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Jan 4, 2012

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1 5iddbts ((NATROLITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Germany, 5.5 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature, A cluster of acicular Natrolite crystals. Does not appear to have damage but there is a large flat area of contact on one side of the spherical mass. H Deisinger collection

2 5atdbns ((CHALCEDONY pseudomorph after CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Saguache County, Colorado, 7 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Colorado pseudomorph.

3 7iddbrs ((QUARTZ variety AMETHYST)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Piedra Parada, Veracruz, Mexico, 3.5 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a single terminated Amethyst from Veracruz.

4 3hhjhis ((RHODOCHROSITE on QUARTZ)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Sunnyside Mine, San Juan County, Colorado, 2 X 1.5 X 1.4 cm, Thumbnail, Pretty dark pink crystal cluster of Rhodochrosite from Colorado.

5 8230-7iddbar ((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, K D Pocket, Ouray County, Colorado, 8.5 x 7.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Undamaged with only contact at the narrow base. It is displayable from front or back. Nearly translucent milky Quartz with great terminations. Here is a fine Colorado Quartz specimen.

6 8231-7idceiar ((EUCLASE, MUSCOVITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 9 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Large books of Muscovite forming a pocket with an colorless terminated 1 cm Euclase crystal. There are several other smaller crystals to .4 cm mostly hidden lying on the Muscovite until the light reflects off their faces. ex Ernie Schlichter with label.

7 11hljdr ((RHODOCHROSITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Pachapaqui District, Ancash Department, Peru, 13.5 x 6 x 5.5 Cabinet, Here is a pretty pink Rhodochrosite from Pachapaqui. It has geometric shapes with marks that look like they have been cut in with a knife. These are actually left by another bladed mineral crystals, perhaps Calcite, that the Rhodochrosite grew on and between the blades. Then the blades were later dissolved by nature leaving the strange and interesting shapes. These strange cut like formations are also found in some Russian Quartz specimens.

8 7hhcens ((CALCITE, ARAGONITE STALACTITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Beck Street Limestone Quarries, North Salt Lake, Salt Lake County, Utah, 23.5 x 9.5 x 5.5 cm, Large Cabinet, This was collected and brought to me by a local collector two years ago. He found it exploring a small cave in a local Limestone gravel quarry. The cave is probably gone now by the on going quarry operation. It is composed of three non terminated columns with one large and two smaller columns. A bit ugly but hard to come by since all the major caves which are in Utah County, like Timpanogos are protected national monuments with collecting not allowed.

9 3hetg ((TOBASCO GEODE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Rancho Aqua Blanca, Tobasco, Zacatecas, Mexico, 2.4 cm width, Thumbnail, Here is a small druzy Quartz geode cut in halves. Many used in jewelry making.

10 3hetg ((TOBASCO GEODE)), $8 MINIMUM BID, Rancho Aqua Blanca, Tobasco, Zacatecas, Mexico, 2.2 cm width, Thumbnail, Here is a small druzy Quartz geode cut in halves. Many used in jewelry making.

11 3hetg ((TOBASCO GEODE)), $7 MINIMUM BID, Rancho Aqua Blanca, Tobasco, Zacatecas, Mexico, 2.2 cm width, Thumbnail, Here is a small druzy Quartz geode cut in halves. Many used in jewelry making.

12 3hetg ((TOBASCO GEODE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Rancho Aqua Blanca, Tobasco, Zacatecas, Mexico, 1.8 cm width, Thumbnail, Here is a small druzy Quartz geode cut in halves. Many used in jewelry making.

13 bw1141.ar ((COPPER)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Unknown locality, 7 x 5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is an interesting sculptural specimen of Copper. ex Bill Williams collection


14 bw522.inr ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Denton Mine, Cave in Rock, Hardin County, Illinois, 4.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Undamaged fine dark purple cubic Fluorite with sharp edges from Cave in Rock. ex Bill Williams collection


15 bw233.is ((PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Nanisivik Mine, Baffin Island, North West Territory, Canada, 5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Fine undamaged lustrous Pyrite from Nanisivik. ex Bill Williams collection


16 bw1174.rs ((COPPER)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, 3 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm, Miniature, Here is an aesthetic arborescent Copper specimen from Ray Mine. ex Bill Williams collection

17 bw674.ir ((AZURITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Clifton, Greenlee County, Arizona, 4 x 2.5 x 1 cm, Miniature, Here is a sparkling lustrous undamaged deep blue Azurite from Arizona. ex Bill Williams collection


