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Oct 5, 2012

 

            
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01  12hljdt  ((ALSTONITE)), CO-TYPE LOCALITY$5 MINIMUM BID, Fallowfield Mine, Hexham, Northumberland, England,  1.5 x 1.3 x .6 cm, Thumbnail, A barium calcium carbonate from the co type locality.

 

02      12hljdt  ((ARAGONITE, flos ferri)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Kazakhstan,  1.5 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm, Thumbnail, white Flos ferri from Kazakhstan.

 

3  12hljdt  ((CYRILOVITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Iron Monarch Mine, Iron Knob, S Australia, Australia,  1.5 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, uncommon yellow Phosphate species.  

 

4       12hljdt  ((FERSMANITE)), TYPE LOCALITY,  $5 MINIMUM BID, Mt Eveslogchorr, Khibiny, Kola, Russia,  1.5 x 1.3 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Uncommon Ti, Nb, Silicate species. 

5             12hljdt  ((DUNDASITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Veneziana Mine, Torrebelvicino, Vicenza, Italy,  1.5 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm, Thumbnail, Uncommon white carbonate. 

           

6       12hljdt  ((FILIPSTADITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Kittelgruvum, Nordmark, Sweden, 1.3 x 1 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon Mn, Mg, Sb, Fe Oxide.  

 

 

7          12hljdt  ((CAFETITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Mt Rasvumchorr, Khibiny, Kola, Russia,  1 x 1 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, Uncommon titanium oxide species. 
8          12hljdt  ((DIASPORE, NATROLITE)),   $5 MINIMUM BID, Saga I Quarry, Tvedalen, Langesundsfjord, Norway,  1.5 x 1.2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Aluminum oxide species.
9        12hljdt  ((ARTHURITE)), TYPE LOCALITY,  $5 MINIMUM BID, Hingston Down, Consols, Gunnislake, Cornwall, England, 1 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Copper, iron, arsenate, phosphate, sulfate from the type locality.   

 

10     12hljdt  ((FERROEDENITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Ilmeny Mountains, S Ural, Russia, 2 x .7 x .4 cm, Thumbnail, aluminum silicate species.   
11     12hljdt  ((BROWNMILLERITE)), TYPE LOCALITY,  $5 MINIMUM BID, Bellerberg Volcano, Ettringen, Eifel, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany,  1.5 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, a uncommon Ca, Al, Fe oxide from the type locality, Bellerberg Volcano.  Co-type localities are two different lava flows on this volcano.

 

12     12hljdt  ((BYTOWNITE, EPIDOTE, GARNET)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Capranica, Biterbo, Lazio, Italy,  1.5 x 1 x .7 cm, Thumbnail,  a silicate and variety of Anorthite.

 

13     12hljdt  ((CONNELLITE)),   $5 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Uah,  1.5 x 1 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, light blue species of copper sulfate chloride.

 

 

 14     12hljdt  ((FERROACTINOLITE)),   $5 MINIMUM BID, Passo di Visse bolzano Province, Italy,  2 x 1 x .6 cm, Thumbnail,  Here is a calcium iron silicate species. 

 

15     12hljdt  ((HEULANDITE)),   $1 MINIMUM BID, Wasson Bluff, Nova Scotia, Canada,  1 x 1 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Zeolite from Nova Scotia. 

 

 
 

16      12hljdt  ((DUSSERTITE)),   $5 MINIMUM BID, Griebach Mine, Saxony, Germany,  1 x 1 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Uncommon green to yellow green arsenate species.   ex Milt Soman

 

17     12idranr  ((GOLD in QUARTZ)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, near Winnemucca, Nevada, 1 x 1 x 1 cm,  Thumbnail,  Gold dispersed throughout the Quartz.  These three are the last of the Gold specimens acquired in Denver.

 

 

18     12idranr  ((GOLD in QUARTZ)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, near Winnemucca, Nevada, 1.5 x .8 x .8 cm,  Thumbnail,  Gold dispersed throughout the Quartz.  These three are the last of the Gold specimens acquired in Denver.



 

19    12idranr  ((GOLD in QUARTZ)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, near Winnemucca, Nevada, 4 x 2 x 2 cm,  Thumbnail,  Gold dispersed throughout the Quartz.  These three are the last of the Gold specimens acquired in Denver.

