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Feb 22, 2013

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1 13ataais ((BUSTAMITE, GALENA, CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 9 x 7 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, Orangish pink Bustamite from Broken Hill with Galena and minor Calcite.

2 13ataais ((MALACHITE pseudomorph after AZURITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sir Dominic Mine, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a sharp pseudomorph of blocky Malachite after Azurite from Sir Dominic Mine in Australia.

3 13ataais ((MALACHITE pseudomorph after AZURITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sir Dominic Mine, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, 2.5 x 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a single sharp crystal of Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite from Sir Dominic Mine in Australia in a thumbnail size.

4 13ataais ((VIVIANITE nodule)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Demons Bluff, Anglesea, Victoria, Australia, 9.5 x 7 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Here is something new for me. They are solid Vivianite nodules from Australia. When broken open, some have sprays of crystals. Hints are usually on the surface and so this nodule probably does not contain crystals. The nodules are usually cut or slabbed and polished. Cabachons are also made from the slabs which are dark blue or dark blue varigated. There are only 5 shown on mindat.org

5 13ataais ((RHODONITE, GALENA, CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 13 x 9 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Pinkish red Rhodonite from Broken Hill with Galena and minor Calcite. The largish crystal is on the lower left side is a partial crystal. The smaller crystals scattered on the Galena matrix are gemmy.

6 11btrmis ((COQUIMBITE, ROMERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Javier Mine, Ayachucho Department, Peru, 8.5 x 6 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Rich coverage of purple crystals of the sulphate Coquimbite. NOTE THIS IS WATER SOLUBLE. DO NOT WASH. Clean with canned air.

7 13ataais ((MALACHITE pseudomorph after AZURITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sir Dominic Mine, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, 8 x 7 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large Sir Dominic pseudomorph of Malachite after Azurite on matrix.



8 13ataais ((CHALCOCITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Dscheskasgan, Kazachstan, 15 x 9 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen from Kazachstan with grey crystals of Cholcocite on a bed a Quartz crystals. ex Collectors Edge specimen with label valued at $90.

9 13atceg ((DIOPTASE on QUARTZ)), $12 MINIMUM BID, Kaokoveld Plateau, Namibia, 8 x 5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a massive Quartz covered with lustrous gemmy emerald green Dioptase crystals.

10 13atceg ((MALACHITE on QUARTZ, DRUSY QUARTZ on PLANCHEITE or SHATTUCKITE)), $12 MINIMUM BID, Kaokoveld Plateau, Namibia, 7 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a green spray of Malachite with the Malachite and Planceite covered with a Quartz Druse.

11 13atceg ((DIOPTASE on CUPRITE and CHRYSOCOLLA)), $12 MINIMUM BID, Kaokoveld Plateau, Namibia, 6 x 4.5 x 4 cm Miniature, Here is a specimen with Cuprite and chrysolalla matrix and a druse green gemmy Dioptase crystals.

12 13atceg ((PLANCHEITE or SHATTUCKITE)), $12 MINIMUM BID, Kaokoveld Plateau, Namibia, 5 x 4 x 2 cm Miniature, With the lighter color, I suspect this is Palncheite. It has a bubbling botryoidal surfaces with no luster and also no velvet typical of Shattuckite.

13 13atceg ((SHATTUCKITE or PLANCHEITE)), $12 MINIMUM BID, Kaokoveld Plateau, Namibia, 5 x 5 x 2 cm Miniature, This has the light blue color, but looks a bit velvety. I tend to believe this is light blue Shattuckite which grew in a crack or void in probably Quartz. It has its own pocket inside the solid light blue specimen.

14 13atceg ((CERUSSITE)), $12 MINIMUM BID, Kaokoveld Plateau, Namibia, 6 x 3 x 2.5 cm Miniature, Here is a Kaokoveld Cerussite. The crystal has an etched matte finish with and has some contact one long side or could also be called the bottom. Unusual in that it is an untwinned Cerussite.

15 13atceg ((SHATTUCKITE with QUARTZ druze)), $12 MINIMUM BID, Kaokoveld Plateau, Namibia, 7 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm Cabinet, This is the more typical light to medium blue Shattuckite seam coated with a druzy Quartz.

