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May 6, 2018 |
Listed in 2018 |
These specimens are currently still available. |
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ACANTHITE (ARGENTITE) |
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru |
One only -
A fine textured
silvery nodule with an amazing "blood red" flash. $10.00
Ag2S |
9027 |
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ADAMITE |
Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia |
One only - Pale
grass-green elongated doubly terminated crystals in vugs in matrix.
$10.00 Zn2(AsO4)(OH) |
815 |
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ADAMITE variety
CUPRIAN ADAMITE |
San Rafael Mine, Quartz Mountain Camp, Lodi District, Nye County, Nevada, USA |
Very nice
association pieces of very fine highly lustrous transparent vitreous
crystals with lustrous white rice-grain Mimetite on matrix. $10.00
(Zn,Cu)2AsO4OH |
2606 |
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AIKINITE |
Chantilly Mine, Chantilly, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA |
Only one
remaining! A very "rare"
complex sulphide from this wonderful locale! Tiny silvery black crystals
on matrix +/- fluffy white Thaumasite on Prehnite matrix. $12.00 PbCuBiS3 |
2598 |
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ALBITE on ALBITE 12 |
Bull Run Quarry, Conklin, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA |
Interesting
pieces - Highly lustrous transparent colourless secondary Albite on
chalky white Albite. Looks like a colourless extension, on complex
matrix. $10.00 Na(AlSi3O8) |
2597 |
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ALLEGHANYITE |
Bald Knob, Sparta, Alleghany County, North Carolina, USA |
Type locality!
For the species collector! Rosy pink to brownish-pink glassy crystalline
material in matrix +/- highly lustrous black Galaxite crystals. $12.00 Mn2+5(SiO4)2(OH)2 |
500 |
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ALUM-K |
El Desierto Mine, El Desierto Mine, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia |
"Incredibly
beautiful"! Superb pieces as water-clear lustrous Alum crystals dotted
with "perfect" light yellow lustrous Sulphur crystals. $10.00 (Three
with Alum-K only - $8.00) KAl(SO4)2 · 12H2O |
775 |
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ALTAITE |
Hilltop Mine, Organ District, Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA |
This is a very
rare Pb Te mineral. Stringers or surface coatings with a brilliant
silvery-white metallic lustre. $10.00; $12.00 PbTe |
669 |
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AMICITE |
Höwenegg Quarry, Immendingen, Hegau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
Type locality!
Four only - Very fine pieces with lustrous colourless transparent
euhedral crystals on matrix. $10.00; $12.00 K2Na2Al4Si4O16 · 5H2O |
3033 |
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AMPHIBOLE SUPER
GROUP VARIETY BYSSOLITE AB |
Fairfax quarry, Centreville, Culpeper Basin, Fairfax Co., Virginia, USA |
"Extremely" fine "old" pieces collected in 1977. Very fine silky light
bluish-grey fibrous to greenish-grey mats on matrix. $10.00 AX2Z5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2 |
9046 |
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ANAPAITE |
Prats-Sampsor, Cerdanya, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain |
Superb pieces!! Highly lustrous
transparent deep greyish-green crystals on matrix +/- Messelite. These
are all unmounted specimens. $10.00 Ca2Fe2+(PO4)2 · H2O |
203 |
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ANATASE |
Dodo Mine, Saranpaul, Khantymansi Okrug, Tyumenskaya Oblast', Prepolar Ural, Western Siberia region, Russia |
Extremely fine
pieces! Lustrous black metallic adamantine octahedral crystals on
schist.
$10.00 TiO2 |
17 |
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ANATASE |
Doucy, La Léchère (Notre Dame de Briançon), Tarentaise valley, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France |
One only - Very
sharp translucent to transparent gun-metal blue crystals on matrix.
$10.00 TiO2 |
23 |
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ANATASE |
Manod Quarry, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Merionethshire, Wales, United Kingdom |
Two only with
this unusual habit as highly lustrous translucent light steel blue
tabular crystals on matrix.
$10.00 TiO2 |
113 |
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ANATASE |
East Kemptville, Tin Mine, East Kemptville, Argyle, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Six very, very
fine pieces! Highly lustrous black crystals of various habits on matrix
+/- Triplite, Parisite, Bertrandite, Phenakite.
$10.00 TiO2 |
624 |
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ANATASE |
Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
Two only of
these "extremely" fine pieces with rich coverage of individual
and groups of highly lustrous vitreous dark brown to black crystals on
matrix.
$12.00 TiO2 |
2449 |
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ANTHOPHYLLITE |
Kaveltorp, Kopparberg, Ljusnarsberg, Västmanland, Sweden |
Compact masses
of glassy chatoyant grey-green columnar crystals on matrix. $10.00 ☐{Mg2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
2659 |
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ANTIMONY |
West Gore Mines, West Gore, Eats Hants, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada |
Two only of
these very fine pieces as metallic tin-white patches of pseudo-cubic
native Antimony on matrix.
$10.00;
$12.00 Sb |
619 |
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'APATITE' |
Bull Run Quarry, Conklin, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA | Very fine pieces with elongated thin tabular to prismatic colourless crystals on a matrix of Albite, Quartz and Clinochlore. $10.00 | 2595 |
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ARSENIC |
Svornost Mine, Jácjymov District, Krusné Hory Mountains, Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic |
A very rare
combination specimens from the Czech side of Erzgebirge. Silvery-white
to mate gray native Arsenic on massive Chalcopyrite.
$10.00 As |
49 |
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AUGITE-ZWILLING |
Plundrichovy Hurky, Suletice, Ústí nad Labem (Aussig), Ústí Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic |
One only - A rather crude but also
fine single black crystal out of matrix. $8.00
(CaxMgyFez)(Mgy1Fez1)Si2O6 |
9034 |
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AZURITE "SUN" AB |
Malbunka Copper Mine, Areyonga, Alice Springs, Gardiner Range, Northern Territory, Australia |
Wonderful
micros! Absolutely beautiful pieces with highly lustrous deep blue
lustrous crystal groups on a light green to white matrix. B) the
crystals are a little smaller but very fine. $10.00: $12.00 Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
805 |
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AZURITE AB |
Mohawk Mine, Mohawk Hill, Pactolus, Clark Mountain District, San Bernardino County, California, USA |
Very, very fine
pieces as sharp clean brilliant navy blue crystals of various habits on
matrix; B) +/- Malachite pseudomorph after Cuprite. $10.00 Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
3034 |
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AZURITE on ALLOPHANE |
Juanita Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA |
Superb pieces!
Highly lustrous deep blue tabular crystals on pale blue to almost
botryoidal Allophane matrix. $10.00 Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
594 |
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BALANGEROITE |
Poggio San Vittore asbestos mine, Balangero - Corio area, Lanzo Massif, Lanzo Valley, Sesia-Lanzo zone, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy |
Type
locality! Very fine piece - Silky golden-brown acicular crystals
forming matrix. $12.00
(Mg,Fe2+,Fe3+,Mn2+)42Si16O54(OH)40 |
2647 |
| BARBOSALITE |
Bull Moose Mine, Custer, Custer District,
Custer County, South Dakota, USA
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Superb pieces!
