Lehigh Minerals Auction 1052 

Dec 20 2024 

AUCTION 1052   CLOSES DECEMBER 20, 2024 at 8:00 pm mountain time
1052-1   21hhdw.lr     ((FORSTERITE variety PERIDOT)),  $150 MINIMUM BID, Sapat Gali, Naran, Pakistan, 4 x 3.5 x 2 cm,  Miniature,  Lustrous undamaged cluster of Peridot from Pakistan.  Translucent green crystals of Peridot.
1052-2   21hhdw.ns     ((BISMUTHINITE, GARNET, CALCITE, CHALCOPYRITE)),  $50 MINIMUM BID, Creola Mine, Beaver County, Utah, 6 x 4 x 3 cm,  Miniature,  Acicular metallic crystals of Bismuthinite in Calcite with Garnet and Chalcopyrite.  Typically the Calcite is dissoved in HCl to expose the Bismuthinite crystals.  This specimen is more unique with cleaved Calcite faces as seen.    ex Dana Wilson MD collection #831
1052-3   14btcetrs.tr     ((FLUORITE)),  $100 MINIMUM BID, Shangbao Mine, Leiuang County, Hunan County, China, 7.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm,  Cabinet,  Aqua blue transparent Fluorite from China with some white micro crystalline Quartz druze.  This undamaged Fluorite has multiple stepped faces on the top and a small lustrous crystal faces on the more flat healed bottom of the specimen prior to growth healing was a shard from a large Fluorite crystals.  This was a Collectors Edge specimen purchased by me in 2014 from Collectors Edge Wholesale.  Collectors Edge Wholesale had it individually priced at wholesale for dealers with a retail price of $350 ten years ago.
1052-4   2btad.nrs     ((HEMATITE pseudomorph from MAGNETITE)),  $85 MINIMUM BID, Payun Volcano, Payun Matru, Mendoza, Argentina, 6 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm,  Miniature,  This was from the original new find in 2002 first sold at Tucson's Executive Inn Annex third floor by an Argentina collector and new dealer and first time at Tucson with his new find.  He had 4 eight foot tables with thousands of specimens laid out without boxes or labels touching each other on the flat tables.  The specimens were excellent great hoppered pseudomorph specimens. Prices by size $50 thumbnails $250 miniatures $400-500 cabinets $1000+ large cabinets/large specimens.  The dealer had no US bank account and only took cash and made trips to the hotel safe nearly hourly and was able to put his son through 4 years of college with the funds from his gross sales.  He was the hit of the the show that year with large sales from many if not most dealers and rock.  Some discount for large multiple specimen purchases.  He sold half to three quarters of the specimens with the tables completely full at the beginning with specimens able to be spread out with lots of room between specimen.  I made several trips to the room as I made sales from my setup down on the first floor of the annex and got more money to make additional purchases at the show.   I got multiple sizes of specimens.  I sold one of the three large specimens with the two in my collection.  In the years following the initial offering more specimens showed up at shows for about 5 years at less prices but for lesser quality specimen.  I have not see the large quanities available any longer.  Argentina required a permit to collect a the volcano locality and a permit to export Argentina mineral specimen.
1052-5   18hhsrge     ((WILLEMITE, ROSASITE)),  $80 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 3.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm,  Miniature,  Rosasite with great coverage with colorless crystals of Willemite from Tsumeb from the Wm. Duncan Reismeyer #94.
1052-6   22btrus.ar     ((BERYL variety AQUAMARINE, SCHEELITE, MUSCOVITE)),  $275 MINIMUM BID, Pingwu Beryl Mine, Mt Xuebaoding, Sichuan, China, 13.5 x 7 x 4 cm,  Cabinet,  Large specimen with multiple undamaged Aquamarine crystals from Pingwu.  Also a highly fluorescent orange, not as dark as the photo, Scheelite and a Muscovite flower highlighting the top of the specimen.
1052-7   21hhdwrs     ((HAUSMANNITE, ANDRADITE, CALCITE)),  $65 MINIMUM BID, N'Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, KMF, Northern Cape, South Africa, 5 x 5 x 3 cm,  Miniature,  Large octahedral black Hausmannite crystals with multiple triangular small faces on the large crystal face.  Tannish Andradite and colorless to white minor Calcite.
1052-8   22btrusar     ((DOLOMITE)),  $60 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 9 x 8 x 6 cm,  Cabinet,  Curved greyish white crystals of Dolomite cover the front of thus upright specimen sitting up without a stand.
1052-9   10hhad.gr     ((BARITE with TENNANTITE pseudomorphs after ENARGITE)),  $80 MINIMUM BID, Julcani Mine uancavelica Department, Peru, 10 x 9 x 5 cm,  Cabinet,  White crystal blades of Barite forming a boxwork.  Two clusters of black lustrous crystals of Tennantite pseudomorphs after Enargite.
1052-10  21hhhw.rs     ((DIOPTASE)),  $60 MINIMUM BID, Reneville, Democratic Republic of Congo, 5 x 3 x 3 cm,  Miniature,  Multiple green Dioptase crystals from the Congo mounted in a 3.5 inch plastic box.
1052-11  22hhqc.is     ((AURICHALCITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Tecoma Hill, Lucin, Box Elder County, Utah, 5.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm,  Miniature,  Blue Aurichalcite crystals covering brown fine green matrix.
1052-12  19hhgd.is     ((SILVER, COPPER, EPIDOTE)),  $15 MINIMUM BID, Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, 5 x 2 x 2 cm,  Miniature,  Small Silver and Copper protruding from the matrix.
1052-13  21hhdw.is     ((CORUNDUM variety RUBY)),  $25 MINIMUM BID, Khit-ostrov, Karelia, Russia, 2 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm,  Thumbnail,  Fluorescent red under LWUV.  Fine red Ruby in marix in a thumbnail size from Russia. ex Dana Wilson MD collection #1029
1052-14  19hhdf.ns     ((ELBAITE, LEPIDOLITE)),  $30 MINIMUM BID, Mawi Pegmatite, Nuristan, Afganistan,  2.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm,  Thumbnail,  Willard Perkins thumbnail box with label.  Terminated very light pink Elbaite crystals. with large crystals of light purple Lepidolite.
1052-15  12hhdwns     ((AZURITE, MALACHITE pseudomorphs after Cuprite)),  $50 MINIMUM BID, Bisbee, Arizona, 2.2 x 1.3 x 1 cm,  Thumbnail,  Mounted in a thumbnail box.  Lustrous blue Azurite with small Malachite pseudomorphs after Cuprite.
1052-16  21hhdw.is     ((VANADINITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Mibladen, Morocco, 2.5 x 2 x 1.4 cm,  Thumbnail,  Flat plate of Vanadinite on one side and hexagonal crysals on the other side.  ex Dana Wilson MD collection #316
1052-17  19hhgd.is     ((COPPER)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, 3.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm,  Miniature,  The large specimens from Michigan are called skulls.  This one from Ray just had a small cobble or stone surrounded by Copper and then came loose and fell out..
1051-1   16hhdwtr.irs     ((PYRITE)),  $60 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 4.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm,  Miniature,  Multiple lustrous undamaged Pyrite crystals on a floater specimen with no attachment.  Choice Sweetwater miniature Pyrite specimen.  lcite filled vug from a German road cut locality in Bavaria. ex H. Deisinger collection from Germany.
1051-2   15btcq.ess    ((FIBROUS SUGILITE)), SOLD AUS50   $400 MINIMUM BID, N'Chwaning Mine, Kuruman, Northern Cape, South Africa, 5.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm  Miniature,  This find was the first of the fibrous Sugilite in about 2014.  Other than this find no additional has been found.  The find was kept secret for a few years to give time to look for more specimens near the original find but no additonal specimens were found.  The origianl dealer at Tucson marketing the find has only a couple of stray specimens left.  The wholesale prices have doubled from him currently with only a few available.  I acquired a number of specimens in 2015 from him.  All less than 300 to 400 sold out.  This is one of only a few left at less than $1000.  This specimen had a retail price of $800. It was coverage on two of the four sides as show and is chatoyant especially on the more narrom side.
1051-3   15btrmls.iss    ((CERUSSITE, ANGLESITE pseudomorph after GALENA)),  $45 MINIMUM BID, La Purisima Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico 5.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm,  Miniature,  Uncommon to Rare pseudomorph from La Purisima Mine in Mexico.
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1051-4   7hhchir.tr    ((RUTILE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Magnet Cove Titanium Mine, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, 2 x 2 x 1.5 cm,  Two Thumbnails.  Clyde Hardin collection and self collected by Clyde Hardin on his original styrofoam mounting.
1051-5   15btrma   ((MALACHITE, CALCITE, QUARTZ)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Zacatecas, Mexico, 5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature,  A botryoidal mass of dark green Malachite in a vug lined with Quartz and Calcite.
1051-6   5icltr    ((COPAL with INSECT Inclusions)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Colombia, 4.5 x 2 x 1 cm,  Miniature,  Copal polished specimen with a few different species of interesting insect inclusions.
1051-7   5ididir    ((CAVANSITE on STILBITE)),  SOLD UT157   $10 MINIMUM BID, Wagholi Quarry, Poona, India, 1.7 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Small but neat cluster of double terminated translucent Stilbite covered with clusters of acicular blue Cavansite.    in Bavaria. ex H. Deisinger collection from Germany.
1051-8  19hhgdis  SOLD AUS50 ((AZURITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia ? -not labeled, 5 x 3 x 2.5 cm Miniature,  This has a sticker that shows it was bought on Rob Lavinsky online auction.  Label is missing.  Azurite looks like a Tsumeb Azurite.
1051-9   20dw.ns    ((VESUVIANITE)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, Fushan, Hubei Province, China, 3.8 x 3.4 x 1 cm,  Miniature,  Brown Vesuvianite complete near floater with lustrous faces on top and bottom.
1051-10   5btcers    ((CHALCOCITE)),  $25 MINIMUM BID, Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin,  3.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm,  Miniature,  Lustrous Chalcocite with a greenish iridescence on all surfaces front and back.
1051-11   20hhdwis  SOLD AUS50  ((BARNESITE)),  $25 MINIMUM BID, North Cactus Rat Group, Thompaons District, Grand County, Utah, 3.4 x 2.8 x 1 cm,  Miniature,  Ex Joe Marty label, ex Dana Wilson label. Red brown velvety Barnesite crystals from a Utah locality.
1051-12   20hhdw.r    ((AUSTINITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, 150' level, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 5.5 x 3 x 1.5 cm,  Miniature,  White crystals of Austinite from Gold Hill Mine.   ex Dana Wilson MD collection #904.
1051-13  18btdr    ((PYRARGYRITE)),  $35 MINIMUM BID, Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany, 2 x 1.5 cm,  2 Thumbnails,  A pair of ruby silver specimens from Freiberg mounted in a Riker Box.  ex Duncan Reismeyer.
1051-14   20hhdwir  SOLD UT179  ((SPHALERITE)),  $25 MINIMUM BID, Joplin Field, Tri State, Jasper County, Missouri, 7 x 4 x 3 cm,  Cabinet,  Fine old specimen of Sphalerite from Joplin Field.  No damage, excellent lustrous crystals.
1051-15   20hhdw.r SOLD UT179   ((TOPAZ with HEMATITE inclusions)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 1.5 cm , Thumbnail, Double terminated Topaz with Hematite inclusions aka Black Topaz.
1051-16   7hhch.r    ((KIMZEYITE, ANATASE, MAGNETITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Perovskite Hill, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm,  Thumbnail,  Magnet Cove Kemzeyite which is a rare to uncommon Zirconium Garnet.  ex Clyde Hardin collection.
1050-1   9idgc.ns    ((CALCITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Road Cut Feldkahl, Hosbach, Spessart Mts, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, 10 x 7.5 x 4 cm,  Cabinet,  Calcite filled vug from a German road cut locality in Bavaria. ex H. Deisinger collection from Germany.
1050-2   21hhdw.ir    ((CHALCANTHITE)),  $25 MINIMUM BID, Dugway Property aka Bertha Mine, Dugway Mtns., Dugway Range, Tooele County, Utah,  8 x 5 x 2 cm,  Cabinet,  Even though water soluble this is not as fragile as most that are not even able to be shipped.  This one can be carefully handled and not cause damage to the bright blue crystals of Chalcanthite.
1050-3   21hhdw.nr    ((BARITE, QUARTZ)),  $40 MINIMUM BID, Centennial Eureka Mine, Eureka, Tintic District, Juab County, Utah,  9 x 6 x 2.5 cm,  Cabinet,  Terminated Quartz crystals with flat white bladed Barite present.  ex Dana Wilson MD collection #278
1050-4   8bttg.ng SOLD UT179   ((MIMETITE)),  $30 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 10 x 6 x 3 cm,  Cabinet,  Nice coverage of Mimetite on this Ojuela Mine specimen.  Santa Eulalia mine is the prevalent Mimetite locality in Mexico.  Ojuela did not produce near as many.
1050-5   21hhco.ns  SOLD CA201  ((COMPLETE FOSSIL CLAM, GOLDEN CALCITE)),  $30 MINIMUM BID, Ruck's Pit, Fort Drum, Okeechobee County, Fluorida,  9 x 7 x 4 cm,  Cabinet,  Here is a complete fossil clam with both valves from Ruck's Pit. Its famous for partial fossil clam shell with beautiful golden lustrous Calcite.  The inside of this specimen is hollow without any Calcite.  It does have some Calcite on the exterior by the hinged part of the shell.  It is rare to find an undamaged shell and nearly impossible to find both sides forming a complete clam with both valves.   The species is Merceneria permagna from the Pleistocene, Thompson formation 2 million years old.  Just a few years ago in geological time.  Charles Oldham collection from old rockshop inventory in Kentucky.
1050-6   21hhdw.is    ((BARITE "ROSE")),  $15 MINIMUM BID, Norman, Cleveland County, Oklahoma,  6 x 5 x 4 cm,  Miniature,  These Barite roses are encased in solid sandstone.  Over many years of wind and water erosion the sand gradually is removed the Barite cluster of crystals forming a rose weather out and finally falls to the sandy ground.   Back in the mid 70's I installed post office equipment in Norman at the post office maintenance training facility and went rock hounding and collected a few of these.  Mainly small ones and most are rather irregular blobs and shapes.  Roses are fairly accessible but it takes some looking to find the specimens that actually look like a rose.  At least this is the case in the area that I collected.  The sandstone formation extends throughout the county and there are serveral other towns/areas in the county that they are found.   Mostly specimens show up out of collections like this one.  ex Dana Wilson MD collection #779
1050-7  21hhdw.is SOLD AUS50   ((SMITHSONITE, HEMIMORPHITE)),  $1O MINIMUM BID, San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico,  6.5 x 5 x 3.5 cm,  Miniature,  These are called rice grain Smithsonite crystals.  They are a pale sea green color with a camphor luster.  ex Dana Wilson MD collection #310.
