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July 30, 2010

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	1 510-09ldocns ((2 QUARTZ with HEMATITE inclusions)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Messina, Transvaal Province, South Africa, 2 cm in length, 2 Thumbnails, Here are two Thumbnail sized terminated undamaged Quartz crystals with brownish Hematite inclusions. The right crystal has a fine phantom.

	2 510-09ldocar ((TURQUOISE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Nevada, 6 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a large miniature specimen of Nevada Turqoise.

	3 510-09ldocirs ((FLUORITE, CELESTINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio, 7 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a combination specimen with white bladen Celestine and rootbeer colored highly fluorescent Fluorite crystals from the find a few years ago. As usual the Celestine crystals have damage while the Fluorite crystals are in great shape. The largest has contact on the backside.

	4 510-09ldocrs ((SPESSARTINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tonbei, China, 7 x 6.5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Spessartine from Tongbei. Mostly small orange Spessartine crystals but also several large crystals to 8 or 9 MM.

	5 510-09ldocrs ((QUARTZ with inclusions)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Unknown, 9 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a plate of Quartz crystals included at their bases. Terminated Quartz crystals look good except for about three broken off.

	6 510-09ldocar ((WULFENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico, 5.5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a cluster of undamaged thick brown Wulfenite crystals from Los Lamentos.

	7 510-09ldocrs ((ZIRCON)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Madawaska Mines, near Bancroft, Ontario, Canada, 3.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen covered with pointy terminations of brownish Zircon crystals.

	8 510-09ldocrs ((ADAMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 7 x 5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen covered with yellow Adamite.

	9 09ectgie ((WULFENITE, GREEN MIMETITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 9.5 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen from Ojuela with green Mimetite and wafers of Wulfenite crystals.

	10 510-09ldociss ((GILLESPITE, TARAMELLITE, SANBORNITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tres Pozos, Baja California, Mexico, 10 x 6 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Several uncommon minerals from Tres Pozos.

	11 510-09ldociss ((NEPTUNITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Benitoite Gem Mine, San Benito County, California, 2.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm, thumbnail, Here is are a couple of black lustrous terminated undamaged Neptunite crystals. ex James B Thompson collection.

	12 09ectgit ((WULFENITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 4.5 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen from Ojuela filled with bipyramidal butterscotch colored crystals of Wulfenite.

	13 511-09ldgcar ((PYRITE pseudomorph after PYRRHOTITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Trepca, Kosovo, 10 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Lustrous Pyrite pseudo after Pyrrhotite. ex H Deisinger collection

	14 511-09ldgciss ((SPESSARTINE on ALBITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Pech, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, 9 x 7 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Gemmy orange Spessartines spread on large white blocky Albite crystals. ex H Deisinger collection

	15 511-09ldgciss ((PYRRHOTITE, DOLOMITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Morro Velha Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 10 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Bronze colored Pyrrhotite crystals on Dolomite with some crystals included in the Dolomite. Note the label says Jandira which does not show up under mindat but the specimen looks exactly like Morro Velha specimens. ex H Deisinger collection

	16 511-09ldgcrs ((KEOKUK GEODE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Keokuk areas, 11 x 10 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Here is an opened Geode without a label but appears to be a Geode that looks like the Keokuk Geodes. It is Quartz lined with a large Calcite crystal. ex H Deisinger collection

	17 511-09ldgcts ((FLUORITE, QUARTZ on SPHALERITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Tino Ling Mine, Yue Yan, Hunan Province, China, 13 x 9 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a beautiful specimen of pale green Chinese Fluorite and white stubby terminated Quartz which is over a hidden layer of Sphalerite. ex H Deisinger collection

	18 511-09ldgcar ((FLUORITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Cave in Rock, Illinois, 7 x 7 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Here is a dark purple cubic Fluorite from Illinois. Here is a large cubic Fluorite with nearly no damage and nearly a floater but it does have undamaged contact markings at one side edge. ex H Deisinger collection

	19 511-09ldgcar ((FLUORITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Karaoba, Kazakhstan, 11 x 8 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Kazakhstan Fluorite with lots of stepped cubic crystals. Color is a greenish with some purplish magenta areas. Colors glow when backlit. ex H Deisinger collection

	20 511-09ldgcar ((FLUORITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Dalnegorsk, Siberia, Russia, 10 x 10 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Russian light green Fluorite from Dalnegorsk. ex H Deisinger collection

	21 510-09ldocrs ((COPPER)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, 7 x 6.5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is an interesting Copper with some other secondary blue green mineral as a crust on the Copper.

