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Feb 1, 2013

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1 dr40 ((3 CORUNDUM variety RUBY)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Madgascar, 1 to 1.5 cm, 3 Thumbnails, Here are three tabular habit Ruby crystals from Madagascar.

2 dr44 ((2 CORUNDUM variety RUBY)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Madgascar, .7 to 1.3 cm, 2 Thumbnails, Here are three prismatic habit Ruby crystals from Madagascar. The photo is a little dark. Crystals are redder similiar to the tabular crystals.

3 dr70 ((SEPTARIAN NODULE end slice)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Muddy Creek area, Kane County, Utah, 11.2 x 9.8 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Nice bright fluorescence under long wave UV (better than shown in photo). Will be bright and shiny if polished or if coated with a thin layer of transparent acrylic.

4 dr67 ((CALCITE pseudomorph after GLAUBERITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Camp Verde, Arizona, 5 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm, Miniature, Example of this well known pseudo with interesting uncommon parallel growth from Arizona. This is about average size with many small ones now being found. The larger ones are harder to collect. colleDr67

5 dr62 ((SNOWFLAKE OBSIDIAN)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Black Rock, Beaver County, Arizona, 9 x 6.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Shiny black volcanic glass specimen with white nodules of Cristobalite forming the snowflakes.

6 dr53a ((4 MALACHITE pseudomorph after AZURITE)), $8 MINIMUM BID, Oujda, Morocco, all about 1.2 cm in length, 4 Thumbnails, Here are 4 small green and blue pseudomorpha of Malachite after Azurite from Morocco. .

7 dr47 ((VESUVIANITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Sierra de la Cruces, Coahuila, Mexico, 2.4 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a lustrous double terminated thumbnail sized Vesuvianite with matrix.	dr40 thdr51 one hematite pseudo after magnetite TN, Argentina, 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm

8 dr50 ((3 HEMATITE pseudomorph after MAGNETITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Mayun Volcano, Argentina, 1.5 to 2.5 cm, 3 Thumbnail, Here are three of the Argentine pseudomorphs.

9 dr56 ((SILVER wires in CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Port Radium, North West Territory, Canada, 2.1 x 1.5 x .9 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a nicely crystallized Silver wires in a Calcite matrix from Canada. ex Scott Williams specimen.

10 dr52 ((3 GOLD)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Ace of Diamonds Mine, Kittitas County, Washington, 2 and 5 MM, 2 Micros, Here are three very small lustrous Gold micro specimens from Washington state. Small but neat under a microscope.

11 dr53b ((2 AZURITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Oujda, Morocco, 1.4 and 2.8 cm, 2 Thumbnails, Here are 2 blue Azurite specimens from Morocco. .

12 13btcens ((CALCITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Verchniy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia, 5.5 x 3 x 2.2 cm, Miniature, Here is a water clear gemmy Calcite from Verchniy Mine in Russia. It is double terminated and undamaged except the main termination looks to have a cleaved tip. This looks quite like a natural face but I believe it is cleaved. The top half otherwise is water clear, gemmy, and flawless. The bottom have I believe has some tan slender Aragonite inclusions, which this location is known to have. I had to look at that cleave again. It is very difficult to tell that it is a cleave. Its more the form than the look of the face surface.

13 13btcens ((VANADINITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Mibladen, Midelt, Morocco, 7 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a fine Vanadinite with great color and no damage except two missing crystals near the base. I'll try to take a photo of the damage. Otherwise a great lustrous and color on this Vanadinite.

14 13btcens ((HEMIMORPHITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Wenshan Mine, Wenshan, Yunnan Province, China, 7 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, This looks like a bluegreen Smithsonite but is actually a great Chinese Hemimorphite with botryoidal form and no damage.

15 13btcens ((CALCITE with HEMATITE inclusions)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Tonglushan, Hubei Province, China, 10.5 x 8.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a great aesthetic Calcite with Hematite inclusions causing the red brown color. It has a sawn base and the back has been ground to shape. It even has an opening in the center. Overall in great shape with no visable damage.

16 13btcens ((ARSENOPYRITE, QUARTZ, MUSCOVITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 6 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a superb Arsenopyrite with top luster, no damage, and as clean as they get, which is really clean. There is a pair of terminated Quartz crystals in the back and small white opague flatterned rhombs of Calcite. There is also mounds of Muscovite. Excellent specimen prepped by Collectors Edge.