16 13atceg ((MALACHITE in PLANCHEITE cast)), $12 MINIMUM BID, Kaokoveld Plateau, Namibia, 5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cast grading from light blue Plancheite to light brown. It has a vug with a green mass of what looks like fibrous Malachite.

17 13bttjis ((MORDENITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Coromandel Peninsula, Waikato, North Island, New Zealand, 4.5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, White tuffs of Mordenite on matrix from New Zealand. Apparently collected in 1967.

18 13btcers ((CRANDALITE and other PHOSPHATE minerals)), $40 MINIMUM BID, Little Green Monster Mine, Fairfield, Clay Canyon, Utah County, Utah, 10.5 x 7 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Utah classic. It is a nodule end cut and is 3 cm thick. Clay Canyon is known worldwide for its rare phosphate mineral and Variscite nodules. This one has yellow Crandalite and cavities with probably other micro minerals. The most desired are the dark green Variscite nodules and also very pricey. The Crandalite and Wardite nodules are also very desirable from this classic Utah locality. The rarer phosphates need a microscope to find and identify in the small vugs contained in these nodules. I do not know is any of these are present or not. See mindat.org for specimen example of these nodules and rare phosphate minerals. This one is sawn and smooth but not polished..


19 13btcers ((CRANDALITE, WARDITE, VARISCITE)), $100 MINIMUM BID, Little Green Monster Mine, Fairfield, Clay Canyon, Utah County, Utah, 11 x 8 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Utah classic. It is a nodule end cut and is 4 cm thick. Clay Canyon is known worldwide for its rare phosphate mineral and Variscite nodules. This one has yellow Crandalite and blue grey Wardite veins and small eyes. There is also a fair amount of green Variscite. The most desired are the dark green Variscite nodules and also very pricey. One at the Tucson gem and mineral show brought $24500! The Crandalite and Wardite nodules are also very desirable from this classic Utah locality. The rarer phosphates need a microscope to find and identify in the small vugs contained in these nodules. I do not know is any of these are present or not. See mindat.org for specimen example of these nodules and rare phosphate minerals. This one is sawn and smooth but not polished.

20 13bttjis ((URBANITE, HEMATITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Mangruvan, Lindesberg, Sweden, 7 x 5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Urbanite is dark brown and Hematite is black. Mindat says the Urbanite is a variety of Aergerine but discredited in 1988. ex Otto Ray specimen with label.

21 13bttjis ((HYDROTALCITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $10 MINIMUM BID, Dypingdal, near Snarum, Buskerud, Norway, 7 x 5.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is rare hydrated, magnesium, aluminum carbonate from the Type Locality. Hydrotalcite is named for its resemblance to talc.

22 11hedwns ((GYPSUM)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico, 18 x 11 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Here is a fish tail twinned Gypsum from Naica. I is undamaged and has a second twinned crystal near the bottom on the side. Displayable front or backside. Actually stands on its own on a flat surface to take the photo.

23 7iddbgcls ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Unknown locality, 14 x 6.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a sharp scalenohedral single Calcite crystal. It has an orange tint from the Hematite staining. The termination sharp and completely undamaged.

24 13bttjis ((SAL AMMONIAC)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Ravat, Tadzhikistan, 1.4 x .5 x .5 cm, small Thumbnail, Sal Ammoniac is an odd organic mineral species of ammonium chloride composition. The crystals from this locality form aethetic feather like double terminated crystals. ex Dave Shannon.

25 13btceis ((TOPAZ with QUARTZ CLAY inclusions)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Maynard's Claim, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 6.5 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm, Miniature, Here is a large double terminated floater crystal of Topaz from Utah. Not very pretty but still a very large example of the large size crystal that can be found. One side has a lustrous face. These large crystals take alot of work to find and usually heavy rock splitting equipment.

26 13btceis ((WHITE TOPAZ with QUARTZ CLAY inclusions)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Maynard's Claim, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 6 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm, Miniature, Here is a large double terminated floater crystal of Topaz from Utah. It is greyish white color and has lustous faces. One termination is sharp and the other is etched, contacted, or just partially grown. This is a large crystal of Topaz. These large crystals take alot of work to find and usually heavy rock splitting equipment.

