Auction One Thousand fourteen Preview

Nov 17 2023



1 20hhgd.is ((PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, No Locality label, 14.5 x 8 x .5, Cabinet, Here is a large thinner plate of Pyrite. Front and back side is shown. Genn Davidson did not have a label, or label was last in the move from Washington state to Idaho by relatives. Plate is relatively thin at 5 MM with lots of crystals on the front and sparse on the back. ex Glenn Davidson collection.

2 121hhdw.es ((LUGWIGITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Spring Mountain, Lemhi County, Idaho, 12 x 9 x 9, Cabinet, Very large light brown Ludwigite crystals and also a layer of small brown Lugwigite crystals below the huge crystals. I do not know how Dana obtained this one years prior to a few that I was able to purchased from Lanny Ream whom field collected them in Idaho. Not sure if this was from Lanny or not. I had not seen any of these prior to seeing Lanny and was not knowing that Dana had one. ex Dana Wilson MD collection.

3 19hlkm.is ((FLUORITE in CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, National Limestone Quarry No. 1, Paxstonville, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, 8 x 5 x 5, Cabinet, I was told that these great purple Pennsylvanian Fluorites never occur in a vug or pocket with the exposed crystals but only in specimens with the Fluorite frozen in the white opaque Calcite. I was able to get these from the self collector, Kerry Matt from Pennsylvania while back east doing the local Gem Miners show in Lebabon, Pennsylvania prior to Covic.

4 14hhdm.o ((SCHORL)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Locality probably Brazil but no label, 12 x 8 x 7, Cabinet, A large striated black Schorl aka Black opaque Tourmaline from the Dennis McMurdie collection.

5 15hlkm.is ((MAGNETITE in SHALE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 12 x 8 x 4, Cabinet, Small lustrous octahedral Magnetite crystals through out the Shale matrix. Not all the Magnetite crystals are complete as breaking the shale matix causing many of the crystals to break with parts in both sections of matrix. I was able to get these from the self collector, Kerry Matt from Pennsylvania while back east doing the local Gem Miners show in Lebabon, Pennsylvania prior to Covic.

6 9iddb.es ((COLEMANITE, CALCITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Boron, Kern County, California, 11 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a great Colemanite from Boron. It is an open vug with large sharp pointed terminations on the Colemanite crystlals. On the Colemanite crystals are spherical translucent yellow brown orbs of Calcite. The Calcites look gemmy with a glow when back lit or side lit and viewed with a loop. These yellow brown Calcite are probably Fluorescent with UVSW. Minette thought well enough of this specimen to completely grind and shape the back and back sides to make it easy to display on a stand. The back and side are rounded and not just sawn flat so that it can be positioned for display. ex Jim Minette borate collection.

7 8hhmris ((BARAHONAITE-Al)), $20 MINIMUM BID, 80 foot Adit, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 5 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a really nice specimen of this rare species. Gold Hill was sealed by the state of Utah right before this became a new mineral species is about 2008. Collecting is open on the vast area of the dumps but the underground was sealed with iron rebar that allowed the bats to access to the mines habitat. Although the species as an unknown was known from many years the work on the new unknown species was delayed long enough that the species was finally found in spain at the locality of the previous Barahonaite-Fe. They were alot more efficient and got the type locality as the first to complete the scientific description of the species. Gold Hill has the best specimens by far. Just prior to Gold Hill closing several flats of specimens were collected which I was able to purchase otherwise very few if any would have been available for collections.

8 14hedw.ts ((CERUSSITE, GALENA)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Touissit, Morocco, 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Terminated and twinned Cerussite crystals on a matrix with some small black irregular Galena crystals. ex Weinrich specimen.

9 15hhjh.is ((HEMATITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 3 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Reference specimen of Hematite from the Thomas Range ie Topaz Mountain in Utah on a matrix of the white Rhyolite which is the matrix of the famous Topaz Mountain Topaz specimens.

