaska,  7 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet,  Here is black colored Paigeite which is now known as Vonsenite, a species in the Lugwigite group. It has areas that looks like cracks but all seem natural and with a loop, I see no evidence of repair or glue.  It is from the Jim and Dawn Minette collection and has Minette's personal collection label.

 

12   11iddbir   ((PYRITE)),   $10 MINIMUM  BID, Initial Pit, Crusher Excavation, Footwall Basalt, Boron Open Pit Mine, Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California,  6 x 5 x 2 cm,  Miniature,  Unusual location for a Pyrite specimen.  It is from the Jim and Dawn Minette collection and has Minette's personal collection label.  also ex Vince Morgan collection.

13    11iddbir   ((SPHENE)),   $10 MINIMUM  BID,  Boron Open Pit Mine, Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California,  4.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm,  Miniature,  Tiny Sphene crystals in overburden Granite float.  Odd and rare specimen saved from Boron.  ex Jim Minette collection with label, ex Verle Carnahan.  

 

 

14    11iddbir   ((GYPSUM)),   $10 MINIMUM  BID,  unnamed prospect adit 1/4 mile NW Mount Blanco, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California,  3 x 3 x 2.5 cm,  Miniature,  Undamaged specimen with several terminated Gypsum crystals on a small amount of matrix.  Personally collected by Jim Minette in 1963 with his label.

 

15   11iddbir  ((VONSENITE aka PAIGEITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID,  Philipsburg, Montana,  5.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Miniature,  Here is black colored Paigeite which is now known as Vonsenite, a species in the Lugwigite group.   It is from the Jim and Dawn Minette collection and has Minette's personal collection label.

 

16  11iddbir   ((UNKNOWN BLACK MINERAL on MUD)),   $10 MINIMUM  BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California,  8 x 6 x 3 cm,  Cabinet, Here is an unknown specimen from the Speckels collection purchased by Jim Minette,   ex Jim Minette collection, ex Milton L Speckels collection.  
17    11iddbir  ((CAMSELLITE aka SZAIBELYITE and LUDWIGITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID,  Blind Mountain, Pioche, Nevada,  3 x 1.5 x .3 cm, Miniature to Thumbnail,  Here is white colored Camsellite now called Szaibelyite from Nevada.  It is from the Jim and Dawn Minette collection and has Minette's personal collection label.

 

18      11iddbir  ((SEARLESITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID,  Fish Lake Valley, Nevada,  5 x 4.5 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Here is a specimen with sparce scattered small white micro Searlesite crystals.  I can see them with a loop but they did not show on the photos  It is from the Jim and Dawn Minette collection and has Minette's personal collection label.

 

 
19      7idcees   ((ORTHOCLASE, Baveno Twin)),   $3 MINIMUM  BID, Butte, Montana,  5 x 2.5 x 2 cm,  Miniature,  Here is a Baveno Twinned Orthoclase from Butte.  ex Ernie Schlichter collection.

 

20     7idcers   ((STILBITE)),   $3 MINIMUM  BID, Dallas, Oregon,  4.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm,  Miniature,  Here is a fine Stilbite example from Oregon.   ex Ernie Schlichter collection.
21       7atkris   ((DOLOMITE)),   $3 MINIMUM  BID, Tsumeb, Nambia,  4 x 4 x 3.5 cm,  Miniature,  White opaque Dolomite.  ex Uri Bahman collection, ex Kristalle

 

 

22  ariis   ((SMITHSONITE pseudo after DOLOMITE)),   $10 MINIMUM  BID, Monte Christe Mine, Rush, Marion County, Arkansas,  7 x 4 x 3 cm,  Cabinet,  Arkansas pseudomorph with yellow brown crystals.  ex Clyde Hardin collection.

 

 

23  ariis   ((SMITHSONITE over SPHALERITE)),   $10 MINIMUM  BID, Monte Christe Mine, Rush, Marion County, Arkansas,  8 x 4 x 2 cm,  Cabinet,  Here is an unusual Arkansas Smithsonite with yellow brown botryoidal Smithsonite covering crystals of Sphalerite.   ex Clyde Hardin collection.

24   ariis   ((SMITHSONITE pseudo after DOLOMITE)),   $10 MINIMUM  BID,  Rush, Marion County, Arkansas,  1.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm,  Thumbnail,  Here is a yellow Smithsonite, aka Turkey Fat,  pseudo after Dolomite.  ex Clyde Hardin collection.

 

25      7hljdr   ((COOKEITE, ELBAITE, QUARTZ)),   $1 MINIMUM  BID,  Agsvaret, Norway,  4.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm,  Miniature,  Reference specimen from the Jay Lininger reference collection with label. 
26    5hhshis  ((BIRNESSITE on CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM  BID, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah,  5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature,  Black micro Birnessite on white Calcite from Gold Hill,  ex Solon Hammack specimen. 

