Auction Four hundred thirty eight Preview

Sept 28, 2012

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01 12hljdt ((DUMORTIERITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Dehesa, San Diego, California, 1.7 x 1 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, A borosilicate with radial aggregate of acicular purple crystals. SWUV fluoresces blue.

02 12hljdt ((CYRILOVITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Iron Knob, Australia, 1.9 x 1.1 x .9 cm, Thumbnail, uncommon yellow phosphate species.

3 12hljdt ((GEOCRONITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Pollone Mine, Lucca Province, Toscana, Italy, 2 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Rare grey lead antimony arsenite sulfide on Barite and Quartz.

4 12hljdt ((FAIRFIELDITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Foote Quarry, Kings Mt., North Carolina, 1.5 x 1 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, white uncommon phosphate species.

5 12hljdt ((CLINOHUMITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Irkutsky, Murun Mas., Siberia, Russia, 1.5 x .9 x .9 cm, Thumbnail, Uncommon red orange silicate.

6 12hljdt ((ENARGITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Red Mountain, Ouray County, Colorado, 1 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a copper arsenic sulfide. ex D Brand.

7 12hljdt ((COBALTLOTHARMEYERITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $5 MINIMUM BID, Roter Berg Mine, Scheneeberg, Sachsen, Germany, 1.3 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a light brown cobalt, nickel, iron arsenate. ex D Brand.

8 12hljdt ((CHALCOPHYLLITE, CYANOTRICHITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Salsigne, Aude, France, 1 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Bluish green arsenate sulfide.

9 12hljdt ((BOTALLACKITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $5 MINIMUM BID, Levant Mine, St Just, Cornwall, England, 2 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, uncommon bluish green copper chloride species.

10 12hljdt ((DANALITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Hogtuva, Rana, Nordland, Norway, 1.5 x .5 x .2 cm, Thumbnail, uncommon pink beryllium silicate sulfide.

11 12hljdt ((HERDERITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, San Elias Mine, Sta. de La, Estanzuela, San Luis, Argentina, 1.5 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, a uncommon beryllium phosphate species from Argentina, and uncommon locality.

12 12hljdt ((GOWERITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Corkscrew Mine, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, 1 x .8 x .4 cm, Micro, uncommon Borate species.

13 12hljdt ((CARBOCERNAITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Kirovsky Mine, Chinbiny, Kola, Russia, 1.5 x 1.3 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, uncommon Ba, Sr, Ce Carbonate species.

14 12hljdt ((CALCIOBETAFITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Mt Brusa Quarry, Euganei Hills, Veneto, Italy, 1 x 1 x 1 cm, 3 Micros, 1 x 1 x 1 is three pieces together. Here is a Pyrochlore subgroup.

15 12hljdt ((FERVANITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Joe Dandy Mine, Colorado, 1.9 x 1.3 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a golden brown iron vanadate species.

16 12hljdt ((FRIEDELITE, VESUVIANITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Wessels Mine, Kalahari, South Africa, 1.5 x .7 x .4 cm, Thumbnail, Uncommon tan silicate species.

17 12hljdt ((CALCIOANCYLITE Ce)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Nanna Pegmatite, Igaliko Complex, Greenland, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, uncommon Ca Sr Ce Carbonate species.

18 12hljdt ((DUFTITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Potter Cramer Mine, Maricopa County, Arizona, 1.5 x 1.3 x 1.7 cm, Thumbnail, Light olive green lead copper arsenate species. ex D Brand.

19 12hljdt ((BARYTOLAMPROPHYLLITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Tausonit Hill, Murun, Siberia, Russia, 1.5 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Uncommon titanium silicate species.

20 12hljdr ((CHALCOMENITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Bucca Locci, Sardinia, Italy, 2 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Light blue copper selenite species.

21 12hljdr ((EMMONSITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Mina La Bambolla, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico, 1.5 x 1 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon Tellurite. ex Milt Soman

22 12hljdr ((FROLOVITE, KURCHATOVITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $5 MINIMUM BID, Novo-Frolovsk Deposite, Turinsk Region, Ural, Russia, 1 x .5 x .3 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon Borate, Frolovite from the type locality. Kurchatovite is another uncommon Borate. ex Milt Soman

23 12hljdr ((CERITE Ce)), TYPE LOCALITY, $5 MINIMUM BID, Bastnas Mine, Riddarhyttan, Sweden, 1.5 x 1 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, Type locality for this uncommon silicate with Ce.

