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Oct 22, 2010

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1 00jkmdis ((GYROLITE, CHABAZITE, APOPHYLLITE, CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hwy 95 S of Pinehurst, Adams County, Idaho, 5.5 x 5.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a zeolite specimen from Idaho. Idaho produced the world class Heulandite crystals from the Rats Nest claim. Other specimens are not often seen. This specimen has great coverage of white Gyrolite spheres with several other associated minerals.

2 00jkmdis ((LUDWIGITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Spring Mountain District, Lemhi County, Idaho, 10 x 4 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is the uncommon mineral, Ludwigite. Brownish black crystals of several sizes forming a nest.

3 00jkmdir ((MAGNETITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Spring Mountain District, Lemhi County, Idaho, 5.5 x 5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is fine specimen of Magnetite, especially from Idaho. It has a large lustrous octahedral crystals with edge modifications.

4 00jkmdis ((ANDRADITE-GROSSULAR)), $10 MINIMUM BID, South Peacock Mine, Adams, Idaho, 4.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen from Idaho with a large Garnet in a vug in the matrix.

5 00jkmdis ((VALLERIITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, War Eagle Mine, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada, 3 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Valleriite is a bronze colored copper, iron sulfide.

6 00jkmdis ((COBALTOAN CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Aghbar Mine, Bou Azzer, Morocco, 4 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Deep pink colored Cobaltoan Calcite.

7 00jkmdis ((TURQUOISE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, El Aguajito, Baja California, Mexico, Morocco, 3 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a blue green nodule of Turquoise from Baja California.

8 00jkmdis ((ORPIMENT)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Shimen Mine, Hunan Province, China, 7 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is are two intergrown crystal clusters of yellow orange Orpiment from China.

9 00jkmdis ((QUARTZ pseudomorph after BARITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Centennial Eureka Mine, Tintic District, Juab County, Utah, 6 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature, Historic Tintic District specimens are uncommon. Here is a specimen from the Centennial Eureka Mine with Quartz boxlike casts after Barite.

10 00jkmdis ((RED BERYL)), REPAIRED $10 MINIMUM BID, Violet Claims, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah, 1.5 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Translucent lustrous small prismatic Red Beryl crystal on matrix. Crystal is non terminated and evidently popped off the matix and was glued back since the label says repaired. It does not really show being repaired with a loop.

11 00jkmdir ((ALBITE pseudomorph after SCAPOLITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Osthagan, Grua, Hadeland, Norway, 6 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a neat and very displayable pseudomorph from Norway.

12 00jkmdis ((RUBY)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Changara, Tete Province, Mozambique, 2 x 1.5 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a cranberry colored Ruby crystal in a thumbnail sized specimen.

13 00jkmdis ((QUARTZ replaced HORN CORAL)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Custer County, Idaho, 11 x 7 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a pair of very large fossil Horn Corals from Idaho. The fossils are replaced by Quartz.

14 00jkmdis ((REALGAR)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Green River Gorge, King County, Washington, 9.5 x 5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen with red crystals of Realgar on matrix.

15 00jkmdir ((FEITKNECHTITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Noda-Tamagawa Mine, Noda, Iwate Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan, 5 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is an uncommon specimen from Japan of Feitknechtite, a brown colored Mn oxide.

16 00jkmdir ((PYROMORPHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Plum Creek Prospect, Sandpoint, Idaho, 6 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here are acicular needle like crystals of green Pyromorphite from Idaho.

17 00jkmdis ((VARISCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Nevada, 7 x 5 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet, Here are lime green micro Variscite crystals from Nevada.

18 00jkmdis ((CLINOBISVANITE, POTTSITE)), Type Locality for both, $10 MINIMUM BID, Linka Mine, Spencer Hot Springs District, Lander County, Nevada, 6 x 5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here are two minerals from the Type Locality for both. Clinobisvanite is a Bismuth Vanadate. Pottsite also has Lead.

19 00jkmdir ((KLEINITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, McDermitt Mine, Spencer Hot Springs District, Lander County, Nevada, 7 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Large yellow crystals of this rare mineral which is a Mercury Nitrogen Chlorosulfate.

20 2813-19btadg ((CUPRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Red Dome Mine, Chillagoe, Queensland, Australia, 6 x 6 x 6 MM, thumbnail, Cuprite from Red Dome with a octahedral crystals with cubic modifications.

21 00jkmdis ((QUARTZ on GERMANIUM)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia, 5.5 x 2.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Quartz crystals on a black colored Germanium mineral.

