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Sept 7, 2012

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1   12hljdis ((SMITHSONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Santa Anita Mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico, 5 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a pink Choix Smithsonite with several botryoidal mounds of Smithsonite with a satin luster.

2   12hljdis ((ELBAITE on ALBITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, 6 x 6 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a pink and green Elbaite on Albite from an historic and classic US locality. It is the type locality for Microlite.

3   12hljdir ((SIDERITE on and with QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Morro Villa Mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 4.5 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen with gemmy Siderite crystals on Quartz and with Quartz crystals. The Siderite is in great shape and appears undamaged with the naked eye.

4 12hljdns ((SILVER)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada, 5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is an aesthetic specimen of native Silver from Cobalt, Canada. A Silver leaf extends like a flag from the grey matrix.

5     12hljdt ((ZWIESELITE in TRIPHYLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mangualde, Beira Alta, Portugal, 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Zwieselite is brown colored phosphate. ex Cureton Mineral Co. label

6   12hljdt ((CASSITERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Rumford, Maine, 3.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a rounded Cassiterite from a Maine location. ex Ward's label.

7   12hljdt ((CRYOLITE with SIDERITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $10 MINIMUM BID, Ivigtut, Greenland, 3.5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is the white rare mineral Cryolite from theType Locality with associated brown Siderite.

8  12hljde ((SZAIBELYITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, California, 3 x 3 x 2.2 cm, Miniature, Here is the magnesium analogue of Sussexite. Mindat gives Stinson Beach and Crestmore as the two locations in California. No photos on the Crestmore specimens. This one looks identical to a photo on mindat from Stinson Beach, Marin County location.

9  12hljde ((KTENASITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Glomsrudkollen, Modum, Buskerud, Norway, 4.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a light blue sulfate from Norway.    ex Cureton Mineral Co. label

10   12hljdis ((GALENOBISMUTITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $10 MINIMUM BID, Gladhammer, Vastervik, Sweden, 4 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm, Miniature, Here is a grey lead bismuth sulfide which says type locality on Shannon's label but mindat lists Ko Mine, Varmland, Sweden as the Type Locality.    ex David Shannon label

11     12hljdr ((AFWILLITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Crestmore Quarry, Riverside, California, 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a white silicate from Crestmore Quarry.   ex David Shannon label

12      12hljdr ((NATIVE ARSENIC)) $10 MINIMUM BID, St Andreasberg, Harz Mountains, Germany, 3.2 x 3 x 1.2 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen of grey botryoidal mounds of Native Arsenic from Germany. The sparkling microcrystals may be Lollingite.   ex David Shannon label

13    12hljdt ((WICKENBURGITE)) $10 MINIMUM BID, Rat Tail Claims, Maricopa County, Arizona, 4 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a white silicate species of microcyrstalline Wickenburgite.

14       12hljdn ((FERRISTRUNZITE)) TYPE LOCALITY $10 MINIMUM BID, Blaton Hainaut, Belgium, 3 x 2 x 1.2 cm, Miniature, Here is a phosphate species with tan radiating acicular crystals from the Type Locality.   ex David Shannon label

15       12hljdt ((CARPHOLITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $10 MINIMUM BID, Schlaggenwald, Bohemia, Czechoslavakia, 3.5 x 3 x 1.2 cm, Miniature, Silky acicular crystal sprays of this uncommon silicate. ex Cureton Mineral Co. label

16         12hljdn ((FERROHORNBLENDE)) TYPE LOCALITY $10 MINIMUM BID, Barkevik, Skjaer, South Norway, 3.2 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Miniature, black species member of the calcic clino-amphibole subgroup. ex Dave Shannn label.

17     12hljdt ((RANCIEITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Vaio Siresol, Montecchio di Negrar, Verona Veneto, Italy, 2 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a rare species of manganese oxide

18      12hljdt ((RASPITE, STOLZITE, CUPROTUNGSTITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Cordillera Mine, Tuena, NSW, Australia, 1.2x .5 x .2 cm, Thumbnail, Clear transparent monoclinic Raspite with associated yellow small crystals of Stolzite and green cuprotungstite.

19     12hljdt ((SEELIGERITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $5 MINIMUM BID, Margarita Mine, Sierra Gorda, Chile, 2 x 1.1 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, yellow platey crystals of this rare lead iodate oxychloride. Mindat says type locality is Santa Ana Mine which other than mine name is the same locality in Chile.

