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Mar 28, 2008

 

            
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1   5atdbis  ((CALCITE on QUARTZ)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Osceola Mine, San Juan County, Colorado,  6 x 5.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Fine Colorado miniature combination of terminated Quartz and terminated scalenohedral crystals of Calcite.  Undamaged specimen except for one almost impossible to see missing Calcite crystal.   ex Dave Bunk specimen.

 

 
2   5atdbts  ((HUBNERITE)),  $30 MINIMUM BID, Ruby Mine, San Juan County, Colorado,  11 x 9 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Fine Colorado cabinet sized specimen of Hubnerite from the Ruby Mine.  Ex Dave Bunk valued at $150.

 

 

3  5atdbl  ((LEPIDOLITE, QUARTZ)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Brown Derby Mine, Gunnison County, Colorado,  11 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Purple lithium mica called Lepidolite with associated Quartz from Colorado.    ex Dave Bunk specimen.

 

4   5atdbl  ((QUARTZ pseudomorph after BARITE)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, Little Giant Basin, San Juan County, Colorado,  4.5 x 3 x 1 cm, Miniature, Here is a terminated undamaged classic Colorado pseudomorph of Quartz after Barite.  Its and excellent example.   ex Dave Bunk specimen.
5   5atdbe  ((QUARTZ CAST after CALCITE)),  $20 MINIMUM BID, East Vein, Mineral Farm Mine, Ouray County, Colorado,  7 x 5.5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cabinet sized cast of Quartz after Calcite.  The Calcite impressions can be seen on the reverse side.   ex Dave Bunk specimen.
6    5atdbl  ((QUARTZ)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Crystal Peak area, Park/ Teller Counties, Colorado,  4 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is an excellent specimen of Crystal Peak Quartz.  It is a pair of parallel terminated Quartz crystals.  It is interesting in that the original Quartz crystals have a partial secondary layer of Quartz growth as can be seen in the photos.   ex Dave Bunk specimen.

 

 

 

7   5atdbir  ((SPHALERITE, DOLOMITE, GALENA)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado,  9 x 8 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is the classic Colorado location of Gilman.  It is a cabinet sized specimen with black lustrous Sphalerite and associated Dolomite/Siderite and minor Galena.   ex Dave Bunk specimen.

 

8    5atdbg  ((CALCITE on QUARTZ)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Osceola Mine, San Juan County, Colorado,  6 x 5.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Fine Colorado miniature combination of two terminated Quartz crystals with terminated scalenohedral crystals of Calcite.   ex Dave Bunk specimen.

 

 
 5atdbg  ((CALCITE, QUARTZ, and QUARTZ after CALCITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Ohio Mine, Ouray County, Colorado,  6 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Colorado miniature combination with a terminated Quartz crystal, Calcite, and Casts of Quartz after Calcite.    ex Dave Bunk specimen.
10   5atdbe  ((QUARTZ variety SMOKEY)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Stove Mountain, El Paso County, Colorado,  7 x 3 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Teminated Smokey Quartz.  Some regrowth on contace on backside.   ex Dave Bunk specimen.

 

 
11    5atdbe  ((GOETHITE pseudomorph after SIDERITE on SMOKEY QUARTZ)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Crystal Park, Teller County, Colorado,  3.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Teminated Smokey Quartz with Goethite pseudos after SIDERITE on the termination.   ex Dave Bunk specimen.

 

 

12   5atdbg  ((BARITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Boney Hensel Mine, Ouray County, Colorado,  5 x 5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Parallel blades of Barite from Boney Hensel.   ex Dave Bunk specimen.

 

 

13  5atdbl  ((QUARTZ after CALCITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Crystal Cave,  Ouray County, Colorado,  7 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Colorado Quartz after Calcite.     ex Dave Bunk specimen.  
14   5atdbe  ((CHALCOPYRITE with SPHALERITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Bandora Mine, San Juan County, Colorado,  3 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Brassy lustrous Chalcopyrite perched on black Sphalerite.   ex Dave Bunk specimen.  
   
