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11gedwg
((GOETHITE)),
$10 MINIMUM BID, Restormel Royal Iron Mine, Lostwithiel, St Austell
District, Cornwall, England, 3.5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature,
Radiating brown Goethite crystals on matrix from St Austell District,
Cornwall. ex Steve Pullman collection |
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2 7477 11gedwns
((MENDIPITE)),
$25 MINIMUM BID, Mendip Hills, Somerset, England, 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm,
Miniature, Pb3Cl2O2 is the chemical composition on this white uncommon
species from England. ex Steve Pullman collection |
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7481 11gljdis
((CASSITERITE)),
$25 MINIMUM BID, St Agnes District, Cornwall, England, 4 x 3.5 x 2 cm,
Miniature, Very lustrous Cassiterite, tin oxide, crystals to 6 MM from
St Agnes District, Cornwall.
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4 7472
11gedwis
((BEUDANTITE)),
$10 MINIMUM BID, Wheal Carpenter, Gwinear, St Erth-Gwithian Area, Cornwall,
England, 3 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Green sparkling
microcrystals of Beudantite from Cornwall. Beudantite is an Lead Iron
Arsenate with Sulphate Hydroxyl. ex Steve Pullman collection |
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| 5 859
9ldgciss
((CHALCOPYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony,
Germany, 4.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature,
Here is an old German undamaged Chalcopyrite,
ex H Deisinger collection
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6 7086
11fbdjt ((VESZELYITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID,
Black Pine Mine, Philipsburg, Montana, 5.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here
is a matrix specimen covered with very small micro crystals of blue Veszelyite.
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7 9ecgpr ((CHALCOCITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID,
Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin,
2.4 x 1.8 x 1.3
cm, Miniature, Large Chalcocite crystal with the gold and slight
red iridescense.
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8 300-9iddbcfes ((SMITHSONITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID,
Grant County, New Mexico, 7 x 3 x 3
cm, Cabinet, greenish yellow botryoidal mounds of Smithsonite. |
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| 9 9hlnawe ((DIABOLEITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID,
Mammoth Mine, Tiger, Arizona, 2.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is
a specimen of Diaboleite that is almost totally comprized of blue Diaboleite
from Tiger, Arizona. Diaboleite is a lead copper chloride. This
is a specimen from the Neil Wintrigham collection. Neil wrote the book
on Maine minerals. ex Neil A Wintringham collection
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| 10 9gsmzer ((MANGANVESUVIANITE)), $10
MINIMUM BID, N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape
Province, South Africa, 3 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature,
Lustrous dark crystals of Manganvesuvianite.
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| 11 9gsmzig ((OLMIITE)), $10
MINIMUM BID, N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern
Cape Province, South Africa, 1.8 x 1.5 x 1 cm,
Thumbnail, Three elongated clusters of Olmiite crystals with dark brown
matrix.
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9gsmzes ((IRANITE, WULFENITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID,
Chapacase Mine, Sierra Cerillos District, Tocopilla, Chile, 1.3 x 1.3 x
.5 cm, Thumbnail, Brown Iranite crystals with red chromian
Wulfenite.
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| 13 9fhceis ((CHALCOPHYLLITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Potrerillas, Chile,
1.5 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Small specimen of blue green micro crystals
of Chalcophyllite. ex Philadelphia Academy of Science
but no label other than the Collectors Edge label.
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| 14 9fhceis ((CASSITERITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID,
Concordia Mine, Bolivia,
6 x 5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Heavy specimen with lustrous crystals
of Cassiterite. Crystals undamaged except 2 or 3 small areas.
Overall displays well. Not the usual Bolivian Cassiterite location. ex Philadelphia
Academy of Science #20958, ex Wm S Vaux.
