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This is gallery of a variety of mineral specimens. Apr 2009 |
40 - ari
SMOKY QUARTZ on RHYOLITE - $85
Mooralla, Victoria, Australia
4.5 x 3 x 3 cm
A cluster of transparent Smoky Quartz on Rhyolite. There is a missing back crystal and a damaged front crystal. All other crystals undamaged.
41 - 05atdbtr
SMITHSONITE pseudomorph after CALCITE on QUARTZ - $325
Level 12, San Antonio El Grande Mine, San Antonio, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm
Undamaged aesthetic cluster of terminated Quartz crystals completely covered on one side by Smithsonite pseudomorphs after Calcite. On the backside all the scalenohedral crystals are undamaged. On the Quartz Smithsonite boundaries there are a few scalenohedral crystal tips broken off. Neat and different pseudomorph. ex Dan Belcher aka Blue Sky Mining aka Denver Box. If this specimen was part of the Mimetite Smithsonite collection, it would be worth $1000+
42 - 08atadr
SMITHSONITE - $325
Broken Hill, Yancowinna, New South Wales, Australia
9 x 4 x 3 cm
Fine undamaged grey colored Smithsonite from Broken Hill.
43 - 05ikggar
BARYTE - $585
?
Maine Mine, Cordesse, Saone and Loire, Burgundy, France
7.5 x 5 x 3 cm
Terminated cluster of undamaged Baryte from France. ex Gil Griffin collection.
44 - 02jpcjes
CHALCOCITE - $240
Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin
2 x 2 x 1.5 cm
Fine thumbnail made up of a stack of sharp crystals with iridescent blue and magenta. Mine is now reclaimed.
45 - 00ecsmrs
PINK MESOLITE - $535 on hold
Pune District, Maharashtra, India
12 x 10 x 4 cm
These reportedly from a single small occurance in 1999. I have not seen any others. I bought them all (about 20 pieces) I was told from Superb Minerals at the Costa Mesa Show in 1999. Most have been sold over the years. Shipping may be difficult and pick up at a show safer.
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05atdbigg
MALACHITE pseudomorph after AZURITE - $775
Tsumeb, Namibia
9 x 6 x 2.5 cm
pre 1930 specimen.
47 - 04ecbfrs
QUARTZ - $150
Liliana Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico
6 x 6 x 5 cm
48 - 06hlkmis
MAGNETITE - $85
Hopewell Mine, Berks County, Pennsylvania
8 x 5 x 2 cm
Lustrous octahedral Magnetite crystals on matrix from a hard to find historic Pennsylvania location.
49 - 00ecsmrs
PINK MESOLITE - $335
?
Pune District, Maharashtra, India
8 x 5.5 x 6.5 cm
These reportedly from a single small occurance in 1999. I have not seen any others. I bought them all (about 20 pieces) I was told from Superb Minerals at the Costa Mesa Show in 1999. Most have been sold over the years. Shipping may be difficult and pick up at a show safer.
50 - 06hhdwan
MALACHITE - $150
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona
9.5 x 5 x 4.5 cm
Ex Dan Belsher
51 - 529 - 97ehegiss
CERUSSITE - $375
ON HOLD
Flux Mine, Santa Cruz, Arizona
9 x 5 x 5 cm
Specimen is not able to be shipped! Needles of jackstraw Cerussite from the classic location for jackstraw Cerussite.
52 - - ari
SMOKY QUARTZ on RHYOLITE - $185
Mooralla, Victoria, Australia
5 x 3 x 4 cm
Double terminated pink Tourmaline with natural bending and healing.
53 - 5ikggiss
PSILOMELANE on NATROLITE - $535 ?
Springfield, Oregon
13 x 9.5 x 7 cm
Old specimen not usually seen on the market. ex Gil Griffin collection, ex Al McGuinness.
54 - 03eclmilr
HUREAULITE, REDDINGITE - $675
Cigana Mine (Jocao Mine), Galileia, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region,
Brazil
6 x 5 x 3 cm
Hureaulite is a somewhat rare manganese phosphate.
55 - 882 - 99atsmnr
HEULANDITE - $65
Jalgoan, Maharashtra, India
6.5 x 3 x 3 cm
Fine undamaged lustrous Heulandite on matrix.
56 - 01hhkrlr
SCHOLZITE - $185 ?
Reaphook Hill, South Australia, Australia
8 x 5 x 4.5 cm
Unusually rich specimen of the rare phosphate., Scholzite.
57 - 5ikggg
FLUORORICHTERITE - $285 ?
Essonville, Wilberforce, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada
6 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm
High quality cluster of 4 double terminated undamaged lustrous Fluororichterite crystals from Essenville. ex Gil Griffin collection.
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