10056hhjwtsss.nr ((GILLULYITE, BARITE, ORPIMENT)), TYPE LOCALITY, $35 MINIMUM BID, Lulu Cut, South Mecur Pit, Mercur District, Tooele County, Utah, 2 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail | |
Here is a super rare species only collected by 5 people for one day in 1990. Then finding it was a new species, They returned to find the area was completely mined and no longer there. Gillulyite is a rare thallium arsenic antimony sulfide which is dark maroon in color. This specimen has a sawn flat top exposing the Gillulyite and also some is on the backside of the thumbnail. ex Jim Wilson collection. |