1050-8   21hhdw.is SOLD CA201   ((QUARTZ)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Wise Mine, Westmoreland, New Hampshire,  6.5 x 6.5 x 2 cm,  Miniature,  Dana Wilson was a Quartz collector.  This specimen came from the mine owners JoLynne Assc. on Poocham Rd. in Westmorland.  The mine is famous for its green Fluorite octahedral crystals but also the Fluorite specimens many times and Quartz also.  This is just Quartz with the mine owners label and back side price sticker of $5 when Gold was $300 an ounze or probably less. ex Dana Wilson MD collection #881.E.  Dana label and the number dot that came off the specimen.
1050-9   21hhdw.is SOLD AUS50   ((ROSE MUSCOVITE, CLEAVELANDITE)),  $15 MINIMUM BID, Harding Mine, Taos County, New Mexico,  4 x 3.5 x 3 cm,  Miniature,  Rose colored Lithium rich Muscovite on white Cleavelandite a variety of Albite.   I believe this is the only locality for Rose/Pink colored Muscovite.  Purple is known as Lepidolite and has a vast numbner of localities.  ex Dana Wilson MD collection #679
1050-10   21hhdw.r    ((FLUORAPATITE-Repaired)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Bancroft District, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada,  7 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm,  Cabinet,  This was two halves that have been glued back together.  It is a medium sized hexagonal crystal of an olive brownish green Fluorapatite crystal  from Ontario.  ex Dana Wilson MD collection #254.
1050-11   21hhdw.r   ((QUARTZ, ANKERITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Carson Hill Mine, Calaveras County, California,  6.5 x 4 x 2 cm,  Miniature.  Small cluster of lustrous Quartz with some minor white Ankerite.  ex Dana Wilson MD colleciton #333
1050-12   21hhdw.is    ((FLUORITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Blanchard Mine, Socorro County, New Mexico,  5.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm,  Miniature,  Dana's lable says Yaogangxian Mine, China.  I think it is classic Bingham translucent blue cubic Fluorite with a matte luster on a white opaque Matrix.  It could use some chemical cleaning to remove the white coating in areas.  ex Dana Wilson MD collection 903.
1050-13  12btce.iss    ((CERUSSITE with ROSASITE)),  $100 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia,  4 x 3.5 x 2 cm,  Miniature,  Terminated reticulated twinned lustrous Cerussite with blue green Rosasite on the backside.
1050-14   19hdm.ir    ((NATIVE BISMUTH NUGGET)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, Vilaque River Placers, La Paz Department, Bolivia,  1.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm,  Thumbnail,  Rounded River worn Nugget of Native Bismuth.   ex Dakota Matix specimen.
1050-15   7hhch.r    ((QUARTZ SCEPTER)),  $1O MINIMUM BID, Spruce Ridge, North Bend, Washington,  2.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm,  Thumbnail,  Here is a robust scepter Quartz from Spruce Ridge.  ex Clyde Harding collection.  Clyde dug Magnet Hill, Arkansas specimens and traded with other collectors and dealers from all over the world.  This was probably from a trade with someone from Washington State.
1050-16   19hhdf.g  SOLD UTLK  ((WULFENITE)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, 79 Mine, Hayden, Arizona,  2 x 2 x 1 cm,  Thumbnail,  Lustrous transparent yellow orange  Wulfenite crystal on matrix in a thumbnail size.  Top right corner is missing and some minor chipping along the top edge as seen.  If perfect it would be 100+ maybe alot of pluses.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1050-17   21hhdw.r    ((LIBETHENITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Childs-Adwinkle Mine, Copper Creek, Pinal County, Arizona,  4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm,  Miniature,  All specimens on mindat.org state the locality of Old Reliable Mine.  It seems like Childs-Adwinkle is another mine in the Copper Creek area.  Goggle brings up the Childs-Adwinkle Mine.   Perhaps they were collected by Joe Marty and gifted to Dana Wilson.  The specimen has nice micro acicular crystals of Libethenite.  ex Dana Wilson MD collection #907.
1050-18   21hhdw.r    ((SULFUR)),  $15 MINIMUM BID, Sulfur Pit, Crescent Valley, Eureka County, Nevada,  4 x 4 x 2.5 cm,  Miniature,  Sparkling lustrous translucent Sulfur crystals or any specimens  from this locality are very rare from this Nevada locality with only 2 specimens on mindat.  Photo did not come out well .  With a loop there are fine lustrous translucent Sulphur crystals.   ex Dana Wilson collection #315.
1050-19    19hhdf.g    ((CALCITE pseudomorph after GLAUBERITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, Arizona,  2.8 x 2 x 1.2 cm,  Thumbnail,  Sharp crystals of Calcite pseudomorph from Glauberite from Arizona.  Sharp crystal that fits nicely in a thumbnail perky box.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1049-1   19hhdf.g    ((AMETHYST)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Veracruz, Mexico,  2.3 x .5 x .5 cm,  Thumbnail,  Terminated single undamaged Amethyst crystal mounted in a perky thumbnail box.
1049-2   9iddb.nr  SOLDWAWG   ((COLEMANITE)),  $1 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Boron, Kern County, California,  9.5 x 5 x 3 cm, Cabinet,  Terminated lustrous crystals of Colemanite.  Translucent to nearly transparent at the top of the specimen.  Greyish tinge at the lower part of the specimen.   ex Jim Minette collection.
1049-3   16btce.is SOLD UTGL   ((MALACHITE, AZURITE)),  $1 MINIMUM BID, Liufengshan Mine, Anhui, China,  7.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Cabinet,  Chatoyant green Malachite with minor blue Azurite.
1049-4  16btce.is SOLD UTGL   ((CALCITE)),  $1 MINIMUM BID, Hunan, China,  2.9 x 2.8 x 2 cm, Thumbnail,  Stacked hexagonal crystals of Calcite mounted in a perky box.
1049-5   19hhc.is    ((GROSSULAR)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Jeffrey Mine, Quebec, Canada,  6 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,  Several lustrous translucent to transparent Grossular crystals to 4 MM.
1049-6   17aadw.is  SOLD UTGL  ((CALCITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AQUA COLORED SPECIES, BLUE COLORED SPECIES)),  $1 MINIMUM BID, No locality given,  10.5 x 5.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet,  White matrix that looks like Calcite and golden scalenahedral small Calcite crystals.  A variety of Chalcopyrite, blue and aqua colored small crystals.  No label with specimen.  I'm  not sure what the locality could be.  It looks like locality that should be able to be easily determined by the right person.
1049-7   6cssd.e SOLD UTGL   ((TRILOBITE, Ellipsocephalus hoffi)),  $1 MINIMUM BID, Czech Republic, 5.5 x 5.5 x 3 cm, bug is 1.4 cm,  Miniature,  Complete Trilobite with a second partial trilobite along the specimen edge.
1049-8   90hhjw.is SOLD UT179   ((TOBELLITE)),  $1 MINIMUM BID, Five Mile Pass, Tooele County, Utah,  8 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet,  Tobellite is a rare Ammonia Mica only found at two localities, Utah and Japan, at the time this was collected in 1990.  ex Jim and Paula Wilson collection.  NOTE: Paula did her thesis on this mineral species from Utah.
1049-9   19hhc.is SOLD AUS50   ((GROSSULAR)),  $1 MINIMUM BID, Jeffrey Mine, Quebec, Canada,  9 x 5.5 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Many lustrous translucent to transparent Grossular crystals to 4 MM.
1049-10 SOLD WAWG   9iddb.nr    ((HOWELITE)),  $1 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Boron, Kern County, California,  9 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet,  Complete nodule of Howelite from Boron Open Pit Mine which are the specimens with a brown outside surface.  Black or grey outside surface nodules are from Tick Canyon.    ex Jim Minette collection.
1049-11  5ecmils SOLD AUS50   ((AZURITE)),  $1 MINIMUM BID, Kerrouchene, Khenifra Province, Morocco,  3 x 1.8 x .7 cm, Thumbnail,  Terminated, lustrous deep blue Azurite crystal mounted in a perky thumbnail box sideways.  It could also be displayed standing up with a little back lean maybe but maybe not required.  I did not try it.
1049-12   12hlkm.tr    ((COPPER, GREENSTONE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Greenstone Quarry, Blue Ridge Summit, Adams County, Pennsylvania,  11.5 x 10.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet,  Terminated, lustrous crystals with inclusions giving the faces a rough surface.
1049-13   12jkaats  SOLD WAWG  ((CHABAZITE)),  $1 MINIMUM BID, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon,  16 x 6.5 x 6 cm, Large Cabinet,  Rhombs of white opaque Chabazite from Oregon.  Chabazite is a less common zeolite.   ex Doug Merson collections crystals with inclusions giving the faces a rough surface.
1049-14   21hhdw.is SOLD AUS50   ((ANDALUSSITE variety CHIASTOLITE)),  $1 MINIMUM BID, Sangping Mine, Henan Province, China,  6 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,  A fairly large Andalusite with the one end cut and polished to show the internal structure.
1049-15   9iddb.nr    ((COLEMANITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Boron, Kern County, California, 8 x 6 x 6 cm, Cabinet,  Slight yellow brown crystals of sharp undamaged Colemanite crystals.   ex Jim Minette collection.
1049-16   16hhdm.o    ((SILVER)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Unknown locality, perhaps Keweenaw, Michigan,  2 x .7 x .2 cm, Thumbnail,  Twinned Silver. Actually the wrong side is facing.  I have not been able to find a locality.  I only once seen similar in a show case display at Keweenaw, Michigan.  I guess it is also a possibility of a lab grown crystal.
1049-17   16hhdm.o    ((ANTIGORITE variety PICROLITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Cedar Hill Quarry, State Line Chromite District, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania,  18 x 2 x 1 cm, Cabinet,  Long fiberous Antigorite known as Picrolite.
1049-18   9idbb.es  SOLD VT3  (COLEMANITE)),  $1 MINIMUM BID, Thompsuon Mine ie Boraxo Mine, Ryan, furance Creek District, Inyo County, California,  13 x 11 x 8 cm, Larger Cabinet,  Large specimen with large crystals of Colemanite from the Boroxo Mine.  ex Jim Minette collection.
1049-19   hlkm.g    ((CALLAGHANITE Type Locality)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Sierra Magnesite Mine, Gabbs, Nye County, Nevada, 4 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Miniature reference specimen of a purple mineral species from the Type Locality.    s giving the faces a rough surface.
1049-20   5hlkm.g SOLD WAWG   ((FOSSIL FERN)),  $1 MINIMUM BID, St Clair, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania,  6 x 5 x ,3 cm,  Miniature,  Alethopteris serli and Pecopteria species of Fern.  Pennsylvanian age 300 million years old.  Llewellyn Formation.   inclusions giving the faces a rough surface.
1048-1   16hhdm.o    ((21 TOPAZ)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah,  to 2.2 cm, 21 Thumbnails,  Terminated, lustrous crystals with inclusions giving the faces a rough surface.
1048-2   21dw.is    ((HEULANDITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Cape Blomidon, Nova Scotia, Canada, 7 x 3 x 3 cm,  Cabinet,  Lustrous cream colored Heulandite crystals covering the surface of the matrix.
1048-3   20hhgd.nr    ((CHALCOSTIBITE)),  $35 MINIMUM BID, Rhar el Anz, Casablanca-Settat Region, Morocco, 3.5 x 2 x 1.5, Miniature,  Blue Azurite and green Malachite coating metallic Chalcostibite.
1048-4  19df.g SOLDAU48   ((PREHNITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Farmington, Hartford county, Connecticut, 9 x 7 x 4.5,  Cabinet,  Botryoidal Smithsonite from Utah.  5 MM Smithsonite layer of aqua colored Smthsonite with a 1 to 2 MM multiple layers of white and aqua colored Smithsonite on the top of the 5 MM of uniform colored Smithsonite.   Top layer has a satin luster.   Circa 1990.
1048-5   19df.ig  SOLD UTLK  ((PYRITE)),  $15 MINIMUM BID, Kennecott's Bingham Canyon  Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah, 7 x 4.5 x 4.5,  Cabinet,  5 sides are contact with the sixth top with Pyrite crystals from this well known locality.
1048-6   19df.g  SOLDAU48  ((GALKHAITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Getchell Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada, 7 x 5.5 x 3, Cabinet,  One side has some cubic dark reddish small crystals are exposed when the specimen was broken open. It takes a loop to look for them and have the light reflecting off the crystals.
1048-7   20dwnr    ((SMITHSONITE)),  $55 MINIMUM BID, WULFENITE, MIMETITE,  San Francisco Mine aka Cerro Prieto, Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico,  2.5 x 1.5 x .5 cm, Thumbnail,  Transparent panes of Wulfenite with associated orange  Mimetite.  Remarkable condition for one of these.  The right lower crystal has a little damage on the right edge.  I have yet to find a perfect specimen of these.  This is probably another Willard Perkins specimen as the specimens from the recent finds about in 2000 by Wayne Thompson always are labeled San Francisco Mine.  The older name is Cerro Prieto as used on this specimen.
1048-8   20dwir SOLDAU48   ((CERUSSITE, GALENA)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb Mine,Tsumeb, Namibia, 4 x 3 x 2.2, Miniature, Twinned Cerussite with Galena within the matrix.
1048-9   20dw.r   ((QUARTZ)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Jinkouhe, Sichuan Province, China, 5.5 x .7 x .7 cm, Miniature,  Double terminated Quartz from China.
1048-10   20dw.nr   ((SMOKEY AMETHYST QUARTZ)),  $45 MINIMUM BID, Brandberg, Erongo Region, Namibia, 4 x 2.5 x 2, Miniature,  Sharp faces and termination on this pristene Brandberg Quartz miniature.
1048-11   15idce.l    ((MAGNETITE)),  $15 MINIMUM BID, Serro, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1.4 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm, Thumbnail,  Sharp, lustrous, octahedral single Magnetite crystal with no attachment.