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| 15 9ecmsnt ((RHODOCHROSITE, PYRITE)), $65 MINIMUM BID,
Wudong Mine, Liubao, Wushou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang A R, China,
5 x
3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, A new large lot of fine Chinese
Rhodochrosite was found prior to Tucson this year. These are
similar but still a totally different type of specimen than the
Colorado Sweet home Rhodochrosites. Fortunately a much less
price than the Colorado Rhodochrosite. These are very hard to tell
a natural face from a cleaved face but these all appear to be natural
rhombs without any cleaved faces.
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| 16 8ectgn ((GREEN
MIMETITE with WULFENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi,
Durango, Mexico, 3 x
2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Thumbnail sized specimen with terminated
butterscotch colored Wulfenite crystals on green Mimetite.
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8ectgin ((WULFENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi,
Durango, Mexico, 4 x
3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Stout large crystals of Wulfenite to 2.4
cm. One crystal appears to have contact flattening and shortening the
terminations but crystals appear to be undamaged.
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| 18 9fhceis
((GOLD)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Unknown Location, 4 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature,
Miniature specimen with Gold easily seen. ex Philadelphia
Academy of Science #22831.
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19 ari
((QUARTZ)),
$5 MINIMUM BID, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 5.5 x 2.5 x
2 cm,
Miniature, Here is a double terminated Quartz crystal from Brazil.
Undamaged except for a microchip on one termination. |
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7iddbocrs
((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Boulder Hill Mine, near
Wellington, Douglas County, Nevada, 7 x 5.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here
is a Fluorite with cubic grey crystals from Nevada collected by Jim Minette,
ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.
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| 21 7iddbocns
((COPPER)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Copper Mountain Mine, Copper
Mountain District, Elko County, Nevada, 3.4 x 1.3 x .5 cm, Thumbnail,
Here is a fine arborescent specimen of Copper the barely fits inside a
thumbnail perky box diagonally. |
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22 9hlnawt
((FLUOBORITE)),
$15 MINIMUM BID, Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County,
New Jersey, 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm,
Thumbnail, White fibrous coatings of Fluoborite on typical red
Willemite and black Franklinite. Willemite is fluorescent with a
green color. ex N A Wintringham collection.
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23 7atcers
((2 FLUORITES)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Jiangxi Province, China,
largest is 9 x 9 x 5 cm, 2
Cabinets, Green octahedral Fluorite from China.
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24 7rep-jhuu
((MUSCOVITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID,
Tin Mountain Pegmatite, Custer, South Dakota,
11 x 8 x 4 cm, Cabinet, A
layer of Muscovite on pegmatite matrix from South Dakota. ex
University of Utah Geology Department.
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25 7rep-jhuu
((EPIDOTE)), $5 MINIMUM BID,
Gold Hill Mine Tooele County, Utah,
7.5 x 5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet,
A reference specimen of Epidote from Gold Hill. ex University of Utah
Geology Department.
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26 7ecjpns ((BERYL
variety AQUAMARINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Boise County, Idaho,
1.5 cm in length, Thumbnail,
A tapered Aqua from Idaho. It is naturally etched. The thin
termination appears to have the very small tip broken. The other
end is glued to the styrofoam and I can not tell if it is actually a
termination. |
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27 7iddbns ((WULFENITE)),
$10 MINIMUM BID,
Defiance Mine, Gleeson, Cochise County, Arizona,
4.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature,
A cluster of lustrous dark brown Defiance Wulfenite with two very large
crystals to 3.5 cm in a cluster with other Wulfenite crystals. |
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28 2hhswnnr
((GYPSUM variety SELENITE on HALITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID,
Las Salinas, Pisco, Ica Department, Peru,
10 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet,
Highly Fluorescent Golden Selenite crystals on a matrix of Halite from Peru.
Back in 2002 this was one of the best from the find in Peru. This
still is a fine specimen but later finds produced larger crystals.