27 13btceis ((TOPAZ with QUARTZ CLAY inclusions)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Maynard's Claim, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 5.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm in length, Miniature, These included Topaz seems to only occur at Topaz Mountain. This has 3 large crystals to 3.5 cm which are partially gemmy and partially included. If fully gemmy, this would have been an expensive specimen.

28 13btceis ((TOPAZ with QUARTZ CLAY inclusions)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Maynard's Claim, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 5.5 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm, Miniature, These included Topaz seem to only occur at Topaz Mountain. This one has lustrous faces. The crystal itself is opaque.

29 13bttjis ((NATROLITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Bound Brook Quarry, Bound Brook, New Jersey, 2.5 x .4 x .2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a terminated Natrolite crystal, mounted in a perky box, from New Jersey.

30 13bttjns ((WOLLASTONITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Elhamman, Morocco, 25 x18 x 5.5 cm, Large Cabinet, Interesting large specimen of of Wollastonite crystals on matrix of other Wollastonite crystals in various orientations from Morocco. Shows on both front and back sides.

31 13bttjis ((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, near Marysvale, Piute County, Utah, 12 x 8 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Here is an Utah Quartz from Marysvale area. It is from the Robert Ray collection and collected in 1953. ex Robert Ray with label.

32 13bttjis ((SULFUR)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Novoyavorovskoe, Lavov Area, Ukraine, 4.5 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Solid crystalized yellow Sulfur from the Ukraine.

33 13atvmis ((CINNABAR in OPAL)), $10 MINIMUM BID, B and B Mine, Esmeralda County, Nevada, 6.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm, Miniature, Pretty reddish pink common Opal from Nevada. Color is due to Cinnabar inclusions.

34 13bttjis ((COPPER)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Nice .5 cm Copper crystal on matrix. ex Robert Ray collection.

35 13bttjis ((KAMMERERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pembegule Mine, Kop Daglari, Turkey, 7 x 6 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Reddish purple crystals of Kammererite aka Chromian Clinochlore from Turkey.

36 13bttjis ((MOTTRAMITE pseudomorph after WULFENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Total Wreck Mine, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, 4 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature, Sparkly brown Mottramite that has replaced Wulfenite crystals. Mounted in a plastic miniature box. ex Robert Ray collection

37 6hlkmir ((DIOPSIDE pseudomorph after unknown)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Grace Mine, Morgantown, Berks County, Pennsylvania, 3.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature, Bethlehem Steel's Grace Mine specimen of an unusual pseudomorph. Mine is closed with a large cement plug in the main shaft.	dr40 thdr51 one hematite pseudo after magnetite TN, Argentina, 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm

38 13bttjis ((HAUSMANNITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, South Africa, 4 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Sparkly brown Mottramite that has replaced Wulfenite crystals. Mounted in a plastic miniature box. Photo does not do justice.

39 13bttjis ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Eureka, Tintic District, Juab County, Utah, 10 x 9.5 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Brown Calcite crystal groups from Tintic. Some rounded cleavage areas from some missing crystals. ex Robert Ray collection with label

40 13bttjis ((WURTZITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Queen of Hills Mine, Bellevue, Blaine County, Idaho, 5.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Reference specimen of massive Wurtzite from an Idaho locality. ex Robert Ray collection with label.

41 13btceis ((CALCITE, SIDERITE, QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Panasqueira Mine, Covilha, Portugal, 15 x 10 x 5 cm, Large Cabinet, Here is a large cabinet specimen from Panasqueira. It has large rhombic crystals to 2.5 cm that I believe are Calcite rather than Dolomite. Small light brown Siderite crystals cover Quartz at the bottom of the specimen.

42 13btceis ((DOLOMITE, PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Panasqueira Mine, Covilha, Portugal, 12 x 10 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cabinet specimen from Panasqueira. It is a plate of white crystals on one side and greyish crystals on the other side. The grey crystals are also sprinkled with micro Pyrite crystals.

