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Auction Four hundred twelve Preview
Mar 30, 2012
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Mar 30, 2012
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| 1 11hejmen ((GOLD)), .5 GRAMS, $30 MINIMUM BID, near Santa Elena, Venezuela, .7 cm in length, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon pair of intergrown Gold crystals with many faces on the crystals, with a weight of .5 gm. Base on $1800 /ounce Gold the spot value is $30 |
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11hejmen
((GOLD)), .7
GRAMS, $42 MINIMUM BID, near Santa Elena, Venezuela, .9 cm in
length, Thumbnail, Here is a very aesthetic pair of intergrown
Gold crystals, one crystals with a flower lke cup or hopper crystal, with a weight of .7 gm. Base on $1800 /ounce Gold the spot value is $42 |
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| 3 3282 10ehgger ((rare
tetrahexahedron GOLD)), .6
GRAMS, $35 MINIMUM BID, near Santa Elena, Venezuela, .7 cm in
length, Thumbnail, Here is a rare tetrahexahedron Gold crystal with many faces.
Tetrahexahedron is a 24 sided crystal which looks like pyramids on each side
of a cube. Not complete but the best side is shown showing the pyramid
shape onon side. Rare Gold crystal form, with a weight of .6 gm. Base on $1800 /ounce Gold the spot value is $35
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4 ari ((RUTILE
paramorph after BROOKITE)), $5 MINIMUM
BID, MCTC Mine, Magnet Cover, Arkansas, 2 x 1.5 x
1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a classic Arkansas paramorph. A
paramorph is the same chemical composition but a different species than the
crystal form. Rutile, Brookite, and Anatase are all titanium oxide.
Here Rutile has replaced the original Brookite crystal.
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| 5 11idjbts ((DIAMOND macle twin)), $25 MINIMUM BID, near Santa Elena, Venezuela, .3 cm on edge, Thumbnail, neat triangular shaped gemmy light sherry colored lustrous Diamond crystal from Venezuela. The top and bottom faces have a slight pyramid shape and the side faces forming a triangle. Base is min tack to hold to photograph. | |
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| 6 11idjbins ((DIAMOND octahedron)), $25 MINIMUM BID, near Santa Elena, Venezuela, .2 cm on edge, .3 across diagonal, Thumbnail, Here is an octahedral shaped gemmy water clear lustrous Diamond crystal from Venezuela. Most collector diamonds are larger but full of inclusions and brown and not able to be cut. This is small but with great shape and a complete gem crystal. Base is min tack to hold to photograph. | |
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| 7 11idjbins ((DIAMOND octahedron)), $100 MINIMUM BID, near Santa Elena, Venezuela, .4 cm on edge, .5 across diagonal, Thumbnail, Here is an octahedral shaped gemmy colorless lustrous Diamond crystal from Venezuela. Most collector diamonds are larger but full of inclusions and brown and not able to be cut. This is small but with great shape and a complete gem crystal that could be cut. Base is min tack to hold to photograph. |
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8 11hedwil
((FERBERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan
Province, China, 4
x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,
Here is a cluster of multiple parallel terminated Ferberite crystals with rounded edges and cleaved on one side.
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| 9 06ecns ((PENTAGONITE)), $5 MINIMUM
BID, Wagholi Quarry, Poona, Maharashtra, India, 3 x 2.5 x
1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Here are two 3 MM spheres of blue Pentagonite.
Undamaged gemmy small crystals protrude forming a two spherical clusters of
crystals on micro white Stilbite covering Basalt matrix.
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| 10 06ecns ((PENTAGONITE)), $5 MINIMUM
BID, Wagholi Quarry, Poona, Maharashtra, India, 6.5 x 5 x
4 cm, Miniature, Here is a miniature to small cabinet sized
specimen with a 5 3 MM sphere of blue Pentagonite. Undamaged gemmy
small crystals protrude forming a spherical cluster of crystals on micro
white Stilbite covering Basalt matrix.
