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Auction Two hundred sixteen Preview
June 13, 2008
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June 13, 2008
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7ddceg ((SIDERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Banska Bystrica Region, Slovak Republic, 7 x 4 x 3 cm, Cabinet,
flattened tan rhombs of Siderite from an old European location in Slovak
Republic formally Czechoslavakia. ex Ernie Schlichter
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| 2 7ddcein ((CELESTINE
or CALCITE pseudomorph after ARAGONITE with SULFUR)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy, 5.5 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature,
Great Italian classic pseudomorph with yellow Sulfur. ex Ernie
Schlichter
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| 3 7ddceo ((STANNITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
San Jose Mine, Oruro City, Cercado, Ouruo Department, Bolivia, 7 x 5 x
3.5 cm, Cabinet, Stannite, a rare tin sulfide, from Bolivia.
ex Ernie Schlichter
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| 4 7hlkmnr
((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Valley Quarry, Shippensburg, Cumberland
County, Pennsylvania, 18 x 11 x 6 cm, Cabient, Large specimen of Calcite
from Pennsylvania. Excellent vug with two perfect gemmy golden
Calcites. Another vug with many smaller gemmy undamaged Calcites.
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| 5 99atdlr ((AZURITE paint pigment pellets)), $10 MINIMUM BID, La Sal Mtns, Utah, 5 x 5 x 1 inch, large foldup, Large fold up nearyly full of these blue rounded pellet like spherical Azurites that I believe the mine sells for paint pigment. | |
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| 6 99hhshr ((PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Four Metals Mine, Dugway Mtns, Tooele County, Utah, 5 x 5 x 1 inch, large foldup, Large fold up nearyly full of these specimen of Pyrite on and off of matrix. | |
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| 7 99hhshr ((SHARK TEETH)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Morocco, 5 x 5 x 1 inch, large foldup, This box has be picked and this is the left overs. Lots of shark teeth from Morocco. Vertibrae, ray teeth, shark teeth but most are not complete. | |
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99atdlne ((12 OBSIDIAN ARROW HEADS)),
$10 MINIMUM
BID, Flint knapped 15 years ago, 5 x 5 x 1 inch, large foldup, Large fold
up with 12 black Obsidian Arrow heads (some transluscent) at 5.5 cm in
length. These are find quality and fully formed by a flint knapper
using old original techniques.
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| 9 2hhshn ((GALENA, PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Daly Judge Mine, Park City, Summit County, Utah, Thumbnail, Park City specimens are not very prevalent. Here is a thumbnail with cubic lustrous Pyrite and dull grey Galena crystals. Collected I believe in the 70's | |
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10 2hhshn ((TETRAHEDRITE)),
$10 MINIMUM
BID, Daly Judge Mine, Park City, Summit County, Utah, Thumbnail,
Park City specimens are not very prevalent. Here is a
thumbnail with mass of intergrown Tetrahedrite crystals. One has a
nick in the corner but the others are in good shape. Collected I
believe in the 70's
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11 2hhshn ((GALENA
STALACTITE)),
$10 MINIMUM
BID, Daly Judge Mine, Park City, Summit County, Utah, Thumbnail,
Park City specimens are not very prevalent. Here is a neat
thumbnail with several crude dull grey Galena crystals forming a
stalactite like specimen with some minor Pyrite. Collected I
believe in the 70's
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| 12 2hhshn ((PYRITE)),
$10 MINIMUM
BID, Daly Judge Mine, Park City, Summit County, Utah, Thumbnail,
Park City specimens are not very prevalent. Here is a thumbnail
with a cluster of intergrown cubic Pyrite crystals. Collected I
believe in the 70's
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| 13 2hhshn ((ARAGONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sioux Ajax Mine, Tintic district, Utah, Thumbnail, Tintic District is also very collectible and not very prevalent. Here is a thumbnail with mounds of rounded Calcite covered with acicular white needles of Aragonite in a thumbnail size. | |
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| 14 5aarlr ((PYROMORPHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Yang Shao, gulin, guangxi Province, China, Thumbnail, Thumbnail sized green cluster of barrel shaped Pyromorphite crystals. |
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| 15 5iddbr ((EPIDOTE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Northern Frontier District, Kenya, Thumbnail, Thumbnail sized dark green terminated Epidote with several side crystals. |
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| 16 7gewdin ((4 STAUROLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Unknown location, 2 to 2.5 cm in length, 4 Thumbnails, 4 terminated and double terminated Staurolite crystals. I was told these were from Ireland, but I do not believe the unreliable source that they were purchased from. Perhaps the location could be determined from the look. | |
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| 17 8ectgra ((CREEDITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Navidad Mine, Rodeo, Durango, Mexico, 4 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Three spheres of Creedite grown together. This location is reportedly closed now. | |
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18 8ectgin ((WULFENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Durango, Mexico, 6 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Carmel colored dipyramidal Wulfenite from this relatively new fine.