15   5atdbl  ((BARITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, 246 Stope, 1250 level, Black Cloud Mine, Leadville, Colorado,  3.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Lustrous golden Barite crystals on matrix from the Black Cloud.   ex Dave Bunk specimen.

 

 
16  5atdbis  ((QUARTZ)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, K D Pocket, Ouray County, Colorado,  6.5 x 5.5 x 5 cm, Miniature, Cluster of undamage lustrous terminated Quartz from Ouray.    ex Dave Bunk specimen.  
17   5atxtis  ((CALCITE on CHALCOPYRITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, San Martin Mine, San Martin, Zacatecas, Mexico,  5.5 x 5.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Lustrous and iridescent Chalcopyrite with several flattened rhombs of Calcite.    ex Dennis Beals specimen.

18    5atxtns  ((RHODOCHROSITE pseudomorphs after CALCITE)),  $25 MINIMUM BID, Level 5, Los Remedios Mine, Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico,  12.5 x 7.5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet,  Light pink Rhodochrosite in the shape of Calcite crystals.   ex Dennis Beals specimen, ex Dave Bunk specimen.

19  5atxtig  ((ILVAITE, minor RHODOCHROSITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Level 5, Los Remedios Mine, Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico,  5.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, cluster of black lustrous Ilvaite crystals with a small mound of pink Rhodochrosite on the reverse side.   ex Dennis Beals specimen.

 

   
20    5atxtg  ((CALCITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, La Sirena Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico,  9 x 5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Flattened rhombs of Calcite.  Undamaged.   ex Dennis Beals specimen.

 

21    5swl ((FLUORITE)),  $1 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China, 5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature,  Cluster of lustrous purple Fluorite crystals with associated Muscovite, Quartz, Dolomite.

 

22    5atxtl  ((DANBURITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, La AuroraMine, Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico,  7.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Two undamaged terminated lustrous Danburite crystals.   ex Dennis Beals specimen.

 

 
23  6hlkmr ((SCHORL in QUARTZ)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Northeastern Maryland, 10 x 6 x 7 cm, Cabinet,  Multitude of lustrous black Schorl crystals with Quartz between them.  
24     6hlgdr ((RUTILE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, 3.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Two lustrous Rutile crystals with and in some matrix mica schist from Georgia.  One crystal appears to be a twinned crystal.

 

 
25    7atadr ((WULFENITE, CHRYSOCOLLA pseudo after MALACHITE after AZURITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Whim Creek Mine, Port Headland, Western Australia, Australia, 8 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet,  Australia specimen with  small yellow orange Wulfenite and Chrysocolla pseudos.
26    6hljdis ((FLUORITE)),  $30 MINIMUM BID, Burkholder Quarry, Earl, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,  Fluorite is not common from Pennsylvania.  These are purple flattened cubic crystals of Fluorite.  Color is a deep purple and the crystals are large for the location.
27   4aajhtss ((STIBNITE)),  $100 MINIMUM BID, Herja Mine, Baia Mare, Maramures, Romania, 9.5 x 7 x 4 cm, Cabinet,  Three clusters of black lustrous crystals of Stibnite forming and aesthetic and unusual specimen.  Only some minor damage if you look carefully, but no major damage which detracts from display.  Probably an older specimen.  I got it in a trade from another collector.  

 

28    7atadr ((MALACHITE with CERUSSITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID,  Browns Prospect, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia, 8 x 4 x 3 cm, Cabinet,  Australia specimen of green Malachite and associated Cerussite.   

29  4hlcdns ((4 pcs NATIVE SILVER)),  $10 MINIMUM BID,  Cobalt, Ontario, Canada, 2 to 3 cm, Miniature,  4 pcs of Native Silver from Cobalt.  

