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ALDERMANITE
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Tom's quarry, Kapunda, North Mount Lofty
Ranges, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia |
Three only of
this very rare Mg-Al Phosphate! Brilliant silky white crystals on matrix
+/- Fluellite with Minyulite. $12.00
Mg5Al12(PO4)8(OH)22 ·
32H2O |
860 |
AMARANTITE
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Queténa Mine, Toki Cu deposit,
Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile |
A rare item! Columnar to bladed
and/or radial sprays of highly lustrous reddish-orange crystals on
matrix. $10.00
Fe3+2(SO4)2O·7H2O |
720 |
ANAPAITE
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Prats-Sampsor, Cerdanya, Lleida,
Catalonia, Spain |
Highly lustrous
transparent deep greyish-green crystals on matrix +/- Messelite. These
are all unmounted specimens. $10.00
Ca2Fe2+(PO4)2
· H2O |
203 |
ANATASE
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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 |
ANATASE
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Sunny Prospect, White Mountains, Mono
County, California, USA |
Unmounted
specimens! Very, very fine pieces as sharply terminated deep gun-metal
blue crystals richly covering Quartz matrix. $8.00
TiO2 |
518 |
ANATASE
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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 |
ANDRADITE variety DEMANTOID
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Cerra De La Concordia, Piedra Parada (Las
Vigas), Municipio de Tatatila, Veracruz, Mexico |
Very fine
examples of this mineral! Rich coverage of very fine euhedral vitreous
pale lemon-green to almost colourless crystals on matrix.
$10.00
Ca3Fe3+2(SiO4)3 |
612 |
ANGLESITE
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Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna
County, New South Wales, Australia |
Three only of
these very fine examples of this mineral as highly lustrous colourless
crystals of various habits +/- Smithsonite on matrix.
$10.00
PbSO4 |
828 |
ANTIMONY
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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 |
ARSENIC
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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 |
ARSENOPYRITE
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Casapalca Mine, Casapalca, Huarochiri
Province, Lima Department, Peru |
Very pretty
pieces as lustrous brassy Arsenopyrite of various habits +/- Quartz,
Baryte on columnar Pyrite.
$10.00
FeAsS |
702 |
ARTHURITE
AB
C |
Copper Stope, Majuba Hill Mine (Mylar
Mine), Antelope District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA |
Very fine
examples of this beautiful mineral - Sprays of bright apple green
crystals on matrix +/- Pharmacosiderite, Olivenite on matrix A) as
spheres; B) transparent elongated crystals; C) dark green elongated
crystals; D) both habits $10.00, $12.00
TiO2 |
557 |
AZURITE
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Pinto Valley deposit, Castle Dome area,
Inspiration, Miami-Inspiration District, Globe-Miami District, Gila County,
Arizona, USA |
Very fine highly
lustrous deep blue crystals +/- lustrous emerald green Malachite.
$10.00
Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
401 |
AZURITE
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Morenci Mine, Morenci, Shannon Mountain,
Greenlee County, Arizona, USA |
Incredibly
beautiful pieces from the wonderful locale! Very fine pieces with highly
lustrous deep blue velvety "rosettes" on matrix +/- pale blue-green
lath-like crystals. $10.00
Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
532 |
AZURITE
AB |
Sierra Rica, Municipio de Manuel
Benavidea, Chihuahua, Mexico |
"Beautiful" and
unusual pieces with dark royal blue lath-like crystal "suns" on white
kaolinitic siltstone. $10.00; $12.00
Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
603 |
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 small. $10.00
Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 |
805 |
AZURITE on ALLOPHANE
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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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BARBOSALITE
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Bull Moose Mine, Custer, Custer District,
Custer County, South Dakota, USA |
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 |
BARNESITE
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VanNavSan Claim, Fish Creek Range,
Gibellini District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA |
A rare Vanadium
mineral! Aesthetically challenged" as aggregates of tiny bladed
red-brown crystals on matrix. Best at 40x - you can actually make out
the crystals. $10.00
(Na,Ca)V6O16 ·
3H2O |
589 |
BARYTE
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Bridgeville Iron Mine, Bridgeville,
Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada |
"Delicate
beauty"! Highly lustrous transparent colourless tabular crystals with
one white frosted edged matrix +/- orange Chabazite. $10.00
BaSO4 |
614 |
BARYTE
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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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BAYLDONITE
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Penberthy Croft Mine, St. Hilary, Mount's
Bay District, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom |
Two only of
these very fine pieces as bottle-green vitreous spherical groups on
matrix. $10.00
PbCu3(AsO4)2(OH)2 |
8 |
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BAYLEYITE
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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
Mg2(UO2)(CO3)3 ·
18H2O |
334 |
BERYLLONITE
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Ponte do Piauí claim, Piauí valley,
Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Two only - A
very fine example of this "rare" phosphate with rich coverage of
vitreous prismatic light cream coloured to pale creamy-orange crystals
on matrix. $15.00
NaBePO4 |
711 |
BERZELIITE
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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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BOLTWOODITE
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Green Monster Mine, Goodsprings District,
Clark County, Nevada, USA |
Very fine
euhedral elongated tabular pale yellow to yellow crystals and rosettes
on matrix. $10.00
(K,Na)(UO2)(SiO3OH)
· 1.5H2O |
551 |
BORACITE
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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 |
BRAUNITE
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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 |
BROCHANTITE
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California Mine, Zapallar District,
Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile |
Extremely fine
highly lustrous brilliant green transparent elongated tabular crystals