 
 
20     6hhmrtr  ((AMETHYST)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Vera Cruz, Mexico, 5.7 x 4 x 2.8 cm,  Thumbnail,  Purple lustrous double terminated Amthyst with multiple terminations on the one side.  Contact on one face on the other termination. 
21       12ta  ((ELPIDITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, 3 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Miniature,  Here is an uncommon hydrated Sodium Zirconium Silicate species.  Specimen is a spray of large whitish  parallel crystals.   ex Ted Agos collection, collected Oct 22, 2005

 
22     12ta  ((SODALITE)), FLUORESCENT orange UVLW,  $10 MINIMUM BID, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, 6 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Sodalite from this locality fluoresces bright orange under long wave UV Light.  This one is especially fine.   Sodalite is Na8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2   ex Ted Agos collection, collected Oct 22, 2005
23     12ta  ((MONTEREGIANITE-Y)), TYPE LOCALITY,  $10 MINIMUM BID, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, 1.5 x 1 x .7 cm, Thumbnail to Micro,  Largest crystal is 4MM with a cluster of smaller crystals of this uncommon silicate from the Type Locality.   ex Ted Agos collection #STH 307, collected 1970-1972
24         12ta  ((rare BIRNESSITE pseudomorph after SERANDITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, 1.7 x .7 x .5 cm, Thumbnail,  This rare pseudomorph of Birnessite after Serandite was collected by J Bradley, April 22, 1972 in the "black Serandite hole".   ex J Bradley collection, ex Ted Agos collection, ex Dave Richerson collection.

 

 

 
 
25    12ta  ((SERANDITE, EPIDIDYMITE twin, RHODOCHROSITE, GONNARDITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, 2 x .3 x .3 cm, Thumbnail to Micro,  Here are Serandite crystals on an unusual hollow Serandite crystal with micro crystals of Epididymite twin, Rhodochrosite, and Gonnardite.   ex Ted Agos collection.
26      6hhmrir  ((ADAMITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm,  Thumbnail,  Undamaged hemisphere of yellow green Adamite on gossan matrix. 

 

27    6hhmrns  ((QUARTZ DRUZE over MAGNESITE, etc, Pseudomorph??)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Brumado Mine, Bahia, Brazil, 4.5 x 3 x 2 cm,  Miniature,  Quartz druze over Magnesite and a few other terminated crystals which look to have four side faces and terminated.  Possible pseudomorph ???
 

28      6hhmrir  ((ANDRADITE)),   $5 MINIMUM BID, Stanley Butte, Arizona, 4 x 3 x 1.5 cm,  Miniature,  Lustrous Andradite Garnet from Stanley Butte. 

29    3atmlis  ((CALCITE with MALACHITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Daye Copper Mine, Hubei Province, China, 4 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm,  Miniature,  Terminated Calcite crystal with associtated green Malachite. 

 

 

30    6hhmrer  ((COOKEITE on TOURMALINE and QUARTZ)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Mt Mica, Paris, Maine, 8 x 6 x 4 cm,  Cabinet,  Here is a cluster of Tourmaline and Quartz crystals from Maine's Mt Mica.  The cluster is covered with a coating of brown Cookeite. 

31 6hhmrrr  ((SCHEELITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Darwin Mines, Inyo County, California, 3.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm,  Miniature,  Undamaged and large octahedral Scheelite crystals on matrix from Darwin Mines in California. 

32   6hhmrnr  ((QUARTZ druze on FLUORITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Deer Trail, Piute County, Utah, 6 x 5 x 3 cm,  Miniature,  Here are the well known Utah light green dodecahedral Fluorite crystals.  They all have the Quartz druze but typically the Quartz is removed with HF, a highly dangerous acid.  This is an uncommon specimen in that the Quartz is still present and a great reference specimen showing the Fluorite as they naturally occur. 

 

 

33  12hljdr  ((CHRISTELITE)), TYPE LOCALITY,   $5 MINIMUM BID, San Francisco Mine, Sierra Gorda, Antofagasta, Chile,  1.6 x .7 x .7 cm, Thumbnail,  Here is an uncommon light blue sulfate from the type locality.  ex P Betancourt collection

 

 

 

 
 

34     12hljdr  ((BARYTOCALCITE)), TYPE LOCALITY,  $5 MINIMUM BID, Buckdon Gavel Mine, North Yorkshire, England,  1.5 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,  Here is a barium calcite carbonate species.  ex Milt Soman

 
35      12hljdr  ((FERROSTRUNZITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Mullica Hill, New Jersey,  1.7 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm, Thumbnail,   Here is a creamy yellow iron phosphate species.  ex Leonard Morgan.  

