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13hljdis
((PORTLANDITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Keokuk, Iowa, 3 x 3 x 1.5 cm,
Miniature, I believe the Portlandite is the white tabular crystals
which are about 3 or 4 MM or perhaps the white chalky mass in the center.
The label says Porlandite WHITE which would make me think it refers to the
white center mass. Mindat shows tabular crystals but does not show
Portlandite from Iowa.
This specimen is from a collection of micros and rare species in miniature
sized specimens. A loop or microscope may be needed to view the actual
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((OTAVITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $10 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb, Namibia, 7 x 6 x 3
cm, Cabinet, Octaviite is Cadmium Carbonate with the
Type locality being Tsumeb. It is white to yellow brown in color.With
my eye, I do not see separate crystals.
This specimen is from a collection of micros and rare species in miniature
sized specimens. A loop or microscope may be needed to view the actual
species, especially crystals if present .
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3 13hljdis
((NIGERITE aka FERRONIGERITE 2N1S)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Bastnaes Mine,
Rhid., Sweden, 4 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature,
Ferronigerite-2n1s is hexagonite and deep reddish brown in color.
Label says hexagonal good crystals. It looks like the brown macro
material on the specimen.
This specimen is from a collection of micros and rare species in
miniature sized specimens. A loop or microscope may be needed to
view the actual species, especially crystals if present .
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13hljdis
((FUKUCHILITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Good Luck Mine, NWT, Canada, 4 x 2.5 x
.5 cm, Miniature, Label says yellow.
Fukuchilite is a copper iron sulfide and mindat says dark brownish
grey.
These may be very small metallic grains. This specimen is from a
collection of micros and rare species in miniature sized specimens. A
loop or microscope may be needed to view the actual species, especially
crystals if present .
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5 13hljdis
((POLKOVICITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Greiger Mine, 30 mi w of Aranoss, South
Africa, 6 x 5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,
Polkovicite is a Fe, Pb, Ge Sulfide. Mindat says brownish grey in
color. This specimen is from a collection of micros and rare species
in miniature sized specimens. A loop or microscope may be needed to
view the actual species, especially crystals if present .
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13hljdis
((JAGOITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Graham County, Arizona, 5.5 x 4.5 x 2 cm,
Miniature, Jagoite is a silicate. Label says Yellow.
This specimen is from a collection of micros and rare species in
miniature sized specimens. A loop or microscope may be needed to view
the actual species, especially crystals if present .
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13hljdis
((HYALOTEKITE)), $2 MINIMUM BID, Farning Mine, San Benito County,
California, 6.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Label says fine brown crystals.
Species for San Benito County or mine not found in mindat. Alos mindat
says species has a melted glass appearance. So I am puzzled with
this one.
This specimen is from a collection of micros and rare species in
miniature sized specimens. A loop or microscope may be needed to view
the actual species, especially crystals if present.
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8 13hljdis
((MELANOCERITE-Ce)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ytterby, Sweden, 6.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm,
Miniature, Label says black.
Mindat does not list Melanocerite-Ce from Ytterby. ?? This
specimen is from a collection of micros and rare species in miniature sized
specimens. A loop or microscope may be needed to view the actual
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| 9 13hljdis
((LEONITE)), $2 MINIMUM BID, Chuquicamata, Chile, 5 x 2 x 1 cm,
Miniature, Label says blue grey.
Mindat does not list Leonite from Chile and color is white to
pale yellow. ?? This specimen is from a collection of micros and
rare species in miniature sized specimens. A loop or microscope may be
needed to view the actual species, especially crystals if present .
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13hljdis
((POLARITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Yellowkniffe, NWT, Canada, 8 x 3 x 3 cm,
Caibnet, Label says yellow to white encrustations. Polarite is Pd(Bi,Pb).
I had Polarite previously and it was a small grain in a gelatin capsule.
This specimen is from a collection of micros and rare species in miniature
sized specimens. A loop or microscope may be needed to view the actual
species, especially crystals if present .
