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Auction Three hundred eighty five Preview
Sep 16, 2011
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Sep 16, 2011
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| 1 7066 11fbdjt ((VESZELYITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Black Pine Mine, Philipsburg, Montana, 4 MM high, Thumbnail, Here are two small dark blue crystals forming a cross. The vertical crystal is terminated and the crossed crystal looks terminated and also contacted on the termination. Small but neat. | 1 11hedwir ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Boulder Hill Mine, Wellington District, Douglas County, Nevada, 9 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Undamaged grey to colorless cubic Fluorite crystals. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection |
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| 2 7070 11fbdjr ((VESZELYITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Black Pine Mine, Philipsburg, Montana, 8 MM in length, Thumbnail, Here is a transparent to translucent dark blue crystal which is double terminated and made up of several parallel crystals. | 2 11hedwo ((GALENA on Dolomite with minor CHALCOPYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 7.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Lustrous undamaged octahedral crystals of Galena on white Dolomite with several Chalcopyrite crystals. |
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11fbdje
((PHILIPSBURGITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Black Pine Mine,
Philipsburg, Montana, 11 MM in length,
Thumbnail,
Here is a specimen of lustrous dark green botryoidal Philipsburgite.
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| 4 3689 6ddariis ((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pike County, Arkansas, 10.5 x 3.5 x 1.3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a lustrous undamaged tabular Quartz with no contact that looks like a tomahawk. |
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| 5 3692 7hhnrng ((QUARTZ variety AMETHYST)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Stanley Butte area, Graham County, Arizona, 10 x 4 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cluster of several terminated Quartz crystals with an Amethyst center from Stanley Butte. The Amethyst center has a 1 mm overgrowth of opaque Quartz. | 5 11hedwie ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 10.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Lustrous undamaged terminated single scalenohedral Calcite crystal. Crystal has a phantom. |
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| 6 5479 11btdrtr ((CAVANSITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Wagholi, Pune District, Maharashtra, India, 8 x 6 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a fully formed sphere of dark blue Cavansite perched on basalt covered with a layer of white Stilbite crystals. Cavansite is undamaged and has some micro Stilbite sprinkled about the back side. | |
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| 7 3716lr
((WULFENITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 6
x 5 x 3 cm,
Miniature, Here are carmel colored Wulfenite crystals on matrix from Tsumeb. Some
damage but overall in good shape.
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| 8 6671 11atdbiss.is ((STOLZITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ste Lucie Mine, Lozere, Languedoc-Roussillon, France, 1.5 x 1 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a carmel colored thick Stolzite crystal from France. | |
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11atdbnar.g
((SILVER on COPPER)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Keweenaw Peninsula,
Michigan, 4 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature,
1 x .7 area of Silver on this otherwise solid Copper nugget.
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| 10 916
9ldgciss
((BARITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, La Liberad Mine, Quiruvilca
District, La Libertad Department, Peru, 9.5 x 7 x 3.5 cm,
Cabinet, Undamaged uncommon Barite specimen from Quiruvilca in Peru. The
pointed crystals are caramel colored with white edges. ex H Deisinger
collection.
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9ldgcirs
((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Wolsendorf Fluorite Mining
District, Bavaria, Germany, 12 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet,
Dark purple cubic Flurite from Bavaria. ex H Deisinger
collection.
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| 12 5301 09ldgcls ((WULFENITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Mammoth-St Anthony, Tiger, Arizona, 6 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature, Yellow orange intergrown cluster of solid Wulfenite crystals from Tiger. | |
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| 13 8idejig ((MALACHITE pseudomorph after AZURITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Milpilas, Sonora, Mexico, 4 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, An undamaged cluster of Malachite pseudos from the now famous find in Milpilas. |
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4369 9hnawtn
((SKUTTERUDITE variety SMALTITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Schneeberg,
Saxony, Germany, 5
x 5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,
Classic Germany location for this uncommon cobalt mineral. ex N A
Wintringham.
