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Auction Three hundred ninety two Preview
Nov 4, 2011
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Nov 4, 2011
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| 1 9iddbts ((CHALCEDONY)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Wurlitz, Bavaria, Germany, 4.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a Chalcedony locality specimen from Bavaria. ex H Deisinger collection. |
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2 9iddbts
((GARNET)),
$5 MINIMUM BID, I can not read label, 7 x 6 x 3 cm, Cabinet,
Here is a Garnet but I can not read the label. ex H Deisinger
collection.
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9iddbts
((MARCASITE)),
$1 MINIMUM BID, Hermine Mine, Bavaria, Germany, 4 x 1.5 x 2 cm,
Miniature, Here is a Marcasite crystal on matrix from Bavaria.
ex H Deisinger collection.
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4 9iddbts
((NATROLITE)),
$5 MINIMUM BID, Robberg Quarry, Robdorf, Hesse, Germany, 6.5 x 5 x 4 cm,
Miniature, Here is a matrix of grey Basalt covered with Natrolite
micro crystals. ex H Deisinger collection.
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| 5 5607 11btadns ((MALACHITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Katanga Copper Cresent, Katanga, Congo, 6.5 x 5 x 2 cm, Miniature, botryoidal green Malachite. | |
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6 9iddbrs
((PERICLINE,
CHLORITE)),
$15 MINIMUM BID, Acushnet Quarry, Acushnet, Bistol County, Massachusetts,
11 x 7 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Here
is a specimen with large cream colored Pericline crystals with some green
Chlorite coating some crystal faces. ex Ernie Schlichter collection
#10-1281
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7 9iddbirs
((BOURNONITE,
SPHALERITE)),
$10 MINIMUM BID, Cavnic Mine, Maramures County, Romania, 10 x 7.5 x
1.5 cm, Cabinet, Here
is a specimen with large Sphalerite crystals with a matrix peppered with 1
to 2 MM Bournonite crystals. ex H Deisinger collection.
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| 8 6hljdns ((GMELINITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Island Magee, County Antrim, Ireland, 4.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Salmon colored rhombic crystals of Gmelinite. Here is an Irish zeolite from Antrim. |
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| 9 4idssts
((TETRAHEDRITE,
QUARTZ, SPHALERITE)),
$5 MINIMUM BID, Casapalca Mine, Peru, 6 x 5 x
4.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a Peruvian specimen with lustrous
Tetrahedrite and associated terminated Quartz and some Sphalerite.
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9idcers
((CALCAREOUS TUFA)),
PHILA ACADEMY,
$10 MINIMUM BID, Lasalle County, Illinois, 10 x 9 x 8 cm, Cabinet,
Here is a Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences specimen #6061.
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| 11 9iddbrs ((AMETHYST)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 8 x 5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is an Amethst flower specimen from Brazil. ex H Deisinger collection. | |
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| 12 9iddbrs
((AMETHYST)),
$10 MINIMUM BID, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 12 x 6 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here
is an Amethst flower specimen from Brazil. ex H Deisinger
collection.
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| 13 9iddbts ((FLUORITE, QUARTZ)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Gewekschaft Mecur Mine aka Theodor Mine, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany, 6 x 5.5 x 5 cm, Miniature, German reference specimen of Fluorite and Quartz from a old German location. ex H Deisinger collection. |
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| 14 9iddbts ((AMAZONITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Colorado, 5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Terminated blue green microcline variety Amazonite with contact on 2 faces from other adjacent crystals. ex H Deisinger collection. | |
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| 15 11iddbts ((HOWLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 15 x 13 x 1 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large slab of Chinese Turqoise pre dying aka Howlite, a Borate mineral. ex Jim Minette collection. | |
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16 9iddblr
((CALCITE on
CELESTINE)),
$5 MINIMUM BID, White Rock Quarry, Clay Center, Ohio, 3.2 x 2.5 x
1.5 cm,
Thumbnail to Miniature, double terminated golden Calcite perched on a
single Celestine crystal.
