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Oct 26, 2012

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01 5hhshns ((CALCITE Helectite)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Buffalo Mine, Lion Hill area, Ophir District, Tooele County, Utah, 10 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is an undamaged Calcite helectite with all its terminations. Odd base the makes a tight directional change.

02 12idtjnr ((TUNELLITE on ULEXITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Boron Mine, Born, Kerns County, California, 7.5 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a matrix of white opaque Ulexite with a 4 x 4 transluscent Tunellite crystal.

3 12jkjlns ((QUARTZ SCEPTER)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Orb Scepter Claim, Green Ridge, King County, Washington, 5.3 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm, Miniature, Here is an undamaged sharp stout Quartz scepter from Washington state. ex John Lindell collection.

4 11iddbnr ((HOWLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Boron, Kerns County, California, 14 x 8 x 1 cm, Cabinet, Here is a 1cm slice of white Howlite with the cut on both sides polished. ex Jim and Dawn Minette.

5 12jkjmrs ((BARITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Meikle Mine, Elko County, Nevada, 11 x 7 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Barite from the famous Meikle Mine in Nevada. Yellow transparent lustrous crystals. Some minor chipping but overall in great shape.

6 12jkjmrs ((BARITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Meikle Mine, Elko County, Nevada, 12 x 7.5 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Barite from the famous Meikle Mine in Nevada. Yellow transparent lustrous crystals. The crystals on the top are a grey yellow with one side of the crystals covered with an opaque druse of probably secondary Barite. Again some minor chipping but overall in great shape.

7 12jkjmrs ((BARITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Meikle Mine, Elko County, Nevada, 11 x 8 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Barite from the famous Meikle Mine in Nevada. Yellow transparent lustrous crystals. The crystals are on a plate with a mound on part of the matrix. This one looks totally undamaged.

8 12fbdjis ((CHALCOCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Butte, Montana, 6 x 3.5 x 1 cm, Miniature, Here is a Chalcocite from Butte with the tops of crystals covering the specimen.


9 dr20 ((AEGIRINE, ALBITE, PYROPHANITE, ANCYLITE, CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, 2.5 X 1.5 X 1 cm, Thumbnail, Very unusual bicolored Aegirine crystals 1-1.5 mm in length with micro crystals of Albite, Pyrophanite, Ancylite, and Calcite oriented on Siderite or Dolomite. Collected summer 1972 by Dave Richerson, ex T. Agos collection.

10 dr21 ((GAIDONNATITE, AEGIRINE, EUDIALYTE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, 2.3 X 1.5 X 0.8 cm, Thumbnail, Twinned Gaidonnatite crystals (green fluorescence LW) less than 0.5 mm in vug with Aegirine crystals with larger regions of Eudialyte and Aegirine. Collected April 28, 1973. ex T. Agos collection.

11 dr22 ((NARSARSUKITE)), $2 MINIMUM BID, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, 2 X 1 X 0.7 cm, Thumbnail, Narsarsukite crystal sections to 1 cm. Collected summer of 1972. ex T. Agos collection.

12 dr23 ((ANALCIME, AEGIRINE, EUDIALYTE, FELDSPAR)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, 6 X 5.5 X 3 cm, Miniature, Reference specimen with Analcime with associated Aegirine, Eudialyte, and Feldspar. Collected April 28, 1973. ex T. Agos collection.

13 dr24 ((ASTROPHYLLITE-KUPLETSKITE, AEGERINE, FELDSPAR, FLUORITE)), $2 MINIMUM BID, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, 4.5 X 3.5 X 2.5 cm, Miniature, Crystal of Astrophyllite-Kupletskite 5 x 5 mm with Aegirine crystal sections, Feldspar, Fluorite and others. Collected Sept. 4, 1971. ex T. Agos collection.

14 dr25 ((SPHALERITE, AEGIRINE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, 2.5 X 2 X 1 cm, Thumbnail, Reference specimen of pale green 2 mm Sphalerite crude crystal with Aegirine on the specimen. Collected April 28, 1973. ex T. Agos collection.