20        12hljdt ((STRENGITE, ROCKBRIDGEITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Dixie Mine, Vesusia, Virginia, 1.6 x 1.2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, purple iron phosphate crystals from an old Virginia location. Rockbridgeite is also an iron phosphate with a dark green color.

21        12hljdt ((SYMPLESITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Palhal, Portugal, 2 x 1.3 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, An iron arsenate species.

22        12hljdt ((SHERWOODITE, CORVUSITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $5 MINIMUM BID, Uravan District, Colorado, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Min dat has the Peanut Mine in this district as the Type Locality. Sherwoodite Species has blue black crystals and is a calcium aluminum vanadate. Corvusite is also a vanadate which is blue black to brown.

23       12hljdt ((MAGNESIOHORNBLENDE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, San Marcial Quarry, Socorro County, New Mexico, 1.4 x 1.3 x .6 cm, Thumbnail, Medium to dark green uncommon species in the amphibole group.

24       12hljdt ((VERNADITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Esperanza Mine, Laurion, Greece, 1.5 x 1.3 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, uncommon black oxide species. White is the light reflection off the crystals.

25          12hljdt ((PHARMACOSIDERITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Cap Garonne, Var, France, 2 x 1.5 x .4 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an arsenate with orange to brown cubic micro crystals of Pharmacosiderite.

26        12hljdt ((TOPAZ variety PYKNITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Altenberg, Saxony, Germany, 2.5 x .5 x .2 cm, Thumbnail, white to yellow fine grained Topaz occurring in dense aggregates of prismatic crystals. ex Milt Soman

27          12hljdt ((PRICEITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Panderma, Turkey, 2.3 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Uncommon Borate from an old Turkish location.

28        12hljdt ((PEROVSKITE, PYROXENE, CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Hannebacherley, Eifel, Germany, 1 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a black calcium titanium oxide from a German location.

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29       12hljdt ((NORMANDITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Ljavotchorr, Chibiny, Kola, Russia, 2 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon silicate with red orange acicular elongated crystals from Russia.

30     12hljdt ((LEMMLEINITE Ba)), TYPE LOCALITY $5 MINIMUM BID, Kovdor, Kola, Russia, 1.4 x 1.3 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon silicate with red orange crystals from Russia's Type Locality.

31    12hljdt ((KARNASURTITE Ce)), TYPE LOCALITY $5 MINIMUM BID, Mount Karnasurt, Lovozero, Kola, Russia, 1.3 x 1.2 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon silicate with orange crystals from Russia's Type Locality.

32     12hljdt ((PHENAKITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Villa Longa, Viseu, Portugal, 1.6 x 1.4 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Colorless Beryllium Silicate crystals from a location in Portugal. Portuspecies from the garnet structural group.

33     12hljdt ((VUORELAINENITE)), TYPE LOCALITY,   $5 MINIMUM BID, Satra Mine, Doverstorp, Sweden, 2.5 x .7 x .6 cm, Thumbnail, Rare oxide of Fe Mn V and Cr.

34     12hljdt ((NICKELSCHNEEBERGITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $5 MINIMUM BID, Roter Berg Mine, Schneeberg, Sachsen, Germany, .8 x .5 x .4 cm, Thumbnail, Orange to light brown arsenate. Rare since the Type Locality is the only locality listed in min dat.

35     12hljdt ((NICKEL LOTHARMEYERITE)), TYPE LOCALITY? $5 MINIMUM BID, Roter Berg Mine, Schneeberg, Sachsen, Germany, 1 x .8 x .2 cm, Mindat lists another mine in the Schneeberg District as the type locality.  Brown rare arsenate.

36     12hljdt ((PITTICITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Munzig, Meiber, Saxony, Germany, 1.4 x 1 x .9 cm, Thumbnail, an amorphous Fe3 hydrous arsenate sulphate of questionable validity since chemical composition appears variable. Color is yellow.

37   12hljdt ((WALSTROMITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, UV Orange $5 MINIMUM BID, Esquire #8, Big Creek, Fresno, California, .8 x .6 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, a barium calcium silicate.

38    12hljdt ((ROMANCHEITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Adam Heber Mine, Schneeberg, Sachsen, Germany, 1.5x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, An aesthetic undamaged thumbnail of a manganese oxide with Ba and H20.