Two only this very rare phosphate! - Tiny (40x) lustrous black crystals
in vug(s) in matrix with lustrous crystalline Pyrite and other sulfides
and phosphates. $12.00 Fe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 |
521 |
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BARYTE |
Aguathuna Quarry, Port au Port Peninsula, St. George's District, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada |
Two only of
these "extremely" fine pieces! Glassy colourless tabular Baryte crystal
groups on Calcite. A) on side edged in white (?); B) Stacks almost
forming "rosettes" with two sides edged in white (?). $10.00 BaSO4 |
622 |
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BARYTE |
Marmoraton Mine, Marmora Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada |
Very fine
specimens of creamy chalky white to light pink parallel crystals plates
with almost fibrous terminations on matrix. $10.00 BaSO4 |
630 |
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BAYLDONITE AB |
San Rafael Mine, Quartz Mountain Camp, Lodi District, Nye County, Nevada, USA |
Unusual find at
San Rafael! Small (40x) groups of pale apple-green botryoids on matrix.
1 x $10.00; $12.00 PbCu3(AsO4)2(OH)2 |
2603 |
| BAYLEYITE | Hideout Mine (Hideout No. 1 Mine), Deer Flat, The Toe, Woodenshoe Buttes, White Canyon District, San Juan County, Utah, USA |
An extremely
rare Uranium mineral! Very sharp pale yellow to almost white elongated
prismatic crystals and crystal sprays on matrix. 1 x $20.00; $30.00 Mg2(UO2)(CO3)3 · 18H2O |
334 |
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BERTHIERINE |
Dolní Bory, Ždár nad Sázavou, Vysocina Region, Moravia, Czech Republic |
Three only -
Very fine pieces with thin elongated lustrous blue-black crystals with a
golden-blue iridescence on Quartz . $12.00
(Fe2+,Fe3+,Al)3(Si,Al)2O5(OH)4 |
2657 |
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BERZELIITE |
Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden |
Type locality!
One only of this very rare mineral! Resinous yellow crystalline masses
in Calcite +/- Hausmannite. $12.00 NaCa2(Mg,Mn2+)2(AsO4)3 |
35 |
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BORACITE |
Cristalmayu River alluvials, Cristalmayu Valley, Cristmayu, Cristmayu sub-district, Alto Chapare District, Chapare province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia |
One only -
Numerous colourless to light green crystals as cubes, tetrahedral and
rounded combinations in matrix +/- Magnesite, Gypsum, Pyrite. $10.00 Mg3(B7O13)Cl |
709 |
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BRAUNITE |
Golconda pegmatite, Golconda district, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Type locality!
One only - An extremely fine piece! Rich coverage of greyish-black
sub-metallic crystals on matrix. $15.00 Mn2+Mn3+6(SiO4)O8 |
9071 |
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BREWSTERITE-Sr |
Yellow Lake, Olalla, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada |
One only - A
superb specimen! Rich coverage of translucent opaque white lustrous
prismatic crystals covering matrix. A very fine piece! $20.00 (Sr,Ba,Ca)[Al2Si6O16] · 5H2O |
618 |
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CALCITE |
Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA |
One only - Very
fine groups of highly lustrous white crystals in matrix with Analcime.
$10.00 CaCO3 |
2450 |
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CALCITE |
ACCO Stone Quarry, Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia, USA |
One only - Very fine highly
lustrous colourless elongated transparent crystals in matrix. $10.00 CaCO3 |
2451 |
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CALCITE |
Sowerbutt Quarry, Clifton, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA |
One only - Very fine translucent
grey-green crystals with phantom Calcite (steeply terminated)
scalenohedra on matrix. $10.00 CaCO3 |
3097 |
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CATTIERITE |
Nord mine, Finnshytteberg ore field (Finnshytte), Nordmark district, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden |
One only of this
rarity as opaque greyish-white material on matrix with a metallic
cluster. $12.00 CoS3 |
9072 |
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CESÀROLITE |
Crettaz Mine, Mont Chemin, Martigny, Wallis, Switzerland |
One only - No beauty
"but" a very, very rare mineral as rather crude black crystal on matrix.
$20.00 6(OH)2 Pb(Mn4+)3O6(OH)2 |
9235 |
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CHABAZITE-Ca |
Vulcan Materials Company Crushed Stone Quarry, Manassas, Prince William Co., Virginia, USA |
Very, very fine
pieces! Highly lustrous light to dark orange "cubic" crystals on matrix. $10.00 (Ca,K2,Na2)2[Al2Si4O12]2·12H2O |
2592 |
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'CHABAZITE' AB |
Bull Run Quarry, Conklin, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA | "Superb" - Druses of euhedral colourless transparent vitreous crystals as cubes and modified cubes covering matrix A) 2.3 cm; B) 2.3 cm; C) 2.2 cm; D) 2.0 cm. $12.00 | 2594 |
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CHALCOPHYLLITE |
Piesky, Špania Dolina, Banská Bystrica County, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia |
Superb!!!
A micromounter's delight! Bright blue-green tabular crystals strewn on
deep blue Azurite. $12.00 Cu18Al2(AsO4)4(SO4)3(OH)24·36H2O |
2660 |
| CHALCOPYRITE | Dreislar Mine, Dreislar, Winterberg, Sauerland, Northern Rhineland-Westphalia, Germany |
"Beautiful"
pieces as very fine brassy to iridescent blue-black Chalcopyrite
crystals of various habits on Dolomite crystals +/- Baryte. $10.00 CuFeS2 |
146 |
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CHAPMANITE |
Vlastejovice, Zruc nad Sázavou, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic |
One only - A
fine piece with very rich coverage of a pale green crust on matrix.
$12.00 Fe23+Sb3+(SiO4)2(OH) |
9053 |
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CHKALOVITE |
Shkatulka pegmatite, Umbozero mine, Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia |
One only of this
rarity! A small piece of matrix with chalky white crystals with
Ussingite. $15.00
Na2BeSi2O6 |
9039 |
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CLINOCLASE
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Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district, Pershing County, Nevada, USA |
Two only of
these "magnificent" pieces with highly lustrous vitreous sprays of
euhedral dark blue glassy crystals on matrix. $10.00; 1 x $12.00 Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3 |
501 |
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CLINOCLASE
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Verja Mine, Portrerillos, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile |
Four only of
these absolutely amazing pieces as very highly lustrous deep
bluish-green elongated prismatic crystals richly covering matrix.