18 bw898.irs ((RHODOCHROSITE, QUARTZ)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, 5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is an aesthetic miniature Butte Rhodochrosite with associated Quartz. Undamaged 1.5 cm rhombic crystal of reddish pink Rhodochrosite. ex Bill Williams collection


19 bw170.lr ((CHALCOCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Berkeley Pit, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, 3.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a Butte Chalcocite with lustrous Chalcocite crystals on a grey Chalcocite matrix. ex Bill Williams collection

20 bwxx.lr ((COVELLITE, PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Kelly Mine, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, 3 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm, Miniature, Here is an iridescent Covellite with magenta and some blue coloration. ex Bill Williams collection

21 bw1071.ar ((FLUORITE on CELESTINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, El Tule District, Melchor Musquiz, Chihuahua, Mexico, 3.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a fine undamaged light purple transparent cubic Fluorite cluster perched on a white thick crystal of Celestine. The Fluorite crystals are undamaged, sharp and completely formed on all sides. ex Bill Williams collection


22 bw610.ar ((AZURITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico, 5.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a fine specimen with undamaged terminated Azurite crystals that are also transparent to translucent with backlighting. Most of the crystals are hard to backlight. Bill Williams collection

23 bwxx.nr ((CHRYSOCOLLA)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Silver Bell Mine, Silver Bell, Pima County, Arizona, 3 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm, Miniature, Here is a cute miniature with botryoidal mounds of blue grey Chrysocolla from Arizona. ex Bill Williams collection

24 bwxx.lr ((AZURITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, 3 x 2 x 1.8 cm, Miniature, Here is an iridescent Covellite with magenta and some blue coloration. ex Bill Williams collection

25 11iddbel ((REALGAR on ULEXITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, , Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kerns County, California, 6.5 x 6.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a white acicular like Ulexite with red orange inclusions of Realgar. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.

26 11iddble ((MEYERHOFFERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Gower Gulch Mine, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, 7 x 5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a white acicular crystals of Meyerhofferite from a mine in Death Valley National Park, now off limits to collecting. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.

27 11iddble ((THENARDITE pseudomorph after MIRABILITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Settling Ponds West of Open Pit Mine, , Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kerns County, California, 4 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a very rare pseudomorph from Boron. They were collected by Jim Minette from the settling Ponds at Boron. They were sprayed or coated to preserve them. They are also normally supper fragile. This one is not nearly as fragile as most of them so I believe this will ship. It is very light weight. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.

28 11iddbtg ((TINCALCONITE pseudomorph after BORAX)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, , Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kerns County, California, 5.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a large single crystal with a second smaller crystal of Borax pseudomorphed to white Tincalconite. This is a well known pseudomorph from Boron. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.

29 11iddbrg ((HOWLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, , Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kerns County, California, 7.5 x 7 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a nodule of Howlite with a yellow rind and white interior. Howlite has been dyed turqoise and sold as actual Turquoise. So if your chipped Turqoise has a white center, it is Howlite. Yellow rind is from Boron, grey rind is Tick Canyon. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.

30 11iddbgs ((Pseudo Octahedral TINCALCONITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Dissolving Tanks in Borate Refinery, Boron Open Pit Mine, , Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kerns County, California, 5.5 x 5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is another rare and unusual specimen. It is a Tincalconite with pseudo Octahedral crystals. Usually Tincalconite is formed as a white mineral from Borax loosing water and pseudomorphing to Tincalconite. These formed inside the dissolving tanks and are only able to be collected when the tanks are cleaned out after years of being used. These were collected by Jim Minette. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.

31 11iddbtss ((KURNAKOVITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, , Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kerns County, California, 13 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large Kurnakovite. These evidently only came out for a brief period of time. They also seem to be very expensive and highly rated on other websites. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.

32 11iddbgs ((COLEMANITE pseudomorph after INYOITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Corkscrew Canyon Mine, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, 3.5 x 3 x 1 cm, Miniature, Here is a pseudomorph from Corkscrew Canyon. Sparkling Colemanite has replaced Inyoite from a mine in Death Valley National Park, now off limits to collecting. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.

33 11iddbts ((Clamshell ULEXITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, , Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kerns County, California, 4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a Ulexite with an odd shape. They call these clamshell Ulexite but they look like tree fungi to me. These are popular and collected many years ago. I am told it took two people. One to chip out of the specimen from high on wall and the other to catch the specimen when it falls loose of the wall. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.

34 11iddbls ((COLEMANITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Corkscrew Canyon Mine, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, 10 x 7 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a sparkling sugary Colemanite from a mine in Death Valley National Park, now off limits to collecting. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.