39  12hljdt ((VINOGRADOVITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Kirovsk, Chibiny, Kola, Russia, 1.5 x .3 x .2 cm, Thumbnail, A rare silicate with Ti. Mindat shows the crystals as white to colorless. Actually this black crystal has a 90 degree white crystal on the back side barely seen mid right side of this photo. That is probably the Vinogradovite.

40    12hljdt ((VITUSITE Ce)), TYPE LOCALITY $5 MINIMUM BID, Kvanefjeld, Llimaussaq, Greenland, 2 x 1.35 x 1.2 cm, Thumbnail, White crystals of a rare phosphate with Ce La and Nd.

41   12hljdt ((WILLHENDERSONITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $5 MINIMUM BID, San Venanzo Quarry, Terni, Umbria, Italy, 2.4 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm, Thumbnail, Type Locality for this white to colorless uncommon Silicate.

42  12hljdt ((NATROJAROSITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Apo Sounid, Kamariza, Laurium, Greece, 1.4 x .7 x .4 cm, Thumbnail, golden brown micro crystals of a sodium iron sulfate species. ex D Brand.

43   12hljdt ((POSNJAKITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Villa Velha de Rodao, Portugal, 2 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm, Thumbnail, blue colored uncommon copper sulfate species.

44   12hljdt ((ROMEITE group on STIBNITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Dubrava, Slovakia, .8 x .7 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Light brown may be Stibiconite on Stibnite but this one has me puzzed. So I'm not sure on this one.

45  12hljdt ((SAKHAITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $5 MINIMUM BID, Titovskoe, Yakutia, 1.3 x 1 x .6 cm, Thumbnail, a rare Borate and Carbonate from the Type Locality.

46      12hljdt ((MIMETITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Driggith Mine, Lake District, England, 2.2 x 1.2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Undamaged Green hexagonal barrel shaped Mimetite crystals.

47  12hljdt ((ORTHOSERPIERITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Copper Creek, Pinal County, Arizona, 2 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon sulfate.   ex D Brand

48       12hljdt ((PARSONSITE)), RADIOACTIVE, $5 MINIMUM BID, Lachaux, Puy-de-Dome, France, 1.3 x 1.3 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, yellow uranyl phosphate.

49             12hljdr ((METEORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Toluca, Mexico, 1 x .8 x .2 cm, Thumbnail, Small iron octahedrite meteorite from Touca, Mexico which fell more than 10,000 years ago and first found in 1776 by the conquistadors.


50       12hljdr ((VOLBORTHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Monument Valley #1, Navajo County, Arizona, 2 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Olive green crystals on matrix of this vanadate species.

51          12hljdis ((GROUTITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Talcville, New York, 1 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Large black Groutite, a manganese oxide species.

52          12hljdt ((NATROLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Cornwall Mines, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, 2.5 x 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, White cluster of terminated Natrolite crystals on matrix.

53        12hljdt ((PAULINGITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $10 MINIMUM BID, North Ritter, Grant County, Oregon, 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Uncommon white zeolite from Oregon.

54     12hljdr ((CHALCOPYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Blackbird Mine, Cobalt, Idaho, 2 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Iridescent Chalcopyrite with blue, magenta, and gold from the famous Blackbird Mine in Idaho.   ex geologist Van Garten 5/21/57

55     12hljda ((VESUVIANITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada, 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Purple-pink and green lustrous crystals of Vesuvianite from the Jeffrey Mine in Quebec.

56     12hljdr ((YUKONITE)),TYPE LOCALITY $10 MINIMUM BID, Venus Au-Ag Mine, Yukon Territory, Canada, 1.5 x 1 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Rare hydrated arsenate of calcium and iron.

57     12hljde ((STIBNITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, La Salvadora Mine, Oruro, Bolivia, 3 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Lustrous cluster of Stibnite, antimony sulfide, crystals.

58     12hljdt ((CLINOCLASE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tin Slope, Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing County, Nevada, 3 x 2 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Lustrous crystals of blue copper arsenate from Majuba.

59     12hljdt ((GRAFTONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pribyslavice, Czech Republic, 2 x 1 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a greenish grey mass of Graftonite from Bohemin, Czech Republic.