15 dr26 ((AEGIRINE, EUDIALYTE, FELDSPAR)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, 2 x 1 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Reference specimen with two tiny Aegirine crystals just under 1 mm long with Feldspar, Larger Aegirine crystal sections and Eudialyte. Collected April 28, 1973. ex T. Agos collection.

16 12hljdr ((3 CARLETONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, .4 cm, 3 Thumbnail, Here are 3 small blue Carletonite crystals.

17 12hljdr ((4 TAINIOLITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, near Imperia, Liguria Region, Italy, .7 to 1.8 cm, 4 Thumbnails, Colorless to brown Silicate, ex David Shannon.

18 12hljdr ((LEUCOPHOSPHITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Teskov, Bohemia, Czech Republic, 3 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, White to greenish Phosphate, ex David Shannon.

19 12hljdr ((5 SCHROCKINGERITE)), RADIOACTIVE, FLUORESCENT, $3 MINIMUM BID, Eutopia Mine, Sweetwater County, Wyoming, .5 to 1.5 cm, 5 Thumbnails, Uranyl Carbonate with Sulphate which fluoresces bright green., ex David Shannon.

20 12hljdr ((TUSCANITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Rome, Italy, 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Colorless Silicate.

21 12hljdr ((5 SENARMONTITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $3 MINIMUM BID, Djebel Haminate Mine, Constantine Province, Algeria, .5 to 1.5 cm, 5 Thumbnails, Antimony Oxide, ex David Shannon.

22 12hljdr ((MIXITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, 150 level, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, .7 cm, Small Thumbnail, Uncommon Arsenate species, ex David Shannon.

23 12hljdr ((5 LARNITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $3 MINIMUM BID, Scawt Hill, Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, 1.5 cm, 5 Thumbnails, Uncommon Silicate from the Type Locality, ex David Shannon.

24 12hljdr ((4 TROILITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $3 MINIMUM BID, Alta Mine, Low Divide District, Del Norte County, California, .7 cm, 4 Thumbnails, FeS, ex David Shannon.

25 12hljdr ((2 GOBBINSITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $3 MINIMUM BID, Portnock, Island Magee, Antrium County, Northern Ireland, UK, 1 to 2 cm, 2 Thumbnails, Uncommon Silicate from the Type Locality, ex David Shannon.

26 12hljdr ((2 TRIPLITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Cantara El Criello, Cerro Blanco, Argentina, 1.5 to 2.5 cm, 2 Thumbnails, brown phosphate species, ex David Shannon.

27 12hljdr ((2 DYPINGITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Bosso Mine, Piedmont, Italy, 1.2 to 1.5 cm, 2 Thumbnails, White carbonate species, ex David Shannon.

28 12hljdr ((4 BORACITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Dennison Mine, Sussex, New Brunswick, Canada, Italy, .1 cm, 4 Micros, 4 small Micro crystals of green Boracite crystals in a pill capsule, ex David Shannon.

29 12hljdr ((9 FAUJASITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Limberg Quarries, Kaiserstuhl, Germany, .8 to 1.3 cm, 9 Thumbnails, Uncommon zeolite species, ex David Shannon.

30 12hljdr ((HECTORITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Lyles Clay Deposit, near Hillside, Yavapai County, Arizona, 3.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Uncommon silicate species, ex David Shannon.

31 12hljdr ((BEIDELLITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, near Cameron, Coconino County, Arizona, 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Uncommon silicate clay species, ex David Shannon. .

32 12hljdr ((CLINOCHRYSOTILE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Old Slag Pile, Red Rock, Pima County, Arizona, 2.2 x 1.6 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Pale green species from the Serpentine Group, ex David Shannon.

33 12hljdr ((4 NADORITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $5 MINIMUM BID, Djebel, Nador, Algeria, 1.2 to 2 cm, 4 Thumbnails, Brown to Yellow PbSbClO2, ex David Shannon.

34 12hljdr ((2 AGRELLITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $5 MINIMUM BID, Kipawa River, Quebec, Canada, 1.7 to 2.8 cm, 2 Thumbnails, White to grey Silicate, ex David Shannon.