35 11iddbls ((COLEMANITE with TODOROKITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Corkscrew Canyon Mine, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, 9 x 5.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a sparkling sugary Colemanite from a mine in Death Valley National Park, now off limits to collecting. The dark color is from Todorokite. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.

36 11iddbes ((ULEXITE pseudomorph after BORAX)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, , Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kerns County, California, 3.5 x 3 x 1.7 cm, Miniature, Here is a Ulexite pseudomorph after a double Borax crystals. Even stands upright on its own. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.

37 11iddbes ((HYDROBORACITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Boraxo Mine (Thompson Mine), Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, 3 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a uncommon species from a find many years ago at Boraxo mine in Death Valley National Park, now off limits to collecting. Here is a fine spherical crystal cluster of white terminated crystals. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.

38 11iddbas ((MEYERHOFFERITE)), Type Locality, $10 MINIMUM BID, Mount Blanco Mine, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, 5.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a Meyerhofferite from the Type Locality of Mount Blanco Mine in Death Valley National Park, now off limits to collecting. Here is a cluster of reticulated white crystals. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.

39 11iddbig ((MEYERHOFFERITE pseudomorph after INYOITE)), Type Locality, $10 MINIMUM BID, Mount Blanco Mine, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, 10 x 6.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Meyerhofferite pseudomorph after Inyoite from the Type Locality of Mount Blanco Mine in Death Valley National Park, now off limits to collecting. This is a old California classic borate pseudomorph. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.

40 8238 2hhshis ((ARAGONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mammoth Mine near Eureka, Tintic District, Jaub Count, Utah, 2 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a undamaged pricky sphere of acicular Aragonite crystals from Utah. It is hot glued to a brown small ceramic tile. This is characteristic of the local collector, Solon Hammack whom used a match and a glue stick to glue the delicate specimens to ceramic tile in the mine while collecting specimens. This will fit into a perky box with out removing the tile. ex Solon Hammack collection.

41 drb01 ((SISOGUICHI OPAL)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Sisoguichi, near Creel, Chihuahua, Mexico, 2.3 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Orange Opal from Sisoguichi, near Creel, Chihuahua, Mexico. I am listing the 5 left.

42 drb02 ((SISOGUICHI OPAL)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Sisoguichi, near Creel, Chihuahua, Mexico, 2 x 1.7 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Orange Opal from Sisoguichi, near Creel, Chihuahua, Mexico. I am listing the 5 left.

43 drb03 ((SISOGUICHI OPAL)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Sisoguichi, near Creel, Chihuahua, Mexico, 1.5 x 1 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Orange Opal from Sisoguichi, near Creel, Chihuahua, Mexico. I am listing the 5 left.

44 drb04 ((SISOGUICHI OPAL)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Sisoguichi, near Creel, Chihuahua, Mexico, 4 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Orange Opal from Sisoguichi, near Creel, Chihuahua, Mexico. I am listing the 5 left.

45 drb05 ((SISOGUICHI OPAL)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Sisoguichi, near Creel, Chihuahua, Mexico, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Orange Opal from Sisoguichi, near Creel, Chihuahua, Mexico. I am listing the 5 left.

46 8259 95btjhts ((DURANGITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, .7 x .7 x .6 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a rare species from Thomas Range. The small find from many years ago has long been mined out. This is a small cluster of orange crystals mounted in a perky box.

47 8204 07btkrr ((BAYLDONITE pseudomorph after AZURITE?)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a rare pseudomorph from Tsumeb. It is a small Azurite shaped crystal that is a light green color. It is not the typical Malachite pseudo. It was not labeled by Kristalle when I purchased part of the Uri Bahman collection. I think it is probably Bayldonite but it has no analysis has been done to confirm. ex Kristalle, ex Uri Bahman collection.


48 8256 95btjtnr-723 ((VANADINITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mibladen, Midelt, Morocco, 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a fine undamaged red orange Vanadinite in a thumbnail size. It is mounted on a block stand that fits into a perky box. It was mounted with old hardened blue mineral tack. I removed the min tack and replaced with new white tack but it still has remnants of the blue tack on the bottom of the specimen.

49 9iddbns ((FLUORITE, PYRITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Huanzala, Peru, 5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Colorless cubo octahedral Fluorite on Pyrite from Peru. The largest Fluorite has contact from another Fluorite. ex H Deisinger collection.