1048-12   15btcq.is   ((BERYL variety AQUAMARINE)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, Erongo, Namibia, 1.6 x .4 x .4, Thunbnail,  Undamaged terminated light aqua Aquamarine crystal from Erongo.
1048-13   20hhdw.r    ((BARITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Stoneham, Sterling, Colorado, 1.2 x .4 x .4, Thumbnail,  Small terminated single light blue Barite crystal from Stoneham.
1048-14 SOLD AUS50  5btdb.nr    ((EPIDOTE)),  $30 MINIMUM BID, North Eastern Province, Kenya, 3.5 x 1 x .5 cm, Thumbnail to Miniature,  This is currently in a perky box and fits diagonally in the box.  It is a pair of terminated Epidote crystals from this limited fine in Kenya sponsored by Wayne Thompson that had several flats of thumbnails and miniatures and a superb pricey group of Cabinet and large Cabinet sized specimens at five figure prices back in approximately 2005 when gold and eating out  was still cheap compared with todays prices.   You never see any of those specimens anymore.  I bought the lot of thumbnails to miniatures and I have some of the miniatures and smaller cabinets still available in Tucson at the Sun Gemstone-Mineral Garden-1801 N Oracle Wholesale show unit 8 by Mineral City Shows. These specimens are not seen very often if ever in any other dealers inventory.
1048-15   20dw.r    ((QUARTZ with REVERSE SCEPTER)),  $15 MINIMUM BID, Dugway Mtns, Tooele County, Utah, 3.5 x 2 x 1.5, Thumbnail,  Collected by Otto Reiter and gifted to Dana Wilson MD.  Dana's thumbnail collection number 611.  This is a specimen from part of a Dugway geode.  The reverse scepter Quartz termination is actually facing the front of the photo and does not show up.  The other Quartz mostly have the normal terminations as seen in the photo with focus not the best.
1048-16   15btce.is  SOLD AUS50    ((SILVER, ACANTHITE)),  $15 MINIMUM BID, Dzhezkazazgen, Kazakhstan, 1.9 cm in length, Thumbnail,  Thin Silver wire coated with Acanthite from Kazakhstan mounted in a perky box.    ex Ernie Schlichter collection.
1048-17   19dfg    ((CINNABAR)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Fish Lake District, Emerald County, Nevada, 5 x 3 x 3, Miniature,  Don Fratto collection previously in U of U geology department that Don got from department deaccessions during the move to a brand new building turning the old building into a multilevel parking garage.  U of U label  with number painted on specimen that only says Nevada as locality.
1048-18   19dfg     ((AURICHALCITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Graphic Mine, Kelly, New Mexico, 4 x 2.5 x 2 cm Miniature,  Fine blue green spray of Aurichalcite crytsals from Kelly.  Label says trade with Otto Reiter January 5, 1985,  40 years ago, thats horse and buggy days where I grew up.  Of course its still horse and buggy days there where I grew up  in Amish county.
1048-19   9iddb.ns    ((COLEMANITE)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, 5.5 x 3.5 x 2, Miniature,  Large double terminated Colemanite crystal from Boron.  ex Jim Minette collection.
1048-20   20df.g    ((QUARTZ, PYRITE)),  $15 MINIMUM BID, Artvin, Turkey, 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail,  Terminated Quartz on Pyrite crystal.  Photo shows cracks.  These are not visable near as much as the photo shows.  Appears and feels to be a tight non repaired old pocket crack.  I do not see any glue although it does show all around the crystal.  I do not believe this is endanger of falling apart as a specimen.  It does appear to be glued to the styrofoam base instead of attached with mintack.  This has probably been in Don Fratto collection for over 30 years.
1048-21   15btdw.l    ((BARITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Palos Verde, California, 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.5, Thumbnail,  Lustrous Barite crystals in a thumbnail sized specimen.
1048-22  17dw.r  ((ELBAITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, 7 x 3 x 1 MM, Thumbnail,  Small terminated Elbaite mounted into a perky box.
1048-23   20dwr    ((HEMIMORPHITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, 79 Mine, Hayden, Arizona, 4 x 2 x 2.5, Miniature,  Botryoidal light blue Hemimorphite.
1047-1   16sh    ((SMITHSONITE)),  $30 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Ophir District, Tooele County, Utah, 7 x 5 x 3, Small Cabinet,  Botryoidal Smithsonite from Utah.  5 MM Smithsonite layer of aqua colored Smthsonite with a 1 to 2 MM multiple layers of white and aqua colored Smithsonite on the top of the 5 MM of uniform colored Smithsonite.   Top layer has a satin luster.   Circa 1990.
1047-2   20gd    ((COPPER, PREHNITE)),  $75 MINIMUM BID, Houghton County, Michigan, 7.5 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet,  Sculptural Copper and light green Prehnite combination from Michiagan.  4 cm high knob of Copper and Prhnite.  Sets naturally on its Copper Prehnite base.
1047-3   21dw  SOLD AUS48   ((WULFENITE)),  $35 MINIMUM BID, Mobile Mine, Goodsprings Mining Dist. Clark County, Nevada, 4.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Uncommon locality in Nevada,  Orange blocky tabular crystals of Wulfenite.  Only 16 photos on mindat.org and one with the same color and style crystals as this one.
1047-4  20gd    ((LINARITE, FLUORITE)),  $25 MINIMUM BID, Mex Tex Mine, Bingham, socorro County, New Mexico,  6 x 5 x 3 cm, Miniature,  Bright blue Linarite with light aqua colored cubic Fluorite.
1047-5   20jd    ((ANATASE)),  $35 MINIMUM BID, Zard Mtn, Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan, 7.5 x 5 x 3 cm, Cabinet,  a sharp double terminated 9 MM just under 1 cm lustrous Anastase crstal with 2 other smaller 2 MM crystals .
1047-6   20gd    ((TETRAHDRITE on SPHALERITE)),  $15 MINIMUM BID, Huanzala Mine, Huanuco, Peru, 5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,  Tetrahedrite crystals on a Sphalerite core.  The Sphalerite is solid and visable on the bottom of the specimen and along the sides of the specimen.  Also some of the Tetrahedrite crystals have a thin coating of Chalcopyrite.
1047-7   21dw    ((HALITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Searles Lake, Trona, California,  10 x 10 x 5 cm, Cabinet,  Pinkish Halite from Searles Lake.  One side has some clusters of hopper shaped crystals.  Other side is covered with small lustrous cubic Halite crytals.  The side view shows 2 layers of crystalized  Halite joined together at one end and separated at the other side.
1047-8    20gd  SOLD AUS50  ((AQUAMARINE, SCHORL)),  $50 MINIMUM BID, Erongo Mountains, Namibia, 6 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,  Long terminated Aquamarine pencel crystals with 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm black terminated Schorl crystals from Erongo.
1047-9   22rus SOLDAUS48 oldold  ((RHODOCHROSITE  on TETRAHEDRITE on CHALCOPYRITE and SPHALERITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Raura Mining District, Lima Department, Peru, 6 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature,  This looks somewhat like Manganoan Calcite but was labeled Rhodochcrosite.  The Tetrahedrite is barely visible around the lower part of the specimen sides.  Bottom has Chalcopyrite and Sphalerite.
1047-10   13km    ((MANGANESE OXIDES ie CRYPTOMELANE)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, Taouz, Er Rachidia, draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco, 5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature,  Fine botryoidal Cryptomelane from Morocco.
1047-11   20gd    ((PREHNITE, CALCITE, QUARTZ)),  $35 MINIMUM BID, Goboboseb Mountains, Erongo Region, Namibia, 4.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature,  Translucent green botryoidal Prehnite from Goboboseb mtns., Namibia.  Associated Calcite and Quartz are also present.
1047-12   20gd   ((SPHALERITE)),  $40 MINIMUM BID, Stoneco Lime City Quarry, Lime City, Wood County, Ohio, 4 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Very fine lustrous brown Sphalerite from Ohio.
1047-13   20gd   ((ARAGONITE HELECTITE)),  $50 MINIMUM BID, Khaidarkan Sb-Hg deposit, Osh Oblast, Kyrgyzstan, , 6 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature,  This was originally sold on Rob Lavinsky's Mineralauctions.com  label included and is pictured on mindat.org.  It is an uncommon Helectite from a less known locality.  Undamaged and aesthetic.
1047-14   11jdir    ((GEMMY ZINCITE, FRANKLINITE)),  $35 MINIMUM BID, Franklin Furnace, Sussex County, New Jersey, 5 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Miniature,  Massive black Franklinite with gemmy red Zincite throughout the Franklinite specimen.   ex Deane K Smith collection.
1047-15   21dw    ((CELESTINE on COLEMANITE)),  $50 MINIMUM BID, Boraxo #3 Mine, Ryan, Death Valley, California, 13 x 10 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet,  Large specimen with large crystals of Colemanite covered in areas with long sharply terminated crystals of Celestine.
1047-16   20gd  SOLD NE6 ((PROUSTITE)),  $75 MINIMUM BID, Uchucchacua Mine, Lima Department, Peru  5.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,  Good coverage of red Proustite, one of the Ruby Silver species.  The cameral brings out the red color.  The flat area on the left side is hard to tell if a contact or cleavage, or a healed cleavage.  There are crystal faces along the sides of the large red area.
1047-17   21dw    ((MANGANITE, BARITE)),  $35 MINIMUM BID, Ilfeld, Nordhausen District, Thuringia, Germany, 8 x 6 x 6 cm, Cabinet,  Larger somewhat heavy specimen of white Barite from Germany.  Black acicular lustrous crystals of Manganite which grew in the seams within the Barite.  Ilfeld is the classic European locality for Manganite.
1047-18   21dw    ((CASSITERITE)),  $30 MINIMUM BID, Viloco Mine, La Paz Department, Bolivia, 2.5 x 1.8 x 1.8 cm, Thumbnail,  Highly lustrous Bolivian Cassiterite.
1047-19   21dw SOLD AUS50   ((AZURITE, MALACHITE)),  $35 MINIMUM BID, Khanong Open Pit, Sepon Mine, Sawannakhet Province, Laos, 3 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail,  Here is an Azurite from Laos.  These just seen to show up beween 2011 and 2015.  There was not alot although 60 on mindat.    There does not seem to be many at shows for sale.
1047-20   21dw    ((PETZITE, HESSITE, ELECTRUM)),  $50 MINIMUM BID, Cash Mine, Gold Hill, Boulder County, Colorado,  1.3 x 1.3 x .2 cm, Thmbnail,  Gold and Silver Telluride species.  This is a polished thin slice.  It is set in plastic/expoxy to give it more support.  The specimen face is not covered and is the actual top of the specimen for viewing.  Plastic is 3.7 x 2 cm and does fit in a perky box diagonally.
1046-1   14jd    ((JAROSITE)),  $30 MINIMUM BID, Colorado #1 Mine, Tintic District, Juab County, Utah, 9.5 x 7 x 6 cm, Cabinet,  These Tintic District mines have supposily been bought by Kenecott Copper Mine owner, Rio Tinto.  So any future collecting by mineral collectors will be off limits.  These were colllected about 15 years ago by local mineral self collectors.   Lustrous dark brown large Jarosite crystals with lots of sparkle.
1046-2   14jd  SOLD IA23   ((TURGITE)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, Colorado #1 Mine, Tintic District, Juab County, Utah, 9 x 8 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet,  These Tintic District mines have supposily been bought by Kenecott Copper Mine owner, Rio Tinto.  So any future collecting by mineral collectors will be off limits.  These were colllected about 15 years ago by local mineral self collectors.   Iridescent Turgite aka Hematite/Goethite from this Tintic Disttict Mine.
1046-3   20dw    CA201  ((PYRITE)),  $90 MINIMUM BID, Silver King Mine, Park City, Summit County, Utah, 15 x 14 x 10 cm, Extra Large Cabinet,  EIGHT Pounds ELEVEN Ounzes of lustrous Pyrite from Park City.  Cubic striated crystals.  This is the largest specimen from the Dana Wilson MD collection of several from the Park City find from at least 30 years ago.   Dana Wilson MD collection.
1046-4   20dw  UT179  ((ACTINOLITE)),  $30 MINIMUM BID, Heath Canyon, Wrightwood, San Bernardino County, California, 11 x 9 x 4 cm, Cabinet,  Most of this from local collectors have been small miniautures.  Cabinet sized speciments with large lustrous lathes of Actinolite crystals have been less common and probably an older specimen and not recently collected from the Wilson collection.   ex Dana Wilson MD collection.
1046-5   20gd    VT3    ((MAGNETITE, EPIDOTE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Marki Khel, Nangarhar, Afghanistan, 6.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Stiated lustrous black Magnetite crystals with associated yellow green Epidote.
1046-6   10mr.ng     ((QUARTZ with SMOKEY and AMETHYST PHANTOMS)),  $50 MINIMUM BID, Silent Grove Mine, Torrington, New South Wales. Australia, 5.5 x 2.5 x 1 cm, Miniature,  Terminated Quartz with a dark Phantom from a well known Australia locality known for these metaphysical Quartz crystals.   wt is 30.1 gms.
1046-7   20gd   SOLD    ((GORMANITE, SIDERITE. QUARTZ - TYPE LOCALITY)),  $80 MINIMUM BID, Big Fish River, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, Canada, 4.5 x 2.5 x 1 cm, Miniature,  Gormanite is the dark greenish crystal sheaves with rhombs of dark brown Siderite and colorless Quartz.  It is from the co Type locality.   Gormanite is a very rare phosphate species.  This is a very fine specimen.
WILLARD PERKINS   not  SAM PERKINS 1046-8   20df   SOLD    ((SMITHSONITE variety COBALTOAN SMITHSONITE)),  $125 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb Mine, South West Africa ie Namibia, 2.5 x 2 x 1.4 cm, Thumbnail,  Here is a fine pink Cobaltoan Smithsonite.  It is an old specimen with the county name of South West Africa now Namibia.  Also the label looks like it is probably a Willard Perkins thumbnail specimen with a typed label.  It also has a typed label on the bottom of the perky box.
1046-9   20dw     ((BRUCITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Killa Saifullah Distict, Balochistan, Pakistan, 3 x 3 x 1 cm, Miniature,  Yellow Brucite from a new find several years ago.