22 00jkmdir ((COBALTOAN SMITHSONITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia, 5 x 4.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Pink crystals of Cobaltoan Smithsonite graded into yellow crystals that are probably Cadmian Smithsonite.

23 00jkmdir ((STRASHIMIRITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Copper Stope, Majuba Hill, Nevada, 5 x 4 x 2.5 cm cm, Miniature, Green micro crystals of Strashimirite, Copper Arsenate.

24 00jkmdis ((ERYTHRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Kalgoorlay, Western Australia, Australia, updated location Mt Cobalt, Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia 4 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature, NOTE: An Australian bidder has emailed that the location is actually Mt Cobalt. A purple magenta colored Cobalt Arsenate Hyrate from Australia. Micro bladed and terminated translucent to transparent crystals of Erythrite. They look like mini cousins of the larger more purple crystals from Morocco.

25 00jkmdir ((LEADHILLITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia, 1.5 x 1 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Leadhillite is a rare Lead Sulphate Carbonate.

26 00jkmdts ((AWARUITE with HEAZLEWOODITE, ZARTITE)), Type Locality, $35 MINIMUM BID, Lord Brassy Mine, Heazlewood, Tasmania, 8 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, a rare lustrous metallic mineral, Awaruite, a Nickle Iron mineral, in matrix. NOTE; An Australian bidder believes this to be Heazlewoodite or Pentalandite. The label says Awaruite but checking on Mindat, it looks like Heazlewoodite which is silver colored, rather than brassy Pentlandite. It is the type locality for Heazlewoodite a Nickel Sulfide. Minor associated green is Zaratite, a Nickel Carbonate. He said that the Awaruite from there is a rusty color. NOTE the label says Awaruite is the black grains on matrix. There looks to be some isolated black to silver grains with rusty peripherals. I bet the silvery larger areas are Heazlewoodite and there is also small grains of Awaruite. It was from a species collector. I just looped and examination with a scope would be better.	,

27 00jkmdnr ((PECORAITE, GASPEITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Otway Prospect, Nullagine Region, Western Australia, Australia, 5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Pecoraite is a rare Nickel Silicate. Gaspeite is a Nickel Carbonate

28 00jkmdir ((SPESSARTITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Sanguhingulu Hill, Arusha Region, Tanzania, 1.3 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a complete crystal of orange Spessartite from Tanzania.

29-8 09btader ((QUARTZ, SPHALERITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Animon Mine, Pasco Department, Peru, 8 x 7 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is an excellent Animon sulfide. One side has fine terminated Quartz and the other side black lustrous Sphalerite.

30-28 475-09fdceis ((PYRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Morococha, Peru, 3.5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, A large cubic Pyrite from Peru and part of the Philadelphia Academy specimen collection. ex Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia #22009.

31-29 475-09fdceis ((KYANITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Valle de la Carolina, San Luis, Argentina, 13.5 x 7 x 4 cm, Cabinet, A Philadelphia Academy specimen. This is a Kyanite from the unusual location of Argentina. ex Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia #22253.

32-45 511-9ldoces ((ADAMITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 3 x 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail to small Miniature, Here is a older style yellow intergrown fans of Adamite from Mapimi. ex Russell P MacFall collection.

33-47 511-9ldocer ((AZURITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, La Sal, Utah, 4 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Several intergrown blue spherical Azurite clusters and minor green Malachite from La Sal.

34-50 511-9ldocnr ((AZURITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Arizona, 5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, A Azurite label Arizona and is probably Morenci.

35-53 1619 ((BRAZILIANITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Sao Geraldo do Baixio, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 3 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail to small Miniature, This is a terminated Brazilianite with a side crystal and a contact notch near to bottom back of the crystal.

36-4 7068 ((PYRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Four Metals Mine, Bullion Canyon, Tooele County, Utah, 3 x 3 x 1 cm, Miniature, Here is a Utah Pyrite. These had been collected for several years, but none recently during the past several years. This one has great luster and is undamaged except for damage and contact on and around one edge.

37-6 6hhjhls ((peach HALITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Great Salt Lake, Tooele County, Utah, 10 x 8 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Here is one the the Halites from the find a couple of years ago. These have a pastel peach coloration. Previously and since no colored Halites have been found. An unusual summer produced some colored brine ponds similiar to the annual occurances in Trona, California. Even without the color, it is a fine specimen of large hoppered Halite crystals.

