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Auction Two hundred thirty Preview
Sept 19, 2008
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Sept 19, 2008
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1 8iljdr ((PREHNITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Paterson, New Jersey, hwd, 4.5 x 6 x 2 cm , Miniature, Large botryoidal lustrous mounds of green Prehnite from New Jersey. |
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| 2 8iljdis ((QUARTZ
pseudomorph after GLAUBERITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Montclair, New Jersey, hwd,
5.5 x 8 x 3.5 cm ,
Cabinet, Here is a super Quartz after Glauberite. This on has the
pseudos in 3D protruding in several directions. Most of these that I
have seen the openings are all aligned on a plane or hemisphere.
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3 8iljdis ((PREHNITE pseudomorph
after ANHYDRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Paterson, New Jersey, 9 x 11 x 4 cm ,
Cabinet, Large cabinet specimen completely covered in mounds of
Prehnite pseudos after Anhydrite. One is broken off showing the void
inside. collected in the 1930's.
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4 8iljdi ((PALYGORSKITE
aka MOUNTAIN LEATHER)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Laurel Hill, Secaucus, New Jersey, 5 x 7 x 4 cm ,
Cabinet, Slightly different than the Palygorskite from Washington state,
This is a solid block instead of chamois like leather. This is still
super light and I am sure would float like pumice or a lump of cork.
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| 5 8iljdg ((VANADINITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Apache Mine, Globe, Arizona, hwd, 4.5 x 6 x 3 cm , Cabinet, Specimen mounted in a 6 cm plastic box. I have had several Apache Vanadinites and this is one of the nicest. |
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8iljdg ((MURDOCHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, hwd,
3 x 5 x 2 cm ,
Miniature, Specimen mounted in a 5 x 7 cm plastic box. This is a Murdochite
from highly collectible Bisbee.
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| 7 8iljdg ((CERUSSITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Flux Mine, Patagonia, Arizona, hwd, 5 x 6.5 x 2 cm , Cabinet, Specimen mounted in a 6 cm plastic box. Usually Flux Cerussite are not able to be shipped from actually experience. This one being mounted in the large plastic miniature box, looks like it is able to be shipped. |
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| 8 8iljdg ((SMITHSONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Silver Hill Mine, Pima County, Arizona, hwd, 6 x 4 x 1.5 cm , Cabinet, Specimen mounted in a 6 cm plastic box. Rather thin layer or seam of sparkling Smithsonite. |
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| 9 8iljdg ((2 pcs SCEPTERED QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Washington Camp, Patagonia, Arizona, hwd, 4.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm , Miniatures, Here are two miniatures of sceptered Quartz from Washington Camp. The back larger specimen has some contact or damage to the backside of the termination. The large scepter on the smaller cluster looks undamaged. Specimen mounted in a 6 cm plastic box. | ||
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| 10 8iljdg ((WULFENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Silver Bell Mine, Cochise County, Arizona, hwd, 5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm , Miniature, Specimen mounted in a 6 cm plastic box. Wulfenite crystals look completely undamaged. Looks secure so shipping should not be a problem. |
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11 8iljdg ((DIOPTASE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Christmas Mine, Hayden, Arizona, hwd,
5.5 x 6 x 3 cm ,
Miniature, Specimen mounted in a 6 cm plastic box. This miniature has a
vug in the center filled with emerald green Dioptase crystals.
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| 12 8iljdg ((DOLOMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Vekel Mine, Vekel Mtns, Arizona, hwd, 4.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm , Miniature, Specimen mounted in a 6 cm plastic box. Chocolate brown rhombs of Dolomite from Arizona. Looks undamaged except on minor chip on the side of one of the upper crystals. |
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13 8iljdg ((BARITE
on QUARTZ geode)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Rt # 37, Harredsburg, Indiana, hwd,
5 x 5 x 3 cm ,
Miniature, Specimen mounted in a 6 cm plastic box. Here is a sparkling
Quartz lined Geode with two parallel crystals of Barite.