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29 7rep-jhuu
((SMITHSONITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID,
Moscow Mine, Star Range, Beaver County, Utah,
8.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, A
layer of grey colored Smithsonite. ex
University of Utah Geology Department. |
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30 12hhjdns
((2 CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Ophir Hill Mine, Ophir District, Tooele County Utah,
9 and 8 cm in length, 2 Cabinets,
Here are 2 two Calcite specimens from Ophir. The stalactitic fingers
are not terminated. |
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31 12hhjdns
((2 HALITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Great Salt Lake, Tooele County, Utah,
5.5 and 7.5 cm in length, 2
Miniature/Cabinets, Here are 2 unusual Halite formations. One
knowlegable mineral club member that had seen them previously said that the
Halite formed around grass which is no longer present. I had not seen
them previously. |
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32 ariis
((LINARITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Grand Reef Mine, Graham County, Arizona,
3 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail to
Miniature. Mounted in a plastic miniature perky box is a specimen with
a vug containing a small blue Linarite crystal. The Linarite is
probably 2 to 3 MM |
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33 7iddbns ((GYPSUM
variety SELENITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID,
Great Salt Plains, Jet, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma,
3.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature,
Neat undamaged small cluster of Selenite crystals from Jet. |
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34 7uu
((6 RED BERYL)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Violet Claims, Wah Wah Mtns, Beaver County, Utah,
1 to 1.5 cm in length,6
Thumbnails. Reference specimens of Utahs famous Red Beryl from the
Violet Claims.
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35 7atkrin016
((CUPRITE, MALACHITE pseudomorph after CUPRITE on CALCITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID,
Tsumeb, Namibia,
9 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet,
Tsumeb specimen with isolated yellow brown Calcite crystals peppered with
small Cuprite and green Malachite pseudos after Cuprite.
ex Uri Bahman collection. |
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36 5cgjsis
((SCHORL)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Pingwu Mine, Sichuan Province, China,
6.5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature,
Here is an undamaged double terminated Schorl from Pingwu Beryl Mine in
China which has great Aquamarine, Scheelite, and Cassiterite specimens. |
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37 5hhmris
((TOPAZ)), Repaired, $3 MINIMUM BID,
Tepetate, San Luis Potosi, Mexico,
2.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm,
Thumbnail, Here is an 2.4 cm double terminated Topaz (Repaired)
connected to a larger partial crystal from the lesser known location in
Mexico rather than Utah. These generally have a often have a flat
termination. They also are color fast and do not fade in direct
sunlight like the Utah location. |
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38 5hhmris
((TOPAZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Tepetate, San Luis Potosi, Mexico,
2.5 x 2 x 1.3 cm,
Thumbnail, Here is a pair of terminated Topaz crystals forming a V
from the lesser known location in Mexico rather than Utah. These
generally have a often have a flat termination. They also are color
fast and do not fade in direct sunlight like the Utah location.
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39 5hhmris
((TOPAZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Tepetate, San Luis Potosi, Mexico,
2.5 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,
Here is a 3.5 cm double terminated Topaz crystal from the lesser known
location in Mexico rather than Utah. These generally have a often have
a flat termination. They also are color fast and do not fade in direct
sunlight like the Utah location. |
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40 3hhadis
((WULFENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Lucin Mine, Box Elder county, Utah,
5 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature,
Here is a Utah Wulfenite with yellow thin crystals on a brown gossan matrix. |
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41 6hhmcir
((TOPAZ)), repaired, $10 MINIMUM BID, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah,
3.2 x 1.2 x 1 cm. Thumbnail, Here is a terminated sherry colored Topaz
that looks like its been repaired from Topaz Mountain in Utah. These
have a good color and are larger than average. They were collected
years and years ago. They came from the collection of Mel Cannon,
Chemistry Department Head at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. The
crystal has some Rhyolite inclusions. It also has an unusual pencil
point termination. ex Mel Cannon collection. NOTE:
The color does fade in sunlight. Regular inside light bulbs reportedly
do not cause fading.
