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May 17, 2013

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1 5144 08ksdbr ((APATITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, 300' TO 600' Ocean Bottom off St Nickolas, California, 4 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature, Rare specimen from the ocean bottom. ex P A Foster, M D collection with label from 1962

2 11iddbrs ((ULEXITE pseudomorph after BORAX)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Boron, Kerns County, California, 3.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Excellent Ulexite pseudo after Borax. Floater with no damage. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.

3 11iddbrs ((CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Boron, Kern County, California, 6 x 4 x 1.8 cm, Miniature, Here is are strings of Calcite crystals on matrix which are also fluorescent under SW UV. ex Jim Minette collection.

4 11iddbiss ((COLEMANITE pseudomorph after INYOITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Corkscrew Canyon Mine, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, 4 x 3.5 x 1 cm, Miniature, Pseudomorph of Colemanite after Inyoite from Death Valley. No Damage. ex Jim Minette collection.


5 7977 2eclmtr ((ROSE QUARTZ Flower)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Pitorra Mine, Galilea, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 4 x 3 x 2.3 cm, Miniature, Crystalline Rose Quartz is uncommon but here is a terminated Quartz crystal surrounded by crystals of Rose Quartz forming a flower like specimen. Also a side cluster with hoppered Rose Quartz crystals. Undamaged unique specimen.

6 ari ((EPIDOTE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Viu Valley, Torino, Italy, 2.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Small Epidote crystals on matrix. ex Clyde Hardin	dr40 thdr51 oe hematite pseudo after magnetite TN, Argentina, 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm S

7 7492 11gljdrs ((HEMATITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Cleator Moor, Cumberland, England, 6.5 x 5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a classic English Hematite. It is a needle ore type specimen with an odd shape.

8 11iddbnr ((minor CALCITE on COLEMANITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, Kern County, California, 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a Colemanite with minor Calcite mounted in a plastic miniature box. ex Milton Speckles, ex Jim Minette.

9 11iddbnr ((CALCITE on COLEMANITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, Kern County, California, 4.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a Colemanite with spheres of Calcite mounted in a plastic miniature box. ex Milton Speckles, ex Jim Minette.

10 11iddbnr ((INDERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, Kern County, California, 6.2 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm, Miniature, Here are non terminated parallel Inderite crystals from Boron. ex Jim Minette collection.

11 12hhjdis ((OBSIDIAN)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Spor Mountain and Thomas Range area, Juab County, Utah, 12 x 7 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is black volcanic glass aka Obsidian with a pearlescent coating.

12 8344 5brdbar ((PYRITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Central City, Gilpin County, Colorado, 4.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Undamaged lustrous Pyrite on matrix from Colorado.

13 8957 11hljdns ((ANDESINE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Portland, Victoria, Australia, 4 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a multiple parallel crystal of Andesine on a matrix of Andesine.

14 02hhdwnas ((GALENA spinel twins)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Kray, Russia, 5.5 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a fine undamaged spinel twinned Galena specimen from Russia.

15 5btdbar ((PYRITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Colorado, 4.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Undamaged lustrous near floated with a small area that is probably contact on the base.

16 5btmlis ((PHLOGOPITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, 6 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, These are gemmy Phlogopite crystals that fluoresce yellow under SW UV.

17 ari ((BAUXITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Arkansas, 3 cm average size, Miniature to Thumbnail, Here are 4 Bauxite specimens. Clyde Hardin collection.

18 5ecdbis ((ACTINOLITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Heath Canyon, Wrightwood, San Bernardino County, California, 6x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Specimen of solid Actinolite with green crystals is radiating clusters and parallel growth.

19 5atdbis ((QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Grizzly Bear Mine, Ouray County, Colorado, 3.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Terminated stubby milky Quartz specimen from Ouray.

20 7799 7atkrnr ((MOTTRAMITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 7 x 5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Botryoidal Mottramite from Tsumeb. No damage. ex Uri Bahman collection.

21 5btmlis ((PHLOGOPITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, 6 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, These are gemmy Phlogopite crystals that fluoresce yellow under SW UV.

22 11iddbis ((CALCITE on CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Boron, Kern County, California, 5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a miniature specimen with a coating of light cream colored Calcite over a brown Calcite from the Speckels collection. Minette bought the the Speckels collection. There are several small black specks. Based on other Minette specimens these may be Plattnerite or Arsenic or something else. There is also some remnants of Colemanite crystals that are missing. ex Milton Speckels collection with label, ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.

23 11iddbis ((COLEMANITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Boron, Kern County, California, 4.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a cute miniature specimen with sharp spear shaped colorless Colemanite crystals with dark brown crystal edges from the Speckels collection. Minette bought the the Speckels collection. ex Milton Speckels collection with label, ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.

24 9iddbdois ((QUARTZ)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Stafford Springs, Connecticut, 5 x 5 x 4.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a cluster of terminated milky Quartz from Connecticut. ex Ernie Schlichter collection no label.