$10.00 Cu3(AsO4)(OH)3 |
717 |
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COALINGITE |
Hunting Hill Quarry, Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA |
One only of this
rare mineral as lustrous golden to bronze-brown glassy lath-like
crystals on matrix. $10.00 Mg10Fe3+2(OH)24[CO3] · 2H2O |
350 |
| COPPER | Colonial Copper Mine, Cap D'Or, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada |
"Beautiful"
Copper pieces to 2.1 cm of very, very fine dendritic crystals +/-
Calcite. $10.00 Cu |
615 |
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CYLINDRITE |
Santa Cruz Mine, Poopó town, Poopó Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia |
Type
locality! A rare mineral! Two only - Lustrous Silvery-black
cylindrical "tubes" on matrix. $10.00; $12.00 Pb3Sn4FeSb2S14 |
733 |
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'DACHIARDITE' |
Coon Hollow Manganese Mine, Palo Verde, Palo Verde District, Palo Verde Mts, Imperial County, California, USA | Two only of this very "interesting" habit as very thin rectangular tabular white to grey-white "matrix hugging" crystals on red Rhyolite matrix. $10.00 | 3045 |
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DESCLOIZITE
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Preguiça Mine, Sobral da Adiça, Beja District, Portugal |
Two only of
these unusual pieces with dark brown Descloizite crystals pseudomorph
after tabular Vanadinite. $10.00 PbZn(VO4)(OH) |
200 |
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DESCLOIZITE
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C and B Mine, Christmas, Christmas area, Banner District, Drippings Springs Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA |
Amazingly
beautiful pieces! Thin tabular translucent to transparent yellow-brown
crystals with greasy lustre on matrix with superb Calcite. These were
collected in 1968. "Exquisite!" $10.00 PbZn(VO4)(OH) |
576 |
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DIOPTASE
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Harquahala Mine, Socorro Peak, Harquahala District, Harquahala Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA |
Very fine highly
lustrous transparent bright blue-green elongated crystals on matrix. $10.00 CuSiO3 · H2O |
547 |
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DIOPTASE
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Delirio Mine, Inca de Oro, Chañaral province, Atacama region, Chile |
Most unusual and
very aesthetic pieces as sprays of "acicular" light blue crystals and
radiating sprays on matrix. Too cute!! $10.00 CuSiO3 · H2O |
725 |
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DJURLEITE AB |
Scholle Mining District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA |
An aesthetically
challenged uncommon metallic grey-black copper sulfide on veined malachite
matrix A) 2.6 cm; B)2.1 cm; C) 3.0 cm. $12.00
Cu31S16 |
2432 |
| DUMORTIERITE | Unnamed pegmatite (dumortierite mine), Etemba Farm 135, Omaruru District, Erongo Region, Namibia |
One only - A
very nice piece with rich coverage of embedded pale to darker blue
crystalline Dumortierite in matrix. $15.00
(Al,Fe3+)7(SiO4)3(BO3)O3 |
9043 |
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EDINGTONITE |
Jacupiranga Mine, Cajati, São Paulo, Southeast Region, Brazil |
Two only of
these very fine hard-to-obtain zeolite specimens as lustrous colourless
"cubic" to elongated "cubic" crystals. Usually on or with flattened
tabular Natrolite crystals. $10.00 Ba[Al2Si3O10] · 4H2O |
723 |
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ELPIDITE variety
CALCIAN ELPIDITE |
Gjerdingselva (Gjerdingen), Nordmarka, Lunner, Oppland, Norway |
One only of this rare
variety of Elpidite as rather crude dark orange dull elongated crystals in a
vug in matrix. $15.00 (Na,Ca)2ZrSi6O15·3H2O |
9044 |
| EMMONSITE | San Miguel Mine, Moctezuma, Municipio de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico |
One only - A
very rare iron-tellurite! Very fine light yellow-green crystals and
aggregates on matrix. $12.00 Fe3+2(TeO3)3·2H2O |
651 |
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EOSPHORITE |
Crooker Gem pegmatite Quarries, Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA |
One only - A stack of
very fine lustrous thin translucent tabular orangey-brown crystals with Siderite on
matrix. $10.00 Mn2+Al(PO4)(OH)2·H2O |
3104 |
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EPIDOTE AB |
Parc à Dennement, Rivière de Coloas, La Réunion, Republique de France |
Very, very fine
pieces - Highly lustrous prismatic crystals - usually on a rim of white
(?) in vugs in basalt +/- Prehnite A) euhedral glassy dark green; B)
light yellow-green transparent sprays. $10.00 {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
2 |
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EPIDOTE AB |
Fairfax quarry, Centreville, Culpeper Basin, Fairfax Co., Virginia, USA |
Two only -
Beautiful pieces! Highly lustrous transparent to translucent light to
dark olive green prismatic crystals on matrix. $10.00 {Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH)
|
9055 |
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EPISTILBITE |
Puu O Ehu Quarry, Oahu, Hawaii, USA |
Very, very fine
pieces with extremely fine colourless transparent terminated prismatic
crystals A) 2.0mm crystal; B) a 1.5mm 3 crystal group; C) 2 sets of 2
parallel growth crystals with lustrous colourless 'Chabazite'.
A) $10.00; B & C $12.00 CaAl2Si6O16 · 5H2O |
596 |
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ERYTHRITE |
Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Mount-Isa-Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia |
Extremely fine
specimens! Sprays of raspberry red to pink thin tabular vitreous
crystals on lighter pink acicular crystals on matrix. (Two unmounted
specimens available $8.00) $10.00 Co3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O |
845 |
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ERYTHRITE |
Wilhelm Mine (Wechselschacht), Bauhaus, Richelsdorf District, Hesse, Germany |
Extremely fine pieces!
Spherules of pale to dark pink silky acicular crystals on silvery-black
schistose matrix. $8.00; $10.00
Co3(AsO4)2·8H2O |
2642 |
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FERGUSONITE-(Y) |
Krufer Ofen, Kruft, Laach Lake Volcanic complex, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
Fine examples -
Sharp tiny lustrous to highly lustrous light brown transparent to
translucent crystals on matrix. $10.00 YNbO4 |
16 |
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FLUOCERITE-(Ce)
|
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Nordeste Region, Brazil |
Only "1"
remaining! A
very "rare" mineral which occurs here as pseudomorph after
Bastnäsite-(Ce) as sharp euhedral pale pinkish-beige crystals. $12.00
(Ce,La)F3 |
718 |
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FLUORAPATITE |
Golconda pegmatite, Governador Valadares, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Three only -
Very fine gemmy pale lilac to purple prismatic crystals on matrix with
Bertrandite crystals. $10.00; 2 x $15.00 Ca5(PO4)3F |
705 |
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FLUORAPATITE |
Pederneira claim, São José sa Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Fine pieces with
highly lustrous transparent colourless to pale blue crystals of various
habits (discoidal, stubby, barrel-shaped) on matrix +/- Quartz,
Bertrandite, Cookeite. $10.00; $12.00; 1 x $15.00 Ca5(PO4)3F |
776 |
FLUORO-EDENITE |
Biancavilla, near Mount Etna, Catania Province, Italy |
Type locality!