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| 11 13hljdis
((MORELANDITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Iveland, Norway, 5 x 4 x 3 cm,
Miniature, Label says Brown crystals. Morelandite is an arsenate with
the type locality in Sweden.
This specimen is from a collection of micros and rare species in miniature
sized specimens. A loop or microscope may be needed to view the actual
species, especially crystals if present .
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13hljdis
((LAZARENKOITE)), $2 MINIMUM BID, Lovelock, Nevada, 4.5 x 2 x 2 cm,
Miniature, Label says yellow red. Lazarenkoite is an arsenate with
orange color per mindat. Lovelock is not listed in mindat as a
locality.
This specimen is from a collection of micros and rare species in miniature
sized specimens. A loop or microscope may be needed to view the actual
species, especially crystals if present .
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13hljdis
((SASAITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Warwick, New York, 6 x 3.5 x 3 cm,
Miniature, 2 pieces that fit together of colorless to white phosphate
per mindat. New York is not listed in mindat as a locality.
This specimen is from a collection of micros and rare species in
miniature sized specimens. A loop or microscope may be needed to
view the actual species, especially crystals if present .
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13hljdis
((HATRUTITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Erajarvi, Finland, 6 x 4 x 2.5 cm,
Miniature, 2 pieces of colorless to grey white cal silicate per mindat.
But label says red.
?? This specimen is from a collection of micros and rare species
in miniature sized specimens. A loop or microscope may be needed to
view the actual species, especially crystals if present .
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13hljdis ((MONTROYDITE)), TYPE
LOCALITY, $10 MINIMUM BID, Terlinqua, Brewster County, Texas, 4.5 x 4
x 3 cm, Miniature, red crystals of Montroydite which is HgO, mercury oxide
per minda. But label says yellow.
?? This specimen is from a collection of micros and rare species
in miniature sized specimens. A loop or microscope may be needed to
view the actual species, especially crystals if present .
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13hljdis
((9 STRINGHAMITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Crinen Station,
Western Australia, Australia, 1 to 1.5 cm, Thumbnails, Light
blue micro crystals. Stringhamite is a silicate. Mindat did not
show Crinen Sta as a locality.
This specimen is from a collection of micros and rare species in
miniature sized specimens. A loop or microscope may be needed to view
the actual species, especially crystals if present .
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17 12hhtjr
((5 CORUNDUM variety RUBY)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mundarara
Mine, Longido, Killmanjar Region, Tanzania,
1.3 to 2 cm, 5 Thumbnails,
Here are 5 hexagonal pinkish red to purple terminated crystals of Ruby from
Tanzania.
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13hljdir
((CALCITE on FLUORITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Cave-in-Rock
District, Hardin County, Illinois, 4 x 4 x 2.3 cm, Miniature,
Here is an aesthetic Fluorite and Calcite combination from Illinois.
All the major Calcite crystals are terminated and undamaged. Some
of the minor Calcite crystals are cleaved. The Fluorite is a
purple with minor yellow colored partially translucent crystal. It
looks like it was a partially etched or had only a small attachment to
the larger part of a larger Fluorite crystal.
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13idkjns
((BARYTE with SAND inclusions)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Norman,
Cleveland County, Oklahoma, 7.5 x 7 x 6 cm, Cabinet, A large and
aesthetic floater with a cluster of complete Baryte crystals that grew in
sand including the sand crystals within the Baryte crystals. These
"rose rocks" are the state rock of Oklahoma.
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20 13idkjis
((BARYTE with SAND inclusions)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Norman,
Cleveland County, Oklahoma, 4 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, A miniature
cluster of clusters which is an aesthetic floater with complete Baryte
crystals that grew in sand including the sand crystals within the Baryte
crystals. These "rose rocks" are the state rock of Oklahoma.