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| 19 8ectgne ((BENITOITE, NEPTUNITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Gem Mine, San Benito County, California, 5 x 3.5 x 1 cm, Miniature, Here is a Gem Mine cabinet miniature sized specimen with two blue transluscent Bemitoite crystals with several small black lustrous Neptunite crystals. Benitoite crystals do fluorescence. |
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| 20 8edbfin ((MIMETITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 9 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, A cabinet sized specimen with cauliflower shaped mounds of yellow brown Mimetite. |
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| 21 5swl ((WOLFRAMITE, QUARTZ, MUSCOVITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China, 5 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Lustrous terminated and double terminated Wolframite with the three sets of main crystals undamaged. Associated Muscovite and Quartz also present. |
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| 22 8edbfls ((FLUORITE)), $60 MINIMUM BID, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico, 7.5 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, A cabinet sized specimen with light greenish cubo octahedral crystals of Fluorite. The close up show the Pyrite inclusions which I see two in the larger photo. It is undamaged except for 3 small areas. Two of these on on the edges and the other faces downward and is nearly invisible with the specimen displayed as above. It sits perfectly without a stand for display in two positions (as above and slightly leaning back). These Naica Fluorites are expensive but very fine. |
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| 23 8ectgg ((WULFENITE,
GREEN MIMETITE)),
$10 MINIMUM
BID, Ojuela Mine, Durango, Mexico, 8 x 5 x 3.5 cm,
Miniature, Carmel colored dipyramidal Wulfenite from this relatively
new fine. These Wulfenites are with associated dark blackish green
Mimetite. The Mimetite is also thinly coated on the Wulfenite making
them also appear green.
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| 24 5swl ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China, 5 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Lustrous glassy Purple cubic Fluorite. One lowere corner cleaved and back while undamaged is dull and opaque from matrix contact. |
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| 25 5jmpsn ((QUARTZ FLOWER in FLUORESCENT GEODE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Dugway Mtns, Tooele County, Utah, 4 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a large Quartz flower in a small Dugway geode. The hyolite Opal or Chalcedony in the Geode also makes it fluoresce green under SW |
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| 26 8ecgmrs ((TOURMALINE, QUARTZ, CLEAVELANDITE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Cryo Genie Mine, San Diego, California, 8 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a TERMINATED tourmaline on matrix with several Quartz crystals on a matrix of white Cleavelandite. Many times matrix Tourmalines are repaired and about half way up the Tourmaline has been glued back on the part that is attached to the matrix and also to the side of the Quartz crystal. I did not take that good of a picture but the Tourmaline is free standing on the top half and makes a great display piece. |
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| 27 6ddbfin ((SMITHSONITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID,
Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico, 5 x 4.5 x 2.2 cm,
Miniature, Excellent pink color. The pink Smithsonite is actually
second generation. It has overgrown blue green Smithsonite. From
the back you can see the core of darker Smithsonite.
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| 28 2hhsht ((BIRNESSITE,
CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, 300' level, Gold Hill Mine, Clifton
District, Tooele County, Utah, 5.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm,
Miniature, Here is a large specimen of the white Calcite stalactite with the
top and sides covered with the rare black Birnessite. Also Gold Hill
is barred shut with heavy rebar by the state of Utah and so no more Gold
Hill collecting underground specimens. Specimen bottom is hot glued to
a block plastic stand but is not damaged and fully formed.