36       12hljdr  ((CLINOENSTATITE)),   $5 MINIMUM BID, near Banla, Norway,  1.8 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm, Thumbnail,  Here is an uncommon magnesium silicate species.  ex Milt Soman

 
37    12hljdr  ((GLOUCOCERIINTE)), TYPE LOCALITY,  $5 MINIMUM BID, Kamariza Mine, Laurion, Greece,  1.7 x 1.5 x .6 cm, Thumbnail,  Here is an uncommon light blue copper zinc aluminum sulfate species from the type locality.  ex Milt Soman
 
38   12hljdr  ((COWLESITE)),   $5 MINIMUM BID, 5 Mile Quarry, Thurston County, Washington,  1.8 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,  Here is an uncommon white to colorless zeolite.  magnesium silicate species.  ex Mike Seeds

 

39   12hljdr  ((AHRBARITE, ENARGITE)),   $5 MINIMUM BID, Soledan Mine, Taltal, Antofagaite, Chile,  1.2 x .5 x .3 cm, Thumbnail,  Here is an uncommon blue arsenate species.  ex Milt Soman  
40  12hljdr  ((DOLLASEITE Ce)), TYPE LOCALITY,  $5 MINIMUM BID, Ostanmoss Mine, Norberg, Sweden,  1.5 x 1.1 x .5 cm, Thumbnail,  Here is an uncommon silicate species from the type locality.  ex Milt Soman  
 
41   12hljdr  ((FULGURITE)),  $1 MINIMUM BID, near Redmond, Deschutes County, Oregon,  .6 x .5 x .3 cm, Thumbnail,  Here is a small Fulgurite from Oregon.  ex Milt Soman  
42   12hljdr  ((GILLESPITE, TARAMELLITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, near Redmond, Deschutes County, Oregon,  2 c 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail,  Taramellite is an uncommon brown colored borosilicate species.  Gillespite is an uncommon red silicate species.  ex Milt Soman  
 
43    12hljdr  ((ATACAMITE)), TYPE LOCALITY,  $5 MINIMUM BID, Atacamite, Chileregon,  .8 x .4 x .3 cm, Thumbnail,  green anhydrous copper chloride from the type locality.  ex Betancourt collection 18,840   
44   12hljdt  ((DJURLEITE)),   $5 MINIMUM BID, Reutaniete, Lappland, Sweden,   1.7 x 1.4 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, A copper sulfide from Sweden.  ex Milt Soman.   
45   12hljdr  ((ACHTARAGDITE)), TYPE LOCALITY,  $5 MINIMUM BID, Achtarand River, Siberia, Russia,  2 x 1.2 x .8 cm, Thumbnail,  a uncommon variety of grossular from the type locality.  Milt Soman
46   12hljdr  ((HANCOCKITE aka EPIDOTE Pb)), TYPE LOCALITY,  $5 MINIMUM BID, New Jersey,  1.5 x 1.2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,  a uncommon silicate from the type locality.
47   12hljdr  ((DESCLOIZITE, MIMETITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Mammoth St Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona,  1 x .8 x .3 cm, Thumbnail, Descloizite is a vanadate.   ex Betancourt 14,222 collected ca 1982  
48   12hljdr  ((HEWETTITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Van Nav San Claim, Fish Creek Claim, Eureka County, Nevada,  1.4 x 1 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, uncommon chocolate colored calcium vanadate.   ex Milt Soman
49  12hljdr  ((HEXAGONITE variety of TREMOLITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, St Lawrence, New York,  1.7 x 1.5 x .5 cm, Thumbnail,  a variety of Tremolite.  ex D Brand

