Lehigh Minerals Auction 1043

Oct 18 2024

AUCTION 1043 CLOSES OCTOBER 18, 2024 at 8:00 pm mountain time

1043-1 19hlkm.is ((FLUORITE, CALCITE, DOLOMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, National Limestone Quarry No. 1, Paxtonville, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, 6 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Deep purple Fluorite which is frozen in matrix. Mostly no vugs ever found for stand alone crystal faces. These are exposed by breaking the matix material. Locality specimen normally not ever seen at shows for sale. ex Kerry Matte specimen.

1043-2 6hhjh.iss ((TOPAZ)), $85 MINIMUM BID, Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 3.8 x 2 x 2 cm, Miniature, Undamaged terminated gemmy lustrous cluster of sherry colored Topaz crystals. The main crystal is undamaged sharply terminated gemmy transparent in the center section of the crystal. The top and bottom third has quartz/clay inclustions blocking most of the transparency in those areas. The daughter crystals are shorter lustrous terminated gemmy sherry colored crystals. The main crystal is very large fore the locality with only extremely small percentage of crystals this large free standing . Many of the large crystals are also flat sideways with the back of the crystal attached to the Rhyolite matrix rock. ex John Holfert specimen. NOTE: Do not display over very long periods of time in sunlight or will fade. Exposing to strong radiation will supposily restore the color for those working at a nuclear reactor site.

1043-3 20hhgd.g ((PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri, 5 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Lustrous cluster of Pyrite crystals. Near floater with only a narrow contact area on the bottom of the sideways photo. ex Glenn Davidson collection. ex Weinrich Minerals specimen.

1043-4 21hhdw.is ((PYROMORPHITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Yangshuo Mine, Guilin, Guanxi, China, 2.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Green barrel shaped crystals of Pyromorphite from China in a thumbnail perky box. In great shape with only sparse chipping to a few crystals not noticable with normal viewing. ex Dana Wilson Collection.

1043-5 21hhdw.is ((QUARTZ, LEPIDOLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Oceanview Mine, Pala, San Diego County, California, 2.5 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Single terminated undamaged Quartz crystal with light green Lepidolite at the base. It is mounted in a thumbnail perky box. ex Dana Wilson collection.

1043-6 20hhgd.tr ((CALCITE variety MANGANESE-BEARING)), $65 MINIMUM BID, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China, 13.5 x 12 x 9 cm, Cabinet, No apparent damage on this light pinking Manganoan Calcite. I'm sure it fluoresces red orange with SWUV. The Calcite crystals are typical stacked flattened rhombs displayable on front or back sides. It was purchased by Glenn on Rob Lavinsky's MineralAuctions.com auction and I'm sure for quit a bit more than $65 with Lavinsky label . ex Glenn Davidson collection.

1043-7 14hhdm.o ((IRON CONCRETION aka MOQUI MARBLE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Utah, 5.5 x 5 x 2.5 cm each specimen. Miniature, Here is a fine displayable specimen showing the inside of the Moque Marble. It is sawn in half with the edge polished to a matte luster. The hard sand core which no one usually sees or knows it exists is removed on the one half. Someone went to alot of effort to make a neat example of a Moqui Marble. ex Dennis McMurdie collection.

1043-8 20hhgd.is ((NATIVE BISMUTH)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Cobalt area, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada, 2 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, The colorful labgrown hopper crystals of colorful Bismuth are readily available at all mineral shows. Everyone asks what Native Bismuth looks like. Fine crystallized specimens are pricey from Germany and other localities. Canada has deposits of massive native Bismuth which very affordable prices for collections. It never seems to be around when you want it or when every wants to know what it looks like. I show probably keep this to show at shows. But when I want it, I would not be able to find it. So here it is since I already took the photo. ex Glenn Davidson collection.

1043-9 14hhdm.o ((GOETHITE/LIMONITE pseudomorph after PYRITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Drum Mountains, Juab/Millard Counties, Utah, 6.5 x 4 x 1 cm, Miniature, Excellent sharp cubic crystals of this well know pseudomorph from Pelican Point, Utah County, Utah. The Drum Mountains specimens are not usually collected because of their crystal size and so are very uncommon as specimens in collections. This one is a very pleasing aesthetic specimen that McMurder purchased in 1997 at our local Mineral Collectors of Utah club show at Trolley Square, Salt Lake City, Utah. ex Dennis McMurdie collection.

1043-10 21henc.r ((GOETHITE/HEMATITE pseudomorph afer MARCASITE aka PROPHECY STONE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, White Desert, Egypt, 3.8 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Undamaged dumbbell shaped specimen of Prophecy Stone wich is really a neat pseudomorph of either Goethite or Hematite after Marcasite from Egypt. Originally they were called Goethite and then I heard Hematite. Look like Geothite to me. These are totally undamaged. The majority of ones on the market have some damage with some being pror to pseudomorphing and some post pseudomorphing. Meta physical market has named them Prophecy Stones. Some have Jack (from ball and jacks game) crystals extending star like. Others have various shapes. This one can be easily carried in a purse or pocket for the metaphysical properties. This one with some others I hand picked out for their form and damage free conditions.

1043-11 20hhgd.is ((AZURITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Detroit Mine, Morenci, Greenlee County, Arizona, 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Sharp large blocky crystals of Azurite from the Detroit Mine in Arizona. ex Glenn Davidson collection.

1043-12 15jkwg.in ((OLIVENITE variety LEUCOCALCITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, 150 level, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 5.5 x 5 x 5 cm, Miniature, Excellent crystals viewable with a loop of spherical acicular clusters of Olivenite crystals. The white silkly variety of Olvenite is called Leucochalcite and is listed on the label. I am not sure if the variety name applies or not. I have seen it used previous on these Gold Hill Olivenites but mindat show a more white silk like form and not listed from Gold Hill. ex Wes Gannaway collection #1944

1043-13 21hhdw.is ((QUARTZ variety ROSE QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pitorra Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1.5 x 1.3 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Lustrous gemmy very light pink crystals of Rose Quartz from Brazil mounted in a perky box. ex Dana Wilson MD collection #1112.

1043-14 21hhdw.is ((QUARTZ with GOETHITE inclusions, GOETHITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, 2nd Mesabi Claim, Crystal Peak, Park County, Colorado, 2.5 x 2 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, This is a mound of dark brown Goethite small crystals with several large lustrous terminated Quartz crystals that are also brown from Goethite inclusions. ex Dana Wilson MD collection #554. .

1043-15 5btbf.is ((QUARTZ Scepter)), $40 MINIMUM BID, Liliana Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico, 1.5 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Terminated Quartz crystal with a ring of terminated crysals around the termination. I have had these described as chandeliers. Looking down from the top the the outer faces form a hexagonal shape, each faces with several terminated Quartz crystals. This must be some type of cyclic twin around the central Quartz crytals. I have seen cyclic twinning in Fluorites. This also resembles a flower a/though different from the hoppered quartz flowers from the Dugway Range in Utah. ex Benny Fenn specimen from a find 20 years ago. This is the only one with this odd cyclic hexagonal ring of Quartz on a main Quartz crytal.

1043-16 19hhdf.g ((PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Cap Blanc-Nez, France, 2.8 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, A ball like cluster of Pyrite crystal from France. in an uncommon thumbnail sized specimen. The crystals have a brownish tan coating that makes these not lustrous as most Pyrite specimens and these have more of a matte luster. ex Don Fratto collection.

1043-17 21hhdw.ir ((ZOISITE variety TANZANITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Merlani Hills, Tanzania, 2 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Undamaged and non heat treated lustrous gemmy crystal. The termination that looks chipped on the one side is a natural face, larger on one side than the other side. The blue background is showing through the gemmy transparent crytal. The crystal is a light yellow color with purplish hints at the bottom 25% of the crystal. Nice example of Non heat treated Zoisite from Tanzania. ex Dana Wilson MD collection.

1043-18 21hhdw.ns ((SCHEELITE, FLUORITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Yaogangxian Mine, China, 4 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Two plus a smaller partial crystal of terminated golden Scheelite from China. Brightly Fluorescent with UVSW. The associated is zoned cubic Fluorite crystals that have thin purple lines of color. With a loop these looks like cubic crystals inside of cubic transparent crystals. Focus did not come out well with the photos. ex Dana Wilson MD collection.

1043-19 21hhdw.ns ((DANBURITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Alto Chapare, Bolivia, 4.3 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, This is a large double terminated undamaged fully formed grey floater crystal of Danburite. These reportedly were first found as jewels inside an Indian chiefs tomb. Excellent form with most being more in the 2.5 cm size. Ex Dana Wilson MD collection.

1043-20 14iddw.gs ((CARROLLITE, CALCITE)), $85 MINIMUM BID, Kamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo, 5.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Sharp highly lustrous crystals of silver colored octahedral Carrollite crystals about 5 cm in size scattered across the top of the matrix. This is an excellent specimen with great coverage of the highly lustrous crystals. ex University of Arizona collection, ex Dan Weinrich specimen.

1042-1 19hhdf.g ((HEMATITE pseudomorph afer MAGNETITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Payun Matru Volcano, Mendoza Province, Argintina, 2 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Sharp crystals of the now well known Argentina psuedomorph. Label says Chubut which was the locality the finders first gave to hide the real locality. The main find was discovered about 2000 and were a hugh success at the executive inn at the Tucson show. Thumbnails were $50, miniatures were $250, and cabinets $500 plus. Three 8 foot tables were completely covered with specimens without any boxes or labels. Cash only sales. Buyers picked out themselves. The dealer, discoverer completely paid for his sons college 4 years of tuition. He kept running back and forth to the hotel safe stashing cash all day long everyday for two plus weeks. He must of filled suitcase with cash! I made multiple trips up to his room as I sold during the show my specimens and got more cash to go up and buy many specimens. including thumbnail, minitures and three large cabinets. I spent most of the money from my sales in his room. I had a room on the first floor of the Exccutive Inn and he was on the third floor. These specimens were on Argentina Indiana land and needed a specimen permission and government approval or license to export. ex Don Fratto collection.

1042-2 19hhdf.g ((CHAMOSITE pseudomorph after ALMANDINE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Michigammi Mine, Marquette County, Michigan, 2 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Chamosite is the ferroan varitey of Chlorite group. Comment in mindat.org says that they can no longer be collected after US-41 has now covered the previous rock pile collecting site. The specimens have the shape of large Almandine Garnet crystals now blackish green Chamosite replacement. Classic Michigan pseudomorph. ex Don Fratto collection.

1042-3 19hhdf.g SOLD UT179 ((LIMONITE pseudomorph after PYRITE -Iron Cross Twin)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Fountains, Ptetoria, South Africa, 2 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, I did not fine the locality on mindat.org but on google it is near Johannesburg. Label says that Don acquired in April 1985 from Joe Pfeifer, a local small dealer. It also says specimen from Horst Windisch on a the label behind the thumbnail back label. This may be an uncommon or rare South African specimen. ex Don Fratto collection. Mindat.org photos for South Africa did not have any similar specimen from any locality in South Africa.

1042-4 19hhdf.g ((HEMATITE pseudomorph afer MAGNETITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Payun Matru Volcano, Mendoza Province, Argintina, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.6 cm, Thumbnail, Sharp crystals of the now well known Argentina psuedomorph. Label says Chubut which was the locality the finders first gave to hide the real locality. The main find was discovered about 2000 and were a hugh success at the executive inn at the Tucson show. Thumbnails were $50, miniatures were $250, and cabinets $500 plus. Three 8 foot tables were completely covered with specimens without any boxes or labels. Cash only sales. Buyers picked out themselves. The dealer, discoverer completely paid for his sons college 4 years of tuition. He kept running back and forth to the hotel safe stashing cash all day long everyday for two plus weeks. He must of filled suitcase with cash! I made multiple trips up to his room as I sold during the show my specimens and got more cash to go up and buy many specimens. including thumbnail, minitures and three large cabinets. I spent most of the money from my sales in his room. I had a room on the first floor of the Exccutive Inn and he was on the third floor. These specimens were on Argentina Indiana land and needed a specimen permission and government approval or license to export. ex Don Fratto collection.

1042-5 18hhdm.o ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Santa Eulalia, Mexico, 13 x 11 x 9 cm, Cabinet, This was labeled just Mexico but is probably from the Santa Eulalia District. It has some small Pyrite. Dennis did have many specimens with short or hand written semi labels such as this. ex Dennis McMurdlie collection.

1042-6 20hhgd.tr ((GROSSULAR variety HESSONITE, DIOPSIDE, CLINOCHLORE)), $185 MINIMUM BID, Testa Ciarva, Mussa Alp, City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy, 8.5 x 5.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Lustrous Orange totally gemmey transparent Hessonite crystals with terminated light green Diopside crystals and booklets of micaceous Clinochlore. Fine European classic from Italy. Sparkly and in great condition. ex Glenn Davidson collection.

1042-7 20hhgd.tr ((HUBNERITE, FLUORITE)), $110 MINIMUM BID, Huayllapon Mine, Pasto Bueno, Ancash, Peru, 9 x 9 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Lustrous terminated Hubnerite crystals with pale greenish Fluorite from Peru. Minor damage which only seems to show if using a loop to examine the specimen. ex Glenn Davidson collection.

1042-8 20hhgd.tr ((GALENA, QUARTZ, SPHALERITE variety MARMATITE)), $55 MINIMUM BID, Krushev Dol Mine, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria, 10.5 x 8.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Lustrous black Marmatite and semi lustrous matte luster on the Galena. Quart is between transparent and slightly translucent. In great shape with only a few damaged Quartz crystals. ex Glenn Davidson collection.

1042-9 19hhdf.g ((DESCLOIZITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein, Namibia, 2.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Scultural thumbnail specimen of Descloizite. Old Schneider's Rocks and Minerals label cut down to fit into thumbnail perky box. Schnider's was a old dealer from Poway, California. ex Don Fratto specimen.

1042-10 191hhdf.g ((PYRITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Quiruvilca Mine, Peru, 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Fine undamaged lustrous Peru Pyrite specimen acquired in March of 1998. ex Don Fratto collection.

1042-11 19hhdf.g ((VANADINITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Mibladen, Morocco, 2 x 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Orange red crystal cluster with a matte luster. Minor micro chipping on edges of crystals as can be see in the frontal photo. Don acquired in March of 1998. ex Don Fratto collection.

1042-12 19hhdf.g ((GALENA)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri, 2.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Cluster of cubic Galena crystals. Photo luster looks a bit off, but I just cleaned it and the luster is now fine. Not mirror like a few, but a good luster now. sttw errous Sharp pointed Colrmanite crystals with rounded yellow brown spherical gemmy Calcite crystals on the Colemanite. Bottom and partial up on sides are cut and ground flat curving up on the sides. ex Jim Minette collection.

1042-13 21hhdw.is ((HEULANDITE, STILBITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Cape Blomidon, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada, 10 x 8 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, While mainly Heulandite there is also Stilbite. ex Dana Wilson collection.

1042-14 20hhgd.nr ((GYPSUM with HEMATITE inclusions)) , $65 MINIMUM BID, Chella, Valencia, Spain, 10 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Lustrous orange Gypsum from Spain. Orange color is from Hematite inclusions. This is the same locality that has the red orange Quartz crystals. ex Glenn Davidson collection.

1042-15 21hhdw.ar ((PYRITE)), $195 MINIMUM BID, Ampliacion a Victoria Mine, Navajun, La Rioja, Spain, 13 x 10 x 7.5 cm, Crystals 3.0 cm, Cabinet, Sharp lustrous cubic Pyrite crystals on a Marl Matrix. ex Dana Wilson MD collection.