25 7fbdjis ((VESZELYITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Black Pine Mine, Granite, 3 MM in lenth, Micro, Here is a micro specimen of the rare species Veszelyite.	11iddbts ((TUNELLITE on ULEXITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Boron, Kern County, California, 13 x 8.5 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen with a matrix of Ulexite with two Tunellite crystals to 2.5 cm. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.

26 7868 99atsmrs-2223 ((APOPHYLLITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India, 6 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a choice Apophyllite crystal. The edges are sharp and the double terminations are also sharp. No damage even to the smaller attached Apophyllite crysals. It was once attached to chalcedony stalactitic formation with two protruding stalactitic remnants.

27 8344 04bxxnr ((DRAVITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Tanzania, 1 x .7 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a double terminated Dravite crystal, a variety of Tourmaline, from Tanzania, famous home of Tanzanite. Imagine that!

28 10iddbns ((KURNAKOVITE, ULEXITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Boron, Kern County, California, 3.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature, These rare borate specimens were collected about 1976. My understanding was that they were only found at that time in the life of the mines. Here is a gemmy partial crystal with two side faces and the front and back crystal faces. Also a white mound of Ulexite on the Kurnakovite. They have been coated for protection against humidity by Minette. Jim Minette collected these. ex Jim Minette collection.

29 7861 5hljdar ((CERUSSITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 8 x 6.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cabinet sized specimen of Cerussite from Australia.

30 11iddbis ((TINCALCONITE pseudomorph after BORAX)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Baker Mine, Boron, Kern County, California, 3.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is an undamaged cluster of the Boron pseudomorph of Tincalconite after Borax. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.

31 11iddbis ((COLEMANITE)), FLUORESCENT, $5 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Boron, Kern County, California, 10 x 9 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is an undamaged Boron Colemanite that is fluorescent under SWUV. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.

32 8494 13bttjis ((PHLOGOPITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Kovdor Phlogopite Mine, Kola Peninsula, Russia, 6.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen of Russian Phlogopite with stars or lines in the Phlogopite supposely a result of gas bubbles.

33 13bttjis ((URBANITE, HEMATITE)), $1 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.

34 13bttjis ((HYDROTALCITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $5 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 13btceis ((WHITE TOPAZ with QUARTZ CLAY inclusions)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Maynard's Claim, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 6 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm, Miniature, Here is a large double terminated floater crystal of Topaz from Utah. It is greyish white color and has lustous faces. One termination is sharp and the other is etched, contacted, or just partially grown. This is a large crystal of Topaz. These large crystals take alot of work to find and usually heavy rock splitting equipment.

36 13btceis ((TOPAZ with QUARTZ CLAY inclusions)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Maynard's Claim, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 5.5 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm, Miniature, These included Topaz seem to only occur at Topaz Mountain. This one has lustrous faces. The crystal itself is opaque.

37 13bttjis ((QUARTZ)), $5 MINIMUM BID, near Marysvale, Piute County, Utah, 12 x 8 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Here is an Utah Quartz from Marysvale area. It is from the Robert Ray collection and collected in 1953. ex Robert Ray with label.

38 13bttjis ((MOTTRAMITE pseudomorph after WULFENITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Total Wreck Mine, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, 4 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature, Sparkly brown Mottramite that has replaced Wulfenite crystals. Mounted in a plastic miniature box. ex Robert Ray collection

39 13btcenr ((BLACK TOURMALINE aka SCHORL, QUARTZ)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Erongo District, Namibia, 9.5 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cluster of Black Tourmaline crystals with a base of small Quartz crystals. The Schorl have crude terminations with some missing crystals.

40 609tl ((MEYERHOFFERITE pseudomorph after INYOITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $5 MINIMUM BID, Mount Blanco Mine, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, 9 x 5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a classic Death Valley pseudomorph. Single large terminated blocky Inyoite pseudomorphed to Meyerhofferite. ex Jim Minette collection.

41 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.

42 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.

43 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.

44 12hljdr ((2 TOBERMORITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Fosso Atico, Sicily, Italy, 1 and 2 cm, 2 Thumbnails, an uncommon white silicate. ex David Shannon.

45 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.

46 13bttjis ((MORDENITE)), $1 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.

47 13btceis ((TOPAZ with QUARTZ CLAY inclusions)), $5 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.

48 13bttjis ((RUBELLITE TOURMALINE on LEPIDOLITE)), $1 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.

49 dr55 ((SILVER)), $2 MINIMUM BID, Port Radium, North West Territory, Canada, 1.3 x .9 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a nicely crystallized Silver specimen from Canada. ex Scott Williams specimen.

50 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.

51 13hhjjis ((CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Unknown locality, 9 x 7 1.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a vug filled with lustrous Calcite crystals.

52 9iddbrs ((COLEMANITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit, Kern County, California, 5 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen with large crystals of Colemanite from Boron. ex Jim Minette collection.

53 13hhjjis ((BARITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Frizington, Cumberland, England, 7.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is an English Barite which is terminated and has some minor scuffing to some edges.

54 13hhjjir ((SCHORL)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Galileia, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 3 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a lustrous terminated Schorl from Brazil. The termination is made up of a mulitude of terminations also with thin hairlike Schorl. A Feldspar fragment is attached to the Schorl.

