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Oct 19, 2012

 

            
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01  12jklrl  ((CALCITE pseudomorph after ARAGONITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Monolith Quarry, Albany County, Wyoming,  5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a pseudo hexagonal Aragonite now pseudomorphed to somewhat lustrous Calcite.   ex Lanny Ream collection.

 

02      12jklrr  ((HEDENBERGITE included QUARTZ)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Kawakami, S. Saluma County, Nagano Prefecture, Japan,  2.5 x 2 x .7 cm, Thumbnail,  Here is a pair of terminated greenish Quartz from Hedenbergite inclusions.  ex Jim and Hisami McNeil,   ex Lanny Ream collection.

 

3  12jkprnr  ((PARISITE Ce)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Snowbird Mine, Fish Creek, Alberton, Mineral County, Montana,  8 x 8 x 7 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a cabinet sized matrix specimen with many small crystals and a few large crystals to 2.2 cm.  Parisite is an uncommon carbonate, Ca, Ce, La carbonate with F.  Collected 2012 by Pacific Rim Minerals. 

4       12jklrr  ((25 WULFENITE xls)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Old Yuma Mine, Pima County, Arizona,  .4 to 1.6 cm,  25 Thumbnails,  Here is a group of single Wulfenite crystals.     ex Bill Dameron collection.

5             12jkfme  ((CREEDITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Hall Mine, Tonopah, Nevada,  3 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail,  Here is a large thumbnail with small purple crystal of Creedite from Nevada.  ex D Earnest collection.

           

6       12jklrr  ((QUARTZ pseudomorph after APOPHYLLITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Antelope Flats, Custer County, Idaho,  8 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet,  Here is an Idaho pseudomorph with large Apophyllite crystals pseudomorphed to Quartz.   ex Lanny Ream collection.   

 

 

7          12jklris  ((BERYL variety AQUAMARINE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Minas Gerais, Brazil,  5 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm, Miniature,  Here is an odd terminated Aquamarine from Brazil with a naturally etched hollow core.  The termination has a .7 cm etched opening creating a hollow crystal about 4 cm of the 5 cm length of the crystal.   ex Lanny Ream collection.
8          12jklrl  ((WULFENITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Santa Anita Mine, Radersburg, Montana,  15 x 8 x 5 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a large reference specimen covered with small dark carmel colored Wulfenite crystals from Montana,   ex Lanny Ream collection.
   
9        12jklre  ((BARITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Oraparinna Barite Mine, South Australia, Australia,  5 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature,  Here is a Barite from Oraparinna Barite Mine with crystals to 1.2 cm.   ex Lanny Ream collection.  

 

   
10     12jmgmns  ((QUARTZ variety AMETHYST)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Amatitlan, Zumpango de Rio Guerrero,  5.5 x 5 x 3 cm, Miniature,  Here is a vug of purple Amethyst.  Three of the four sides are polished and it sets up perfectly for display.   
   
11     12jklrr  ((VANADINITE, DESCLOIZITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Iron Mask Mine, Horseshoe Gulch, Lemhi County, Idaho,  9 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet,  Here is an Idaho specimen with tannish brown Vanadinite crystals.   ex Lanny Ream collection, collected by Lanny Ream.  

 
 

12      12jkfme  ((CREEDITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Hall Mine, Tonopah, Nevada,  7.5 x 3.5 x 1.8 cm, Miniature,  Here is a miniature with small purple crystal of Creedite from Nevada.

 

 
   
13    12jklrr  ((FLUORITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Keystone Mtn., Challis, Custer County, Idaho,  11 x 7.5 x 7 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a large specimen covered with white to colorless cubic Fluorite crystals.  ex Lanny Ream collection, colllected by Lanny Ream.

 

 

 
   
 14     12jklris  ((NATROLITE)),  $25 MINIMUM BID, Bound Brook Quarry, Somerset County, New Jersey,  8.5 x .9 x .8 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a large terminated, sharp, gemmy top half, single crystal of Natrolite from New Jersey.  Undamaged but part of the termination is contacted.  These are considered the finest Natrolite crystals for the species.   ex Lanny Ream collection.  A similar but smaller 6.2 cm crystal is valued at $150.