60     12hljdis ((GOUDEYITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $10 MINIMUM BID, Copper Slope, Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing County, Nevada, 3 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Blue green crystals of copper arsenate from Majuba, the Type Locality.   It is a member of the Mixite group and discovered in 1978.

61     12hljdt ((TUNGSTITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Adams Mine, Silverton, Colorado, 1.5 x 1.3 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Yellow WO3. Uncommon location not listed in mindat as a location.

62     12hljdr ((BRAVOITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Nanisivik Mine, Baffin Island, NWT, Canada, 2 x 2 x 1.2 cm, Thumbnail, Iron Nickel Sulfide. Nickeloan variety of Pyrite.

63    12hljdr ((GLENDONITE aka CALCITE pseudomorph after IKAITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Archangelsk, White Sea, Russia, 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Ikaite is a hydrated calcium carbonate that looses its water above 8 degrees celcius and pseudomorphs to Calcite. Neat thumbnail sized specimen of this usually larger occuring species.

64     12hljdr ((CYLINDRITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $10 MINIMUM BID, Poopo, Bolivia, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a fine TN with circular pipe like crystals of Cylindrite. A lead tin iron antimony sulfide.

65      5atjkar ((ARAGONITE on CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, 6 x 5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here are rounded mounds of Calcite forming a base from which acicular needle like crystals of Aragonite are extended. No apparent damage but there may be some Aragonite crystals missing.

66     12hedwnl ((CHALCOPYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 9.5 x 9 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a pretty Chalcopyrite with natural oxidized colorful crystals with blues and magenta colors. Some crystals have chipping which exposes the interior golden yellow color.

67     504 9kcmwitse ((CUPRITE variety CHALCOTRICHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, 4600 bench, Morenci Mine, Greenlee County, Arizona, 6 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen with great coverage of acicular hairlike crystals of Chalcotrichite a variety of Cuprite from Morenci.

68         5atcets ((2 BARITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Book Cliffs, Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado, 3.5 and 3 cm, 2 Miniatures, Here are two specimens, one is double terminated and the other terminated with a two parallel single terminated crystals. They are lustrous nearly transparent crystals.

69     10heswne ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Casteel No. 35 Mine, Viburnum Trend, Iron County, Missouri, 9 x 8 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Calcite specimen from Casteel 35 Mine with a bruise on the termination of the larger crystal and it looks like the back two faces of the termination are cleaved. Calcite has a spotchy white appearance.

70      4864 6fbbmtr ((MAGNETITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Bolivia, 8 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is an undamaged octahedral crystal of Magnetite with associated Quartz.

71 10heswiss ((CALCITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Picher Field, Tri State District, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, 11 x 11 x 8 cm, Cabinet, Large calcite specimen from Picher Field with a base that is a cleavage plane. Specimen is undamaged and terminated.

72     10heswls ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 8 x 7 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, Purple cubic Fluorite cluster. Looks undamaged except for one side bruise and chip.

73   ari ((BARITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pugh Quarry, Wood County, Ohio, 4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Large white nearly opaque crystals of Barite on matrix from the Pugh Quarry know for its excellent Calcite specimens.

74   7hlkmir ((CARNOTITE)), RADIOACTIVE, $10 MINIMUM BID, Mauchchunk, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, 5.5 x 5.5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Uranium species with yellow crusts on matrix from a seldem seen Pennsylvanian location.

75  7hetgir ((WULFENITE, green MIMETITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 6 x 5 X 3 cm, Miniature, Lots of yellow orange crystals of Wulfenite on botryoidal green Mimetite.

76   11iddts ((COLEMANITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Boron, Kerns County, California, 10 x10 X 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large Colemanite from Boron, ex Jim Minette collection.

77  10heswas ((QUARTZ with FLUORITE and ARSENOPYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 12 x 12 x 9 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large cluster with large Quartz crystals and light purple Fluorite and minor silver colored Arsenopyrite. Great shape and appears completely undamaged.

78     12hecets   ((DIOPTASE, SHATTUCKITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia, 2 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a thumbnail specimen with undamged large deep emerald green Dioptase crystal with associated light blue Shattuckite.

79       10heswil ((CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Buick Mine, near Bixby, Viburnum Trend, Iron County, Missouri, 4.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is an undamaged lustrous nearly transparent.

80       10heswil ((CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Buick Mine, near Bixby, Viburnum Trend, Iron County, Missouri, 4.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is an undamaged lustrous nearly transparent.