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6hhmcir ((TOPAZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Thomas Range, Juab County,
Utah, 2.1 x 1.2 x .9 cm. Thumbnail, Here is a terminated sherry colored
Topaz from Topaz Mountain in Utah. These have a good color and are
larger than average. They were collected years and years ago.
They came from the collection of Mel Cannon, Chemistry Department Head at
Utah State University in Logan, Utah. The crystal has some Rhyolite
inclusions. ex Mel Cannon collection NOTE: The color
does fade in sunlight. Regular inside light bulbs reportedly do not
cause fading. |
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43 6hhmcir
((TOPAZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 3 x 1.4 x 1.3
cm. Thumbnail, Here is a terminated sherry colored Topaz from Topaz
Mountain in Utah. These have a good color and are larger than average.
They were collected years and years ago. They came from the collection
of Mel Cannon, Chemistry Department Head at Utah State University in Logan,
Utah. ex Mel Cannon collection NOTE: The color
does fade in sunlight. Regular inside light bulbs reportedly do not
cause fading.
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6hhmcir
((TOPAZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 2.6 x 1.3 x
.9 cm. Thumbnail, Here is a terminated sherry colored Topaz from Topaz
Mountain in Utah. These have a good color and are larger than average.
They were collected years and years ago. They came from the collection
of Mel Cannon, Chemistry Department Head at Utah State University in Logan,
Utah. ex Mel Cannon collection NOTE:
The color does fade in sunlight. Regular inside light bulbs reportedly
do not cause fading.
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DR21 ((SEPTARIAN NODULE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Muddy Creek area, Kane Co., Utah, 13.5 x 8.5 x 3 cm,
Cabinet, Cut section of a septarian nodule 13.5 x 8.5 x 3 cm showing bright
fluorescence under long wave UV, Muddy Creek area, Kane Co., Utah
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46 DR24 ((CAVANSITE
on STILBITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Wagholi, India, 3.8 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Cavansite on stilbite
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| 47 DR26
((4 AZURITE BLUEBERRIES)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Blue Crystal Mine, Lisbon
Valley, Utah, .5 to 1 cm in width, 4 Thumbnails, Spherical nodules of blue
Azurite from Utah. |
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DR27 ((KINOITE
with APOPHYLLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Christmas Mine, Gila
Co., AZ,
3.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Collected about 1975, blue
Kinoite with colorless Apophyllite.
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49 Agos46
((Dodecahedral FLUORITE, RHODOCHROSITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID,
Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec,
Canada, 9 x 5 x 2 MM,
Micro to Thumbnail, Sharp dodecahedral fluorite micro crystal
with rhodochrosite collected about 1970 by T. Agos ex T. Agos collection.
NOTE: Dave's description says Dodecahedral but in the photo, the
Fluorite looks to be cubic. Dave's is not available to clarify this
week.
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Agos47
((ZIRCON)), $5 MINIMUM BID,
Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec,
Canada,
1.8 x 1.5 x .9 cm,
Thumbnail,
zircon crystal in matrix collected
about 1971 by T. Agos; ex T. Agos collection.
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Agos51
((ANCYLITE, MICROCLINE, AEGIRINE)), $2 MINIMUM BID,
Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec,
Canada,
2.5 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm,
Thumbnail, Multiple small clusters of micro ancylite crystals on
microcline with aegirine;
Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec; collected 1971 by T. Agos; ex T. Agos
collection
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Agos52
((ASTROPHYLLITE-KUPLETSKITE on SODALITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID,
Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec,
Canada, 1.7 x 1 x 1 cm,
Thumbnail, Astrophyllite-Kupletskite on Sodalite having bright orange
fluorescence under love wave UV. collected 1971 by T. Agos; ex T.
Agos collection
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Agos48
((RHODOCHROSITE on SERANDITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID,
Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec,
Canada, 2.4 x 1.5 x .8 cm,
Thumbnail, Rhodochrosite micro crystals on serandite; Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec;
collected 2003; ex T. Agos collection.