10 18hhce.nr ((CALCITE, MAGNETITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Blowout Hill Orebody, Iron Mountain, Iron Springs, Iron County, Utah, 10 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, This is not a specimen usually seen as the field collecting is usually concentrated on the Magnetite and Fluorapatite crystals. Here is a vug of scalenahedral terminated Calcite crystals on a matrix of Magnetite.

11 14hhdm.o ((MALACHITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Tintic District, Juab-Tooele Counties, Utah, 7 x 5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Mostly massive Malachite with very mine Azurite but there is some vuggy areas. I was rinced previously with water but never thoughly cleaned before the photo was taken. I do not know how it would look with a great cleaning. Photo is taken so I do not want to know now. If no bids, I will see.

11 All have Wulfenite crystals. Dave Shannon label has other species as Galena, Calcite, and Cerussite as being present on at some specimens. ex Dave Shannon specimens. 3btds.ig ((6 WULFENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hull Mine, Castel Dome District, Yuma County, Arizona, 3 to 4 cm, 5 Miniatures,

12 20hhgd.is ((CALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Fletcher Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri, 11 x 5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Calcite crystal from Fletcher Mine with a cleaved base. It a minor cleave at the tip of the termination on the one side of termination which may have happened during the move from Washinton state to Idaho. I looks recent to me. ex Glen Davidson collection.

12 16hhjw.is ((CALCITE on SMITHSONITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 8 x 6 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Calcite on blue green botryoidal Smithsonite. Bottom left has a vug filled with just the blue green botryoidal Smithsonite.

13 8hhph.a ((STILBITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Marysvale, Piute County, Utah, 5 x 4.5 x 2.5, Miniature, Light salmon colored Stilbite from a Utah locality. Long uphill climb for hours to get to the locality. I was there once and will never make that hike again. ex Advantage Gems specimen.

14 14jkwg.as ((TETRAHEDRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Daly Judge Mine, Park City, Summit County, Utah, 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, 2.5 cm Tetrahedrite crystal from Park City's well known find from 30 years ago.

15 AAAAAA 15idmw.ar, ((RED BERYL)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Violet Claims, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah, 6 x 4 x 4 MM, Thumbnail, Single terminated crystal that appears to be two parallel crystals with a notch down the one side. Mounted in a perky box.

15 BBBBBB 15idmw.ar, ((RED BERYL)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Violet Claims, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah, 5 x 5 x 5 MM, Thumbnail, Single terminated crystal that appears to have a small second crystal diagonally through the one side face into the termination face. Some contact on the lower back side. Mounted in a perky box.

15 BBBBBB 15idmw.ar, ((RED BERYL)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Violet Claims, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah, 5 x 5 x 5 MM, Thumbnail, Single terminated crystal that appears to have a small second crystal diagonally through the one side face into the termination face. Some contact on the lower back side. Mounted in a perky box.

15 CCCCCC 15idmw.ar, ((RED BERYL)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Violet Claims, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah, 4.5 x 5 x 4 MM, Thumbnail, Single terminated crystal that has clean side faces on front and back. Mounted in a perky box.

16 21hhdw.ns ((HEMATITE, ANDRADITE)), $65 MINIMUM BID, N'Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, KMF, South Africa, 2.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Aesthetic lustrous terminated Hematite crystals on orange Andradite mounted in a perky box.

17 14hhhh.tr ((MAGNETITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Iron Mountain, Iron Springs District, Iron County, Utah, 5.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Large octahedral Magnetite crystal from Utah. Lustrous with octahedral patterns on the faces.

18 6hhhh.n ((QUARTZ with BITUMEN, GRAPHITE Inclusions)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Jinkouhe District, Leshan, Sichuan China, 3.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Dark matrix of Galena with a vug containing pink Smithsonite crystals.

19 15aadw.ir ((DURANGITE, HEMATITE, CASSITERITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 3 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, This is find a small pod mined out at least 20 years ago. Orange is Durangite, Black is Hematite, and reddish brown is Cassiterite. ex John Hoffert specimen.

