July 30, 2018

 

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THESE ITEMS are SOLD!!

xxx  -  very fine specimens

xx   - fine specimens

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ADAMITE         xxx
 		Ojuela Mine, Mapími, Municipio de Mapími, Durango, Mexico Three only of these wonderful specimens! Colourless to light yellow to green sharp crystals on matrix.

Zn2(AsO4)(OH)

7100
ANALCIME       xxx
 		Monument, Grant County, Oregon, USA One only - Superb lustrous water-clear Analcime with Pyrite.   

Na2(Al2Si4O12)·2H2O

 7112
ARAGONITE     xxx
 Levane, Bucine, Valdarno, Arezzo Province, Tuscany, Italy Two only - Tapering crystals of bright white crystal groups 432 with Phillipsite, 442 with Analcime.   

CaCO3

7474
ARAGONITE     xxx
 Nickenicher Satter, Eich, Andernach, Eifel Mountains, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany One only - A very good piece! Groups of white "dogtooth" crystals on matrix.   

CaCO3

7480
BARYTE           xxx  
Padern, Aude, Longedoc-Roussillon, France One only - Tiny colourless tabular crystals in a vug in matrix.  

BaSO4

 7693
CALCITE          xxx
 		Burnt Cabin Creek, Spray, Wheeler County, Oregon, USA A pretty piece! White dogtooth crystals on matrix.   

CaCO3

 7008
CALCITE          xxx
 		Neer Road, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, USA Extremely fine specimen! - Fine pieces with lustrous colourless rhombs on 'Heulandite'.   

CaCO3

 7172
CALCITE           xxx
 		Milford Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark County, Nevada, USA One only -Rich coverage of colourless crystals on and with Hydrozincite.

CaCO3

 7175
CRANDALLITE    xxx
 BC		 Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia Four only - Sharp colourless to white pseudo-cubic crystals on matrix. $8.00

CaAl3(PO4)2(OH)5·H2O  

9063
DESCLOIZITE   xxx
 		Grey Horse Mine, Riverside, Riverside District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA One only - Groups of lustrous glassy transparent to translucent orange crystals.       

Pb(Zn,Cu)(VO4)(OH)

9075
DUFRÉNITE       xxx

 Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia One only - Brownish to green clusters in a vug in matrix.      

Ca0.5Fe2+Fe3+5(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O  

9078
ENARGITE        xxx
 		National Belle Mine (National Bell Mine), Red Mountain, Red Mountain District, Ouray Co., Colorado, USA Two only - Sharp stubby silvery-black crystals on matrix. 

 Cu3AsS4

 7226
HEMATITE       xxx
 		Nickenicher Satter, Eich, Andernach, Eifel Mountains, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Two only - Very rich coverage of highly lustrous vitreous small black to blue black crystals on matrix.  7271
HEMIMORPHITE   xxx
     		Blue Bell Mine, Baker, Soda Lake Mts, San Bernardino County, California, USA One only - Rich coverage of lustrous colour crystals sprays or fans on matrix.

Fe2OZn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O

7275
HEMIMORPHITE   xxx
     		Old Frisco Mine, Milford, Beaver County, Utah, USA A very pretty piece! Sprays of silky white chatoyant crystals on gossan.

Fe2OZn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O

7276
'HEULANDITE'      xxx
     		Monte Hills, Monte Lake Road cut, Kamloops Mining District, British Columbia, Canada Two only -   A sphere of pink crystals on matrix. 7273
LEUCOPHOSPHITE   xxx
   		Tom's quarry, Kapunda, North Mount Lofty Ranges, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia One only - Clusters of yellowish to brown crystals on matrix.

MFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)·2H2O

 9130
'LÉVYNE'         xxx
     		Monte Hills, Monte Lake Road cut, Kamloops Mining District, British Columbia, Canada One only - Lustrous colourless tabular crystals in vugs in matrix.    7082
LÉVYNE-Ca    xxx
     		Burnt Cabin Creek, Spray, Wheeler County, Oregon, USA Two only - Very fine aesthetic pieces! Sharp thin tabular crystals on matrix +/- "Phillipsite", Chlorite. 