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| 14 8iljdg ((DOMEYKITE asa MOHAWKITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mohawk Mine, Mohawk, Michigan, 6 x 6 x 2 cm, Miniature, Specimen mounted in a 6 cm plastic box. Copper Arsenide from Michigan. | ||
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8iljdr ((NIOBIAN PEROVSKITE and LATRAPPITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Oka, Quebec, Canada, 6 x 7 x 6 cm , Cabinet, Both the Perovskite and Latrappite in mindat are listed from Oka and both look very similar if not the same, black cubic crystals. | |
| 15 8iljdna ((WERNERITE,
DIOPSIDE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Bolton, Massachusetts, 5 x 6 x 4
cm, Miniature, Wernerite is in the scapolite group and fluoresces
yellow under UV. Diopside is the darker crystals. ex John Betts
specimen.
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| 16 25 8iljdna ((QUARTZ pseudomorph after CALCITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Faywood Mine, Jose District, Cooks Peak, Luna County, New Mexico, 6 x 10 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a very fine Quartz pseudo after Calcite from New Mexico, a location not seen very often. ex John Betts specimen. |
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| 17 8iljdts ((WITHERITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID,
Cave-in-Rock district, Hardin County, Illinois, 4.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm,
Miniature, Specimen mounted in a 5 x 7 cm plastic box. Here is a
specimen of Fluorescent Witherite from Cave-in-Rock. ex John
Betts specimen.
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18 8iljdti ((GALENA)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Grayville Mine, Mineral Point, Iowa County, Wisconsin, 3.5 x 5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a metallic gray undamaged specimen of Galena with cubo octahedral crystals. ex John Betts specimen.
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| 19 8iljdig ((GOLD)), $25 MINIMUM BID,
Gold Bluff Prospect, Dead Rive, Marquette County, Michigan, 2.5 x 2.8 x
1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Small crystals/ grains of Gold in Quartz from a
rare locality not normally seen available.
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| 20 8iljdir ((CORUNDUM
variety SAPPHIRE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Mtetengwe Mine, Beitbridge,
Zimbabwe, 2.2 x 1.8 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Nice crystal faces
including a raised triangular pattern on a light blue Zimbabwe ( Rhodesia)
Sapphire.
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 8hlndis ((CROCOITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia, h.w.d. 3 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Brilliant red orange Crocoite crystals. |
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| 21 8iljdis ((SABINAITE on MICROCLINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint Hilaire, Rouville, Quebec, Canada, 10 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, small micro crystals of colorless Sabinaite, which is Sodium Zircon Titanium oxide Carbonate. |
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| 22 8iljdin ((CERASITE
sixlings a variety of CORDIERITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Kameoka City,
Kyoto Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan,
3 x 1 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Cerasite named for ceras which means cherry
blossums since the sixling resembles a cherry blossum.
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| 23 8iljdis ((ANATASE
pseudomorph after SPHENE variety XANTHITANE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Jones
Zircon Mine, Cashiers Pegmatite District, Henderson County, North Carolina,
2 x 1.3 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Mindat says Xanthitane is a synonym of
Anatase. ex Alfred Stevenson collection.
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| 24 8iljdio ((CRANDALLITE
and other PHOSPHATES)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Little Green Monster Mine,
Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Tooele County, Utah, 3 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm,
Thumbnail, Nice 3 cm nodule with a yellow Crandallite rim and small
nodules of phosphate minerals inside.
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| 25 26 8iljdig ((FERGUSONITE Y)), YNbO4 $20 MINIMUM BID, Ambatofotsy Pegmatite, Itasy Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar, 2 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Thumbnail sized specimen of this rare earth mineral. | ||
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| 26 27 8iljdnt ((ENARGITE, QUARTZ)), $30 MINIMUM BID, West Colusa Mine, Butte, Montana, 4 x 4 x 1 cm, Miniature, Several Old labels with this small plate of lustrous Enargite crystals and associated Quartz. Mine names for Butte material is uncommon with usually only Butte given as the location. ex John Betts, ex J Cien collection, ex Edna D Doughty collection, ex minerals unlimited with all labels. |
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27 28 8iljdg ((COLUMBITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Bennett Quarry, Buckfield, Maine, 3 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, 4
mm black lustrous crystal of Columbite from Maine.
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28 29 8iljdni ((SAMARSKITE
Y)), RADIOACTIVE! $25 MINIMUM BID, Spinelli Samarskite Prospect,
Glastonbury, Hartford County, Connecticut, 1.5 x 1 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, (Y, Fe, U, Th, Ca)2(Nb, Ta)2O8.