 

 
   
15     12jkprnr  ((PARISITE Ce)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Snowbird Mine, Fish Creek, Alberton, Mineral County, Montana,  3.6 x 1 x .8 cm, Miniature to large Thumbnail,  Here is a miniature large single crystal of Parisite-Ce.  Parisite is an uncommon carbonate, Ca, Ce, La carbonate with F.  Collected 2012 by Pacific Rim Minerals. 

 

 
   
 

16      12jklrt  ((QUARTZ slightly Amethystine)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Dog Mountain, near Stevenson, Washington,  4 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet,  Here is an undamaged aesthetic Quartz cluster with long reverse sceptered Quartz crystals.   ex Lanny Ream collection.

 
   
   
 

17    12jkjdr  ((CHALCOPYRITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Pedro Claim, King County, Washington,  3 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Single irregular Chalcopyrite crystal with some protruding Quartz. 

 

 
   
   
 

18     12jkjdr  ((TOURMALATED QUARTZ)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Pedro Claim, King County, Washington,  4.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Terminated water clear Quartz with included dark hairlike Schorl crystals.  Two small daughter Quartz crystals.  Undamaged except some chipping at the termination of the large crystal.

 


 
 

19     12jkjdr  ((PYRITE included QUARTZ)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Pedro Claim, King County, Washington,  3 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Terminated pair of Quartz crystals included with small Pyrite crystals.  Undamaged.

 
   
20    1jkjdr  ((SIDERITE on QUARTZ)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Pedro Claim, King County, Washington,  3.5 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm, Miniature, Terminated Quartz with Siderite.  Undamaged.  
 
   
21     12jkjdr  ((Bent QUARTZ)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Pedro Claim, King County, Washington,  5 x 2 x 1.2 cm, Miniature, Terminated bent Quartz crystal which splits another single Quartz crystal causing it to have two terminations. 

 

   
22    12jkjdr  ((CALCITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Pedro Claim, King County, Washington,  2.1 x 2.1 x 1.1 cm, Thumbnail, Two fine barrel shaped undamaged Calcite crystals in a thumbnail sized specimen.   
   
23    12jkjdr  ((QUARTZ with SCEPTERS)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Pedro Claim, King County, Washington,  4.5 x 4 x 2.2 cm, Miniature, Here is a cluster of terminated Quartz crystals from King County,  There are two scepters near the one edge.  Undamaged.   
   
24    12jkjdr  ((QUARTZ SCEPTER without STEM)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Pedro Claim, King County, Washington,  2 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is the top Quartz crystal of a scepter but the stem is missing, otherwise undamaged. 

 

 

 

   
25     12jkjdr  ((QUARTZ)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Pedro Claim, King County, Washington,  4.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a cluster of undamaged Quartz crystals.  There is also some dark inclusions near the top of one crystal.  
   
26      12jkjdr  ((QUARTZ)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Pedro Claim, King County, Washington,  6.5 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm, Miniature, Here is a large for the locality undamaged single terminated Quartz crystal.  There are some small secondary Quartz crystals on the one face.

 

 
   
27    jk((CHALCOPYRITE with CALCITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Pedro Claim, King County, Washington,  3.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a large Chalcopyrite with an undamaged terminated Calcite on the side.
 
   
 

28      12jkjdr  ((PYRITE on QUARTZ)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Pedro Claim, King County, Washington, 4 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a grouping of Quartz with a 7 mm lustrous Pyrite.  

 

   
29    12jkjdr  ((QUARTZ with inclusions and PHANTOM)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Pedro Claim, King County, Washington, 5 x 1.3 x 1 cm, Miniature, Here is a terminated Quartz with a Pyrite or Chalcopyrite inclusion.   7 mm lustrous Pyrite.  There is also a faint ghostly Phantom.

 

 

 
   
30    12jkjdr  ((QUARTZ with SIDERITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Pedro Claim, King County, Washington, 3.5 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a group of Quartz with rhombs of Siderite attached to the head of a slightly sceptered Quartz.  
   

31  12jkjdr  ((PHANTOM QUARTZ)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Pedro Claim, King County, Washington, 3.7 x 1 x .8 cm, Miniature, Here is a terminated Quartz with a yellowish Phantom.

