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1 7iddbes-1235 ((MARCASITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Misburg, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany, 7 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Marcasite from a locality in Saxony. ex H Deisinger collection.

2 13atvmns ((HALITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Searles Lake, Trona, California, 13.5 x 13 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, This was an exceptional year for Searles Lake Halite. The color is the best pink for many years. Here is an aethetic specimen with large hoppered crystals on the front side and a darker pink matrix. On the backside is uniformally covered with smaller pink crystals. No damage

3 13bttjis ((VIVIANITE on FOSSIL CLAM)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tchenomorskiy Mine, Ukraine, Russia, 8 x 6 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a complete valve of a clam shell filled with a phosphate matrix with clusters of lustrous Vivianite crystal sprays. No damage.

4 9hhmris ((APOPHYLLITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Palaborwa Mine, Transvaal, South Africa, 6.5 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a uncommon locality for Apophyllite. Lustrous and undamaged.

5 7iddbts-797 ((WARDITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Edling, Spittal, Carinthina, Austria, 3.5 x 2.3 x .8 cm, Miniature, Here is an Austrian Wardite. ex H Deisinger collection.

6 13bttjns ((TENORITE variety MELACONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Kingman, Mohave County, Arizona, 12 x 7 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large specimen of Melaconite from Kingman, Arizona. ex Otto Ray collection with label.

7 13atvmis ((CINNABAR in OPAL)), $10 MINIMUM BID, B and B Mine, Esmeralda County, Nevada, 6.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm, Miniature, Pretty reddish pink common Opal from Nevada. Color is due to Cinnabar inclusions.	dr40 thdr51 one hematite pseudo after magnetite TN, Argentina, 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm

8 13atceg ((CUPRITE with MA

9 13atceg ((CUPRITE

10 13atceg ((SHATTUCKITE

11 13atssis ((RHODONITE, GALENA, CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 8 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, reddish pink Rhodonite from Broken Hill with minor Galena and Calcite.

12 13atssis ((FLUORITE on DOLOMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Shangbao Mine, Hunan Province, China, 7 x 6 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Light purple crystals of Fluorite from China on white Dolomite.

13 13atssis ((HAUSMANITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sha

14 13atssis ((SCAPOLITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Sar-e- Sang District, Badakhshan, Afghanistan, 5.5 X 5 X 4 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen with great lustrous crystals of Scapolite on matrix. ex Collectors Edge label at $125 value

15 13btceis ((TOPAZ with QUARTZ CLAY inclusions)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Maynard's Claim, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 4.5 cm in length, Miniature, These included Topaz seen to only occur at Topaz Mountain. This has large crystals at 4.5 cm and the terminations are etched and irregular.

16 13btceis ((TOPAZ with QUARTZ CLAY inclusions)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Maynard's Claim, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 4.5 cm in length, Miniature, These included Topaz seen to only occur at Topaz Mountain. This has large crystals at 4.5 cm and the terminations are etched and irregular.

17 13btceis ((TOPAZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Maynard's Claim, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 4.5 cm in length, Miniature, This is a terminated Topaz with some Quartz and or Rhyolite inclusions. This has large crystals at 4.5 cm.

18 13btceis ((TOPAZ cluster)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Maynard's Claim, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 4.5 cm in length, Miniature, This is a cluster of Topaz with some Quartz and or Rhyolite inclusions. This has large crystals at 4.5 cm.

19 13btceis ((TOPAZ cluster)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Maynard's Claim, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 4.5 cm in length, Miniature, This is a cluster of terminated lustrous Topaz crystals on matrix.

20 13btceis ((TOPAZ)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Maynard's Claim, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 5.5 cm in length, Miniature, This is a terminated lustrous Topaz crystal with some rhyolite inclusions.

21 13bttjis ((RUBELLITE TOURMALINE on LEPIDOLITE)), $7 MINIMUM BID, Steward Mine, San Diego County, Utah, 4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a Miniature with a light purple Lepidolite matrix and covered by several pink Rubellite tourmaline crystals.



22 13bttjis ((STIBICONITE pseudomorph after STIBNITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sonora, Mexico, 8.3 x 4.5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is an aesthetic specimen of Stibiconite from Mexico. ex Robert Ray collection.


23 13bttjis ((GETCHELLITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $10 MINIMUM BID, Getchell Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada, 6 x 5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Getchellite is the red micaceous mineral with the Orpiment. Realgar is different from Getchellite because Realgar is not micaceous. Good coverage on front and back.

24 13bttjis ((URBANITE, HEMATITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mangruvan, Lindesberg, Sweden, 7 x 5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Urbanite is dark brown and Hematite is black. Mindat says the Urbanite is a variety of Aergerine but discredited in 1988. ex Otto Ray specimen with label.