17 13btcens ((SPHALERITE, CALCITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Dalnegorsk, Russia, 4.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a superb black lustrous Sphalerite and white flattened rhombs of Calcite. It only has a small attachment at the base.


18 13btcens ((CALCITE on SPHALERITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, 20-78 stope, Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee, 7 x 6 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a superb black lustrous pair of undamaged twinned double terminated Elmwood Calcites on Sphalerite. Calcites are gemmy and sharp. The back side, just above the Sphalerite is a flattened contact area.

19 13btcens ((SPHALERITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Elmwood Mine, Carhage, Smith County, Tennessee, 7 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a superb black lustrous cluster of Sphalerite crystals from Elmwood. It looks in great shape and undamaged with perhaps a little very minor chipping. I am probably imagining that.

20 13btcens ((BARYTE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Northumberland Mine, Nye County, Nevada, 10 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Lustous large Barite crystals on matrix. They look undamaged except on crystal may be slightly damaged but is hard to tell for sure.

21 13btcens ((CALCITE with BARITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Bigrigg Mine, Cumberland, England, 7 x 6 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here are clusters of classic English Calcite that are water clear. Undamaged except for minor micro chipping on some edges but almost not worth mentioning. Also associated white and bluish blades of Barite.


22 13btcers ((CRANDALITE, WARDITE, VARISCITE)), $75 MINIMUM BID, Little Green Monster Mine, Fairfield, Clay Canyon, Utah County, Utah, 12 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Utah classic. It is a nodule end cut and is 5 cm thick. Clay Canyon is known worldwide for its rare phosphate mineral and Variscite nodules. This one has yellow Crandalite and blue grey Wardite veins and small eyes. There is also some light green Variscite. The most desired are the dark green Variscite nodules and also very pricey. The Crandalite and Wardite nodules are also very desirable from this classic Utah locality. The rarer phosphates need a microscope to find and identify in the small vugs contained in these nodules. I do not know is any of these are present or not. See mindat.org for specimen example of these nodules and rare phosphate minerals. This one is sawn and smooth but not polished.

23 ag57 ((ALBITE)), $2 MINIMUM BID, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, 1.2 x 1 x .1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a pale pink gemmy Albite crystal. collected by T. Agos in 1994, ex T. Agos collection.

24 ag58 ((NARSARSUKITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Poudrett Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, .8 x .8 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, Narsarsukite crystals in matrix. Ted Agos collection.

25 ag59 ((DOLOMITE, QUARTZ, maybe PYRRHOTITE)), $2 MINIMUM BID, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, 2.2 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Dolomite and Quartz micro crystals and possibly Pyrrhotite. ex T. Agos collection.

26 ag60 ((RHODOCHROSITE Rosettes with AEGIRINE, ALBITE, POLYLITHIONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, 1.8 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Fine Rosettes of Rhodochrosite with several other associated species. collected by T. Agos in early 1970s, ex T. Agos collection.

27 ag61 ((RHODOCHROSITE Rosettes on SERANDITE with micro NENADKEVICHITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, 2.4 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm, Thumbnail, Here are Rhodochrosite rosettes on Serandite with tiny micro Nenadkevichite crystals. collected by T. Agos in early 1970s, ex T. Agos collection.

28 11iddbis ((ORGANIC MATERIAL)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, , Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kerns County, California, 8 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is unusual. There are two, this one and the other listed. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection with label.

29 11iddbis ((ORGANIC MATERIAL)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kerns County, California, 4.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is unusual. There are two, this one and the other listed. THIS ONE WILL HAVE A COPY OF THE LABEL NOT THE ORIGINAL will be sent, ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection with label COPY ONLY.

30 7hhmrir ((2 AZURITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, La Sal, Utah, 1.5 to 1.6 cm, 2 thumbnails, Here are two thumbnail sized La Sal Azurite. Fully formed spherical clusters of Azurite crystals. Some individual crystals with damage but no major damage.

31 ariis ((PLANERITE and PLANERITE on WAVELLITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas, 2.8 cm, 2 Thumbnails, Here are two thumbnails in perky boxes; one is Planerite with a light bluish color and one with a large spherical Wavellite covered with Planerite. ex Clyde Hardin collection.

32 9ldgcns ((CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Freiberg, Germany, 8.5 x 4 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is reference Calcite from Freiberg. ex H Deisinger collection.

33 7iddbgcns ((QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany, 6 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is an old German Quartz with terminated crystals with some missing terminations. ex H Deisinger collection.