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Agos49
((EPIDIDYMITE on SERANDITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID,
Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec,
Canada, 2.5 x 1.5 x .7 cm,
Thumbnail, Epididymite micro crystals on serandite with a
few rhodochrosite crystals; Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec;
collected 2003; ex T. Agos collection.
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Agos54
((ZIRCON, AEGIRINE, CANCRINITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID,
Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec,
Canada, 1.7 x 1.5 x .7 cm,
Thumbnail, Zircon micro crystals with aegirine on
cancrinite and fluorescent sodalite, minor pyrite and possibly marcasite;
Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, collected by T. Agos 1970; ex
T. Agos collection.
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Agos50
((ZIRCON, AMPHIBOLE)), $2 MINIMUM BID,
Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec,
Canada, .8 x .8 x .8 cm,
Thumbnail, Tiny but gemmy zircon micro crystal with
amphibole; Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec; 8 x 8 x 7 mm;
Ex T. Agos collection.
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| 57 Agos53
((ZIRCON, ALBITE, SYNCHYSITE, PYRITE, SIDERITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID,
Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec,
Canada, 1.5 x 1.2 x .7 cm,
Thumbnail,
Micro crystal of zircon with beautiful clusters of albite crystals plus
micro crystals of synchysite, pyrite and siderite; collected 1970 by T. Agos;
ex T. Agos collection.
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DR28 ((Fossil
SEA SNAKE VERTEBRAE)), $5 MINIMUM BID,
Khoribga, Morocco, 1.3 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm. Thumbnail, Fossil sea snake
vertebra: I think Palaeopius
Maghebianus
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dr10 ((SNOWFLAKE aka CRISTOBALITE included OBSIDIAN)), $7 MINIMUM BID,
Black Rock, Millard County, Utah, 6.5 x
4.5 x 3
cm. Miniature, Here is black Obsidian heavily included by
vesicles of white Cristobalite, a form of Quartz.
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dr11 ((GOETHITE pseudomorph after PYRITE)), $7 MINIMUM BID, Silver
Zone Pass, Wendover, Nevada, 5.5 x
5 x 2
cm. Miniature, Here is a 1.4 cm pseudomorph in matrix from
Nevada.
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dr12 ((GOETHITE pseudomorph after PYRITE)), $7 MINIMUM BID, Pelican
Point, Utah County, Utah, 3.5 x
2.5 x 2.5
cm. Miniature, Here is a cluster of pseudomorphed crystals from
Uah. These do typically have shrinkage cracks as this one does.
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dr13
((2 CORUNDUM variety RUBY)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Madagascar, .8 to
1 cm in length, 2 Thumbnails, Here are two hexagonal prismatic
red corundum variety ruby crystals from Madagascar. |
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dr14 ((3 CORUNDUM
variety RUBY)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Madagascar, .8 to 1.4 cm
in length, 3 Thumbnails, Here are three tabular red corundum
variety ruby crystals from Madagascar. |
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dr15
((2 CORUNDUM variety SAPPHIRE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Madagascar, 1.2 to 1.3 cm in length, 2 Thumbnails, Here
are two hexagonal prismatic blue corundum variety sapphire crystals from
Madagascar. |
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7807-7atkrns ((WULFENITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID,
Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico, 2.5 x 2.5 x .4 cm, thumbnail,
Here is an undamaged and large fully formed caramel colored Wulfenite
crystal. Near floater with one small area in the middle of one edge
that might have had attachment.
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7807-5attgns ((MARCASITE
looks like triceratops)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Da Chang Mine, Guangxi
Province, China, 5.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a neat
Chinese Marcasite that resembles a triceratops dinosaur head. These
odd shaped Marcasite stalactites came out back in 2005.
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7803-7idceis
((JAMESONITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Animas Mine, Chocaya, Bolivia, 7 x 6 x
4 cm, Cabinet, Here is rounded brillo pad like mass of grey light
weight jamesonite from Bolivia.