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| 15 2192 9ldgcnss ((QUARTZ on FLUORITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Gottesehre Mine, Urberg, Black Forest, Germany, 8.5 x 6.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, A Classic European and old German Mine. The specimen has large colorless to white cubic crystals of Fluorite with some Quartz druze especially on the back side. ex H Deisinger collection. | |
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| 16 2244 5wwmlir ((ARSENOPYRITE, CALCITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 13 x 9 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is an undamaged larger cabinet sized specimen with fine silver colored Arsenopyrite crystals and contrasting white Calcite. | |
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11atdbar.in
((CALCITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Aurora Mine, Leversbach, Eifel
Mtns, Germany, 10.5
x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet,
Here is an undamaged cabinet sized specimen of Calcite made up of
a mound of Calcite rhombs peppered with and included by Pyrite. The
micro octahedral crystals look like Pyrite instead of Chalcopyrite or
Marcasite. ex H Westenberger collection
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| 18 2282ar ((DIOPTASE)), $75 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 1.8 x 1.3 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, Killer single large emerald green Dioptase crystal. No damage, no chipping. Appears to be white glued to the styro foam in the perky box. |
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| 19 4263
10btcdir
((CALCITE stalactite)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Wenshan Mine,
Yunnan Province, China, 8.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet,
Undamaged and neat stalactite like Calcite with a full head of crystals.
Totally undamaged and not chipping.
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11atdbes.l
((PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle
County, Colorado, 10 x 7 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet,
Backside has really
lustrous Pyrite crystals while the front display side has more of a matte
luster. Overall in great shape and undamaged.
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96hhswrs
((TENNANTITE pseudomorph after ENARGITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID,
Julcani Mine, Huancavelica, Peru, 7.5 x 5.5 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet,
Great lustrous and undamaged Pseudomorph from Peru. These were out
about 10 years ago but supplies have dryed up.
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| 22 7073 11fbdjt ((VESZELYITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Black Pine Mine, Philipsburg, Montana, 8 x 8 x 4 MM, thumbnail, Here is a small and partially translucent deep blue Veszelyite crystal. | |
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11atdbirs.ir
((DESCLOIZITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Abenab mine,
Grootfontein, Namibia, 6.5 x 5.5 x 5 cm, small Cabinet,
Here is a mound of clusters of Descloizite crystals. Some damage,
especially to the back crystals.
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| 24 11hljdns ((DIASPORE, MARGARITE, CHLORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Old Emery Mine, Chester, Massachusetts, 11 x 10 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Photo not so good with the lustrous mica sheen. Old Massachusetts location. |
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11hedwns
((MIMETITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango,
Mexico, 4 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is one of the green Mimetites
from the Ojuela. It also has small Wulfenite crystals that can be seen
in the photos.
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| 26 11hedwts
((MILLERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Essen, Ruhr Coal Mining area,
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 3.5 x 3 x 1 cm, Miniature, Here are
tufts of needle like Millerite, a nickel sulfide.
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27 11hedwts
((TOBERMORITE, PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Noche Buena Mine, Noche
Buena, Zacatecas, 4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here in a specimen
of the white silicate Tobermorite on Pyrite.
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| 28 11hedwis ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 4 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here in a specimen of Chinese light purple Fluorite with a flat cleaved backside and an undamaged display side. | |
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| 29 11hedwis ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Boulder Hill Mine, Wellington, Douglas County, Nevada, 6 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here in a specimen of cubic Fluorite from the Jim and Dawn Minette collection. Color is a light grey green (DIFFERENT FROM THE PHOTOS). |
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| 30 11hedwts ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 3.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here in a specimen of Chinese nearly colorless cubic Fluorite. Undamaged with attachment contact on the bottom. | |
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| 31 11hedwgs ((HALLIMONDITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Uranium Deposit, Ellweiler, Birkenfeld, Hunsruck Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, 6.5 x 6 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here in a lead uranyl arsenate from a classic German location. ex Kistalle, ex Steve Pullman |
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32 11hedwin ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Boundary Peak, Esmeralda County, Nevada, 8 x 5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here in a specimen of Fluorite from the Jim and Dawn Minette collection. |
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| 33 11hedwne ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 11.5 x 7 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Very small minor cleave on the tip which is non apparent when first viewed. The base is a healed old cleave.