20 21hhdw.is ((AMETHYST)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Peidras Parado, Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico, 5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, More purple color than the reddish purple on my monitor. Nice cluster of undamaged terminated Amethyst crystals from Mexico. ex Dana Wilson Md collection #124.

21 15aadw.ir ((PSEUDOBROOKITE, TOPAZ, HEMATITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 2.3 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, There are a couple of black lustrous terminated small Psueobrookite crystals. The Topaz crystals a mostly fairly heavily included. There are also some small black lustrous platey crystals of Hematite. It is mounted in a perky box.

22 21hhdw.is ((AMETHYST)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Peidras Parado, Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico, 5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, More purple color than the reddish purple on my monitor. Fine terminated Amethyst crystal with a side daughter crystals. No damage. ex Dana Wilson Md collection .

23 21hhdw.ns ((CERUSSITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 4.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a nice twinned Cerussite miniature. There is a little chip on the back side shown in the back photo. On the front the photo does not show in very well but there is damage to the lower part of the left most crystal arm. It is in the dark area of the photo.

24 9iddb.nr, ((ULEXITE pseudomorph after BORAX)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, Kern County, California , 4 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, A cluster of crystals of this pseudomorph of Ulexite after Borax. ex Jim Minette borate collection.

25 11btrm.tr ((COQUIMBITE, ROMERITE, ALUNOGEN, CHALCANTHITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Javier Mine, Ayacucho Department, Peru, 8.5 x 7.5 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, This is from the 2010 find in Peru. Purple Coquimbite, brown Romerite, white Alunogen, and light blue Chalcanthite are present. The specimen cannot be washed with water. The species are water soluble. ex Ramos Minerals specimen.

26 20btce.ir ((FLUORAPOPHYLLITE aka APOPHYLLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India, 9 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Glassy striated colorless Apophyllite crystals. Matrix in grey basalt and is shaped with small flat surfaces around the bottom.

27 19fbdj.ig ((CERUSSITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Idaho, 6.5 x 6 x 5 cm, Miniature, Fine Cerussite specimen from the mine famous for world class Pyromorphite speciments.

28 21hhdw.nr ((DUFRENITE, CACOXENITE, STRENGITE, BERAUNITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Coon Creek Mine, Polk County, Arkansas, 4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Miniature from the Dana Wilson collection #611 mounted in a 2 inch plastic miniature box. Here are the four main species from the classic Arkansas locality. ex Dana Wilson MD collection.

29 21hhdw.nr ((ANDRADITE variety MELANITE, PEROVSKITE, DIOPSIDE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Red Head Lease, San Benito County, California, 4 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Miniature from the Dana Wilson collection #569 mounted in a 2 inch plastic miniature box. Here are highly lustrous black Melanite crystals with several larger blackish Perovskite crystals and a vug with tan acicular crytals of Diopside from San Benito County, California know for its Benetoite specimens. ex Dana Wilson MD collection. ex David Shannon specimen.

30 21hhdw.nr ((SPHALERITE, GALENA)), $45 MINIMUM BID, Old Lout Mine, Poughkeepsie Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado, 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Miniature from the Dana Wilson collection #572 mounted in a 2 inch plastic miniature box. Rare specimen locality in Colorado. Only 2 specimens each of two mines from Poughkeepsie Gulch on mindat and these were from two other mines. No specimens shown from the Old Lout Mine which is an old Silver Mine also in Poughkeepsie Gulch. Goggling came up with some old Mining stock certificates from the Old Lout Mine but no specimens. ex Dana Wilson MD collection.

31 22btrus.nr ((QUARTZ with PYRITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Huaron Mine, Pasco, Peru, 9 x 7 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Terminated Quartz crystals with secondary Quartz crystals protruding from the main Quartz crystal faces. Also small sparkling Pyrite crystals on the main Quartz crystal faces.