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5hhshnr
((ARAGONITE on CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ajax Mine,
Tintic District, Juab County, Utah, 4 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature,
Here is a great delicate and undamaged Tintic specimen of Aragonite needle
like crystals on a mound of Calcite. This is mounded in a plastic box
1.5 x 1.5 x 2.5 INCHES.
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22 9iddbr
((THE MINERALS OF BORON, CALIFORNIA BOOKLET)), $10 MINIMUM
BID, 8.5 X 5.5 INCHES, Here is a booklet in mint condition and
over fifty years old. It was published and copyright 1960. It is in
black and white with photos and descriptions of Boron and the minerals found
a Boron. ex Jim Minette collection
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23 5atjkis
((CALCITE stalactite)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Southwest
Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, 6.5 x 2.5 x 1 cm, Miniature,
Odd Calcite form with a closed loop from Bisbee.
Undamaged.
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5atjkis
((ARAGONITE on CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Southwest
Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature,
Mounds of spherical Calcite with needle like crystals of Aragonite on the
tops. Base has another light green mineral which is also included in
the lower Calcite.
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5atjkis
((CALCITE stalactite)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Southwest
Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, 7 x 3 x 1 cm, Cabinet, Odd
Calcite form with almost a question mark shape from Bisbee. Undamaged. |
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| 26 5atjkis
((CALCITE stalactite)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Southwest
Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, 4.5 x 4.5 x 1 cm, Miniature,
Odd Calcite form with a right turn.
Undamaged.
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27 9atjhts
((TOPAZ)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Thomas Range, Juab
County, Utah,
3.5 x 3.3 x 2 cm, Miniature,
Undamaged gemmy sherry colored Topaz from Utah's Thomas Range. One
crystal in the back is cleaved otherwise completely undamaged.
NOTE; Utah Topaz do fade to colorless in direct sunlight.
Incadescent and halogen supposily do not effect them. However I
keep them in the box with a lid.
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28 13hbdjg
((PHILIPSBURGITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $10 MINIMUM BID, Black
Pine Mine, Philipsburg District, Granite County, Montana, 2.5 x 1.3 x
.8 cm, Thumbnail, Green botryoids of Philipsburgite, a rare phosphate
species, on a Quartz crytstal from the Type Locality.
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13hbdjr
((QUARTZ, ENARGITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Butte, Silver Bow County,
Montana, 9 x 6 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet, Terminated Quartz on a back of
Enargite. Some Enargite and minor Pyrite also on the front side.
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13hbdjr
((COVELLITE, PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Leonard Mine, Butte, Silver
Bow County, Montana, 5 x 5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen with
some plate like crystals of Covellite with associated Pyrite.
Covellite has a magenta and blue iridescent color.
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13hbdjr
((QUARTZ, PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Butte, Silver Bow County,
Montana, 9.5 x 6 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Neat and stranger terminated Quartz
with Pyrite and a dark mineral with looks like Pyrite with a dark iridescent
coating of another mineral or just an oxidation or patina on the Pyrite
surface.
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13hbdjr
((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana,
10 x 6 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Terminated Quartz with some crystals translucent but
the majority are opaque milky quartz. Also minor associated Pyrite.
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13hbdjr ((QUARTZ, PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Butte, Silver Bow
County, Montana, 8 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Terminated longer Quartz
with associated Pyrite. Pyrite mostly without crystal faces.
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13hbdjr ((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Butte, Silver Bow County,
Montana, 10 x 6 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Terminated large stubby Quartz Quartz
with one associated striated lustrous Pyrite crystal.
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35 13hbdjis,
((CHRYSOLITE)), Early FOOTE LABEL, $20 MINIMUM
BID, Webster, North Carolina, 9.5 x9.5 x 5 cm,
Cabinet,
Here is an early specimen from the 1880's from an early locality. On mindat
this label on the specimen looks similiar to the label dated 1884
to 1890
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| 36 13hbdjis,
((CUPRITE)), Early FOOTE LABEL, $20 MINIMUM
BID, Morenci, Arizona looks to be changed to Michigan, 10 x 7 x 3.5 cm,
Cabinet,
Here is an early specimen from the 1880's of massive Cuprite. The
Foote label has Morenci, Arizona with a line through it and Mich inked to
the right. On mindat
this label on the specimen looks similiar to the label dated 1884
to 1890.