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| 11 adcon 08hhadnr ((TOPAZ on MUSCOVITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Zapot Pegamite, Mineral County, Nevada, 7 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cabinet sized specimen of blue Topaz from Nevada on Muscovite and in Feldspar. The Topaz does not have much if any actual crystal faces on this specimen. Harvey Gordon's Zapot Mine produced the finest Topaz specimens in North America and a display valued at $250,000.00 at the Tucson Gem and Mineral show many years ago was stolen at the end of the show by Harvey Gordon's show and mine helper employee. For years Harvey, now deceased, attempted to have the specimens recovered but they have never been to be recovered. |
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12 adcon
08hhadnr ((10 TOPAZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Zapot Pegamite, Mineral
County, Nevada, 1.5 to 3 cm, 10 Thumbnails, Here are 10
thumbnail sized specimens of blue Topaz rought, no crystal faces present.
Harvey Gordon's Zapot Mine produced the finest Topaz specimens in North
America and a display valued at $250,000.00 at the Tucson Gem and Mineral
show many years ago was stolen at the end of the show by Harvey
Gordon's show and mine helper employee. For years Harvey, now
deceased, attempted to have the specimens recovered but they have
never been to be recovered.
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| 13 03hhdhir ((PHLOGOPITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID,
Quebec, Canada, 5.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a long
hexagonal crystal of Phlogopite a variety of Mica. The sides look
almost like a Corundum crystals but the end of the crystal shows the more
familiar Mica look
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| 14 11hhjdes ((SCHEELITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ophir Mine, Ophir District, Tooele County, Utah, 13.5 x 8 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Octahedral crystals of Scheelite from Utah. This Utah location for great Fluorescent crystals of Scheelite is extremely hard to get any more of these since the owner does not allow access. |
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11hhjdes ((SCHEELITE)), $15 MINIMUM
BID, Ophir Mine, Ophir District, Tooele County, Utah, 10 x 10 x
5 cm, Cabinet, Octahedral crystals of Scheelite from Utah.
This Utah location for great Fluorescent crystals of Scheelite is extremely
hard to get any more of these since the owner does not allow access.
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10hlkmes ((COPPER
in QUARTZ with SERPENTINE)),
$20 MINIMUM
BID, Greenstone Quarry, Adams County, Uah, 9 x 6 x
4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen of Copper from an uncommon
location for Copper specimens. The Copper is within the green
Serpentine and also within a Quartz seem in the Serpentine.
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| 17 05hhhhis ((CLINTONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Maria Mine, Milford, Beaver County, Utah, 7 x 5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Pretty green Clintonite, a variety of Mica, from Utah. |
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| 18 ari ((SMITHSONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Philadelphia Mine, Rush, Arkansas, 8 x 5.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Botryoidal yellow grey Smithsonite from Arkansas. |
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6iddbrs ((EPIDOTE)), $10
MINIMUM BID, Northern Frontier District, Kenya, 7 x 6
x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cluster of intergrown lustrous dark
green Epidote from this one time find of superb Epidote in Kenya. |
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| 20 5hhshir ((ARAGONITE on CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, 4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is an undamaged Bubbly Calcite base with elongated Aragonite with rounded terminations protruding from the top of the Calcite bottom. |
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| 21 06jkrtn
((NATROLITE, APOPHYLLITE)), $4 MINIMUM BID, Weyerhaeuser Lincoln Creek
Quarry, Doty Hills, Lewis County, Washington, 4 x 2.5
x 2.5 cm, Miniature, ex Rudy Tschernich, Rudy wrote the book
on Zeolites and collected in the northwest. He also recently retired as
curator of the Rice Museum in Hillsborough, Oregon. This specimen has
small to micro Apophyllite crystals on long needle like crystals of