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11hedwgr
((CALCITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend
District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 9.5
x 5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet,
Fine undamaged double terminated golden Calcite with other smaller
undamaged Calcite crystals around the base. One of these small
crystals is damaged but is not easily seen without knowing where it is.
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11hedwnl
((CHALCOPYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend
District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 5
x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature,
Iridescent blue Chalcopyrite on Dolomite.
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| 36 11hedwis ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 6 x 5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Fine undamaged double terminated golden Calcite on matrix of white rhombic Dolomite. |
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| 37 11hedwnl ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 6.5 x 5.5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Undamaged scalenohedral crystal of golden Calcite. Tip has a bit of minor scuffing. | |
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| 38 11hedwts
((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend
District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 9
x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet,
Combination of Calcite with Galena, Chalcopyrite, and Dolomite.
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| 39 11hedwtg ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Casteel No. 35 Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Iron County, Missouri, 10 x 6 x 6 cm, Cabinet, COLOR IS NOT RED BROWN, It is more of a golden yellow brown. Here are three terminated undamaged parallel crystals with sharp terminations. |
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11hedwie
((PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend
District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 4
x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature,
These look like Pyrite on cubo ocahedral Galena but it also may
just be mounds of interconnected Pyrite.
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11hedwil
((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend
District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 4
x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,
Two crossed double terminated crystals of golden Calcite on a matrix of
Pyrite.
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| 42 11hedwnl
((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend
District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 9
x 7 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet,
Undamaged fine cluster of golden Calcite crystals.
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| 43 11hedwnl
((CHALCOPYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend
District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 7
x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet,
Multitude of iridescent colors of blue, magenta, and golden Chalcopyrite
crystals on Dolomite
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| 44 11hedwte
((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend
District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 6
x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature,
Perfect termination on this undamaged golden Calcite.
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45 11hedwil
((CHALCOPYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend
District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 3.5
x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,
Multitude of iridescent colors of blue, magenta, and golden Chalcopyrite
crystals.
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46 11hlmdrs
((ELBAITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Paprock, Nuristan, Afghanistan,
4 x 1 x 1 cm, Miniatures,
Terminated undamaged Elbaite from Afganistan.
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| 47 11hedwts ((SPESSARTINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Wushan Spessartine Mine, Tongbei, Fujian Province, China, 7 x 5.5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Gemmy orange Spessartine crystals on feldspar. |
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| 48 11hljdis
((CHALCANTHITE, CHALCOALUMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Copper Queen
Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, 4
x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Label says Chalcanthite which is usually
blue. This light blue looks more like Chalcoalumite which this is the
Type Locality. So I am puzzled.
ex Dr Lincoln Sherk collection.
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11atdbirs.nt
((AQUAMARINE, FELDSPAR, MUSCOVITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Chumar
Bakhoor aka Nagar, Gilgit District, Pakistan, 3.5 x
3.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is an undamaged double terminated Aqua
on matrix with fine large translucent Feldspar crystals and associated
Muscovite. The Aquamarine has multiple terminations on both ends of
the translucent light grey blue crystal.
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11atdbiss.ir
((CALCITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, 8 x
5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a fine lustrous Charcas twinned
scalenohedral Calcite. It was deassessed from the collection of Bill
and Carol Smith. There note card says it was purchased in Nov 1996
from Collectors Edge for $125. The Calcite crystals are transparent to
translucent with the large crystal having minor damage to the tips.
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2303 ggg
((CALCITE, PALYGORSKITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Metalline, Pend
Oreille County, Washington, 12 x
9 x 8 cm, Cabinet, Here is a fine large cabinet specimen of flattened
rhombs of Calcite on matrix from Washington's Pend Oreille County.
There is minor gray Palygorskite aka mountain leather on the backside.
No major damage or missing crystals. Crystals do have some edge
chipping. ex
Gil Griffin collection
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10ahmrar
((ARTHURITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Copper Stope, Majuba Hill Mine,
Pershing County, Nevada, 3.5 x
3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is miniature with green microcrystals of
Arthurite.