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29 8ectgra ((FLUORITE on CREEDITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Navidad Mine, Rodeo, Durango, Mexico, 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Gemmy etched freeform Fluorites on Creedite. This location is reportedly closed now. |
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6ddceie ((SMOKY QUARTZ, MICROCLINE, ALBITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Government Pit, Albany, New Hampshire, 12 x 6.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet,
Fine specimen of terminated Smoky Quartz, blocky Microcline crystals and
white Albite, ex Ernie Schlichter.
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31 8fdbfr ((WULFENITE on
ARSENATIAN VANADINITE aka ENDLICHITE)),
$10 MINIMUM
BID, Ojuela Mine, Durango, Mexico, 8 x 5 x 3.5 cm,
Miniature, red orange colored dipyramidal Wulfenite on a matrix
covered with small brownish tan crystals of Arsenation Vanadinite. I did not
try a close up but the Crystals are excellent under a loop and visible also
with your eye. Back side looks like a ceiling covered with stalactites
(photo did not come out well).
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| 32 5atjkir ((CALCITE STALACTITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, 8 cm in length, Cabinet, Undamaged and teminated stalactite from Bisbee. The termination has a little side stalactite. Also a peppering of green Brochantite on the Stalactite. These were collected a few years ago and I got several flats. There has been and probably won't be any future access to collect. |
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33 7ddmwl ((PYRITE SUN)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sparta, Illinois, 10 x 10 cm, Cabinet, Nice round shape. Undamaged Pyrite sun from the shales in the coal mines near Sparta. |
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| 34 7dddbtg ((RHODOCHROSITE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Sunnyside Mine, Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado, 5 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature, Colorado's other major rhodo location. Several flattened pink rhombs of undamaged Rhodochrosite. Only those on the edge of the specimen have damage. ex Dave Bunk specimen. |
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35 3qua64idvma ((ROSE
QUARTZ on QUARTZ)),
$10 MINIMUM
BID, Pitorra Mine, Galilea, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2.5 x 2 x 1 cm,
Thumbnail, Pink Rose Quartz crystals on Quartz. Crystalline Rose
Quartz is uncommon at best.
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36 4attgis ((LEPIDOLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 10 x 7 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet, Large purple book of Lepidolite. |
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| 37 4attgns ((QUARTZ on CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico, 8 x 8 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Calcite rhombs mixed with greenish terminated Quartz crystals. Undamaged. | |
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| 38 7dddbg ((SPESSARTINE on ALBITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Little Three Mine, Ramona, San Diego County, California, 2.5 x 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Large Thumbnail sized specimen with an orange Spessartine well known from The Little Three Mine. |
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39 96kpjtl ((PYRITE STALACTITES)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Huanzala Mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Huanuco Province, Peru, 6 x 2.8 x 1.7 cm, Miniature, A 6 cm section of a cluster of 6 Pyrite stalactites. These are very rarely seen terminated and these are not terminated. But looking at the ends, the tiny holes characteristic of stalactites are clearly visible and easy to count. |
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| 40 7ddmwr ((FLUORESCENT CHALCEDONY GEODE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Chihuahua, Mexico, 7 x 6 x 6 cm, Cabinet, This type of specimen has been on the auction before. I thought these were New Mexico but I have verified that these are actually from Chihuahua, Mexico. The fluoresce green under SW UV |
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41 7atkrr ((GMELINITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Flinders, Victoria, Australia, Thumbnail, Large crystals on matrix from Australia. |
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7atkrr ((Bubbles in CALCITE)), $10
MINIMUM BID, Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, 7 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm,
Cabinet, Side of specimen says BUBBLES IN CALCITE. With a lope I
see some spherical indents on the faces of the Calcite. I did not see
any internal bubbles. But you may have to look very carefully.
In any case I do not know for sure so buy it AS IS WITH OR WITHOUT and
BUBBLES. It is on a Pyrite matrix.
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| 43 7atkrr ((BARITE)), $10
MINIMUM BID, Llantrisant, South Wales, Thumbnail, White blades of
Barite on matrix from Wales.
