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	1 ark ((24 MAGNETITEs)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Perovskite Hill, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, 1.2 to 3 cm, 24 Thumbnails, Here is a flat of brown octahedral Magnetite crystals with a few singles and mostly clusters.

	2 ark ((12 ANATASE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Mid State Quarry, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, 1.5 to 7.5 cm, 12 Thumbnails to Cabinet, Here is a flat of Mid State Quarry Anatase. These are the well known form of Anatase, elongated octahedrons. These are small lustrous black crystals. A loop is helpful in seeing most crystals.

	3 ark ((24 ANATASE on MAGNETITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Perovskite Hill, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, .5 to 4 cm, 24 Thumbnails, Here is a flat of dark brown octahedral Magnetite crystals and clusters with light brown octahedral Anatase crystals.

	4 ark ((14 BOTRYOIDAL SIDERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Christy Pit, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, 2 to 3.5 cm, 14 Thumbnails to Miniatures, Here are botryoidal or spherical brown Siderites from Christy Pit in Magnet Cove.

	5 ark ((24 WAVELLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Avant, Arkansas, 4 to 6 cm, 24 Miniatures, Avant Wavellite usually is more of an olive green and radial crystals forming in cracks and small spaces in the rock.

	6 ark ((14 ANKERITE, SOLUTION QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Jeffrey Quarry, North Little Rock, Arkansas, 2 to 4 cm, 14 Miniatures, Ankerite on Solution Quartz from Arkansas.

	7 ark ((7 SMOKY QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mooralla, Victoria, Australia, 2 to 2.5 cm, 7 Thumbnails, Australia black aka Smoky Quartz.

	8 ark ((3 WAVELLITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas, 10 to 12 cm, Cabinet, Here are three Wavellite specimens from Arkansas.

	9 ark ((3 WAVELLITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Mauldin Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas, 10 to 12 cm, Cabinet, Here are three Wavellite specimens from Arkansas.
	ark ((35 BROOKITE on SMOKY QUARTZ)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Perovskite Hill, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, 1 to 3 cm, 35 Miniatures, Here is a flat of ugly Smoky Quartz from Magnet Cove with black lustrous Brookite crystals 2 to 7 MM.

	10 1257-511-9ldgcns ((QUARTZ on CALCITE with minor CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Poona, India, 7 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a rhomb and a stacked rhomb of Indian Calcite covered with a 2 MM layer of Quartz. On the Quartz are small 2 to 4 MM Stilbite crystals. ex H Desinger collection.

	11 1323-511-9ldgcrs ((PYRITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Poona, India, 7 x 6 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is a single crystal of Pyrite from Germany in matrix. The Pyrite is 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm in size and is undamaged except a little roughness on one corner. ex H Desinger collection.

	12 1314-511-9ldgces ((GYPSUM)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Turkministan, 7 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a single COMPLETE crystal of Gypsum which is undamaged, uncleaved, and on a small piece of matrix. ex H Desinger collection.

	13 1314-511-9ldgces ((DOLOMITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany, 8 x 7 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Here are cream colored flattened rhombs of Dolomite with the outside colored a rich brown from iron staining. Here is a classic German location, Schlema. ex H Desinger collection.

	14 1317-511-9ldgcar ((QUARTZ, HEMATITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Egremont, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, 6 x 5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here are Cumberland habit lustrous Quartz crystals on thin matrix of Hematite kidney ore from Cumbria. ex H Desinger collection.

	15 1315-511-9ldgcar ((PYROMORPHITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Krandorf, Schwarzenfeld, Schwandorf, Bavaria, Germany, 6 x 5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a Quartz matrix coated with a druze of green Pyromorphite. ex H Desinger collection.

	16 915-511-9ldgces ((CALCITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Belaya Rechka Deposit, Adygea Republic, Northern Caucasus, Russia, 7 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large single crystal of double terminated Calcite. The crystal has contact and cleaved edges on the bottom of crystal which is actual its side. ex H Desinger collection.

	17 1307-511-9ldgcar ((FLUORITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Rottleberode, Stolberg, Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, 4.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a lustrous German Fluorite. Color is a light grey green on this transluscent Fluorite. ex H Desinger collection.

	18 1307-511-9ldgcar ((TOURMALINE on and included in QUARTZ with minor CLEAVELANDITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Golconda Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 5.5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Blue green gemmy Tourmaline crystals in and on Quartz. Also a small area of white Cleavelandite. ex H Desinger collection.