35 12hljdr ((10 VASHEGYITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $5 MINIMUM BID, Haut-Le-Wastia, Namur Province, Belgium, 1 to 3 cm, 10 Thumbnails, White phosphate., ex Cureton Mineral Company.

36 12hljdr ((5 GLAUKOSPHAERITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Carr Boyd Mine, Western Australia, Australia, 1.5 to 2 cm, 5 Thumbnails, Green Nickel Carbonate, ex David Shannon.

37 12hljdr ((6 POLLUCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Mt Mica Mine, Paris Hill, Maine, 1 to 2.5 cm, 5 Thumbnails, Colorless Silicate in the zeolite family, ex David Shannon.

38 12hljdr ((5 MAXWELLITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $5 MINIMUM BID, Squaw Creek Tin Mine, Catron County, New Mexico, .6 to 1.5 cm, 5 Thumbnails, Arsenate from the Type Locality, ex David Shannon.

39 12hljdr ((5 STURMANITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, N'Chwaning Mine, South Africa, 1 to 1.5 cm, 5 Thumbnails, Yellow Sulfate species, ex David Shannon.

40 12hljdr ((15 KRUPKAITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Krupka Mine, Barbora, Czech Republic,, 1.5 to 2 cm, 15 Thumbnails, Grey PbCuBi3S6, This may be the Type Locality, ex David Shannon.

41 12hljdr ((3 MOSANDRITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Eveslog Churr, Khibiny massif, Russia,, 1 to 2 cm, 3 Thumbnails, Reddish brown rare earth species, ex David Shannon

42 12hljdr ((15 AKAGANEITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Nandan Meteorite, Lihu, Nandan County, China, 1 cm, 15 Thumbnails, Yellowish brown species of beta FeO(OHCl), ex David Shannon.

43 12hljdr ((APJOHNITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Mt LeConte, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee, 1.5 x 1 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, white species of manganese aluminum sulfate, ex David Shannon.

44 12hljdr ((BASALUMINITE aka FELSOBANYAITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Weymouth, Dorset, England, 1.5 x 1.5 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, colorless to yellow white uncommon sulfate, ex David Shannon.

45 12hljdr ((TIRODITE aka MANGANOCUMMINGTONITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Talcville, St Lawrence County, New York, 3 x 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Silicate species, ex David Shannon.

46 12hljdr ((URANOPHANE)), RADIOACTIVE, $5 MINIMUM BID, Poison Springs, near Grants, McKinley County, New Mexico, 2.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, yellow Uranium species, ex David Shannon.

47 ariis ((PLANERITE on WAVELLITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Mauldin Mountain, Mt Ida, Arkansas, 6.5 x 4 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Pale green coating of micro Planerite on large spherical acicular crystals of Wavellite. The Wavellite crystals show the interal readial crystal patterns. ex Clyde Hardin collection.

48 12jkaar ((MIMETITE, WULFENITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Rowley Mine, Arizona, 5 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Fine yellow orange crystals of Mimetite with small crystals of yellow orange Wulfenite.

49 9hhoris ((CARNELIAN NODULE with BARYTOCALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah, 9 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, The inside of a Carnelian nodule is filled with terminated crystals of Barytocalcite. Remnants of Celestine along one edge of the pocket. ex Otto Reiter collection.

50 9hhoris ((CARNELIAN NODULE with CELESTINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, San Rafael Swell, Emery County, Utah, 7.5 x 6 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, The inside of a Carnelian nodule has several stout crystals of Celestine. ex Otto Reiter collection.

51 12jmgais ((ORPIMENT)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Melco Mine, Oquirrh Mountains, Salt Lake City, Utah, 7 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is an Orpiment from Utah from a locality near the Bingham Copper Mine. It resembles the Russian Orpiments and was collected several years ago and I believe there was an article in Rock and Mineral magazine on the Orpiments from Melco Mine.

52 9hhoris ((AURICHALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 9 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Light blue green acicular crystals of Auricalcite from the Hidden Treasure Mine. ex Otto Reiter collection.