24 12hljdr ((CHALCOCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, 998 foot level, Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin, .7 x .2 x .2 cm, Micro, Here is a small Chalcocite mounted on a pedestle which is not seen in the photo. ex P Betancourt collection 1995.

25 12hljdr ((CARROLLITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Kamoto Pit, Kolvezi, Shaba, Zaire, many 2 to 3 MM, Many small crystals, Here are many small crystals of this copper cobalt nickel sulfide. ex D Brand.

26 12hljdr ((ESSENEITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Saint Maime, Alpes Hte Province, France, 1 x .8 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon red brown aluminum silicate.

27 12hljdr ((FEDOROVSKITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $5 MINIMUM BID, Solongo, Transbaikalia, Russia, 1.3 x 1.3 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon brown Borate species from the type locality.

28 12hljdr ((BOBIERRITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Bendada Quarries, Da Estrela, Portugal, 1.4 x .8 x .3 cm, Thumbnail, Uncommon white to grey phosphate.

29 6atejnr ((SPESSARTINE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Lonzono, Zanzania, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, thumbnail, Complete undamaged orange Spessartine crystal from this new find of a couple of years ago.

30 12idranr ((GOLD in QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, California, 3.8 x 2.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Gold dispersed throughout the Quartz.

31 12idranr ((GOLD in QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, California, 1.8 x 1 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Small specimen of Gold vein through Quartz.

32 12hlkmt ((ILMENITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Acomak, York County, Pennsylvania, 2.2 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Reference specimen of Black iron titanium oxide.

33 12hljdrs ((AJOITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona, 8 x 5 x 3 cm, Thumbnail, Pale blue silky acicular crystals of Ajoite.

34 6atamnrs ((HEMATITE pseudomorph after MAGNETITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Payun Volcano, Argentina, 6 x .4 x 3.2 cm, Miniature, Large crystals of Hematite ps after Magnetite from the find made about 7 years ago.

35 8hljdle ((SMOKY QUARTZ with mico FLUORITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Akchatau, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan, 8 x 7 x 3.5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a fine undamaged Smoky with micro purple Fluorite crust on the back side.

36 5atdbns ((ARSENOPYRITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Zacatecas, Mexico, 3.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Lustrous silver colored Arsenopyrite from Zacatecas.

37 12hljdt ((BOEHMITE aka BOHMITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Saga 2 Mine, Norway, 5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is an aluminum oxide, which is a major constituent of the aluminum ore, Bauxite. ex Dave Shannon

38 12hljdt ((OMPHACITE on ALMANDINE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Nordfjord, Norway, 3. 5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a dark green silicate on Almandine. ex Dave Shannon

39 12hljdt ((URALITE aka ACTINOLITE pseudomorph after AUGITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Calument Mine, Chaffee County, Colorado, 4 x 3. 5 x 1.2 cm, Miniature, Here is an Amphibole pseudo with its own name, Uralite. ex Dave Shannon

40 12hljdt ((FERGUSONITE Y)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Ruoutevare, Norway, 3.5 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a Yittrium niobium oxide from Norway. ex Dave Shannon

41 12hljdt ((BRUGNATELLITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Mount Ramazzo, Genova, Italy, 2 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon carbonate. It looks almost identical to a photo on mindat.	$29.99

42 12hljdt ((EVANSITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Chvaletice, Bohemia, Czech Republic, 1.3 x 1 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon phosphate species.	$29.99

43 12hljdt ((CORONADITE, SMITHSONITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 1.2 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an oxide and a carbonat. Aesthetic small thumbnail sized specimen.	$29.99

44 12hljdt ((DUHAMELITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Copper Valley Mine, Khorixas, Namibia, 1.5 x 1.2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Mindat says name is discredited and is actually a Ca and Bi bearing Mottramite.	$29.99

45 12hljdt ((CYANOTRICHITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Qinglong, Guizhou Province, China, 1.4 x 1.4 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a Cu Al Sulfate with blue spherical aggregates with fuzzy acicular crystals.