 

 

 30   4atjm391rs ((PYRITE)),  $50 MINIMUM BID, Ross County, Ohio,  9 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet,  No attachment on this floater cluster of octahedral Pyrite.   These were collected by John Medici several years ago.  They ranged in all sizes from 2 cm to 70 cm.  This one looks like a club used by knights in shining armour.   No damage except several cracks which is normal.  Some specimens in the cleaning and prep process to remove these from shale require reassembly.  I do not know on this one but the crack around the center looks like the two halves are probably rejoined.  Again most of these have some repair since they are found in shale, which is removed.  It displays upright without any stand.

 

31  7atadr ((ATACAMITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID,  Mt Gunson Copper Mine, South Australia, Australia, 7 x 4.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet,  Australia specimen of green Atacamite from Mt Gunson.

 

 
32  7atadr ((ANDRADITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID,  Cornwall Mine, Cornwall, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, 5 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Nice specimen of Andradite Garnet on matrix from this historic mine in Pennsylvania. 

 

33  5idapis ((VIVIANITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Tomokoni Adit, near Canutillos, Potosi Department, Bolivia, 4 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,  Here is one of the Vivianites that came out a few years ago. 

 

34   7atkres  ((DOL.OMITE)),  $40 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia, 13 x 10 x 5 cm, Cabinet,  This is part of the large lot of 80 flats of Tsumeb specimens purchased from Kristalle last year at the beginning of Tucson.  These were not labeled as of the minerals.  Ex Uri Bahamm collection.  So the ID is a guess on my part.  Here is a larger cabinet sized Tsumeb specimen.  This looks like strings of Dolomite crystals.  There are also small needle like terminated Quartz crystals with some iron staining causing them to be brown. Under a loop the small Quartz crystals have some small single rhombs of Dolomite which is the same crystals making up the strings of cystals.  So this is Dolomite.

 

35  7atkros  ((DIOPTASE)),  $100 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia, 15 x 12 x 6 cm, Cabinet,  This is part of the large lot of 80 flats of Tsumeb specimens purchased from Kristalle last year at the beginning of Tucson.  These were not labeled as of the minerals.  Ex Uri Bahamm collection.  So the ID is a guess on my part.  Here is a larger cabinet sized Tsumeb specimen.  Not a question here as emerald green Dioptase is easily identified and rhombs of Calcite.  This one of the few with a Kristalle retail price which was $750.

 

  

36   3hhis ((BATHYURISCUS fimbriatus)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, House Range, Millard County, Utah, 6 cm in length,  This is a Cambrian trilobite from the Marjum Formation, hense the red shale matrix.  These are usually found with a ventral view.  This one I believe is a dorsal view.  It is also a larger than normal Bathyuriscus and there are a couple of smaller trilobites also present.  The relief is pretty flat which is also somewhat characteristic of this species.  ex Phil Reese collection.

37  5jpbge ((WULFENITE)),  $1 MINIMUM BID, Rowley Mine, Arizona, 6 x 6 x 3 cm, Miniature,  Yellow orange Wulfenite crystals on the front and back side.  Back are damaged, Front are small but only a couple with damage.  The is a druze of another brownish orange mineral present which may be Vanadinite.

 

 

38 7atkres  ((CALCITE)),  $40 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia, 9 x 5 x 5 cm, Miniature,  This is part of the large lot of 80 flats of Tsumeb specimens purchased from Kristalle last year at the beginning of Tucson.  These were not labeled as of the minerals.  Ex Uri Bahamm collection.  So the ID is a guess on my part.  This on is definitely a Calcite speicmen.  It does have an olive green tint which may be because of Mottramite.  Undamaged as far as I can tell.

39  7atkres  ((DOLOMITE)),  $40 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia, 13 x 9 x 6 cm, Miniature,  This is part of the large lot of 80 flats of Tsumeb specimens purchased from Kristalle last year at the beginning of Tucson.  These were not labeled as of the minerals.  Ex Uri Bahamm collection.  So the ID is a guess on my part.  This specimen is a large specimen that can be displayed several ways.  It looks like braids of flowing Dolomite with some reddish brown Hematite causing the coloration.   