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| 29 30 8iljdg ((WILUITE)), TYPE
LOCALITY, $10 MINIMUM BID, Vilui River Basin, Yakutia, Eastern Siberian
Region, Russia, 2.6 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm, Thumbnail to Miniature, Single
fully formed double terminated dark brownish black lustrous crystal with
some small remnants of attached matrix material.
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30 8iljdir ((ZIRCON)), $20 MINIMUM BID, St Peters Dome, el paso County, Colorado, 3.5 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature, Specimen is loaded with octahedral Zircon crystals. ex John Betts, ex J Cilen. |
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| 31 8iljdo ((KYANITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Faido, Canton Ticino, Switzerland, 2.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Classic Swiss location. Old George L English label. ex John Betts. |
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32 8iljdio ((CHALCOPYRITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID,
Thuringia, Germany, 5 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature, Specimen mounted in a 5 x
7 cm plastic box. Old German location with undamaged Chalcopyrite
crystals on a contrasting matrix.
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33 8ghmris ((DIOPTASE)), $10 MINMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 4.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Dark emerald green crystals of Dioptase.
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| 34 8hlndis ((CROCOITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia, h.w.d. 2.5 x 4. x 2 cm, Miniature, Brilliant red orange Crocoite crystals. |
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35 8ghmrts ((FLUORITE on BARITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID,
Royal Flush Mine, Blanchard Claims, Bingham, New Mexico, 12 x 5 x 5 cm,
Cabinet, Dark blue cubic Fluorite crystals on white Barite.
NOTE these are dark blue and not the purple shown in the photo.
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36 8iljdg ((BERTRANDITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Waisanen Mine, Greenwood, Maine, 8 x 8 x 4 MM, Small Thumbnail, Small crystals of Bertrandite crystals from Maine. NOTE SIZE IS IN MM NOT CM label says rare new find, but I do not know how old the label is. |
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| 37 8heegin ((RAMSDELLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mistake Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona, 3 x 4 x 1.2 cm, Miniature, Ex Curtis Brandt collection. Nice unusually large crystals of lustrous Ramsdellite. | ||
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| 38 8ghmrg ((ADAMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 4 x 6 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Classic specimen with sphericules of yellow cream colored Adamite crystals. |
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39 8ghmrntg ((RHODOCHROSITE, QUARTZ, TETRAHEDRITE, PYRITE)), $45 MINIMUM BID, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado, 10 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet, The specimen has pink Rhodochrosite rhombs on a bed of Quartz crystals with associated Tetrahedrite and Pyrite. This is an old specimen which was collected prior to Bryan Lees Collectors Edge operation and recovery of exquisite specimens. |
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| 40 8ghmrii ((SMOKY
QUARTZ, SCHORL, CLEVELANDITE with SPESSARTINE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Little Three
Mine, Ramona, San Diego County, California, 4 x 7 x 3.5 cm,
Cabinet, Terminated lustrous Smokey Quartz with two terminated black Schorl and a
several small orange
crystals of Spessartine with associated white Cleavelandite.
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41 8hlkmis ((ANTIGORITE variety PICROLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Cedar Hill Quarry, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 18 x 11 x 4.5 cm, Large Cabinet, green stiated Antigorite which is in the Serpentine family in a very large specimen. |
 8hlkmr ((CRYPTOMELANE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sherman Valley, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, 5 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet, black botryoidal mounds of Cryptomelane from Pennsylvania |
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| 42 8iljdis ((PECTOLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Paterson, New Jersey, 12 x 12 x 7 cm, Cabinet, A very large Pectolite specimen with mounds of radiating white Pectolite. Lower left also has some contact irregularity. | ||
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| 43 8hlkmr ((CRYPTOMELANE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sherman Valley, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, 6 x 7 x 3 cm, Cabinet, black botryoidal mounds of Cryptomelane from Pennsylvania | ||
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| 44 8hlkmr ((STRONTIANITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, National Limestone, Quarry, Mt Pleasant Mills, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, 8 x 11.5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Good coverage of the uncommon and fluorescent mineral, Strontianite. Fortunately in 2006 many larger pockets were found at this mine producing specimens on the market for at least currently until stocks are gone. | 8ghmris ((ADAMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 4 x 7 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Classic specimen with sphericules of yellow cream colored Adamite crystals. | |
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| 45 8iljdin ((NIOBIAN PEROVSKITE and LATRAPPITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Oka, Quebec, Canada, 10 x 8 x 6 cm , Cabinet, Both the Perovskite and Latrappite in mindat are listed from Oka and both look very similar if not the same, black cubic crystals. |
 8hljdr ((OPAL)), $10 MINIMUM BID, White Cliffs, Australia, 3 x 4.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, White opal with red and green fire. |
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| 46 8hlkmr ((CRYPTOMELANE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sherman Valley, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, 3.5 x 5.5 x 1.7 cm, Cabinet, black botryoidal mounds of Cryptomelane from Pennsylvania | ||
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| 47 8ghmrg ((APATITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Panasqueira, Portugal, 2 x 2 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Fluorescent
Apatite crystals from the classic Portugal location of Panasqueira.