1046-10   20cf  UT159  ((CLINTONITE)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, Commercial Quarry, Crestmore, California, 2.5 x 1.5 x .3 cm, Thumbnail,  Clintonite is a rare mica species.  This was from the famous 2001 discovery at Crestmore written up in a article in the Mineral Record volume 35 jyly-August issue in 2004.  It was  collected by Curt Forrster whom worked at Crestmore at the time of the discovery and was the author of the Mineral Record article.
1046-11   12tj     ((STOLZITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Sainte-Lucie Mine, Lozere, Occitanie, France, 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail,  Single Stolzite crystal in a 1 x 1 inch flat plastic box on an red orange foam insert.  Classic locality for Stolzite in France.  I bought a lot of the specimens in these plastic holders is why the inexpensive min bid.
1046-12   20gd     ((CORUNDUM variety SAPPHIRE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Madagascar, 6 x 4 x 2 MM, Small Thumbnail,  This specimen is a single terminated crystal with the bottom and entire crytals water worn.   Low minimum since if I drop it, I probably would loose it.  Label from Spirifer Minerals.
1046-13   20gd     ((MARIALITE)),  $15 MINIMUM BID, Aracruz, Espirito Santo, Brazil, 2.7 x .8 x .7 cm, Thumbnail,  Large colorless Marialite crystal from Brazil mounted in a perky with a black base insert.
1046-14   20gd     ((SEPIOLITE, CALCITE, FLUORITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, New Method Mine, Amboy, San Bernardino County, California, 2 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail,  Combination specimen from California.
1046-15   20gd SOLD  ((SILVER and COPPER HALFBREED)),  $35 MINIMUM BID, Ahmeek #2 Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan, 2.1 x 1.1 x .7 cm, Thumbnail,  Fine Silver and Copper combination know as a Halfbreed.  Mine is known and given as the Ahmeek #2 Mine.
1046-16   19df     ((GYPSUM aka Sand Rose)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Thumbnail,  Fine specimen of Gypsum from Saudi Arabia.
1046-17   20dw     ((2 WULFENITE)),  $15 MINIMUM BID, San Francisco Mine, Magdalena, Sonora, Mexico, 1.7 x 1.5 cm, 2 Thumbnails in one perky box,  Two transparent crystal panes of yellow orange Wulfenite from Mexico's classic San Francisco Mine.  The big fine was about 25 years ago by Wayne Thompson.
1046-18   14dw     ((ELBAITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Skardu District, Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, 1.5 x .5 x .5 cm, Thumbnail,  A terminated yellowish Elbaite from Pakistan.
1046-19   20dw     ((ERYTHRITE)),  $15 MINIMUM BID, Bou Azzer, Morocco, 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnial,  Good reference Erythrite specimen with deep red magenta color.  It does not have the large terminated undamaged crystals typical of specimen in the cost range of $150 to $750.  A good inexpensive sample.   ex Dana Wilson MD collection # 373.
1046-20   23dw     ((BOLEITE - TYPE LOCALITY on ANGLESITE)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, Amelia Mine, Boleo District, Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 7 x 6 x 5 MM, Thumbnail,  Boleite Type Locality. Here is a small 5 MM cubic crystal of white Anglesite covered with contrasting blue Boleite crystals.
1045-1   20gd     ((PREHNITE, CALCITE)), CA201  $100 MINIMUM BID, Woodland Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, 7.4 x 4.8 x 1.4 cm, Cabinet,  This specimen is pictured on Mindat.org #RJF-D82 ex Rob Lavinsky specimen, ex Herb Obodda specimen.  Its a choice  translucent floater New Jersey Classic.   Very uncommon in this quality.  Herb Obodda was a high end dealer with choice specimens from United States, Pakistaon, Afghanistan, Russia and other localities.  Back has small Calcite crystals covering about 30 to 40 % of the surface area.  Translucent when backlit.  Rob Lavinsky purchased Herb Obodda's inventory. Glen Davidson purchased from Rob Lavinsky auctions.  I inturn purchased Glenn Davison collection.   Ex Glenn Davidson collection.  No labels, Providence with picture on mindat.org.
1045-2   21dw  SOLDUTLK   ((SPHALERITE, SIDERITE)),   $50 MINIMUM BID, Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado, 7 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet,  Excellent lustrous Sphalerite crystals with association light tan discs of Siderite crystals.  Lower right has Sphalerite crystals missing while the majority of the specimen has bright lustrous undamaged crystals.   ex Dana Wilson Md Collection #692.  Dana's labels are labeled unknown locality and mislabeled Dolomite instead of Siderite.  Classic Colorado Eagle Mine Sphalerite and Siderite specimen.
1045-3   21dw     ((HALLOYSITE)),  AUS50  $15 MINIMUM BID, Dragon Mine, Silver City, Tintic District, Juab County, Utah,  5.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Miniature,  Fine miniature sized Halloysite with a flattish base perfect for display.   ex Dana Wilson MD Collection.
1045-4   22btrus.ir  CA201    ((PYROMORPHITE)),   $30 MINIMUM BID, Daoping Mine, Guangxi, China,  6.5 x 5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,  Dark green terminated Pyromorphite crystals with no matrix.  Some Iron staining on the reverse from the matrix contact but specimen is totally Pyromorphite.
1045-5   20gd  AUS50   ((ALABANDITE)),   $25 MINIMUM BID, Onavas, Sonora, Mexico, 5.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm,  Miniature,  ex McConlogue collection A60,  ex Dakota Minerals purchased by Glen Davidson.  Alabandite is an uncommon Manganese Sulfide.  Specimen number A60 from the McConlogue collection is painted on the specimen.  Alavandite is obviously not the most showy of specimens.
1045-6   21dw     ((PYROMORPHITE)),   $30 MINIMUM BID, San Andres Mine, Cordoba, Spain,  2 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm, Thumbnail,  Nice Thumbnail sized specimen of apple green terminated Pyromophite from Spain.  This is from a find 25 years ago.    ex Dana Wilson MD Collection.
1045-7   20gd     ((ADAMITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 8 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet,  Light yellow Adamite crystals on a red brown gossan matrix from Ojuela Mine.
1045-8   21dw AUS48   ((ARAGONITE)),   $15 MINIMUM BID, Black Diamond Mine, Eureka District, Eureka County, Nevada,  5,5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,  Old material from the mine in the collectors basement or garage for 30 years.  Aesthetic white Aragonite specimen from a seldom seen Nevada locality.
1045-9   20gd     ((HEMATITE)),   $20 MINIMUM BID, Irhoud Mine, Youssoufia, Marrakesh-Safi, Morocco, , 5.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Lustrous  Hematite  from Morocco.  ex Glen Davidson specimen.
1045-10   11idce.ir AUS50    ((DIOPSIDE)),   $15 MINIMUM BID, Orford Nickel Mine, Orford, Quebec, Canada, 7.5 x 1.5 x .8 cm, Cabinet,   Parallel cluster of terminated diopside crystals from Quebec.   ex Collectors Edge specimen, ex Ernie Schlichter collection.
1045-11   21dw  AUS50    ((SPHALERITE)),   $50 MINIMUM BID,Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia, 5.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature,  I do not see these Russian Sphalerite specimens very often.  They look like three sided pyramids.  I only seen on other which I bought in the mid three figures from Dan Bunk minerals 10 to 25 years ago and have in my collection.  This one popped up in Dana Wilson's collection.  It was probably purchased 25 to 40 years ago.  Better in person and hard to capture in a photo.
1045-12   21dw  AUS48   ((CALCITE)),   $15 MINIMUM BID, San Vincete Mine, Veta Madre, Guanajuato, Mexico, 6 x 4.3 x 3 cm, Miniature,  Undamaged white slightly translucent Calcite crystals on a matrix with small terminated Quartz crystals.  ex Dana Wilson Md Collection #645.
1045-13   6idch.er,  ((BOLEITE))  $60 MINIMUM BID,  Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, Mexico, 2 x 1.5 x 1 cm Thunbnail,  4 x 4 x 4 MM cubic blue Boleite on matrix mounted in a thumbnail box.  Smaller 3 x 3 x 3 MM cubic Boleite on the backside.  This was a specimen that Clyde traded Arkansas minerals for this specimen.  Clyde self collected Arkansas and traded to collectors throughout the world.   ex Clyde Hardin collection.
1045-14   19gd  AUS48   ((MALACHITE, GOETHITE, CHRYSOCOLLA)),   $30 MINIMUM BID, Mashamba, Katanga, D R Congo, 12.5 x 7.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet,  Large Congo specimen with Malachite and Goethite on the front and Chrysocolla on the backside.
1045-15   20dw     ((WILLEMITE)),   $35 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 4.5 x 3 x 1 cm, Miniature,  Fine undamaged sparkling Willemite from Tsumeb mounted in a 2 in plastic miniature box.
1045-16   20dw     ((HEMATITE, ANDRADITE)),  N'Chwaning Mines, South Africa  $85 MINIMUM BID, Very fine undamaged lustrous Hematite with lustrous orange Andradite Garnets.
1045-17   18dr     ((COPPER)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia,  2 x 1.5 x 1.3 Thunbnail,  Spongy Copper from Tsumeb mounted in a thumbnail box.  ex Wm. Duncan Reismeyer collection.
1045-18   20dw     ((FLUORITE, CALCITE on BARITE with CHALCOPYRITE)),   $35 MINIMUM BID, Jaimina Mine, Caravia Mining district, Asturias, Spain, 5.5 x 4/5 x 3 cm. Miniature,  Water clear cubic undamaged Fluorite crystals with Chalcopyrite inclusions.  These are excellent 4 to 6 MM but did not show up very well in the photos.  Also fine csalenahedral Calcite crystals at the top of the specimen which also did not show up well in the photos.  Then there a blades of white Barite also in fine condition with Chalcopyrite crystals on the outside of the Barite crystals.
1045-19   20dw     ((RAMMELSBERGITE)),   $35 MINIMUM BID, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada, 5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature,  This was also a Renaud Vochten collection specimen 2310-5 namesake for Vochtenite.  Rammelsbergite is fairly uncommon.
1045-20   20dw     ((QUARTZ with ZINKENITE Inclusions)),   $15 MINIMUM BID, Felsberger Calanda, Greissons, Switzerland, 5 x 1.7 x 2 cm,  Miniature,  Here is an undamaged terminated water clear Quartz.  Inclusions are probably micro since I cannot see them with a loop.  ex Dana Wilson Md Collection #933.
1045-21   19gd     ((CORUNDUM variety RUBY)),  Fluorescent RED under LONG WAVE UV  $10 MINIMUM BID, Kiteto District,  Manyaro Region, Tanzania, 2 x 2 x 1.5 cm,  Thunbnail,  Ruby is one of the great long wave Ultraviolet fluorescing species.
1045-22   20dw   SOLD UTLK   ((AZURITE)),   $5 MINIMUM BID, OK Mine, Beaver County, Utah, 6 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature,  Nice blue Azurite specimen from the OK Mine in Utah.  ex Dana Wilson MD Collection.
1044-1   20hhdw.is     ((3 ALUNITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Alunite Ridge, Mount Baldy-Ohio Mining District, Piute County, Utah, 3 specimens to 3 cm,  3 Thunbnails,  Three pinkish massive crystalline Alunite from Utah.  Color is from iron oxide coloring the veins of Alunite.   ex Dana Wilson Md Collection #912.
1044-2   20hhdw.nr    ((STIBNITE)),  SOLD UT179   $60 MINIMUM BID, Emma-Albion Mine, Coyote Creek Mining District aka Antimony Mining District, Escalante Mountains, Garfield County, Utah, 5.5 x 2.5 x 1 cm, Miniature, A curved vein of Stibnite with a yellow coating on the outside being Stibiconite pseudomorphing from the Stibnite.  Photos do not show very well but it is mostly solid Stibnite with only minor matrix attached.  Fine uncommon Utah specimen in collections.  These are seen available never to not very often.    ex Dana Wilson MD collection #909.
1044-3   20hhdw.is     ((FLUORITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Usakos and Omaruru District, Erongo Region, Namibia, 3.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Octahedral green Fluorite crystals.  I noticed that the number on the specimen is 850 while the label says 849.  I packed the collection and the label was the label with the specimen.  I looked on Mindat and my specimen of Riemasmaak Fluorite from South Africa.  Similiar but a different green.  I believe this is an Erongo specimen.  Dana also did not have a Riemvasmmak specimen that I saw present or was with the collection specimens that I purchased.  ex Dana Wilson MD collection #850.
1044-4   20hhdw.is     ((FLUORITE Cap)),   $15 MINIMUM BID, Brush Wellman Mine, Spor Mountain Mining District, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 4 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, This is a Fluorite cap that is hollow inside.  It looks like it covered a pair of Calcite crystals.   ex Dana Wilson Collection.
1044-5   15btce.r     ((APOPHYLLITE, CALCITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India, 4 x 3 x 1 cm, Miniature, Single terminated Apophyllite crystal with very minor Stilbite but with a nice Calcite crystal perched at the top side of the specimen.  It has a partial Calcite crystal of the same size on the back of the Apophyllite.    ex Collectors Edge specimen.
1044-6   20hhdw.ir   ((ALTAITE, GALENA)), SOLD AUS50  $30 MINIMUM BID, Hill Top Mine, Organ District, Dona Ana County, Arizona, 5.5 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Altaite is PbTe.    ex Dana Wilson MD collection #947.
1044-7   20hhdw.is  FLUORESCENT White under UVSW,    ((2 SCHEELITE)), SOLD UT179  $35 MINIMUM BID, Omega Mine, Pima County, Arizona, 5 x 4 x 3 cm largest specimen. 2 Miniatures,  Rich specimens with spots of white color under UVSW thoughout the specimens on all sides.  Dana probably acquired from the self collecting Micromount collector, Joe Marty.  ex Dana Wilson MD collection #370
1044-8   20hhdw.is     ((COLEMANITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Boron, Kern County, California, 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Sharp spear like terminations  mounted in a 3 INCH plastic miniature box.  ex Jim Minette specimen from the Milton L.S. collection purchased by Jim Minette.   ex Dana Wilson MD collection.
1044-9   11hhor.is     ((SILVER ZINC ORE)), SOLD UT179   $10 MINIMUM BID, Ontario Mine, Park City, Summit County, Utah, 7 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, This is not dark as the photo shows.  It is a light gray and white, sparkling specimen self collected by Otto Reiter collected 40 to 60 years ago.   ex Otto Reiter collection.