40  5jpbge ((MIMETITE on BARITE, minor WULFENITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Rowley Mine, Arizona, 6.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Miniature,  Yellow orange asicular crystals of Mimetite in a vug inside waves of banded Barite. 

41    4hhshn ((AURICHALCITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 3 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Miniature to Thumbnail,  A robin egg blue specimen with tufts of acicular crystals of Aurichalcite.  There are a couple of areas with colorless to white crystals on the Aurichalcite.  This is usually Hemimorphite but looping shows pointed double terminated scalenohedral crystals which are probably micro Calcites.

42      4hhshn ((SMITHSONITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 7 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet,  Lustrous pearly pearls of Smithsonite on a brown Goethite.

43   4hhshn ((HEMIMORPHITE)),  $1 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 2 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,  An aesthetic thumbnail of blades of colorless to light grey Hemimorphite.  Best viewed with a loop. 
44   4hhshn ((CALCITE, HEMIMORPHITE)),  $1 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 2 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,  An aesthetic thumbnail with two rosettes of cream colored Calcite and a spherical cluster of Hemimorphite.  Best viewed with a loop. 

 

 

 

45   5swl ((CINNABAR, DOLOMITE, QUARTZ)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Tongren, Guizhou, China,  8 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm,  Several red Cinnabar crystals nested in cream Dolomite and white colorless Quartz. 

 

 

 

46  5ecvma ((ROSE QUARTZ)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Pitorra Mine, Galilea, Minas Gerais, Brazil,  1.5 x 1 x .5 cm, thumbnail,  A double terminated pink Rose Quartz crystal perched on a small matrix of Feldspar. 

  

47  5ikrtn ((STILBITE on THOMSONITE)),  $1 MINIMUM BID, Neer road, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, 4 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, white terminated and double terminated Stilbite crystals on a matrix covered with Thomsonite crystals.

 

 

48    5ikrtn ((NATROLITE with micro APOPHYLLITE)),  $1 MINIMUM BID, Weyerhaeuser Lincoln Creek Quarry, Lewis county, Washington, 4 cm in length,  Miniature to Thumbnail, Delicate spray of Natrolite crystals to 4 cm with micro double terminated Apophyllite crystals.

49   8uu  ((HEMATITE)),  $1 MINIMUM BID,  Blue Ridge, Virginia, 9 x 7 x 5 cm,  Cabinet,  Hematite specimen from Virginia,  ex University of Utah Geology Department.  

 

 

50   8uu  ((QUARTZ GEODE)),  Foote label on specimen,  $10 MINIMUM BID,   Keokuk, Iowa, 10 x 9 x 4.5 cm,  Cabinet,  Large Keokuk Quartz geode with Foote label. Photo does not do justice, better in person.  ex University of Utah Geological and Geophysical Sciences label.
51 8uu  ((QUARTZ, PYRITE, HEMATITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID,  Nevada, 11 x 9 x 8 cm,  Cabinet,  Old specimen with Quartz, Pyrite, and Hematite from Nevada.  Location specifics are not known.  ex University of Utah Geological and Geophysical Sciences label.

 

 

52  8uu  ((CLINOZOISITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID,  Alamos, Sonora, Mexico, 6 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature,  Pink radial Clinozoisite from the Sonora.  ex University of Utah Geology Department.
53   8uu  ((CALCITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID,  Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 7 x 6.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet,  Calcite speicmen from Mexico.  ex University of Utah Geology Department.

 

 
54  8uu  ((VARISCITE)),  $1 MINIMUM BID,  Amatrice Hill, Tooele County, Utah, 5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,  This Variscite is labeled Amatrice Hill, one of three Variscite locations in Utah and probably the least famous.  ex University of Utah Geology Department.