1042-16 19idcj.tr ((BARITE, CALCITE)), $160 MINIMUM BID, Meikle Mine, Elko County, Nevada, 5 x 5 x 4.5 cm, Miniature, Large undamaged lustrous terminated Barite crystal with Calcite matrix. It is mounted into a plastic 2.5 inch miniature box. ex Geoprime specimen.

1042-17 191hhdf.g ((PYRITE, HEMATITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Rio Marina, Elba, Tuscany, Italy, 2.5 x 2.3 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Fine damaged lustrous Elba Pyrite minor Hematite on one side. This specimen was acquired in March of 1998. ex Don Fratto collection.

1042-18 13bttj.r ((ANORTHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Iwoshima, Idzu Island, Japan, 9 x 8 x 6 MM, Thumbnail, Small Anorthite pair of crystals as seen at the side view from Japan.

1042-19 19iddf.g ((MAGNETITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sierro, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1.8 x .8 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Complete crystal of Magnetite from Sierro. ex Don Fratto collection.

1042-20 19iddf.g ((LAZULITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, 5 x 3 x 3 MM, Thumbnail, Small 5 MM double terminated crystal of Lazulite from Graves Mountain famous for its mirrow lustrous Rutile crystals. ex Don Fratto collection.

1042-21 191hhdf.g ((PYRITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Hunan Province, Near Guangdong Province borderr, China, 2 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm, Thumbnail, Fine highly lustrous cubic Pyrite from China with several smaller cubes around the base. Fine Pyrite specimen acquired in March of 1998. ex Don Fratto collection.

1042-22 191hhdf.g ((PYRITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, 430 Drift, Wyoming Mine, Red Cliff, Colorado, 2 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm, Thumbnail, Lustrous multiple crystals intergrown together. Pyrite specimen also acquired in March of 1998. ex Don Fratto collection.

1042-23 191hhdf.g ((PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Custer County, Idaho, 2.3 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Idaho Pyrite. It has a tight crack line. I can not tell if repaired or not. Unusual locality. Pyrite specimen also acquired in March of 1998. ex Don Fratto collection.

1042-24 191hhdf.g ((PYRITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Magma Mine, Superior, Arizona, 2 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm, Thumbnail, Superb highly lustrous complete all around, although I can not see the very bottom, thumbnail from Arizona's Magma Mine. Pyrite specimen acquired in March of 1998. ex Don Fratto collection.

1041-1 9iddb.tr ((CALCITE on COLEMANITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Boron, Kern county, California, 12 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Sharp pointed Colrmanite crystals with rounded yellow brown spherical gemmy Calcite crystals on the Colemanite. Bottom and partial up on sides are cut and ground flat curving up on the sides. ex Jim Minette collection.

1041-2 16hhjw.nr SOLD UT179 ((SMITHSONITE, CALCITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 8 x 6.5 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Vugs on lower front and top back not shown. Botryoidal grey bluegreen sparkling Smithsonite with white opaque Calcite. ex Jim Wilson collection, whom discovered Guillulyite at Mecur Mine, Utah.

1041-3 9hhiddb.nr ((COLEMANITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Corkscrew Canyon Mine, Inyo County, California, 9 x 7.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, Nearly a floater with contact only along one edge at the bottom of the photos. Lustrous sparkling small crystals reflecting light. ex Jim Minette Borate collection.

1041-4 10hhgd.r SOLD UT179 ((GYPSUM)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hanksville, Wayne county, Utah, 12 x 6 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Brown from mud inclusions. Some mud is still on the outside of specimen which could be easily removed with water. ex Glen Davidson collection. Glen may have originally purchased from Me..

1041-5 20hhgd.e ((HEMATITE, QUARTZ)), $5 MINIMUM BID, attributed to Australia, 8.5 x 7.5 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Collection Label missing. May be from the Iron Monarch Pit. ex Glen Davidson collection.

1041-6 20hhgd.ns ((HEMATITE, CHLORITE Group, K-FELDSPAR, QUARTZ)), $35 MINIMUM BID, attributed to Switzerland, 10.5 x 8.5 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Collection label missing. Highly lustrous cluster of Hematite crystals on a large matrix of white K-Feldspar, Quartz crystals, and green Chlorite group species. ex Glen Davidson collection.

1041-7 SOLD AUS50 20hhgd.ir ((CHRYSOCOLLA/MALACHITE pseudomorph after AZURITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Morenci Mine, Greenlee County, Arizona, 9.5 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, Round aggregates of Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after Azurite. Some of the crystals show that the inside is still blue Azurite. ex Glen Davidson collection with Weinrich Minerals label.

1041-8 14hhdm.o ((SCHORL)), $20 MINIMUM BID, attributed to Brazil, 12 x 9 x 8 cm, Cabinet, No label with this Dennis McMurdie specimen. ex Dennis McMurdie collection.

1041-9 21hhdf,g ((AGATE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Brazil, 14 x 10 x .3 cm, Cabinet, A translucent 3 MM thick slab of Agate which has been cut and polished to a matte luster. Yellow brown thin lines of banding. ex Don Fratto collection.

1041-10 SOLD AUS48 21hhdw.is ((CALEDONITE, LINARITE, MALACHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Tonapah-Belmont Mine, Maricopa County, Arizona, 6 x 5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Dana Wilson collection with the specimen probably secured from Joe Marty, whom probably self collected the specimen. ex Dana Wilson collection.

1041-11 21hhdw.is ((OLIVENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing Nevada, 4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Dana Wilson collection with the specimen probably secured from Joe Marty, whom probably self collected the specimen. Lustrous dark green crystals to 2 MM. ex Dana Wilson collection.

1041-12 20hhdw.is ((3 CABS)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Miscellaneous, 4 x 3 cm each, 3 Cabs, Oval 4 x 3 cm cabs with flat backs and lustrous polished cab top sides and edges. ex Dana Wilson collection.

1041-13 SOLD AUS50 21hhdf,g ((HEMIMORPHITE, WULFENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Finch Mine, Gila County, Arizona, 5.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Hemimorphite is fluorescent green with UVSW. Several small yellow orange Wulfenite crystals on the Hemimorphite. ex Don Fratto collection. ex JAM's Rocks label ie Jack and Marty Crawford, Tucson.

1041-14 SOLD AUS50 21hhgd.nr ((AZURITE, MALACHITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Kerrouchene, Khenifra Province, Morocco, 8.5 x 8 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Large Moroccan Azurite with minor Malachite. ex Glen Davidson collection.

1041-15 21hhdf,g ((CROCOITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Adelaide Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia, 2.5 x .7 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Single red orange crystal of Crocoite from Tasmania. ex Don Fratto collection.

1041-16 21hhdf,g SOLD UT179 ((WULFENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Erupcion Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico, 2.1 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Thick caramel brown colored Wulfenite. ex Don Fratto collection.

1041-17 5btdb.is ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Eureka Gulch, San Juan County, Colorado , 6 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Cubic light grey Fluorite crystals from Colorado. .

1041-18 20hhdw,r ((PEACOCK ORE, BORNITE in really CHALCOPYRITE that has been treated)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Mexico County, 3 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Nice iridescnet coloration on this specimen. Marketed as Bornite or Peacock ore, it is actually yellow golden Chalcopyrite that has been treated to oxidize and cause the iridescent rainbox colors. ex Dana Wilson collection.

1041-19 20hhdw.ir ((QUARTZ, MANGANOAN CALCITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Pachapaqui Mine, Ancash Department, Peru, 8 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Terminated Quartz crystals with pink Manganoan Calcite the is fluorescent red orange with UVSW. ex Dana Wilson collection, ex Dave Bunk specimen with label .

1041-20 20hhdw.ns ((CALACITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, 8 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Bisbee Calcite specimen.ex Dana Wilson collection, ex Weinrich specimen with label.

1041-21 20hhdw.ns ((CELESTINE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Lehigh Portland Cement Co. Quarry, Lawrence County, Indiana, 4.5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Mounted in a 2 inch plastic miniature box. The Celestine crystal is gemmy 1.2 cm lustrous crystal at the bottom of the open geode cracked open perfectly without damaging the crystal. ex Dana Wilson collection, ex Weinrich specimen with label.

1041-22 21hhgd,ns ((COPPER pseudomorph after ARAGONITE with CALCITE replacing center and MALACHITE)), $125 MINIMUM BID, Corocoro District, La Paz Department, Bolivia, 1.5 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Strange and different Copper pseudomorph after Aragonite. Golden Calcite crystals filling the center of a Copper shell. ex Glen Davidson collection, ex Rob Lavinsky auction specimen. Pictured on mindat.org page 20 of 27 on search copper corocoro with similar view as my photos. No mention of the Calcite center viewable from the other side.

1041-23 SOLD CA201 21hhgd.is ((AZURITE on SMITHSONITE?)), $40 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, 3.2 x 3 x 1 cm, Miniature, The label just mentions Azurite from Tsumeb. Originally I thought maybe it was on Dolomite but the light tan druse looks like small Smithsonite crystals. The two plus Azurite clusters are undamaged except two minute minor blemishes seen with a loop. It fits diagonal into a thumbnail box. ex Don Fratto collection.

1041-24 21hhdf,g ((CALCITE SCEPTER)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Bor Pit, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia, 1.8 x .7 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, Unusual Calcite scepter or Calcite lolipop. The top crystal is hexagonal in shape with a strange termination. ex Don Fratto collection.

1040-1 21hhdf,g SOLD AU48 ((CHALCOPYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Bingham Canyon Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah, 7 x 4 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Shape is roughly a log shape with both ends having lustrous Chalcopyrite exposed. It could or should be broken into sections which may and probably would expose more Chalcopyrite on the new ends. ex Don Fratto collection.

1040-2 9iddb.os ((TUNELLITE on ULEXITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $95 MINIMUM BID, Open Pit Mine aka now Rio Tinto Borax Open Pit, Kramer Borate Deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, 13 x 8.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, 8 x 7 cm cluster of Tunellite crystals on a white matrix of massive Ulexite with iregular bumpy mounds of Ulexite on the front side. Undamaged and a fine large cluster of Tunellite crystals from the Type Locality. ex Jim and Dawn Minette collection. Jim had the world best Bortate collection and worked at the Open Pit Mine for many year. He financed other purchaser prepping Ulexite and selling it as TV Rock to dealers and rock shops around the world . TV rock demostrated Ulexite's fiber optic properties.

1040-3 14hekm.nr SOLD AU48 ((COPPER, SERPENTINE, minor CHALCITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Pine Mountain, Adams County, Pennsylvania, 14.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, A rich Copper specimen from an uncommon east coast locality for Copper in Pennsylvania. This is a Quarry operated for the greenstone aka Serpentine ground up and used for the gravel on the top of the asphate roofing shingles.

1040-4 10hhmr.g SOLD UT179 ((BARAHONAITE-Al)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 6 x 5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Light blue massive and botryoidal mounds of crystalline Barahonaite-Al which was a new species several years ago. These were collected right before it became a new species and right before underground Gold Hill was sealed by the state of Utah.

1040-5 17hedw.lr ((CHALCOPYRITE)), $145 MINIMUM BID, Skardu area, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, 19 x 11 x 9 cm, Large Cabinet, Undamaged huge white Microcline crystals. Undamaged, terminated, lustrous, and Carlsbad twinned. Better in person. Photos do not do justice. Maybe I should have used a lighter background to cut out so much contrast, but white on white is also usually bad.

1040-6 17hedw.es ((PYRITE)), $60 MINIMUM BID, Cap Blanc-Nez, Pas -de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France, 7 x 5.5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, A cluster of Pyrite crystals from a well know French Locality. ex Renaud Vochten #235.44 on the specimen, typical Vochten number system. Vochten was the namesake for the species Vochtenite.

1040-7 21hhdf,g ((QUARTZ)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Berlin Turnpike, Newington, Hartford County, Connecticut, 5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a fine New England miniature Quartz specimen. Don acquired this Connecticut Quartz specimen in January 1979. Undamaged Quartz with termination faces with light brown speckles that appear to be on the surface of the faces. ex Don Fratto collection.

1040-8 21hhdf,g ((SCHORL)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Yellow Hammer Mine, Gold Hill, Clifton-Gold Hill District, Utah, 4 x 3.5 x 32 cm, Miniature, Black sprays of Schorl aka black Tourmaline. I am not certain of the blue species. Don acquired in 1966. ex Don Fratto collection.

1040-9 22btrus.rs ((PYROMORPHITE)), $70 MINIMUM BID, Daoping Mine, Guangxi, China, 6.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Cluster of terminated green to yellow green crystals of Pyromorphite from China. I went ahead and cleaned it after the photo and most of the yellow brown on the green came off with a little washing. Matrix on sides and back is still brown.

1040-10 0btml.ts ((TENNANTITE pseudomorph after ENARGITE)), SOLD AUS50 $50 MINIMUM BID, Julcani Mine, Huancavelica, Peru, 2.2 x 1.7 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, These were from a find in about 2000. Thumbnails to large cabinet specimens came out from Peru in somewhat limited numbers and were soon gone from the mineral shows. Here is a great thumbnail of a single crystal of once Enargite and fully replaced by Tennantite. Lustrous and individual crystals on the top termination that was once flat. Minor chipping the the left side of the top of the termination. which is overlooked unless using a loop. ex Don Fratto collection. ex Lehigh Minerals specimen.

1040-11 21hhdf,g ((COPPER)), SOLD CA201 $10 MINIMUM BID, Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, 4 x 4 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, V shaped specimen made up of crude rounded Copper crystals. ex Don Fratto collection.

1040-12 17hedw.nr ((WENDWILSONSITE, COBALTAUSTINITE)), $75 MINIMUM BID, Bou Azzer District, Anti-Atlas, Morocco, 4 x 4 x 1.7 cm, Miniature, Gemmy rose colored Wendwilsonsite with light pink Cobaltaustinite crystals. ex Dakota Matrix ID with label. ex Dakota Matrix Minerals specimen with label.

1040-13 21hhdf,g ((ARAGONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, USSR Mine, Bingham Canyon Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah, 4.5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Aragonite crystals with brownish terminations. ex Don Fratto collection.

1040-14 21hhdf,g ((PYRITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Park City, Summit County, Utah, 4 x 3 x .5 cm, Miniature, Undamaged lustrous miniature plate of Pyrite crystals from Park City, Utah. ex Don Fratto collection.

1040-15 21hhdf,g SOLD VT3 ((CLINOCHLORE variety LEUCHTENBERGITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Bluestone Mine, Yerington District, Nevada, 9 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet, No photos on mindat.org from this locality. ex Don Fratto collection.

1040-16 21hhdf,g ((GOLD ORE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Rand District, Transvaal, South Africa, 3 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, I don't know much about these. The speck right infront of the arrow does look like gold with a different look than Pyrite look of the other areas. ex Don Fratto collection.

1040-17 21hhdf,g ((GOLD ORE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Homestake Mine, Lead, South Dakota, 4 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, I don't know much about these. There is a blue arrow not shown but it is hard to tell gold from the Pyrite. Other than big is not Gold. ex Don Fratto collection.

1040-18 21hhdf,g ((GOLD ORE)), SOLD VT3 $5 MINIMUM BID, Homestake Mine, Lead, South Dakota, 5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, I don't know much about these. No arrow on this one. There is alot of glittering gold color under a loop that is most likely most if not all Pyrite. ex Don Fratto collection.