50   12hljdr  ((EOSPHORITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Black Mountain, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine,  1.2 x 1 x .8 cm, Thumbnail,  a phosphate species.  ex D Smoley
51   12hljdr  ((OFFRETITE, HEULANDITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Black Mountain, Rumford, Oxford County, Maine,  2 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,  an uncommon zeolite.  ex J C Ebner.
52    12hljdr  ((3 GORDAITEs)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Sounion Mine, Laurion, Greece,  1.5 x 1 x 1 cm, 3 Thumbnails,  an uncommon zeolite.  ex J C Ebner.  
53   829 09ldgces  ((ANDALUSITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Roter Kogel, Stubaier, Alpen,   6.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm, Small Cabinet,  Here is an Andalusite on matrix.  Location in German.    ex H Deisinger.
54   2210 09ldgctss  ((CHALCOPYRITE pseudomorph after COVELLITE aka GOLDEN COVELLITE)),   $35 MINIMUM BID, Summitville District, Rio Grande County, Colorado,   6.5 x 6.5 x 4 cm, Small Cabinet,  Here is a fine specimen of Chalcopyrite after Covellite.  The Chalcopyrite is more of a lustrous brighter gold color than the photo shows.  There are small areas of blue Covellite that did not pseudomorph.   Fine Summitville specimen.
55   7862 5hljdar  ((TENNANTITE pseudomorph after AZURITE)),   $35 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia,   4.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Small Cabinet,  Here is a uncommon pseudo from Tsumeb.  NOTE:  one crystal is repaired from breaking off but is hard to find.  From the photos I believe it the the front left crystal.  I see a slight line near the base.
56     5395 11atdbtrs.rt  ((PYRITE)),   $35 MINIMUM BID, Huanzala Mine, Huallanca, Dos de Mayo, Huanuco Department, Peru,   7 x 6.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a fine lustrous octahedral Pyrite from Peru.  No damage or chipping.  
57   11hhjdis  ((FLUORITE on MONTMORILLONITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Lost Sheep Mine, Spor Mountain, Juab County, Utah,  6.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm, Small Cabinet, Here is a specimen of yellow tan transluscent botryoidal Fluorite on Montmorillonite from Spor Mountain.
58    11hhjdis  ((FLUORITE on MONTMORILLONITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Lost Sheep Mine, Spor Mountain, Juab County, Utah,  9 x 7 x 4 cm,  Cabinet, Here is a specimen of purple botryoidal Fluorite on Montmorillonite from Spor Mountain.
59   11hhjdis  ((Iridescent GOETHITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Colorado Mine, Tintic District, Juab County, Utah,   5.5 x 4 x 3 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a pretty Goethite with areas of iridescent color and other areas of chocolate brown Goethite from Utah's historic Tintic District.. 
60   11hhjdis  ((JAROSITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Colorado Mine, Tintic District, Juab County, Utah,   6.5 x 3 x 2.7 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a Goethite covered with brown sprarkling crystals of Jarosite from Utah's historic Tintic District.
61  11hhjdis  ((CALCITE helectite)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Buffalo Mine, Lion Hill area, Tooele County, Utah,   6 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Here is an undamaged terminated helectite from Buffalo Mine in Utah. 
62  11hhjdis  ((QUARTZ)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Lost Sheep Mine, Spor Mountain, Juab County, Utah,  4.5 x 3 x 1 cm,  Cabinet, Here is a neat Quartz specimen from Spor Mountain.    It is a druze Quartz with larger Quartz crystals.
63   6hehmnr  ((AMETHYST with HEMATITE inclusions)),   $15 MINIMUM BID, Diamond Willow Mine, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada,  3.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is an undamaged beautiful Amethyst with red brown Hematite inclustions. 
64  5jbdjrs  ((VESZELYITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Black Pine Mine, Philipsburg, Granite County, Montana,   1.2 x 1 x .3 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon single terminated blue Veszelyite from Montana.  It has some micro chipping as seen in the photo.

65   2250 09ldgcirs  ((FLUORITE with CALCITE)),   $15 MINIMUM BID, Freiberg District, Ergebirge, Saxony, Germany,   10 x 6 x 4 cm,  Cabinet, Here is a light purple Fluorite with small colorless Calcite crystals.  This specimen resembles the English Calcites.  It is mostly undamaged except I see one corner cleaved. ex H Deisinger collection.
66    12hedwls  ((CALCITE with iridescent CHALCOPYRITE)),   $25 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri,   12 x 12 x 9 cm,  Cabinet, Here is a neat Sweetwater Calcite cluster.  It is highlighted with blue and magenta iridescent Chalcopyrite crystals scattered about the matrix around the base of the crystals.  The Calcite crystals of lustrous and undamaged.  There is a contact indent on the side of the diagonal Calcite as seen in the photos.  The smaller upright terminated Calcite has one small termination face with a slight contact. 
67   5477 qqbtdrtr  ((CAVANSITE)),   $35 MINIMUM BID, Wagholi, Pune District, Maharashtra, India,   7.5 x 7 x 5.3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a beautiful deep blue lustrous Cavansite.
68   7738 7ddcerr  ((GOETHITE pseudomorph after SIDERITE with RUTILE)),   $15 MINIMUM BID, Hiddenite, Alexander County, North Carolina,  9 x 7.5 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is an neat pseudomorph from Hiddenite, North Carolina.  It also has twinned thick Rutile to 1.7 cm in length.
69   9heecis  ((2 ELBAITE in MUSCOVITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Ingersoll Mine, Pennington County, South Dakota,   6 x 5.5 x 1 cm,2  Miniatures,  Here are two specimens with green colored Elbaite included in a sheet of Muscovite.  