34 8atrmis ((COPPER, SILVER HALFBREED)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, 1.8 x 1.2 x .4 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a combination specimen known as a halfbreed of native Copper and native Silver from Michigan.

35 7atkris ((AZURITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 4 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Dark blue druzy Azurite from Tsumeb. ex Uli Bahman.

36 9hlnawra ((ROSCOELITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Fall Creek Mine, Placerville, Colorado, 5 x 5 x 5 cm, Miniature, Brown silicate. I guess its the brown spots on this specimen. This is a specimen from the Neil Wintrigham collection. Neil wrote the book on Maine minerals. ex Neil A Wintringham collection

37 9hlnawi ((POTASSIUM ALUM)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Alum Mine, Silver Peak, Esmeralda County, Nevada, 2 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, A sulphate aka Alum-K This is a specimen from the Neil Wintrigham collection. Neil wrote the book on Maine minerals. ex Neil A Wintringham collection.

38 12jkprnr ((PARISITE Ce)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Snowbird Mine, Fish Creek, Alberton, Mineral County, Montana, .9 x .6 x .6 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a Thumbnail sized single crystal of Parisite-Ce with a hexagonal shape and apparently terminated with a flat face on the top. Parisite is an uncommon carbonate, Ca, Ce, La carbonate with F. Collected 2012 by Pacific Rim Minerals.

39 12jkjlis ((QUARTZ over HEMATITE pseudomorph after PYROXENE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Bessemer Ridge, King County, Washington, 3.5 x 1.3 x 1 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. Overall color is a reddish brown from the Hematite. ex John Lindell collection.

40 9iddbdois ((SPECIES?)), $1 MINIMUM BID, unknown from Schlichter collection, 16 x 10 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen from Ernie Schlicter collection. The bottom is sawn to sit flat or display upright without a large heavy back. This one has crystals coated with a iron stain.

41 9iddbdois ((COLEMANITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Boron, Kern County, California, 12 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm, Here is a specimen from Ernie Schlicter collection. The bottom is sawn to sit flat or display upright without a large heavy back. No label but it is distinctive Boron Colemanite. No damage with naked eye but probably some minor chipping visable with a loop.

42 9iddbdois ((AEGIRINE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, 3 x 1 x .8 cm, Here is a specimen from Ernie Schlicter collection. It is a group of parallel terminated black Aegirine crystals.

43 2934 09hlis ((NORBERGITE)), Fluorescent yellow, $1 MINIMUM BID, Franklin, New Jersey, 3.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is an Norbergite from Franklin, one the the Fluorescent species from Franklin.

44 12hhtxis ((CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Buffalo Mine, Lion Hill Area, Tooele County, Utah, 5 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm, Miniature, Here is a scultural miniature branching white Calcite from Utah's Baffalo mine. Undamged mother and daughter stalactite or stalagmite.

45 9iddbdor ((JAPAN LAW TWINNED QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, unknown from Schlichter collection, 3.5 x 3 x 1 cm, Miniature, Here is an undamaged lustrous Japan Law Twinned floater Quartz with no attachment. No label was with this Ernie Schlicter collection specimen.

46 7hlkmir ((PYROMORPHITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 7 x 5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, NOTE: The lower center mound of Pyromorphite had been glued on. I have since taking the photo removed the added portion. It's makes a much better specimen with just the top half of Pyromorphite on the matrix.

47 4hhmlnr ((STANNITE on QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 4 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here are clusters of uncommon Stannite crystals on Quartz from China. ex Danny Detrin stock.

48 7iddbgces ((FLUORITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Mexico, 5 x 4 x 1 cm, Miniature, Light purple octahedral Fluorite from Mexico. ex H Deisinger collection

49 7iddbgciss ((CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Oberhohndorf, Zwickau, Saxony, Germany, 7.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a group of scalenohedral Calcite crystals. ex H Deisinger collection

50 7iddbgcar ((FLUORITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Freiberg, Germany, 5 x 4.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Cubic yellow to light brown transparent cubic Fluorite crystals with backlight actually side light since the back part of the specimen in opaque. ex H Deisinger collection

51 7iddbgces ((CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany, 5.5 x 5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a group of flattened rhombs of Calcite with some reddish brown coloration from Hematite. Some chipping and damage. It has a old collection number 873. ex H Deisinger collection

52 cf100-9iddbiss ((PYRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico, 5 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a undamaged lustrous 2 cm Pyrite crystal on matrix from Santa Eulalia.