32 21 hhdw.ns ((VANADINITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Apache Mine, Gila County, Arizona, 4 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Great color on sharp hexagonal crystals of Vanadinite from Arizona. Specimen is mounted in a plastic 2 inch miniature box. ex Dana Wilson MD collection 555.

33 21 hhdw.ns ((CALCITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Tom Scott Mine aka Mason Mine, Cochise County, Arizona, 3 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Uncommon since only 2 are pictured on Mindat.org. Specimen is mounted in a plastic 2 inch miniature box. ex Dana Wilson MD collection 594.

34 21 hhdw.es ((FLUORAPATITE)), $75 MINIMUM BID, Cerro de Mercado Mine, Durango, Mexico, 5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Monster single Apatite crystal from Mexico. Specimen is mounted in a plastic 2 inch miniature box. ex Dana Wilson MD collection 620.

35 21 hhdw.ns ((VANADINITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, DH Claim aka Finch Mine, Gila County, Arizona, 4 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Hexagonal prism crystals of Vanadinite from Arizona. Specimen is mounted in a plastic 2 inch miniature box. ex Dana Wilson MD collection 554.

36 21 hhdw.ns ((CALCITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Pugh Quarry, Custar, Wood County, Ohio, 5.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Scalenahedral crystal in good shape all around with small termination tip cleave on the back side of the photo. ex Dana Wilson MD collection 390.

37 9hhjw.ns ((SMITHSONITE, HEMIMORPHITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 8 x 7 x 6 cm, Cabinet, White opaque rice grain Smithsonite crystals with clusters of transparent terminated lustrous Hemimorphite crystals. ex Jim Wilson collection.

38 21hhdw.tr ((ADAMITE)), $65 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 7 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Old style fans or wheels of Adamite. ex Dana Wilson collection 31.

39 22btrus.tr ((CERUSSITE)), $80 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 7 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Large undamaged Cerussite snowflake twinned Cerussite. It has a rounded shape probably from natural etching instead of the sharp crystal faces. Twinning can be seen on the side views. It has some matrix attached with smaller crystals at the base.

40 22btrus.nr ((SULFUR, BITUMEN)), $80 MINIMUM BID, Vodinskoe Deposit, Samara Oblast, Russia, 2.5 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Gemmy Russian Sulfur crystal which is transparent with back light. Photo picks up on surface Bitumen and surface of the faces and does not show the gemmy interior. Label says weight is 9 gram.

41 21dw.ir ((AZURITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 3.5 x 1.8 x 1 cm, Miniature, Two clusters of Azurite crystals on a tan matrix. ex Dana Wilson MD collection.

42 22btrus.nr ((CERUSSITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 6 x 5 x 4.5 cm, Miniature, Cerussite described as possible gem tip. I think this means that it may be gemmy inside. Back lighting shows that this may be true but most of the surface blocks light from passing through most of the crystal.

43 21hhdw.nr ((SMITHSONITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 1.5 x .7 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Single undamaged terminated Smithsonite crystal from Tsumeb. ex Dana Wilson MD collection.

44 21hhdw.ns ((SPHALERITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Casapalca Mine, Lima, Peru, 9.5 x 6 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Black lustrous Sphalerite crystals. Some chipping or roughness on the far right. Photo turned out very light. It is a dark black very lustrous Sphalerite from Casapalca. Older specimen pre 1999 when the large Tetrahedrite find at Casapalca. ex Dana Wilson MD collection 151.

45 21hhdw.ns ((AGATE ROUND)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Brazil, 11 x 10.5 x .5 cm, Cabinet, Undamaged Agate slice polished on both sides. It has a cloudy translucent look to the concentric banding. Center has a small open of small Quartz crystals. It is not the common usual look of a Brazil Agate polished slab. ex Dana Wilson MD collection

46 21hhdw.nr ((STRONTIANITE, CALCITE)), $65 MINIMUM BID, National Limestone Quarry No. 2, Mt Pleasant Mills, Synder County, Pennsylvania, 13 x 7 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Good coverage of spherical cluster of sparkling Strontianite crystals. Between the clusters where the matrix is exposed are small lustrous transparent Calcite crystals. A loop makes it easier to view the Calcite. ex Dana Wilson MD collection 797.