(Ca,Na2,K2)[Al2Si4O12]·6H2O 

 7300
MALACHITE     xxx
   		Orogrande, Orogrande District, Otero County, New Mexico, USA One only - A most "beautiful" Malachite specimen! Sprays and "bowties" of highly lustrous silky emerald green crystals richly covering matrix. Wonderful!   

 Cu2(CO3)(OH)2

 7311
MALACHITE     xxx  
   		Sterling Mine, Providence, Big Bug District, Bradshaw Mts, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA Rich coverage of lustrous glassy emerald green acicular crystals on matrix.  

 Cu2(CO3)(OH)2

 7312
MIMETITE        xxx
 		 Red Cloud Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA Two only - Very rich coverage of highly lustrous tiny dark orange crystal son matrix. 

Pb5(AsO4)3Cl

 7705
NATROLITE       xxx  
   		Monument, Grant County, Oregon, USA Very fine examples with elongated transparent crystal sprays on matrix.

Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O
               

7332
NATROLITE    xxx  
  
 		 Nickenicher Sattel, Eich, Andernach, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Colourless lustrous acicular crystal sprays in a vug in basalt with Thomsonite (?).

Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O
               

7337
ORPIMENT       xxx
 		Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru One only - Brilliant orange crystals on matrix.  

As2S3

 9156
PHARMACOSIDERITE   xxx
 		 Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill District, Deep Creek Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, USA One only of these extremely fine specimens! Very, very fine sharp orangey-brown cubes on matrix. 

KFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O

 7511
PHARMACOSIDERITE   xxx
 		Lone Tree Mine, Buffalo Mountain District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA Two only - Very lustrous cubes with Arseniosiderite and Dufrénite.  

KFe3+4(AsO4)3(OH)4·6-7H2O

 9157
PHILLIPSITE      xxx
 		Schiffenberg Quarry, Hausen, Gießen, Hesse, Germany Aggregates of colourless crystals in vugs with white spheres of (?). 7354
PLATTNERITE     xxx
 		 Milford Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark County, Nevada, USA One only - A very aesthetic pieces! Tiny elongated to acicular highly lustrous blackish-brown crystals on matrix.

PbO2

 7362
PYRITE              xxx
 		US highway 27 road cut, Halls Gap, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA Four - Lustrous sharp brassy to coppery to iridescent crystals of various habits +/- Chalcopyrite on matrix.

FeS2

 7371
'PYROXENE GROUP'       xxx
 		 Ettringer Bellerberg, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Two only - Very, very fine elongated lustrous transparent brown to translucent orange-brown crystals on matrix.     7377
QUARTZ            xxx
 Interior South Dakota, USA One only - A very aesthetic piece!  A section of Quartz geode lined with lustrous crystals. 

SiO2

 7534
SIDERITE         xxx
 		 Antler Mine, Arrastra Mt., Hualapai District, Hualapai Mts, Mohave Co., Arizona, USA One only - Pretty piece with rich coverage of lustrous iridescent crystals on matrix.

FeCO3

 7549
SPHALERITE    xxx
 		LaFarge Quarry, Beamsville, Ontario, Canada One only - A fine piece with orange rhombs and Calcite on matrix.

ZnS

 7559
STIBNITE         xxx
 		Silberwald Mine, Münster, Villmar, Taunus, Hesse, Germany A very fine piece as silvery-black to black elongated prismatic crystals on matrix. 7415
STILPNOMELANE    xxx
 		Sterling Mine, Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York, USA One only - Very interesting pieces! Clusters and sprays of chatoyant brassy thin tabular crystals on Quartz.

(K,Ca,Na)(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O

 7419
STRONTIANITE   xxx
 		East Stone Gap Quarry, East Stone Gap, Wise Co., Virginia, USA Two only - Very fine sprays of bright white crystals on matrix.

SrCO1

 7421
STRONTIANITE   xxx
 		Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada One only - Sharp colourless to white glassy crystals on Quartz.   