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37 13hbdjis,
((TALC var STEATITE or SOAPSTONE)), Early FOOTE LABEL, $20 MINIMUM
BID, Soapstone Quarries, Phila. County, Pennsylvania, 11 x 7 x 3 cm,
Cabinet, Here is an early specimen from the 1880's from an early locality.
The Foote label Phila is nearly missing and hard to read- probably is Phila
with the location seemly matching. On mindat
this label on the specimen looks similiar to the label dated 1884
to 1890. Also the following from Mindat "Soapstone quarry purportedly
operating as early as the 18th Century, on observation of local soapstone
headstones of early German-American district landowners found in the
graveyard of St. Peter's Lutheran church (1761) on Church Road in Whitemarsh
township, Just North of the district. The Soapstone quarry was recorded in
operation by at least 1848, under the ownership of prominent Montgomery
County attorney John Freedley. Purchased and operated in 1853 by wealthy
Philadelphia marble merchant, Samuel Prince, the soapstone quarry became
part of his country estate, aptly named "Rockdale." The quarry was listed as
idle by the time of Gordon's publication (1922). "
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13atcets
((SHATTUCKITE included QUARTZ)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Kaokoveld,
Kunene, Namibia,
7 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Druse Quartz is covering and included by
the light blue Shattuckite. The matrix is massive Quartz.
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8405
07btkres
((MALACHITE with GOETHITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb,
Namibia,
9 x 7 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Green Malachite covering dark brown
Goethite stalactitic formations. ex Uri Bahman, ex Kristalle.
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40 2712
09ldociss
((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, White Rock Quarry,
Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio, 5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,
Brown highly fluorescent lustrous cubic Fluorite from Ohio. There are
three scratches on one face. It is still a great fluorescent example
of these rootbeer colored Fluorites.
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41 8386
05btadrs,
((PYRITE, QUARTZ, SPHALERITE)), $20 MINIMUM
BID, Animon Mine, Pasco Department, Peru,10 x
7 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Terminated Quartz, lustrous
Sphalerite, and peppered with small Pyrite. With the optivisor I see
only 3 missing Quartz crystals. Specimen is in great condition with
nearly no damage.
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42 09fdceir,
((CELESTINE)), $30 MINIMUM
BID, Jabal al Akhdar, Cyrenaica, Libya, 9 x 7 x 4.5 cm,
Cabinet,
Here is a rare and limited find. A few of these were collected by Oz
Krebs in 1962 and sold to collectors edge 5 to 10 years ago. I am sure
that no specimens are left for sale other than I have 2 or 3 left. It
is a large double terminated lustrous undamaged Celestine from the country
of Libya.
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43 7792
6hlkmtr,
((BRUCITE)), $30 MINIMUM
BID, Cedar Hill Quarry, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 8.5 x 8 x 3 cm,
Cabinet,
Brucite is an uncommon species. Cedar Hill is a classic
Pennsylvanian locality for Brucite. Here are multiple thick
hexagonal crystals. White Hydromagnesite also present in a couple of
areas and also a light coating of white Hydromagnesite over some faces
of the Brucite.
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| 44 774jkpmrr,
((MELANITE)), $30 MINIMUM
BID, San Benito County, California, 12 x 7 x 2.5 cm,
Cabinet,
Lustrous crystals of Melanite, a variety of Garnet, from California.
ex A L McGuinness.
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| 45 4944
04iddbrs,
((KAOLINITE pseudomorph after LEUCITE)), $25 MINIMUM
BID, Kaman, Turkey, 8 x 8 x 7.5 cm, Cabinet,
Here is fine large pseudomorph. Crystal is mostly complete with some
contact on bottom.