 
   
32   12jkjdr  ((PHANTOM QUARTZ)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Pedro Claim, King County, Washington, 5.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a cluster of terminated Quartz with the three larger crystals with ghostly white Phantoms.   No damage.

 

 

 
   
33  12jkwgr  ((CINNABAR)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Cascade Group, Mahogany Hill, Lake County, Oregon,  9 x 5 x 5 cm, Cabinet,  Reddish brown coating of Cinnabar on matrix from Oregon.  ex Wes Gannaway collection

 

 

 

 
   
 

34     12jkwgr  ((OSUMULITE, PHLOGOPITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Obsidian Cliffs, MacKenzie Pass, Lane County, Oregon,  8 x 7 x 4 cm, Cabinet,  Osumulite and Phlogopite in a volcanic matrix.    ex Wes Gannaway collection

 
   
35      12jkwgr  ((ORTHOCLASE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, near Mosquito Pass, Lake County, Colorado,  2.5 to 6.5 cm, Thumbnail to Cabinet,  Twinned and Untwinned Orthoclase crystals from Colorado.   ex Bill Dameron collection  
   

36      12jkwgr  ((11 QUARTZ)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Ngai, near Didieni, Kayes Region, Mali,  1.5 to 2.5 cm, 11 Thumbnails,  11 double terminated Quartz crystals.  ex Bill Dameron collection

 
   
37    12jkwgr  ((2 BARITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, National Belle Mine, Ouray County, Colorado,  3.5 x 2.5 x.8 cm, 2 Miniatures,  2 specimens of Barite from Colorado.  ex Bill Dameron collection  
   
38   12jkwgr  ((BARITE, QUARTZ)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Fox River outcrop, near Wayland, Clark County, Missouri,  3 x 2 x 1.2 cm, Miniature,  A specimen of Barite from Missouri.   ex Bill Dameron collection.

 

   
39   12jkwgr  ((BARITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Wet Grooves Mine, Wensleydale, North Yorkshire, England,  4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,  A specimen of Barite from Missouri.  ex Bill Dameron collection.  
   
40  12jkwgr  ((CALCITE, SIDERITE, MAGNETITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Government Springs Road, Montrose County, Colorado,  4.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,  A undamaged specimen from Colorado of Calcite and Siderite.  I do not see the Magnetite,    ex Bill Dameron collection.  
   
41   12jkwgr  ((APOPHYLLITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Weyerhaeuser Rd. 1300, Pe Ell, Pacific County, Washington,  6 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Miniature,  Blocky crystals of Apophyllite from Washington state,     ex Bill Dameron collection.  
   
42   12jkwgr  ((2 STILBITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Coffin Butte Quarry, Benton County, Oregon,  4 x 2.5 x 2 cm, 2 Miniatures,  Two fine undamaged specimens of Oregon Stilbite,   ex Bill Dameron collection.  
   
43    12hljdr  ((NISSONITE)), TYPE LOCALITY,  $5 MINIMUM BID, Panoche Valley, San Benito County, California,  2.5 x 2 x .5 cm, Thumbnail,  Uncommon species from the type locality,   ex David Shannon.  
   
44   12hljdr  ((BETAFITE)), RADIOACTIVE, TYPE LOCALITY,  $10 MINIMUM BID, Betafo,  Madagascar,  1.3 x 1 x .8 cm, Thumbnail,  Radioactive from the type locality,  This specimen has a history behind it being collected in 1907 and taken to Denmark.  Then shipped to England during WWII for security.  Fifty years later they were auctioned and then park of Dave inventory.     ex David Shannon.  
   
45   12hljdr  ((METAURANOCIRCITE)), RADIOACTIVE,  $5 MINIMUM BID, Davier Mine, Lawrence County, South Dakota,  4 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Miniature,  Greenish yellow crystals of this Uranium species.       ex David Shannon.  
   
46   12hljdr  ((MAGNESIOARFVEDSONITE)),   $5 MINIMUM BID, Berkus, near Bonn, Germany, 3.5 x 2 x 1.2 cm, Miniature,  Uncommon bluish black Silicate collected by Manfred Schaeffer.    ex David Shannon.  
   
