| 16hhjw.iss ((GILLULYITE. ORPIMENT, BARITE, super rare)), Thallium species, $50 MINIMUM BID, Luly Cut, South Mercur Pit, Mercur District, Tooele County, Utah, 1.2 x .9 x .5 cm, Thumbnail | |
_small.jpg) | This species was only collected one day by 5 club members when it was discovered to be a new species. When the group returned to collect more, the limited area was destroyed by mining and no further collecting in the area was possible. Thallium is a poisonous element and hands should be washed after handling. Gullulyite is a Thallium antimony arsenic sulfide similar to Lorandite except Lornandite does not contrain Antimony. Collected and discovered as a new species by Jim Wilson, Weber State University in 1990. ex Jim Wilson collection. |
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