47 21hhdw.tr ((WULFENITE)), $65 MINIMUM BID, Red Cloud Mine, La Paz County, Arizona, 10 x 10 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Large cabinet sized specimen of the red orange lustrous Red Cloud Wulfenite crystals. This specimen has smaller crystals to about 6 MM and some damage or chipping in some areas which is why the lower price with typical Red Cloud Wulfenite miniatures and cabinet size specimens costing in the hundreds and even thousands of dollars. This is more of a large reference specimen but still with many undamaged but smaller crystals. ex Dana Wilson MD collection.

48 21hhdw.ir ((MALACHITE pseudomorph after AZURITE, CHRYSOCOLLA)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Morenci Mine, Greenlee County, Arizona, 10 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, All the spherical Malachite balls are actually still Azurite inside as seen but the side view and the blue area of damage to the green Malachite spheres. ex Dana Wilson MD collection.

49 9btjh.ir ((TOPAZ)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Maynard's Claim, Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 6 x 1.3 x .9 cm, Miniature, This is about as large as Topaz gets from the Thomas Range. Double terminated opaque crystal included by hematite and clay ie quartz making it light grey in color and opaque.

50 99btsm.ar ((STILBITE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India, 8 x 6.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Superb undamaged extra large double terminated Stilbite crystal of a pedestal of smaller Stilbite and fine white Quartz, ie Chalcedony. This is from the finds in 1998. It was part of a large lot I purchased in 1999 from Superb Minerals. Undamaged and in perfect condition. This was part of the original lot that I keep in my collection for years. Since I have several other Stilbites in my Indian collection, I deaccessed this one a few years ago and had it out for $175 but is still here. Time to move it along with a Minbid less than cost when purchasing a large lot of India specimens.

51 9btjh.ir ((TOPAZ)), $40 MINIMUM BID, Maynard's Claim, Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 5.3 x 1.1 x 79 cm, Miniature, This is about as large as Topaz gets from the Thomas Range. Double terminated opaque crystal included by hematite and clay ie quartz making it light grey in color and opaque.

52 7hhjh.r ((HALITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Great Salt Lake, Box Elder County, Utah, 7.5 x 6.5 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet, Opaque hopper crystals of Halite from the Great Salt Lake. Originally these were told to have come from the southern part of the lake in Tooele County but I believe the collectors were protecting the locality actually from the northern part of the lake in Box Elder County. This was a one time find in 2006. I believe these were dipped in a solution to seal humidity out. I still would be careful in high humidity climates and maybe seal in a zip lock plastic bag. It has lasted 15 years so far. There are some small black specks which I believe is dirt. It did not blow off and is exaggerated by the photography. They are invisable to the eye unless a loop is used. Halite from the Great Salt Lake is normally white and massive. Nice crystals are uncommon. Weather was evidently just right in 2007 to produce some great specimens. Even a few with large hopper crystals on larger brush sticks along with the Gypsum stalactitic like growths on the twigs from brush. Again a one time find in the same year. Nothing like it since. I still have a few flats of the Halite and mostly just a few of the largest of the Gypsum left from most of the find at the time.

53 9chmr.is ((MONTMORILLONITE included QUARTZ)), $20 MINIMUM BID, White Queen Mine, Pala, San Diego County, California, 4.4 x 2 x 1.6 cm, Miniature, The best have wisps of pink Montmorillonite inclusions and some a large cabinet in size. Old material from many years ago. I seen an extra large specimen in the San Diego Museum several plus years ago. This one is a fine small specimen double terminated undamaged and opaque white. It is lustrous with one termination a void from interupted growth with the void now with multiple small termination. Fine Miniature. ex Mark Rogers specimen.