1044-10    20hhdw.is FLUORESCENT with UVSW SOLD AUS50   ((TIFFANY STONE aka BERYLLIUM NODULE)),   $15 MINIMUM BID, Brush Wellman Mine, Spor Mountain Mining District, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 4 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Purple Fluorite and white Hyalite Opal.  Hyalite is bright green with UVSW.   ex Dana Wilson Collection.
1044-11   20hhdw.is     ((6 SMALL SPECIMENS with 2 DURANGITE)),   $50 MINIMUM BID, Various Localities, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm, 6 Thumbnails, 2 fine Durangite specimens, Pyromorphite from Blue Bell Mine in California, Metauranocircite from Spider Mine in Utah, Pyrite,Quartz from Butte in Montana, and Adamite from Ojuela Mine in Mexico.  All six mounted in 1 x 1 x .75 INCH Joussi type plastic boxes.  ex Dana Wilson MD collection.
1044-12   20hhdw.ir     ((ACANTHITE)),   $15 MINIMUM BID, Imiter Mine, Tinghir Province, Morocco, 3 x 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,  Acanthite is AgS, Silver Sulphide. a major Silver ore species.  Lael says Bou Azzer but only a single specimen on mindat.org from Bou Azzer and totally unlike this specimen which is totally like the many and majority of specimens shown that are from Imiter Mine in Morocco.  Nice large crystal on this thumbnail sized specimen.  ex Dana Wilson MD collection.
1044-13   15btce.r     ((Green APOPHYLLITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Pune, Maharashtra, India, 2.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Small cluster of green Apophyllite crystals.  ex Collectors Edge specimen.
1044-14   19hhgd.tr     ((CUPRITE, CHRYSOCOLLA)),   $40 MINIMUM BID, Probably from the Morenci Mine, Greenlee County, Arizona, 5.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Thumbnail, NOTE; No label with the specimen from the collection.  Probably acquired from Lavinsky's Mineralauctions  since it has the label with an inventory number or auction number on the specimen. Checking on mindat.org the Cuprite Chrysocolla combination specimens.  Morenci seems like the most probable match.  Lustrous dark red Cuprite not in a vug therefore no crystal faces.  Chrysocolla dispersed throughout the matrix.     ex Glenn Davidson collection      .
1044-15   19hhgd.es     ((SMOKEY QUARTZ)), SOLD NMDW  $65 MINIMUM BID, Probably from Lincoln County, New Mexico, 9 x 2.4 x 2.3 cm, Cabinet, NOTE; No label with the specimen from the collection.  Checking on mindat.org the most probable match is New Mexico Quartz.  The specimen is lustrous and totally gemmy light smokey Quartz.  It is actually double terminated with a regular termination and a completely healed termination from a premining pocket break now healed.   Excellent Smokey Quartz specimen.   ex Glenn Davidson collection      .
1044-16   19hhdf.g     ((QUARTZ)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Chihuahua, Mexico, 2.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Terminated cluster of Quartz.  Label says unidentified Inclusions.   ex Dana Wilson MD collection #456.   ex Don Fratto collection.
1044-17   21hhdw.ir     (()),  $15 MINIMUM BID, Old Reliable, Copper Creek, Pinal County, Arizona, largest is 3.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature/Thumbnail, Spherical clusters of acicular dark green Libethenite crystals from Arizona.  They were probably self colleccted by micromounter Joe Marty.  Then acquired from Joe by Dana.  Looping then are better than the photo suggests.   ex Dana Wilson MD collection #659.
1043-18   20hhdw.ls     ((CALCITE)),   $100 MINIMUM BID,  Shullsburg area, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, 18.5 x 12 x 6 cm, Large Cabinet, Classic Shullsburg Calcite specimen with only minor damage as seen in the photos by small white areas.  The large right cystal has a flat cleaved surface facing the back right face not seen in the photo or display of the specimen.  Very large specimen at 18.5 cm.     ex Dana Wilson MD collection.
1044-19   17aarl.ls     ((14 not 15 SPINEL CRYSTALS)),SOLD AUS50   $65 MINIMUM BID, Luc Yen, Yenbai Province, Vietnam, case is 1.5 x 1.5 x 5/8 INCHES, 14 Small Thumbnails, Various colored totally gem crystals of Vietnam Spinel.  ex Rob Lavinsky mineral auctions specimen.
1044-20   13hhce.r     ((GOETHITE pseudomorph after PYRITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID,  , 3 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, West of Pelican Point these pyritahdral crystals are found while Pelican Point has the cubic cystals.   This is about as large as these get while the cubic crystals are in clusters to 10 to 20 cm.
1043-1   19hlkm.is  SOLD UTLK    ((FLUORITE, CALCITE, DOLOMITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, National Limestone Quarry No. 1, Paxtonville, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, 6 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature,  Deep purple Fluorite which is frozen in matrix.  Mostly no vugs ever found for stand alone crystal faces.  These are exposed by breaking the matix material.  Locality specimen normally not ever seen at shows for sale.  ex Kerry Matte specimen.
1043-2   6hhjh.iss    ((TOPAZ)),   $85 MINIMUM BID, Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 3.8 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature, Undamaged terminated gemmy lustrous cluster of sherry colored Topaz crystals.  The main crystal is undamaged sharply terminated gemmy transparent in the center section of the crystal.  The top and bottom third has quartz/clay inclustions blocking most of the transparency in those areas.  The daughter crystals are shorter lustrous terminated gemmy sherry colored crystals.  The main crystal is very large fore the locality with only extremely small percentage of crystals this large free standing .  Many of the large crystals are also flat sideways with the back of the crystal attached to the Rhyolite matrix rock.   ex John Holfert specimen.  NOTE:  Do not display over very long periods of time in sunlight or will fade.  Exposing to strong radiation will supposily restore the color for those working at a nuclear reactor site.
1043-3   20hhgd.g     ((PYRITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri, 5 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Lustrous cluster of Pyrite crystals.  Near floater with only a narrow contact area on the bottom of the sideways photo.   ex Glenn Davidson collection.  ex Weinrich Minerals specimen.
1043-4   21hhdw.is     ((PYROMORPHITE)),   $20 MINIMUM BID, Yangshuo Mine, Guilin, Guanxi, China, 2.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Green barrel shaped crystals of Pyromorphite from China in a thumbnail perky box.  In great shape with only sparse chipping to a few crystals not noticable with normal viewing.    ex Dana Wilson Collection.
1043-5   21hhdw.is     ((QUARTZ, LEPIDOLITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Oceanview Mine, Pala, San Diego County, California, 2.5 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Single terminated undamaged Quartz crystal with light green Lepidolite at the base. It is mounted in a thumbnail perky box.    ex Dana Wilson collection.
1043-6   20hhgd.tr   ((CALCITE variety MANGANESE-BEARING)),   $65 MINIMUM BID, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China, 13.5 x 12 x 9 cm, Cabinet, No apparent damage on this light pinking Manganoan Calcite.  I'm sure it fluoresces red orange with SWUV.   The Calcite crystals are typical stacked flattened rhombs displayable on front or back sides.  It  was purchased by Glenn on Rob Lavinsky's MineralAuctions.com auction and I'm sure for quit a bit more than $65 with Lavinsky label .   ex Glenn Davidson collection.
1043-7   14hhdm.o     ((IRON CONCRETION aka MOQUI MARBLE)),  SOLD AUS50  $10 MINIMUM BID, Utah, 5.5 x 5 x 2.5 cm each specimen.  Miniature,  Here is a fine displayable specimen showing the inside of the Moque Marble.  It is sawn in half with the edge polished to a matte luster.  The hard sand core which no one usually sees or knows it exists is removed on the one half.  Someone went to alot of effort to make a neat example of a Moqui Marble.  ex Dennis McMurdie collection.
1043-8   20hhgd.is     ((NATIVE BISMUTH)), SOLD AUS50  $10 MINIMUM BID, Cobalt area, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada, 2 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, The colorful labgrown hopper crystals of colorful Bismuth are readily available at all mineral shows.  Everyone asks what Native Bismuth looks like.  Fine crystallized specimens are pricey from Germany and other localities.  Canada has deposits of massive native Bismuth which very affordable prices for collections.  It never seems to be around when you want it or when every wants to know what it looks like.  I show probably keep this to show at shows.  But when I want it, I would not be able to find it.  So here it is since I already took the photo.  ex Glenn Davidson collection.
1043-9   14hhdm.o     ((GOETHITE/LIMONITE pseudomorph after PYRITE)),  AUS 201  $15 MINIMUM BID, Drum Mountains, Juab/Millard Counties,  Utah, 6.5 x 4 x 1 cm, Miniature, Excellent sharp cubic crystals of this well know pseudomorph from Pelican Point, Utah County, Utah.  The Drum Mountains specimens are not usually collected  because of their crystal size and so are very uncommon as specimens in collections.  This one is a very pleasing aesthetic specimen that McMurder purchased in 1997 at our local Mineral Collectors of Utah club show at Trolley Square, Salt Lake City, Utah.   ex Dennis McMurdie collection.
1043-10   21henc.r  SOLD AUS50   ((GOETHITE/HEMATITE pseudomorph afer MARCASITE aka PROPHECY STONE)),   $15 MINIMUM BID, White Desert, Egypt, 3.8 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Undamaged dumbbell shaped specimen of Prophecy Stone wich is really a neat pseudomorph of either Goethite or Hematite after Marcasite from Egypt.   Originally they were called Goethite and then I heard Hematite.  Look like Geothite to me.  These are totally undamaged.  The majority of ones on the market have some damage with some being pror to pseudomorphing and some post pseudomorphing.    Meta physical market has named them Prophecy Stones.  Some have Jack (from ball and jacks game) crystals extending star like.  Others have various shapes.   This one can be easily carried in a purse or pocket for the metaphysical properties.  This one with some others I hand picked out for their form and damage free conditions.
1043-11   20hhgd.is     ((AZURITE)), SOLD UT157  $25 MINIMUM BID, Detroit Mine, Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Sharp large blocky crystals of Azurite from the Detroit Mine in Arizona.   ex Glenn Davidson collection.
1043-12 AUS48  15jkwg.in     ((OLIVENITE variety LEUCOCALCITE)),   $20 MINIMUM BID, 150 level, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 5.5 x 5 x 5 cm, Miniature,  Excellent crystals viewable with a loop of spherical acicular clusters of Olivenite crystals. The white silkly variety of Olvenite is called Leucochalcite and is listed on the label.  I am not sure if the variety name applies or not.  I have seen it used previous on these Gold Hill Olivenites but mindat show a more white silk like form and not listed from Gold Hill.   ex Wes Gannaway collection #1944
1043-13   21hhdw.is     ((QUARTZ variety ROSE QUARTZ)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Pitorra Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1.5 x 1.3 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Lustrous gemmy very light pink crystals of Rose Quartz from Brazil mounted in a perky box.  ex Dana Wilson MD collection #1112.
1043-14   21hhdw.is     ((QUARTZ with GOETHITE inclusions, GOETHITE)),   $20 MINIMUM BID, 2nd Mesabi Claim, Crystal Peak, Park County, Colorado, 2.5 x 2 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, This is a mound of dark brown Goethite small crystals with several large lustrous terminated Quartz crystals that are also brown from Goethite inclusions.    ex Dana Wilson MD collection #554.     .
1043-15   5btbf.is    ((QUARTZ Scepter)),   $40 MINIMUM BID, Liliana Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico, 1.5 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Terminated Quartz crystal with a ring of terminated crysals around the termination.  I have had these described as chandeliers.  Looking down from the top the the outer faces form a hexagonal shape, each faces with several terminated Quartz crystals.  This must be some type of cyclic twin around the central Quartz crytals.  I have seen cyclic twinning  in Fluorites.  This also resembles a flower a/though different from the hoppered quartz flowers from the Dugway Range in Utah.   ex Benny Fenn specimen from a find 20 years ago.  This is the only one with this odd cyclic hexagonal ring of Quartz on a main Quartz crytal.
1043-16   19hhdf.g     ((PYRITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Cap Blanc-Nez, France, 2.8 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, A ball like cluster of Pyrite crystal from France.  in an uncommon thumbnail sized specimen.  The crystals have a brownish tan coating that makes these not lustrous as most Pyrite specimens and these have more of a matte luster.   ex Don Fratto collection.
1043-17   21hhdw.ir     ((ZOISITE variety TANZANITE)), SOLD UT179  $25 MINIMUM BID, Merlani Hills, Tanzania, 2 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Undamaged and non heat treated lustrous gemmy crystal.  The termination that looks chipped on the one side is a natural face, larger on one side than the other side.  The blue background is showing through the gemmy transparent crytal.  The crystal is a light yellow color with purplish hints at the bottom 25% of the crystal.  Nice example of Non heat treated Zoisite from Tanzania.  ex Dana Wilson MD collection.
1043-18   21hhdw.ns     ((SCHEELITE, FLUORITE)),   $25 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, China, 4 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Two plus a smaller partial crystal of terminated golden Scheelite from China.  Brightly Fluorescent with UVSW.  The associated is zoned cubic Fluorite crystals that have thin purple lines of color.  With a loop these looks like cubic crystals inside of cubic transparent crystals.  Focus did not come out well with the photos.   ex Dana Wilson MD collection.
1043-19   21hhdw.ns     ((DANBURITE)), SOLD CA202  $35 MINIMUM BID, Alto Chapare, Bolivia, 4.3 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, This is a large double terminated undamaged fully formed grey floater crystal of Danburite.  These reportedly were first found as jewels inside an Indian chiefs tomb.  Excellent form with most being more in the 2.5 cm size.  Ex Dana Wilson MD collection.
1043-20   14iddw.gs     ((CARROLLITE, CALCITE)), SOLD AUS50  $85 MINIMUM BID, Kamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo, 5.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Sharp highly lustrous crystals of silver colored octahedral Carrollite crystals about 5 cm in size scattered across the top of the matrix.  This is an excellent specimen with great coverage of the highly lustrous crystals.  ex University of Arizona collection,  ex Dan Weinrich specimen.