Natrolite. ex Rudy Tschernich
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| 22 06jkrtn
((NATROLITE, APOPHYLLITE, CALCITE)), $4 MINIMUM BID, Weyerhaeuser Lincoln
Creek Quarry, Doty Hills, Lewis County, Washington, 3.5 x 2
x 1.5 cm, Miniature, ex Rudy Tschernich, Rudy wrote the
book on Zeolites and collected in the northwest. He also recently retired as
curator of the Rice Museum in Hillsborough, Oregon. This specimen has
small to micro Apophyllite crystals on basalt with needle like crystals
of Natrolite and small rhombs of Calcite. ex Rudy Tschernich
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23 06jkrtn
((6 APOPHYLLITE floaters)), $4 MINIMUM BID, Weyerhaeuser Lincoln Creek Quarry, Doty Hills,
Lewis County, Washington, 8 to 14 MM in length, 6 Thumbnails, ex Rudy Tschernich, Rudy wrote the book
on Zeolites and collected in the northwest. He also recently retired as
curator of the Rice Museum in Hillsborough, Oregon. Here are 6 stubby
double terminated undamaged Apophyllite crystals with smaller elongated
Apophyllite crystals. Only minor attachments looking like floaters. ex
Rudy Tschernich
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| 24 06jkrtn
((NATROLITE, APOPHYLLITE)), $4 MINIMUM BID, Weyerhaeuser Lincoln Creek
Quarry, Doty Hills, Lewis County, Washington, 3 x 2.5
x 1.7 cm, Thumbnail, ex Rudy Tschernich, Rudy wrote the book
on Zeolites and collected in the northwest. He also recently retired as
curator of the Rice Museum in Hillsborough, Oregon. This specimen has
small to micro Apophyllite crystals on needle like crystals of Natrolite.
ex Rudy Tschernich
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| 25 06jkrtn ((CALCITE on THOMSONITE)), $4 MINIMUM BID, Neer Road, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, 2 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, ex Rudy Tschernich, Rudy wrote the book on Zeolites and collected in the northwest. He also recently retired as curator of the Rice Museum in Hillsborough, Oregon. This specimen has a small Calcite rhombic crystal covering a mound of Thomsonite. ex Rudy Tschernich | |
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26 06jkrtn ((THOMSONITE on STILBITE)), $4 MINIMUM BID, Neer Road, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, 4 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature, ex Rudy Tschernich, Rudy wrote the book on Zeolites and collected in the northwest. He also recently retired as curator of the Rice Museum in Hillsborough, Oregon. This specimen has mounds of Thomsonite on a druze of Stilbite. ex Rudy Tschernich
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06jkrtn
((NATROLITE, APOPHYLLITE)), $4 MINIMUM BID, Weyerhaeuser Lincoln Creek
Quarry, Doty Hills, Lewis County, Washington, 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm,
Miniature, ex Rudy Tschernich, Rudy wrote the book on Zeolites
and collected in the northwest. He also recently retired as curator of the
Rice Museum in Hillsborough, Oregon. This specimen has a large
Natrolite needles caApophyllite crystal and micro Apophyllite on basalt with
minor Natrolite. ex Rudy Tschernich
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| 28 06jkrtn
((NATROLITE, APOPHYLLITE)), $4 MINIMUM BID, Weyerhaeuser Lincoln Creek
Quarry, Doty Hills, Lewis County, Washington, 4 x 2
x 1 cm, Miniature, ex Rudy Tschernich, Rudy wrote the book
on Zeolites and collected in the northwest. He also recently retired as
curator of the Rice Museum in Hillsborough, Oregon. This specimen has
a large Apophyllite crystal and micro Apophyllite on basalt with minor Natrolite. ex Rudy Tschernich
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| 29 06jkrtn ((NATROLITE, APOPHYLLITE)), $4 MINIMUM BID, Weyerhaeuser Lincoln Creek Quarry, Doty Hills, Lewis County, Washington, 4.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, ex Rudy Tschernich, Rudy wrote the book on Zeolites and collected in the northwest. He also recently retired as curator of the Rice Museum in Hillsborough, Oregon. This specimen has long needles of Natrolite with a few small Apophyllite crystals. ex Rudy Tschernich |
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06jkrtn ((NATROLITE, APOPHYLLITE)), $4 MINIMUM BID, Weyerhaeuser Lincoln Creek
Quarry, Doty Hills, Lewis County, Washington, 3.5 x 3
x 3 cm, Miniature, ex Rudy Tschernich, Rudy wrote the
book on Zeolites and collected in the northwest. He also recently retired as
curator of the Rice Museum in Hillsborough, Oregon. This specimen has
long needles of Natrolite with a few small Apophyllite crystals on black