43 13btceis ((CHALCOPYRITE, DOLOMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Panasqueira Mine, Covilha, Portugal, 11 x 8 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cabinet specimen from Panasqueira. It is a large crystalline Chalcopyrite with white dolomite covering one side and wrapping around the edges. Part of the Chalcopyrite faces are damaged reveiling the golden lustrous color of the Chalcopyrite.

44 13btceis ((DOLOMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Panasqueira Mine, Covilha, Portugal, 17 x 12 x 6 cm, Large Cabinet, Here is a large sculptural cabinet specimen of Dolormite from Panasqueira.

45 13btcenr ((BLACK TOURMALINE aka SCHORL, QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Erongo District, Namibia, 9.5 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a cluster of Black Tourmaline crystals with a base of small Quartz crystals. The Schorl have crude terminations with some missing crystals.

46 13btcenr ((AQUAMARINE, SCHORL on ORTHOCLASE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Erongo District, Namibia, 11 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large undamaged terminated sculptural Orthoclase crystal with some smaller side crystals. On the Orthoclase are small terminated light blue Aquamarine crystals and some small black lustrous Schorl aka Black Tourmaline crystals.


47 13btcenr ((FLUORITE on QUARTZ)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Erongo District, Namibia, 11 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large undamaged cluster of terminated Quartz crystals from Erongo. On the Quartz are several undamaged light purple Fluorite crystals.

48 13btcenr ((AQUAMARINE, SCHORL on ORTHOCLASE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Erongo District, Namibia, 10 x 9.5 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Here is a large cluster of Orthoclase crystals with associated Schorl and a 1.5 cm Aquamarine.

49 11btadnr ((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 14 x 8 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen of terminated Quartz with green coating on some faces of the Quartz. Green may be Chlorite.



50 11btadnr ((QUARTZ with ELBAITE inclusions)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Pederneira Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 9.5 x 9 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Here is a gemmy cluster of superb nearly water clear terminated Quartz crystals from Brazil. The base and back Quartz is covered with green Elbaite Tourmaline. The Tourmaline is within the Quartz and not undamaged distinct crystals.


51 11btadnr ((FLUORITE with CALCITE and DOLOMITE, MUSCOVITE)), $40 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 14 x 10 x 8 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen with undamaged gemmy purple cubic Fluorite crystals. It also has clusters of white Calcite and light pinkish Dolomite on Muscovite.

52 11btadnr ((QUARTZ)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 13 x 10 x 8 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen with two large lustrous undamaged terminated Quartz crystals.

53 622 ts ((INDERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, 5.5 x 1 x .7 cm, Miniature, Here is a colorless non terminated Inderite. ex Jim Minette collection.

54 609tl ((HOWLITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kerns County, California, 12 x 12 x 1 cm, Cabinet, White polished slab from a nodule of Howlite from the Boron Open Pit Mine. ex Jim Minette collection.

55 609tl ((MEYERHOFFERITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Gower Gulch Mine, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, 7 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is an excellent specimen with sprays of divergent crystals of Meyerhofferite from Gower Gulch. ex Jim Minette collection.

56 609tl ((KURNAKOVITE)), $40 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kerns County, California, 13 x 11 x 8 cm, Large Cabinet, Translucent Kurnakovite crystal with several faces. This is probably collected in the 70's. ex Jim Minette collection. I have this one valued at $300 which is a bargain compared to other prominent websites.

57 609rs ((MEYERHOFFERITE)), type locality, $20 MINIMUM BID, Mount Blanco Mine, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, 4.5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Lustrous reticulated crystals of the rare borate, Meyerhofferite from the type locality in Death Valley National Park. ex Jim Minette collection

58 609tl ((MEYERHOFFERITE pseudomorph after INYOITE)), TYPE LOCALITY $10 MINIMUM BID, Mount Blanco Mine, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, 9 x 5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a classic Death Valley pseudomorph. Single large terminated blocky Inyoite pseudomorphed to Meyerhofferite. ex Jim Minette collection.