38-13 5swis ((ARSENOPYRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 6 x 5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen silvery Arsenopyrite with some associated Quartz.

39-19 475-09fdceis ((ENARGITE, TETRAHEDRITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Morococha, Peru, 11 x 9 x 9 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large Philadelphia Academy specimen from Peru. The specimen has many lustrous terminated Enargite crystals and pyramid shaped black non lustrous crystals of Tetrahedrite. ex Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia #20717.

40-33 5hlmiscis ((RUTILE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, 3.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen with a undamaged 2 cm crystal of Rutile in matrix.

41-40 511-9ldocts ((CALCITE with HEMATITE inclusions)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico, 6 x 5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen with three lustrous Calcite crystals with reddish brown inclusions of Hematite.

42-55 8jklrr ((ALUNOGEN with SULFUR)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Libros, Spain, 7 x 4 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen of white Alunogen and yellow Sulfur. ex Lanny Ream collection.

43-56 511-9ldocnr ((CELESTINE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio, 5 x 1.5 x .5 cm, Miniature, Here is a terminated gemmy single crystal of Celestine. The termination has what appears to be contact on half of the termination.

44-65 cfiss ((PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Huanzala Mine, Huanuco Department, Peru, 5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a choice lustrous specimen of undamaged Pyrite.

45-68 cfrs ((QUARTZ pseudomorph after BARITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, O S Pocket, Ouray County, Colorado, 7.5 x 5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, This is large specimen of the Ouray casts or pseudomorphs. The tops appear to be terminated.

46-72 cfirs ((GALENA with SIDERITE)), repaired, $5 MINIMUM BID, Weardale, Durham, England, 7 x 4 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is an English Galena with associated Siderite. The one end is reattached but could be removed to have and undamaged specimen. ex Paul Jung collection.

47-76 cfrs ((SMITHSONITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 9 x 7 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Tsumeb Smithsonite with light brown crystals.

48-78 cfirs ((FLUORITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Pachapaqui Mine, Ancash Department, Peru, 5.5 x 5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a Fluorite with octahedral Fluorite made up of stacked cubic crystals of Fluorite.

49-34 511-9ldocnr ((OLIVENITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Majuba Hill, Pershing County, Nevada, 5 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen of Olivenite with a David Garske label mistaking the location as Majuba Hill, Utah instead of Nevada.

50-4 475-09fdceis ((PYRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Llallagua, Bolivia, 4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Old Philadelphia Academy specimen of lustrous Pyrite from Llallagua. ex Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia no number, no label.

51-5 475-09fdceis ((ANALCIME)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Pinnacle Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, 8.5 x 7.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Old Philadelphia Academy specimen of Analcime from Pinnacle Island. White to colorless lustrous transluscent crystals. Better in person. ex Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia #20296.

52-12 475-09fdceis ((SERPENTINE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Falls of Gananoge, Upper Canada, 10 x 8 x 8 cm, Cabinet, Old Philadelphia Academy specimen of Serpentine from Canada. ex Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia #24075.

53-45 07atkrrn ((CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 9 x 9 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a larger cabinet sized specimen of Calcite with a chatoyant iridescense like moonstone. Some bruising on the crystal edges but overall not too bad. ex Uri Bahman collection. ex Kristalle specimen.

54- 50 06-08fbsces ((CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, PYRITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Mayflower Mine, Park City, Summit County, Utah, 9 x 4 x 3 cm, Cabinet, This Park City super Chalcopyrite specimen from a known mine collected by the head geologist years ago.


55-54 6cgssrs ((MALACHITE STALACTITE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Shaba Province, Republic of the Congo, 15 x 3 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Undamaged large terminated Malachite stalactite. One side has several areas where another stalactite grew up against this stalactite. On the underside of the base there are three holes typical of stalactites.

56 63-99idcsrs ((TETRAHEDRITE, CALCITE, QUARTZ on SPHALERITE, PYRITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Casapalca Mine, Huarochiri Province, Lima Department, Peru, 12 x 8 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cabinet sized Tetrahedrite with associated Calcite and Quartz from Peru. The Tetrahedrite crystals are undamaged and the Sphalerite and Pyrite are under the base.

57 8ectga ((CREEDITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Navidad Mine, Rodeo, Durango, Mexico, 3 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, A cluster of terminated crystals of nearly colorless Creedite forming a spherical shape. This looks completely damage free but these usually have a missing crystal or so if very carefully examined with a loop.

58-62 07atkins ((SMITHSONITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 9 x 8 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen with botryoidal Smithsonite. ex Uri Bahman collection. ex Kristalle specimen.