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| 48 7atkrii ((QUARTZ, CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 3 x 5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Small white Calcite flattened rhombs mostly on the backside with Quartz on the front or vice versa. |
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49 7atkril ((CALCITE
on DUFTITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Tsumeb, Namibia, 6 x 7 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Rhombs of colorless Calcite on
a green druze of Duftite.
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7atkrit ((SMITHSONITE on
TENNANTITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Tsumeb, Namibia, 4.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a heavy
specimen for its size because the matrix is non crystalline Tennanite.
It is covered with colorless needle like crystals of Smithsonite.
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| 51 7atkra ((CALCITE/DOLOMITE
with DUFTITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Tsumeb, Namibia, 4 x 6 x 3 cm, Miniature, Rhombs of white Dolomite or
possibly Calcite with a vug with the Dolomite green from a coating of
Duftite.
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| 52 7atkrii ((WULFENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Tsumeb, Namibia, 4.5 x 6.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Thin Wulfenite
crystals on matrix.
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| 53 7atkra ((SMITHSONITE
or CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Tsumeb, Namibia, 4.5 x 5.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, I am not 100% sure
but these look like brown rhomb of Smithsonite on the contrasting white
background. They may be Calcite but look to me more like Smithsonite.
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| 54 7atkra ((HYDROCERUSSITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Tsumeb, Namibia, 3 x 4 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a group of
three Hydrocerussite crystals. There is a little contact on the right
side but other than that in good shape.
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55 7atkrg ((MIMETITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID,
Tsumeb, Namibia, 3 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a small
specimen with needle like crystals of Mimetite with a slightly yellow
color.
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| 56 8hemltr ((TALC)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Argonaut Mine, Ludlow, Vermont, 7 x 13.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Cabinet specimen of lustrous green Talc from the find early last year in Vermont. |
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57 7atlmls ((CALCITE on
AMETHYST)), $25 MINIMUM BID,
Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 9 x
8 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, Undamaged Calcite cyrstal cluster on purple
Amethyst crystals.
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58 5hhshis ((MIXITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Northern Spy Mine, Tintic District, Utah, 6 x 8 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Fuzzy acicular spheres of robin egg blue microcrystals of Mixite. Mixite is uncommon. These were collected many years ago.
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59 7atjtts ((WULFENITE)),
$25 MINIMUM BID, Mammoth-St Anthony Mine, Tiger, Arizona, 5 x 6 x
4 cm, Miniature, Yellow orange cluster of Wulfenite crystals
from Tiger.
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| 60 6atdbes ((HEMATITE pseudomorph after SIDERITE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Lake George area, Colorado, 10 x 10 x 8 cm, Thumbnail, Very fine pseudomorph specimen of a well known Colorado pseudomorph. ex Oberlin College, ex Dave Bunk specimen. |
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| 61 7ddceei ((CALCITE on SPHALERITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Elmwood Mine, Smith County, Tennessee, 11.5 x 10.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Lustrous fine Calcite from this American Treasure's location. In great shape with the largest crystal only having a minor rub on the termination. Bottom is sawn so that it stands up on its own from display. |
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| 62 5dbgs
((SCHEELITE)), $75 MINIMUM BID, Camp Bird Mine, Ouray Quarry, Colorado, 9 x
11 x 6 cm,
Cabinet,
A great Colorado specimen of Scheelite from Colorado. Scheelite is
strongly fluorescent. ex Dave Bunk whom valued it at $400.