55 13hhjjir ((CHALCOPYRITE on QUARTZ)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Casapalca Mine, Junin Department, Peru, 4.5 x 4 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a miniature of terminated Quartz with several crystals of Chalcopyrite.

56 13hhjjir ((SPHALERITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Colorado?, 8 x 7 x 3 cm, Cabinet, No location given but this looks like a Colorado Sphalerite. The bottom is sawn flat. It appears that at one time this has something glued to it and was used as a base. THE TWO YELLOW AREAS ARE GLUE. THERE WAS A THIRD SPOT AND IT PEALED OFF. THESE OTHER COULD BE REMOVED BUT NEEDS A KNIFE SOMETHING. I USED MY THUMBNAIL TO REMOVE THE THIRD ONE. The Sphalerite crystals have white druze Quartz one them as seen in the photo.

57 12attjis ((STIBICONITE after STIBNITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Catorce, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, 9 x 3.5 x 3 cm, cabinet, Here are two connected terminated terminated crystals of Stibiconite from Mexico. One is bulky and complete on all sides. The smaller second is a crystal split in half length wise.

58 13hhjjis ((FLUORITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico, 9 x 9 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen with light blue cubic crystals of Fluorite on matrix from Blanchard.

59 13chrkr ((CHALCOPYRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Messina Mine, Limpopo Province, South Africa, 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Specimen of golden massive Chalcopyrite from South Africa. ex Kastelic collection from Salt Lake. Collection was not properly labeled. Most specimens were not labeled. Most of the collection looks like local Utah material. However some specimens were world wide or from the surrounding states to Utah.

60 13chrkr ((2 AZURITE, MALACHITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Silver Bow County, Butte, Montana, 7 and 6 cm in length, Cabinet to Miniature, Here are two specimens of massive blue Azurite with a Butte paper label. ex Kastelic collection from Salt Lake. Collection was not properly labeled. Most specimens were not labeled. Most of the collection looks like local Utah material. However some specimens were world wide or from the surrounding states to Utah.

61 13chrkr ((BERYL variety AQUAMARINE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Montana, 6.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a non terminated hexagonal Beryl crystal which was in a paper bag labeled beryl, Montana. ex Kastelic collection from Salt Lake. Collection was not properly labeled. Most specimens were not labeled. Most of the collection looks like local Utah material. However some specimens were world wide or from the surrounding states to Utah.

62 13chrkr ((SILVER)), $1 MINIMUM BID, unknown, 3 x 1.7 x .1 cm, Here is a Silver specimen. ex Kastelic collection from Salt Lake. Collection was not properly labeled. Most specimens were not labeled. Most of the collection looks like local Utah material. However some specimens were world wide or from the surrounding states to Utah.

63 13chrkr ((RUTILE, BLUE QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Nelson County, Virginia, 4.5 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is a Rutile and Blue Quartz specimen from a rutile quarry in Nelson County, Virginia. ex Kastelic collection from Salt Lake. Collection was not properly labeled. Most specimens were not labeled. Most of the collection looks like local Utah material. However some specimens were world wide or from the surrounding states to Utah.

64 13chrkr ((3 ORTHOCLASE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, unknown, 5.5 to 2 cm in length, Miniatures, Here are two complete and one partial Orthoclase crystals. No location but classic crystals forms for Orthoclase. ex Kastelic collection from Salt Lake. Collection was not properly labeled. Most specimens were not labeled. Most of the collection looks like local Utah material. However some specimens were world wide or from the surrounding states to Utah.	dr40 thdr51 one hematite pseudo after magnetite TN, Argentina, 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm S

65 13chrkr ((CHLORITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Ishpeming, Marquette County, Michigan, 6 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a Chlorite specimen from Michigan. ex Kastelic collection from Salt Lake. Collection was not properly labeled. Most specimens were not labeled. Most of the collection looks like local Utah material. However some specimens were world wide or from the surrounding states to Utah.

66 13chrkr ((2 GOLD and SILVER ore)), $1 MINIMUM BID, unknown, 4.5 and 5 cm in length, Here are two specimen with a paper saying Au & Ag June 1966. I see what looks like Silver. The brassy yellow I believe is Pyrite. This may be from Nevada. ex Kastelic collection from Salt Lake. Collection was not properly labeled. Most specimens were not labeled. Most of the collection looks like local Utah material. However some specimens were world wide or from the surrounding states to Utah.

67 622 is ((ULEXITE pseudomorph after BORAX)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Boron, Kern County, California, 4.5 x 3.5 x .8 cm, Miniature, Here is a pseudomorph of Ulexite after Borax. It has some of the mud-mudstone matrix. ex Jim Minette collection. ex Vince Morgan 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.	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.	11iddbts ((ULEXITE on COLEMANITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Boron, Kern County, California, 13 x 8.5 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large specimen with the top covered with tan colored Colemanite crystals. On the Colemanite are many clusters of bunny tail Ulexite. They resemble Okenite but are not soft and flexible like Okenite. Crystals are stiff. They will crush if touched like Okenite. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.

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