 

 
 
27     7atkrir  ((GOLD)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, unkown location, .9 x .4 x .2 cm, Thumbnail,  Here is a spinel twinned Gold or maybe just a set of Gold wires from an unknown location.  ex Kristalle specimen. 

 

 
28     ariis  ((CALCITE with OKENITE)), $3 MINIMUM  BID, Poone, Maharshtra, India, 3 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Here is a older specimen of Calcite from India with white Okenite association.  Mislabeled as Hydroxyl Apophyllite,  ex Clyde Hardin collection, ex John Sobolewski collection

 

 

29      7atadns  ((WUFENITE)), $5 MINIMUM  BID, Touissit, Morocco, 4 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Yellow lustrous Wulfenite crystals from Morocco.  A couple of minor chipping but overall in good shape.

 

 

30  7atadns  ((CERUSSITE)), $5 MINIMUM  BID, Touissit, Morocco, 2.4 x 2 x 1.7 cm, Miniature,  a single terminated crystal of Cerussite from Morocco.

 

 

31   5ecidir  ((PENTAGONITE)), $5 MINIMUM  BID, Wagholi Quarry, Pune District, Maharashtra, India, 6 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature,  an undamaged 4 MM spherical cluster of blue Pentagonite crystals on matrix. 
32  5ecidir  ((PENTAGONITE)), $1 MINIMUM  BID, Wagholi Quarry, Pune District, Maharashtra, India, 6 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature,  a few small micro crystals of blue Pentagonite crystals on matrix. 

 

33    7iddbocnr  ((SMITHSONITE)), $20 MINIMUM  BID, Kelly Mine, Magdalena, New Mexico,  8 x 7 x 3 cm, Cabinet,  Botryoidal blue green Smithsonite.  This one had no label but certainly appears to be a Kelly Smithsonite.    ex Ernie Schlicter collection. 
34 12atceir    ((SHATTUCKITE vug in QUARTZ)),  $10 MINIMUM  BID, Kandesei, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene, Namibia, 11.5 x 7 x 6 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a cabinet sized specimen of a pocket of royal blue Shattuckite in a vug in massive Quartz.  The pocket of Shattuckite is undamaged a velvety.

 

 

 

35  7iddbocnr  ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Weardale, Durham, England,  2.5 x 2.2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail,  Undamaged pair of cubic nearly colorless of Fluorite.  These are very Fluorescent under UVSW.  They have slight phantoms and the faces have growth patterns that resemble fingerprints.     ex Ernie Schlicter collection. 
36  7iddbocis  ((JAROSITE)), $100 MINIMUM  BID, Gold Hill, Tooele County, Utah,  8 x 5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet,  Micro crystalline brown sparkling Jarosite from Gold Hill.     ex Ernie Schlicter collection. 

 

 

37  511-09ldgcts  ((AMETHYST)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico, 6.5 x 5 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Here is a plater of terminated light purple Amethyst specimen from Guanajuato.    ex H Deisinger.
38 7iddbocnr  ((SMOKY QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Switzerland?,  5.5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature,  Here is a cluster of gemmy Smoky Quartz not labeled but looks like the gemmy clear Quartz from Switzerland.  Totally undamaged and sharp terminated Quartz crystals.     ex Ernie Schlicter collection. 

 

 

39  7iddbocis  ((ANALCIME)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada,  2 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail,  Here is an undamaged white Analcime crystal from Mont St. Hilaire.      ex Ernie Schlicter collection. 

 

40  7iddbocr  ((DANBURITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico,  4 x 1 x .7 cm, Cabinet,  Terminated gemmy colorless undamaged Danburite crystal.     ex Ernie Schlicter collection. 

 

41   7iddbocr  ((CHALCEDONY)), $3 MINIMUM  BID, Minas Gerais, Brazil,  4.5 x 4 x .8 cm, Cabinet,  Undamaged round Chalcedony from Brazil.   ex Ernie Schlicter collection. 

 

42  7iddbocr  ((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Stafford Spring, Connecticutt,  8.5 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet,  Terminated iron stained Quartz from Connecticut.     ex Ernie Schlicter collection. 

 

43   7iddbocr  ((2 CORNCOB QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Stafford Spring, Connecticutt,  5.5 x 2 x 2 cm, 2 Miniature,  2 of these odd Quartz specimens known as corncob Quartz because they look like popcorn.    ex Ernie Schlicter collection. 

 

 
44   7iddbocr  ((SCOLECITE)), $3 MINIMUM  BID, Nasik, Maharashtra, India,  3 x .8 x .6 cm, Miniature,  Here is a terminated pair of colorless Scolecite crystals.   ex Ernie Schlicter collection. 
 