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. $29.99

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1 12hljdis ((SMITHSONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Santa Anita Mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico, 5 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a pink Choix Smithsonite with several botryoidal mounds of Smithsonite with a satin luster.


2 12hljdis ((ELBAITE on ALBITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Chesterfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, 6 x 6 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a pink and green Elbaite on Albite from an historic and classic US locality. It is the type locality for Microlite.

3 12hljdir ((SIDERITE on and with QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Morro Villa Mine, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 4.5 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen with gemmy Siderite crystals on Quartz and with Quartz crystals. The Siderite is in great shape and appears undamaged with the naked eye.

4 12hljdns ((SILVER)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada, 5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is an aesthetic specimen of native Silver from Cobalt, Canada. A Silver leaf extends like a flag from the grey matrix.

5 12hljdt ((ZWIESELITE in TRIPHYLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mangualde, Beira Alta, Portugal, 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Zwieselite is brown colored phosphate. ex Cureton Mineral Co. label

6 12hljdt ((CASSITERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Rumford, Maine, 3.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a rounded Cassiterite from a Maine location. ex Ward's label.

7 12hljdt ((CRYOLITE with SIDERITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $10 MINIMUM BID, Ivigtut, Greenland, 3.5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is the white rare mineral Cryolite from theType Locality with associated brown Siderite.

8 12hljde ((SZAIBELYITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, California, 3 x 3 x 2.2 cm, Miniature, Here is the magnesium analogue of Sussexite. Mindat gives Stinson Beach and Crestmore as the two locations in California. No photos on the Crestmore specimens. This one looks identical to a photo on mindat from Stinson Beach, Marin County location.

9 12hljde ((KTENASITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Glomsrudkollen, Modum, Buskerud, Norway, 4.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a light blue sulfate from Norway. ex Cureton Mineral Co. label

10 12hljdis ((GALENOBISMUTITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $10 MINIMUM BID, Gladhammer, Vastervik, Sweden, 4 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm, Miniature, Here is a grey lead bismuth sulfide which says type locality on Shannon's label but mindat lists Ko Mine, Varmland, Sweden as the Type Locality. ex David Shannon label


11 12hljdr ((AFWILLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Crestmore Quarry, Riverside, California, 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a white silicate from Crestmore Quarry. ex David Shannon label

12 12hljdr ((NATIVE ARSENIC)) $10 MINIMUM BID, St Andreasberg, Harz Mountains, Germany, 3.2 x 3 x 1.2 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen of grey botryoidal mounds of Native Arsenic from Germany. The sparkling microcrystals may be Lollingite. ex David Shannon label

13 12hljdt ((WICKENBURGITE)) $10 MINIMUM BID, Rat Tail Claims, Maricopa County, Arizona, 4 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a white silicate species of microcyrstalline Wickenburgite.


14 12hljdn ((FERRISTRUNZITE)) TYPE LOCALITY $10 MINIMUM BID, Blaton Hainaut, Belgium, 3 x 2 x 1.2 cm, Miniature, Here is a phosphate species with tan radiating acicular crystals from the Type Locality. ex David Shannon label

15 12hljdt ((CARPHOLITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $10 MINIMUM BID, Schlaggenwald, Bohemia, Czechoslavakia, 3.5 x 3 x 1.2 cm, Miniature, Silky acicular crystal sprays of this uncommon silicate. ex Cureton Mineral Co. label

16 12hljdn ((FERROHORNBLENDE)) TYPE LOCALITY $10 MINIMUM BID, Barkevik, Skjaer, South Norway, 3.2 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Miniature, black species member of the calcic clino-amphibole subgroup. ex Dave Shannn label.

17 12hljdt ((RANCIEITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Vaio Siresol, Montecchio di Negrar, Verona Veneto, Italy, 2 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a rare species of manganese oxide

18 12hljdt ((RASPITE, STOLZITE, CUPROTUNGSTITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Cordillera Mine, Tuena, NSW, Australia, 1.2x .5 x .2 cm, Thumbnail, Clear transparent monoclinic Raspite with associated yellow small crystals of Stolzite and green cuprotungstite.

19 12hljdt ((SEELIGERITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $5 MINIMUM BID, Margarita Mine, Sierra Gorda, Chile, 2 x 1.1 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, yellow platey crystals of this rare lead iodate oxychloride. Mindat says type locality is Santa Ana Mine which other than mine name is the same locality in Chile.