53 7iddbgces ((PYRITE on FLUORITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Ludwig Vereinigt Field Mine, Schonbrunn, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany, 3.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen with lustrous small Pyrite crystals covering Fluorite. It has a old collection number 737. ex H Deisinger collection

54 7iddbgcar ((CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany, 6 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a group of Calcite crystals from Schlema. ex H Deisinger collection

55 4865 6fbbmir ((MAGNETITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Bolivia, 4.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen of Magnetite with an octahedral 7 MM crystal on matrix with Pyrite.

56 7iddbgcts ((MARCASITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Vlotho, Herford, Westphalia, Germany, China, 3.5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a spherical Marcasite from a German locality similiar externally to the ones from France except the inside is not radial. ex H Deisinger collection

57 dra05 ((FOSSIL GASTROPODS)), $1 MINIMUM BID, near Woodruff Narrows Reservoir, Wyoming, 2.5-2.8 cm long, Thumbnails, Gastropods, 3 specimens 2.5-2.8 cm long, near Woodruff Narrows Reservoir, Wyoming

58 7iddbgcts ((FLUORITE, PYRITE, QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 6 x 5.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen with a cubic light purple Fluorite and associated Pyrite on Quartz. ex H Deisinger collection

59 7473 11gedwg ((GOETHITE)), $1 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

60 8ectgn ((GREEN MIMETITE with WULFENITE)), $1 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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63 7807-7atkrns ((WULFENITE)), $1 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.

64 449 9lfdceis ((CHALCANTHITE variety PHILLIPITE)), Phila Academy of Science #19200, $1 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.

65 9iddbns ((HYALITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Zinsterkuppe, Kenmath, Bavaria, Germany, 4 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, This specimen is nicely mounted in a 3.5 x 4 x 5.5 plastic box with a clear plastic top that is removable. This specimen has a colorless bubble like Hyalite which is very fluorescent green in SWUV. Czech Republic is well known for Hyalite. This is a much more uncommon locality. Uncommon German location for specimens. ex H Deisinger collection.

66 9iddbns ((CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Hannebach, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, 3.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, This specimen is nicely mounted in a 3.5 x 4 x 5.5 plastic box with a clear plastic top that is removable. This specimen has a grey matrix with small Calcite crystals. Again nicely mounted. Must be a reference specimen for an unusual German location for specimens. ex H Deisinger collection.

67 9iddbns ((EPIDOTE, LAUMONTITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Windischeschenbach, Oberpfalzerwald, Bavaria, Germany, 5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, This specimen is nicely mounted in a 3.5 x 4 x 5.5 plastic box with a clear plastic top that is removable. Vugs with small micro Epidote crystals. Uncommon Bavarian location for specimens. ex H Deisinger collection.

68 9iddbns ((EPIDOTE, LAUMONTITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Windischeschenbach, Oberpfalzerwald, Bavaria, Germany, 4.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, This specimen is nicely mounted in a 3.5 x 4 x 5.5 plastic box with a clear plastic top that is removable. Vugs with small micro Epidote crystals. Uncommon Bavarian location for specimens. ex H Deisinger collection.

69 9iddbns ((ARSENOPYRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 3 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is an Arsenopyrite from China. ex H Deisinger collection.

70 5atjkis ((ARAGONITE on CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, 3 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm, Miniature, Here is an undamaged specimen with a mound of Calcite covered with acicular Aragonite crystals.

71 7atkrns ((GOLD)), $1 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.

72 9iddbes ((QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Unknown, 6.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a terminated Quartz cluster without a label. This is probably from Minas Gerais, Brazil. ex H Deisinger collection.

73 9iddbns ((CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Mathilde Mine, Ascheberg, Munsterland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 7 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Calcite from Ascheberg. Some fairly minor chipping or cleaved faces but overall in pretty good shape. ex H Deisinger collection.

74 9iddbns ((QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Pinzgau, Hohe Tauern, Salzberg, Austria, 8.5 x 6 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a reference specimen of Quartz with Chlorite from Austria. ex H Deisinger collection.

75 9iddbes ((GALENA)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Unknown, 4.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a Galena with a melted look typical of Russia and even other locations. ex H Deisinger collection.

76 9iddbns ((QUARTZ variety SMOKY QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 5.2 x 3.2 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Smoky Quartz from Brazil, ex H Deisinger collection.