	22 510-09ldociss ((QUARTZ)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Strafford Springs, Connecticut, 16 x 10 x 7.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large plate of terminated Quartz from Strafford Springs. The Quartz are opaque milky Quartz specimens with three missing crystals on the plate and otherwise undamaged. ex Ernie Schlichter collection.

	23 511-09ldgciss ((QUARTZ on HEMATITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Florence Mine, Egremont, England, 8 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a classic U K specimen with lustrous diamond like Quartz Crystals on reddish Hematite. ex H Deisinger collection

	24 510-09ldocrs ((COPPER, CALCITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, 7 x 5.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Copper in massive Calcite. Visable Copper has a patina of many colors seen through a loop.	c

	25 510-09ldocrs ((Twinned CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Irving Materials Quarry, Anderson, Indiana, 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a twinned gemmy honey colored Calcite from Indiana. It has contact but no damage. Fine twinned termination.

	26 510-09ldocrs ((WULFENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Red Cloud Mine, Arizona, 1.8 x 1.5 x .3 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a twinned gemmy orange crystal of Wulfenite with minor edge chipping on the lower left side. It even has a small amount of matrix attached.


	27 510-09ldociss ((BARITE)), Repaired $15 MINIMUM BID, Stoneham, Weld County, Colorado, 7 x 7 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Here is a great Stoneham Barite. Unfortunately the main crystal has be repaired. It was collected in May, 1985. ex Ernie Schlichter collection.

.	28 510-09ldocrs ((SAND included CALCITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Rattlesnake Butte, Jackson County, South Dakota, 8 x 6 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a aesthetic undamaged floated. Unusual quality for these. Site is a national natural landmark, managed by the National Park Service and closed to collecting. This one from the Ernie Schlichter collection was obviously picked from a large lot as possibly the best of the lot.

	29 510-09ldocar ((CELESTINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, near Gembeck, North Hesse, Hesse, Germany, 4 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a German Celestine which is a miniature with large crystals of light blue Celestine. ex H Deisinger collection

	30 511-09ldgcrs ((BARITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Rockenberg, Wetterau, Hesse, Germany, 6 x 5.5 x 5 cm, Miniature, Here is another of these great German Barite roses which are similiar to the Oklahoma red Barite roses. ex H Deisinger collection

	31 511-09ldgcts ((GOETHITE pseudomorph after PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Almenaer Mountain, North Rhine, Westphalia, Germany, 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a choice pseudomorph from a German location. ex H Deisinger collection

	32 511-09ldgcar ((AGATE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pfalz, Germany, 8 x 4.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a cut and polished German Agate. ex H Deisinger collection

	33 511-09ldgcar ((ARAGONITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Minglanilla, Cuenca, Castile, La Mancha, Spain, 8 x 6 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a fine undamaged Aragonite on matrix. It has two large pseudohexagonal twinned Aragonite clusters. You see alot of non matrix specimens but very few matrix specimens. Lustrous and undamaged with a tint of purple to the grey crystals. ex H Deisinger collection

	34 511-09ldgcnrs ((HEMATITE with RUTILE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 5 x 3.5 x .8 cm, Miniature, Here is a lustrous thick Brazilian Hematite with surface and imbedded golden Rutile needles. The Hematite has a chip on one side. ex H Deisinger collection

	35 511-09ldgces ((GALENA, SPHALERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Madan, Rhodope Mountains, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria, 6 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a cluster of cubic Galena crystals with octahedral modifications. Undamaged Galena crystals on one side and the backside has Sphalerite and Chalcopyrite. ex H Deisinger collection

	36 511-09ldgcns ((MAGNETITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Kennedy Range, Western Australia, Australia, 2.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a fully formed Magnetite crystal. ex H Deisinger collection

	37 511-09ldgcts ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hunan Province, China, 7 x 7 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large honey colored Calcite from China. ex H Deisinger collection

	38 511-09ldgcts ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia, 5.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a Tsumeb Calcite with chipping on a few edges. ex H Deisinger collection

	39 511-09ldgcirs ((MANGANOAN CALCITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Huanzala Mine, Huanuco Department, Peru, 6 x 6 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is an undamaged cluster of pink Manganoan Calcite which is highly fluorescent red orange. ex H Deisinger collection

	40 511-09ldgcar ((STILBITE on THOMSONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Naalso, Far Oer, Island, 10 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen from Iceland of Stilbite on small mounds of Thomsonite. ex H Deisinger collection

	41 511-09ldgcrs ((FLUORITE, CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hardin County, Illinois, 7 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen of purple cubic crystals of Fluorite with minor Calcite. ex H Deisinger collection

	42 511-09ldgciss ((TOURMALINE variety SCHORL)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Kamptal, Austria, 8 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen of Schorl from Austria in matrix. ex H Deisinger collection.