1042-1   19hhdf.g     ((HEMATITE pseudomorph afer MAGNETITE)),   $20 MINIMUM BID, Payun Matru Volcano, Mendoza Province, Argintina, 2 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Sharp crystals of the now well known Argentina psuedomorph.  Label says Chubut which was the locality the finders first gave to hide the real locality. The main find was discovered about 2000 and were a hugh success at the executive inn at the Tucson show.  Thumbnails  were $50, miniatures were $250, and cabinets $500 plus.  Three 8 foot tables were completely covered with specimens without any boxes or labels.  Cash only sales.  Buyers picked out themselves.  The dealer, discoverer completely paid for his sons college 4 years of tuition.  He kept running back and forth to the hotel safe stashing cash all day long everyday for two plus weeks.  He must of filled suitcase with cash! I made multiple trips up to his room as I sold during the show my specimens and got more cash to go up and buy many specimens. including thumbnail, minitures and three large cabinets.  I spent most of the money from my sales in his room.  I had a room on the first floor of the Exccutive Inn and he was on the third floor.  These specimens were on Argentina Indiana land and needed a specimen permission and government approval or license to export.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1042-2   19hhdf.g     ((CHAMOSITE pseudomorph after ALMANDINE)),   $20 MINIMUM BID, Michigammi Mine, Marquette County, Michigan, 2 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Chamosite is the ferroan varitey of Chlorite group.  Comment in mindat.org says that they can no longer be collected after US-41 has now covered the previous rock pile collecting site.  The specimens have the shape of large Almandine Garnet crystals now blackish green Chamosite replacement.  Classic Michigan pseudomorph.     ex Don Fratto collection.
1042-3   19hhdf.g  SOLD UT179   ((LIMONITE pseudomorph after PYRITE -Iron Cross Twin)),   $35 MINIMUM BID, Fountains, Ptetoria, South Africa, 2 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, I did not fine the locality on mindat.org but on google it is near Johannesburg.   Label says that Don acquired in April 1985 from Joe Pfeifer, a local small dealer.  It also says specimen from  Horst Windisch on a the label behind the thumbnail back label.  This may be an uncommon or rare South African specimen.  ex Don Fratto collection.   Mindat.org photos for South Africa did not have any similar specimen from any locality in South Africa.
1042-4  19hhdf.g     ((HEMATITE pseudomorph after MAGNETITE)),   $20 MINIMUM BID, Payun Matru Volcano, Mendoza Province, Argentina, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.6 cm, Thumbnail, Sharp crystals of the now well known Argentina psuedomorph.  Label says Chubut which was the locality the finders first gave to hide the real locality. The main find was discovered about 2000 and were a hugh success at the executive inn at the Tucson show.  Thumbnails  were $50, miniatures were $250, and cabinets $500 plus.  Three 8 foot tables were completely covered with specimens without any boxes or labels.  Cash only sales.  Buyers picked out themselves.  The dealer, discoverer completely paid for his sons college 4 years of tuition.  He kept running back and forth to the hotel safe stashing cash all day long everyday for two plus weeks.  He must of filled suitcase with cash! I made multiple trips up to his room as I sold during the show my specimens and got more cash to go up and buy many specimens. including thumbnail, minitures and three large cabinets.  I spent most of the money from my sales in his room.  I had a room on the first floor of the Exccutive Inn and he was on the third floor.  These specimens were on Argentina Indiana land and needed a specimen permission and government approval or license to export.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1042-5   18hhdm.o     ((CALCITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Santa Eulalia, Mexico, 13 x 11 x 9 cm, Cabinet, This was labeled just Mexico but is probably from the Santa Eulalia District.  It has some small Pyrite.  Dennis did  have many specimens  with short or hand written semi labels such as this.  ex Dennis McMurdlie collection.
1042-6   20hhgd.tr    ((GROSSULAR variety HESSONITE, DIOPSIDE, CLINOCHLORE)),   $185 MINIMUM BID, Testa Ciarva, Mussa Alp, City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy, 8.5 x 5.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Lustrous Orange totally gemmey transparent Hessonite crystals with terminated light green Diopside crystals and booklets of micaceous Clinochlore.  Fine European classic from Italy.  Sparkly and in great condition.   ex Glenn Davidson collection.
1042-7   20hhgd.tr    ((HUBNERITE, FLUORITE)),   $110 MINIMUM BID, Huayllapon Mine, Pasto Bueno, Ancash, Peru, 9 x 9 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Lustrous  terminated Hubnerite crystals with pale greenish Fluorite from Peru.  Minor damage which only seems to show if  using a loop to examine the specimen.     ex Glenn Davidson collection.
1042-8   20hhgd.tr    ((GALENA, QUARTZ, SPHALERITE variety MARMATITE)),   $55 MINIMUM BID, Krushev Dol Mine, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria, 10.5 x 8.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Lustrous  black Marmatite and semi lustrous matte luster on the Galena.  Quart is between transparent and slightly translucent.  In great shape with only a few damaged Quartz crystals.    ex Glenn Davidson collection.
1042-9   19hhdf.g     ((DESCLOIZITE)),   $20 MINIMUM BID, Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein, Namibia, 2.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Scultural thumbnail specimen of Descloizite.  Old Schneider's Rocks and Minerals label cut down to fit into thumbnail perky box.  Schnider's was a old dealer from Poway, California.   ex Don Fratto specimen.
1042-10   191hhdf.g     ((PYRITE)),   $20 MINIMUM BID, Quiruvilca Mine, Peru, 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Fine undamaged lustrous Peru Pyrite specimen acquired in March of 1998.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1042-11   19hhdf.g  SOLD UTGL   ((VANADINITE)),   $5 MINIMUM BID, Mibladen, Morocco, 2 x 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Orange red crystal cluster with a matte luster.  Minor micro chipping on edges of crystals as can be see in the frontal photo. Don acquired in March of 1998.    ex Don Fratto collection.
1042-12   19hhdf.g     ((GALENA)),   $15 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri,  2.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Cluster of cubic Galena crystals.  Photo luster looks a bit off, but I just cleaned it and the luster is now fine.  Not mirror like a few, but a good luster now.  sttw  errous Sharp pointed Colrmanite crystals with rounded yellow brown spherical gemmy Calcite crystals on the Colemanite.  Bottom and partial up on sides are cut and ground flat curving up on the sides.   ex Jim Minette collection.
1042-13   21hhdw.is     ((HEULANDITE, STILBITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Cape Blomidon, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada, 10 x 8 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, While mainly Heulandite there is also Stilbite.    ex Dana Wilson collection.
1042-14   20hhgd.nr     ((GYPSUM with HEMATITE inclusions)) ,   $65 MINIMUM BID, Chella, Valencia, Spain, 10 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Lustrous orange Gypsum from Spain.  Orange color is from Hematite inclusions. This is the same locality that has the red orange Quartz crystals.  ex Glenn Davidson collection.
1042-15   21hhdw.ar     ((PYRITE)),   $200 MINIMUM BID, Ampliacion a Victoria Mine, Navajun, La Rioja, Spain, 13 x 10 x 7.5 cm, Crystals 3.0 cm,  Cabinet, Sharp lustrous cubic Pyrite crystals on a Marl Matrix.   ex Dana Wilson MD collection.
1042-16   19idcj.tr     ((BARITE, CALCITE)),   $160 MINIMUM BID, Meikle Mine, Elko County, Nevada, 5 x 5 x 4.5 cm, Miniature, Large undamaged lustrous terminated Barite crystal with Calcite matrix. It is mounted into a plastic 2.5 inch miniature box.     ex Geoprime specimen.
1042-17   191hhdf.g     ((PYRITE, HEMATITE)),   $20 MINIMUM BID, Rio Marina, Elba, Tuscany, Italy, 2.5 x 2.3 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Fine damaged lustrous Elba Pyrite minor Hematite on one side.  This specimen was acquired in March of 1998.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1042-18   13bttj.r     ((ANORTHITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Iwoshima, Idzu Island, Japan, 9 x 8 x 6 MM, Thumbnail, Small Anorthite pair of crystals as seen at the side view from Japan.
1042-19   19iddf.g     ((MAGNETITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Sierro, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1.8 x .8 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Complete crystal of Magnetite from Sierro.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1042-20   19iddf.g    ((LAZULITE)),   $15 MINIMUM BID, Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, 5 x 3 x 3 MM, Thumbnail, Small 5 MM double terminated crystal of Lazulite from Graves Mountain famous for its mirrow lustrous Rutile crystals.    ex Don Fratto collection.
1042-21   191hhdf.g     ((PYRITE)),   $20 MINIMUM BID, Hunan Province, Near Guangdong Province borderr, China, 2 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm, Thumbnail, Fine highly lustrous cubic Pyrite from China with several smaller cubes around the base.    Fine  Pyrite specimen acquired in March of 1998.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1042-22   191hhdf.g     ((PYRITE)),   $20 MINIMUM BID, 430 Drift, Wyoming Mine, Red Cliff, Colorado, 2 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm, Thumbnail, Lustrous multiple crystals intergrown together.   Pyrite specimen also acquired in March of 1998.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1042-23   191hhdf.g     ((PYRITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Custer County, Idaho, 2.3 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Idaho Pyrite.  It has a tight crack line.  I can not tell if repaired or not.  Unusual locality.  Pyrite specimen also acquired in March of 1998.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1042-24   191hhdf.g     ((PYRITE)),   $35 MINIMUM BID, Magma Mine, Superior, Arizona, 2 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm, Thumbnail, Superb highly lustrous complete all around, although I can not see the very bottom, thumbnail from Arizona's Magma Mine.  Pyrite specimen acquired in March of 1998.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1041-1   9iddb.tr     ((CALCITE on COLEMANITE)),   $15 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Boron, Kern county, California, 12 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Sharp pointed Colrmanite crystals with rounded yellow brown spherical gemmy Calcite crystals on the Colemanite.  Bottom and partial up on sides are cut and ground flat curving up on the sides.   ex Jim Minette collection.
1041-2   16hhjw.nr  SOLD UT179  ((SMITHSONITE, CALCITE)),   $20 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 8 x 6.5 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Vugs on lower front and top back not shown.  Botryoidal grey bluegreen  sparkling Smithsonite with white opaque Calcite.  ex Jim Wilson collection, whom discovered Guillulyite at Mecur Mine, Utah.
1041-3   9hhiddb.nr  ((COLEMANITE)),   $15 MINIMUM BID, Corkscrew Canyon Mine, Inyo County, California, 9 x 7.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet,  Nearly a floater with contact only along one edge at the bottom of the photos.  Lustrous sparkling small crystals reflecting light.    ex Jim Minette Borate collection.
1041-4   10hhgd.r   SOLD UT179  ((GYPSUM)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Hanksville, Wayne county, Utah, 12 x 6 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Brown from mud inclusions.  Some mud is still on the outside of specimen which could be easily removed with water.    ex Glen Davidson collection.  Glen may have originally purchased from Me..
1041-5   20hhgd.e     ((HEMATITE, QUARTZ)),   $5 MINIMUM BID, attributed to Australia, 8.5 x 7.5 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Collection Label missing.  May be from the Iron Monarch Pit.   ex Glen Davidson collection.
1041-6   20hhgd.ns    ((HEMATITE, CHLORITE Group, K-FELDSPAR, QUARTZ)),   $35 MINIMUM BID, attributed to Switzerland, 10.5 x 8.5 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Collection label missing.  Highly lustrous cluster of Hematite crystals on a large matrix of white K-Feldspar, Quartz crystals, and green Chlorite group species.  ex Glen Davidson collection.
1041-7 SOLD AUS50  20hhgd.ir     ((CHRYSOCOLLA/MALACHITE pseudomorph after AZURITE)),   $20 MINIMUM BID, Morenci Mine, Greenlee County, Arizona,  9.5 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, Round aggregates of Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after Azurite.  Some of the crystals show that the inside is still blue Azurite.  ex Glen Davidson collection with Weinrich Minerals label.
1041-8   14hhdm.o   ((SCHORL)),   $20 MINIMUM BID, attributed to Brazil, 12 x 9 x 8 cm, Cabinet, No label with this Dennis McMurdie specimen.  ex Dennis McMurdie collection.
1041-9   21hhdf,g   ((AGATE)),   $5 MINIMUM BID, Brazil, 14 x 10 x .3 cm, Cabinet, A translucent 3 MM thick slab of Agate which has been cut and polished to a matte luster.  Yellow brown thin lines of banding.   ex Don Fratto collection.
1041-10 SOLD AUS48  21hhdw.is    ((CALEDONITE, LINARITE, MALACHITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Tonapah-Belmont Mine, Maricopa County, Arizona, 6 x 5 x 3 cm, Miniature,  Dana Wilson collection with the specimen probably secured from Joe Marty, whom probably self collected the specimen.   ex Dana Wilson collection.
1041-11  21hhdw.is    ((OLIVENITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing County, Nevada, 4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,  Dana Wilson collection with the specimen probably secured from Joe Marty, whom probably self collected the specimen.  Lustrous dark green crystals to 2 MM.  ex Dana Wilson collection.
1041-12   20hhdw.is   ((3 CABS)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Miscellaneous, 4 x 3 cm each, 3 Cabs,   Oval 4 x 3 cm cabs with flat backs and lustrous polished cab top sides and edges. ex Dana Wilson collection.
1041-13 SOLD AUS50  21hhdf,g   ((HEMIMORPHITE, WULFENITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Finch Mine, Gila County, Arizona, 5.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Hemimorphite is fluorescent green with UVSW.  Several small yellow orange Wulfenite crystals on the Hemimorphite.    ex Don Fratto collection.  ex JAM's Rocks label ie Jack and Marty Crawford, Tucson.
1041-14 SOLD AUS50  21hhgd.nr   ((AZURITE, MALACHITE)),   $35 MINIMUM BID, Kerrouchene, Khenifra Province, Morocco,  8.5 x 8 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Large Moroccan Azurite with minor Malachite.   ex Glen Davidson collection.
1041-15   21hhdf,g    ((CROCOITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia, 2.5 x .7 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Single red orange crystal of Crocoite from Tasmania.   ex Don Fratto collection.
1041-16   21hhdf,g  SOLD UT179  ((WULFENITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Erupcion Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico, 2.1 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Thick caramel brown colored Wulfenite.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1041-17   5btdb.is     ((FLUORITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Eureka Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado , 6 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Cubic light grey Fluorite crystals from Colorado.  .
1041-18   20hhdw,r  SOLD UTLK   ((PEACOCK ORE, BORNITE in really CHALCOPYRITE that has been treated)),   $5 MINIMUM BID, Mexico,  3 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Nice iridescnet coloration on this specimen.  Marketed as Bornite or Peacock ore,  it is actually yellow golden Chalcopyrite that has been treated to oxidize and cause the iridescent rainbox colors.    ex Dana Wilson collection.