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| 44 7atkrr ((NATIVE SILVER)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Batopilas, Mexico, Thumbnail, Herringbone twinned Silver with remnants of Calcite from Batopilas. |
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6hhmcr ((GOETHITE pseudomorph after PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Pelican Point, Utah County, Utah, 4.5 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature, Undamaged
floater cluster of Goethite ps Pyrite from Utah. ex Mel Cannon
collection.
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| 46 6hhmcr ((PYROMORPHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Alta, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah, 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature to Thumbnail, Visable with a loop are yellow green barrel shaped crystals of Pyromorphite. Pyromorphite crystals occur here but are hard to collect and find on the dumps. ex Mel Cannon collection. |
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| 47 6hhmcr ((AURICHALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID,
Cottonwood District, Salt Lake county, Utah, 3.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature,
Reference specimen from the Utah ski areas. ex Mel Cannon
collection.
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48 6hhmcr ((FERRIMOLYBDENITE,
MOLYBDENITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID,
Cottonwood District, Salt Lake county, Utah, 4 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature,
Reference specimen from the Utah ski areas. ex Mel Cannon
collection.
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| 49 7atkrr ((LINARITE, BROCHANTITE, ANGLESITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Kelly Mine, Magdalena, New Mexico, thumbnail, Typical Kelly Mine combination specimen with contrasting blue and green. | |
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| 50 7atkrr ((ARAGONITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Geelong, Victoria, Australia, thumbnail, White acicular crystals of Aragonite. | |
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| 51 7atkrr ((VANADINITE)), $1
MINIMUM BID, Pure Potential Mine, La Paz County, Arizona, thumbnail, red
orange hexagonal crystals of Vanadinite.
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| 52 7atkrr ((FLUORRICHTERITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada, thumbnail, terminated Fluorrichterite crystal. | |
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| 53 7atkrr ((ANATASE, ALBITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, can not read the label writing, thumbnail, black lustrous Anatase crystal with an Albite on the actual Anatase making the photo bad. The label has writing on it but I can not make out what the writing says. | |
| 54 6hlkmr ((CABAZITE with NATROLITE and STILBITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Kibblehouse Quarry, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 4 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Rhombs of salmon colored Cabazite with highlights of brownish Stilbite and white Natrolite. | |
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| 55 7hlkmr ((PREHNITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, O and G Quarry, Connecticut, 6 x 6 x 4 cm, Miniature, Very light green Prehnite (not yellow as in the photo) Prehnite. Backside has a darker Prehnite and the base has small Calcite crystals on Apophyllite. | |
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| 56 6hlkmr ((DOLOMITE)), $1
MINIMUM BID, Binkley and Ober Quarry, East Petersburg, Lancaster County,
Pennsylvania, 14 x 8
x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Pinkish saddleback Dolomite crystals from
Pennsylvania.
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57 6hlkmr ((PYROMORPHITE)), $1
MINIMUM BID, New Chester County, Mine, Phoenixville, Chester County,
Pennsylvania, 4 x 3
x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Olive green hexagonal prisms of Pyromorphite with
crystals to 3 to 4 mm in length. Some areas of damage.
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58 7hlkmr ((PREHNITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, O and G Quarry, Connecticut, 6 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Fine botyoidal green Prehnite from the O and G Quarry. Photos from front and back. |
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59 5ggg ((ARSENOPYRITE)), $10
MINIMUM BID, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico, 4.5 x
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1.5 cm, Miniature, Cluster of lustrous silver colored Arsenopyrite
crystals from Mexico. Undamaged. Older
specimen from the Gil Griffin collection.
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| 60 5ggg ((ARAGONITE)), old Lidstrom label, $10 MINIMUM BID, Tazouta, near Sefrou, Morocco, 4.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Cluster of pseudo hexagonal twinned Aragonite crystals from Morocco. Pretty much undamaged and old Lidstom label. Older specimen from the Gil Griffin collection. | |
| 61 7hlkml ((STILBITE
on HEULANDITE)), $5
MINIMUM BID, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India, 11.5 x 7.5 x
3.5
cm, Cabinet, Cream colored Stilbite on a matrix of light salmon
colored Heulandite.