59 609tl ((THENARDITE pseudomorph after MIRABILITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kerns County, California, 3 x 2.2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, An uncommon and rare occurrance that was collected by Jim Minette in the settling ponds west of the Open Pit Mine in Boron. This is a hydrous sodium sulfate. The delicate crystals typically are sharp and can be hoppered but are very lightweight almost like styrofoam. There are 7 photos on mindat.org under Thenardite, Boron. This undamaged and terminated specimen was coated to preserve it. Thumbnail sized specimen for the TN collections, ex Jim Minette collection.

60 609tl ((THENARDITE pseudomorph after MIRABILITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kerns County, California, 5.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, An uncommon and rare occurrance that was collected by Jim Minette in the settling ponds west of the Open Pit Mine in Boron. This is a hydrous sodium sulfate. The delicate crystals typically are sharp and can be hoppered but are very lightweight almost like styrofoam. There are 7 photos on mindat.org under Thenardite, Boron. This specimen was coated to preserve it and is now hollow. ex Jim Minette collection.

61 609in ((REALGAR in ULEXITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kerns County, California, 6.5 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature, Red Realgar imbedded in Ulexite, an uncommon association rarely if ever found other than at the Boron Open Pit Mine. ex Milton L Speckels with label, ex Jim Minette collection.

62 609tl ((KURNAKOVITE, ULEXITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kerns County, California, 5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Transluscent to transparent Kurnakovite crystal with white spherical inclusions of Ulexite. This is probably collected in the 70's. The crystal is amazingly complete with all faces. ex Jim Minette collection.

63 609tl ((MEYERHOFFERITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Gower Gulch Mine, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, 5 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is an excellent specimen with a large spray of divergent crystals of Meyerhofferite from Gower Gulch. ex Jim Minette collection.

64 609tl ((HYDROBORACITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Boraxo Mine aka Thompson Mine, Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, 3.2 x 2 x 1.7 cm, Thumbnail, Hydrodoracite is a rare hydrated Borate mineral from Death Valley. Sprays of bladed crystals. Thumbnail sized specimen for the TN collections, ex Jim Minette collection.

65 9iddbns ((HYALITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Zinsterkuppe, Kenmath, Bavaria, Germany, 4 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, This specimen is nicely mounted in a 3.5 x 4 x 5.5 plastic box with a clear plastic top that is removable. This specimen has a colorless bubble like Hyalite which is very fluorescent green in SWUV. Czech Republic is well known for Hyalite. This is a much more uncommon locality. Uncommon German location for specimens. ex H Deisinger collection.

66 9iddbns ((CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Hannebach, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, 3.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, This specimen is nicely mounted in a 3.5 x 4 x 5.5 plastic box with a clear plastic top that is removable. This specimen has a grey matrix with small Calcite crystals. Again nicely mounted. Must be a reference specimen for an unusual German location for specimens. ex H Deisinger collection.

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67 9iddbns ((EPIDOTE, LAUMONTITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Windischeschenbach, Oberpfalzerwald, Bavaria, Germany, 5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, This specimen is nicely mounted in a 3.5 x 4 x 5.5 plastic box with a clear plastic top that is removable. Vugs with small micro Epidote crystals. Uncommon Bavarian location for specimens. ex H Deisinger collection.

68 9iddbns ((EPIDOTE, LAUMONTITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Windischeschenbach, Oberpfalzerwald, Bavaria, Germany, 4.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, This specimen is nicely mounted in a 3.5 x 4 x 5.5 plastic box with a clear plastic top that is removable. Vugs with small micro Epidote crystals. Uncommon Bavarian location for specimens. ex H Deisinger collection.

69 9iddbns ((ARSENOPYRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Province, China, 3 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is an Arsenopyrite from China. ex H Deisinger collection.

70 5atjkis ((ARAGONITE on CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, 3 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm, Miniature, Here is an undamaged specimen with a mound of Calcite covered with acicular Aragonite crystals.

71 7atkrns ((GOLD)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Brazil, capsule is 1.8 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a small Gold nugget inside a gelatin pill capsule in a perky thumbnail box.

72 9iddbes ((QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Unknown, 6.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a terminated Quartz cluster without a label. This is probably from Minas Gerais, Brazil. ex H Deisinger collection.