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| 17 9iddbrs
((LINARITE,
ANGLESITE, GALENA, QUARTZ)),
$10 MINIMUM BID, Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico,
4 x 2.5 x
1 cm,
Miniature, pretty royal blue Linarite on a crystal of Galena altered to
Anglesite on the surface. Also associated Quartz attached to the
Galena.
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| 18 9iddbts ((ARSENIC)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Schlema, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany, 4.5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, an old German specimen of grey Arsenic from Schlema. ex H Deisinger collection. |
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| 19 9iddbiar
((SPHALERITE on
QUARTZ)),
$15 MINIMUM BID, Shuiknoushan Mine, Heuyang, Hunan, China, 7 x 7 x 6 cm,
Cabinet, Here is a great Chinese specimen with an scuptural matrix
covered with small Quartz crystals. On this are gemmy Sphalerite
crystals. All Sphalerite crystals are undamaged except one small
crystal. Looks like a floater with no attachment.
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| 20 5hhswir ((FLUORITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 6 x 5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen with purple cubic Fluorite crystals on a matrix of terminated small Quartz crystals. At the bottom is also remnants of another cubic Fluorite. |
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| 21 9iddbar ((4 SILVER)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Unknown location, 1.5 to 4.5 cm, 4 Thumbnail to Miniature, 4 long Silver crystals. | |
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| 22 9iddbar ((5 COPPER)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Champion Mine, Houghton County, Michigan, 1 cm, 5 Thumbnails, 5 arborescent Copper specimens from the Champion Mine. |
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| 23 9iddbar ((COPPER)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, 4 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Aesthetic specimen of Copper crystals in a miniature size. | |
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| 24 9idceis ((3 VANADINITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pure Potential Mine, Arizona, 3 to 4.5 cm, Miniature, 3 Miniature specimen of red orange terminated hexagonal crystals of Vanadinite. |
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| 25 8hljda ((STILBITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Gettysburg Quarry, Cumberland Townsphip, Adams County, Pennsylvania, 10 x 9 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Pennsylvania zeolite specimen covered with cauliflower like mounds of Stilbite. |
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7atkres
((SMITHSONITE and
UNKNOWN)),
$10 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 5.5 x 5.5 x 4 cm,
Miniature, Translucent Smithsonite crystals on a darker mineral not
identified, perhaps Silver or some other mineral with the crossed
striations.
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| 27 9iddbirs ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Rudersdorf, Brandenburg, Germany, 11 x 9 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, an old German specimen of undamaged Calcite from Rudersdorf. ex H Deisinger collection. |
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| 28 5atmris ((CALCITE TWIN)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico, 3.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a butterfly twin from Santa Eulalia, Mexico. |
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| 29 6hlkmis ((PICROLITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Cedar Hill Quarry, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 5.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Greenish striated fibrous Picrolite from Cedar Hill Quarry. | |
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30 7atkrir
((CALCITE)),
$1 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 3 x 2.5 x 2 cm,
Thumbnail, Thumbnail sized cluster of Calcite rhombs from Tsumeb.
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| 31 7atkris ((AURICHALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, 79 Mine, Arizona, 7 x 5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen of robin egg blue acicular crystals of Aurichalcite. |
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32 6jkjlis ((PARISITE Ce)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Snowbird Mine, Minerals County, Montana, 3.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a single terminated crystals of Parisite Ce. |
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| 33 6edmzis ((HEMIMORPHITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico, 3.5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Large terminated crystals of Hemimorphite to 2.8 cm. |
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| 34 8idejir ((AZURITE with MALACHITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, 3 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail to small Miniature, Mounds of Malachite covered with small crystals of royal blue Azurite. |
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9iddbirs ((CALCITE
with BOULANERITE inclusions)),
$10 MINIMUM BID, Baie Sprie aka Felsobanya, Maramures County, Romania,
8 x 6 x
5.5 cm,
Cabinet, a neat charcoal grey flattened rhombs of Calcite from
Romania. No damage with two sizes of crystals.
ex H Deisinger collection.