53 9hhoris ((AZURITE, AURICHALCITE, MALACHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 15 x 8 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Banding of light blue green acicular crystals of Auricalcite and blue Azurite and probably green Malachite from the Hidden Treasure Mine. ex Otto Reiter collection.

54 9hhoris ((ROSASITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 10 x 8 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Dark blue green coverage on this specimen from the Hidden Treasure Mine. This color is usually Rosasite. This looks like Rosasite but also may be Aurichalcite but I think it is Rosasite even though Rosasite is usually in small spheres. Still I am not totally certain. ex Otto Reiter collection.

55 1hhshns ((TETRAHEDRITE, PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Daly Judge Mine, Park City, Summit County, Utah, 4 x 3.5 x 1 cm, Cabinet, Tetrahedrite crystals on a matrix with Pyrite. ex Solon Hammack collection.


56 4hhmlis ((QUARTZ with ELBAITE inclusions on LEPIDOLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pederneiras Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 7 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here are undamaged transparent double terminated and smaller single terminated Quartz included by long thin Elbaite crystals on a matrix of small Lepidolite crystals. ex Danny Detrin stock.

57 6hlkmis ((CLINOZOISITE on QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Keystone Trap Rock Quarry, Cornog, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 7.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, The crushed stone quarry is precambrian, Grenville, amphibolite gneiss and this specimen is from the classic Alpine cleft type hydrothermal recrystallization. This is a classic Pennsylvania locality with the quarry currently filled with water and no collecting possible without diving equipment or holding your breath a long time. Here is a large 6 cm non terminated Clinozoisite crystal with a slight bend in Quartz. Quartz has a sawn base, ex Rick Hafer collection.


58 6hlkmis ((CALCITE with BYSSOLITE inclusions, BYSSOLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Keystone Trap Rock Quarry, Cornog, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, The crushed stone quarry is precambrian, Grenville, amphibolite gneiss and this specimen is from the classic Alpine cleft type hydrothermal recrystallization. This is a classic Pennsylvania locality with the quarry currently filled with water and no collecting possible without diving equipment or holding your breath a long time. Here is a neat Calcite with included needles of Byssolite. Greenish and dark green needles of Byssolite also on the outside surface of the specimen. Inclusions best seen on the cleaved base. ex Rick Hafer collection.

59 6hlkmis ((ADULARIA, BYSSOLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Keystone Trap Rock Quarry, Cornog, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 4 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, The crushed stone quarry is precambrian, Grenville, amphibolite gneiss and this specimen is from the classic Alpine cleft type hydrothermal recrystallization. This is a classic Pennsylvania locality with the quarry currently filled with water and no collecting possible without diving equipment or holding your breath a long time. Here is a speciman made up of multiples of twinned Adularia crystals covered with fuzzy needles of Byssolite. ex Rick Hafer collection.

60 6hlkmis ((PREHNITE, BYSSOLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Keystone Trap Rock Quarry, Cornog, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 3.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, The crushed stone quarry is precambrian, Grenville, amphibolite gneiss and this specimen is from the classic Alpine cleft type hydrothermal recrystallization. This is a classic Pennsylvania locality with the quarry currently filled with water and no collecting possible without diving equipment or holding your breath a long time. Here is a speciman of jackstraw style of Prehnite with minor Byssolite. ex Rick Hafer collection.

61 6hlkmis ((BYSSOLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Keystone Trap Rock Quarry, Cornog, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 4 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, The crushed stone quarry is precambrian, Grenville, amphibolite gneiss and this specimen is from the classic Alpine cleft type hydrothermal recrystallization. This is a classic Pennsylvania locality with the quarry currently filled with water and no collecting possible without diving equipment or holding your breath a long time. Here is a aesthetic speciman of needle like Byssolite. ex Rick Hafer collection.

62 6hlkmis ((SAGENATED QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Keystone Trap Rock Quarry, Cornog, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 4 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, The crushed stone quarry is precambrian, Grenville, amphibolite gneiss and this specimen is from the classic Alpine cleft type hydrothermal recrystallization. This is a classic Pennsylvania locality with the quarry currently filled with water and no collecting possible without diving equipment or holding your breath a long time. Here is an uncommon specimen of Sagenated Quartz from this classic locality. This Quartz is naturally etched and partially dissolved. ex Rick Hafer collection.