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| 62 5hhshis ((TETRAHEDRITE,
PYRITE, QUARTZ)), $10
MINIMUM BID, Daly Judge Mine, Park City, Utah, 7 x 5 x 3.5
cm, Cabinet, Most of Pyrite is damaged while there is some nicely
formed and undamaged Tetrahedrite crystals. Tetrahedral from the Daly
Judge came out many years ago when Bryan Lees of Collectors edge was just
getting started. He bought the many lot of these Park City
Tetrahedrites. This on came from the collector who still had a few
that he had saved.
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| 63 7hlkml ((HEULANDITE)), $5
MINIMUM BID, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India, 9.5 x 8.5 x
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cm, Cabinet, Light salmon colored lustrous Heulandite.
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| 64 5ggg ((STILBITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Jewel Tunnel area, Deccan Traps, India, 5.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Cluster of lustrous cream colored Stilbite sheaves and bowties. Jewel Tunnel was the first major imported of Indian minerals. This evidently is one of these that were early on in importing Indian minerals. Rock Currier chose his company name from this location which he called Jewel Tunnel Inc and Jewel Tunnel area. Undamaged. Older specimen from the Gil Griffin collection. |
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| 65 6dwtgr ((SPESSARTINE, SMOKEY QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tongbei, Fujian Province, China, Mexico, 3 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Undamaged lustrous dark orange Spessartine Garnets on three terminated undamaged Smokey Quartz crystals. | |
| 66 5atshiss ((PYRITE, QUARTZ)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Silver King Mine, Park City, Summit County, Utah, 14 x 10 x 94.5 cm, Large Cabinet, Here is a large specimen of historic Park City Pyrite. Some roughness on the edges of the striated cubic Pyrite crystals but overall in good shape. Hard to come by, this is a large Utah Pyrite specimen. | |
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6dwtges ((FLUORITE)), $30
MINIMUM BID, Erongo Mtn, Usakos and Omaruru Districts, Erongo Region,
Namibia, 12 x 9 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Undamaged lustrous cubic
Fluorite from Namibia. Sawn base and back.
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| 68 7hljdr ((APOPHYLLITE
on PECTOLITE)),
$10 MINIMUM
BID, Millington Quarry, New Jersey, 10 x 8.5 x
3.5 cm, Cabinet, The outside resembles the outside of the amethyst
Brazilian cathedrals. Only this is filled with radial botryoidal
Pectolite cover with colorless Apophyllite crystals. A little hard to
photograph but a neat New Jersey zeolite specimen.
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7ddskes ((FRESNOITE)), $25
MINIMUM BID, Junnila Property, San Benito County, California, 2.5
x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a large yellow Fresnoite crystal
which is also very fluorescent under UV. These were collected 10 years
ago and although not a complete crystals it is larger than most.
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| 70 7hljder ((ANGLESITE)),
$65 MINIMUM
BID, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 9.5 x 7.5 x
5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a heavy specimen consisting of many crystals of
cream colored Anglesite from the famous Australian location of Broken Hill.
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| 71 6hlgkg ((DICKITE
on QUARTZ)),
$30 MINIMUM
BID, St Clair, Pennsylvania, 10 x 6 x
3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is specimen which looks like it has been snowed
on. Its a great specimen of white Dickite profusely covering
undamaged and actually double terminated Quartz crystal cluster with several
tabular Quartz crystals.
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| 72 7hljdnr ((CALCITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Andreasberg, Hartz Mts., Germany, 6 x 5 x 5 cm, Miniature, Classic old German location in the Hartz Mts. This Calcite consists of stacked white poker chips of Calcite. | |
| 73 5ecvm1280ns ((PINK TOPAZ on QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Brumado Mine, Bahia, Brazil, 4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Terminated pink Topaz on Quartz from Bramado. Specimen can be displayed from either side but the small pink Topaz are only on one side. | |
| 74 5ecvm1280ns ((PINK TOPAZ on QUARTZ)),
$1 MINIMUM
BID, Brumado Mine, Bahia, Brazil, 4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Terminated
pink Topaz on Quartz from Bramado. Specimen can be displayed from
either side but the small pink Topaz are only on one side.
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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.
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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. |
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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.
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Fluororichterite - George Earle Farm, Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada (small cabinet)
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