1040-19 21hhdf,g ((CONICHALCITE, QUARTZ)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Glory Hele, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 6 x 5.5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Massive Quartz with a small open vug with Green Conichalcite. ex Don Fratto collection.

1040-20 21hhdf,g ((COLUMBITE, TANTALITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Locality not know,, 2 x 1.5 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, Thumbnail sized partial crystal of Columbite, Tantalite with the front and back faces but the sides are broken or contacted. ex Don Fratto collection.

1040-21 21hhdf,g ((ANDRADITE-SPESSARTINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Garnet Hill, Ely, Nevada, 4.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniatute, Large undamaged Garnet on Ryolite matrix from near Ely. ex Don Fratto collection.

1040-22 21hhdf,g ((SPESSARTINE, GALENA)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, Utah, 5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Dark honey colored Spessartine with Galena from Broken Hill. ex Don Fratto collection.

1040-23 21hhdf,g ((AZURITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, No locality given, 3 x 2.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Fine thumbnail that Don evidently did not know the locality or neglected to put in on the perky box. It is most likely Utah or Arizona. ex Don Fratto collection.

1040-24 21hhdf,g ((SILVER)), , SOLD AUS50 $75 MINIMUM BID, Nevada Valenciana Mine aka New Nevada Mine, Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico, 2.5 x 1.5 x .3 cm, Thumbnail, The label from C&C Forrester Minerals which purchased part of the W.J.Perkins collection listed this as part of the W.J.Perkin collection. Don purchased from Curt Forrester. This is not the typical more rescent finds of the herring bone twinned Silver specimens. This is one of the older Batopilas Silver specimens. ex Don Fratto collection.

1040-25 21hhdf,g ((ROSE MUSCOVITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Harding Mine, Taos county, New Mexico, Utah, 2.5 x 2.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Rose colored Lithium Muscovite from New Mexico acquired by Don in March 1998. ex Don Fratto collection.

1040-26 21hhdf,g ((EPIDOTE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, North Eastern Province, Kenya, 2.8 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a lustrous double terminated Epidote from the limited one time find in Kenya in 2005. One termination is single termination with two faces. The other termination is multiple terminations. ex Don Fratto collection. ex Lehigh Minerals specimen.

1040-27 21hhdf,g ((VANADINITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Apache Mine, Globe, Arizona, 3 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Apache Mine Vanadinite specimens that I have seen are on a large matrix or flat plate. Here is a thumbnail sized specimen with two miniature high rise buildings made from Vanadinite crystals. ex Don Fratto collection.

1040-28 ((REALGAR minor ORPIMENT)), SOLD VT3 $20 MINIMUM BID, Mercur Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 2.5 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Red orange Realgar with minor yellow Orpiment. Don acquired in July 1974. At that time the Mecur Mine was called the Getty Mine which in on the label. Since then Barrick Gold open pitted the mine for microscopic Gold. It is now reclaimed with no mine there any longer. No new specimens will come out and only the older specimens from Collections exist. ex Don Fratto collection.


1039-1 21hhdf,g ((CHALCOPYRITE)), SOLD AUS48 $10 MINIMUM BID, Bingham Canyon Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah, 8.5 x 5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Golden and multicolored Chalcopyrite from the large Open Pit Copper Mine in Utah. ex Don Fratto collection.

1039-2 19hhdf.g ((AZURITE, MALACHITE)), SOLD AUS50 $40 MINIMUM BID, Big Indian Mine aka Blue Crystal mine, San Juan County, Utah, 4.5 x 4 x 1.2 cm, Miniature, Aesthetic specimen displayable on front and back. ex Don Fratto collection.

1039-3 19hhdf.g ((VIVIANITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Bingham Canyon Mine, Salt Lake City, Utah, 7 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, A Vivianite specimen from the large Open Pit Copper Mine in Utah. A thin 1 to 3 MM flat layer of Vivianite which crystallized in a crack. ex Don Fratto collection.

1039-4 19hhdf.g ((GYPSUM)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Cathedral Valley, Wayne County, Utah, 8 x 3 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Gemmy terminated Gypsum with minor red brown attached matrix remnants. ex Phil Richardson specimen acquired by Don in September 1988. ex Don Fratto collection.

1039-5 19hhdf.g ((SCORODITE)), SOLD UT179 $10 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 6 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Micro druze of Scorodite from Gold Hill. ex Don Fratto collection.

1039-6 19hhdf.g ((GOLD TELLURIDE Species)), SOLD CAES $65 MINIMUM BID, Gold King Mine, San Juan County, Colorado, 3 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, One side polished exposing the silver lustrous Telluride species throughout the matrix rock. No specimens from the Gold King Mine shown on Mindat.org. ex Don Fratto collection.

1039-7 19hhdf.g ((BABINGTONITE, PREHNITE, QUARTZ)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Malad Quarry, Malad, Maharashta, India, 8.5 x 7 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, A druze of Quartz on one side. The other side has round pale grey green Prehnite crystals and lustrous black Babingtonite crystals. ex Don Fratto collection.

1039-8 19hhdf.ir ((MAGNETITE)), $40 MINIMUM BID, Bushveeld Igneous Complex, South Africa, 11 x 7 x 7 cm, Cabinet, Large heavy specimen of Magnetite from South Africa. Flat Bottom was the outside of a larger specimen. The other sides are the outside fresh sides of the massive crystallized Magnetite. ex Don Fratto collection.

1039-9 19hhdf.ir ((SILVER)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Cobalt Area, Ontario, Canada, 3 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Don acquired in June 1957. Silver specimen from Canada mounted in a thumbnail perky box. ex Don Fratto collection.

1039-10 19hhdf.g ((RUTILE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Geogia. 2.3 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, A cluster of Rutile crystals with some luster. Graves Mnt Rutiles are known for there ligh luster to mirrow like expensive Rutile crystals with a few extra large massive crystal size for tens of thousands of dollars. ex Don Fratto collection.

1039-11 19hhdf.ir ((SILVER)), $80 MINIMUM BID, Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico, 2.5 x 2.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Silver specimen mounted in a thumbnail perky box. The majority of Batopilas Silver specimens are the herringbone twinned specimens that are fairly recent specimens etched from Calcite. This is probably one of the older specimens since the mines in Batopilas have been around for many many years. ex Don Fratto collection.

1039-12 19hhdf.g ((HESSONITE), $30 MINIMUM BID, Vesper Peak, Snohomish County, Washington, 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Gemmy dark honey colored Garnets from Washington State mounted in a perky thumbnail box.. ex Don Fratto collection.

1039-13 19hhdf.g ((SULPHUR)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Steamboat Springs, Nevada, 3 s 3 x 2.5 cm, Thumbnail, Mounted in a perky thumbnail box. Lustrous gemmy Sulphur from Nevada. ex Don Fratto collection.

1039-14 19hhdf.g ((ENARGITE, PYRITE)), SOLD UT157 $25 MINIMUM BID, Quiruvilca, La Libertad, Peru, 2.5 x 2 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Higly lustrous sparkling Pyrite with black terminated lustrous Enargite crystals. ex Don Fratto collection.

1039-15 19hhdf.rs ((COBALTITE)), $85 MINIMUM BID, Espanola, Sudbury District, Ontario, Canada, 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm, Thumbnail, 9 MM lustrous cubic Cobaltite crystal with other intergrown crystals on matrix from Canada mounted in a thumbnail perky box. Large main crystal with damage or contact with on corner as seen. Only 1 specimen on mindat.org from this locality. Most seem to be from Brazil Lake Ocurance in Canada. ex Don Fratto collection.

1039-16 19hhdf.g ((STIBICONITE psuedomorph after STIBNITE)), $65 MINIMUM BID, Getty Mine aka Mercur Mine, Mercur Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, The crystals are strangely iridescent. Its the only one like this. One green and the other clusters red orange. ex Don Fratto collection.

1039-17 19hhdf.g ((HEDENBERGITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Laxey Mine, South Mountain Mining District, Owyhee County, Idaho, 3 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Single brown crystal of Hedenbergite probably from the Laxey Mine in Owyhee County mounted in a thumbnail perky box. ex Don Fratto collection.

1039-18 19hhdf.g ((BERYL variety AQUAMARINE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1.7 x 1 x 1 cm, Thunbnail, Gemmy nicely terminated lustrous Aquamarine very very lightly colored. Looks colorless at first glance. Mounted in a thumbnail perky box. ex Don Fratto collection.

1039-19 19hhdf.g ((PYROPHYLLITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, 3 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Full thumbnail of acicular crystals of Pyrophyllite from this famous Rutile locality mounted in a perky box. ex Don Fratto collection. acquired in august 1969.

1039-20 19hhdf.g ((ANDRADITE)), SOLD CA201 $10 MINIMUM BID, Stanley Butte, Graham County, Arizona, 2 x 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Lustrous undamaged dark olive color Andradite Garnet from Stanley Butte. ex Don Fratto collection. acquired in March 1998.

1039-21 19hhdf.g ((PHOSPHATE pseudomorph after WAVELLITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Mauldin Mountain, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, 3 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Spherical clusters that were once green Wavellite pseudomorphed to unknow phosphate species. Mounted in a perky box. ex Don Fratto collection.

1039-22 19hhdg.g ((PYRITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, 220 m level, Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Potosi, Bolivia, 2 x 2 x 1.8 cm, Cabinet, Highly lustrous large octahedral Pyrite crystal with two smaller highly lustrous octahedral Pyrite crystals, with small cubic modifications, perched on top of the large crystal. ex Don Fratto collection. Acquired from Lehigh Minerals November, 1998

1038-1 21hhdw,nr ((MALACHITE, HEMIMORPHITE)), SOLD AUS48 $30 MINIMUM BID, Democratic Mine, Lemhi County, Idaho, 7 x 5.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, A 3 x 1.5 cm vug with aesthetic Malachite and Malachite on terminated colorless Hemimorphite. Outside the vug is also Malachite and colorless Hemimorhite but not as aesthetic as in the vug. ex Dana Wilson collection #855.

1038-2 20hhgd,is ((STILBITE on CALCITE)), SOLD CA201 $10 MINIMUM BID, Jalgaon, Maharastra, India, 5 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature, Double terminated with part of the one termination within the Calcite. The front of the Calcite has nice large faces and the back is half covered with small druze like terminated Stilbite and half a flat ceaved surface that looks like an old healed cleaved surface. ex Glenn Davidson collection.

1038-3 21hhdw,ir ((BARIIE)), SOLD CARJ $30 MINIMUM BID, Northumberland Mine, Nye County, Nevada, 10.5 x 7.5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, A cluster of parallel flat double terminated Barite crystals. Mounted in a plastic 2 inch miniature box with a label on the bottom which says Ed Tacsik collection obtained (by Ed) in Feb 1988 in Tucson.. It is a different form than the typical Northumberland Barites. I checked on mindat and all are the thick chisel shaped crystals but the older label from Ed Tacsik on the bottom suggests that the locality is correct and this is am uncommon to rare Barite form from the Northumbnerland mine. ex Dana Wilson collection #579.

1038-4 19hhdf.g ((DAHLLITE pseudomorph after PYRITE)), SOLD CA176 $65 MINIMUM BID, Big Horn Basin near Cody, Hot Springs County Wyoming, 3.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, In the last 30 years I have never seen or heard of these previously. Rare specimens???, Non aesthetic Spherical complete specimen. undamaged. It is not a valid mineral name. These are pseudomorphs of Dahllite, Carbonate Hydroxyapatite after Pyrite June 1, 1958 American Mineralogist abstract from specimens studied that were collected in 1955 near Rainbow Canyon. ex Don Fratto collection.

1038-5 19hhdf.g ((AMMOLITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Utah, 3 x 3 x .2 cm, Thumbnail, Color of mostly red orange with some green. this is a Utah Ammonite. Ammolite is well known from Canada with the huge colorful Ammonite specimens available for the rich and famous decorator fossil collectors. Small fragments of these large Ammonites go by the gem name of Ammolite. This specimen is from a local Utah small private claim. The colorful specimen is coated with an epoxy to strength and protect the specimen used in wirewrap jewelry. ex Don Fratto collection.

1038-6 21hhdw,nr ((PYRITE)), $65 MINIMUM BID, Bingham Canyon Mine, Salt Lake Connty, Utah, 4 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a naturally crystalized complete pyritahedron Pyrite crystal with odd grownth on all the faces. I do not see any damage amidst this wild crystal growth pattern. Photo was hard to take with the Pyrite lustrous surfaces. ex Dana Wilson collection.

1038-7 21hhdw,tr ((POSTITE--TYPE LOCALITY)), SOLD UT148 $20 MINIMUM BID, Blue Cap Mine, San Juan County, Utah, 4.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Orange micro crystals from the type locality of a new species about 2011. ex Dana Wilson collection.

1038-8 19hhdf.g ((METAVARISCITE)), SOLD AUS48 $10 MINIMUM BID, Lucin, Box Elder County, Utah, 4.5 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature, Lime green microchrstalline Metavaariscite crystals. ex Don Fratto collection.

1038-9 20hhgd.is ((AZURITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Errachidia Province, Draa-Tafilalet, Morocco, 3 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Lustrous deep blue Azurite crystalss from Morocco. ex Don Fratto collection.

1038-10 20hhgd.is ((CALCITE, OKENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pune, Marahastra, India, 3 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Lustrous faces on Calcite with remnatnts of fuzzy Okenite. Back of Calcite is a cleaved face. ex Glenn Davidson collection.

1038-11 20hhgd.is ((SCHORL aka BLACK TOURMALINE)), SOLD UT179 $30 MINIMUM BID, Golconda pegmatite field, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 6 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Lustrous stout double terminated lustrous Schorl from Brazil. ex Glenn Davidson collection.

1038-12 19hhdf.g ((THOMPSONITE, CHABAZITE, STILBITE)), SOLD AUS48 $20 MINIMUM BID, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, 8 x 5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Oregon zeolite specimen from the Doug Farncomb collection acquired by Don Fratto May 1994. ex Don Fratto collection.

1038-13 19hhdff.g ((SPHEROSIDERITE)), SOLD CA201 $45 MINIMUM BID, Estacada, Clackamas County, Oregon, 5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Lustrous brown Spherosiderite crystals from Oregon. ex Don Fratto collection.

1038-14 19hhdf.g ((ANTLERITE--TYPE LOCALITY)), SOLD AUS48 $25 MINIMUM BID, Antlerite Mine, Mohave County, Arizona, 5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Green Antlerite ffrom the Type Locality. ex Don Fratto collection.

1038-15 19hhdf,g ((HEMATITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Elba Island, Tuscany, Italy, 2.5 x 2.5 x 1.2 cm, Thumbnail, Hematite thumbail from Elba, Italy. Fine crystals but I accidently photographed the wrong side. Much better on the other side. ex Don Fratto collection.

1038-16 11hhch.is ((MISERITE--TYPE LOCALITY, WOLLASTONITE)), FLUORESCENT SWUV SOLD CARJ $30 MINIMUM BID, North Wilson Pit, Union Carbide Mine, Wilson Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, 7 x 4 x 2 cm, Small Cabinet, It is only found at a few localites with the Type Locality being the most sought. Miserite descriptions seem to always contain "Very Rate." Miserite is the purplish pink and Woillastonite is the whitish mineral. Miserite fluoresces under UVSW with a yellowish color. ex Clyde Hardin collection, the well know Arkansas digger that traded world wide. ex Clyde Hardin collection.