20 12hljdt ((STRENGITE, ROCKBRIDGEITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Dixie Mine, Vesusia, Virginia, 1.6 x 1.2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, purple iron phosphate crystals from an old Virginia location. Rockbridgeite is also an iron phosphate with a dark green color.

21 12hljdt ((SYMPLESITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Palhal, Portugal, 2 x 1.3 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, An iron arsenate species.

22 12hljdt ((SHERWOODITE, CORVUSITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $5 MINIMUM BID, Uravan District, Colorado, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Min dat has the Peanut Mine in this district as the Type Locality. Sherwoodite Species has blue black crystals and is a calcium aluminum vanadate. Corvusite is also a vanadate which is blue black to brown.

23 12hljdt ((MAGNESIOHORNBLENDE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, San Marcial Quarry, Socorro County, New Mexico, 1.4 x 1.3 x .6 cm, Thumbnail, Medium to dark green uncommon species in the amphibole group.

24 12hljdt ((VERNADITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Esperanza Mine, Laurion, Greece, 1.5 x 1.3 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, uncommon black oxide species. White is the light reflection off the crystals.

25 12hljdt ((PHARMACOSIDERITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Cap Garonne, Var, France, 2 x 1.5 x .4 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an arsenate with orange to brown cubic micro crystals of Pharmacosiderite.

26 12hljdt ((TOPAZ variety PYKNITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Altenberg, Saxony, Germany, 2.5 x .5 x .2 cm, Thumbnail, white to yellow fine grained Topaz occurring in dense aggregates of prismatic crystals. ex Milt Soman

27 12hljdt ((PRICEITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Panderma, Turkey, 2.3 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Uncommon Borate from an old Turkish location.

28 12hljdt ((PEROVSKITE, PYROXENE, CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Hannebacherley, Eifel, Germany, 1 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a black calcium titanium oxide from a German location.

. 29 12hljdt ((NORMANDITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Ljavotchorr, Chibiny, Kola, Russia, 2 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon silicate with red orange acicular elongated crystals from Russia.

30 12hljdt ((LEMMLEINITE Ba)), TYPE LOCALITY $5 MINIMUM BID, Kovdor, Kola, Russia, 1.4 x 1.3 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon silicate with red orange crystals from Russia's Type Locality.

31 12hljdt ((KARNASURTITE Ce)), TYPE LOCALITY $5 MINIMUM BID, Mount Karnasurt, Lovozero, Kola, Russia, 1.3 x 1.2 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon silicate with orange crystals from Russia's Type Locality.

32 12hljdt ((PHENAKITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Villa Longa, Viseu, Portugal, 1.6 x 1.4 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Colorless Beryllium Silicate crystals from a location in Portugal. Portuspecies from the garnet structural group.

33 12hljdt ((VUORELAINENITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $5 MINIMUM BID, Satra Mine, Doverstorp, Sweden, 2.5 x .7 x .6 cm, Thumbnail, Rare oxide of Fe Mn V and Cr.

34 12hljdt ((NICKELSCHNEEBERGITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $5 MINIMUM BID, Roter Berg Mine, Schneeberg, Sachsen, Germany, .8 x .5 x .4 cm, Thumbnail, Orange to light brown arsenate. Rare since the Type Locality is the only locality listed in min dat.

35 12hljdt ((NICKEL LOTHARMEYERITE)), TYPE LOCALITY? $5 MINIMUM BID, Roter Berg Mine, Schneeberg, Sachsen, Germany, 1 x .8 x .2 cm, Mindat lists another mine in the Schneeberg District as the type locality. Brown rare arsenate.


36 12hljdt ((PITTICITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Munzig, Meiber, Saxony, Germany, 1.4 x 1 x .9 cm, Thumbnail, an amorphous Fe3 hydrous arsenate sulphate of questionable validity since chemical composition appears variable. Color is yellow.

37 12hljdt ((WALSTROMITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, UV Orange $5 MINIMUM BID, Esquire #8, Big Creek, Fresno, California, .8 x .6 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, a barium calcium silicate.

38 12hljdt ((ROMANCHEITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Adam Heber Mine, Schneeberg, Sachsen, Germany, 1.5x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, An aesthetic undamaged thumbnail of a manganese oxide with Ba and H20.