	43 511-09ldgcar ((QUARTZ, CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Panzka, Stravinca, Sovakia, 8 x 6 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is a plate of terminated Quartz with large Chalcopyrite crystals to 1 cm and small Pyrite crystals. ex H Deisinger collection

	44 511-09ldgcirs ((PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia, 12 x 8 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Here is a lustrous large specimen of Pyrite from Dalnegorsk. ex H Deisinger collection

	45 511-09ldgciss ((GARNET on QUARTZ with MUSCOVITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pakistan, 7 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is one of the gemmy striated Pakistan Garnets to 9 MM on a matrix with Quartz and Muscovite. Ding on the tip of the highest Quartz. Garnet undamaged. ex H Deisinger collection

	46 511-09ldgces ((PYRITE on HEMATITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Elba, Italy, 10 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen with a boxwork of bladed Hematite crystals. On these is a group of pyritahedral crystals of undamaged Pyrite crystals. ex H Deisinger collection

	47 511-09ldgcar ((PYRITE pseudomorph after PYRRHOTITE, SPHALERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Huanzala Mine, Huanuco Department, Peru, 9 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is an specimen of the pseudo Pyrite after Pyrrhotite on a matrix with Sphalerite. ex H Deisinger collection

	48 511-09ldgcnss ((CELESTINE on SULFUR)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Machow Mine, Tarnobrzeg, Poland, 9 x 7 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Group of white Celestine crystals on a matrix covered with yellow Sulfur. ex H Deisinger collection

	49 511-09ldgcnrs ((PYRRHOTITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Dalnegorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia, 5 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm, Miniature, Here is an Russian Pyrrhotite with lustrous hexagonal thick platey crystals of Pyrrhotite. ex H Deisinger collection

	50 511-09ldgcar ((PYRITE on FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany, 4.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Miniature, Here is a German Fluorite specimen with associated Pyrite. ex H Deisinger collection

	51 511-09ldgciss ((CHALCOPYRITE with CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Romania, 5 x 5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is an nice Chalcopyrite which has unknown for the location but the Calcite look like Calcite from Romania. I believe this is a Romania or possibly a Bulgaria Chalcopyrite. ex H Deisinger collection.

	52 511-09ldgcar ((TENNANTITE on SIDERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Neudorf, Harz Mountains, Saxony-Anhault, Germany, 4 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is miniature with pyramid like Tennantite crystals on brown Siderite crystals. The Tennantite crystals are also coated with what looks like Marcasite. ex H Deisinger collection

	53 511-09ldgciss ((GROSSULAR)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Bazhenovskoe Deposite, Ekaterinburgskaya Oblast, Urals Region, Russia, 9 x 9 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a solid specimen of pale greenish Grossular with a 4.5 x 4 cm vug filled with undamaged crystals of Grossular. ex H Deisinger collection

	54 511-09ldgcrs ((DOLOMITE, QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Baita Mining District, Rezbanya, Bihor, Romania, 10 x 8 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Romanian Dolomite with white rhombic crystals and several terminated white Quartz crystals. ex H Deisinger collection


	55 511-09ldgces ((CALCITE, QUARTZ, ?SCHEELITE or CASSITERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang, Hunan Province, China, 6 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen from China with flattened rhombs of Calcite on Quartz. There are also several darker octahedral crystals which a probably Scheelite but my fluorescent lamp is broken or ID would be easy. ex H Deisinger collection

	56 511-09ldgcts ((CALCITE, PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico, 7 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Calcite with scalenohedral crystals of Calcite and pyritahedral crystals of Pyrite. ex H Deisinger collection

	57 511-09ldgcirs ((CALCITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Odessa Oblast, Ukraine, 11 x 11 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large golden Calcite scalenahedral crystal from Urkraine. ex H Deisinger collection

	58 511-09ldgciss ((CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Baia Mare, Maramures County, Romania, 12 x 8 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is an Romanian cabinet sized specimen. It has lustrous black Sphalerite and brassy Chalcopyrite crystals. ex H Deisinger collection

	59 511-09ldgcts ((HEMATITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Nado, Nador Province, Morocco, 3 x 2.3 x .1 cm, Miniature, Lustrous large Nador Hematite with a hexagonal shape but very thin. ex H Deisinger collection

	60 9ecgmnr ((QUARTZ, CLEAVELANDITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Cryo-Genie Mine, San Diego County, California, 8 x 8 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen from the Cryo-Genie Mine with terminated Quartz, cleavelandite, and Lepidolite.