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| 36 5fcmdir ((3 JASPER pseudomorph after BARITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Moab, Utah, 2 to 2.5 cm, 3 Thumbnails, Here are three spherical clusters of the red Jasper pseudomorphs after blades of Barite. |
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| 37 7iddbns ((2 QUARTZ var HERKIMER DIAMONDS)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Middleville, New York, 2 to 2.3 cm, 2 Thumbnails, Here are two lustrous water clear Herkimer Diamonds with minor contact and some carbon inclusions. |
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| 38 11edttar ((BERYL
variety MORGANITE)), $35
MINIMUM BID, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 5 x 3 x 2.9 cm, Miniature, Here
is a lustrous cluster of undamaged pink Beryl aka Morganite crystals.
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| 39 2321 99edtginr ((EUCLASE on MUSCOVITE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Equador, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, 10 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a book of Muscovite with Feldspar covered with fine lustrous undamaged euhedral crystals of Euclase. |
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| 40 4929 8hhshir ((ROSASITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele Mine, Utah, 8 x 6 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen the is covered with what looks like Rosasite crystals. |
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| 41 3688 05swts ((CINNABAR, DOLOMITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Tongren Mine, Guezhou Province, China, 7 x 5.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, 2 x 1 cm cluster of two red Cinnabar crystals on white contrasting Dolomite. |
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| 42 5022
96cpcmgl
((HEMATITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Rio Marina, Island of Elba,
Italy, 5.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Lustrous Hematite from
Elba.
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9fdcenr
((CELESTINE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Jabal al Akhdar, Cyrenaica,
Libya, 7 x 4 x 4 cm, Cabinet,
Here is a rare single terminated undamaged Celestine crystal from Libya.
A few flats of these surfaced a few years
ago. They were collected and brought back by a contractor in Libya in
1962 and then kept for 40 years until finally being sold to Collectors Edge.
ex Oz Krebs collection 1962
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| 44 11hljdis ((PYRITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Buick Mine, Viburnum Trend, Missouri, 3 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Lustrous pair of Pyrite crystals which look like mini Pyrite Bars. These may be just Pyrite crystals or Pyrite bars although short and stubby if so. Label incorrectly says Pyrite after Anhydrite. |
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45 11hljdis
((PHLOGOPITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Ottawa County, Quebec, Canada, 10 x
6.5 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Large long books of Phlogopite Mica from
Quebec.
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46 11hedwts ((CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 8.5 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Missouri Calcite from Sweetwater with a group of terminated Calcite crystals on breciated blocks of matrix. The one side crytal is cleaved but the two main crystals are undamaged. |
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| 47 11hedwar ((PYRITE, GALENA)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri, 12.5 x 10 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large cabinet specimen with Pyrite covering octahedral Galena crytals. |
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| 48 6fbdjis ((TETRAHEDRITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Black Pine Mine, Philipsburg, Granite County, Montana, 2.5 x 2.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail to small Miniature, Here is a undamaged cluster of Tetrahedrite crystals on matrix with associated Quartz from the Black Pine Mine, know for the rare Veszelyite specimens. | |
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6fbdjt ((SILVER)), $5 MINIMUM BID,
Black Pine Mine, Philipsburg, Granite County, Montana, 1.5 x 1 x
.5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a thumbnail sized specimen with native Silver
from the Black Pine Mine, know for the rare Veszelyite specimens.
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07dddbio ((CALCITE
with FLUORITE)),
$25 MINIMUM BID, 2 SE Stope, 21 level, Orphan Replacement Ore Body, Camp
Bird Mine, Ouray County, Colorado,
8 x 4.5 x
4 cm,
Cabinet, a fine undamaged Calcite from Camp Bird Mine. Also
small cubic crystals of Fluorite are present.
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09fdceis ((PYROLUSITE)), PHILA ACADEMY,
$20 MINIMUM BID, Last River District, Picton County, Nova Scotia, Canada,
8 x 5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet,
Here is a Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences specimen #7504 ex H
Haupt Jr of a sparkling Pyrolusite from Canada.