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1619 09ldgcirs
((BARITE with
FLUORITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID,
Giftgrube, Ste Marie aux Mines, Alsace, France, 5 x 5 x
4 cm, Miniature, Here a French Barite covered with colorless
cubic Fluorite crystals to 5 MM. ex H Deisinger collection
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| 54 6hlkmnr ((BYSSOLITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Keystone Trap Rock Quarry, Cornog, Wallace Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 8 x 5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here a classic Cornog, Keystone Trap Rock Byssolite that looks like a brillo pad. ex Rick Hafer collection. |
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55 6hlkmnr
((ADULARIA with
BYSSOLITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID,
Keystone Trap Rock Quarry, Cornog, Wallace Township, Chester County,
Pennsylvania, 8.5 x 7 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here a classic
Cornog, Keystone Trap Rock twinned Adularia with Byssolite. The
Adularia has damage in the center of the specimen. Normal viewing it is not
that noticeable, With optivisor it stands out. Still lots of great
twinned Adularia. ex Rick Hafer collection.
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05swns
((ARSENOPYRITE, QUARTZ, MUSCOVITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID,
Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 8
x 5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet,
Here is a specimen covered with crystals of Arsenopyrite, Quartz and
Muscovite from Yaogangxian Mine.
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((CHALCOPYRITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Dachsberg, Nentershausen,
North Hesse, Germany, 4.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,
Here is an old German undamaged Chalcopyrite,
ex H Deisinger collection
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| 58 99hhshis
((HEMIMORPHITE, ROSASITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure
Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 12
x 8.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet,
Here is a specimen with colorless sparkling micro crystals of
Hemimorphite. Bluegreen sphericals of Rosasite add color.
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| 59 99hhshis ((HEMIMORPHITE, ROSASITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 7 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen with colorless sparkling micro crystals of Hemimorphite. Bluegreen sphericals of Rosasite add color. | |
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11hlkmis
((STELLERITE with
CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Kibblehouse Quarry,
Perkiomenvile, Pennsylvania, 5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,
Lusterous golden colored Stellerite with colorless Calcite rhombs.
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| 61 11hlkmis ((TREMOLITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, C K Williams Quarry, Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 6 x 5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a white fibrous form of Tremolite from C K Williams Quarry. |
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62 11hlkmis ((CALCITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Kibblehouse Quarry, Perkiomenvile, Pennsylvania, 7.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Lustrous golden Calcite crystals from Kibblehouse Quarry in Pennsylvania.
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11hlkmis
((GOETHITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID,
Grubb Lake, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 5.5 x 4.5 x
2.5 cm, Miniature, Botryoidal black Goethite from Lancaster
County.
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11hlkmis
((PYRITE in PHYLLITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID,
Blue Ball Stone Quarry, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 11 x 10 x
2.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a lustrous Pyrite on shale like Phyllite.
The Pyrite has a hair line crack but does not look repaired or reattached.
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65 11hlkmis
((SPHALERITE,
CHALCOPYRITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Picher, Oklahoma, 4.5 x 4 x
3 cm, Miniature, Here is a Picher specimen of a large undamaged
single crystal of Sphalerite with some angular Chalcopyrite crystals.
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11hlkmis
((PYRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Schoenick, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 3.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature,
Here is a small unusual Pyrite from Lancaster County.
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67 11hlkmis
((CHALCEDONY/QUARTZ
DRUZE)), $3 MINIMUM BID,
Glen Mills Quarry, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 8 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet,
Here is a vug filled with light purplish grey druze of Chalcedony/
QUARTZ. This is a new find from a few months ago.
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((BORNITE, RHODOCHROSITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Butte, Silver Bow
County, Montana, 12 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen of
massive Bornite with minor Rhodochrosite. ex U of U dept of Geology and
Geophysics
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((HEMATITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Armour #1 Mine, Ironton, Minnesota,
8.5 x 7.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen of Hematite with area of
Hematite crystals. The Hematite crystals are undamaged. ex U of U dept of Geology and
Geophysics
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69 UUGD
((GOLD ORE, PYRRHOTITE, ARSENOPYRITE, PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Battle
Mountain, Fortitude Deposit, Nevada, 13 x 9 x 9 cm, Cabinet, Here is a
large heavy specimen of Gold bearing ore containing Pyrrhotite,
Arsenopyrite, and Pyrite from Battle Mountain. ex U of U dept of Geology and
Geophysics
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70 UUGD
((CARBONATITE variety SIDERITE RAUHAUGITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Iron
Hill Carbonatite Complex, Colorado, 13 x 11 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Here is a
large heavy specimen #741 which is referenced in a published article.