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7atcels ((FLUORITE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Jiangxi Province,
China, 16 x 9 x 5 cm,
Cabinet, Excellent undamaged octahedral specimen of Chinese dark green
transluscent Fluorite. This was on the webpages at $450. Base is
partially sawn so that it stands up on its own for display.
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| 64 8ghswn
((STILBITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Gibelsbach, Switzerland, 1.5 x
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x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, More of a whitish color than the tan shown on
this Swiss Stilbite. Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.
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| 65 8ghswns ((CREEDITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Liberty Mine, Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada, 1.4 x 1.4 x 1.4 cm, Thumbnail, Purple Creedite crytals from Nevada. Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection. | ||
| 66 8ghswis ((MIMETITE variety CAMPYLITE, QUARTZ)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Drygill, Cumberland, England, 2 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Campylite on Quartz. Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection. | ||
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8ghsr ((STILBITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Cape D'or Nova
Scotia, Canada, 2 x 2 x 1.5 cm,
Thumbnail, Terminated sheaf of Stilbite from Nova Scotia. Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.
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| 68 8ghsr ((STILBITE,
HEULANDTE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Sulitjelma, Norway, 2 x 2 x 2 cm,
Thumbnail, Another neat location for Stilbite. Louellen Montgomery thumbnail collection.
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| 69 8ghmrit ((GALENA)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri, 5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Lustrous Galena. Some contact were it came off a matrix with Dolomite. | ||
| 70 8ghmrir ((PREHNITE
on or pseudomorph after CALCITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID,
Ahmadnagar, Maharashtra, India, 5 x 4 x 3 cm,
Miniature, Rock Currier of Jewel Tunnel brought these to the U S many
years ago. Now only occasionally seen from collections or old dealer
stock. Light green Prehnite with a Calcite core.
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| 71 8ghmrnis ((RHODOCHROSITE,
QUARTZ)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado, 8 x 4 x
4 cm, Cabinet, The specimen has pink Rhodochrosite rhombs on a bed of
Quartz crystals. This is an old specimen which was collected
prior to Bryan Lees Collectors Edge operation and recovery of exquisite
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8ghmrnis ((RHODOCHROSITE, QUARTZ)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado, 8 x 4 x 4 cm, Cabinet, The specimen has pink Rhodochrosite rhombs on a bed of Quartz crystals. This is an old specimen which was collected prior to Bryan Lees Collectors Edge operation and recovery of exquisite specimens. | |
| 72 8ghmrit ((SPESSARTINE, QUARTZ, CLEAVELANDITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Little Three Mine, Ramona, San Diego County, California, 4.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Two large orange partial crystals of Spessartine with associated Quartz and Cleavelandite from the Little Three Mine. Front and back photos show. | ||
| 73 8ghmrin ((SPHALERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico, 7.5 x 4.5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Galena and Sphalerite combination from Naica. | ||
| 74 8ghmrin ((CALCITE
on WULFENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 9.5 x
6 x 4.5 cm,
Cabient, Here is a cabinet specimen full of yellow Wulfenite crystals.
The specimen has a cap of Calcite.
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8ghmrit ((HEMIMORPHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
Magistral, Durango, Mexico, 7 x 6 x 5.5 cm,
Cabinet, Light blue botryoidal Hemimorphite which almost looks like
Smithsonite. This is also coming out of China but beware the Chinese
do dye some lots.
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| 76 8ghmro ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico, 9.5 x 7 x 5 cm, Miniature, Here is a goethite vug filled with large Calcite crystals. | ||
| 77 8ghmrig ((QUARTZ ROSETTE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Santa Rosa Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 6 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Santa Rosa is well known for its Tourmalines. Here is an undamaged Quartz rose from the same mine. | ||
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| 48 8hljdr ((OPAL)), $10 MINIMUM BID, White Cliffs, Australia, 3 x 4.5 x 1.7 cm, Miniature, White opal with red and green fire. Hard to photograph and show color. |
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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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