50 9iddbnss ((DIOPTASE, QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region Namibia, 9.5 x 7.5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a fine Quartz geode with the backside covered with emerald green Dioptase. The Dioptase is not very crystalline. Only a few small crude crystals. ex H Deisinger collection.

51 11iddbns ((COLEMANITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, , Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kerns County, California, 8.5 x 5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a colorless Colemanite with fairly large crystals. It does not have the best shape in the world for display but it is a nice reference specimen. With some mineral tack it will set for display similar to the photo. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.

52 9iddbns ((CHALCOPYRITE on QUARTZ)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Huaron, Peru, 5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a single Chalcopyrite crystal on a bed of Quartz crystals. ex H Deisinger collection.

53 9iddbns ((QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Brazil or Arkansas, 7.5 x 6.5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is a group of Quartz with out a label. It is probably from Brazil or Arkansas. ex H Deisinger collection.

54 5ecbfnr ((QUARTZ scepter)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Liliana Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico, 5 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm, Miniature, Here is a terminated sceptered Quartz with a light Amethyst tip.

55 5ecbfnr ((QUARTZ scepter)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Liliana Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico, 5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a terminated Quartz with a tear drop on one side.

56 11iddbes ((COLEMANITE, CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, , Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kerns County, California,7 x 5.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a colorless Colemanite with crystals coated with yellow Calcite. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.

57 9iddbns ((QUARTZ, PYRITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, China, 9 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a group of Quartz and minor Pyrite with out a label. It is probably from China. I can not tell what the red area is. It may be something on it or spilled on it. It does not feel sticky, but looks that way. So I do not think its natural. Maybe so sort of glue for mounting. ex H Deisinger collection.

58 11iddbnr ((PROBERTITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, , Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kerns County, California, 4.5 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen of the rare borate species, Probertite. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.

59 7ecmdts ((OCTAHEDRITE METEORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Campo del Cielo Meteorite, Argentina, 2.5 x 2 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, This meteorite is an octahedrite meteorite mainly Iron and Nickel and minor Ga, Ge, and Co. This specimen is flattened on the backside to make it suitable for jewelry.

60 11iddbes ((Stalactitic COLEMANITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, , Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kerns County, California, 7.5 x 4.5 x 2.2 cm, Cabinet, Here is a colorless Colemanite with crystals forming several terminated parallel stalactites. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.

61 11iddbes ((Stalactitic COLEMANITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, , Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kerns County, California, 6 x 5.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a colorless Colemanite with crystals forming two terminated stalactites. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection. .

62 97hhswrs ((FLUORITE, QUARTZ, DOLOMITE, ARSENOPYRITE, CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 14 x 12 x 5 cm, Large Cabinet, Here is a large combination specimen from Hunan, China. No apparent damage. Backside is Quartz covered with flattened rhombs of Calcite. There are two broken Quartz on the backside. ex H Deisinger collection.

63 11hhhhis ((2 PYRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Bingham Open Pit Copper Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah, 1.2 and 1.7 cm, 2 Thumbnails, Here are two pyritahedral crystals of Pyrite from the Bingham Open Pit Copper Mine. Some chipping as pictured on the fully formed crystals.

64 9iddbtr ((BRAZILIANITE,ALBITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Linopolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 5 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a yellow green Brazilianite crystal from Brazil. It has minor white Albite. Some damage and contact to the translucent Brazilianite.

65 7atkrns ((GOLD)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Brazil, capsule is 1.8 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a small Gold nugget inside a gelatin pill capsule in a perky thumbnail box.

65 7972 1jkggns ((EPIDOTE, QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Green Monster Mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, 3.5 x 1 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a fine double terminated Epidote from Prince of Wales. It is undamaged, lustrous and has several protruding Quartz crystals. ex Gil Griffin collection.

66 8073 9iddbts ((SPESSARTINE, ALBITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Shengus, Gilgit, Northern Areas, Pakistan, 3.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a 1.8 cm Spessartine crystal in a bed of contrasting white Albite from Pakistan.

67 8047 12cadwnr ((CHRYSOCOLLA)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo, 5 x 5 x 1 cm, Miniature, Here is a pretty Chrysocolla from Katanga. No damage and botryoidal blue mounds of Chrysocolla. ex Wolfgang Henkel collection.

68 8106 99stsmar-2227 ((APOPHYLLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India, 5.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a pristine double terminated Apophyllite crystal. No micro chipping, no damage, just a single crystal with sharp edges and perfectly pointed terminations. Small attachment in the center of the crystal on one edge from a chalcedony, quartz stalactite. ex Superb Mineral specimens from Executive Inn, Tucson in 1999.