A copy of the article is included. ex U of U dept of Geology and
Geophysics
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UUGD
((PYRRHOTITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Homestake Mine, Lead, South
Dakota, 8.5 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cabinet sized specimen of
massive iridescent Pyrrhotite from the Homestake Mine. ex U of U dept of Geology and
Geophysics
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((AMPHIBOLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, 4850 foot level, Homestake
Mine, Lead, South Dakota, 12 x 7 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cabinet
sized specimen of massive Amphibolite. ex U of U dept of Geology and
Geophysics
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73 UUGD
((CHALCOCITE, minor MALACHITE, AZURITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Bonanza
Mine, Kennecott, Alaska, 10 x 8 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cabinet
sized specimen with a vein of massive Chalcocite. Associated minor
Malachite and Azurite are also present. ex U of U dept of Geology and
Geophysics
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UUGD
((RED BERYL on RHYOLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Violet Claims, Wah
Wah Mtns, Beaver County, Utah, 14 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a
cabinet sized specimen of Ryolite with two areas of Red Beryl. Mostly
red remnants of Beryl but also one 6 or 7 MM crystal imbedded in the
Rhyolite. Here is a neat affordable Red Beryl specimen. ex U of U dept of Geology and
Geophysics
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((GOLD ORE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa, 14 x
9 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a
large cabinet sized specimen of Gold ore from the the South African
Witwatersrand Basin. ex U of U dept of Geology and
Geophysics
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((OLIVINE, SERPENTINE in CHROMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Bushveeld
Complex, South Africa, 11 x 7 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a
cabinet sized specimen of Chromite and Serpentine from South Africa. ex U of U dept of Geology and
Geophysics
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((SILVER bearing TETRAHEDRITE in SIDERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sunshine
Mine, 4800 foot Stope, Coeur D'Alene District, Idaho, 15 x 11 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a
large
cabinet sized specimen of Tetrahedrite and Siderite from Idaho. ex U of U dept of Geology and
Geophysics
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((GOLD ORE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Harvard Mine, Jamestown District,
Toulumne County, California, 14 x 10 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Here is a
large cabinet sized specimen of Gold ore from the well known Harvard Mine in
California. ex U of U dept of Geology and
Geophysics
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((CHALCOPYRITE, PYRRHOTITE, PYRITE with SULPHIDES)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Geco
Mine, near Manitouwadge, Ontario, Canada, 17 x 12 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Here is a
large and heavy
cabinet sized specimen of sulphides from Canada's Geco Mine. ex U of U dept of Geology and
Geophysics
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((SMITHSONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Moscow Mine, Star Range, Beaver
County, Utah, 8 x 7 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is a
cabinet sized specimen of greyish brown botryoidal Smithsonite from the
Moscow Mine. I have never seen these on the market except from
specimens from the university. Mimetite from the Star Range was in the
lot I got of the Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, but no
Smithsonite. ex U of U dept of Geology and
Geophysics
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| 81 9chmrl ((JAMESONITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Noche Buena, Zacatecas, Mexico, 3.5 x 3 x 1 cm, Miniature, Needles of Jamesonite from Mexico.
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| 82 9chmrit ((MIMETITE variety CAMPYLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Drygill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England, 4 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Uncommon larger specimen of Campylite. Mainly seen as thumbnails. |
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| 83 9chmria ((PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Quiruvilca, La Libertad Department, Peru, 6 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Different and strange luster on the faces. Fine Quiruvilca Pyrite with minor edge roughness but overall in great shape for an older specimen.
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| 84 9chmrna ((CELESTINE on SULFUR)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy, 7 x 7 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, Undamaged crystals of colorless to white Celestine on a yellow matrix of Sulfur.
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| 85 9chmrn ((RUTILE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Montejo, Madrid Province, Spain, 3 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Titanium oxide, Rutile from Spain.