77 98hhshis ((PYRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Silver King Mine, Park City, Summit County, Utah, 4 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Lustrous striated crystals of Pyrite from a well known mine in Park City. Many damaged crystals.

78 9iddbns ((CALCITE, PYRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico, 5 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is a Calcite from Naica. The crystal bases are white and opaque and the terminations are transluscent to transparent. There is also associated small Pyrite crystals. ex H Deisinger collection.

78 7hlkmir ((CARNOTITE)), RADIOACTIVE, $1 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.

79 11iddbes ((COLEMANITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Boron, Kerns County, California, 4 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Attractive miniature with a cluster of sharp chisel shaped white Colemanite crystals. with a bit of attached Calcite matrix. Photos do not do justice. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.

81 11iddbir ((VEATCHITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $1 MINIMUM BID, Tick Canyon Borate Deposit, Tick Canyon, Lang, Los Angelos, California, 3 x 2 x 1 cm, Miniature, Here is strontian borate species. It is from the Jim and Dawn Minette collection and has his personal collection label. Label says Paraveatchite, but I did not find the Paraveatchite on mindat, just Veatchite from the location on the label.

82 7hljdr ((COOKEITE, ELBAITE, QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Agsvaret, Norway, 4.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Reference specimen from the Jay Lininger reference collection with label.

83 12jklrr ((25 WULFENITE xls)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Old Yuma Mine, Pima County, Arizona, .4 to 1.6 cm, 25 Thumbnails, Here is a group of single Wulfenite crystals. ex Bill Dameron collection.

84 12jkjdr ((QUARTZ SCEPTER without STEM)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Pedro Claim, King County, Washington, 2 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is the top Quartz crystal of a scepter but the stem is missing, otherwise undamaged.

85 12jkwgr ((ORTHOCLASE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, near Mosquito Pass, Lake County, Colorado, 2.5 to 6.5 cm, Thumbnail to Cabinet, Twinned and Untwinned Orthoclase crystals from Colorado. ex Bill Dameron collection

86 12jkwgr ((11 QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Ngai, near Didieni, Kayes Region, Mali, 1.5 to 2.5 cm, 11 Thumbnails, 11 double terminated Quartz crystals. ex Bill Dameron collection

87 12jkwgr ((BARITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Wet Grooves Mine, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England, 4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, A specimen of Barite from Missouri. ex Bill Dameron collection.

88 12jkfme ((CREEDITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Hall Mine, Tonopah, Nevada, 3 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a large thumbnail with small purple crystal of Creedite from Nevada. ex D Earnest collection.

89 12hljdr ((MAGNESIOARFVEDSONITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Berkus, near Bonn, Germany, 3.5 x 2 x 1.2 cm, Miniature, Uncommon bluish black Silicate collected by Manfred Schaeffer. ex David Shannon.

90 12hljdr ((2 TOBERMORITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Fosso Atico, Sicily, Italy, 1 and 2 cm, 2 Thumbnails, an uncommon white silicate. ex David Shannon.

91 12hljdr ((YITROFLUORITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, White Cloud Pegmatite, Jefferson County, Colorado, 2.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, an uncommon Ca Y F species. ex David Shannon.

92 12hljdr ((BRONZITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, near Bamle, Norway, 3 x 2 x 1 cm, Miniature, the ferroan variety of Enstatite. ex David Shannon.

93 12hljdr ((BERYLLONITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Linopolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil, .5 and less cm, Micros, Here is many small pieces of Beryllonite. ex Carlos Barbosa, ex David Shannon.

94 5iddbl ((ANHYDRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico, 8.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a light blue specimen with fans of Anhydrite crystals. The right back has cleaved terminations with the left side having fully terminated crystals.

95 6hlbrir ((EPIDOTE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Pakistan, 6 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen with needle like crystals of dark green Epidote.

96 12fbdjt ((CHALCOCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Butte, Montana, 5 x 4 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a miniature sized specimen from Butte of massive Chalcocite.

97 11iddbir ((UNKNOWN RED BROWN)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Boron, Kerns County, California, 5 x 5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is unknown from the Boron Open Pit. It is from the Jim and Dawn Minette collection and has his personal collection label.
11btcar ((FLORENCITE-Ce on MICROCLINE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Rumi Tucu Quarry, Papachacra, Catamarca, Argentina, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a specimen of Microcline covered with micro Florencite-Ce crystals.
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.

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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