 

 
55 8uu  ((AZURITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID,  Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin, 6.5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature,  The Flambeau Mine is famous for its worldclass Chalcocite specimens.  Operated by Kennecott for only a few years and now reclaimed,  Casey Jones was awarded collecting rights for these superb Chalcocites.  Needless to say other associated minerals were not collected because of the time factor.  A University of Utah professor got to visit the Flambeau during its operation and just happened to collect several Azurite specimens.  Although not world class, the Azurite specimens are much more a rarity now than the Chalcocites which have climbed in value.   Here is a chance to acquire one of these Azurites.  I do not know if any more will be available.  It depends on the Geology Departments decision on what to deassess.  This is a specimen that won't currently be found in many if any other collections.  ex University of Utah Geology Department.  
56    8uu  ((ARFREDSONITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID,  British Columbia, Canada, 8 x 5.5 x 4 cm,  Cabinet,  Reference speicmen of Canadian Arfredsonite.  ex University of Utah Department of Geology and Geophysics label.

 

57  8uu  ((OPAL)),  $10 MINIMUM BID,  Roosevelt Geothermal Hot Springs, Mineral Range, Milford area, Utah, 6 x 3.5 x 3 cm,  Cabinet,  Opal, aka Bacon Opal, aka Bubble Opal.  Banded Opal resembling bacon from Utah.  Used in lapidary hobby.  ex University of Utah Geological and Geophysical Sciences label.
58   8uu  ((NATIVE SILVER)),  $10 MINIMUM BID,  Amygdaloid Ores, Globe Mine, 18th level, Copper Range, Michigan, 10 x 7.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet,  The dark black spots are actually Native Silver.   ex University of Utah Geology Department.

 

59   8uu  ((BARITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID,  Sherman Mine, Leadville, Colorado, 2.5 x 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,  Thumbnail sized specimen of Golden Barite from Leadville.   ex University of Utah Geology Department.
60   8uu  ((CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE, MOLYBDENITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID,  Chilito Tunnel #2, Banner District, Gila County, Arizona, 6 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature,  This is a polished ore specimen of three sulfides.   ex University of Utah Geology Department.
61   8uu  ((ULEXITE)),  $1 MINIMUM BID,  Boron, California, 3 x 3 x 1 cm, Miniature,  This is a natural specimen with the characteristic of fiber optics.  aka TV rock.  ex University of Utah Geology Department, ex US Bureau of Mines specimen.  

 

62    8uu  ((GALENA, SPHALERITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID,  Great Eastern Tunnel, Silverton, Colorado, 6 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature,  Lustrous silvery Galena with Sphalerite.  ex University of Utah Geology Department.
63   8uu  ((PYROMORPHITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID,  Unknown, looks like Burke, Idaho, 5 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature,  Location is unknown but it looks like Burke, Idaho Pyromorphite.  ex University of Utah Geology Department.

 

64  8uu  ((BARITE)), old Ward's Label,  $1 MINIMUM BID,  Kings Creek, South Carolina, 8.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet,  Reference specimen of Barite from South Carolina with an old Ward's label which could be a copy.    ex University of Utah Geology Department.

   
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MRZ114 – Picromerite (Schonite) on Halite - $300 (SOLD)
Potash Mine, Rossleben, Querfurt, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Large Miniature, 5.7 x 4.5 x 3.6 cm

 

A sharply crystallized example of this rare sulfate species, formerly known as Schonite, from a classic locality long abandoned. Minor halite is associated underneath and around the backside. It is, overall, a very attractive miniature. It carries an old label from the Bergakadmemie Freiberg. Sharp and complete all around, very 3-dimensional.


 

7hhlmit  ((FLUORESCENT APATITE)),   $30 MINIMUM BID,  Sapo Mine, Goiabeira, Minas Gerais, Brazil,  4 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature,  Here is a great miniature.  It is double terminated stacked crystals of Apatite which has a hollow core and is Fluorescent orange under UV.   Completely undamaged.
 

 

 

7jgcdl  ((NAN DAN METEORITES)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Nan Dan, Hunan, China, 2.5 cm, 2 thumbnails,  Two 2.5 cm length iron meteorites from Nan Dan China.  They are lightly varnished to protect from rusting but this man be removed with thinner or nail polish remover.

  

Fluororichterite - George Earle Farm, Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada (small cabinet)

 

 

 

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