1038-17 19hhdf,g ((MARTITE ala HEMATITE pseudomorph after MAGNETITE)), SOLD UT179 $15 MINIMUM BID, Twin Peaks, Millard County, Utah, 6 x 6 x 4 cm, Miniature, Large chunky crystal coverage instead of the more common plates of small octahedral crystals. ex Don Fratto collection.

1038-18 10hhdf.g ((CONICHALCITE, CHRYSOCOLLA)), SOLD UT148 $20 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 5 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Very nice spherical dark green lustrous Conichalcite as shown. ex Don Fratto collection.

1038-19 21hhdw,nr ((VANADINITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Black Prince aka Olsen Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, 4 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Small 1 mm crystals that are double terminated hexagonal prisms that are orange and gemmy. This location looks to be uncommon with only a few on mindat.org. Specimen mounted in a plastice 2 inch plastic box. ex Dana Wilson collection.

1038-20 19hhdf.g ((MALACHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Zacatecas, Mexico, 7.5 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Green Malachite and another yellow species. ex Don Fratto collection.

1038-21 21hhdw,nr ((PYRITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Bingham Canyon Mine, Salt Lake Connty, Utah, 2.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a naturally crystalized complete pyritahedron Pyrite crystal with odd grownth on the top and bottom face. I also has come concentric rings on one side face. I do not see any damage. ex Dana Wilson collection.

1038-22 21hhdw,nr ((QUARTZ with PHANTOM)), $25 MINIMUM BID,Orange River, Northern Cape, South Africa, 3 x .8 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, Undamaged terminated Quartz crystal that is gemmy clear at the top and bibid red brown Phantom in side 80% of the specimen. ex Dana Wilson collection.

1037-1 21hhdw,nr ((ORPIMENT)), $40 MINIMUM BID, Melco Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah, 10.5 x 7.5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Most of these have been miniatures and thumbnails. Here is a larger Cabinet sized specimen. ex Dana Wilson collection.

1037-2 21hhdw.nr ((ELBAITE, QUARTZ)), SOLD CA201 $30 MINIMUM BID, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 11 x 10 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Pink Tourmaine crystals throughout the white opeaque Quartz matrix. ex Dana Wilson collection.

1037-3 21hhdw.nr ((GALENA, minor QUARTZ, minor PYRITE, minor SPHALERITE, very minor CALCITE)), SOLD AUS48 $30 MINIMUM BID, 5390 Level, Bingham Canyon Mine, Salt Lake City, Utah, 7.5 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet, This was collected in 2012. The specimen is mostly lustrous small cubo octahedral Galena that sparkles with light reflections. Also present is a couple small Calcite crystals, small Quartz crystals, brownish resinous Sphalerite, and scattered small Pyrite crystals. ex Dana Wilson collection.

1037-4 19hhdf.g ((ARSENOPYRITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill, Tooele County, Utah, 9 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, These Gold Hill specimens were collected by and part of the Otto Reiter collection. They were purchased in Otto Reiter's estate auction. It has several masses of Arsenopyrite to 3 cm. The masses were exposed and broke open when the specimen was collected by Otto probably between the 50's and the 80's. ex Don Fratto collection.

1037-5 19hhdf.g ((AZURITE)), SOLD UT179 $20 MINIMUM BID, Mammoth Mine, Tintic District, Utah, 7 x 5.5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Dark blue sparkling druse of Azurite in vugs from the Mammoth Mine. ex Don Fratto collection.

1037-6 19hhdw.g ((STIBNITE)), SOLD ON10 $40 MINIMUM BID, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India, 7 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Undamaged lustrous classic Indian double terminated Stilbite Bowtie. ex Don Fratto collection.

1037-7 19hhdf.g ((CREEDITE)), SOLD UT1 $25 MINIMUM BID, Navidad Mine, Durango, Mexico, 6 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, In great shape with long terminated crystals. Not as deep red orange, a little lighter brownish red orange. These were coming out for several years but supply is over. Top Gem Minerals brought them out and if you got to them at their shows first you could get the undamaged specimens like this one. Quickly the bulk of damaged were the only ones left until the new supply for the next show. Top Gem Minerals no longer exists as the same with the supply of these great Mexican Creedites. I was at Top Gem when they first arrived. Mike New showed them to me but none were for sale. They were first for sale by Midwest Minerals at the West Springfield, Mass. show. Chris Wright of Wrights Rockshop bought all wholesale from Midwest and then offered them first at the show a retail with the bulk going back to Arkansas to his Wright's Rockshop. ex Don Fratto collection.

1037-8 19hhdf.g ((FLUORITE on BARITE)), SOLD UT188 $20 MINIMUM BID, Cannon Claims, Bullion/Buckhorn Canyon, Dugway Mtns., Utah, 3.5 x 3.5 x .8 cm, Miniature, I have not seen these before this. Number on specimen matches label with the description. Acquired from Phil Richardson, which means Phil self collected the specimen. Colorless small cubic Fluorite. Grey cubes which may also be Fluorite with a sparkling micro druse coating. ex Don Fratto collection.

1037-9 19hhdf.g ((TYROLITE, AZURITE, MALACHITE)), SOLD UT148 $40 MINIMUM BID, Mammoth Mine, Tintic District, Eureka, Utah, 4 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature, This specimen was collected by Phil Richardson about 1998 and gifted to Don that year. Excellent lustrous blue green micaceous Tyrolite from Utahs Tintic District's Mammoth Mine on three sides of the speciment. Largest crystal shown to the left of electric blue Azurite with minor green Malachite also in the seam. ex Don Fratto collection.

1037-10 19hhdf.g ((CHRYSOTILE aka ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE Subgroup), SOLD UT179 $10 MINIMUM BID, Salt River Canyon, Salt River, Salt River Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, 6.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Chatoyant bands of Chrysotile in massive dark olive green Serpentine matrix. Don acquired in 1970. ex Don Fratto collection.

1037-11 19hhdf.g SOLD ut151 ((ASPHALTUM variety UINTAHITE aka GILSONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID Bonanza Mine, Bonanza, Bonanza Area, Uintah County, Utah, 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Lustrous black natural asphate which is very light weight. ex Don Fratto collection.

1037-12 19hhdf.g ((AZURITE, MALACHITE)), SOLD UT179 $10 MINIMUM BID, Apex Mine aka Dixie Apex Mine, Washington County, Utah, 5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Azurite and Malachite combination from Utah's Apex Mine. This mine has also has the dumps reworked for Gallium and Germanium. ex Don Fratto collection.

1037-13 19hhdf.g ((HIDALGOITE)), SOLD UT148 $15 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 8 x 5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, These Gold Hill specimens were collected by and part of the Otto Reiter collection. They were purchased in Otto Reiter's estate auction in March 1, 2006.. Hidalgoite is botryoidal grey green in color. The photo looks like grey green came out as yellowish brown color. The white species is probably Austinite. ex Don Fratto collection. Otto card hand drawn label.

1037-14 19hhdf.g ((PHARMACOSIDERITE, CUPRIAN ADAMITE)), SOLD UT179 $35 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 9 x 6.5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, These Gold Hill specimens were collected by and part of the Otto Reiter collection. They were purchased in Otto Reiter's estate auction in March 1, 2006.. The Pharmacosiderite is small cubic orange crystals. They are small but visible under a loop. Microscope is best. Small Cuprian Adamite which are small but fine crystals seen better under a loop. ex Don Fratto collection. Otto card hand drawn label.

1037-15 19hhdf.g ((CONICHALCITE, QUARTZ, TYROLITE)), SOLD UT179 $35 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 7 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, These Gold Hill specimens were collected by and part of the Otto Reiter collection. They were purchased in Otto Reiter's estate auction in March 1, 2006. Lustrous Stibnite crystals to 1.3 cm. Nice vug filled with spherical green Conichalcite and terminated Quartz crystals. Tyrolite is the blue green micaceous species but I do not see any larger crystals. ex Don Fratto collection. Otto card hand drawn label.

1037-16 19hhdf.g ((OLIVENITE)), SOLD AUS50 $75 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 8.5 x 5.5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, These Gold Hill specimens were collected by and part of the Otto Reiter collection. They were purchased in Otto Reiter's estate auction in March 1, 2006.. Lustrous Stibnite crystals to 1.3 cm. Dark green lustrous sparkling crystals of Olivenite from Gold Hill. ex Don Fratto collection. Otto card hand drawn label.

1037-17 19hhdf.g ((PYRITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Lark Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah, 2 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Lark was a mine that used to be near the Bingham Canyon Mine. As the Bingham Canyon open pit mine expanded, Lark Mine was completely swallowed up by the open pit mine and so, Lark is now non existant. ex Don Fratto collection.

1037-18 19hhdf.g ((WULFENITE)), SOLD ut151 $10 MINIMUM BID, Defiance Mine, Gleeson, Arizona, 2 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a fine orange opaque Wulfenite cluster of crystals. The nost left side crystal has a chip seen from the top edge of the crystal. It is not really noticeable in the perky box. ex Don Fratto collection.

1037-19 19hhdf.g ((GALENA)), $45 MINIMUM BID, Bingham Canyon Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah, 2 x .8 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, Undamaged lustrous Twinned Galena in a thumbnail size. This had a price of $150 and so is a choice speciment from Bingham Canyon Mine. ex Don Fratto collection.

1037-20 21hhdw.ns ((STIBNITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Murray Mine, Elko County, Nevada, 10 x 4cm view x 7cm depth, Cabinet, Lustrous Stibnite crystals to 1.3 cm. Light green lustrous sparkling crystals of Conichalcite with a center cluster of white mostly opaque, slightly translucent scalenahedron crystals of Calcite. ex Dana Wilson collection.

1036-1 1036-1 SOLD CA201 21hhdw.ns ((STIBNITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Murray Mine, Elko County, Nevada, 10 x 4cm view x 7cm depth, Cabinet, Lustrous Stibnite crystals to 1.3 cm. Light green lustrous sparkling crystals of Conichalcite with a center cluster of white mostly opaque, slightly translucent scalenahedron crystals of Calcite. ex Dana Wilson collection.

1036-2 19hhdf.g SOLD AUS48 ((AURICHALCITE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Carbonate Mine, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah, 16 x 10.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, These were collected by Otto Reiter about the 70's or 80's. Large specimen with Aurichalcite displayable from front or back side. ex Don Fratto collection.

1036-3 19hhdf.gg ((ADAMITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Durango, Mapimi Mexico, 6.5 x 6 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Terminated cluster of pale yellow Adamite cyrstals. ex Don Fratto collection.

1036-4 19hhdf.g ((ARAGONITE pseudomorph after GLAUBERITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, Arizona, 9 x 5.5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, Very large specimen of this well know Arizona psuedomorph that comes in Calcite, Aragonite, and Gypsum pseudomorphs after Glauberite. No damage with sharp edges. ex Don Fratto collection.

1036-5 19hhdf.g ((ORPIMENT)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Mercur Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 7 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Crystalized yellow Orpiment. I think this is a showy display specimen. Normally Realgar and Orpiment do not do well in the direct sun or high heat. The best gemmy red Realgar are usuall stored in a box away from extended periods in light. Orpiment is not as sensitive as Realgar which will change from red to orange pararealgar. which is not desired. Matrix is a dark grey shale/limestone. Mecur was open pit mined by Barrick Gold for its microscopic Gold and has been filled and reclaimed. No specimen collecting left for many years. The local club had the last supervised by Barrick short collecting trip in the late nineties for Stibiconite and Realgar, Orpiment. ex Don Fratto collection.

1036-6 19hhdf.g SOLD AUS48 ((GALKHAITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Level 4850, Heading 182, Getchell Mine, Humbolt County, Nevada, 11 x 7 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Galkhaite is a gemmy red cubic species. Overall it occurs in small crystals from 1 to 5 MM. These are probably more in the 1 MM size and need to view through a loop and seem to be in one small area. The label says Stilbite and Quartz make up the white on both sides but are not visible crystals either. An inexpensive reference specimen from Gethchell which may have been collected . ex Don Fratto collection.

1036-7 19hhdf.g SOLD AUS48 ((CALCITE, TYUYAMUNITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Dirty Devil Mine, Pryor Mtn., Wyoming and/or Big Horn Mtns., East of Lovell, Wyoming, 13 x 7 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, Matrix is covered with Calcite crystals and made up of crystallized Calcite. It has banding of yellow Tyuyamunite. Label says collected in the 50's. Two localities are on two different looking labels. I'n not sure if they describe the same locality or not. Both are Wyoming. ex Don Fratto collection.

1036-8 19hhdf.g ((PLATTNERITE, HEMIMORPHITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 3 x 2.5 x 1 cm, Miniature, Collected by Phil Richardson, with Don's old label adding Zincite but mindat does not show Zincite from the locality. I think mislabeled by Don. Clusters of terminated Hemimorphite with Plattnerite inclusions causing the dark black brown color. Don Fratto collection.

1036-9 19hhdf.g ((ADAMITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 7.5 x 7 x 4 cm, Cabinet, The Adamite was collected by Otto Reiter and purchased by Don at an auction with Otto's collection. Good coverage of small Adamite crystals with other species present. ex Don Fratto collection.

1036-10 19hhdf.g ((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 7.5 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet, The Quartz was collected by Otto Reiter and purchased by Don at an auction with Otto's collection. Terminated and crudely terminated with a few broken crytals showing the white interminal Quartz. Crystals have the typical dark brown Gold Hill Quartz coating covering the Quartz crystals. ex Don Fratto collection.

1036-11 19hhdf.g ((VANADINITE, CALCITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, San Carlos, Chhuahua, Mexico, 6 x 5 x 5 cm, Miniature. Orange Vanadinite crystals in and on Calcite. ex Don Fratto collection.

1036-12 19hhdf.g ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ophir District, Tooele County, Utah, 7 x 7 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet. Calcite clusters of multiple flattened rhombs making up the clusters. ex Don Fratto collection.

1036-13 19hhdf.g SOLD UT179 ((AZURITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Dixie Apex aka Apex Mine, Wahington County, Utah, 3.5 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm, Miniature. Box like vugs filled with microcrystalline Azurite with minor Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite, typical of the Apex Mine. ex Don Fratto collection.

1036-14 19hhdf.g SOLD ca201 ((FELDSPAR variety SUNSTONE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Hartz Range, Northern Territory, Australia 5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Ilmaenite and Heamatite cause the flashes of light within these specific Sunstones from the Harts Range. the large orange area of the side view shows the light flashes picked up by the camera. Brighter in person. ex Don Fratto collection.

1036-15 9iddbg ((SILVER)), $135 MINIMUM BID, Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico, 2.5 x 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Exquisite herring bone twinned Silver etched from Calcite from Mexico. ex Don Fratto collection.

1036-16 19hhdf.g ((AUSTINITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Toeele county, Utah, 4 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature, Sparkling specimen Austinite radial aggregate crystals. ex Don Fratto collection.

1036-17 19hhdf.g ((AMAZONITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Crystal Peak, Lake George, Teller County, Colorada, 1.5 x 1.5 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Single terminated Amazonite crystal with complete faces front and back. ex Don Fratto collection.

1036-18 19hhdf.g ((GALENA))), $15 MINIMUM BID, Bingham Canyon Mine, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Lustrous group of Galena crystals from the Utah open pit Copper Mine in Bingham Canyon. ex Don Fratto collection.

1036-19 19hhdf.g ((SCHORL)), $10 MINIMUM BID, California, 4 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Multi terminated black Tourmaline aka Schorl. ex Don Fratto collection.