59 5atadts ((QUARTZ, PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Morococha Mine, Yauli Province, Junin Department, Peru, 13 x 7 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Peruvian specimen with terminated stubby Quartz with Pyrite. One side has a couple of broken crystals but could be trimmed. Morococha specimens are not seen that often as Animon and Huanzala specimens from Peru.

60 7atdrr ((HEMATITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Morocco, 6 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a Moroccan Hematite which is lustrous from the Moroccans hand rubbing.

61 5attgir ((GYPSUM)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Chihuahua, Mexico, 12 x 7 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Undamaged intergrown spheres of Gypsum from Mexico.

62 9iddbar ((CHALCOPYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Bulgaria?, 13 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a great Chalcopyrite, without a label, with Sphalerite on the back.

63 6hlkmls ((CELESTINE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Meckley's Quarry, Mandata, Northcumberland County, Pennsylvania, 11 x 10 x 7.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a fine Celestine specimen from Pennsylvania's Meckley's Quarry.

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65 6hhshnr ((PYRITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Silver King Mine, Park City, Summit County, Utah, 6 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is Pyrite from the famous Silver mine, Silver King in historic Park City collected by Solon Hammack.

66 3883rs ((COPPER on QUARTZITE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, 6590 level, Bingham Canyon Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah, 7 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is one of the Coppers from the small recent find. Brecciated Quartzite with Copper crystallizing in the voids

67 3899ar ((COPPER on QUARTZITE)), $150 MINIMUM BID, 6590 level, Bingham Canyon Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah, 10 x 8 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Here is another of the largest Coppers from the small recent find. Brecciated Quartzite with Copper crystallizing in the voids.

68 5atdbns ((HEUBNERITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Ruby Mine, Maggie Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado, 3 x 2 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a fine thumbnail sized specimen with bladed crystals of Heubnerite.

69 5hhswnr ((CINNABAR)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tongren Mine, China, 8 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a twinned Cinnabar drill point crystal of red Cinnabar. I looped it and it looks natural and not faked as the Chinese at least used to do frequently with these Cinnabars.

70 6hhcanr ((ROMERITE, HALOTRICHITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Dexter #7 Mine, San Rafael District, Emery County, Utah, 8 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is an specimen with brown Romerite and white Halotrichite which are both sulphates and water soluble. Do not get wet!
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71 bf06ns ((KOTTIGITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 6 x 5.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a rare mineral and relative to the famous yellow Legrandite from Ojuela. This specimen of Kottigite has greenish grey crystals in a vug in the brown gossan matrix is about 30 years old.

72 6hlkmns ((DIOPSIDE pseudomorph after ???)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Grace Mine, Morgantown, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 4 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is one of the strange and I presume uncommon, pseudomorphs from Grace Mine that I have never seen identified.

73 4hhshis ((TRILOBITE, Cryptolythus)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Swatara Gap, Pennsylvania, bug is 1.4 cm in length, Fossil, Here is a trilobite from Swatara Gap in the Martinsburg shale formation. The collecting locality in no longer available.

74 6atadrs ((ARAGONITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Northern Lights Mine, Nevada, 10 x 10 x 9 cm, Cabinet, These Aragonites bring three figure prices on some other internet auction for somewhat better specimens. This is still a good specimen and a more affordable specimen.

75 6atadrs ((ORPIMENT included BARITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Nevada, 6 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Heavily included Barite crystals with yellow Orpiment. Crystals all look to be undamaged.

76 5attgr ((GYPSUM)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Chihuahua, Mexico, 3 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a single spherical cluster of Gypsum from Mexico in a thumbnail size.

77 5atdbts ((3 LUDLAMITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Black Bird Mine, Lemhi County, Idaho, 1.1 cm, 3 Thumbnails, Here are 3 specimens of dark green Ludlamite from the Black Bird Mine in Idaho.

78 5atdbis ((WULFENITE, QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Rowley Mine, Arizona, 3 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a single gemmy yellow orange Wulfenite on a small matrix of quartz crystals.

79 3603ts ((GYPSUM variety SELENITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Whyalla, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia, 17 x 10.5 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Here is are orange Selenite crystals with a white Selenite base from Australia.

80 7atceis ((TOURMALINE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Panasqueira Mine, Portugal, 5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a Panasqueira specimen with needle like nearly black Tourmaline crystals. It came in a flat of non labeled Panasqueira minerals from the Collectors Edge.

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