Three only of these lovely pieces as well defined orange-yellow lath-like
crystals on matrix with superb Hematite crystals. $12.00 {Na}{Ca2}{Mg5}(AlSi7O22)(F,OH)2 |
46 |
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FLUORO-RICHTERITE |
Essonville fluoro-richterite occurrence (Days Lake occurrence), Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada |
One only - A
very fine piece as a group of smooth dull midnight black crystals off
matrix. $15.00 {Na}{Ca2}{Mg5}(AlSi7O22)(F,OH)2 |
9114 |
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FRANCKEITE |
Itos Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia |
Very fine examples of
this mineral - Highly lustrous lath-like black crystals +/- Quartz crystals on
matrix. $10.00; $12.00
Fe2+(Pb,Sn2+)6Sn4+2Sb2S14 |
2655 |
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FRESNOITE |
Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Rush Creek deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno County, California, USA |
Type locality! One only of this very rare mineral! Tiny (40x) vitreous pale yellow crystals
on matrix. $12.00
Ba2Ti(Si2O7)O |
310 |
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FREIBERGITE |
Black Pine Mine, Black Pine Ridge, John Long Mts, Philipsburg District (Flint Creek District), Granite Co., Montana, USA |
One only - Rich
coverage of aggregates of tiny brown-black to black crystals in vugs in
Quartz matrix. $12.00 Ag6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S13-x |
9076 |
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GARRONITE-Ca |
Neer Road, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, USA |
One only - A very fine piece with a 1.3 cm vug covered with aggregates of botryoidal white crystals dotted with tiny colourless 'Heulandite' crystals on matrix. $12.00 Na2Ca5Al12Si20O64·27H2O |
3082 |
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GILLARDITE |
132 North Ni Mine, Widgiemooltha, Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia |
Type
locality! IMA 2006 - Highly lustrous small very dark emerald green
crystals and / or crystalline (3) masses on matrix. $15.00; $20.00 Cu3Ni(OH)6Cl2 |
869 |
| GLAUCONITE / CALCITE | St. Marie Quarry, Green Lake County, Wisconsin, USA |
Unusual pieces!
Concretions of colourless to grey-green individual "rice grain" Calcite
crystals. The green colouration is due to inclusions of "Glauconite"
which is also part of the "cement" holding the pieces together. $10.00 (K,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Fe3+)(Fe3+,Al)(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2 |
337 |
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GOETHITE |
Conklin Quarry, Lime Rock, Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island, USA |
Two only of this unusual habit and locality! Rich coverage of metallic charcoal-grey botryoids on matrix. $10.00 α-Fe3+O(OH) |
3091 |
| GLAUCONITE | Gurdan, Ghasri, Gozo Island, Malta |
Highly lustrous
light beige to very dark brown "smooth pebble-like" crystals of various
sizes in matrix. These are very nice pieces! $10.00 (K,Na)(Mg,Fe2+,Fe3+)(Fe3+,Al)(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2 |
260 |
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GOETHITE |
Conklin Quarry, Lime Rock, Lincoln, Providence, Rhode Island, USA |
Two only of this unusual habit and locality! Rich coverage of metallic charcoal-grey botryoids on matrix. $10.00 α-Fe3+O(OH) |
3091 |
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GRATONITE AB |
Atalaya Mine, Rio Tinto Mines, Minas de Riotinto, Huelva, Andalusia, Spain |
Good examples of
this rare mineral! Groups of lustrous metallic black prismatic crystals.
Collection Gilbert Gauthier - Paris - 1 x $12.00; $15.00
Pb9As4S15 |
262 |
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GYPSUM variety SELENITE |
Crich Quarry, Crich, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom |
Two only as
highly lustrous water-clear striated thin to thick elongated prismatic
crystals on matrix. $10.00 CaSO4 · 2H2O |
147 |
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HALOTRICHITE |
Otovice, Klando, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic |
Clusters of
chatoyant silky cream acicular to almost fibrous crystals forming
matrix. $10.00 FeAl2(SO4)4 · 22H2O |
76 |
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HEMATITE |
Lercheltini area (Lärcheltini), Binn Valley, Wallis, Switzerland |
Two only of these very interesting pieces as highly lustrous jet-black crystals of "various" habits on matrix. Lovely!! $12.00 Fe2O3 |
60 |
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HERBERTSMITHITE |
San Francisco Mine, Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Chile |
Only "2" remaining of
this "rare" minerals as very highly lustrous light bluish-green crystals
on matrix. $20.00 Cu3Zn(OH)6Cl2 |
758 |
|
'HEULANDITE' AB1 |
Yacolt near Vancouver, Clark County, Washington, USA |
Two only of these fine pieces with colourless to pale pink crystals with Mesolite, Mordenite; B) one or both sides are colourless. $10.00 |
3060 |
|
HEYROVSKÝITE |
Hurky, Cistá, Rakovník, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic |
Nice pieces of
this rarity as highly lustrous sections of metallic silvery-grey to
black crystals in/on Quartz. $10.00 Pb6Bi2S9 |
53 |
|
HOLLANDITE 416 |
Rattlesnake Mine, Luis Lopez Manganese District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA |
Very, very good
pieces! Extremely fine silvery black acicular to almost fibrous crystal
mats on matrix. $10.00 Ba(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16 |
416 / 519 |
|
HOLFERTITE |
Gray Knob east of Maynard's Claim, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, USA |
One only of this fine example of this rarity! Sharp elongated tabular "straw-like" yellow crystals on matrix +/- Topaz, Hematite, Bixbyite. $20.00 CaxU6+2-xTi(O8-xOH4x)·3H2O |
2380 |
|
HOWLITE AB |
Bras D'Or Lake, Iona, Victoria County, Cape Breton Island, nova Scotia, Canada |
These are some
of the finest specimens of the species. A) They occur as very light grey
to almost colourless glassy tabular clusters of crystals on Anhydrite.
B) 4 x very fine crystal clusters cork mounted. C) 2 x Rosette of
tightly packed crystals. $12.00 Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5 |
611 |
|
HOWLITE |
Lang Mine (Tick Canyon Borax Mine), Tick Canyon Borate deposit, Tick Canyon, Lang, Los Angeles Co., California, USA |
One only - Definitely not an aesthetic piece as greyish-white knobs on matrix. $8.00 Ca2B5SiO9(OH)5 |
9052 |
| HUREAULITE | Cigana Claim, Conselheiro Peña, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Two only of
these very fine and very pretty pieces with lustrous elongated "barrel-shaped"
vitreous pale salmon pink crystals on matrix. $12.00 (Mn,Fe)5(PO4)2(HPO4)2 · 4H2O |
729 |
|
ILMENITE |
Lemolo Lake Quarry, Douglas County, Oregon, USA |
Very fine thin
to thick tabular metallic black crystals on matrix +/- light brown
Enstatite & Ferro-edenite, Fluorapatite, colourless Sanidine. $10.00 Fe2+TiO3 |
454 |
|
IODARGYRITE |
Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia |
Three only of
these very fine pieces - Resinous to adamantine colourless transparent
to translucent crystal of various habits - hemimorphic to thin tabular -
on matrix +/- Mimetite. $10.00 AgL |
827 |
|
IZOKLAKEITE |
Vena Mines, Hammar, Askersund, Närke, Sweden |
Type
locality! One only - Aesthetically challenged as flat-lying partial
radial sprays of elongated crystals on matrix. $10.00
Pb26.4(Cu,Fe)2(Sb,Bi)19.6S57 |
9079 |
|
JAROSITE |
Castle Rock Mine, Gilbert District, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA |
One only - A
very fine pieces with clusters of lustrous translucent brown crystals in
vugs in matrix. $10.00 KFe3+ 3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
545 |
|
JAROSITE |
Mohawk Mine, Mohawk Hill, Pactolus, Clark Mountain District, San Bernardino County, California, USA |
One only - Clusters of highly lustrous brownish-orange crystals in vugs in matrix. $10.00 KFe3+ 3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
3062 |
|
JUANGODOYITE |
Santa Rosa Mine, Santa Rosa-Huantajaya District, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile |
Type
locality! New mineral: IMA 2004 . Quite striking pieces as
finely crystalline "vivid" ultramarine to mauve, coatings on matrix.