1041-19   20hhdw.ir  ((QUARTZ, MANGANOAN CALCITE)),   $35 MINIMUM BID, Pachapaqui Mine, Ancash Department, Peru, 8 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Terminated Quartz crystals with pink Manganoan Calcite the is fluorescent red orange with UVSW.   ex Dana Wilson  collection, ex Dave Bunk specimen with label .
1041-20   20hhdw.ns    ((CALACITE)),   $15 MINIMUM BID, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, 8 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Bisbee Calcite specimen.ex Dana Wilson collection, ex Weinrich specimen with label.
1041-21    20hhdw.ns    ((CELESTINE)),   $15 MINIMUM BID, Lehigh Portland Cement Co. Quarry, Lawrence County, Indiana,  4.5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Mounted in a 2 inch plastic miniature box.  The Celestine crystal is gemmy 1.2 cm lustrous crystal at the bottom of the open geode cracked open perfectly without damaging the crystal.  ex Dana Wilson collection, ex Weinrich specimen with label.
1041-22   21hhgd,ns     ((COPPER pseudomorph after ARAGONITE with CALCITE replacing center and MALACHITE)),   $125 MINIMUM BID, Corocoro District, La Paz Department, Bolivia, 1.5 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Strange and different Copper pseudomorph after Aragonite.  Golden Calcite crystals filling the center of a Copper shell.  ex Glen Davidson collection,  ex Rob Lavinsky auction specimen.   Pictured on mindat.org page 20 of 27 on search copper corocoro with similar view as my photos.  No mention of the Calcite center viewable from the other side.
1041-23  SOLD CA201 21hhgd.is     ((AZURITE on SMITHSONITE?)),   $40 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 3.2 x 3 x 1 cm, Miniature, The label just mentions Azurite from Tsumeb.  Originally I thought maybe it was on Dolomite but the light tan druse looks like small Smithsonite crystals.  The two plus Azurite clusters are undamaged except two minute minor blemishes seen with a loop. It fits diagonal into a thumbnail box.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1041-24   21hhdf,g     ((CALCITE SCEPTER)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia, 1.8 x .7 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, Unusual Calcite scepter or Calcite lolipop.  The top crystal is hexagonal in shape with a strange termination.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1040-1   21hhdf,g  SOLD AU48   ((CHALCOPYRITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Bingham Canyon Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah, 7 x 4 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Shape is roughly a log shape with both ends having lustrous Chalcopyrite exposed.  It could or should be broken into sections which may and probably would expose more Chalcopyrite on the new ends.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1040-2   9iddb.os    ((TUNELLITE on ULEXITE)), TYPE LOCALITY,   $95 MINIMUM BID, Open Pit Mine aka now Rio Tinto Borax Open Pit, Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, 13 x 8.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, 8 x 7 cm cluster of Tunellite crystals on a white matrix of massive Ulexite with iregular bumpy mounds of Ulexite on the front side. Undamaged and a fine large cluster of Tunellite crystals from the Type Locality.  ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.  Jim had the world best Bortate collection and worked at the Open Pit Mine for many year.  He financed other purchaser prepping Ulexite and selling it as TV Rock to dealers and rock shops around the world .  TV rock demostrated Ulexite's fiber optic properties.
1040-3   14hekm.nr  SOLD AU48  ((COPPER, SERPENTINE, minor CHALCITE)),   $15 MINIMUM BID, Pine Mountain, Adams County, Pennsylvania,  14.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, A rich Copper specimen from an uncommon east coast locality for Copper in Pennsylvania.  This is a Quarry operated for the greenstone aka Serpentine ground up and used for the gravel on the top of the asphate roofing shingles.
1040-4   10hhmr.g  SOLD UT179  ((BARAHONAITE-Al)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 6 x 5 x 3 cm, Miniature,  Light blue massive and botryoidal mounds of crystalline Barahonaite-Al  which was a new species several years ago.  These were collected right before it became a new species and right before underground Gold Hill was sealed by the state of Utah.
1040-5   17hedw.lr    ((MICROCLINE)),     $145 MINIMUM BID, Skardu area, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, 19 x 11 x 9 cm, Large Cabinet, Undamaged huge white Microcline crystals.  Undamaged, terminated, lustrous, and Carlsbad twinned. Better in person.  Photos do not do justice.  Maybe I should have used a lighter background to cut out so much contrast, but white on white is also usually bad.
1040-6    17hedw.es    ((PYRITE)),    $60 MINIMUM BID, Cap Blanc-Nez, Pas -de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, 7 x 5.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, A cluster of Pyrite crystals from a well know French Locality.  ex Renaud Vochten #235.44 on the specimen, typical Vochten number system.   Vochten was the namesake for the species Vochtenite.
1040-7   21hhdf,g    ((QUARTZ)),   $15 MINIMUM BID, Berlin Turnpike, Newington, Hartford County, Connecticut,  5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a fine New England miniature Quartz specimen.   Don acquired this Connecticut Quartz specimen in January 1979.  Undamaged Quartz with termination faces with light brown speckles that appear to be on the surface of the faces.   ex Don Fratto collection.
1040-8   21hhdf,g    ((SCHORL)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Yellow Hammer Mine, Gold Hill,  Clifton-Gold Hill District, Utah, 4 x 3.5 x 32 cm, Miniature,  Black sprays of Schorl aka black Tourmaline.  I am not certain of the blue species.  Don acquired in 1966.    ex Don Fratto collection.
1040-9   22btrus.rs    ((PYROMORPHITE)),    $70 MINIMUM BID, Daoping Mine, Guangxi, China, 6.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Cluster of terminated green to yellow green crystals of Pyromorphite from China.   I went ahead and cleaned it after the photo and most of the yellow brown on the green came off with a little washing. Matrix on sides and back is still brown.
1040-10   0btml.ts    ((TENNANTITE pseudomorph after ENARGITE)), SOLD AUS50   $50 MINIMUM BID, Julcani Mine, Huancavelica, Peru, 2.2 x 1.7 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, These were from a find in about 2000.  Thumbnails to large cabinet specimens came out from Peru in somewhat limited numbers and were soon gone from the mineral shows.  Here is a great thumbnail of a single crystal of once Enargite and fully replaced by Tennantite.  Lustrous and individual crystals on the top termination that was once flat.  Minor chipping the the left side of the top of the termination.  which is overlooked unless using a loop.   ex Don Fratto collection.   ex Lehigh Minerals specimen.
1040-11   21hhdf,g    ((COPPER)), SOLD CA201  $10 MINIMUM BID, Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, 4 x 4 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, V shaped specimen made up of crude rounded Copper crystals.   ex Don Fratto collection.
1040-12   17hedw.nr    ((WENDWILSONSITE, COBALTAUSTINITE)),    $75 MINIMUM BID, Bou Azzer District, Anti-Atlas,  Morocco, 4 x 4 x 1.7 cm, Miniature,  Gemmy rose colored Wendwilsonsite with light pink Cobaltaustinite crystals.  ex Dakota Matrix ID with label.   ex Dakota Matrix Minerals specimen with label.
1040-13   21hhdf,g SOLD UTLK   ((ARAGONITE)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, USSR Mine, Bingham Canyon Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah,  4.5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Aragonite crystals with brownish terminations.    ex Don Fratto collection.
1040-14   21hhdf,g    ((PYRITE)),    $15 MINIMUM BID, Park City, Summit County, Utah, 4 x 3 x .5  cm, Miniature, Undamaged lustrous miniature plate of Pyrite crystals from Park City, Utah.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1040-15   21hhdf,g   SOLD VT3   ((CLINOCHLORE variety LEUCHTENBERGITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Bluestone Mine, Yerington District, Nevada, 9 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet, No photos on mindat.org from this locality.   ex Don Fratto collection.
1040-16   21hhdf,g  SOLD UTLK  ((GOLD ORE)),    $5 MINIMUM BID, Rand District, Transvaal, South Africa,  3 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, I don't know much about these.  The speck right infront of the arrow does look like gold with a different look than Pyrite look of the other areas.   ex Don Fratto collection.
1040-17   21hhdf,g SOLD UTLK   ((GOLD ORE)),    $5 MINIMUM BID, Homestake Mine, Lead, South Dakota,  4 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, I don't know much about these.  There is a blue arrow not shown but it is hard to tell gold from the Pyrite. Other than big is not Gold.   ex Don Fratto collection.
1040-18   21hhdf,g    ((GOLD ORE)),  SOLD VT3   $5 MINIMUM BID, Homestake Mine, Lead, South Dakota,  5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, I don't know much about these.  No arrow on this one.  There is alot of glittering gold color under a loop that is most likely most if not all Pyrite.    ex Don Fratto collection.
1040-19   21hhdf,g    ((CONICHALCITE, QUARTZ)),   $5 MINIMUM BID, Glory Hele, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 6 x 5.5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Massive Quartz with a small open vug with Green Conichalcite.   ex Don Fratto collection.
1040-20   21hhdf,g    ((COLUMBITE, TANTALITE)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Locality not know,, 2 x 1.5 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, Thumbnail sized partial crystal of Columbite, Tantalite with the front and back faces but the sides are broken or contacted.   ex Don Fratto collection.
1040-21   21hhdf,g    ((ANDRADITE-SPESSARTINE)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Garnet Hill, Ely, Nevada, 4.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniatute, Large undamaged Garnet on Ryolite matrix from near Ely.   ex Don Fratto collection.
1040-22   21hhdf,g    ((SPESSARTINE, GALENA)),   $15 MINIMUM BID, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Dark honey colored Spessartine with Galena from Broken Hill.   ex Don Fratto collection.
1040-23   21hhdf,g    ((AZURITE)),   $25 MINIMUM BID, No locality given, 3 x 2.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Fine thumbnail that Don evidently did not know the locality or neglected to put in on the perky box. It is most likely Utah or Arizona.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1040-25   21hhdf,g    ((ROSE MUSCOVITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Harding Mine, Taos county, New Mexico, Utah, 2.5 x 2.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Rose colored Lithium Muscovite from New Mexico acquired by Don in March 1998.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1040-26   21hhdf,g    ((EPIDOTE)),   $30 MINIMUM BID, North Eastern Province, Kenya, 2.8 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a lustrous double terminated Epidote from the limited one time find in Kenya in 2005.  One termination is single termination with two faces.  The other termination is multiple terminations.   ex Don Fratto collection.  ex Lehigh Minerals specimen.
1040-27   21hhdf,g    ((VANADINITE)),    $25 MINIMUM BID, Apache Mine, Globe, Arizona, 3 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Apache Mine Vanadinite specimens that I have seen are on a large matrix or flat plate.  Here is a thumbnail sized specimen with two miniature high rise buildings made from Vanadinite crystals.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1039-4   19hhdf.g   ((GYPSUM)),    $20 MINIMUM BID, Cathedral Valley, Wayne County, Utah, 8 x 3 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Gemmy terminated Gypsum with minor red brown attached matrix remnants.  ex Phil Richardson specimen acquired by Don in September 1988.   ex Don Fratto collection.
1039-7   19hhdf.g   ((BABINGTONITE, PREHNITE, QUARTZ)),    $30 MINIMUM BID, Malad Quarry, Malad, Maharashta, India, 8.5 x 7 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, A druze of Quartz on one side.  The other side has round pale grey green Prehnite crystals and lustrous black Babingtonite crystals.   ex Don Fratto collection.
1039-8   19hhdf.ir   ((MAGNETITE)),    $40 MINIMUM BID, Bushveeld Igneous Complex, South Africa, 11 x 7 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Large heavy specimen of Magnetite from South Africa.  Flat Bottom was the outside of a larger specimen.  The other sides are the outside fresh sides of the massive crystallized Magnetite.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1039-9   19hhdf.ir   ((SILVER)),    $50 MINIMUM BID, Cobalt Area, Ontario, Canada, 3 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Don acquired in June 1957.  Silver specimen from Canada mounted in a thumbnail perky box.   ex Don Fratto collection.
1039-10   19hhdf.g   ((RUTILE)),    $15 MINIMUM BID, Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Geogia.  2.3 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, A cluster of Rutile crystals with some luster.  Graves Mnt Rutiles are known for there ligh luster to mirrow like expensive Rutile crystals with a few extra large massive crystal size for tens of thousands of dollars.   ex Don Fratto collection.
1039-11   19hhdf.ir   ((SILVER)),    $80 MINIMUM BID, Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico, 2.5 x 2.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,  Silver specimen mounted in a thumbnail perky box. The majority of Batopilas Silver specimens are the herringbone twinned specimens that are fairly recent specimens etched from Calcite.  This is probably one of the older specimens since the mines in Batopilas have been around for many many  years.   ex Don Fratto collection.
1039-12   19hhdf.g   ((HESSONITE),    $30 MINIMUM BID, Vesper Peak, Snohomish County, Washington, 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail,  Gemmy dark honey colored Garnets from Washington State mounted in a perky thumbnail box..  ex Don Fratto collection.
1039-13   19hhdf.g   ((SULPHUR)),    $20 MINIMUM BID, Steamboat Springs, Nevada, 3 s 3 x 2.5 cm, Thumbnail,  Mounted in a perky thumbnail box.  Lustrous gemmy Sulphur from Nevada.   ex Don Fratto collection.
1039-15   19hhdf.rs   ((COBALTITE)),    $85 MINIMUM BID, Espanola, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada, 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm, Thumbnail, 9 MM lustrous cubic Cobaltite crystal with other intergrown crystals on matrix from Canada mounted in a thumbnail perky box.  Large main crystal with damage or contact with on corner as seen.  Only 1 specimen on mindat.org from this locality.  Most seem to be from Brazil Lake Ocurance  in Canada.    ex Don Fratto collection.
1039-16   19hhdf.g   ((STIBICONITE psuedomorph after STIBNITE)),   $65 MINIMUM BID, Getty Mine aka Mercur Mine, Mercur Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, The crystals are strangely iridescent.  Its the only one like this.  One green and the other clusters red orange.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1039-17   19hhdf.g   ((HEDENBERGITE)),    $15 MINIMUM BID, Laxey Mine, South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho, 3 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Single brown crystal of Hedenbergite probably from the Laxey Mine in Owyhee County mounted in a thumbnail perky box.   ex Don Fratto collection.
1039-18   19hhdf.g   ((BERYL variety AQUAMARINE)),    $20 MINIMUM BID, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1.7 x 1 x 1 cm, Thunbnail, Gemmy nicely terminated lustrous Aquamarine very very lightly colored.  Looks colorless at first glance.  Mounted in a thumbnail perky box.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1039-19   19hhdf.g   ((PYROPHYLLITE)),    $15 MINIMUM BID, Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, 3 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Full thumbnail of acicular crystals of Pyrophyllite from this famous Rutile locality mounted in a perky box.  ex Don Fratto collection.  acquired in august 1969.