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11gsejnss,
((MALACHITE pseudomorph after AZURITE)), $50 MINIMUM
BID, Milpillas Mine, near Nacozari, Sonora, Mexico, 8.5 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet,
Here is fine large pseudomorph from the relatively new finds in Milpillas.
One Crystal across the back is 7 cm in width.
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13bttjes
((TIEMANNITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Marysvale District,
Piute County, Utah,
4.5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature,
There are a couple of seams of Tiemannite, a rare species which is HgSe.
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11fbdjis
((COLUSITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Butte, Silver Bow
County, Montana,
5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here
is a rare species, Colusite.
The type locality is the East Colusa Mine in Butte. This is
from Butte but it does not have the mine that it came from.
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13hhjjis
((FORSTERITE variety PERIDOT)), $10 MINIMUM BID, San
Carlos Indian Reservation, Gila County, Arizona,
7 x
4.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet,
Phenocrysts of Olivine in porphyritic Basalt from Arizona.
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13hhtjl
((COBALTIAN CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Aghbar Mine,
Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province,
4 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a
miniature sized pink Cobaltian Calcite from Morocco.
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13hhjjis
((VANADINITE with CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Pure Potential Mine, La Paz
County, Arizona, 4.5 x 4 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Red
orange Vanadinite crystals, some with a white Calcite coating.
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52 9iddbirs
((TRIPHYLITE, VIVIANITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Hagendorf, Oberphalzer Wald,
Bavaria, Germany, 10 x 8.5 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Blue grey massive phosphate species. Blue shades of Triphylite probably from blue Vivianite inclusions. ex
H Deisinger collection.
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7hheer ((GYPSUM)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Makapu'u, O'ahu, Hawaii, 5.5 x 5
x 4 cm, Miniature, When was the last time you seen a mineral
from Hawaii. Volcanic Islands tend to have an abundance of lava
and a shortage of collectible minerals. Here is an uncommon Gypsum
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511-9ldgcnrs
((QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Corinto, Brazil, 8 x 3.5 x 1.4 cm,
Cabinet, Lustrous undamaged terminated Quartz crystal. Quartz
looks flattened since two faces are very narrow 2 mm with 4 faces 7 to 10
mm. ex H Desinger collection. |
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99atsmar
((APOPHYLLITE, STILBITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Jalgaon,
Maharashtra, India,
6.5 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm, Miniature,
Here is a choice undamaged specimen of Apophyllite with Stilbite from
Jalgaon. The lustrous crystals are undamged and have sharp
terminations except on termination has a flat termination which may be a 1
MM cleaved tip seen in the first photo bottom right opposite the stilbite.
Old material from 1999 from old case stock with a price of $300.
I just came across the box with a variety of great Indian miniatures from
old stock and some duplicates from my Indian collection. There were
several specimens of these fine Apophyllite miniatures and look like
they came from the same pocket or find in 1999.
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56 11iddbnrs ((COLEMANITE,
TODOROKITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Corkscrew Canyon Mine, Death
Valley National Park, Inyo County, California, 6 x 6 x 4.5
cm, Miniature,
Here is a specimen of Colemanite with dark color from Todorokite.
Death Valley is now a national park, ex Jim Minette collection (finest
Borate collection in the world).
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57 9atadr
((QUARTZ variety AMETHYST)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 5 x 3 x 2 cm Miniature, Neat small Amethyst from
Brazil. Backside is sawn flat.
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58 12hkttrs
((EPIDOTE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Mineral County, Nevada, 3 x
2.2 x
.7 cm, Miniature, Here is a terminated lustrous undamaged Epidote from
Nevada.
ex Harvey Gordon Minerals.
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59 13btaar
((GALENA)), $1
MINIMUM BID, Broken Hill, NSW, Australia, 3 x 3 x 3 cm,
Miniature, Miniature specimen of Galena from Broken Hill.