contrasting basalt. ex Rudy Tschernich
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06jkrtn
((APOPHYLLITE)), $4 MINIMUM BID, Weyerhaeuser Lincoln Creek Quarry, Doty
Hills, Lewis County, Washington, 4 x 3
x 1.5 cm, Miniature, ex Rudy Tschernich, Rudy wrote the book
on Zeolites and collected in the northwest. He also recently retired as
curator of the Rice Museum in Hillsborough, Oregon. This specimen has
small Apophyllite crystals on the basalt matrix. ex Rudy Tschernich
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| 32 06jkrtn ((NATROLITE, APOPHYLLITE)), $4 MINIMUM BID, Weyerhaeuser Lincoln Creek Quarry, Doty Hills, Lewis County, Washington, 3.5 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, ex Rudy Tschernich, Rudy wrote the book on Zeolites and collected in the northwest. He also recently retired as curator of the Rice Museum in Hillsborough, Oregon. This specimen has small to micro Apophyllite crystals on long needle like crystals of Natrolite. ex Rudy Tschernich | |
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33 misc
((BIXBYITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID,
Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah,
.8 x .8 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, 2 black lustrous Bixbyite
crystals. Both have a rhyolite contact area. Each has one or
two small nicking or chipping spots but overall in good shape as seen in
the photos.
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34 8idejit ((MALACHITE pseudomorph after AZURITE)) $15 MINIMUM BID, Milpillas, Cananea District, Sonora, Mexico, 3 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Undamaged future classic from Milpillas. Azurites seems to be the focus currently and the Malachite pseudomorphs have taken a back seat. A couple of attachment contacts but no damage. |
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| 35 6hhortr
((CYANOTRICHITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID,
Peacock Mine, Lemhi County, Idaho, 5.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature,
Pretty specimen with light blue acicular fuzzy Cyanotrichite from Idaho.
ex Otto Reiter collection.
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36 miscis
((HEMATITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 3 x 2.5
x 1 cm, Miniature, Here is a fat group of parallel Hematite
crystals with a blue metallic iridescent on the front face.
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06hlkmnr
((PYROMORPHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,
New Chester County Mine, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania,
11 x 8.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large cabinet specimen with a
carpet of green Pyromorphite crystals. These were collected on the
dumps several years ago. Dumps are hard to collect on the east
coast because of the massive vegetation and tree growth unlike the western
dumps which are usually void of vegetation.
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38 5ecbgtr
((WULFENITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID,
Rowley Mine, Theba, Maricopa County, Arizona,
4.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Undamaged crystals of orange
transparent Wulfenite from the Rowley Mine.
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39 5idpdts ((FORSTERITE
variety PERIDOT)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sapat, Naran-Kaghan Valley, Pakistan,
1.7 x 1.2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Undamaged terminated Peridot
crystal which is gemmy and has a satin luster.
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07iddbgces
((FLUORITE)) $5 MINIMUM BID,
Weardale, England, 10 x 6.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet,
Large purple opaque Fluorite corner from England.
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| 41 03attgir
((ARAGONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID,Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua,
Mexico, 9.5 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Fluorescent sculptural
Aragonite that fluoresces green under SWUV.
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| 42 7hlkmis
((ANTIGORITE variety PICROLITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Cedar Hill
Quarry, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 22
x 13 x 2 cm, Large Cabinet, Here is a large slab of green
Picrolite, a magnesium silicate of the Serpentine group and variety of
Antigorite. The best specimens may well come from the Cedar Hill
Quarry.