2 x $12.00; $15.00 Na2Cu(CO3)2 |
741 |
|
JUANITAITE |
150' Level, Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill District, Deep Creek Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, USA |
A very, very
rare mineral as groups of tiny (30x) resinous to dull, translucent
yellow green to pale lime green crystals on matrix. $12.00 Bi(Cu,Ca,Fe)10(AsO4)4(OH)11 · 2H2O |
2385 |
|
KARIBIBITE |
Boca Rica Claim, Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Very fine pieces
with sprays of silky golden-brown acicular crystals forming tight to
small prickly spheres on Löllingite. $12.00 Fe3+3(As3+O2)4(As3+2O5)(OH) |
736 |
| KIDWELLITE | Coon Creek Mine, Shady, Polk County, Arkansas, USA |
Very fine
specimens! Pale green to cream coloured crystals forming spheres and /
or coatings on botryoidal Rockbridgeite. $10.00 NaFe3+9+x(PO4)6(OH)11·3H2O |
679 |
|
KOPPITE (variety of PYROCHLORE) |
Oberg-Badberg area, Schelingen, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | This mineral is a Ce bearing variety of Pyrochlore. It occurs as black octahedral and modified octahedra on and in grey Calcite with reddish-brown octahedra crystals. $15.00 | 81 |
|
KOSNARITE on ALBITE |
Jenipapo District, Itinga, Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
One only of this
"extremely rare" Phosphate! Colourless to white pseudo-cubic crystals -
sometimes dipyramidal. $25.00 KZr2(PO4)3 |
706 |
| KÖTTIGITE | Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio de Mapimí, Durango State, Mexico |
Very, very fine
examples of this mineral - Greenish to sage green elongated tabular
single crystals and sprays on matrix. $12.00 Zn3(AsO4)2 · 8H2O |
660 |
|
KRUPKAITE |
Barbora adit, Knöttel area, Krupka, Krušné Hory Mountains, Ústí Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic |
Type locality!
One only of this rarity! Areas of metallic steel-grey crystalline and /
or crystals on matrix. $12.00 PbCuBi3S6 |
64 |
| LAMMERITE | Abundancia Mine, Guanaco, Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile |
One only as
highly lustrous dark green transparent crystals forming on matrix.
$12.00 Cu3(AsO4)2 |
789 |
|
LAUMONTITE |
Route 395 road cut, Temecula, San Diego County, California, USA |
One only - A nice piece with colourless to chalky white crystals in a matrix. $8.00 CaAl2Si4O12 · 4H2O |
3064 |
|
LAZULITE
|
Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia, USA |
Pretty matrix
pieces with light bluish-gray crystals on matrix. $10.00 (Mg,Fe2+)Al2(PO4)2(OH)2 |
671 |
|
LAMPROPHYLLITE
|
Material'naya Adit, Yukspor Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia |
One only for the
species collector as dark golden-brown mica-like plates from this
locale. A locale piece as it is definitely aesthetically challenge.
$12.00 (SrNa)Ti2Na3Ti(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2 |
9065 |
|
LAVENDULAN |
El Guanaco Mine, Guanaco, Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile |
Very fine
examples of this mineral. Rich coverage of bright turquoise blue
vitreous crystals forming spheres and aggregates on Quartz matrix +/-
Lammerite. $10.00 NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl · 5H2O |
716 |
| LEMANSKIITE | Abundancia Mine, Guanaco, Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile |
Three only of
this rarity as highly lustrous brilliant turquoise wafer thin crystals
forming spheres on matrix. $15.00 NaCaCu5(AsO4)4Cl · 5H2O |
790 |
|
LINARITE |
Schlackental, Oberschulenberg, Lower Saxony, Germany |
One only of this
beautiful pieces as a cluster of highly lustrous deep royal blue
crystals in a vug in matrix. $10.00 PbCu(SO4)(OH)2 |
15 |
|
LIZARDITE |
Dypingdal Serpentine-magnesite deposit, Snarum, Modum, Buskerud, Norway |
One only -
Aesthetically challenged as is most specimens from Norway as pale yellow
crystalline mass off matrix. $10.00 Mg3(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
9024 |
|
LOMONOSOVITE |
Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt area, Karnasurt underground mine, Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia |
Type locality!
One only as dark green to almost black "material" on matrix. Not very
pretty at all! $12.00 Na5Ti2(Si2O7)(PO4)O2 |
9080 |
|
MAGNETITE
|
Treasure Vault Mine, Agua Caliente Canyon, Tyndall District, Santa Rita Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA |
Extremely fine
pieces with highly lustrous black tetrahedral crystals on matrix +/-
transparent colourless Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite,
Tetrahedrite crystals. $10.00 Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
578 |
|
MALACHITE
|
Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia |
Two only of the
absolutely "beautiful" pieces as highly lustrous unusual light
blue-green silky crystals on matrix. $10.00 Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
818 |
|
MALACHITE 12 |
Mohawk Mine, Mohawk Hill, Pactolus, Clark Mountain District, San Bernardino County, California, USA |
One only - A
"beautiful" micro!! Finely acicular sprays of light to darker
apple-green crystals on matrix. $12.00 Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
3068 |
|
MALACHITE on OLIVENITE
|
Rio do Pires, Ibiajara, Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil |
Two only of
these very fine pieces with bright apple-green botryoidal Malachite on
lustrous translucent deep olive green elongated prismatic Olivenite
crystals on a limonite matrix. $10.00 Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
721 |
|
MANSFIELDITE |
Maria Catalina Mine, Pampa Larga District, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó Province, Chile |
Very, very fine
pieces as highly lustrous pale blue-green to almost colourless crystals
on matrix. $10.00 AlAsO4 · 2H2O |
743 |
|
MEURIGITE-K
|
Sapucaia Mine, Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil |
Two only of
these very lovely pieces! - Very fine specimens of this rare phosphate
as balls and botryoids of silky creamy-yellow acicular crystals on
Cryptomelane. $10.00; $12.00 KFe3+8(PO4)6(OH)7·6.5H2O |
771 |
|
MIMETITE |
God's claim, Silver Bell District, Silver Bell Mts, Pima County, Arizona, USA |
Beautiful
pieces! A) Highly lustrous bright orange glassy crystals on matrix; B)
Creamy-orange prismatic crystals. $10.00 Pb5(AsO4)3Cl |
575 |
|
MOSANDRITE-Ce |
Eveslogchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia |
One only - This
is NOT a pretty piece! Transparent pale honey-beige mass on
matrix. $10.00 (Ca3Ce)[(H2O)2Ca0.5?0.5]Ti(Si2O7)2(OH)2(H2O)2 |
9084 |
|
NACRITE |
Hühnersedel, Schweighausen, Lahr, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
One only -
Extremely fine highly lustrous opaque white flattened tabular crystals
and tiny cubic crystals on matrix. $15.00 Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
9016 |
|
NATROLITE |
Papenoo valley, Papenoo, Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia |
One only - An
extremely fine piece with rich coverage of sprays of tiny colourless
crystals on matrix and fringing edges and centres of vugs in basalt. $10.00 Na2Al2Si3O10 · 2H2O |
873 |
|
NATROLITE |
De-Mix Varennes Quarry, St-Amable Sill, Varennes, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
Very fine piece
with nice (vug) coverage of wafer thin colourless to light grey complex
crystals and groups on matrix. $12.00 Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O |
6631 |
|
NATROLITE |
Cahuega Boulevard East, Hollywood, California, USA |
One only -
Lustrous colourless elongated prismatic very fine crystals on lustrous
colourless Analcime. $10.00 Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O |
3071 |
|
NICKELSKUTTERUDITE
|
Coniagas Mine, Coleman Township, Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada |
One only - A
pretty little piece as tin-white crystals with metallic lustre on
matrix. $12.00
(Ni,Co,Fe)As3 |
9073 |
|
MACDONALDITE
|
Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Rush Creek deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno County, California, USA |
Type locality!