45   7iddbocr  ((FLUORITE)), $3 MINIMUM  BID, William Wise Mine, Westmoreland, New Hampshire,  4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,  Here is a reference specimen of the green Fluorite from the Wise Mine.  It is also Fluorescent under UVSW.   ex Ernie Schlicter collection. 

 

46     5hhjhir  ((RASPBERRY GARNET)), $25 MINIMUM  BID, Cerro del la Cruz, Coahuila, Mexico,  4 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Miniature,  Here is a Grossular from Coahuila.  Its red color has given it the name Raspberry Garnet. This specimen has an undamaged 1 cm Garnet.  It is very unusual to get undamaged crystals since removing the matrix to expose the Garnet usually damages the Garnets. 

47   6atwtirs  ((WULFENITE)), $60 MINIMUM  BID, Red Cloud Mine, La Paz County, Arizona,  9 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a Red Cloud Wulfenite specimen on matrix from Wayne Thompson's find in 1996 with Wayne's label and price in 1996.  Although there has been alot of single crystals of usually low grades on the market,  matrix specimens are not that common and prices have greatly increased on quality specimens.

 

 
48     6atggnr  ((VANADINITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Pure Potential Mine aka North Geronomo Mine, La Paz County, Arizona,  1.3 x .8 x .5 cm, Thumbnail,  Here is a small but gemmy undamaged Vanadinite crytal from the North Geronomo Mine.
   

49       6atgnr    ((PYROMORPHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Idaho, 4 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a fine and sparkling micro Pyromorphite from Idaho.  It is a mound displayable from any side.  No damage.  Actually with a loop or with the camera photos size increase these is a couple of missing crystals. 

 

 
   
50     3atjwnr  ((Scalenohedral HEMATITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Arzanah Island near Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 1.1 x .5 x .5 cm, Thumbnail,  Here is a rare specimen of a very lustrous double terminated scalenohedral crystal of Hematite.  A few of these were brought back by an oil worker in a sock.  The government does not and will not allow access to collect or remove any minerals.   

 

 

 

51     2atlmtr ((STAR MUSCOVITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil,   4.5 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature Here is a Muscovite specimen with twinned Muscovite giving a star shaped crystal.  The bottom has a small area with remnants of blue clay used instead of min tack.

52    12fbdjr  ((MICROCLINE variety AMAZONITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID,  Pikes Peak area, Colorado,  3.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Here is a terminated blue green Amazonite.  Not as blue as the photos.

 

53  12fbdjt  ((CHALCOCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Butte, Montana,  5 x 4 x 1.5 cm, Miniature,  Here is a miniature sized specimen from Butte of massive Chalcocite.  

54   12fbdje  ((ENARGITE, PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Butte, Montana,  6.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature,  Here is a large miniature with Enargite crystals and associated Pyrite.
55     12fbdjt  ((BORNITE, PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Butte, Montana,  4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,  Here is a specimen with crystallized Bornite  and associated Pyrite.
 

56    12fbdjr  ((DIGENITE, ENARGITE, PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Leonard Mine, Butte, Montana,  6 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,  Here is a specimen with crystallized Digenite and Enargite crystals and associated Pyrite.

 

57       12fbdjr  ((CHALCOCITE, ENARGITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Butte, Montana,  7.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a cabinet sized massive Chalcocite with the top and bottom side  covered with Enargite.
 

 

 

 58  12fbdjt  ((RHODOCHROSITE, CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Butte, Montana,  5.5 x 4 x 3 cm, Cabinet,  The pink Rhodochrosite grades to a cream colored Calcite on the surface.  The manganese carbonate grading to calcium carbonate is a characteristic of Rhodochrosite from Butte.

59  12fbdjis  ((PYROMORPHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, 9 level, Jersey Vein, Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Idaho,  1 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,  a knob of undamaged lustrous orange colored Bunker Hill Pyromorphite. 

 

 
 

60      12fbdjn  ((PYROMORPHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Black Pine Mine, Philipsburg District, Montana,  2 x 1.5 x .5 cm, Thumbnail,  a thumbnail sized plate completely covered with hexagonal prisms of small terminated Pyromorphite crystals. 

 

 

61      7hhoris   ((AURICHALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 8 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Robin egg blue acicular crystals of Aurichalcite.  ex Otto Reiter collection.  

 

 

62     7hhoris   ((20 QUARTZ with AMETHYST)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Park City, Summit County, Utah, 2.2 to 5 cm, 10 Thumbnails to Miniatures, Here are 20 single terminated Quartz crystals many with sections of Amethyst from Park City, Utah.  ex Otto Reiter collection.  