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60 12hhjdr
((CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Buffalo Mine, Lion Hill
area, Ophir District, Tooele County, Utah,
5 x 3.5 x
1.5 cm, Miniature,
Miniature specimen with three sided Calcite terminations which are made up
of multiple stacked smaller crystals. Lustrous and undamaged.
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12hhjdr
((CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Buffalo Mine, Lion Hill
area, Ophir District, Tooele County, Utah,
4.5 x 4.5 x
2 cm, Miniature,
Scalenohedron crystals of Calcite with the terminations more to a point than
the similiar specimen listed in 1 position.
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12hhjdr
((CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Buffalo Mine, Lion Hill
area, Ophir District, Tooele County, Utah,
9.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm,
Cabinet, Here are 2.3 cm in diameter stalactite like formation.
The outside is covered with small Calcite scalenohedral terminations.
The pair of stalactites are not terminated.
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12hhjdr
((CALCITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Buffalo Mine, Lion Hill
area, Ophir District, Tooele County, Utah,
7 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm,
Cabinet, Here are 1.5 cm in diameter stalactite like formation.
The outside is covered with small Calcite terminations looking like scales.
There is one termination with a contact area near the termination.
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64 13hhjjis
((PYRITE, QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Pachapaqui District, Ancash
Department, Peru, 10 x 6 x 6 cm, Cabinet,
Here is a specimen with Pyrite and Quartz. Some chipping on the Pyrite and
many of the Quartz are missing or damaged.
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11hhceis
((GOETHITE pseudomorph after PYRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID,
Pelican Point, Utah County, Utah, 3.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm,
Miniature, Pelican Point is famous for its Goethite pseudos after
Pyrite. These were commercial open pit quarried and sold at Tucson one
year. These were singles and clusters of cubic Pyrite crystals.
Over the hill on the west side of the mountain it has since be discovered
that pseudomorphs also occur but their crystal shape is pyritahedrons rather
than cubes. Here is a crystal cluster with one main crystal with
faces from several other crystals. The bottom is contact to another
large crystal. Coloration is dark chocolate brown.
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66 13hhjjis
((APOPHYLLITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India, 12 x 11 x
7 cm, Cabinet, Here is a nice colorless Apophyllite
specimen from India. There are a few cleaved crystals but overall in
good shape for one of these Apophyllite specimens.
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67 13hhjjis
((APOPHYLLITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India, 13 x 10 x
9 cm, Cabinet, These geode like specimens are usually
filled with Okenite but this one has lustrous blocky undamaged Apophyllite.
There is a crack in two places which is a little loose but still solid.
It could be stabilzed with some Elmers glue comia. itSg re Here is a
nice colorless Apophyllite specimen from India. There are a few
cleaved crystals but overall in good shape for one of these Apophyllite
specimens.
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68 9iddbis
((COLEMANITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit,
Boron, Kern County, California, 12 x 8 x 8 cm,
Cabinet,
Here
is a large aesthetic Colemanite specimen. Undamaged except along the
top, the crystals have damage and one crystal in the front is missing.
Overall a nice large cabinet sized Colemanite specimen. Also can be
displayed sideways or standing upright. ex Jim Minette
collection.
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69 6hlkmis
((BYSSOLITE, ACTINOLITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Keystone
Trap Rock Quarry, Cornog, Chester County, Pennsylvania,
5 x
2 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Classic Pennsylvania
locality and specimen. This is old material with the Quarry now filled
with water and probably old submerged cars. These are from an older
Pennsylvania collection. Here is a brillo like pad matt of hair like
Byssolite with some darker near black acicular Actinolite crystals.
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70
6hlkmis
((ADULARIA, PREHNITE, BYSSOLITE, ACTINOLITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Keystone
Trap Rock Quarry, Cornog, Chester County, Pennsylvania,
5.5 x
3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Classic Pennsylvania
locality and specimen. This is old material with the Quarry now filled
with water and probably old submerged cars. These are from an older
Pennsylvania collection. Here is are white Adularia, Prehnite, hair
like Byssolite with some darker near black acicular Actinolite crystals.