73 9iddbns ((CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Mathilde Mine, Ascheberg, Munsterland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 7 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Calcite from Ascheberg. Some fairly minor chipping or cleaved faces but overall in pretty good shape. ex H Deisinger collection.

74 9iddbns ((QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Pinzgau, Hohe Tauern, Salzberg, Austria, 8.5 x 6 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here is a reference specimen of Quartz with Chlorite from Austria. ex H Deisinger collection.

75 9iddbes ((GALENA)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Unknown, 4.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a Galena with a melted look typical of Russia and even other locations. ex H Deisinger collection.

76 9iddbns ((QUARTZ variety SMOKY QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 5.2 x 3.2 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Smoky Quartz from Brazil, ex H Deisinger collection.

77 98hhshis ((PYRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Silver King Mine, Park City, Summit County, Utah, 4 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Lustrous striated crystals of Pyrite from a well known mine in Park City. Many damaged crystals.

78 9iddbns ((CALCITE, PYRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico, 5 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is a Calcite from Naica. The crystal bases are white and opaque and the terminations are transluscent to transparent. There is also associated small Pyrite crystals. ex H Deisinger collection.

78 7hlkmir ((CARNOTITE)), RADIOACTIVE, $1 MINIMUM BID, Mauchchunk, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, 5.5 x 5.5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Uranium species with yellow crusts on matrix from a seldem seen Pennsylvanian location.

79 11iddbes ((COLEMANITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Boron, Kerns County, California, 4 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Attractive miniature with a cluster of sharp chisel shaped white Colemanite crystals. with a bit of attached Calcite matrix. Photos do not do justice. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection.

81 11iddbir ((VEATCHITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $1 MINIMUM BID, Tick Canyon Borate Deposit, Tick Canyon, Lang, Los Angelos, California, 3 x 2 x 1 cm, Miniature, Here is strontian borate species. It is from the Jim and Dawn Minette collection and has his personal collection label. Label says Paraveatchite, but I did not find the Paraveatchite on mindat, just Veatchite from the location on the label.

82 7hljdr ((COOKEITE, ELBAITE, QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Agsvaret, Norway, 4.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Reference specimen from the Jay Lininger reference collection with label.

83 12jklrr ((25 WULFENITE xls)), $1 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.

84 12jkjdr ((QUARTZ SCEPTER without STEM)), $1 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.

85 12jkwgr ((ORTHOCLASE)), $1 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

86 12jkwgr ((11 QUARTZ)), $1 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

87 12jkwgr ((BARITE)), $1 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.

88 12jkfme ((CREEDITE)), $1 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.

89 12hljdr ((MAGNESIOARFVEDSONITE)), $1 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.

90 12hljdr ((2 TOBERMORITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Fosso Atico, Sicily, Italy, 1 and 2 cm, 2 Thumbnails, an uncommon white silicate. ex David Shannon.

91 12hljdr ((YITROFLUORITE)), $1 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.

92 12hljdr ((BRONZITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, near Bamle, Norway, 3 x 2 x 1 cm, Miniature, the ferroan variety of Enstatite. ex David Shannon.

93 12hljdr ((BERYLLONITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Linopolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil, .5 and less cm, Micros, Here is many small pieces of Beryllonite. ex Carlos Barbosa, ex David Shannon.

94 5iddbl ((ANHYDRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico, 8.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a light blue specimen with fans of Anhydrite crystals. The right back has cleaved terminations with the left side having fully terminated crystals.

95 6hlbrir ((EPIDOTE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Pakistan, 6 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen with needle like crystals of dark green Epidote.

96 12fbdjt ((CHALCOCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Butte, Montana, 5 x 4 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a miniature sized specimen from Butte of massive Chalcocite.

97 11iddbir ((UNKNOWN RED BROWN)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Boron, Kerns County, California, 5 x 5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is unknown from the Boron Open Pit. It is from the Jim and Dawn Minette collection and has his personal collection label.
11btcar ((FLORENCITE-Ce on MICROCLINE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Rumi Tucu Quarry, Papachacra, Catamarca, Argentina, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a specimen of Microcline covered with micro Florencite-Ce crystals.
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.

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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