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| 43 7hlkmis
((ANTIGORITE variety PICROLITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Cedar Hill
Quarry, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 11
x 7 x 1 cm, Cabinet, Here is a 1 cm thick slab of green Picrolite,
a magnesium silicate of the Serpentine group and variety of Antigorite.
The best specimens may well come from the Cedar Hill Quarry.
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| 44 1350 9ldgcns ((ALMANDINE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Afghanistan, 5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Several Almandine crystals in matrix from Afghanistan. ex H Deisinger collection |
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45 1350
9ldgcts
((ALLANITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Eifel Mountains,
Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, 6 x 6 x 4 cm, Miniature,
Several dark small Allanite crystals in matrix from Germany. ex H
Deisinger collection
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46 6atrcnr
((COPPER sheet)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ray Mine, Pinal County,
Arizona, 12.5 x
9 cm, Cabinet, Here is a sheet of Copper foil from Ray Mine
in Arizona.
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| 47 9ldgcts
((TITANITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Baltistan,
Pakistan, 2.6 x 1 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a fine undamaged
twinned cystal of Sphene, Titanite from Pakistan. l |
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| 48 05hhmlr ((CINNABAR)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Tongren, China, 6 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Red Cinnabar crystal on Dolomite with Calcite from China. |
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| . 49 1621 9ldgcirs ((CHALCOPYRITE on BARITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Freiberg, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany, 6 x 5.5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is a classic German specimen from Freiberg. White bladed Barite crystals with Chalcopyrite. ex H Deisinger collection |
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50 1621
9ldgciss
((GYPSUM)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Penfield, New York, 4 x 4 x 4
cm, Miniature, Here is a New York Gypsum. Two transparent
crystals stand out from a base made up of smaller and partial crystals of
translucent Gypsum. ex H Deisinger collection
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| 51 7hljdrs
((ZINCITE from smelter)), $10 MINIMUM BID, New Jersey Zinc
Palmerton Smelter, Palmerton, Pennsylvania., 8 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet,
Here is ald historic specimen from the old Palmerton Smelter.
This type of specimen no longer forms because of the up to date efficient
smelters. The old efficient Poland and Pennsylvania smelters no longer
are used to produce Zinc.
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7hkmns
((ASBESTOS)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada, 7 x
4 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet,
Here is a fine Asbestos specimen mounted in a plastic miniature perky box.
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53 7hkmns
((RUIZITE, APOPHYLLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Cornwall Mines,
Cornwall, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, 2.5 cm, 2 Miniatures to
Thumbnails, Here are uncommon micro crystals of orange brown Ruizite
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54 1621
9ldgcar
((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hot Springs County, Arkansas,
10 x 7 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large undamaged lustrous
Quartz specimen from Hot Springs, Arkansas with unsual crystal forms.
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54 95hhshis
((SILVER)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniatures, Here is a
Silver specimen from the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia.
It has a very early number #58. It should be from the from early 19th
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55 09hetgr
((CREEDITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Navidad Mine, Rodeo, Durango, Mexico, 4 x
3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, A cluster of light brownish terminated
Creedite crystals from Mexico. Specimen in great shape. I can
only find one missing crystal when looking with a 5X optivisor.
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| 56 622 ts ((FLUORITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Spor Mountain, Juab County, Utah, 4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm,
Miniature, I am surprised that I have not seen these previously.
A few of these were collected last weekend at Spor mountain, Juab County.
On mindat.org I found one pictured as from Topaz Mountain, Thomas
Range, Juab County. The locations are close and Spor mountain
may be part of the Thomas Range but not Topaz Mountain, itself. Spor
Mountain typically has the bertranite-fluorite nodule known as Tiffany Stone
to the jewelry and lapidary trades. This is a Fluorite nodule in a
volcanic matrix has the voids lined with dark purple lustrous sparkling
Fluorite.