1036-20 19hhdf.g ((CUPRITE, TENORITE, CHRSOCOLLA)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Dump SW of Pit, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 3 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Hand written label. Mounted in perky box. ex Don Fratto collection.

1036-21 19hhdf.g ((QUARTZ)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Red Pine Canyon, Alta, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah, 5.5 x 4 x 4 cm, xl is 2.5 cm, Miniature, Fine single terminated Quartz crystal from the world class sking town of Alta, Utah. collected about 1970 by Matt Bishop. ex Don Fratto collection.

1036-22 19hhdf.g SOLD aus50 ((POLISHED CHALCOCITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Locality Unknown, 4 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm, Miniature, Acquired March 8, 2008. Fine lustrous polished front face. Back has specimen number of 03681 from an older collection. I do not believe this is Don's number. ex Don Fratto collection.

1035-2 SOLD AUS48 19hhdf.g ((REALGAR, minor ORPIMENT)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Mercur Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 10 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Crystalized red orange lustrous Realgar with minor yellow Orpiment. Matrix is a dark grey shale/limestone with some white Calcite banding seams. Mecur was open pit mined by Barrick Gold for its microscopic Gold and has been filled and reclaimed. No specimen collecting left for many years. The local club had the last supervised by Barrick short collecting trip in the late nineties for Stibiconite and Realgar, Orpiment. ex Don Fratto collection.

1035-3 20hhdw.ig SOLD UT179 ((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mineral Mountains, Beaver County, Utah, 7.5 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Terminated single Quartz crystal with minimum damage. Back side is all healed contact with matrix or desert caliche. ex Don Fratto collection.

1035-4 19hhdf.g ((CARBONATECYANOTRICHITE, ANTLERITE)), $45 MINIMUM BID, Widowmaker Mine, San Juan County, Utah, 10.5 x 6.5 x 1 cm, Cabinet, Blue Carbonatecyanotrichite with green Antlerite collected in 2000 by Joe Marty, micromounters hall of fame, with many new species discovered by him. ex Don Fratto collection.

1035-5 SOLD CA201 19hhdf.g ((QUARTZ variety CHALCEDONY in FOSSIL CORAL)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Ballast Point, Tampa Bay, Florida. 6.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is the other specimen of bubbly light blue Chalcedony in Fossil Coral vug. These Fossil Coral specimens are recovered by divers in Tampa Bay, Fluorida. Mosta are caramel brown Agate exposed by sawing or breaking the clusters of fossil coral.
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1035-6 19hhdf.g ((MARCASITE, QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mineral Point, San Juan Mtns, Colorado, 7.5 x 5.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Concentric bands of Marcasite from Colorado. ex Don Fratto collection.

1035-7 19hhdf.g ((CALCITE on and Included by MALACHITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 6.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Calcite on and included by green fibrous and silky Malachite. ex Don Fratto collection.

1035-8 19hhdf.g ((GOETHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, hear Hole in Rock, Moab, San Juan County, Utah, 3.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Botryoidal lustrous black Goethite with concentric radial crystal growth. ex Don Fratto collection.
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1035-9 19hhdf.g ((STAUROLITE, ALMANDINE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Mineral Bluff, Fannin County, Georgia, 3.7 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Large double terminated twinned Staurolite, with Almandine which was mislabeled as Andalusite from Georgia. Chrystal still has some Muscovite remnants attached. It has part of an old label glued on and may from an very old collection. It is also pitted with siz sided holes with several still contained partial Almandine Garnet crystals. ex Don Fratto collection.
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1035-10 19hhdf.g ((SPHALERITE variety RUBY JACK, CHERT)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Kenoyer Mine, Picher Field, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, 6.5 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Older specimen from the Kenoyer Mine with small gemmy Ruby Jack Sphalerite crystals and larger lustrous dark Sphalerite crystals. ex Don Fratto collection.

1035-11 19hhdf.g ((ARSENOPYRITE)), $45 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 5.5 x 5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature. Nearly solid specimen of silvery Arsenopyrite from Gold Hill. Collected by Otto Reiter probably from the 300' level and acquired by Don in March of 2006. Only 5 specimens on mindat.org from the Gold Hill Mine. Underground access sealed by the state of Utah. ex Don Fratto collection.

1035-12 19hhdf.g ((MIXITE, veins of SULFIDES species)), $45 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 6.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature. Light blue Mixite with a few micro acicular crystals and veins of gold color and silver color Sulfide species. Collected by Otto Reiter underground and acquired by Don in March of 2006. Underground access sealed by the state of Utah. ex Don Fratto collection.

1035-13 19hhdf.g ((CONICHALCITE, OLIVENITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 6.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature. Green Conichalcite with light green Olivenite acicular crytals. ex Don Fratto collection.

1035-14 19hhdf.g ((AZURITE)), SOLD UT148 $15 MINIMUM BID, Big Indian Mine aka Blue Crystal mine, San Juan County, Utah, 4 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Dark blue crystals of lustrous Azurite wuth light blue Azurite that is contacted on the top that was against the matrix on the other side of the crack that the Azurite crystalized in. ex Don Fratto collection.

1035-15 SOLD UT179 9iddbg ((ALMANDINE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Idaho, 2.8 x 2.1 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Here is an Idaho Almandine Garnet which has all its faces polished to sort of a matt luster without putting a mirrow luster. I do not know if this was the intent or if it just was not finished. If not finished I suspect the hard part is done. It looks great in a perky box. ex Don Fratto collection.

1035-16 SOLD AUS48 19hhdf.g ((CERUSSITE, HEMIMORPHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, River View Mine, Custer County, Idaho, 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Sparkling specimen with small crystals of Cerussite and Hemimorphite. ex Don Fratto collection.
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1035-17 19hhdf.g ((CHALCOPYRITE on PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Brushy Creek Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri, 3.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Pyrite crystal cluster with the Pyrite coated with a druse of micro iridescent Chalcopyrite crystals. ex Don Fratto collection.

1035-18 19hhdf.g SOLD VT3 ((HOLMQUISTITE))), $30 MINIMUM BID, Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, North Carolina, 4.5 x 4.5 x 1 cm, Miniature, Lithium species from the Foote Lithium Co. Mine in North Carolina. Only 4 picture on mindat.org. ex Don Fratto collection.

1035-19 19hhdf.g SOLD CA201 ((CORUNDUM, RUTILE, FUCHSITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, No Locality given, 5.5 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Sparkling specimen but I have not found the locality. ex Don Fratto collection.

1035-20 19hhdf.g ((RUTILE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Bishop, Inyo County, California, 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Lustrous Rutile crystal mounted in a perky box. ex Don Fratto collection.

1034-1 SOLD AUS48 19hhdf.g ((HEULANDITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India, 12 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Lustrous orange tinted cream colored Heulandite crystals on 3 to 4 MM Mordenite layer on basalt. No damage. ex Don Fratto collection.

1034-2 19hhdf.g ((MALACHITE)), SOLD pa42 $10 MINIMUM BID, Shaba Province, Zaire, 3.5 x 3.5 x 1 cm, Miniature, Attractive sprays of lustrous Malachite on a small Miniature specimen. Don acquired from Lehigh Minerals in July 10 of 1998, when I was just a budding dealer. ex Don Fratto collection.

1034-3 20hhdw.ig SOLD aus48 ((FERBERITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Boulder County Tungsten Mining District, Boulder County, Colorado, 5.5 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Small black sparkling crystals of Ferberite, some with visible flat terminations typical of Ferberite, that Don collected in 1965. There is alot of mines in this district with Ferberite but Don does not specify. ex Don Fratto collection.

1034-4 19hhdf.g SOLD aus50 ((WHITEITE, QUARTZ, minor LAZULITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Crosscut Creek, Off Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada, 3 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, This is a full size thumbnail that fits in a thumbnail perky box without the styrofoam filler in the bottom. Don purchased it from Bill Wray on January 23, 2000. I am sure it was alot more than $25 since Bill Wray was not inexpensive on his Yukon specimens. He hired a helicopter to take him to the locality to self collect specimens for himself. The weight was limited since it was a helicopter. He collected additional specimens beside specimens for his own collection to say that were self collected but the extra specimens were sold at top retail without discounts to pay for his helicopter trip. But the locality they were collected at is personally known since Bill Wray collected them himself. ex Don Fratto collection.

1034-5 19hhdf.g ((CALCITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Bingham Pit, Bingham Canyon Copper Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah. 5 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Don acquired from University of Utah Geology and Geophysic Department December 31, 2006 from helping and volunteer work for the Geolopy Department. Calcite specimens from Bingham Canyon Mine were rarely collected and so are uncommon to rare in existance. Mindat only has 5 specimen photos. This is a great addition to a Utah collection. ex Don Fratto collection.

1034-6 19hhak.g ((GLAUBERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Bertram Siding Sulfate Deposit, 4.3 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, 4.3 cm main undamaged double terminated crystal with smaller side crystals on each side. Only about 6 photos on mindat. Arizona is well known for its Gypsum and Calcite pseudomorphs after Glauberite but I had not seen these up until a couple of years ago. This locality is a few miles from the Salton Sea. Perhaps collecting is restricted and limited specimens in collections. ex Artem Kovalev collection.

1034-7 19hhdf.g ((JAPANESE SPECIMEN with a POLISHED FACE)), $45 MINIMUM BID, Japan, 9 x 7 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Being from Japan it is a very interesting specimen, but I do not know what it actually is. Label says from C Wright coll from Japan. C Wright is probalby Chris Wrights Rock Shop now closed but well known for many years. ex Don Fratto collection.

1034-8 19hhdf.g ((LIMONITE/GOETHITE pseudomorph after PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pelican Point, Lake Mountains Mining District, Utah County, Utah. 3.5 x 3 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, This one also will fill a thumbnail perky box without the styro foam insert. Get size for a cluster of crystals for a thumbnail collection. ex Don Fratto collection.

1034-9 19hhdf.g ((CALCITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Buena Terra Mine, West Camp, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Chihuahua, Mexico, 6 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Lustrous sharp Calcite crystal cluster of three main crystals. Orange coloration from Hematite inclustions. Classic colorful Santa Eulalia Calcite. ex Don Fratto collection.

1034-10 19hhmf.rs ((BISMUTHINITE)), $60 MINIMUM BID, Creole Mine, Lincoln Mining District, Beaver County, Utah, 6 x 5.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Don got this specimen from Otto Reiter an old time self collector in the many mines of Utah which he knew like the back of his hand. Most of these Bismuthinite Creole specimens are found from dissolving the Calcite and sometimes small needle like Bismuthinite crystals are exposed. Specimens are usually having only a few small crystals that I have seen. Mindat has some with larger crystals and Irocks has a superb specimen picutred on Mindat which is long been sold. Instead of being etched, this is a specimen that has been cracked open which exposed the large crystals. They are not free standing but still frozen in the matix Calcite. Don purchased in March 4, 1998. ex Don Fratto collection.

1034-11 19hhdf.is ((AZURITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, 4 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature. Sparkling small blue Azurite crystals from Bisbee. ex Don Fratto collection.

1034-12 19hhdf.g ((COPPER ???)), $1 MINIMUM BID, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona ???, 3.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Big question on this specimen. The number on the specimen is 209 and the number on the label is 110. The labels do not match and I did not have a printed numbered inventory list with the collection to check. I made the minbid $1 since I already took the photo. ex Don Fratto collection.

1034-13 19hhdf.g ((CALCITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Kearsarge Mine, Jacob City, Ophir Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, 2.2 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Fine undamaged pair of sharp sclenahedral crystals of Calcite with brown Limonite coating. The large crystals also have small colorless crystals on the faces. Mounted in a perky box. Only one specimen from this mine on mindat and Don's label has Kearsarge spelled incorrectly as Kersarge. ex Don Fratto self collected in 1957.

1034-14 19hhak.g SOLD aus48 ((GLAUBERITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Bertram Siding Sulfate Deposit, Imperial County, Califronia, 6 x 4 x 1 cm, Miniature, Large single undamaged double terminated crystal. Only about 6 photos on mindat. Arizona is well known for its Gypsum and Calcite pseudomorphs after Glauberite but I had not seen these up until a couple of years ago. This locality is a few miles from the Salton Sea. Perhaps collecting is restricted and limited specimens in collections. ex Artem Kovalev collection.

1034-15 9iddb.r SOLD ut157 ((MEYERHOFFERITE -TL- )), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mount Blanco Mine, Death Valley, Inyo County, California. 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Here is a borate species mounted in a perky box from the Jim Minette Borate collection. ex Jim Minette Collection.

1034-16 19hhdf.g ((CALCITE, PYRITE, JAMESONITE, SPHALERITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Noche Bueno Mine, Zacatecas, Mexico, 5.5 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature, I dont see Jamesonite needle or hair like crystals but Jamesonite from Noche Bueno also has more stout crystals which looks like the case here. Note that Bournonite is also present at this locality and may be present on this specimen. ex Don Fratto collection.

1034-17 19hhdf.g SOLD aus50 ((ATACAMITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Antofagasta, Chile, 5.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Fine gemmy blue green sprays of Atacamite acicular long crystals. Don acquired in June of 1987 from Alex Ostrander. ex Don Fratto collection.

1034-18 19hhdf.g SOLD ca300 ((IRIDESCENT CHALCOPYRITE, QUARTZ))), $10 MINIMUM BID, Bingham Canyon Copper Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah, 3 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Label says Bournite which is Bornite spelled incorrectly. It is certainly Chalcopyrite with a pretty rainbow of naturally iridescent colors. The crystals are in a band around the specimen top with associated small Quartz terminated crystals. Don acquired in October of 1969. ex Don Fratto collection.

1034-19 19hhdf.g ((BIXBYITE, PINK TOPAZ)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Maynard Bixby Claim, Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 2.5 x 2.2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Six small terminated and double terminated light pink gemmy Topaz crystals to 3 MM. These are easily seen with a loop or when the light reflects off their faces. The matrix color is seen through them and they are hard to see with your eye. The pair of black lustrous Bixbyite crystals are choice. They have no damage and with the trisoctahedral corner modifieations and are highly lustrous. They both have the saw tooth edge pattern which is said to be because of multiple twinning of the crystal. It is mounted in a perky box with out the styrofoam base. The sharp edged and the saw tooth edge is typical of the Maynard Claim Bixbyite specimens. Solor Wind claim has since produced much larger crystals with much more complicated modified crytals. ex Don Fratto collection.

1034-20 19hhdf.g ((RUTILE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Bishop, Inyo County, California, 3.2 x 2.4 x 1.8 cm, Thumbnail, Lustrous Rutile crystal mounted in a perky box. Crysal is contaced on the back side. ex Don Fratto collection.

1034-21 19hhdf.g SOLD ut179 ((QUARTZ variety AMETHYST)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Erickson Canyon, south of Wendover, Elko County, Nevada, 4.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, this was collected by Phil Richardson probalby in the 80's or 90's. Then acquired by Don. Fine miniature with terminated undamaged Amethyst crystals. Some Limonite coating that should be removable with watergun or slight preparation with light abrasive blasting. ex Don Fratto collection. ex Phil Richardson collection with label.

1034-22 19hhdf.g ((BIXBYITE, PINK TOPAZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Maynard Bixby Claim, Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Light pink gemmy Topaz crystals to 4 MM. These are easily seen with a loop or when the light reflects off their faces. The matrix color is seen through them and they seem to be invisible with your eye. Three small highly lustrous sharp black cuble crystals without any modifications. Slightly to high for a perky bos. The sharp edged and the saw tooth edge is typical of the Maynard Claim Bixbyite specimens. Solor Wind claim has since produced much larger crystals with much more complicated modified crytals. ex Don Fratto collection.