One only of this rare mineral! Silky white to colourless bladed to
acicular crystals on matrix. $15.00 BaCa4Si16O36(OH)2 · 10H2O |
318 |
|
MALACHITE
|
Whim Creek Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Whim Creek Copper Mine, Western Australia, Australia |
Two only of
theses superb pieces with emerald green Malachite completely replacing
Azurite crystals on gossan. $10.00 Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
870 |
|
MALACHITE on LINARITE |
California Mine, Zapallar District, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile |
Only "1"
remaining! Beautiful
combination pieces! Sprays of lustrous bright emerald green thin to
almost acicular Malachite on deep royal blue Linarite. Striking colour
combination! $10.00 Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
756 |
|
MONAZITE-(Ce)
|
São João da Chapada, Diamantina, Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Very fine pieces
with groups of vitreous orangey-brown bi-sphenoidal(?) crystals off
matrix. $12.00 Ce(PO4) |
707 |
|
OLIVENITE
|
El Guanaco Mine, Guanaco, Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile |
Two only of
these very fine pieces as highly lustrous flattened tabular translucent
to transparent deep olive green crystals on matrix. $10.00 Cu2(AsO4)(OH) |
793 |
|
OLIVENITE AB |
30' Level, Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill District (Clifton District), Deep Creek Mts, Tooele Co., Utah, USA |
Yes - BUT
extremely fine pieces with highly lustrous dark olive green Olivenite of
various habits on matrix.
Each pieces is unique!! $10.00 Cu2(AsO4)(OH) |
2400 |
|
OLIVENITE |
Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA |
One only - An
extremely fine piece as chatoyant light green acicular crystals. Very
pretty!! $12.00 Cu2(AsO4)(OH) |
3072 |
|
OLIVENITE |
South pit, Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Gold Hill District, Deep Creek Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, USA |
Very fine
pieces! Clusters of stubby highly lustrous light to dark green (some
bi-coloured) crystals on matrix. $10.00 Cu2(AsO4)(OH) |
2397 |
|
OPAL-AN AB |
Square Top Mountain, Dalby, Western Downs Region, Kaimkillenbun, Queensland, Australia |
Two only of
these interesting pieces as lustrous transparent globular to reniform
aggregates off matrix. $10.00 SiO2 .H2O |
852 |
|
ORPIMENT
|
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru |
Wonderful pieces
as brilliantly lustrous yellow transparent to translucent "prismatic"
crystals on matrix +/- Baryte, Realgar. $10.00 As2S3 |
752 |
|
OXY-SCHORL AB |
Pribyslavice, Kutná Hora, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic |
Type locality!
Glassy black Oxy-schrol crystal sections in Feldspar. $10.00, 2 x
$12.00
Na(Fe2+2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O |
266 |
|
OYELITE
AB |
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, Republic of South Africa |
A) Very
fine silky bowties scattered on matrix; B) Very
fine compact spheres of silky white crystals on matrix. $10.00;
$12.00
Ca5BSi4O14.6H2O |
926 |
|
PERROUDITE
|
Capitana Mine, Copiapó Province, Atacama Province, Chile |
Very, very fine
examples of this very "rare" mineral as clusters of highly lustrous tiny
(40x) bright orange to reddish-brown almost acicular crystals on matrix.
$10.00; 2 x $15.00 Hg5Ag4S5(I,Br)2Cl2 |
786 |
|
PHOSPHOSIDERITE |
Jocão Pegmatite, Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Very pretty
pieces as highly lustrous densely packed colourless to pale pink
crystals forming matrix. $10.00 FePO4 · 2H2O |
795 |
|
PICROPHARMACOLITE / PHARMACOLITE
|
M. Curie, Jáchymov, Jáchymov District, Krusné Hory Mountains, Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic |
Two only of
these fine pieces! Colourless to white elongated tabular crystals on
matrix with chalky white Picropharmacolite. $10.00; $12.00 Ca4Mg(AsO4)2(HAsO4)2 · 11H2O |
68 |
|
PLATINUM
|
San Juan, Republic of Columbia |
One only of
this very fine piece! Very fine dull silvery-grey flattened crystals
pin-mounted. $20.00 Pt |
3054 |
|
POSTITE
|
Blue Cap Mine (Black Hat X), La Sal Creek Canyon, Paradox Valley District, San Juan County, Utah, USA |
Type locality! An extremely
rare vanadate - IMA 2011-060. Highly lustrous bright orangey-yellow
stubby to elongated crystals forming clusters on matrix. 3 x $50.00;
3 x $60.00; 3 x $75.00 Very. very fine pieces with
good to rich coverage!! Mg(H2O)6Al2(OH)2(H2O)8(V10O28)·13H2O |
1998 |
|
POWELLITE |
Verampio, Crodo, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy |
Only "1" remaining! - Very
fine piece with highly lustrous chatoyant white crystals on matrix +/-
tiny reddish-brown Brookite. $10.00 Ca(MoO4) |
2404 |
|
PSEUDOMALACHITE |
Bonanza Mine, Bonanza and Golden Eagle Mine group, Martin Peak, Salome, Little Harquahala District, Little Harquahala Mts, La Paz County, Arizona, USA |
Two only - Very
fine micros with clusters of highly lustrous emerald green crystals on
matrix. $10.00 Cu5(PO4)2(OH)4 |
300 |
|
PURPURITE
|
Earl Lode, Custer District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA |
Not very
aesthetic but still quite pretty! Lustrous light to deep magenta purple
columnar crystals on matrix. 40x shows the columnar and / or botryoidal
crystals. $10.00 (Mn3+,Fe3+)PO4 |
403 |
|
PYRITE ON HOLD |
Road cut 1 Northside Kanan Road, Agoura Hills, Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles County, California, USA |
A very fine
"L-shaped" brassy filiform Pyrite crystal on dark green to black
Nontronite. $15.00 FeS2 |
2485 |
|
PYRITE
|
Wallace Stone Company Quarry, Pigeon, Huron County, Michigan, USA |
Extremely fine
pieces as very thin glassy-like acicular to filamentous brassy Pyrite on
Quartz in geodes and/or geode sections. $10.00 FeS2 |
515 |
|
PYROMORPHITE
|
Broken Hill South Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia |
Very fine pieces
with Pyromorphite of various habits and colour(s) on matrix as highly
lustrous tapering white to cream to greenish yellow to light green to