 
70   11hhjdis  ((CALCITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Buffalo Mine, Lion Hill area, Tooele County, Utah,   13 x 10.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a chocolate brown lustrous stiated Calcite specimen from Lion Hill area.  There is a little minor near the edges of the specimen but very minor.  Overall in great shape.  
71   05fbdjiss  ((STIBNITE)),  $25 MINIMUM BID, Iyo, Shikoku, Japan,   7 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet,  Here is the holy grail of Stibnites, a Japanese specimen.  It is an older specimen with a Ward's label.   
72   5atdbrs  ((WULFENITE)), FAKED,  $1 MINIMUM BID, Red Cloud Mine, Arizona,   9 x 6 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a Red Cloud matrix enhanced by the largest Red Cloud Wulfenite crystal being glued to the matrix, easy seen from the backside with a loop or optivisor.  
73   7iddbns  ((GYPSUM variety SELENITE)),  $3 MINIMUM BID, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico,  8.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Thick single crystal of Naica Selenite. 
 
74  2344 7ddcees034irl.ng  ((CALCITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico,  12 x 6.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet,  Undamaged white opaque specimen of Calcite.  
 
75   7idceests.is  ((DIPSIDE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Orford, Quebec, Canada,  6 x 1 x 1 cm, Small Cabinet,  Here is a large specimen of Diopside from Orford. 
76   7iddbls  ((STIBNITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Maramures, Romania,  6.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Short stubby Stibnite from Romania,  ex H Deisinger.  
 
77  ariis  ((CLINOCLASE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Majuba Hill, Pershing County, Nevada,  3 x 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Copper arsenate species from Majuba.   
78   12hljdr  ((SHUISKITE, UVAROVITE)),   $10 MINIMUM BID, Saranay Urals, Russia,   4 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is an uncommon silicate with light violet needles on green Uvarovite crystals.  ex Dave Shannon. 
 
79   12hljdr  ((LAIHUNITE)),   $5 MINIMUM BID, Crystal Peak, El Paso County, Colorado,   3.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is an uncommon iron silicate.  ex Dave Shannon. 
 
   
80    ariis  ((PARAGASITE)), TYPE LOCALITY  $5 MINIMUM BID, Pargas, Finland,  2.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Dark blackish brown Paragasite from the type locality. 
 
   
81 7atcers  ((STIBNITE)),  $35 MINIMUM BID, Wuling Mine, Jiangxi Province, China, 18.5 x 1 x .8 cm, Cabinet, This is an excellent choice terminated lustrous long, 18.5 cm, undamaged crystal of Stibnite.

 

 
   
82    6hhdwrs  ((PYROMORPHITE)),  $25 MINIMUM BID, Bad Ems District, Nassau, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, 3 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Fine hexagonal prisms of Pyromorphite from this classic German location.

 

 

   
83   5hhwwis  ((ARAGONITE on CALCITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Mercur Mine, Tooele County, Utah,  4 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a specimen collected many years ago, perhaps in the fiftys.  Mercur was open pit mined for its microscopic Gold 10 to 15 years ago and now has been reclaimed.  A cone shaped white Calcite mound covered by round tan colored groups of Aragonite needle like acicular crystal clusters. 
 
   
84   6dhbfr  ((MIMETITE with CALCITE )),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 9 x 7.5 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet,  yellow orange sphericules of Mimetite with several white clusters of Calcite.
 
   
85   ariis  ((SMITHSONITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Monte Christo Mine, Rush, Arkansas,  2 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Small Botyoidal mounds of yellow Smithsonite from a classic US locality. 
 
   
86   ariis  ((SMITHSONITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Monte Christo Mine, Rush, Arkansas,  2 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Small Botyoidal mounds of yellow Smithsonite from a classic US locality. 
 
   
87   ariis  ((SMITHSONITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Monte Christo Mine, Rush, Arkansas,  2 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Small Botyoidal mounds of yellow Smithsonite from a classic US locality. 
 
   
88   ariis  ((SMITHSONITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Monte Christo Mine, Rush, Arkansas,  2 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Small Botyoidal mounds of yellow Smithsonite from a classic US locality. 
 
   
89   ariis  ((SMITHSONITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Monte Christo Mine, Rush, Arkansas,  2 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Small Botyoidal mounds of yellow Smithsonite from a classic US locality. 
 
   
90   ariis  ((SMITHSONITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Monte Christo Mine, Rush, Arkansas,  2 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Small Botyoidal mounds of yellow Smithsonite from a classic US locality. 
 
63   12hljdt  ((HOELITE)),   $20 MINIMUM BID, Kladno, Bohemia, Czech Republic,   1.5 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an uncommon, actually rare, organic species with yellow acicular crystals.  The light must be right to photograph but some crystals are visible in the photos.  More crystals are on the specimen.
 
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