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7798-7lhjdns
((ZINCITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, N J Zinc Refinery, Palmerton,
Pennsylvania, 6.5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Like the Poland specimens,
here is a Pennsylvanian Zinc refinery by product from inefficient refinery
operations. There is massive Zincite in nature and very rarely
crystalline Zincite in nature. Many years ago the Poland specimens
were common with some dealers only selling Zincite from Poland. Much
rarer are the specimens from Pennsylvania. But the Poland specimens
have also nearly disappeared in the market except at metaphysical shops
selling them by the gram at high prices.
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7814-9fbdjr
((CERUSSITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Idaho, 5 x 4
x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a nice Cerussite specimen from the world
class Pyromorphite location of Bunker Hill. The white Cerussite
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7808-7atjtes ((EPIDOTE, QUARTZ with HEMATITE phantoms)), $50
MINIMUM BID, Meigu, Sichuan Province, China, 12 x 12 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet,
Here is a fine undamaged, one chip on a peripheral Quartz termination,
lustrous Quartz specimen with reddish brown large Hematite phantoms.
On the Quartz is associated dark green Epidote.
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12hhganr ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Nancy
Hanks Claim, Unaweep Canyon, Mesa County, Colorado, 12 x 6 x 3.5 cm,
Cabinet, Here is a druze of green Fluorite which is very Fluorescent under
long wave, mid wave, and short wave. It fluoresces with a purple color.
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12hhgais ((QUARTZ variety
AMETHYST)), $2 MINIMUM BID, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 8 x 6 x 2 cm,
Cabinet, Here is a specimen with terminated Quartz lightly Amethystine
from Brazil.
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7iddbocis
((FLUORAPATITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton,
Grafton County, New Hampshire, 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm,
Miniature, White carbonate rich Fluorapatite from this New Hampshire
mine. ex Ernie Schlichter collection. |
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ariis ((PREHNITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID,
Livingston, New Jersey, 6 x 4 x 1.2
cm. Cabinet, Here is a pastel green botryoidal Prehnite from New
Jersey. This was one of Clyde Hardin's trades for Arkansas
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ariis ((PREHNITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Livingston, New Jersey, 6.5 x 5 x 1.5
cm. Cabinet, Here is a pastel green botryoidal Prehnite from New
Jersey. This was one of Clyde Hardin's trades for Arkansas
specimens. Clyde Hardin collection.
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94hhhhr
((6 PYRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Grace Mine, Morgantown, Berks County,
Pennsylvania, largest is 2 cm, 6 Thumbnails, Here are reference
locality specimens of Pyrite from the Bethlehem Steels mine in Morgantown,
Pennsylvania. It was closed and sealed with tons of cement I
believe in the 70's. Pyrite crystals have chipping.
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77 7iddbocns
((5 AERGERINE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Mont Saint-Hilaire,
Quebec, Canada, 4.7 to 1.6 cm, Miniatures toThumbnails,
5 black Aergerine crystals from Mont Saint-Hilaire. Most of
these are terminated. ex Ernie Schlichter collection. |
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78 7iddbocis
((2 FLUORAPATITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Canada, 6 cm in length,
2 Miniatures, Here are 2 bluish green Apatite crystals that were with some
unlabeled Canadian minerals from the Ernie Schlichter collection. ex
Ernie Schlichter collection
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79 7iddbocis
((CHYRSOTILE aka ASBESTOS)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada,
4.5 x 3 x 2.8 cm, Miniature, Here is a solid specimen of Chrysotile from
Asbestos. ex Ernie Schlichter collection |
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80 ari
((VARISCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Lucin, Box Elder County, Utah, 6 x 6
x .5 cm, Miniature, Here is a slab of green Variscite from Utah .5 cm thich.