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| 57 11iddbtr ((COLEMANITE)), $10 MINIMUM
BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 16 x 11 x 8 cm,
Large Cabinet, Here is a
large specimen of Colemanite from Boron. ex Jim and Dawn Minette
collection, no label.
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59 11iddbtr ((BROWN COLEMANITE)), $10 MINIMUM
BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 7 x 6 x 3.5 cm,
Cabinet, Here is a specimen of brown Colemanite from Boron. ex
Jim and Dawn Minette collection, no minette label.
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| 60 11iddbtr ((CALCITE)), FLUORESCENT $10 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 7.5 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cabinet sized specimen with tannish orange botryoidal Calcite covering the matrix. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection. | |
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| 61 11iddbtr ((CALCITE on and included in ULEXITE)), FLUORESCENT $10 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 4.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a strange miniature with long needle like Ulexite crystals with orange Calcite crystals on and throughout the Ulexite. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.
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62 11iddbtr ((COLEMANITE)), FLUORESCENT $15 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 8 x 5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen with a vug filled with lustrous Colemanite with brown colored inclusions. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection, no label. |
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11iddbtr ((CALCITE)), FLUORESCENT $15 MINIMUM
BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 14 x 5 x 2.5 cm,
Cabinet, Here is a cabinet sized specimen with bright orange rhombs of
Calcite with some forming chains or stalactics of crystals. Undamaged.
ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.
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11iddbtr ((COLEMANITE)),
FLUORESCENT $10 MINIMUM
BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 10.5 x 9 x 6 cm,
Cabinet, Here is a specimen with undamaged sharp crystals of Colemanite. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection, no label.
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65 11iddbtr
((CALCITE)), $20 MINIMUM
BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 8 x 5 x 4 cm,
Cabinet, Here is a cabinet sized specimen with unusual Calcite worm
like formations. Also a white coating on part of the specimen that is
probably a Borate species. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.
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11iddbtr ((COLEMANITE)), $15 MINIMUM
BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 9.5 x 7 x 7 cm,
Cabinet, Here is a specimen with undamaged sharp crystals of Colemanite in an aesthetic upright specimen. ex Jim and
Dawn Minette collection, no label.
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67 11iddbtr
((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM
BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 10 x 6.5 x 6 cm,
Cabinet, Here is a cabinet sized specimen with unusual white Calcite
crystals on a tan druze coating the vug. ex Jim and Dawn Minette
collection.
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| 68 11iddbtr ((REALGAR included COLEMANITE on CALCITE)), FLUORESCENT $15 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 6 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen with sparkling crystals of reddish brown Realgar included Colemanite on orange colored botryoidal Calcite. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection, no label. |
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69 11iddbtr
((COLEMANITE on CALCITE)), FLUORESCENT $20 MINIMUM
BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 8 x 7 x 6 cm,
Cabinet, Here is a specimen with micro sparkling crystals of white Colemanite on light brown Calcite. ex Jim and Dawn Minette
collection, ex Milton L Speckels collection with label.
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70 11iddbtr
((CALCITE)), FLUORESCENT $15 MINIMUM
BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 6 x 4 x 3.5 cm,
Cabinet, Here is a miniature sized specimen with unusual Calcite large
worm like formations. Also a white coating on part of the specimen
that is probably a Borate species. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.
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11iddbtr
((COLEMANITE)), FLUORESCENT $10
MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 14.5 x 9.5 x 9.5 cm,
Cabinet, Here is a large specimen with undamaged sharp crystals of
grey color zoned Colemanite that sets perfectly for display. Some sawn
areas on the base and backside. ex Jim and Dawn Minette
collection, no label.
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11iddbtr ((CALCITE on COLEMANITE)),
FLUORESCENT $10 MINIMUM
BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, California, 5 x 5 x 4.5 cm,
Miniature, Here is a specimen of Colemanite with half the specimen
covered with light brown Calcite. ex Jim and Dawn Minette
collection, no label.
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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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((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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Gypsum, Thomas Munzer shaft, Copper slate
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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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