SrCO1

 7568
'THOMSONITE' / 'CHABAZITE'   xxx
 		Beech Creek Quarry, Mount Vernon, Grant County, Oregon, USA Pretty pieces as Thomsonite of various habits with lustrous colourless Chabazite in vugs in basalt. 7187
'THOMSONITE' / 'CHABAZITE'   xxx
 		Arnett Creek, Superior, Pioneer County, Pinal Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA A very pretty combination piece of Thomsonite, lustrous Chabazite and silky acicular Mesolite on matrix.  7427
TOPAZ   xxx
C
 		 Grants Ridge, Cibola County, New Mexico, USA Two only - Colourless to just a hint of pinkish-beige Topaz crystals on Rhyolite matrix.

 Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2

 7434
VANADINITE   xxx
 		 Rowley Mine, Theba, Painted Rock district, painted Rock mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA One only - A fine piece! Tiny bright orange to yellow-orange crystals richly covering matrix. 7442
WULFENITE / MIMETITE   xxx
 		 Rowley Mine, Theba, Painted Rock district, painted Rock mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA Pretty piece with bright orange flattened tabular transparent Wulfenite nestled in elongated prismatic Mimetite crystals.  

PbMoO4

 7452
WULFENITE   xxx
 		 Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Municipio de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico One only - Very fine glassy lustrous yellow transparent crystals on matrix.

PbMoO4

 7455
WELOGANITE   xxx
 		 Francon Quarry, St. Michel District, Montréal, Jacques-Cartier County, Québec, Canada One only -A very fine example of this rarity as clusters or single "pagoda" crystal(s) on matrix. 7593

 

      

No picture = 10% discount on either 3 or 4 - $10.00

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No picture = 10% discount on either 3 or 4 - $10.00

  
ARAGONITE    xx
 		Levane, Bucine, Valdarno, Arezzo Province, Tuscany, Italy Two only - Tapering crystals of bright white crystal groups 432 with Phillipsite, 442 with Analcime.   

CaCO3

7474
ARSENOPYRITE  xx
 		Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department, Peru Three only - "Nests" of very sharp brassy metallic crystals.

FeAsS

 7132
'CHABAZITE'     xx
      		Badger Spring Road cut, north of Phoenix, Arizona USA One only - Groupings of "superb" lustrous colourless cubic crystals richly filling a vug in matrix. 7179
CHALCOPYRITE  xx
 		Crystal-Comstock Prospect, Kukagami Road, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada One only - Iridescent blue-black metallic crystals with Pyrite.

CuFeS2

 7017
CHRYSOCOLLA    xx
 		 Orogrande, Orogrande District, Otero County, New Mexico, USA A very fine piece!  Usually Chrysocolla occurs as botryoids on complex matrix. Some is pseudomorphing after Malachite, nearly all pieces have lustrous drusy tiny Quartz crystals. Quite a nice contrast!

Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O (x < 1)

 7195
CHRYSOCOLLA   xx
      		Blue Bell Mine, Baker, Soda Lake Mts, San Bernardino County, California, USA One only - Flattened elongated tabular crystals and light blue botryoids on matrix.

Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O (x < 1)

7196
CRANDALLITE   xx
 		 Iron Monarch open cut, Iron Knob, Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia Four only - Sharp colourless to white pseudo-cubic crystals on matrix. $8.00

CaAl3(PO4)2(OH)5·H2O  

9063
FLUORITE     xx
 		Denton mine, Goose Creek Mine Group, Harris Creek Sub-District, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin County, Illinois, USA One only - Sharp purple edged colourless crystals on matrix.  

CaF2

7245
'HEULANDITE'   xx

 Hattler Brother Quarry, Jamestown, Jamestown District, Mother Lode Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA One only - Clusters of sharp glassy colourless crystals on matrix. 9124
MAGNETITE   xx
 		Burra Burra Mine (Tennessee Copper Company; Copperhill Operations), Ducktown District, Polk Co., Tennessee, USA One only - Sharp black octahedral single crystals pin-mounted.

 Fe2+Fe3+2O4  

 7309
MIMETITE   xx
 		 Red Cloud Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA Two only - Very rich coverage of highly lustrous tiny dark orange crystal son matrix. 