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61 1170
9ldgcnss
((CERUSSITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia, 4 x 2.5 x
1 cm, Miniature, Here is a white large Cerussite crystal from
Tasmania. It is valued at $200 so I guess it is uncommon or as I
checked out mindat.org photos, I think that it is just a large crystal.
It has smaller secondary crystals on the backside.
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| 53 6hlkmne ((ADULARIA)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Keystone Trap Rock Quarry, Cornog, Wallace Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 3 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an old classic Pennsylvania location, now a flooded open Quarry. This is old material from the collection of Rick Hafer. | |
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| 54 07dddbls ((HEMATITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Rio Marina, Elba, Italy, 4.5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a fine Hematite from Elba. Only some minor chipping but over all in great shape. |
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55 07dddbls
((2 FLUORAPATITE)),
$10 MINIMUM BID, Palermo Mine, Groton, New Hampshire, 2.5 and 3
cm, 2 Thumbnail to Miniature, Here are two specimens of cream
colored Fluorapatite stalactite like clusters of crystals.
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11hedwng
((CALCITE with CHALCOPYRITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri,
3.5
x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature,
Here is a cluster of single terminated Calcite crystals, undamaged, and
with some Pyrite inclusions.
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| 57 07dddbns ((3
MONT ST HILAIRE specimens)),
$5 MINIMUM BID, Mont Saint Hilaire, Quebec, Canada,
3 to 4.5 cm, 3 Miniatures, 3 similiar specimens from Mont Saint
Hilaire with reddish brown rhombic crystals and ex Ernie Schlichter
collection or stock.
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| 58 8ghswnr ((QUARTZ variety AMETHYST scepter)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Goboboseb Mtns, Brandberg District, Erongo, Namibia, 1.9 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an undamaged Amethyst scepter from Brandberg. |
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59 6hhmdl
((PHILIPSBURGITE on QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Black Pine Mine,
Philipsburg, Montana, 2
x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,
Here is a Quartz crystal covered on one side by dark green Philipsburgite.
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| 60 ari ((RUTILE paramorph after BROOKITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, MCTC Mine, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, 2.5 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a large and smaller connected pair of Paramorphs from Arkansas. These are the well known Rutile paramorph after Brookite which are now Rutile with a Brookite crystal form. |
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| 61 ari
((FLUORITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, China, 2.5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a
Fluorite diamond, octahedral cleaved Fluorite from China. This is from
the Chinese light green transparent Fluorite known as green ice.
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| 61 1170 9ldgcnss ((CERUSSITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia, 4 x 2.5 x 1 cm, Miniature, Here is a white large Cerussite crystal from Tasmania. It is valued at $200 so I guess it is uncommon or as I checked out mindat.org photos, I think that it is just a large crystal. It has smaller secondary crystals on the backside. |
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62 7fbdjis ((CORUNDUM variety SAPPHIRE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Elk Creek Deposit, Gallatin County, Montana, 9.5 x 7 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen with several hexagonal prism of blue grey Corundum crystals in schist.
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| 63 5ggtr ((WULFENITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Old Yuma Mine, Tucson, Arizona, 3.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is an older specimen of Wulfenite from Arizona. It is in good shape overall with only some minor edge chipping. Ex Gil Griffin collection. | |
| 64 5hhshis ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ophir Hill Mine, Ophir District, Tooele County, Utah, 6 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Colorless Fluorite crystals on matrix with associated needle Quartz crystals. The Fluorite crystals are cubic with octahedral modifications. These were collected years ago by Solon Hammack, a Salt Lake field collector no longer active in the area. | |
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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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67 UUGD
((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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UUGD
((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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| 76 UUGD
((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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| 77 UUGD
((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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| 78 UUGD
((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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| 79 UUGD
((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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| 80 5attgis
((ARAGONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua,
Mexico, 9.5 x 7
x 4.5 cm, Cabinet,
Here is an undamaged specimen of
Aragonite from Santa Eulalia. It is fluorescent green under UV.
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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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