The green is somewhat darker if wet or polished. The front and back
are a matte finish from being sawn and not polished. Still not as dark as
some Lucin Variscite. ex Clyde Hardin collection.
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((JADE?)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Unknown locality,
11 x 8 x 6 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen of a form of Jade with a
sawn base.
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((AZURITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, La Sal District, San Juan County, Utah, 1.2 x
1.2 x 1.2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a thumbnail sized spherical Azurite
from the La Sal District in Utah.
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83 96ecejtr
((PETRIFIED WOOD)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Arizona, 6.5 x 6 x 6 cm, Miniature, Here is
a section of Petrified Wood. I think this is and ancient pine from
Arizona. At the time I got this, I also purchased a couple of small
full cut and polished rounds.
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84
96ecmmis
((WULFENITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Red Cloud Mine, Trigo Mts, La Paz
County, Arizona, 1.4 x .9 cm, Thumbnail, Here is
a fine thumbnail single crystal of red orange Wulfenite from Red Cloud Mine.
This crystal was prior to Wayne Thompson's 1996 April Fools Day find at the
Red Cloud Mine. The blue is some remnant mineral tack.
ex Phil Richerson collection. |
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85
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((5 MOLYBDENITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, White Pine Canyon, Little Cottonwood
District, Salt Lake
County, Utah, 1.5 to 4 cm, Miniature, Here are 5 specimens
from the Otto Reiter Collection of Molybdenite from Cottonwood Canyon in
Utah. ex Otto Reiter collection
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86
97idesis
((2 HANKSITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Searles Lake, Trona, California, 6
and 2 cm, Thumbnail and Miniature, Here is are two undamaged
Hanksite crystals from Searles Lake. One is the more prevalent
with the pointed terminations and the smaller with the less common flat
pinacoidal termination. Stands are included. Blue min
tack is a bit old and hard. Color is a light yellow and not the
orange in the photo.
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87
97idesr
((Green HEULANDITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Between Nasik and Poona, Pandharpur District, Maharashtra State, India, 2 X 1.5 x 1 cm,
Thumbnail, Here is a green thumbnail sized Heulandite Crystal
cluster. No damage and complete crystal. The green
coloration is from Celadonite inclusions.
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88
7hlkmis
((MIMETITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico, 3 X
2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a miniature specimen with undamaged
crystals of Mimetite.
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| 89 7hlkmis
((5 GYPSUM)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Poland,
4 to 4.5 cm, 5 Miniatures, Here are 5 terminated twinned Gypsum
crystals from Poland.
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((QUARTZ with minor PYROMORPHITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, New Southwest
Chester County Mine, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania,
5.5 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is a sharp specimen of a single
terminated Quartz crystal with minor green Pyromorphite near the base of the
crystal. |
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91
7hlkmis
((3 PYRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Blue Ball Quarry, Blue Ball, East Earl
Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,
2 to 2.5 cm, 3 Thumbnails, Here is a locality reference set of cubic
Pyrite from Blue Ball Quarry. Some chipping.
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92 7hlkmis
((CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Kibblehouse Quarry, Perkiomenville,
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania,
6 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm,
Miniature, Undamaged small sharp golden Calcite crystals from
Kibblehouse Quarry in Pennsylvania.
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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.
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50 511-9ldgcns Natrolite.
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59 12jkjlis
((QUARTZ over HEMATITE pseudomorph after PYROXENE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Bessemer Ridge, King County, Washington, 3.5 x 1.3 x .9 cm, Miniature,
Here is an unusual pseudomorph from the North West. The pseudomorph
has been studied and is believed to be Hematite after Pyroxene. This
one is also covered with small terminated Quartz crystals. ex
John Lindell collection. |
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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.
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OPAL)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sisoguichi, near Creel, Chihuahua, Mexico,
2.8 x 2.7 x 1 cm, Thumbnail/Miniature, Yellow Amber colored Opal from Sisoguichi, near
Creel, Chihuahua, Mexico |
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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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