Pb5(AsO4)3Cl

 7705
NATROLITE   xx
C		 Monument, Grant County, Oregon, USA Very fine examples with elongated transparent crystal sprays on matrix.

Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O
               

7332
NATROLITE    xx
 		Fohberg Quarry (Hauri Quarry), Bötzingen, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany One only - Elongated thin tabular crystal groups on matrix. 

Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O

 7336
PYRITE    xx
 		US highway 27 road cut, Halls Gap, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA Four - Lustrous sharp brassy to coppery to iridescent crystals of various habits +/- Chalcopyrite on matrix.

FeS2

 7371
SPHALERITE     xx
 		Maxwell quarry (Morisson quarry; Maxwell Brucite quarry), Wakefield, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada One only - A very pretty pieces with lustrous transparent yellow-brown crystals off matrix.

ZnS

 7561
SPHALERITE   xx
Lockport, New York, USA One only of these exquisite single crystals pin-mounted - Bright yellow to orange transparent lustrous crystals.

ZnS

 7562
STELLERITE    xx
 		Skookumchuck Dam, Bucoda, Thurston County, Washington, USA Extremely fine glassy colourless tabular crystals on 'Heulandite'.

Ca[Al2Si7O18]·7H2O

 7414
'STILBITE'   xx
 		 State route 57 zeolite occurrence (Georgetown locality), Redding, Fairfield county, Connecticut, USA Very fine vitreous pale yellow crystals on matrix. 7416
'STILBITE'   xx
 		 Monte Hills, Monte Lake Road cut, Kamloops Mining District, British Columbia, Canada One only - Colourless tabular crystals in vugs in matrix. 7565
THOMSONITE-Ca   xxx
 		Bear Creek Quarry (Whipple Quarry), Drain, Douglas County, Oregon, USA Two only - Very fine specimens! Creamy white thin elongated tabular crystals of covered with very fine almost acicular white Mesolite needles.  7428
TOPAZ   xx
A
 		 Grants Ridge, Cibola County, New Mexico, USA Two only - Colourless to just a hint of pinkish-beige Topaz crystals on Rhyolite matrix.

 Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2

 7434
TOURMALINE variety DRAVITE
     xx		 Rist Mine (North America Emerald Mine), Hiddenite, Alexander Co., North Carolina, USA One only - Fine piece with lustrous dark brown crystals pin-mounted.            $8.00 7438
VANADINITE   xx
 		 Rowley Mine, Theba, Painted Rock district, painted Rock mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA One only - A fine piece! Tiny bright orange to yellow-orange crystals richly covering matrix. 7442
WULFENITE   xx
 		 Defiance Mine, Costello Mine group, Gleeson, Turquoise District, Dragoon Mts, Cochise County, Arizona, USA One only - Small blocky dull yellow crystals on matrix.

PbMoO4

 7448
WULFENITE   xx
 		 Melissa Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA Very fine bright dark orange dipyramidal crystals are various sizes on matrix.  

PbMoO4

 7449
WULFENITE / MIMETITE   xx
 		 Rowley Mine, Theba, Painted Rock district, painted Rock mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA Pretty piece with bright orange flattened tabular transparent Wulfenite nestled in elongated prismatic Mimetite crystals.  

PbMoO4

 7452
WULFENITE / MIMETITE   xx
 		 Milford Mine, Goodsprings district, Springs mountains, Clark county, Nevada, USA Very pretty pieces with pale lemon-yellow tabular crystals scattered on a nice size of matrix +/- Hydrozincite, Hemimorphite.  

PbMoO4

 7454
WULFENITE     xx
 		Glove Mine, Glove Mine group, Devil's Cash Box ridge, Amado, Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall District, Santa Rita Mts, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, USA A) - Two with fine tapering elongated crystals on matrix. B) - One with dipyramidal yellow-brown crystals on matrix.

PbMoO4

 7453
ZIRCON variety CYRTOLITE  
     xx		 Madawaska Mine (Faraday Mine), Faraday Township, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada Two only - Very fine examples as blocky brown crystals on and in matrix. 

ZrSiO4T

 7458
 
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