47   12hljdr  ((CLINTONITE)),  $1 MINIMUM BID, Maria Mine, Milford, Utah,  2 x 1.5 x .2 cm, Thumbnail, Greenish mica species from Utah.    ex David Shannon.  
   
48   12hljdr  ((HYDROXYLBASTNASITE Ce)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Fundulu Mill, Blantyre, Malawi,  2.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail,  uncommon Ce La Carbonate species.   ex David Shannon.  
   
49  12hljdr  ((BRAUNITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Purvenir, Mexico,  3 x 2 x 1 cm, Miniature,  uncommon brownish Mn Silicate species.   ex David Shannon.  
 
50   12hljdr  ((WHITEITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada,  1.5 x 1 x .8 cm, Thumbnail,  a phosphate species,   ex David Shannon.  
   
51   12hljdr  ((ORTHOCHAMOSITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Berslagin, Orebro, Sweden,  3 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Miniature,  green mica like material intermixed with chamosite.    ex David Shannon.  
   
52    12hljdr  ((2 TOBERMORITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Fosso Atico, Sicily, Italy,  1 and 2 cm, 2 Thumbnails,  an uncommon white silicate.    ex David Shannon.  
   
53   12hljdr  ((YITROFLUORITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, White Cloud Pegmatite, Jefferson County, Colorado,  2.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm,  Thumbnail,  an uncommon Ca Y F species.    ex David Shannon.  
   
54   12hljdr  ((COFFINITE)),  RADIOACTIVE,  $5 MINIMUM BID, Ambrosia Lake area, Grants, Valencia County, New Mexico,  3 x 2 x 2 cm,  Thumbnail,  an uncommon U Silicate species.    ex David Shannon.  
   
55    12hljdr  ((BRONZITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, near Bamle, Norway,  3 x 2 x 1 cm,  Miniature,  the ferroan variety of Enstatite.    ex David Shannon.  
   
56     12hljdr  ((BERYLLONITE)),  $5 MINIMUM BID, Linopolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil, .5 and less cm,  Micros,  Here is many small pieces of Beryllonite.  ex Carlos Barbosa, ex David Shannon.
 
   
57    12jklris  ((MICROCLINE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Tawara Hirukawa Mura, Gifu Prefecture, Japan,  7 x 2.5 x 2.4 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a large terminated white Microcline crystal from a Japanese location.   ex Jim and Hisami McNeil,   ex Lanny Ream collection.  
   
58    12jklris  ((TOPAZ, ALBITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Tawara Hirukawa Mura, Gifu Prefecture, Japan,  7 x 7 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a Japanese specimen with colorless Topaz crystals and white Albite.    ex Jim and Hisami McNeil,   ex Lanny Ream collection.
 
   
59   12jkjlis  ((QUARTZ over HEMATITE pseudomorph after PYROXENE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Bessemer Ridge, King County, Washington,  3.5 x 1.3 x .9 cm, Miniature,  Here is an unusual pseudomorph from the North West.  The pseudomorph has been studied and is believed to be Hematite after Pyroxene.  This one is also covered with small terminated Quartz crystals.   ex John Lindell collection.  
   
60   3hhshis  ((ARAGONITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Sioux Ajax Mine, Tintic District, Utah,  2.5 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a Tintic District specimen of white needle like crystals of Aragonite on a mound of white Calcite.   
   
61  11hhjdis  ((C  
   
62  12jkrbg  ((OKANOGANITE Y)), TYPE LOCALITY,  $25 MINIMUM BID, Okanoganite Boulder, Washington Pass, Okanogan County, Washington,  2.3 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm, Thumbnail,  Here is a very rare borosilicate with Y and Ce from the Type Locality and only found in two locations in the entire world.  There is a triangular microcrystal of Okanoganite marked by the red arrow.
 
   
63   12jkrbir  ((CALCIOHILAIRITE)), TYPE LOCALITY,  $25 MINIMUM BID, Liberty Bell Talus, Washington Pass, Okanogan County, Washington,  2 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,  Here is a very rare Ca Zr Silicate from the Type Locality. Microcrystals of Calciohilairite marked by the red arrow.
   
64  5jbdjrs  ((VESZE
 
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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