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| 86 9chmrn ((CERUSSITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Hull Mine, Yuma County, Arizona, 1 x 1 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, Terminated crystal on a small amount of matrix of an Arizona Cerussite.
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| 87 9chmrn ((TOURMALINE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, White Queen Mine, Pala, California, 2.5 x .5 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Terminated White Queen Mine Tourmaline.
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| 88 9chmre ((AXINITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Drum Valley, Tulare County, California, 1.5 x 1 x .3 cm, Thumbnail, sharp gemmy crystal of California Axinite. |
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| 89 9chmrl ((JAPAN TWIN QUARTZ)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Holland Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, 2 x 1.3 x .4 cm, Thumbnail, Thumbnail sized Japan Twin from Arizona.
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| 90 9chmra ((FLUORITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Catron County, New Mexico, 2 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Dark purple octahedral crystal of Fluorite from New Mexico.
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| 91 9chmrt ((TOURMALINE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, California, 1.8 x 1 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, Terminated Tourmaline known as a Black Cap. The body is dark olive green transluscent with an opaque black top .9 cm termination. | |
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92 9chmris ((CALCITE, PALYGORSKITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Metaline Falls, Pend Oreille, Washington, 6.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Flattened rhombs of Calcite from Metaline Falls. The backside is covered with Palygorskite aka Mountain Leather.
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| 93 9chmris ((PALYGORSKITE, CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Metaline Falls, Pend Oreille, Washington, 6 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Palygorskite aka Mountain Leather from Metaline Falls. The backside is covered with small crystals of Calcite. |
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| 94 9chmrt ((ARAGONITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $5 MINIMUM BID, Molina de Aragon, Guadalajare, Spain, 3 x 2.3 x 2 cm, Miniature, cluster of double terminated Aragonite. Undamaged except for one little roughness one crystal. Usually seen are single crystals. Clusters from this location are somewhat uncommon.
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| 95 9atcdis ((LORANDITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Guangxi, China, 5 x 4 x 1 cm, Miniature, Composition TlAsS2 which is a rare species and also a poisonous species so hands should be washed after handling. Lorandite is the red mineral.
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| 96 7hlkmis ((MORDENITE on CHALCEDONY)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Aurangabad, near Nasik, Maharashtra, India, 7.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is an aesthetic specimen that looks like a spaceship. Blue Chalcedony covered with white spheres and hairlike crystals of Mordenite. | |
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Formerly part of the famous collection of
Archduke Stephan Franz Victor von Habsburg-Lothringen, dating this to
pre-1867. For background on this collection, see: http://www.minrec.org/labels.asp?colid=596.
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Description:Cymatolite is a RARE pseudomorph of spodumene by a mixture of muscovite and albite. It is ususally somewhat lamellar to parallel fibrous. This is a lamellar section after a very large spodumene crystal. THIS IS OLD CLASSIC MATERIAL , MOSTLY FROM THE 1800S! IT WAS STUDIED INTENSIVELY IN THE EARLY DAYS OF MINERALOGY. This piece appears to be composed mainly of lustrous, creamy-brown albite with minor muscovite. This lithium-rich granite pegmatite is well-known for its manganese phosphates and cymatolite. Ex Dennis Mullane Collection and comes with a faded label from the Rocky Moore Collection of Los Angeles, dated January, 1942. The quarry and mine have been inactive since 1944. It is quite hefty for its size at 545 grams or nearly a pound.
Weloganite is an ultra rare, strontium, sodium, zirconium carbonate and this showy and excellent specimen is from the famous Type Locality - the now-closed Francon Quarry in Montreal, Quebec. An 8 mm, doubly terminated, tapered and layered, off-white crystal is aesthetically set on the calcite crystal covered sculptural limestone matrix. A fine and showy example, this extremely rare species is known at its best from a very few pockets at this cement quarry, which has incredibly strange chemistry and has produced a number of such rarities IN THE PAST. Not available now, except from advanced recycled collections. Ex Ernie and Vera Schlichter Collection. Note that the crystal is yellow inside but is covered by a microthin layer of other rare species.
Rhodochrosite (old - RARE Colorado) Belsky Coll.
Moose Mine, Russell Gulch, Central City District,
Gilpin Co., Colorado
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