 

 

63      7hhoris   ((CELESTINE, CARNELIAN RED JASPER)), $10 MINIMUM BID, San Rafael Swell area, Emery County, Utah,   8 x 7 x 4 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a red Jasper nodule filled with Celestine crystals.   ex Otto Reiter collection.  

 

64       7hhoris   ((AURICHALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 8 x 5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Robin egg blue spherical crystals of Aurichalcite crystals.  ex Otto Reiter collection.  
65      7hhoris   ((AUSTINITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 9 x 8.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet,  White crystallized Austinite from Gold Hill.   ex Otto Reiter collection.  

 

66     7hhoris   ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Spor Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 7.5 x 5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet,  A box work filled with a purple druze of Fluorite.    ex Otto Reiter collection.  
67      7hhoris   ((HALOTRICHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Raft River Mts., Boxelder County, Utah, 6 x 6 x 5 cm, Miniature,  White fibrous Halotrichite from a Utah location.  Halotrichite is water sensitive.    ex Otto Reiter collection.  
68        7hhoris   ((ADAMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 11 x 8 x 7 cm, Cabinet,  White crystallized Adamite from Gold Hill.   ex Otto Reiter collection.  

 

69  7hhoris   ((AURICHALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Carbonate Mine, Little Cottonwood District, Salt Lake County, Utah, 7 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Robin egg blue acicular crystals of Aurichalcite.  ex Otto Reiter collection.  
70     7hhoris   ((MOLYBDENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Little Cottonwood District, Salt Lake County, Utah, 6 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature,  Small lustrous grey Molybdenite crystals in matrix.    ex Otto Reiter collection.

 

71    7hhoris   ((FERRIMOLYBDITE, MOLYBDENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Little Cottonwood District, Salt Lake County, Utah, 4 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Small lustrous grey Molybdenite crystals and yellow Ferrimolybdite in matrix.    ex Otto Reiter collection.
 

72     7hhoris   ((BISMUTHINITE, CHALCOPYRITE, CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Lincoln District, Beaver County, Utah, 9 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet,  Combination specimen from Beaver County, Utah.   ex Otto Reiter collection.

73     7hhoris ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Wild Cat Mountains, Dugway area, Tooele County, Utah, 9 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet,  Purple Fluorite from Wild Cat Mountains.  I believe the location is within the Dugway Proving Ground bombing ranges.  Access for collecting in not allowed.   ex Otto Reiter collection.

 

 

74   7hhoris ((REALGAR, PARAREALGAR)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Getchell Mine, Nevada, 8.5 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet,  Red crystals of Realgar in the vugs and orange Pararealgar on the outside of the specimen.  ex Otto Reiter collection

75  7hhoris ((ORPIMENT, REALGAR)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Getchell Mine, Nevada, 4.5 x 3.5 X 2 cm, Miniature,  Large yellow crystals of Orpiment and red massive Realgar.  ex Otto Reiter collection

 

76   7hhoris ((OPAL)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Location not given, 7 x 5 X 3 cm, Cabinet,  Bluish Opal with out fire with no location on the label.   ex Otto Reiter collection

 

 

   
77  11btdbirs ((FLUORITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Madoc, Ontario, Canada.  4 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature,  Green transparent Fluorite with a cubo octahedral crystal on a matrix of Fluorite.

 

 

 

 
   
 

78     5hlfdir   ((WILLEMITE, FRANKLINITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Franklin, New Jersey,  6 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm,  Miniature,  Here is a specimen with almost 100% Willemite with a little black Franklinite.  Fluorescent almost solid Green.

 

 
   
79      5hlfdr   ((SPHALERITE, FRANKLINITE, WILLEMITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Franklin, New Jersey,  6 x 4 x 4 cm,  Miniature,  Here is a specimen with 2/3 Sphalerite which is Fluorescent orange and 1/3 Franklinite.  But there is also  Willemite Fluorescent Green.  
   

80       5atcenr ((BARITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Book Cliffs, Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado,  4 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature Here is a terminated Barite crystal from Book Cliffs.  Lustrous crystal side faces and more of a matt termination face.  No damage.

 
   
81  5atkrr ((CHRYSOCOLLA pseudomorphs after ???)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Zinc Hill, Arizona,  4 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature,  turquoise colored Chrysocolla.  Label says Pseudomorphs. Viewed better with a loop.  Photo does not do justice  
   
82  5atkrr ((SMITHSONITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Zinc Hill, Arizona,  4 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature,  greenish turquoise colored Smithsonite from Zinc Hill.

 

 

   
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84   5atkrr ((ARAGONITE)), Type Locality, $3 MINIMUM BID, Molina de Aragon, Spain,  1.9 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm, Thumbnail,  Excellent Lustrous hexagonal translucent prism of pseudo hexagonal twinned Aragonite with a purplish brown color.   
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