39 12hljdt ((VINOGRADOVITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Kirovsk, Chibiny, Kola, Russia, 1.5 x .3 x .2 cm, Thumbnail, A rare silicate with Ti. Mindat shows the crystals as white to colorless. Actually this black crystal has a 90 degree white crystal on the back side barely seen mid right side of this photo. That is probably the Vinogradovite.

40 12hljdt ((VITUSITE Ce)), TYPE LOCALITY $5 MINIMUM BID, Kvanefjeld, Llimaussaq, Greenland, 2 x 1.35 x 1.2 cm, Thumbnail, White crystals of a rare phosphate with Ce La and Nd.

41 12hljdt ((WILLHENDERSONITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $5 MINIMUM BID, San Venanzo Quarry, Terni, Umbria, Italy, 2.4 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm, Thumbnail, Type Locality for this white to colorless uncommon Silicate.

42 12hljdt ((NATROJAROSITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Apo Sounid, Kamariza, Laurium, Greece, 1.4 x .7 x .4 cm, Thumbnail, golden brown micro crystals of a sodium iron sulfate species. ex D Brand.

43 12hljdt ((POSNJAKITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Villa Velha de Rodao, Portugal, 2 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm, Thumbnail, blue colored uncommon copper sulfate species.

44 12hljdt ((ROMEITE group on STIBNITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Dubrava, Slovakia, .8 x .7 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Light brown may be Stibiconite on Stibnite but this one has me puzzed. So I'm not sure on this one.

45 12hljdt ((SAKHAITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $5 MINIMUM BID, Titovskoe, Yakutia, 1.3 x 1 x .6 cm, Thumbnail, a rare Borate and Carbonate from the Type Locality.

46 12hljdt ((MIMETITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Driggith Mine, Lake District, England, 2.2 x 1.2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Undamaged Green hexagonal barrel shaped Mimetite crystals.

47 12hljdt ((ORTHOSERPIERITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Copper Creek, Pinal County, Arizona, 2 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon sulfate. ex D Brand

48 12hljdt ((PARSONSITE)), RADIOACTIVE, $5 MINIMUM BID, Lachaux, Puy-de-Dome, France, 1.3 x 1.3 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, yellow uranyl phosphate.

49 12hljdr ((METEORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Toluca, Mexico, 1 x .8 x .2 cm, Thumbnail, Small iron octahedrite meteorite from Touca, Mexico which fell more than 10,000 years ago and first found in 1776 by the conquistadors.

50 12hljdr ((VOLBORTHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Monument Valley #1, Navajo County, Arizona, 2 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Olive green crystals on matrix of this vanadate species.

51 12hljdis ((GROUTITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Talcville, New York, 1 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Large black Groutite, a manganese oxide species.

52 12hljdt ((NATROLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Cornwall Mines, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, 2.5 x 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, White cluster of terminated Natrolite crystals on matrix.

53 12hljdt ((PAULINGITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $10 MINIMUM BID, North Ritter, Grant County, Oregon, 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Uncommon white zeolite from Oregon.

54 12hljdr ((CHALCOPYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Blackbird Mine, Cobalt, Idaho, 2 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Iridescent Chalcopyrite with blue, magenta, and gold from the famous Blackbird Mine in Idaho. ex geologist Van Garten 5/21/57

55 12hljda ((VESUVIANITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada, 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Purple-pink and green lustrous crystals of Vesuvianite from the Jeffrey Mine in Quebec.

56 12hljdr ((YUKONITE)),TYPE LOCALITY $10 MINIMUM BID, Venus Au-Ag Mine, Yukon Territory, Canada, 1.5 x 1 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Rare hydrated arsenate of calcium and iron.

57 12hljde ((STIBNITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, La Salvadora Mine, Oruro, Bolivia, 3 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Lustrous cluster of Stibnite, antimony sulfide, crystals.

58 12hljdt ((CLINOCLASE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tin Slope, Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing County, Nevada, 3 x 2 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Lustrous crystals of blue copper arsenate from Majuba.

59 12hljdt ((GRAFTONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pribyslavice, Czech Republic, 2 x 1 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a greenish grey mass of Graftonite from Bohemin, Czech Republic.

60 12hljdis ((GOUDEYITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $10 MINIMUM BID, Copper Slope, Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing County, Nevada, 3 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Blue green crystals of copper arsenate from Majuba, the Type Locality. It is a member of the Mixite group and discovered in 1978.