dark thicker green crystals. $10.00 (Unmounted specimens
available $8.00 each). Pb5(PO4)3Cl |
809 |
|
QUARTZ |
Reyes Adobe Road and Route 101 intersection area, Agoura Hills, Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles County, California, USA |
Incredibly
beautiful piece with highly lustrous vitreous water-clear crystals on
matrix from the 1978 blast site. A 1.1 cm piece completely covered with Quartz
points. $12.00 SiO2 |
2486 |
| QUARTZ variety AMETHYST | Piedra Parada, Municipio de Tatatila, Veracruz, Mexico |
Absolutely
beautiful pieces from this famous location as highly lustrous vitreous
transparent bi-coloured (colourless to deep purple) prismatic crystals
on matrix. Just amazing pieces! $15.00 SiO2 |
670 |
|
QUARTZ variety AMETHYST AB |
Cerro De La Concordia, Piedra Parada, Municipio de Tatatila, Veracruz, Mexico |
Four only of these very fine pieces! Highly lustrous gemmy
very pale transparent lilac Amethyst from this wonderful locale with
Laumontite on matrix - A) 6.0 x 5.7 cm; B) 7.0 x 4.0 cm; C) 7.0 x 6.0 cm; D)
6.0 x 6.0 cm $25.00 SiO2 Small cabinet pieces! |
98510 |
|
QUARTZ variety
CHALCEDONY AB |
Reyes Adobe Road and Route 101 intersection area, Agoura Hills, Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles County, California, USA |
Superb ice-blue
to bluish-white ribbon-like columnar crystals with spheres and spherules
in vugs in matrix. Incredibly beautiful pieces! $15.00 SiO2 |
2487 |
|
RAMSBECKITE |
Ochsenhütte (slag locality), Grane Reservoir, Goslar, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany |
Fine examples of
this mineral as highly lustrous bright emerald green vitreous crystals
on matrix with lustrous dark blue Linarite. $10.00 (Cu,Zn)15(SO4)4(OH)22 · 6H2O |
41 |
|
RHENIITE |
Kudriavy volcano, Iturup Island, Kuril Islands, Sakhalinskaya Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia |
One only -A rather
pretty little piece of dull matrix richly coverage with tiny lustrous black
metallic crystals. $15.00 ReS2 |
9113 |
|
RICHELSDORFITE |
Burrus Mine, Pyramid District, Washoe County, Nevada, USA |
A rare arsenate
as powder blue to turquoise platy crystals forming aggregates and
spherules on matrix +/- Enargite, Tetrahedrite, Chalcopyrite,
Pharmacosiderite, Olivenite, Brochantite, Strashimirite. (30X) $12.00
Ca2Cu5Sb(AsO4)4(OH)6Cl · 6H2O |
319 |
| RHODOCHROSITE | American Tunnel Mine, Howardsville, Silverton District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA |
Fine pieces from
a classic American locality! Incredibly beautiful pieces as very pale
pink to rose pink crystal clusters on lustrous Quartz matrix. (Unmounted
available - $8.00) $10.00 MnCO3 |
517 |
|
RHODOCHROSITE AB |
Sweet Home Mine, Mount Bross, Alma District, Park County, Colorado, USA |
Three only of
these fine pieces as lustrous vitreous rose-pink rhombs with Quartz
crystals. Beautifully pin-mounted. $10.00; 1 x $12.00 MnCO3 |
3087 |
|
RUIFRANCOITE |
Sapucaia Mine, Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil |
One only -
Botryoids and clusters of golden to red-brown acicular crystals on
Muscovite with white to yellowish-white Meurigite crystals. $45.00 Ca2(◻,Mn)2(Fe3+,Mn,Mg)4Be4(PO4)6(OH)4(OH,H2O)2· 4H2O |
703 |
|
SPANGOLITE |
Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA |
Two only -
Extremely fine highly lustrous hexagonal dark blue-green crystals on
matrix. $10.00 Cu6Al(SO4)(OH)12Cl · 3H2O |
503 |
| SANTAROSAITE | Santa Rosa Mine, Santa Rosa-Huantajaya District, Iquique Province, Tarapacá Region, Chile |
Type locality!
IMA 2007 - A very rare mineral - Highly lustrous tiny (30x) light to
dark blue "jelly-like" spherules on matrix. $20.00; $25.00 CuB2O4 |
710 |
|
SARTORITE |
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn Valley, Wallis, Switzerland |
Type
locality! Two only - A) Stacks and / or elongated lustrous black
metallic crystals +/- with Pyrite on matrix. $15.00; B) "superb"
specimen! $20.00 PbAs2S4 |
3075 |
|
SCHODERITE |
VanNavSan Claim, Fish Creek Range, Gibellini District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA |
Type locality! A
very rare vanadate - bright yellow to yellow-orange (30x) crystals and
sprays on matrix. 2 x $10.00; 1 x $12.00; 1 x $15.00
Al2(PO4)(VO4) · 8H2O |
407 |
|
SCORODITE AB |
Perseverancia Mine, Guanaco, Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile |
Very pretty
pieces as highly lustrous vitreous pale blue sprays and crystals on
spiky Quartz matrix crystals. $10.00 (Unmounted pieces $8.00).
Fe3+AsO4·2H2O |
724 |
|
SCORZALITE |
Champion Mine, White Mountain, Laws, White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA |
Aggregates of
dark blue vitreous to pale blue chalky crudely crystalline Scorzalite in
matrix. $10.00 Fe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2 |
675 |
|
SCHRÕCKINGERITE |
Hideout Mine (Hideout No. 1 Mine), Deer Flat, The Toe, Woodenshoe Buttes, White Canyon District, San Juan County, Utah, USA |
Two only - An
extremely rare mineral! Very sharp pale yellow to almost white spherules
on matrix. $40.00 NaCa3(UO2)(CO3)3(SO4)F · 10H2O |
335 |
|
SERENDIBITE |
Mogok Valley, Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District, Mandalay Division, Myanmar |
One only - A
very rare mineral! Chunks of very deep blue to black obsidian-like
material. $15.00 Ca4[Mg6Al6]O4[Si6B3Al3O36] |
75 |
|
SEKANINAITE |
Dolní Bory, Žďár nad Sázavou, Vysočina Region, Moravia, Czech Republic |
Type locality! One only -
Aesthetically challenged basic dull black material on matrix. $15.00 (Fe,Mg)2Al3(AlSi5O18) |
9130 |
|
SIDERITE on PYRITE |
New Jersey Zinc Eagle Mine, Gilman, Gilman District, Eagle County, Colorado, USA |
One only of this
classic Colorado material - A very fine group pf chalky white crystals
with lustrous black Sphalerite crystals with very fine Pyrite crystals
+/- Arsenopyrite, Rhodochrosite crystals. $10.00 FeCO3 |
305 |
|
SILLIMANITE |
Steinach, Leuchtenberg, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany |
One only - A small highly lustrous
translucent pale yellowish-orange crystal with greasy lustre on matrix.