63 cfar ((BARITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Eagle Mine, Gilman, Colorado, 7 x 4.5 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen of golden Barite from Gilman.

64 5hhmlis ((PHLOGOPITE)), Fluorescent, $10 MINIMUM BID, Afghanistan, 6 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a rare double terminated 1.5 cm totally gemmy Phlogopite crystal which is very Fluorescent yellow under SWUV.

65 ari ((ACMITE variety AEGIRINE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, The Branch, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, 5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, 4 cm Aegirine crystal on matrix. ex Clyde Hardin collection.

66 6hlkmis ((NATROLITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, J T Dyer Quarry, Gibralter, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 5 x 5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Off white acicular mounds of Natrolite from a Pennsylvania quarry. ex Kerry Matt collection.

67 6hlkmis ((STILBITE with CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, J T Dyer Quarry, Gibralter, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 6 x 5.4 x 4 cm, Miniature, Terminated Stilbite crystals with Calcite from a Pennsylvania quarry. ex Kerry Matt collection.

68 6hlkmis ((CHABAZITE with STILBITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, J T Dyer Quarry, Gibralter, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Terminated mounds of translucent to transparent Stilbite crystals with cubic crystals Chabazite. ex Kerry Matt collection.

69 9hhoris ((REALGAR)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Getchell Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada, idden Treasure Mine, 8 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen covered with a druze of micro crystals of red orange Realgar from Getchell. ex Otto Reiter collection.

70 9hhoris ((ORPIMENT, REALGAR)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Getchell Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada, idden Treasure Mine, 14 x 10 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen of solid yellow Orpiment with minor red Realgar. ex Otto Reiter collection.

71 12jkjmls ((PYRITE, SIDERITE, QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pedro Claim, King County, Washington, 3.5 x 2 x 1.2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a Pedro specimen with rhombs of Siderite, cubic lustrous Pyrite with octahedral modifications, and terminated Quartz crystals.

72 12jkjmls ((6 QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pedro Claim, King County, Washington, 2.5 to 4 cm, 6 Thumbnail to Miniature, Here are 6 single Quartz crystals from the Pedro Claim in Washington state.

73 6ehmzls ((ENSTATITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mogok, Mandalay Division, Burma, 2 x .9 x .3 cm, Thumbnail, Gemmy terminated single crystal of Enstatite from Burma.

74 7atkris ((PYRITE? with CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 4 x 3.5 x 2 cm. Pyrite is uncommon from Tsumeb because of the lack of iron in the deposit. Also looks like Sphalerite in the photos instead of Pyrite. Not identified with a label. ex Uri Bahmann, ex Kristalle

75 7atkris ((PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 5 x 3 x 3 cm. Pyrite is uncommon from Tsumeb because of the lack of iron in the deposit. This one looks like Pyrite that may have a coating such as Chalcocite now oxidized green. But that is a guess. Not identified with a label. ex Uri Bahmann, ex Kristalle

76 7atkris ((UNKNOWN with PYRITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm. Pyrite is uncommon from Tsumeb because of the lack of iron in the deposit. This specimen has Pyrite along with another species with lustrous black crystals but unknown since this was not labeled by Kristalle or Uri. These could be Chalcocite crystals. Not identified with a label. ex Uri Bahmann, ex Kristalle

77 dr18 ((DONNAYITE-EWALDITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, Sharp micro crystals of Donnayite-Ewaldite (note zoning) with Dolomite, Fluorite, Feldspar on 2.3 x 1.2 x 1 cm specimen. Collected summer 1970. ex T. Agos collection.

78 dr19 ((STEACYITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, Extremely rare but tiny microcrystals (2) of Steacyite with Eudialyte and Aegirine on 2.6 x 1.4 x 1 cm specimen. Collected Sept 4, 1971. ex T. Agos collection.

79 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

80 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
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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.


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.
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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