61 12hljdt ((TUNGSTITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Adams Mine, Silverton, Colorado, 1.5 x 1.3 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Yellow WO3. Uncommon location not listed in mindat as a location.

62 12hljdr ((BRAVOITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Nanisivik Mine, Baffin Island, NWT, Canada, 2 x 2 x 1.2 cm, Thumbnail, Iron Nickel Sulfide. Nickeloan variety of Pyrite.

63 12hljdr ((GLENDONITE aka CALCITE pseudomorph after IKAITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Archangelsk, White Sea, Russia, 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Ikaite is a hydrated calcium carbonate that looses its water above 8 degrees celcius and pseudomorphs to Calcite. Neat thumbnail sized specimen of this usually larger occuring species.

64 12hljdr ((CYLINDRITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $10 MINIMUM BID, Poopo, Bolivia, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a fine TN with circular pipe like crystals of Cylindrite. A lead tin iron antimony sulfide.

65 5atjkar ((ARAGONITE on CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, 6 x 5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here are rounded mounds of Calcite forming a base from which acicular needle like crystals of Aragonite are extended. No apparent damage but there may be some Aragonite crystals missing.

66 12hedwnl ((CHALCOPYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 9.5 x 9 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a pretty Chalcopyrite with natural oxidized colorful crystals with blues and magenta colors. Some crystals have chipping which exposes the interior golden yellow color.

67 504 9kcmwitse ((CUPRITE variety CHALCOTRICHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, 4600 bench, Morenci Mine, Greenlee County, Arizona, 6 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen with great coverage of acicular hairlike crystals of Chalcotrichite a variety of Cuprite from Morenci.

68 5atcets ((2 BARITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Book Cliffs, Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado, 3.5 and 3 cm, 2 Miniatures, Here are two specimens, one is double terminated and the other terminated with a two parallel single terminated crystals. They are lustrous nearly transparent crystals.

69 10heswne ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Casteel No. 35 Mine, Viburnum Trend, Iron County, Missouri, 9 x 8 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Calcite specimen from Casteel 35 Mine with a bruise on the termination of the larger crystal and it looks like the back two faces of the termination are cleaved. Calcite has a spotchy white appearance.

70 4864 6fbbmtr ((MAGNETITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Bolivia, 8 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is an undamaged octahedral crystal of Magnetite with associated Quartz.

71 10heswiss ((CALCITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Picher Field, Tri State District, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, 11 x 11 x 8 cm, Cabinet, Large calcite specimen from Picher Field with a base that is a cleavage plane. Specimen is undamaged and terminated.

72 10heswls ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 8 x 7 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, Purple cubic Fluorite cluster. Looks undamaged except for one side bruise and chip.

73 ari ((BARITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pugh Quarry, Wood County, Ohio, 4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Large white nearly opaque crystals of Barite on matrix from the Pugh Quarry know for its excellent Calcite specimens.

74 7hlkmir ((CARNOTITE)), RADIOACTIVE, $10 MINIMUM BID, Mauchchunk, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, 5.5 x 5.5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Uranium species with yellow crusts on matrix from a seldem seen Pennsylvanian location.


75 7hetgir ((WULFENITE, green MIMETITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 6 x 5 X 3 cm, Miniature, Lots of yellow orange crystals of Wulfenite on botryoidal green Mimetite.

76 11iddts ((COLEMANITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Boron, Kerns County, California, 10 x10 X 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large Colemanite from Boron, ex Jim Minette collection.

77 10heswas ((QUARTZ with FLUORITE and ARSENOPYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 12 x 12 x 9 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large cluster with large Quartz crystals and light purple Fluorite and minor silver colored Arsenopyrite. Great shape and appears completely undamaged.


78 12hecets ((DIOPTASE, SHATTUCKITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia, 2 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a thumbnail specimen with undamged large deep emerald green Dioptase crystal with associated light blue Shattuckite.

79 10heswil ((CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Buick Mine, near Bixby, Viburnum Trend, Iron County, Missouri, 4.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is an undamaged lustrous nearly transparent.

80 10heswil ((CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Buick Mine, near Bixby, Viburnum Trend, Iron County, Missouri, 4.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is an undamaged lustrous nearly transparent.

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.	$29.99