	19 1622-511-9ldgcrs ((QUARTZ)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Huanzala Mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Huanuco Department, Peru, 6.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, 6 undamaged terminated Quartz crystals in a spray like cluster from Peru. ex H Desinger collection.

	20 1622-511-9ldgces ((GALENA)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Madan, Rhdope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria, 9.5 x 5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Cubic Galena crystals with a matte luster and with associated Sphalerite from Madan. ex H Desinger collection.

	21 1571-511-9ldgces ((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Unknown, 8 x 6 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, A cluster of undamaged terminated and double terminated clear Quartz crystals which did not have a label. However it looks like the Quartz from Hot Springs, Arkansas. ex H Desinger collection.

	22 1365-511-9ldgcns ((STIBNITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hunan Province, China, 3.5 x .8 x .6 cm, Miniature, A crooked and curved Stibnite crystal from China. There are many straight Stibnite crystals but the curved crystals seem to have more character. ex H Desinger collection.

	23 795-511-9ldgcrs ((SMOKY QUARTZ)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Fedenstock Mountain, Felli Valley, Uri, Switzerland, 6 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a terminated undamaged Quartz crystal from Switzerland. It also has a smaller terminated Quartz across the front with the tip of the termination a bit rough. ex H Desinger collection.

	24 1360-511-9ldgcar ((STIBNITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Herja Mine, Baia Mare, Maramures, Romania, 7 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cluster of short thick terminated crystals of Stibnite. Older material than generally seen on the market. No damage. ex H Desinger collection.

	25 1245-511-9ldgcrs ((SMOKY QUARTZ)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Bergen, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany, 7.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a German Smoky with several parallel crystals. The specimen is highly lustrous and deep dark brown with several transparent areas showing inclusions. ex H Desinger collection.

	26 1288-511-9ldgces ((HEMATITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco, 5 x 4.5 x 1 cm, Miniature, Here is highly lustrous somewhat skeletal Hematite on matrix from Morocco. ex H Desinger collection.	,

	27 1353-511-9ldgcns ((GROSSULAR)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Lake Jaco, Sierra de la Cruz, Coahuila, Mexico, 3 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is lustrous reddish brown Grossular from Lake Jaco. Minor nicking but no real damage which is unusual for these Grossulars. ex H Desinger collection.

	28 774-511-9ldgcrs ((PYRITE on BARITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Kaukasus?, 6 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a plate of Barite crystals coated with a druze of Pyrite. Location in German says Kaukasus but I could not translate. ex H Desinger collection.

	29 1061-511-9ldgcrs ((CELESTINE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Beyneu Kyr, Tuarkyr, Turkmenistan, 6.5 x 6 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a plate of lustrous Celestine from Turkmenistan. ex H Desinger collection.

	30 1298-511-9ldgcar ((BARYTE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany, 6 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a German Baryte with a bit of iron staining giving the crystals a brown highlite in the crevasses. ex H Desinger collection.

	31 893-511-9ldgcts ((CALCITE with FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Villabona, Asturias, Spain, 6 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm, Miniature, Here is specimen with a large lustrous Calcite at the base and small gemmy cubic Fluorite crystals at the upper part of the specimen. ex H Desinger collection.

	32 893-511-9ldgcrs ((KYANITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Barra de Salinas, Cornel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 4 x 4 x 3 cm matrix with 8 cm crystal, Cabinet, Here is specimen with a 8 cm crystal of blue Kyanite on a Quartz matrix. The Kyanite is actually two parallel crystals. ex H Desinger collection.

	33 1296-511-9ldgcar ((APATITE, MUSCOVITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Ze Pinto Prospect, Aldeia, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 3 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Dark green hexagonal double terminated Apatite crystals with Muscovite. ex H Desinger collection.

	34 513-10btadiss ((STELLERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tambar Springs, Pottinger County, New South Wales, Australia, 9 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Salmon colored Stellerite from Tambar Springs.

	35 513-10btadiss ((SUNSTONE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Kong Mine, Harts Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia, 8 x 7 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Australia Sunstone from the Harts Ranges. These Sunstones have flashes of yellow color when viewed at the right angle to light. I did not see these in the large specimen, but here is a small one from the box in the next item to show the specks of bright yellow light.