46 12hljdt ((CHROMCELADONITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $5 MINIMUM BID, Srednyaya, Padma, Karelia, Russia, .8 x .5 x .4 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon silicate species with a dark emerald green color from the type locality.	$29.99

47 12hljdt ((COLLIPHANE variety of APATITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Koashva Mine, Chibiny, Kola, Russia, 2.5 x 2 x 1.2 cm, Thumbnail, This is an amorphous massive variety of carbonate fluorapatite or carbonate hydroxylapatite. ex Milt Soman	$29.99

48 12hljdt ((CARLOSTURANITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $5 MINIMUM BID, Sampeyre, Val Varaita, Cuneo, Italy, 1.5 x 1 x .6 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon aluminum containing silicate from the type locality	$29.99

49 12hljdt ((CHALCOALUMITE on QUARTZ)), $5 MINIMUM BID, New East, Wheal Russell, Devon, England, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a blue green copper aluminum sulfate on Quartz.

50 12hljdt ((CANAVESITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $5 MINIMUM BID, Brosso, Ivrea, Italy, 1 x 1 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon borate with carbonate species from the type locality.

51 12hljdt ((BICCHULITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $5 MINIMUM BID, Bicchu cho, Kawakami gun, Okayama, Japan, 1 x .5 x .4 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon Al Ca Silicate.

52 12hljdt ((BERTHIERITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Serro Mine, Porto, Portugal, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon grey iron antimony sulfide species.

53 12hljdt ((BASSANITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Kladno, Bohemia, Czech Republic, 1 x .8 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon white calcium sulfate species.

54 12hljdt ((BUKOVSKYITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $5 MINIMUM BID, Kutna Hora, Bohemia, Czech Republic, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon iron arsenate sulfate species.

55 12hljdt ((BALANGEROITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $5 MINIMUM BID, Balangero Mine, Val di Lanzo, Torino, Italy, fibers from 2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon silicate species from the type locality.

56 12hljdt ((CETINEITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $5 MINIMUM BID, Le Cetine Mine, Siena, Italy, 1.5 x 1.3 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon red orange antimony oxide species.

57 12hljdt ((FERRIHYDRITE, WUSTITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Holltal, Harz, Germany, 2 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon brown iron oxide species. Wustite is a black iron oxide species.

58 12hljdt ((BINDHEIMITE on QUARTZ)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Pima County, Arizona, .8 x .8 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, Synonym of Oxyplumboromeite. Here is a yellow lead antimony oxide species.

59 12hljdt ((GODOVIKOVITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Kladno, Bohemia Czech Republic, 1.5 x 1 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon sulfate species.

60 12hljdt ((DELVAUXITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $5 MINIMUM BID, Berneau, near Vise, Belgium, .8 x .8 x .4 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon phosphate sulfate.

61 12hljdt ((CARPHOLITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $5 MINIMUM BID, Slaggenwald, Czech Republic, 1.5 x 1 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon silicate from its type locality.

62 12hljdt ((CHENITE, ELYITE, CALEDONITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Lautenthal, Harz, Germany, 1.5 x 1.3 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon pale blue sulfate.

63 12hljdt ((HEDYPHANE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Bettana Deposit, Puttapa, flinders Range, South Australia, Australia, 1.5 x 1 x .4 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon white arsenate with chloride.

64 12hljdt ((DENISOVITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Vuonemiok Valley, Chibiny, Kola, Russia, 2.5 x 1 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon silicate from Russia.

65 12hljdt ((CORDIERITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Bellerberg, Eifel, Germany, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an aluminum silicate species.

66 12hljdt ((BAYLDONITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $5 MINIMUM BID, Penberthy, Crofts, South Hillary, Cornwall, England, 1.7 x .7 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a green copper lead arsenate from the type locality.

67 12hljdt ((CREEDITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico, 1.7 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an aluminofluoride with sulfate.

68 12hljdt ((CHIOLITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Ivigtut, Greenland, .8 x .8 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon sodium aluminum fluoride.

69 12hljdt ((HERCYNITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Monat Mine, Nye, Montana, 1 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon iron aluminum oxide.