	61 5ecbfl ((3 QUARTZ SCEPTERS)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Liliana Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico, 2 to 2.3 cm, 3 Thumbnails, Here are 3 sceptered Quartz thumbnails from the Liliana Mine in Mexico.

	62 8ecmdis ((MORDENITE on CHALCEDONY)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Aurangabad, India, 10 x 5.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Indian specimen from a small find about 2 years ago. White needles of Mordenite on light blue botryoidal Chalcedony.

	63 8ecmdis ((PENTAGONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Wagholi Quarry, Poona, India, 7 x 5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Indian specimen of the Cavansite paramorph, Pentagonite. A vug with large blue Pentagonite crystals.

	64 5atrdir ((2 SPINEL TWINNED COPPER)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Itauz Mine, Kazakhstan, 2 Thumbnails, Here are 2 thumbnails of the twinned Coppers from Kazakhstan.

	65 5atrcis ((DECRESPIGNYITE Y, KAMPHAUGITE Y)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Paratoo Copper Mine, Olary District, South Australia, Australia, 3 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Thumbnail to small Miniature, Here is a specimen of the rare light blue mineral Decrespignyite Y. Kamphaugite Y is black, micro, and spherical.

	66 5fbdjis ((PYRITE with CHALCOCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Butte, Montana, 6 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen from Butte with highly lustrous Pyrite with some partially coated with black Chalcocite. Also some areas also with black Chalcocite.

	67 5fbdjis ((ENARGITE with PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Butte, Montana, 2.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a specimen from Butte with large Enargite crystals and lustrous Pyrite.

	68 5hhmris ((MALACHITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Planet Mine, Yuma County, Arizona, 2.5 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a thumbnail specimen with 4 spherical green Malachite.

	69 4fbamns ((SILVER WIRE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Creede, Colorado, 2.5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a wire Silver from Creede. If stretched out it probalby would be 8 cm in length.

	70 5atrdtr ((STEENSTRUPINE CE, VUONNEMITE, USSINGITE, SEROUDITE, BELOVITE CE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia, 8.5 x 4 x 2 cm, Cabinet. Here is a collection of rare Russian species in one specimen.
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	71 5ectgnr ((CINNABAR, QUARTZ)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Tongren, Guizhou Province, China, 6.5 x 5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a large twinned Cinnabar on a matrix of Dolomite and Quartz crystals. Crystal is 1 x .9 cm. Crystal is lustrous and looks silvery. Backlit or the photos themselves reveil the red coloration.

	72 5atlmis ((RUTILE star on HEMATITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil, 2 x 2 x .2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a nice four point star of golden Rutile with a small black Hematite center.

	73 3ecsrir ((CALCITE on MIMETITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico, 7 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen with almost full coverage of Calcite over yellow Mimetite.

	74 9hetgir ((ANHYDRITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico, 13 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen of Anhydrite from Mexico. These have been fairly scarce the last several years. This on is a cluster with on 12 cm crystal.

	75 3hhmles ((VANADINITE on BARITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Mibladen, Morocco, 6.5 x 5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a Moroccan Vanadinite with the Vanadinite covering Barite forming a star like cluster.

	76 5atadts ((ATACAMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mt Gunson Copper Mine, South Australia, Australia, 6 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a cluster of four spherical green mounds of Atacamite from Australia. Nearly a floater without damage but one small area of contact probably with another sphere of Atacamite.

	77 5atrcis ((MINYULITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Toms Quarry, South Australia, Australia, 4.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen of Minyulite from Australia.

	78 8hhmris ((PREHNITE with BYSSOLITE inclusions)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Luck Quarry, Centerville, Virginia, 2 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a uncommon marble like specimen consisting of a grey colored sphere which is prehnite included by Byssolite.

	79 8jkmmnr ((ARSENATION PYROMORPHITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Idaho, 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is an orange colored Pyromorphite with mounds of lustrous crystals from the world famous Bunker Hill Mine.

	80 9jsmzis ((OLMIITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa, 2.5 x 2 x 1.8 cm, thumbnail, wheat sheaf like cluster of Olmiite on matrix.

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	98 560-475-09fdceis ((GLAUCONITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Delaware, 3.5 cm vial/bottle, Bottle, A Philadelphia Academy specimen from the Franklin Institute. ex Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia #24104 on bottom of bottle, no label.

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