1033-1 19hhdf.g ((WAVELLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mauldin Mountain Quarries, Montgomery County, Arkansas, 8 x 4 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Spherical balls of acicular pale green crystals of Wavellite in a open crack now split to expose the Wavellite spheres. Spheres attached to both sides of the crack split in have exposing the acicular radial crystals. ex Don Fratto collection.

1033-2 21hhgd.rs SOLD aus50 ((CALCITE, MOTTRAMITE)), $100 MINIMUM BID, Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjiloto Region, Namibia, 12.5 x 10 x 7 cm, Larger Cabinet, Flattened rhombs of Calcite with yellow green Mottramite. Displays differently but well from either front or back which ever is which. However the number is on the side with the Motramite. Great conditions and impossible to tell if any of the crystals are cleaved. Visually with the naked eye they all look undamaged. Looping or examining carefully with an optivisor there are a couple of edge crystals that are probably cleaving, Again with the naked eye it is in excellent condition. I think a very nice speicmen expecially for its size and starting at only $100. ex Don Fratto collection.

1033-3 20hhdw.ig ((VANADINITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Mibladen, Morocco, 11 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Dark, sharp, hexagonal prisms of red crystals of Vanadinite from Morocco. ex Dana Wilson #32.

1033-4 19hhdf.g SOLD ca201 ((CHALCEDONY pseudomorph after CORAL)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Ballast Point, Florida, 5 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Baby blue color is darker in person and much nicer. Spherical sparkling spheres of Quartz variety Chalcedony in a cavity inside the fossil coral. ex Don Fratto collection.

1033-5 19hhdf.g SOLD aus48 ((AZURITE, MALACHITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Big Indian Copper Mine, Lisbon Valley, S of La Sal, Utah. 8.5 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, The matrix seems to be a sandstone with grains of quartz. The spots appear to be Malachite crystals but with a loop the crystals are Quartz and the green is around the Quartz crystals. Its strange. They are also called Malachite dendrites. On mindat the locality is also the Blue Crystal Mine and is basically the same area with several names over time. Also the blue Azurite crystals do not look overly special but with light and an optivisor they are sharp Azurite crytals that are gemmy with light and really fine. Don Fratto self collected the specimen in 1960. ex Don Fratto collection.

1033-6 19hhdf.g ((CHALCOCITE, CHRYSOCOLLA)), $45 MINIMUM BID, Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Ruck County, Wisconsin, 10.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a specimen of solid massive grey Chalcocite with minor blue green Chrysocolla. Don got this specimen June 14, 2009 for his volunteer help at the U. or U. geology building. Flambeau Mines short life produced world class Chalcocite crystal specimen, the best in North American supassing the Classic Bristol Connecticut specimens in size and quality. The collecting effort and contract concentrated on preserving the world class Chalcocite crytal specimens and not alot time was devoted to saving the lesser specimens. ex Don Fratto collection, ex U. or U. geology department collection.

1033-7 19hhdf.g SOLD ca201 ((ALMANDINE in SCHIST)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Red Creek, Daggett County, Utah, 9.5 x 5.5 x 2.2 cm, Cabinet, A pair of gemmy lustrous Almandine crytals on a Schist matrix. ex Don Fratto collection.

1033-8 19hhdf.g ((PETRIFIED WOOD)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Red Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah. 5 x 4 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Nice limb section of petrified wood from utah. The black looks to be a pseudomorph replacement of wood ps ? perhaps Chalcocite. ex Don Fratto collection.

1033-9 19hhqc.rs ((HEMIMORHITE on AURICHALCITE)), $75 MINIMUM BID, Tecoma Hill, Box Elder County, Utah, 11.5 x 11 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Only one Hemimorphite on Aurichalcite on mindat. Several Aurichalcite and several Hemimorphite separately. These are not commom. I got a few from inventory from an Idaho rockshop closed for over 20 years. The label says Hemimorphite on Chrysocolla but is certain to be Hemimorhite on Aurichalcite. Mindat says the one specimen is from Henry Tunnel. Label from the late 1990's says $35 price. ex Gold Bar Mining Company.

1033-10 19hhmf.rs SOLD ca201 ((STILBITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Jalgoan, Maharashtra, India, 16 x 13 x 6 cm, Large Cabinet, Large cluster of cream colored terminated Stilbite crystals. Three and a half faces complete. 2 and half faces facing down in the perky box are irregular contact faces. Don purchased in March 4, 1998. ex Don Fratto collection.

1033-11 19hhmmf.iss ((MALACHITE)), $65 MINIMUM BID, Blue Crystal Mine, Lisbon Valley Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, 25 x 11 x 5.5 cm, Large Cabinet, Previous collection only had Utah as a locality and not sure on the mine. Mindat has Malachite from the Blue Crystal Mine with the same sandstone matrix which is evidently the Dakota Sandstone Formation. The Malachite is small spherical or botryoidal in form. It is a large specimen but not that thick for the size with the average size 2 to 4 cm and so the weight is less than expected for the large size for shipping purposes. ex Mike Fleenor collection.

1033-12 19hhdf.g SOLD ut208 ((PETRIFIED WOOD)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Utah?, 8.5 x 8 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Here in another U of U specimen that Don got for his time helping with the move, etc. U of U specimen card only says petrified wood miscellaneous a thru i with this specimen being d, W.J. Galbraith collection. Fratto label ID as Utah but no other locality. Neat specimen complete with the one end cut and polished. Interesting internal color as seen on the bottom. Outside complete with some small round water worn pebbles attached from the conglomerate from the river sediment that originally buried the limb/tree. ex Don Fratto collection.

1033-13 19hhdf.g ((BERYL)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Crown Mine, Custer, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, 7 x 6 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Mindat.org has 3 photos listed of the same specimen in the South Dakota School of Mines museum. The Crown mine was the first pegmatite mine in the Black Hills for Mica in 1879. Must be a rare to uncommon specimen with only 1 specimen of mindat. from this mine, the Crown Mine aka McMackin Mine. Non terminated but complete on the 6 sides. Don evidently self collected the specimen from Pegmatite in Jun of 1957 which makes this specimen collected and in Don's collection 67 years. ex Don Fratto self collected in 1957.

1033-14 19hhdf.g ((COPPER)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, 4 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm, Miniature, Group of rounded Copper crystals from the Ray Mine. Don purchased in March 4, 1998. ex Don Fratto collection.

1033-15 19hhdf.g SOLD ut179 ((PYRITE, QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mine Dump, Germania Bowl, Alta, Salt Lake County, Utah, 6 x 5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a reference specimen from the famous Ski Resort of Alta. I guess no collecting during the winter under the many feet of snow. ex Don Fratto collection.

1033-16 19hhdf.g SOLD ut179 ((RHODONITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Bretts Manganese Mines, Plainfield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, 4 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature, Massive Rhodonite from a Manganese mine in Massachusetts. ex Don Fratto collection.

1033-17 19hhdf.g SOLD aus48 ((HEMIMORPHITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Horn Silver Mine, Frisco, San Francisco District, Beaver County, Utah, 7 x 6.5 x 2 cm, Cabinet, This looks like a white crust at first glance. With a loop there are fine terminated clusters of Hemimorphite. San Francisco District is in Beaver County, not Millard as on the label. No Hemimorhite in Millard County. Only locality in Beaver County's San Francisco Distict is Frisco's Horn Silver Mine with Hemimorhite. ex Don Fratto collection.

1033-18 19hhdf.g SOLD ut179 ((PROUSTITE (RUBY SILVER))), $35 MINIMUM BID, Sonora-Chihuahua Border, Mexico, 4 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Mostly lustrous dark grey black but does have a few small areas when lite show the red color of Proustite. Don acquired in 1962. ex Don Fratto collection, ex Dale Terry, ex Ray Wimber collection.

1033-19 19hhdf.g ((NONTRONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Utah School Construction Pit, Cedar City, Iron County, Utah, 4.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Yellow green Nontronite a clay mineral from a School excavation. One specimen on mindat which is the same material from the U of U Geology Department. Don acquired from helping with the move to a brand new building with the old building getting torn down to put up a parking lot. Clay minerals are fragile and cannot be gotten wet. ex Don Fratto collection.

1033-20 19hhdf.g SOLD 179 ((HEMATITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 3.5 x 2.5 x 1 cm, Miniature, Reference specimen of Thomas Range Hematite small spartkling crystals.

1033-21 19hhdf.g ((COLEMANITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Boron Open Pit Mine, Boron Kern County, California, 5 x 2.3 x 1 cm, Miniature, Large single double terminated Colemanite crytal with only minor chipping at the terminations. Also there are multiple terminations at each end. ex Jim Minette collection.

1032-23 19hhqc.g ((SULFUR)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hycroft Mine, Sulphur, Sulphur Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, 7 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, This is from inventory from an Idaho rockshop closed for over 20 years. Massive yellow Sulfur also with some Sulfur crystals as seen. ex Gold Bar Mining Company.

1032-23 19hhdf.g ((KIMZEYITE (ZIRCONIUM GARNET))), $10 MINIMUM BID, Perovskite Hill, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, 5 X 5 X 4 MM, Thumbnail, Clyde Hardin was a well known Arkansas "digger" that traded the world with Arkansas specimens. Kimzeyite crystal has faces with some etched areas. ex Clyde Hardin collection.

1033-24 19hhdf.g ((CHRYSOTILE variety ASBESTOS)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Quebec, Canada, 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Fibrous Asbestos from Canada. ex Don Fratto collection.

1032-1 19hhdf.g ((AMETHYST)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Diamond Willow Mine, Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada, 6 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Single terminated Amethyst from Thunder Bay District. Looks a match from The Diamond Willow Mine. It has a large chip on the termination face. It may be cutting rough or a pocket rock? ex Don Fratto collection.

1032-2 19hhdf.g ((GYPSUM variety hourglass included)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Great Salt Plains, Jet, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, 2.5 x 2 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Aesthetic thumbnail in a perky box with a Gypsum "cross" with classic hour glass mud inclusions. ex Don Fratto collection.

1032-3 19hhdf.g SOLD UT157 ((BROCHANTITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, 3 Metals Mine, Weepah Mining District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, Utah, 2 x 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Brochantite is reported to be very rare at the obscure 3 Metals Mine in a post on mindat.org. Looks like very minor Hemimorphite and yellow green Dufite may also be present. Don purchased from V. Wright in March 4, 1998. ex Don Fratto collection TN 697.

1032-4 19hhdf.g ((VANADINITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Apache Mine, Globe-Miami Mining District, Gila County, Arizona, 14.5 x 5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Hexagonal red orange crystals average 2 MM of Vanadinite from the Apache Mine. ex Don Fratto collection.

1032-5 19hhdf.g ((LIMONITE var. IRIDESCENT)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Maxfield Mine, Argenta, Big Cottonwood Mining District, Salt Lake County, Utah, 11 x 7.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, There is only 12 mineral photos mainly Quartz on mindat and lots of mine dump photos. Apparently specimens are quite uncommon. One photos said the portal is collapsed so collecting must be poor and limited to the dumps. The neatest specimen on mindat.org is a Quartz crystal with Stibnite spray inclusions. This large specimen has colorful iridescent mounds are actually covered with botryoidal round bumps. Multicolored iridenscent bumps do not show up well in the photos. ex Don Fratto collection.

1032-6 19hhdf.g ((CHRYSOCOLLA pseudomorph after AZURITE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona, 2 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Excellent aesthetics on this small beauty. Don purchased the specimen on February 7, 1087 almost 40 years ago. Most say the chrysocolla is a pseudomorph of Azurite but with no proof. Other say a pseudomorph of Gypsum. Classic Arizona pseudomophs. ex Don Fratto collection.

1032-7 19hhdf.g ((QUARTZ pseudomorph after BARITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Oklahoma, 2.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Label says Agate after Barite but it looks more like Quartz than Agate. Don purchased in December 23, 1991 just before Christmas. Spherical cluster flat Barite cyrstals pseudomorphed to Quartz. ex Don Fratto collection.

1032-8 19hhdf.g ((ADAMITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 7 x 6 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Lustrous terminated light yellow to colorless Adamite crystals. ex Don Fratto collection.

1032-9 19hhdf.g SOLD aus48 ((BLUE CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Commercial Quarry, Crestmore, California, 11 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Very fine specimen with trisoctahedral modifications on the corners of the lustrous 5 MM crystal. This was also self collected by Don July 12, 1985. July at Topaz Mountain is normally a very hot 100+ temperature for collecting. ex Don Fratto collection.

1032-10 19hhdf.g ((PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain, 2 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Three and a half faces complete. 2 and half faces facing down in the perky box are irregular contact faces. Don purchased in March 4, 1998. ex Don Fratto collection.

1032-11 19hhdf.g SOLD UT 157 ((GROSSULAR)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Morelos, Mexico, 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, The prolific grossular Mexico locality is Sierra de Cruces, Coahuila, Mexico which has Vesuvianite and Grossular including the Raspberry Grossular. Morelos only has 7 photos on mindat and so is an uncommon perhaps older and smaller locality. Don purchased in November of 1990. It is undamaged and attached to a second Grossular acting as a base or perch for the top crystal. ex Don Fratto collection.

1032-12 19hhdf.g ((CONICHALCITE, QUARTZ)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Clifton Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, 7 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Green botryoidal Conichalcite with an open vug with terminated Quartz and minor Conichalcite. ex Don Fratto collection.

1032-13 19hhdf.g ((APATITE, MAGNETITE)), SOLD AUS48 $20 MINIMUM BID, Iron Mountain, Iron Springs Mining Distct, Iron County, Utah, 10 x 6 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Glassy interior hexagonal Fluorapatite crystals with a thin white opaque outside. Vuggy areas have stout terminated light yellow Apatite crystals The matrix is Magnetite. ex Don Fratto collection.

1032-14 19hhdf.g ((PYRITE Octahedral)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Quiruvilca Mine, La Libertad, Peru, 2.5 x 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Partial Octahedral highly lustrous Pyrite crystals from Peru. Don purchased in March 4, 1998. ex Don Fratto collection.

1032-15 SOLD UT157 $10 19hhdf.g ((PYROMORPHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Don purchased September 19, 2003. Yellow green hexagonal barrel shaped crystals from Pennsylvania's historical Wheatley lead mine. ex Don Fratto collection.

1032-16 19hhdf.g SOLD aus48 ((MESOLITE, CHABAZITE-CA, THOMSONITE-CA)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Benton County, Oregon, 9 x 7 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Don said he self collected zeolites in Oregon. His label says Benton County, Oregon. While Oregon is prolific in zeolite localities, there is not much in Benton County. I wonder if Don has the county wrong. ex Don Fratto collection.

1032-17 19hhdf.g ((HIDALGOITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Clifton Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, 9.5 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Yellow green botryoidal crystals of Hidalgoite. Photos do not do it justice by not showing the botryoidal crystals very well if at all. ex Don Fratto collection.

1032-18 19hhdf.g ((CARBONATECYANOTRICHITE, ANTLERITE, CHALCOALUMITE, light blue UNKNOWN which may be a know by now)), $45 MINIMUM BID, Widowmaker Mine, San Juan County, Utah, 10 x 6.5 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet, This one was collected by Joe Marty in 2000, micromounters hall of fame, previous to his fame. ex Don Fratto collection.