	36 513-10btadiss ((BOX OF SUNSTONE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Kong Mine, Harts Ranges, Northern Territory, Australia, 9 x 8.5 x 3 cm, Thumbnails, A foldup box of Australia Sunstone 1 to 2 cm from the Harts Ranges. These Sunstones have flashes of yellow color when viewed at the right angle to light. Many in the box such as these two show specks of bright yellow light.

	37 513-10btadiss ((MOLYBDENITE on QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Queensland, Australia, 9 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, A specimen of lustrous Molybdenite on Quartz from Queensland.

	38 513-10btadiss ((RHODONITE, GALENA)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 5 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, A combination of red Rhodonite and lustrous silvery Galena from the classic location of Broken Hill.

	39 513-10btadiss ((GYPSUM)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mount Gunson, South Australia, Australia, 10 x 7 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet, A green bed of Gypsum.

	40 513-10btadiss ((HEMIMORPHITE on AURICHALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 9 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Blue green Aurichalcite covered with colorless Hemimorphite from the classic location of Broken Hill.

	41 513-10btadiss ((GYPSUM)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Lake Gilles, South Australia, Australia, 9 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, A nearly transparent twin Gypsum from Australia. It has a bit of minor edge wear on one side, but is otherwise undamaged.

	42 513-10btadiss ((WULFENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Whim Creek Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Western Australia, Australia, 4.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Small micro orange Wulfenite crystals scattered over the matrix from Whim Creek.

	43 513-10btadiss ((CERUSSITE, MALACHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle, Northern Territory, Australia, 4 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Twinned white Cerussite with minor green Malachite from Rum Jungle.

	44 513-10btadiss ((THUNDER EGG)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Mt Hay, Queensland, Australia, 7 x 6 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Twinned white Cerussite with minor green Malachite from Rum Jungle.

	45 513-10btadiss ((MUSCOVITE in FELDSPAR)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Thackaringa District, New South Wales, Australia, 10 x 8 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Twinned white Cerussite with minor green Malachite from Rum Jungle.

	46 513-10btadiss ((QUARTZ STALACTITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Agate Creek, Etheridge Shire, Queensland, Australia, 8 x 5.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Quartz specimen with several Quartz stalactites from Queensland.

	47 513-10btadiss ((QUARTZ on STELLERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tambar Springs, Pottinger County, New South Wales, Australia, 8 x 6 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Quartz mounds over salmon colored Stellerite from Tambar Springs.

	48 513-10btadiss ((GYPSUM tri color)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Whyalla, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia, 9 x 5.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, This unusual Gypsum was the only specimen like this that I saw in Tucson. It has a base of white Gypsum with the upper crystals being brown. On the brown Gypsum crystals are needle like secondary crystals which are green. Strange Australian Gypsum.

	49 1338-511-9ldgces ((PYRITE, ANHYDRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sondershausen, Thuringia, Germany, 12 x 7.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Cubic Pyrite crystals in a matrix of Anhydrite from Thuringia. ex H Desinger collection.

	50 766-511-9ldgcts ((LAPIS LAZULI)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Afghanistan, 8 x 8 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Large specimen of blue Lapis Lazuli. ex H Desinger collection.

	51 875-511-9ldgcar ((MANGANOAN CALCITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Huanzala Mine, Huanuco Department, Peru, 9 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Large specimen of pink Manganoan Calcite which undoubtedly strongly fluoresces red orange. ex H Desinger collection.

	52 954-511-9ldgcar ((GYPSUM)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Naica, Municipio de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico, 12 x 10 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Large specimen of fish tailed Gypsum from Naica. A little tip wear but no major damage. Classic Naica Gypsum shape. ex H Desinger collection.

	53 781-511-9ldgces ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Naica, Municipio de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico, 13 x 7.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Specimen of scalenohedral Calcite grey to cream colored. These look similar to the brushy creek Calcite without any Marcasite. There is tip cleavage-damage on several if not most crystals but no major damage. Nice reference inexpensive Naica Calcite specimen and somewhat unusual for the location. ex H Desinger collection.

	54 1492-511-9ldgcar ((BARITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Unknown, 10 x 9 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Large specimen bluish grey Barite. No label but looks like Romania as the location. Minor damage upon closer examination but looks undamaged for display. No major damage and shows well on front or back. ex H Desinger collection.