25 13bttjis ((COBALTOAN CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Aghbar Mine, Bou Azzer, Morocco, 6 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature, nice pink Calcite from Morocco. Some damage on the lower right edge crystals.

26 13bttjis ((KASOLITE)), RADIOACTIVE, $10 MINIMUM BID, Green Monster Mine, Goodsprings District, Clark County, Nevada, 11 x 5.5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Yellow Kasolite from Nevada.

27 13bttjis ((BOLTWOODITE)), RADIOACTIVE, $10 MINIMUM BID, Green Monster Mine, Goodsprings District, Clark County, Nevada, 7 x 5 x 1 cm, Cabinet, Yellow Boltwoodite from Nevada.

28 13bttjis ((MALACHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Apex Mine, St George, Washington County, Utah, 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Green Malachite from the Apex mine in St George, Utah mounted in a perky box. ex Robert Ray.

29 13bttjis ((SCHLOSSMACHERITE, CERULEITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $10 MINIMUM BID, Emma Luisa Mine, Guanaca, Chile, 4 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Checking on the photos in mindat.org the Schlossmacherite is the pitachio green mineral and the blue is Ceruleite.

30 13bttjis ((PYROLUSITE pseudomorph after RAMSDELLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mistake Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona, 5.5 x 5.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Interesting iridescent manganese mineral. This has a Dave Shannon label. It also has white acicular crystals that look like Cerussite. I assume the label is the correct label for the specimen but am not 100% sure. Mindat does not show Cerussite at the Mistake mine.

31 13bttjis ((MORDENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Coromandel Peninsula, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, 4.5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, White tuffs of Mordenite on matrix from New Zealand. Apparently collected in 1967.

32 13bttjis ((LORENZENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mt Kukisvuschorr, Kola Penninsula, Russia, 5 x 3.5 x 3 cm,Miniature, Here is a nice Lorenzenite with black terminated crystals with associated pinkish Feldspar mounted in a plastic box.

33 13bttjis ((GADOLINITE Y)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hittereo, Arendal, Norway, 4 x 3 x 1 cm, Miniature, Here is massive Gaolinite Y from Norway mounted in a plastic box.

34 13bttjis ((HYDROTALCITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $10 MINIMUM BID, Dypingdal, near Snarum, Buskerud, Norway, 7 x 5.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is rare hydrated, magnesium, aluminum carbonate from the Type Locality. Hydrotalcite is named for its resemblance to talc.

35 13bttjis ((GALENA)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Silver King Mine, Park City, Summit County, Utah, 5.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is Galena from Park City with an actual mine locality. ex Otto Ray collection with label.

36 13bttjis ((GOLD)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Rhein River, Lorelai, Germany, gelatin capsule, Micro, Here is gelatin capule with some micro sized flakes, micro nuggets that was probably panned. It was recovered by a sand and gravel company in Germany. ex Dave Shannon.

37 13bttjis ((SAL AMMONIAC)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ravat, Tadzhikistan, 1.4 x .5 x .5 cm, small Thumbnail, Sal Ammoniac is an odd organic mineral species of ammonium chloride composition. The crystals from this locality form aethetic feather like double terminated crystals. ex Dave Shannon.

38 13bttjis ((RICHELSDORFITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $10 MINIMUM BID, Richelsdorf Mountains, Hessen, Germany, 6 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Aqua blue micro crystals on matrix from the type locality and name sake. ex Dave Shannon.

39 13bttjis ((HEMATITE variety KIDNEY ORE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, 6 x 6 x 2 cm, Miniature, Botryoidal Hematite from the classic locality.

40 13bttjis ((NATROLITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Bound Brook Quarry, Bound Brook, New Jersey, 2.5 x .4 x .2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a terminated Natrolite crystal, mounted in a perky box, from New Jersey.

41 13bttjis ((TURQUOISE pseudomorph after APATITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Baviacora Mine, Sonora, Mexico, 3 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a fine pseudomorph of a pair of Apatite crystals into Turquoise.

42 13bttjis ((KERMESITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Cajla Mine, Pezinek, Slovak Republic, 6 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here are needle like crystals of Kermesite from Slovak Republic collected by S Horsky in 1999.

43 13bttjis ((SULFUR)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Novoyavorovskoe, Lavov Area, Ukraine, 4.5 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Solid crystalized yellow Sulfur from the Ukraine.

44 13bttjis ((WEEKSITE)), RADIOACTIVE, $10 MINIMUM BID, Autunite #8 claim, Juab County, Utah, 5 x 4.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Yellow Weeksite, an Uranium containing minerals species.

45 13bttjis ((FAIRFIELDITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Foot Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, 5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Large crystals and rich coverage of nearly opaque Fairfieldite crystals formed in a seam. Some tops of crystals have contact and are flattened. ex Robert Ray.