$15.00 Al2(SiO4)O |
9132 |
|
SINHALITE |
Edenville, Town of Warwick, Orange County, New York, USA |
A very rare but
aesthetically challenged mineral! At least "1" crystal on each piece or
as creamy beige to yellowish-brown crystalline areas in matrix. From the
E. Henkel Collection $10.00 MgAl(BO4) |
584 |
|
SMITHSONITE
|
Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, St. Anthony Deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA |
One only - A
very fine example of this mineral - vitreous pale blue-green crystal
groups. $10.00 ZnCO3 |
313 |
|
SPHALERITE |
Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom |
Very fine
specimens as dark reddish-brown to almost orange crystals on matrix with
phantom colourless Fluorite, Smithsonite. $10.00 ZnS |
157 |
|
STOKESITE AB |
Urucum Mine, Galiléia, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Four only -
Superb pieces - Nodules of colourless lustrous glassy discoidal
crystals. $25.00 CaSn[Si3O9] · 2H2O |
712 |
|
SULPHUR |
San Carlos Mine, San Felipe, Municipio de Mexicale, Baja California, Mexico |
Very fine pieces - Very well formed pale
yellow to almost colourless crystals on matrix. $10.00 S |
676 |
|
TANGEITE |
Monument Valley, Navajo Indian Reservation, Navajo County, Arizona, USA |
Very fine pieces
with highly lustrous bright greenish-yellow very thin tabular octahedra
crystals on matrix.
$10.00 CaCu(VO4)(OH) |
415 |
| TELLURITE | Lone Pine Mine, Mogollon Mountains, Catron County, New Mexico, USA |
Very, very fine
examples of this mineral as highly lustrous opaque to pale yellow
crystals on matrix. $15.00; One pieces has very fine crystals on 2
sides. $20.00 TeO2 |
387 |
|
'THOMSONITE' / ANALCIME |
Papenoo valley, Papenoo, Tahiti, Windward Islands, French Polynesia | One only - Very fine pieces! Silky white to grey-white Thomsonite crystals with water-clear Analcime crystals. $10.00 | 876 |
|
TITANITE
12 |
Bull Run Quarry, Conklin, Loudoun County, Virginia, USA |
Very fine
euhedral pale to darker pinkish-brown transparent to translucent
sphenoid crystals on complex Albite-rich matrix +/- Albite, Epidote,
'Pumpellyite', Chlorite, Magnetite. $10.00; $12.00 CaTi(SiO4)O |
2420 |
| TOSUDITE | Lydney Harbour, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, UK |
One only - A coppery-silver mass with a
pearly lustre. $10.00 Na0.5(Al,Mg)6((Si,Al)8O18)(OH)12 · 5H2O |
9140 |
|
TSUMEBITE |
Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia |
One only of this
fine piece as glassy blue-green crystal and clusters in matrix +/-
Libethenite, Malachite. $12.00 Pb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH) |
831 |
|
TSUMEBITE |
Blue Bell Mine, Zzyzx, Soda Mts, Silver Lake District, San Bernardino County, California, USA |
Two only - Very
fine pieces with lustrous tiny vitreous flat-lying greenish-blue
rosettes on matrix. $12.00; $15.00 Pb2Cu(PO4)(SO4)(OH) |
3079 |
|
TUNISITE
|
Condorcet, Nyons, Drôme, Rhône-Alpes, France |
One only of this
rare mineral! Clusters of colourless transparent tabular crystals on
matrix with Calcite. $12.00 NaCa2Al4(CO3)4(OH)8Cl |
2608 |
|
USHKOVITE |
Lavra de Eduardo, Galiléia, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil |
Very good
phosphate combination pieces with pale yellow to orangey-yellow
flattened triclinic crystals on Albite +/- Leucophosphite, Cyrilovite
and Frondelite on Albite. $10.00; $20.00 MgFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·8H2O |
757 |
|
VAESITE |
Shinkolobwe, Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove District, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo |
One only - An
interesting piece with fine lustrous metallic steel-grey crystal(s) in
matrix. $15.00 NiS2 |
3017 |
|
VANADINITE / DESCLOIZITE |
Gonzalito Mine, Complejo Gonzalito District, Sierra Grande, Rio Negro Province, Argentina |
Extremely
aesthetic pieces with reddish-brown tapering barrel-shaped crystals with
unusual terminations on lustrous black Descloizite. $10.00 Pb5(VO4)3Cl / PbZn(VO4)(OH) |
734 |
|
VARISCITE |
Lavra de Eduardo, Conselheiro Peña, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil |
Two only of
these very, very fine pieces with highly lustrous rose-pink to red
crystal(s) highlighted by white Albite. $10.00 AlPO4 · 2H2O |
780 |
| VERMICULITE variety BATAVITE | Kropfmühl Mine, Kropfmühl, Kropfmühl-Untergriesbach Graphite Mining District, Untergriesbach, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany |
One only - A rather
nice translucent honey-brown 1.4 x 1.0cm piece of the variety of Vermiculite.
$10.00 Mg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4 · 8H2O |
9069 |
| VERMICULITE variety BATAVITE | Heß quarry, Wurlitz, Oberkotzau, Münchberg Metamorphic complex, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany |
One only - A piece of
matrix as lustrous golden-brown wafers. $8.00 Mg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4 · 8H2O |
9143 |
|
VOLKONSKOITE |
Green carbonate boulder, Palca River alluvials, Independencia, Ayopaya Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia |
Extremely rare
but not very aesthetic! Blue green to grass green inclusions in
Magnesite/Dolomite +/- Pyrite. $15.00 Ca0.3(Cr,Mg,Fe)2((Si,Al)4O10)(OH)2 · 4H2O |
747 |
|
WHELANITE / STRINGHAMITE |
Bawana Mine (Old Hickory Mine), Rocky District, Rocky Range, Beaver County, Utah, USA |
Type locality!
Fine examples of this rarity! Lustrous blue to pale blue radial groups
with greasy lustre on matrix. $12.00 Cu2+2Ca6[Si6O17(OH)](CO3)(OH)3·2H2O / CaCu(SiO4)·H2O |
550 |
|
WOODHOUSEITE |
Champion Mine, White Mountain Peak, White Mountains, Mono County, California, USA |
Three only of
these very fine unmounted pieces as lustrous trigonal pale
pinkish-beige 3 crystal stacks on matrix. $10.00 CaAl3(PO4)(SO4)(OH)6 |
414 |
|
YANOMAMITE |
Periquito Mine, Monte Alegre de Goiás, Goiás, Brazil |
One only of this
"extremely rare" Indium bearing arsenates - Clusters of tiny
(40x) colourless crystals (white pointer) on matrix. $30.00 InAsO4 · 2H2O |
753 |
|
ZANAZZIITE |
Jenipapo District, Itinga, Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Very fine pieces
of this rarity! Clusters of very pale pink to light cream coloured
glassy crystals on Muscovite. $12.00 Ca2Mg5Be4(PO4)6(OH)4 · 6H2O |
731 |