	55 820-511-9ldgcar ((Butterfly Twin CALCITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Schelklingen, Schwabische Alb Mts, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, 14 x 8 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet, Large specimen plate of brown Calcite crystals with four twins from this old German location. ex H Desinger collection.

	56 964-511-9ldgcts ((COAL with PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Recklinghausen, Ruhr Coal Mining area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 10 x 8 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Large specimen with an interesting combination of Coal and Pyrite from a classic coal mining area in Germany. ex H Desinger collection.

	57 976-511-9ldgcar ((CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Madan, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria, 13 x 10 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Large specimen with golden Chalcopyrite on a matrix of black Sphalerite and small needle Quartz. The specimen has no attachment and is a floater. ex H Desinger collection.

	58 976-511-9ldgcar ((QUARTZ)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Huanzala Mine, Huanuco Department, Peru, 7.5 x 9 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Undamaged terminaed Quartz crystals on matrix which sets perfectly for display. ex H Desinger collection.

	59 1978-511-9ldgcar ((FLUORITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Germany, 10 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Multi colored banding from purples to greens on this German Fluorite. ex H Desinger collection.

	60 1224-511-9ldgcns ((QUARTZ geode)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Morocco, 9 x 7.5 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Quartz geode from Morocco with stubby terminated Quartz crystals lining the cavity of a Moroccan geode. ex H Desinger collection.

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	65 1991-511-9ldoces ((QUARTZ variety SMOKY)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Devils Head, Douglas County, Colorado, 9.5 x 7.5 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, A specimen of Microcline with several terminated Smoky Quartz crystals. ex H Desinger collection.

	66 867-510-9ldocar ((MANGANOAN CALCIT)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Huanzala Mine, Peru, 7 x 5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, With a loop the crystals resemble the saddle back pink Dolomite, only the crystals are small and pink. ex H Desinger collection.

	67 1244-510-9ldocrs ((CROCOITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tasmania, Australia, 5.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Orange Crocoite crystals on matrix. ex H Desinger collection.

	68 1142-510-9ldocts ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Melchor, Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico, 6 x 5 x 3 cm, Miniature, A vug of purple cubic Fluorite crystals. ex H Desinger collection.

	69 1983-511-9ldgcts ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Gelbe Birke Mine, near Beierfeld, Erzgerbirge, Saxony, Germany, 10 x 5.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Light green Fluorite from an old German Mine, Gelbe Birke Mine ex H Deisinger collection from Germany.

	70 1351-512-10ahmres ((SILVER with BORNITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, San Martin Mine, Zacatecas, Mexico, 5.5 x 5 cm, Miniature, Here is a thin sheet of solid Silver from Mexico. The Silver sheet has an iridescent blue coloration from Bornite. ex H Deisinger collection from Germany.
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	71 512-10ahmrt ((QUARTZ pseudomorph after ARAGONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Clarendon, Donley County, Texas, 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Here another of these curious pseudomorphs that I had not run into previously. Its an Aragonite pseudomorphed to Quartz.

	72 512-10ahmris ((CALCITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico, 19 x 12 x 8.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large cluster of Calcite from Santa Eulalia. Even though large, I do not see any damage.

	73 511-9ldoces ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany, 11 x 7 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is another Schlema Calcite with another Calcite habit. This has sheaf like clusters of Calcite crystals. ex H Deisinger collection from Germany. ex H Deisinger collection from Germany.

	74 511-9ldocar ((CELESTINE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Sakoany, Majunga Province, Madagascar, 6 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a aesthetic specimen of a large blue Celestine crystal with a 3.3 cm terminated crystal across the front. ex H Deisinger collection from Germany.

	75 511-9ldocar ((SPHALERITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Taolin Mine, Yueyang Prefecture, Hunan Province, China, 4 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a fine gemmy Chinese Sphalerite. For the most part undamaged especially all the major crystals are undamaged. ex H Deisinger collection from Germany.

	76 511-9ldoces ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany, 10 x 5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Freiberg Calcite. ex H Deisinger collection from Germany. ex H Deisinger collection from Germany.

	77 511-9ldocrs ((CALCITE, FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 6 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Cubic Fluorite crystals cover the matix with two large large undamaged Calcite crystals with a third smaller Calcite between the two large crystals. ex H Deisinger collection from Germany.


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