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71
7hlkmis
((PYROMORPHITE on QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Phoenixville,
Chester County, Pennsylvania, 6 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm, Miniature,
Here is another specimen with dark green Pyromorphite on terminated Quartz
crystals from a classic US locality for Pyromorphite.
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72 7hlkmis
((GOETHITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Grubb Lake, Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania, 10 x 6 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here
is a specimen with lustrous black Goethite from Grubb Lake in Lancaster
County.
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73
6hlkmis
((ADULARIA, CLINOZOISITE, PREHNITE, BYSSOLITE, ACTINOLITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Keystone
Trap Rock Quarry, Cornog, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 7 x
7 x 4.3 cm, Cabinet, Classic Pennsylvania
locality and specimen. This is old material with the Quarry now filled
with water and probably old submerged cars. These are from an older
Pennsylvania collection. Here are white Adularia, brown Clinozoisite,
hair like Byssolite, and darker near black acicular Actinolite crystals on a
cabinet sized specimen.
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74 6hlkmis
((ADULARIA, minor PREHNITE, BYSSOLITE, ACTINOLITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Keystone
Trap Rock Quarry, Cornog, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 7 x
7 x 8.5 cm, Cabinet, Classic Pennsylvania
locality and specimen. This is old material with the Quarry now filled
with water and probably old submerged cars. These are from an older
Pennsylvania collection. Here are white Adularia, minor white Prehnite,
hair like Byssolite, and darker near black acicular Actinolite crystals on a
cabinet sized specimen.
Sets well for display.
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((10 TV ROCKs aka ULEXITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID,
Boron Open Pit, Boron, Kern County, California, 1.5 to 3.5 cm, Miniatures,
Here
is are 10 TV Rocks which are the species Ulexite. Ulexite is natural
fiber optics. Jim Minette sold these wholesale to dealer to fund his
private collection buying. The new ones are now being tumbled to
cut down on labor. ex Jim Minette
collection. These normally retail for $3 each.
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76
7atvmir
((KYANITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID,
Barra de Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 4.5
x 4.5 x 2 cm, Miniature,
Here is are several blades of Kyanite with Quartz inbetween them.
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77
9iddbts
((PYRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Schonbrunn, Vogtland,
Saxony, Germany,
5 x
3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a German Pyrite from Saxony.
ex H Deisinger collection.
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78
9iddbts
((PYRITE)), $1 MINIMUM BID,
Cannot read writng, probably a German locality, 4 x 3 x 2 cm,
Miniature, Here is probably a German Pyrite.
ex H. Deisinger collection.
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79
5ecbfts
((QUARTZ)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Mina Liliana, Chihuahua,
Mexico,
3.3 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm, Miniature, These were called chandelier
quartz with the double terminated small daughter crystals attached to the
main crystal sides. The Liliana produced the small Quartz scepters and
these larger chandelier Quartz.
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80
95ecjtg ((1st STILBITE
BOWTIE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Jalgaon, Maharashtra,
India, 5 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a perfect classic double
terminated Stilbite Bowtie. It is a floater with no damage or
termination.
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81
95ecjtg ((2nd STILBITE
BOWTIE)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Jalgaon, Maharashtra,
India, 5 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature, NOTE: I did not take a photo
of this one. It is the same size, etc as the 1st one. Only
difference is that the one side of the bowtie does not flare out quite
as much as the other. It is slightly smaller and is not quite as
symmetric. It is a floater with no damage or termsination.
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13hhtjis
((SEPTARIAN NODULE pair)), fluorescent $20 MINIMUM
BID, Morocco, 9.5 x 6.5 x 2.5 cm,
Cabinet, Here is a neat pattern. I was
going to keep this one but here it is. Looks like a man eating plant
species or maybe just lightning hitting the ground. Sawn and lustrous
surface.
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