1039-21   19hhdf.g   ((CRANDALLITE pseudomorph after WAVELLITE)),    $15 MINIMUM BID, Mauldin Mountain, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, 3 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail,  Spherical clusters that were once green Wavellite pseudomorphed to unknow phosphate species.  Mounted in a perky box.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1039-22   19hhdg.g   ((PYRITE)),    $30 MINIMUM BID, 220 m level, Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Potosi, Bolivia, 2 x 2 x 1.8 cm, Cabinet, Highly lustrous large octahedral Pyrite crystal with two smaller highly lustrous octahedral Pyrite crystals, with small cubic modifications, perched on top of the large crystal.  ex Don Fratto collection.  Acquired from Lehigh Minerals November, 1998
1038-4   19hhdf.g   ((DAHLLITE pseudomorph after PYRITE)), SOLD CA176   $65 MINIMUM BID, Big Horn Basin near Cody, Hot Springs County Wyoming, 3.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, In the last 30 years I have never seen or heard of these previously.  Rare specimens???, Non aesthetic Spherical complete specimen. undamaged. It is not a valid mineral name. These are  pseudomorphs of Dahllite, Carbonate Hydroxyapatite after Pyrite  June 1, 1958 American Mineralogist abstract from specimens studied that were collected in 1955 near Rainbow Canyon.    ex Don Fratto collection.
1038-5   19hhdf.g   ((AMMOLITE)),    $15 MINIMUM BID,  Utah, 3 x 3 x .2 cm, Thumbnail, Color of mostly red orange with some green.  this is a Utah Ammonite.   Ammolite is well known from Canada with the huge colorful Ammonite specimens available for the rich and famous decorator fossil collectors.  Small fragments of these large Ammonites go by the gem name of Ammolite.  This specimen is from a local Utah small private claim.  The colorful specimen is coated with an epoxy to strength and protect the specimen used in wirewrap jewelry.   ex Don Fratto collection.
1038-6   21hhdw,nr   ((PYRITE)),    $65 MINIMUM BID, Bingham Canyon Mine, Salt Lake Connty, Utah, 4 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a naturally crystalized complete pyritahedron Pyrite crystal with odd grownth on all the faces.  I do not see any damage amidst this wild crystal growth pattern.  Photo was hard to take with the Pyrite lustrous surfaces.  ex Dana Wilson collection.
1038-9   20hhgd.is   ((AZURITE)),    $15 MINIMUM BID, Errachidia Province, Draa-Tafilalet, Morocco, 3 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Lustrous deep blue Azurite crystalss from Morocco.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1038-10   20hhgd.is   ((CALCITE, OKENITE)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Pune, Marahastra, India, 3 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Lustrous faces on Calcite with remnatnts of fuzzy Okenite. Back of Calcite is a cleaved face.   ex Glenn Davidson collection.
1038-15   19hhdf,g   ((HEMATITE)),    $20 MINIMUM BID, Elba Island, Tuscany, Italy, 2.5 x 2.5 x 1.2 cm, Thumbnail, Hematite thumbail from Elba, Italy.  Fine crystals but I accidently  photographed the wrong side.  Much better on the other side.   ex Don Fratto collection.
1038-19   21hhdw,nr   ((VANADINITE)),    $20 MINIMUM BID, Black Prince aka Olsen Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, 4 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Small 1 mm crystals that are double terminated hexagonal prisms that are orange and gemmy.  This location looks to be uncommon with only a few on mindat.org.  Specimen mounted in a plastice 2 inch plastic box.  ex Dana Wilson collection.
1038-20   19hhdf.g   ((MALACHITE)),     $10 MINIMUM BID, Zacatecas, Mexico, 7.5 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Green Malachite and another yellow species.    ex Don Fratto collection.
1038-21   21hhdw,nr   ((PYRITE)),    $35 MINIMUM BID,  2.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a naturally crystalized complete pyritahedron Pyrite crystal with odd grownth on the top and bottom face.  I also has come concentric rings on one side face.   I do not see any damage.  ex Dana Wilson collection.
1038-22   21hhdw,nr   ((QUARTZ with PHANTOM)),    $25 MINIMUM BID,Orange River, Northern Cape, South Africa, 3 x .8 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, Undamaged terminated Quartz crystal that is gemmy clear at the top and bibid red brown Phantom in side 80% of the specimen.   ex Dana Wilson collection.
1037-1   21hhdw,nr SOLD UTLK  ((ORPIMENT)),    $40 MINIMUM BID, Melco Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah, 10.5 x 7.5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Most of these have been miniatures and thumbnails.  Here is a larger Cabinet sized specimen.  ex Dana Wilson collection.
1037-17 SOLD UTLK  19hhdf.g   ((PYRITE)),    $25 MINIMUM BID, Lark Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah,  2 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Lark was a mine that used to be near the Bingham Canyon Mine.  As the Bingham Canyon open pit mine expanded, Lark Mine was completely swallowed up by the open pit mine and so, Lark is now non existant.    ex Don Fratto collection.
1037-19 SOLD UTLK  19hhdf.g   ((GALENA)),    $45 MINIMUM BID, Bingham Canyon Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah, 2 x .8 x .8 cm, Thumbnail,  Undamaged lustrous Twinned Galena in a thumbnail size.  This had a price of $150 and so is a choice speciment from Bingham Canyon Mine.    ex Don Fratto collection.
1037-20   21hhdw.ns   ((STIBNITE)),    $25 MINIMUM BID, Murray Mine, Elko County, Nevada, 10 x 4cm view x 7cm depth, Cabinet, Lustrous Stibnite crystals to 1.3 cm.  Light green lustrous sparkling crystals of Conichalcite with a center cluster of white mostly opaque, slightly translucent scalenahedron crystals of Calcite.   ex Dana Wilson collection.
1036-3  19hhdf.gg   ((ADAMITE)),    $15 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Durango, Mapimi  Mexico, 6.5 x 6 x 3.5 cm, Miniature,  Terminated cluster of pale yellow Adamite cyrstals.   ex Don Fratto collection.
1036-4  19hhdf.g   ((ARAGONITE pseudomorph after GLAUBERITE)),    $15 MINIMUM BID, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, Arizona,  9 x 5.5 x 2 cm, Cabinet,   Very large specimen of this well know Arizona psuedomorph that comes in Calcite, Aragonite, and Gypsum pseudomorphs after Glauberite.  No damage with sharp edges.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1036-5 19hhdf.g SOLD UTLK  ((ORPIMENT)),    $30 MINIMUM BID, Mercur Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 7 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm,  Cabinet,   Crystalized  yellow Orpiment.  I think this is a showy display specimen.  Normally Realgar and Orpiment do not do well in the direct sun or high heat.  The best gemmy red Realgar are usuall stored in a box away from extended periods in light.   Orpiment is not as sensitive as Realgar which will change from red  to orange pararealgar. which is not desired.  Matrix is a dark grey shale/limestone.  Mecur was open pit mined by Barrick Gold for its microscopic Gold and has been filled and reclaimed.  No specimen collecting left for many years.  The local club had the last supervised by Barrick short collecting trip in the late nineties for Stibiconite and Realgar, Orpiment.    ex Don Fratto collection.
1036-8    19hhdf.g    ((PLATTNERITE, HEMIMORPHITE)),    $5 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah,   3 x 2.5 x 1 cm, Miniature,  Collected by Phil Richardson, with Don's old label adding Zincite but mindat does not show Zincite from the locality.  I think mislabeled by Don.  Clusters of terminated Hemimorphite with Plattnerite inclusions causing the dark black brown color.  Don Fratto collection.
1036-10    19hhdf.g   ((QUARTZ)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah,  7.5 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet,  The Quartz was collected by Otto Reiter and purchased by Don at an auction with Otto's collection.  Terminated and crudely terminated with a few broken crytals showing the white interminal Quartz.  Crystals have the typical dark brown Gold Hill Quartz coating covering the Quartz crystals.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1036-11    19hhdf.g    ((VANADINITE, CALCITE)),    $15 MINIMUM BID, San Carlos, Chhuahua, Mexico,  6 x 5 x 5 cm, Miniature.  Orange Vanadinite crystals in and on Calcite.   ex Don Fratto collection.
1036-12    19hhdf.g    ((CALCITE)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Ophir District, Tooele County, Utah,  7 x 7 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet.  Calcite clusters of multiple flattened rhombs making up the clusters.   ex Don Fratto collection.
1036-15     9iddbg   ((SILVER)),    $135 MINIMUM BID, Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico,  2.5 x 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,  Exquisite herring bone twinned Silver etched from Calcite from Mexico.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1036-16  19hhdf.g    ((AUSTINITE)),    $15 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Toeele county, Utah, 4 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Sparkling specimen Austinite radial aggregate crystals.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1036-17    19hhdf.g    ((AMAZONITE)),    $15 MINIMUM BID, Crystal Peak, Lake George, Teller County, Colorada,  1.5 x 1.5 x 2 cm, Thumbnail,  Single terminated Amazonite crystal with complete  faces front and back.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1036-19    19hhdf.g     ((SCHORL)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, California,  4 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Miniature,  Multi terminated black Tourmaline aka Schorl.   ex Don Fratto collection.
1036-20    19hhdf.g   ((CUPRITE, TENORITE, CHRSOCOLLA)),    $15 MINIMUM BID, Dump SW of Pit, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 3 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Hand written label. Mounted in perky box.    ex Don Fratto collection.
1036-21  19hhdf.g   ((QUARTZ)),    $20 MINIMUM BID, Red Pine Canyon, Alta, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah, 5.5 x 4 x 4 cm, xl is 2.5 cm, Miniature,  Fine single terminated Quartz crystal from the world class sking town of Alta, Utah.  collected about 1970 by Matt Bishop.   ex Don Fratto collection.
1035-4  19hhdf.g   ((CARBONATECYANOTRICHITE, ANTLERITE)),    $45 MINIMUM BID, Widowmaker Mine, San Juan County, Utah,  10.5 x 6.5 x 1 cm, Cabinet,  Blue Carbonatecyanotrichite with green Antlerite collected in 2000 by Joe Marty, micromounters hall of fame, with many new species discovered by him.   ex Don Fratto collection.
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1035-6  19hhdf.g    ((MARCASITE, QUARTZ)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Mineral Point, San Juan Mtns, Colorado,  7.5 x 5.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet,  Concentric bands of Marcasite from Colorado.   ex Don Fratto collection.
1035-8    19hhdf.g    ((GOETHITE)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, hear Hole in Rock, Moab, San Juan County, Utah,   3.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,  Botryoidal lustrous black Goethite with concentric radial crystal growth.    ex Don Fratto collection.
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1035-9    19hhdf.g    ((STAUROLITE, ALMANDINE)),    $25 MINIMUM BID, Mineral Bluff, Fannin County, Georgia, 3.7 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Large double terminated twinned Staurolite, with Almandine which was mislabeled as Andalusite  from Georgia.  Chrystal still has some Muscovite remnants attached.  It has part of an old label glued on and may from an very old collection.  It is also pitted with siz sided holes with several still contained partial Almandine Garnet crystals.   ex Don Fratto collection.
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1035-10    19hhdf.g   ((SPHALERITE variety RUBY JACK, CHERT)),    $25 MINIMUM BID, Kenoyer Mine, Picher Field, Ottawa County, Oklahoma,  6.5 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature,  Older specimen from the Kenoyer Mine with small gemmy Ruby Jack Sphalerite crystals and larger lustrous dark Sphalerite crystals.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1035-11    19hhdf.g    ((ARSENOPYRITE)),    $45 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah,  5.5 x 5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature.  Nearly solid specimen of silvery Arsenopyrite from Gold Hill.  Collected by Otto Reiter probably from the 300' level and acquired by Don in March of 2006.   Only 5 specimens on mindat.org from the Gold Hill Mine.  Underground access sealed by the state of Utah.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1035-12    19hhdf.g    ((MIXITE, veins of SULFIDES species)),    $45 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah,  6.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature.  Light blue Mixite with a few micro acicular crystals and veins of gold color and silver color Sulfide species.  Collected by Otto Reiter underground and acquired by Don in March of 2006.   Underground access sealed by the state of Utah.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1035-13   19hhdf.g    ((CONICHALCITE, OLIVENITE)),    $35 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah,  6.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature.  Green Conichalcite with light green Olivenite acicular crytals.   ex Don Fratto collection.
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1035-17    19hhdf.g    ((CHALCOPYRITE on PYRITE)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Brushy Creek Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri,  3.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,  Pyrite crystal cluster with the Pyrite coated with a druse of micro iridescent Chalcopyrite crystals.  ex Don Fratto collection.
1035-20    19hhdf.g   ((RUTILE)),    $30 MINIMUM BID, Bishop, Inyo County, California, 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Lustrous Rutile crystal mounted in a perky box.    ex Don Fratto collection.
1034-5    19hhdf.g  SOLD UTLK   ((CALCITE)),    $20 MINIMUM BID, Bingham Pit, Bingham Canyon Copper Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah.  5 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Miniature,  Don acquired from University of Utah Geology and Geophysic Department December 31, 2006 from helping and volunteer work for the Geolopy Department.  Calcite specimens from Bingham Canyon Mine were rarely collected and so are uncommon to rare in existance.  Mindat only has 5 specimen photos.  This is a great addition to a Utah collection.   ex Don Fratto collection.
1034-6  19hhak.g    ((GLAUBERITE)),    $10 MINIMUM BID, Bertram Siding Sulfate Deposit,  4.3 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature,  4.3 cm main undamaged double terminated crystal with smaller side crystals on each side.  Only about 6 photos on mindat.   Arizona is well known for its Gypsum and Calcite pseudomorphs after Glauberite but I had not seen these up until a couple of years ago.  This locality is a few miles from the Salton Sea.  Perhaps collecting is restricted and limited specimens in collections.    ex Artem Kovalev collection.
1034-7    19hhdf.g    ((JAPANESE SPECIMEN with a POLISHED FACE)),    $45 MINIMUM BID, Japan, 9 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet,  Being from Japan it is a very interesting specimen, but I do not know what it actually is. Label  says from C Wright coll from Japan.  C Wright is probalby Chris Wrights Rock Shop now closed but well known for many years.   ex Don Fratto collection.

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