54 14hdce.is ((QUARTZ pseudomorph both FLUORITE on CALCITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Black Knife Group, Sierra County, New Mexico, 4.5 x 4 x 2.7 cm, Miniature, Scalenahedral Calcite crystals with smaller octahedral Fluorite crystals on the Calcite crystal faces with both pseudomorphed to white Quartz.

55 9hddch.is ((SMITHSONITE pseudomorph after DOLOMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Philadelphia Mine, Rush, Arkansas, 3 x 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Yellow brown pseudo of Smithsonite after Dolomite. Classic Arkansas specimen. ex Clyde Hardin collection.

56 9iddb.ns ((ULEXITE pseudomorph after BORAX)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, Kern County, California, 4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Three intergrown crystals of Borox pseudomorphed to Ulexite. One crystal is half a crystal that was contacted with a larger part of the cluster. Classic Boron pseudomorph. ex Jim Minette collection.

57 9hddch.is ((SMITHSONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Philadelphia Mine, Rush, Arkansas, 2 x 1.5 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Round hemispheres of botryoidal lustrous Smithsonite from Arkansas. ex Clyde Hardin collection.
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58 9hddch.is ((SMITHSONITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Philadelphia Mine, Rush, Arkansas, 3.5 x 2 x 1 cm, Miniature, Round hemispheres of botryoidal lustrous Smithsonitefrom Arkansas. ex Clyde Hardin collection.

59 9hddch.is ((SMITHSONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Philadelphia Mine, Rush, Arkansas, 2.5 x 1.5 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Round hemispheres of botryoidal Smithsonite from Arkansas. Smithsonite is yellow but has a brown coating on the surface. ex Clyde Hardin collection.

60 9hddch.is ((SMITHSONITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Philadelphia Mine, Rush, Arkansas, 4.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Miniature, Round hemispheres of botryoidal lustrous Smithsonite from Arkansas. ex Clyde Hardin collection.

61 20hhgd.is ((ERYTHRITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Blackbird Mine, Blackbird mine complex, Blackbird Mining District, Lemhi County, Idaho, 4 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature, Pretty specimen with micro crystals of Erythrite from Idaho. Only 4 photos on mindat.org when I looked at Ertthrite from Idaho.

62 12fadw.ls ((PETALITE)), $ 150 MINIMUM BID, Paprock, Nuristan, Afghanistan, 7.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Rare gemmy crystal of Petalite from Afhanistan. Backside, ie bottom, is a flat cleaved plane. Three sides are crystal faces.

63 19btce.is ((SPODUMENE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, San Diego County, California, 6.5 x 1.5 x .5 cm, Miniature, Gemmy floater of lustrous water clear Spodumene from Californiated.

64 9iddb.ns ((ULEXITE pseudomorph after BORAX)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit, Boron, Kern County, California, 3 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Complete crystal of Borox pseudomorphed to Ulexite. Classic Boron pseudomorph. ex Jim Minette collection.

65 6idch.is ((QUARTZ)), $60 MINIMUM BID, Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, 13.5 x 2.7 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Long undamaged terminated Quartz crystal from Arkansas. Faces on front and back as shown in front and back photos. Best display is standing upright. ex Clyde Hardin collection.

66 18hhar.in ((6 TWINNED ORTHOCLASE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Chuchwalla Mountain, Kern County, California, largest is 3 x 2 x 1.5 cm, 6 Miniatures to Thumbnails, 6 twinned Orthoclase from California. Undamaged in great shape.

67 18hhar.in ((GYPSUM)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Australia, 5 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Miniature size speciment of Australia Gypsum.

V1 ((VESZELYITE)), , Black Pine Mine, Philipsburg Mining District, Granite Co., Montana, USA, 2.3 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Excellent single terminated lustrous 1.2 cm crystal on matrix. It has a second terminted daughter crystal protruding from the front and three small crystals on the back at the base. The large crystal is sitting on or attached to a partial non terminated crystal attached to the base. Aesthetic displayable Veszelyite specimen.

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