70 12hljdt ((BARYTOLAMPROPHYLLITE, TAUSONITE)), TYPE LOCALITY for TAUSONITE, $5 MINIMUM BID, Tausonit Hill, Murun, Siberia, Russia, 1.5 x 1 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon titanium silicate. Tausonite is a Sr Ti oxide from the type locality.

71 12hljdt ((ALLANITE Ce, ANATASE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Oblinger Berge, Hoyerswerda, Germany, 2 x 1.5 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon silicate with Ce. Anatase is a titanium oxide.

72 12hljdt ((ELLSWORTHITE, URANOPYROCHLORE)), RADIOACTIVE, $5 MINIMUM BID, McDonald Mine, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada, 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an Uranium and rare earth containing species.

73 ariis ((SMITHSONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Monte Christo Mine, Rush, Arkansas, 3 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Small crystals of Smithsonite from a classic US locality.

74 arins ((RUTILE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Magnet Cove Titanium Company Mine, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, 5 x 5 x 2.5 cm,Miniature, Cluster of black lustrous Rutile from Magnet Cove. ex Clyde Hardin collection.

75 10hltgar ((WULFENITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 21 x 12 x 9 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large specimen covering with blocky undamage crystals of Wulfenite.

76 ariis ((SMITHSONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Monte Christo Mine, Rush, Arkansas, 3 x 3 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Botyoidal mounds of yellow Smithsonite from a classic US locality.

77 ariis ((CLINOCLASE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Majuba Hill, Pershing County, Nevada, 2 x 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Copper arsenate species from Majuba.

78 arir ((MANGANOAN PECTOLITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Garnet Field, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, 4 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is an uncommon silicate from Magnet Cove. ex Clyde Hardin collected 1976.

79 arir ((EUDIALYTE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, The Branch, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, 2 x 1.5 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon reddish silicate from Magnet Cove. ex Clyde Hardin collected 1973.

80 ariis ((SMITHSONITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Monte Christo Mine, Rush, Arkansas, 2 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Small Botyoidal mounds of yellow Smithsonite from a classic US locality.

81 7atcers ((STIBNITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Wuling Mine, Jiangxi Province, China, 18.5 x 1 x .8 cm, Cabinet, This is an excellent choice terminated lustrous long, 18.5 cm, undamaged crystal of Stibnite.

82 6hhdwrs ((PYROMORPHITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Bad Ems District, Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, 3 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Fine hexagonal prisms of Pyromorphite from this classic German location.

83 5hhwwis ((ARAGONITE on CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mercur Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 4 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a specimen collected many years ago, perhaps in the fiftys. Mercur was open pit mined for its microscopic Gold 10 to 15 years ago and now has been reclaimed. A cone shaped white Calcite mound covered by round tan colored groups of Aragonite needle like acicular crystal clusters.

84 6dhbfr ((MIMETITE with CALCITE )), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 9 x 7.5 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, yellow orange sphericules of Mimetite with several white clusters of Calcite.

85 ariis ((SMITHSONITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Monte Christo Mine, Rush, Arkansas, 2 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Small Botyoidal mounds of yellow Smithsonite from a classic US locality.

86 ariis ((SMITHSONITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Monte Christo Mine, Rush, Arkansas, 2 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Small Botyoidal mounds of yellow Smithsonite from a classic US locality.

87 ariis ((SMITHSONITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Monte Christo Mine, Rush, Arkansas, 2 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Small Botyoidal mounds of yellow Smithsonite from a classic US locality.

88 ariis ((SMITHSONITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Monte Christo Mine, Rush, Arkansas, 2 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Small Botyoidal mounds of yellow Smithsonite from a classic US locality.

89 ariis ((SMITHSONITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Monte Christo Mine, Rush, Arkansas, 2 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Small Botyoidal mounds of yellow Smithsonite from a classic US locality.

90 ariis ((SMITHSONITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Monte Christo Mine, Rush, Arkansas, 2 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Small Botyoidal mounds of yellow Smithsonite from a classic US locality.

63 12hljdt ((HOELITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Kladno, Bohemia, Czech Republic, 1.5 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon, actually rare, organic species with yellow acicular crystals. The light must be right to photograph but some crystals are visible in the photos. More crystals are on the specimen.

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