69 8150 7iddblt ((TITANITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Homestake District, Butte, Montana, 5.5 x 3.5 x .6 cm, Miniature, I have not seen these previously from Butte. It is a large brown single Titanite aka Sphene crystal from Butte. It is not twinned as most Titanites seemed to be twinned.

70 4853 10jkpiig ((PECORAITE, GASPEITE, MAGNESITE, possibly NULLAGINITE and OTWAYITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Otway Prospect near Nullagine, Western Australia, Australia, 4.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Lots of species here. Hopefully they are all green!

71 449 9lfdceis ((CHALCANTHITE variety PHILLIPITE)), Phila Academy of Science #19200, $10 MINIMUM BID, Santiago, Chile, 4.5 cm sealed glass tube, Thumbnail, Here is a specimen of soluble Copper Sulfate which has been sealed in a glass tube with the ends melted closed. It is from the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Science collection #12000. It has and old label, in two pieces, and an Academy label. It is an unusual or rare variety of Chalcanthite from Chile. Phillipite may not be a valid species any longer.

72 7941 0apmrir ((ZINCITE, smelter by product)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Silesia, Poland, 4.5 cm in length, Miniature, This is a smelter by product from old inefficent Zinc Furnaces. Modern furnaces do not have this zincite formed any longer. Twenty years ago some dealers entire booths were Zincite. Now it is uncommon to see any for sale except in metaphysical shops selling by the gram. The majority is held in collections throughout the world. This is from a small to medium size lot I purchased many years ago. The last 3 larger pieces that I had saved, I took to Denver and sold all three. This small specimen just showed up again in some of my stock.

73 12hhjdis ((GYPSUM variety SELENITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Glitter Pits, Mohave County, Arizona, 8 x 8 x 1.2 cm, Cabinet, Here is a nearly transparant Selenite.

73 15atjkns ((ARAGONITE on CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, 3.5 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm, Miniature, Here is an undamaged white mound of Calcite with the top covered with acicular crystals of Aragonite.

74 3hedwlr ((CALCITE with ARAGONITE inclusions)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Ulnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia, 5.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a choice lustrous undamaged Russian Calcite with tan long needle like crystals of Aragonite some included into the Calcite. Calcite has great undamaged terminations.

75 5atadls

76 7hetgig

77 7iddbocis ((SMOKEY QUARTZ, MICROCLINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Government Pit, Albany, New Hampshire, 7 x 7 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is one of Ernie Schlichter specimens, #10.736, of Smokey Quartz on the matrix of white Microcline. Some minor chipping on one of the terminated Smokey Quartz. ex Ernie Schlicter.

78 7iddbocis ((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, No Label, 9 x 6.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is one of Ernie Schlichter specimens which is a parallel multi crystal of terminated Quartz. It almost resembles a Qwindel Quartz. ex Ernie Schlicter.

79 ariis ((SMITHSONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Philadelphia Mine, Rush, Arkansas, 2 x 2 x .9 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a lustrous botryoidal yellow brown Smithsonite from Arkansas. ex Clyde Hardin collection.

80 ariis ((SMITHSONITE pseudomorph after DOLOMITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Philadelphia Mine, Rush, Arkansas, 2.5 x 2.2 x 1.4 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a yellow brown thumbnail sized specimen of saddleback Dolomite now pseudomorphed to Smithsonite. ex Clyde Hardin collection.

13 3hhjhis ((RHODOCHROSITE on QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sunnyside Mine, San Juan County, Colorado, 2 X 1.5 X 1.4 cm, Thumbnail, Pretty dark pink crystal cluster of Rhodochrosite from Colorado.

81 6atdbnr ((EPIDOTE, HEMATITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, North Eastern Province, Kenya, 5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a large dark green Epidote with an odd termination. It may be a break which has regrown. Sits perfectly on the bottom. Back side has a grey coating of micro crystalline Hematite. ex Wayne Thompson.

82 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.

83 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

84 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

85 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

86 9ldgcns ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, see label, 10.5 x 7 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Calcite specimen with flattened rhombs on a pinkish matrix coating the base rock. ex H Deisinger collection.
87 9ldgcar ((PHARMAKOLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Wittichen, Schwarz, Germany, 12.5 x 8 x 8 cm, Cabinet, White Spherical masses of acicular white crystals of Pharmakolite from Germany. ex H Deisinger collection.

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.

89 511-9ldgcns Natrolite.


90 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.
91 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.

92 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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