46 13bttjis ((VARISCITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Itumbiara, Goias, Brazil, 6.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Spherical green Variscite balls to .4 cm on matrix from Brazil.

47 13bttjis ((WURTZITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Queen of Hills Mine, Bellevue, Blaine County, Idaho, 5.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Reference specimen of massive Wurtzite from an Idaho locality. ex Robert Ray collection with label.

48 13bttjis ((WOLLASTONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Elhamman, Morocco, 10 x 9 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Interesting circle of Wollastonite crystals on matrix of other Wollastonite crystals in various orientations from Morocco.

49 13bttjis ((DESCLOIZITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Beatriz Mine, near Rayon, Sonora, Mexico, 14 x 7 x 6 cm, LargeCabinet, red brown crystals of Descloizite on a red brown matrix from Sonora.

50 13bttjis ((MALACHITE pseudomorph after AZURITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Rio do Pires, Bahia, Brazil, 11 x 6.5 x 4.5 cm, Large Cabinet, Copper minerals were not found in Brazil until this find in the 90's of fine Malachite after Azurite pseudomorphs. Unusual and uncommon from a Brazilian locality.

51 13bttjis ((VESUVIANITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hamrefjell Quarry, Eiker District, Drammen, Norway, 4.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Mounted in a miniature size perky like box. Lustrous and striated brown Vesuvianite from Norway. ex Robert Ray collection.

52 13bttjis ((FERRIERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Kamloops Lake, British Columbia, Canada, 4 x 1.5 x .3 cm, Miniature, Mounted in a miniature size perky like box. I have seen these on Chalcedony, but here is a mat or crust completely made up of red orange Ferrierite crystals with sphere like shapes. ex Robert Ray collection.

53 13bttjis ((ENARGITE altering to TYROLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mammoth Mine, Mammoth, Tintic District, Juab County, Utah, 3 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Mounted in a miniature size perky like box. Tintic specimens are somewhat hard to find. Here is a Enargite with surface altering blue green Tyrolite from the old Ray collection. ex Robert Ray collection.

54 13bttjis ((TETRAHEDRITE, GALENA, BOURNONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Silver King Mine, Park City, Summit County, Utah, 4.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Mounted in a miniature size perky like box. Park City specimens with mine localties named are also somewhat hard to find. Here is a massive specimen of several sulfide species. Otto Ray collection.

55 13bttjis ((WHELANITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $20 MINIMUM BID, Bawana Mine, Milford, Beaver County, Utah, 5.5 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature, Whelanite is uncommon and rarely found any more at this TYPE LOCALITY for Whelanite. Otto Ray collection.

56 13bttjis ((OLIVENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mammoth Mine, Mammoth, Tintic District, Juab County, Utah, 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Mounted in a miniature size perky like box. Tintic specimens are somewhat hard to find. Here is a olive green Olivenite specimen from the old Ray collection. I do not see Olivenite crystals but I do see other associated species such as Tyrolite. ex Robert Ray collection.

57 13bttjis ((SPHENE aka TITANITE twinned)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Northern Areas, Pakistan, 3.3 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Mounted in a perky box. Twinned green terminated Sphene crystal. ex Robert Ray collection.

58 13bttjis ((WULFENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ahumado Mine, Los Lamentos, Mexico, 4.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Mounted in a miniature size perky like box. Butterscotch colored somewhat lustrous Wulfenite crystals from Los Lamentos. ex Robert Ray collection.

59 13bttjis ((SKUTTERUDITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Aghbar, near Bou Azzer, Morocco, 3.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Small Miniature, Lustrous and undamaged large 2 cm Skutterudite crystal. Skutterudite is a cobalt species.

60 13bttjis ((PHLOGOPITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Koudor, Kola Penninsula, Russia, 8 x 6 x .6 cm, Cabinet, Here is a fine dark green black Phlogopite from Russia. .6 cm thick and could be cleaved into two specimens.

61 13bttjis ((MALACHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Big Indian Copper Mine, near Lasal, Lisbon Valley area, San Juan County, Utah, 8 x 4 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a pretty botryoidal green Malachite from Utah. No Damage, ex Robert Ray collection.

62 13bttjis ((TIEMANNITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Marysvale, Piute County, Utah, 3.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Very Rare species with the chemical formula of HgSe, Mercury Selenide from the classic Utah location. ex Robert Ray collection.

63 7fbdjrs ((RHODOCHROSITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Butte, Montana, 10.5 x 8 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large specimen with pink rhombs of Rhodochrosite from Butte. There is a yellowish coating on parts of the specimen and minor associated Quartz.

64 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.

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.

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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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