1032-19 19hhdf.g ((GARNET GROUP)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Star Range, Beaver County, Utah, 8 x 6.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Yellow green Garnet exposed on the open vug areas and also throughout the matrix frozen in the massive matrix. Label also says Vesuvianite but I think thats an inmagination. ex Don Fratto collection.

1032-20 19hhdf.g ((ADAMITE variety CUPRIAN ADAMITE AKA COPPER BEARING ADAMITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Clifton Mining District, Tooele County, Utah, 9 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Great pretty blue to blue green Cuprian Adamite from Gold Hill. It also has small blue crystals on on side which are small sprays of Cuprian Adamite bested viewed with a loop or microscope. They a neat sprays of elongated small crystals. These were self collected by Otto Reiter and acquired by Don on April 27, 2004. ex Don Fratto collection.

1032-21 19hhdf.g ((DOLOMITE, HEMIMORPHITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Santa Eulalia Mining District, Chihuahua, Mexico, 7 x 6.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet, This is better in person with white opaque rhombs of Dolomite and sparkling colorless terminated larger crystals of Hemimorphite. ex Don Fratto collection.

1032-22 SOLD UT179 $10 19hhdf.g ((SPECULAR HEMATITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ganderal Formation, Rio Piexecan, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 10 x 5 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet, Acquired from U of U Quintin Saharation December 31, 2006. J A Whelan self collected, ie namesake for Whelanite. Don volunteered to help Quintin at various times including when the Geology Dept. moved out of the old building into a new building. ex Don Fratto collection.

1032-23 SOLD CA201 $45 19hhdf.g ((RED HORN CORAL, QUARTZ variety RED CHALCEDONY)), $45 MINIMUM BID, Red Horn Coral occurance, Riley's Canyon, Woodland, Summit County, Utah, 1.6 pound total weight, 2.5 cm to 4.5 cm in length, Thumbnails to Miniatures, 14 red specimens Most of the dig area has been dug and redug many times. Hard to find good specimens even 30 years ago when I went with the Wasatch Gem and Mineral Club to collect. These are older specimens from prior 1995. ex Don Fratto collection. NOTE: 8 all grey specimens with no red and their weight not included in the 1.6 lb as a bonus. Their weight approx. 1 pound more.

1032-24 19hhdf.g ((SCHORL ie BLACK TOURMALINE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Long Hill Prospects, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, 2 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, Mounted in a perky box. Undamaged terminated Schorl cystal from Connecticut. ex Don Fratto collection.

1031-1 SOLD UT157 $52 19hhdf.g ((CALCITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Mecur Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 11 x 10 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Don Fratto obtained in June 22, 1985 from the Getty Mine (Mecur Mine). In great shape with some minor bruising center bottom third. It could be touched up with some HCl probably using a Q tip to apply lightly to the white area which would not correct the brusing but it would not stand out as white areas. Camera itself mostly masks the areas. This is a uncommon large Calcite from Mecur collected almost 40 years ago. Barrick Gold open pitted the mine for microscropic Gold and then reclaimed the area in the 1990's or early 2000's so no additional specimens to be ever collected. Specimens from older collections are the only available source for specimens. ex Don Fratto collection. ,

1031-2 SOLD CA201 $32 19hhdf.g ((RED HORN CORAL, QUARTZ variety RED CHALCEDONY)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Red Horn Coral occurance, Riley's Canyon, Woodland, Summit County, Utah, 1 pound total weight, 3 cm to 5.5 cm in length, Thumbnails to Miniatures, 6 red specimens and 3 totally grey specimens. Most of the dig area has been dug and redug many times. Hard to find good specimens even 30 years ago when I went with the Wasatch Gem and Mineral Club to collect. These are older specimens from prior 1995. ex Don Fratto collection.

1031-3 SOLD CA201 $30 19hhdf.g ((LODESTONE MAGNETITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Three Peaks, Iron Springs Mining District, Iron County, Utah, 9.5 x 8.5 x 6 cm, Cabinet, This is the largest Lodestone from Utah that I have seen by far. They are usually rather small specimens. Normally iron filings show off the Magnetism. This specimen only had a small amount of filings with in but I washed the dirt from sitting in a collection for many years and the filings went with the scrubbing. Another smaller specimen with lots of iron filings is listed within the second group of 4 specimens. ex Don Fratto collection.

1031-4 SOLD AUS48 $20 19hhdf.g ((STILBITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Dry Creek Canyon Zeolite Occurance, Marysvale Mining District, Piute County, Utah, 10 x 6 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Undamaged fine specimen from Utah's zeolite location. I think this specimen is nicer than 6 out of the 7 mindat.org pics. ex Don Fratto collection.

1031-4 19hhdf.g ((HEULANDITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Dry Creek Canyon Zeolite Occurance, Marysvale Mining District, Piute County, Utah, 6 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Nice Heulandite specimen from Utah's zeolite location. ex Don Fratto collection.

1031-6 SOLD CA210 15 19hhdf.g ((LODESTONE MAGNETITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Iron Mountain, Iron Springs Mining District, Iron County, Utah, 7 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Lodestone complete with lots of iron filings. ex Don Fratto collection.

1031-7 19hhdf.g ((PSEUDOBROOKITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Maynard Bixby Claim, Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 5.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Thumbnail, Very fine specimen with 4 terminated lustrous large Pseudobrookite crystals to 5 MM. Lower right of the photo of the complete specimen has a sixth crystal which is missing most of the crystal and the rest of the crystal should be removed. Many pseudobrookite specimens have a spray of thin long crystals or thin short crystals. The shock of hitting a boulder with great crystals once is enough to shatter these super delicate crystals. This specimen has stable crystals. This was also self collected by Don July 12, 1985. July at Topaz Mountain is normally a very hot 100+ temperature for collecting. ex Don Fratto collection.

1031-8 SOLD UT179 $30 19hhdf.g ((OZOCERITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, US Mines, Soldier Summit, Wasatch County, Utah, 8 x 6.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Uncommon specimen rarely seen for sale at mineral shows. Don acquired this specimen in March 28, 2001 from Otto Reiter, a field collector from Utah. It is a natural mineral paraffin made up of a mixture of hydrocarbons. It was used to make candles by pioneers. It is found in very few localities. Don put his number on the wrong side in my opinion! ex Don Fratto collection, ex Otto Reiter collection with label.

1031-9 19hhdf.g ((BIXBYITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Maynard Bixby Claim, Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Very fine specimen with trisoctahedral modifications on the corners of the lustrous 5 MM crystal. This was also self collected by Don July 12, 1985. July at Topaz Mountain is normally a very hot 100+ temperature for collecting. ex Don Fratto collection.

1031-10 19hhdf.g ((AURICHALCITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 4 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Don acquired from Phil Richardson, a field collector, on August 3, 1986. ex Don Fratto collection.

1031-11 19hhdf.g ((PYRITE)), SOLD CA201 $15 MINIMUM BID, Bingham Canyon Copper Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah, 5 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature, Lustrous octahedral Pyrite from Bingham Canyon Mine, A few minor small dings to the pyrite but overall in good shape and lustrous. ex Don Fratto collection.

1031-12 19hhdf.g ((GALKHAITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Getchell Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada, 5 x 4.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, There is a small red cubic Galkhaite crystal which looks to be only 1 MM across. Looping the specimen, it is the only one I found. It is best seen with a loop or better yet turned into a micro mount! ex Don Fratto collection.

1031-13 SOLD AUS48 $25 19hhdf.g ((DUGWAY GEODE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Dugway Geode Beds, Juab County, Utah, 10 x 8 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Geode half which is polished to a matte finish without a luster. ex Don Fratto collection.

1031-14 SOLD AUS48 $5 19hhdf.g ((OREGON THUNDEREGG)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Oregon, 10.5 x 10.5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Thunder egg half polished to a matte finish without a luster. ex Don Fratto collection.

1031-15 SOLD AUS50 $15 19hhdf.g ((LLANOITE SLAB)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Llano, Texas, 12 x 8 x .6 cm, Slab, Here is a new one for me. Here is a specimen with blue Quartz and pink Feldspar phenocrysts. Evidently known to the metaphysical world. Both sides are polished to a smooth matte finish without a luster. It is different with the dots of blue Quartz. ex Don Fratto collection.

1031-16 SOLD AUS50 $10 19hhdf.g ((SPHALERITE, GALENA, PYRITE, QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico, 9 x 7 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Nice combination specimen from Naica. ex Don Fratto collection.

1031-17 19hhdf.g ((VANADINITE, CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Apex Mine, San Carlos, Chihuahua, Mexico, 7 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Small lustrous brown crystals of Vanadinite in and on colorless Calcite from San Carlos. Acquired by Don October 1982. ex Don Fratto collection.

1031-18 SOLD AUS50 $25 19hhdf.g ((BOULANGERITE included CALCITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Herja, Romania, 4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Black opaque Calcite from inclusions of Boulangerite. No damage to the spherical Calcite aggregate crystal mounds. Don acquired in March 17, 2001 from Costigan Minerals. ex Don Fratto collection.

1031-19 SOLD NE6 $10 19hhdf.g ((MALACHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Zaire aka D.R. Congo, 6 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Sparkling non terminated green Malachite stalactite. Don acquired February 14, 1987 from the Wee Rock Shop in Franklin, NC. ex Don Fratto collection.

1031-20 19hhdf.g ((QUARTZ pseudomorph after APOPHYLLITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Antelope Flats, Custer County, Idaho, 7 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Blocky terminated Apophyllite crystals with a hole down the C axis pseudomorphed to Quartz. I only seen these from this locality in Idaho. ex Don Fratto collection.

1031-21 19hhdf.g ((LIBETHENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Yerington, Lyon County, Nevada, 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Don acquired from Phil Richardson August 5 2002. It was self collected by Joe Marty the micromounter in the Micromounters Hall of Fame with many new minerals to his name. Some big enough to see without being in a micromount box. ex Don Fratto collection.

1031-22 19hhdf.g ((WHELANITE, XONOTLITE, STRINGHAMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona, 6 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Acquired from Dave Richerson May 30, 1986. This specimen needs to be viewed with a loop. ex Don Fratto collection.

1031-23 19hhdf.g ((RHODOCHROSITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Emma Mine, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, 3 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Solid pink Rhodochrosite from Butte. Massive Rhodochrosite still with some areas of pink rhombs of Rhodochrosite. ex Don Fratto collection.

1031-24 19hhdf.g ((HEDENBERGITE?)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Hanover, Grant County, New Mexico, 5 x 2.5 x 1 cm, Miniature, Label say hedenbergite but not confirmed by mindat.org photo. Questionable label. Maybe be an unknown as far as the label is concerned. ex Don Fratto collection.

1030-1 19hhdf.g SOLD AUS48 $10 ((CALCITE on QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 7 x 5 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Don Fratto obtained from Otto Reiter in July 1981, whom self collected the specimen. This was collected 40 to 50 years ago. It has small but long sharply pointed gemmy colorless scalenahedral Calcite crystals. I have not seen another like it unless there is another in the Fratto flats that I have not seen yet. ex Fratto collection. ,

1030-2 19hhdf.g SOLD VA53 $12 ((AURICHALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Graphic Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico, 2.5 x 1.5 x .5 cm, Thumbnail, Label says Graphic Mine, Kelly, NM but Graphic Mine and Kelly Mine are two different mines in the Magdalena District of New Mexico. Mounted in the perky box. ex Fratto collection.

1030-3 19hhdf.g SOLD NE6 $50 ((QUARTZ variety RED CHALCEDONY pseudomorph after ARAGONITE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Moab, Grand County, Utah, 2 x 2 x 1.8 cm, Thumbnail, I can not see under the specimen which is probably Elmer glued to the styroform, but it looks like a complete floater with well formed pseudo hexagonal twinned Aragonite crystals now pseudomorphed to Red Chalcedony. I can not see any apparent damage if so minor. I only see one photo on mindat.org. I have seen more but not as nice as this one. Again I don't know if more in the Fratto flats. But this is a great clean, colorful example of this Utah pseudomorph. Mounted in a perky box. ex Fratto collection.

1030-4 19hhdf.g SOLD AUS48 ((AZURITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Blue Crystal Mine, aka Big Indian Copper Mine, Lisbon Valley, San Juan County, Utah, 6.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature, Don self collected this specimen in June, 1960. ex Fratto collection.

1030-5 19hhdf.g SOLD AUS50 $20 ((CORUNDUM)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Bozeman Corundum Company Mine, Gallatin Gateway, Gallatin County, Montana, 5.5 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm, Miniature, Several grey blue Corundum crystals to 2 cm on Biotite Mica Schist enclosed in white Plagioclase Feldspar. ex Fratto collection.

1030-6 19hhdf.g ((WULFENITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Tecoma Hill Mine, Box Elder County, Utah, 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Large bright yellow Wulfenite crystals. These are the most desired and very fragile and always with damage being impossible to extract without some loose matrix mine wall particles falling on the specimen and damaging the crystals. Smaller yellow to yellow brown crystals are easy to collect without damage although may be on high ceilings and hard to reach. Mounted in a perky box. ex Frato collection.

1030-7 19hhdf.g ((VIVIANITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Bingham Canyon Mine aka Kennecott Open Pit Copper Mine, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Grey blue to grey green color on these Vivianite. Thinner crystals are transparent. Thicker crystals are dark. Vivianite from this mine came out years ago and is elusive to find specimens from older collections. ex Fratto collection.

1030-8 19hhdf.g SOLD AUS50 $25 ((CALCITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Bingham Canyon Mine aka Kennecott Open Pit Copper Mine, Bingham Mining District, Salt Lake City, Utah, 6 x 4 x 2 cm, Miniature, Don acquired this specimen in October of 1984 from Phil Richardson, whom used to work for the mine, self collected it and now resides in Phoenix. Calcite specimens are hard to find from Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine. Pyrite is 1000% more plentiful and everyone wants and knows Pyrite from the mine. This is a fine miniature Calcite with lustrous undamaged, white, and fairly gemmy. There is a little brown curved piece of dirt distraction that did just blow off. ex Fratto collection.

1030-9 19hhdf.g ((MALACHITE pseudomorph after AZURITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Blue Crystal Mine, aka Big Indian Copper Mine, Lisbon Valley, San Juan County, Utah, 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Don self collected this specimen in 1958. Spherical, were blue, Azurite clusters now pseudomorphed to green Malachite. ex Fratto collection.

1030-10 19hhdf.g ((AZURITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Blue Crystal Mine, aka Big Indian Copper Mine, Lisbon Valley, San Juan County, Utah, 1.2 x 1.1 x .9 cm, Thumbnail, Don purchased in 1998 this single spherical Azurite crystal aggregate. This may be perched on another Azurite ball into the styrofoam base of a perky box. ex Fratto collection.

1030-11 SOLD UT157 19hhdf.g ((WARDITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Big Fish River, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, Canada, 2.7 x 2 x .9 cm, Thumbnail, A cluster of multiple lustrous undamaged Wardite crystals mounted in a perky box. ex Fratto collection.

1030-12 19hhdf.g ((CALCITE pseudomorph after GLAUBERITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, Arizona, 8 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Superb example of this Arizona pseudomorph. No damage, sharp crystal edges and terminations. Don purchased in November, 1985 from Dave Richerson, another local collector and MCU club member. ex Fratto collection.

1030-13 19hhdf.g ((PHOSPHATE pseudomorph after WAVELLITE, minor WAVELLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Mauldin Mountain Quarries, Montgomery County, Arkansas, 3.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Arkansas pseudomorph that Don purchased from me in July 2006. It was part of the Clyde Hardin collection and self collected by Clyde Hardin from Arkansas. ex Fratto collection.

1030-14 19hhdf.g ((SMITHSONITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 2.5 x 2 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Undamaged pale green with undamged botryoidal knobs of Smithsonite. Mounted in a perky box. ex Fratto collection.

1030-15 19hhdf.g SOLD ut151 ((PYRITE SUN)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Sparta, Illinois, 2.4 x 2.3 x .3 cm, Thumbnail, Acquired in March 1998 by Don. It is thick and looks like a double Pyrite sun. The edge and the sparkling surface both look not typical of the look of these specimens. But this is an older specimen. The ones coming out in the circa 2010 to 2015 on the market have a different look. Then under Obama, the coal mines in Sparta were closed which were the source of these Pyrite sun specimens. Since that time another coal mine opened up and produces Pyrite sum specimens which also have a different look to the original Sparta specimens. In addition these small specimens have always been hard to find since they are used to make pendants and earrings so high demand for the limited small sizes. ex Fratto collection.

1030-16 19hhdf.g SOLD NE6 $87 ((BARRERITE)), $40 MINIMUM BID, Kuiu Islands, Petersburg Borough, Alaska, 9 x 5.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Don acquired in December 1993 from G. McWilliams. This looks like an odd shaped geode broken open and lined with white Barrerite the rarest zeolite. ex Fratto collection.

1030-17 19hhdf.g ((CINNABAR, DOLOMITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Tongren Mine, Tongren, Guizhou, China, 6 x 4 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Between the Dolomite crystals is a crystal of deep red Cinnabar. Excellent large undamaged lustrous white Dolomite curved crystals. ex Fratto collection.

1030-18 19hhdf.g SOLD VA53 $65 ((GOLD)), $65 MINIMUM BID, East Camp, Grant County, New Mexico, 2 x 2 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Don acquired in 1956. Many small spots of Gold throughout the specimens surface. Probably throughout the matrix. It probably should be saw in half and each saw cut polished. Don acquired specimen in 1956. ex Fratto collection.

1030-19 19hhdf.g ((SILVER)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico, 2 x 1.5 x 1 cm, Thumbnail, Calcite etched (dissolved) to expose crystallized Silver. ex Fratto collection.

1030-20 19hhdf.g ((TOPAZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Haile Gold Mine, Kershaw, Lancaster County, South Carolina, 4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, This is a water worn specimen evidently of Topaz. Mindat.org verified Topaz at this locality but no photos. ex Fratto collection.

1030-21 19hhdf.g ((FLUORITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Eastgate Quarry, Eastgate, Durham, UK, 2 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm, Thumbnail, Lustrous twinned crystals of Fluorite from UK. ex Fratto collection.

1030-22 19hhdf.g SOLD ut151 ((ADAMITE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 2 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail, Lustrous bright yellow undamaged Adamite from Ojuela Mine. ex Fratto collection.

1029-13 19hhdf.g ((GROSSULAR)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah 2.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm, Thumbnail, 1.3 cm pale green Grossular crystal from Utah. ex Fratto collection.

1029-15 19hhdf.g SOLD CA176 $50 ((KAOLINITE pseudomorph after QUARTZ variety AGATE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Salto do Jacui, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 5 x 5 x 4.5 cm, Miniature, This is a rare old pseudomorph from the limited finds in the mid 1960's. It shows the Agate banding now replaced by Kaolinite. Two small dark eyes of Quartz-Agate remain. There are only two shown on mindat.org. This was wholesale priced at $100 ex Fratto collection.

1029-17 19hhdf.g ((CINNABAR)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Lovelock, Antelope Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, 4 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Red lustrous Cinnabar on matrix with Calcite that has been etched to expose the bright red lustrous Cinnabar. ex Fratto collection.

1029-19 19hhdf.g ((GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Buick Mine, Iron County, Missouri, 14 x 13 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Octahedral Galena with small cubic modifications at the top, bottom and four pointed edges. Lustrous gold colored Chalcopyrite on white Dolomite crystallized top. ex Fratto collection.

1029-20 19hhdf.g ((PERIDOTITE (HARTZBURITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Stillwater Complex, Bear Tooth Mountains, Montana, 6.5 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, This is a precambrian extrusive igneous rock. Coarsely crystalline ultramafic intrusive igneous rock. It is Orthopyroxene and Olivine. Rare from the earths crust but more common in the earths mantle. ex Fratto collection.

1029-21 19hhdf.g ((CONICHALCITE, MIXITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 8 x 4 x 2 cm, Cabinet, One side is covered with green Conichalcite. The opposite side has some aqua colored Mixite with hairlike acicular crystals viewable with a loop. ex Fratto collection.

1028-2 19hhdf.g ((AURICHALCITE, HEMIMORPHITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Love Mine, Minersville, Beaver County, Utah, 9 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Minersville is the smallest by far of three towns in Beaver County including Milford and Beaver City. Mindat does not list Love Mine on the collection label but Minersville has a mine symbol on it without a mine name. ex Fratto collection.

1028-4 19hhdf.g ((QUARTZ var. MILKY QUARTZ)), $45 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 13 x 12 x 7.5 cm, Cabinet, Terminated Quartz from Gold Hill with terminations in great shape as seen. typical of Gold Hill Quartz are white Milky Quartz crystals with a dark brown coating. ex Fratto collection.

1028-5 19hhdf.g SOLD AUS48 $20 ((LUDWIGITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Dog Lake, Albian Basin, Alta, Salt Lake County, Utah, 6 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature, Black radial aggregates of acicular lustrous crystallized Ludwigite, a uncommon iron, magnesium borate. ex Fratto collection.

1028-6 19hhdf.g ((PYRITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Bingham Canyon Mine, Salt Lake County, Utah, 6 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Three partial faces of a mirrow lustrous striated Pyrite from the open pit Bingham Copper Mine. Photos does not do justice. I did clean but the photos show scuff marks but I then wiped with a cloth for cleaning glasses and it has a mirrow luster. ex Fratto collection.

1028-7 19hhdf.g SOLD UT179 37 ((ORTHOCASE FELSPAR)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Ferguson Canyon, Big Cottonwood Stock, Salt Lake County, Utah, 5.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Large complete Orthoclase crystal from Big Cottonwood Canyon in great condion. ex Fratto collection.

1028-8 19hhdf.g ((ARAGONITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Near Crystal Geyser, Green River, Grand County, Utah, 3 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Pseudo hexagonal twinned Aragonite crystals from Utah collected in 1959. Crystals are white but faces stained by the red brown soil. Perhaps ul trasonic cleaning will remove some if not all the brown . ex Fratto collection.

1028-9 19hhdf.g ((CALCITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 4 x 3 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Undamaged fine poker chip style Calcite from the Hidden Treasure. Collected by Phil Richardson circa 1987. ex Fratto collection.

1028-10 19hhdf.g ((ADAMITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Clifton District, Tooele County, Utah, 5.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Lustrous light yellow gemmy terminatied Adamite crystals in a vug. from Gold Hill. ex Fratto collection.

1028-12 19hhdf.g ((CALCITE, QUARTZ)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Kearsarge Mine, Dry Canyon, Oquirrh Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, 4.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Scalenahedral crystals of Calcite with small smoky Quartz. Collected by Phil Richardson circa 1988. ex Fratto collection.

1028-14 19hhdf.g ((SIDERITE, SPHALERITE var. MARMATITE, PYRITE)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle County, Colorado, 6.5 x 5 x 4 cm, Miniature, Classic Colorado specimen. Excellent condition with flattened rhomb disc shape crystals of Siderite and Marmatite, a variety of Sphalerite. Small Pyrite crystals sprinkler the Siderite and Pyrite and Marmatite make up the matrix. ex Fratto collection mislabeled as dolomite and enargite.

1028-16 19hhdf.g ((CORE SAMPLE with PYRITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Homestake Mine, Lead, Lawrence County, South Dakota, 4 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Small core sample from South Dakota. Acquired from Barry McMullen July 1987. ex Fratto collection.

1028-21 19hhdf.g ((AZURITE, MALACHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Shilu Mine, Guangdong, China, 5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Sparkling blue Azurite with green Malachite from China. Acquired from Lehigh Minerals in 1998. (Early Lehigh Minerals specimen. My first show was Butte Montana in 1997). Shilu was at that time was translated as Zhi Lu . ex Fratto collection.

1027-3 21hhdw.is ((HEMATITE, QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Cavradi Gorge, Grisons, Switzerland, 4 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Lustrous group of Swiss Hematite crystals on a base of Quartz. Damage easily seen in the photo.

1027-4 21hhdw.is ((ELBAITE, MUSCOVITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Skardu Area, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, 8 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Gemmy green non terminated 1.4cm Elbaite crystal on a matrix of Quartz, Muscovite, and other minor Elbaite.

1027-5 9hhdm.o ((HALOTRICHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Raft River Mountains, Box Elder County, Utah, 5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Fibrous Halotrichite crystals on a matrix of Halotrichite. Originally Otto Reiter collection. ex Dennis McMurdie collection.

1027-7 21hhdw.is ((VARISCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Lucin Mining District, Box Elder County, Utah, 2.6 x 2 x .7 cm, Thumbnail, Spherical pale green Variscite coated with sparkling microcrystals of Metavariscite. Mounted in a plastic perky thumbnail box.

1027-8 21hhdw.ir ((METAVARISCITE)), $50 MINIMUM BID, Lucin Mining District, Box Elder County, Utah, 2.5 x 1.7 x .8 cm, Thumbnail, A vug with gemmy light green Metavariscite crystals to 1 MM. Mounted in a plastic perky thumbnail box.

1027-13 21hhdw.nr SOLD ((CUPRITE, TENORITE, MALACHITE, CHRYSOCOLLA)), $45 MINIMUM BID, Bullwhacker Mine, Butte Mining District, Silver Bow County, Montana, 3 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, A deep red bank of Cuprite bordered by black Tenorite. Green Chrysocolla/Malachite make up the rest of the specimen. This specimen dates to the 1970's when the mine was producing. These are evidently uncommon and rarely available today.

1027-16 21hhdw.ns ((ELBAITE, MUSCOVITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Skardu Area, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Gemmy green terminated 2.3cm Elbaite crystal on a matrix of Quartz with several other Elbaite crystals.

1027-17 21hhdw.ts ((GALENA, PYRITE, SPHALERITE)), $75 MINIMUM BID, Daly Judge Mine, Park City, Summit County, Utah, 4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Sharp cubic Pyrite crystals with large cubo octahedral Galena crysals with a matte surface. There is also an undamaged gemmy Sphalerite with camphor non lustrous faces. in the upper left corner of both photos c this d mineral collector I believe worked in an old foundry in Utah. Chemistry jar with Tin written on it.

1027-18 21hhdw.r ((TYROLITE, MALACHITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Mammoth Mine, Tintic District, Utah, 4.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Small lustrous sprays of bluegreen Tyrolite with darker Malachite. ex Dave Shannon Minerals.

1027-19 21hhdw.ns ((AZURITE, DOLOMITE)), $30 MINIMUM BID, Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker Mining District, Oreintal Region, Morocco, 5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature, Lustrous double terminated somewhat electric blue Azurite crystal on Dolomite matrix.

1026-3 17hhcc.is ((BISMUTH)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Manmade, Perky box for size, Jar, The mineral collector I believe worked in an old foundry in Utah. Chemistry jar with 5 large small pieces that look like broken round ingots. This jar is label Bismuth slag. It was the only one like it.

1026-4 17hhcc.r ((CLAY, FOX CLAY?)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Location not given, 8 x 8 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, The label gives content percentages. I could not fine anything else about this specimen. ears ago.

1026-8 13hekm.in ((PREHNITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, O & G Southbury Quarry, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, 12 x 6 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Greenish gray botryoidal Prehnite.

1026-9 20btmo.is ((FLUORAPOPHYLLITE, GYROLITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Malad Quarry, Maharashtra, India, 11 x 8 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Colorless Fluorapophylite crystals with off white sperical Gyrolite. Dirt between crystals could be cleaned but adds contrast for the photos.

1026-10 13hhjd.ir ((CALCITE)), $15 MINIMUM BID, Ophir District, Tooele County, Utah, 13 x 12 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Total Calcite 6 cm parallel crystal with the terminations on the top surface. Brown lustrous terminations as seen.

1026-11 20btmo.is ((GYROLITE, PREHNITE, OKENITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Malad Quarry, Maharashtra, India, 13 x 9 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Large and small Gyrolite spheres are a brownish green instead of the brown on my monitor. White to colorless Prehnite and several small Okenite clusters of white soft crystals.

1026-14 8hhch.r ((RUTILE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, M.C.T.C. Mine, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, 2.9 x 2.8 x 1.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a large single Rutile (titanium oxide) water worn crystal from the collection and collected by Clyde Hardin. It is on his original syrofoan mounting. Clyde collected Arkansas and was known worldwide for his selling and trading of Arkansas minerals for world wide specimens.

1026-19 21hhdw.is ((CALCITE, CHONDRODITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Lime Crest Quarry, Franklin Marble, Sussex County, New Jersey, 6 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature, Yellow orange Chondrodite with white Calcite. ex Dana Wilson MD collection.

1026-20 20btmo.is ((GYROLITE on QUARTZ)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Malad Quarry, Maharashtra, India, 12 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet, A bed of small terminated colorless gemmy Quartz crystals with contrasting green Gyrolite spheres.

1025-2 20hhdw.ns ((CALCITE, FLUORESCENT red orange)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 6 x 5.7 x 4.7 cm, Miniature, Undamaged terminated luster of Calcite crystals from Brazil. Typical of these is the strong UVSW Fluorescense to a red orange color.

1025-5 22btrus.ta ((WULFENITE, VANADINITE)), $45 MINIMUM BID, Downeyville Lead Mine, Nye County, Nevada, 5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Only 5 specimens from this mine on mindat with only 1 being a Wulfenite collected in 1989. Several yellow Wulfenite crystals in a vug from this rare locality in Nevada. ex Mineral Exploration lable.

1025-10 23aadw.ns.es ((SILVER)), $35 MINIMUM BID, Endeaver aka Elura Mine, Cobar, New South Wales, Australia, 4 x 4 x 4 cm box size, Thumbnail, The box is 4 cm or 1.5 inches on each side of the square. Fine crystallized Silver from Australia.

1025-11 24ebkp.er SOLD ((GYPSUM)), $125 MINIMUM BID, Fargo, Cass County, North Dakota, 8 x 8 x 6.5 cm, Cabinet, Long wave, Short wave, and Phosphorescent. With only 5 on mindat.org from North Dakota, these look alikes are rare with only a relative few ever collected. They looks exactly like Manitoba, Winnipeg, Red River Floodway Gypsums, No commercial mining operation, just a few found and picked up on contruction sites. Especially with being found by notices, they have been handled well. They all have a few flat cleaved areas on the sides of the crystals. There is 195 photos on mindat from Manitoba. They occur in pleistocene lake agassiz clay. The floodway is one of the few excavations in flat ground deep enough to hit the clay layer. In manitoba the collecting is controlled by the floodway authority in Canada and collecting only allowed every 5 years or so to the Manitoba Mineral Society for a short period of time. The clay zone extends to North Dakota but is only very occasionally accessed by contruction. So Manitoba specimens come out perhaps every 5 years and are around but not plentiful. North Dakota specimens are a rarity to ever being out and then only a few.

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