and sprays on matrix +/- Linarite, white "acicular" Mimetite. $10.00
Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 |
746 |
BROCHANTITE
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Rajos de California Mine, Zapallar
District, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile |
Incredibly
"beautiful" pieces! Magnificent brilliant emerald green prismatic
crystals and sprays of almost acicular thin to thick elongated crystals
on matrix. $10.00
Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 |
788 |
BROCHANTITE
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Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna
County, New South Wales, Australia |
Two only of
these "prefect" micro crystals as highly lustrous elongated prismatic
glassy green crystals in a vug in matrix. Lovely pieces! $10.00
Cu4(SO4)(OH)6 |
814 |
BROOKITE on BROOKITE
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Rutherford deposit (Moses Hill), Magnet
Cove, Hot Spring County, Arkansas, USA |
From the Clyde
Hardin Collection! A) Tiny complex textured charcoal black 1.0mm
Brookite crystals on larger Brookite crystals. B) Stacks of complex
textured charcoal black crystals +/- Smoky Quartz. Too cute! (Unmounted
2 for $10.00) $10.00
TiO2 |
604 |
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CARBONATECYANOTRICHITE
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Jomac Mine, White Canyon, White Canyon
District, Juab County, Utah, USA |
One only - Very
fine example of this mineral as pale blue to darker blue botryoidal
crystals on matrix. $10.00
Cu4Al2(CO3,SO4)(OH)12 ·
2H2O |
693 |
CACOXENITE
AB |
La Lande Quarry, Plumelin, Morbihan,
Brittany, France |
Three only of
these very pretty pieces! Spherules of golden yellow acicular crystals
richly covering matrix. $10.00
Fe3+24Al(PO4)17O6(OH)12
· 17H2O |
40 |
CALEDONITE
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Dos Adriana Mine, Zapallar District,
Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile |
Three only -
Clusters of fine highly lustrous turquoise blue crystals in a crumbly
matrix +/- Cerussite. $10.00
Pb5Cu2(SO4)3(CO3)(OH)6 |
750 |
CERUSSITE
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Horners vein, Leadhills, South
Lanarkshire, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom |
One only - A
very fine piece from this classic Scottish locality as colourless to
silky white tabular crystals in vugs in matrix. $10.00
PbCO3 |
62 |
CERUSSITE
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Adelaide Mine, Dundas mineral field,
Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia |
One only of this
very fine piece with a lovely stack of white to colourless Cerussite
with delicate sprays of lustrous silky white acicular Dundasite crystals
on matrix. $10.00
PbCO3 |
825 |
CHABAZITE variety PHACOLITE
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Papenoo valley, Papenoo, Tahiti, Windward
Islands, French Polynesia |
One only as
highly lustrous sharp colourless glassy twinned crystals on basalt. $10.00 |
872 |
CHKALOVITE
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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 |
CHALCOPHANITE with ADAMITE
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Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio de Mapimí,
Durango State, Mexico |
Extremely fine
pieces! Highly lustrous silvery-black metallic stalactite forms with
superb colourless transparent Adamite. $10.00
(Zn,Fe,Mn)Mn3O7 ·
3H2O |
662 |
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CHALCOPYRITE
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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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CHALCOPYRITE
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Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum
Trend District, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA |
y fine $10.00
CuFeS2 |
585 |
CHALCOSTIBITE
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Cavnic Mine, Cavnic, Maramures County,
Romania |
Wonderful piece!
Metallic adamantine black tabular crystals on matrix $10.00
CuSbS2 |
6 |
CHONDRODITE
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Skräbböle Quarry (Nordkalk Quarry),
Pargas (Parainen), Southwestern Finland Region, Finland |
Type
locality! One only of this rarity! Yellowish-brown to reddish brown
crude crystals in matrix. $20.00
(Mg,Fe2+)5(SiO4)2(F,OH)2 |
9041 |
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CHRYSOCOLLA
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Reward Mine, Reward, Russ District, Inyo
Mountains (Inyo Range), Inyo County California, USA |
Very fine
pieces! Beautiful robin's egg blue botryoids on matrix. $10.00
Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 ·
nH2O |
520 |
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CHRYSOCOLLA
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Reward Mine, Reward, Russ District, Inyo
Mountains (Inyo Range), Inyo County California, USA |
Beautiful
pieces! Lustrous turquoise-blue Chrysocolla on Chrysocolla crystals. $10.00
Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 ·
nH2O |
572 |
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CHRYSOCOLLA
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79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner
District, Drippings Springs Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA |
Three only of
these very attractive and interesting pieces - Lustrous "molten" pale
blue botryoidal Chrysocolla some crystals coated with silvery-grey
molten Tenorite on matrix. $10.00
Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 ·
nH2O |
592 |
CHURCHITE-(Y)
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Leonie I Mine, Auerbach, Upper
Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany |
One only - Two
habits on this piece as lustrous silky white fibrous crystals on matrix
and a superb bowtie of elongated prismatic crystals in a vug. A very
nice piece! $15.00
Y(PO4)
· 2H2O |
9042 |
CLINOCLASE
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Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope district,
Pershing County, Nevada, USA |
Three 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 |
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 |
COALINGITE
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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 |
CONICHALCITE
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La Amorosa mine, San Rafael claim,
Villahermosa del Rio, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain |
One only - Rich
coverage of light sage-green spherules and botryoids on matrix. $10.00
CaCu(AsO4)(OH) |
29 |
CONICHALCITE
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New Cornelia Mine (Ajo Mine), Ajo, Little
Ajo Mts, Ajo District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA |
Very fine pieces
- Not the usual botryoidal habit! Singles and clusters of highly
lustrous vitreous green crystals on matrix. $10.00
CaCu(AsO4)(OH) |
307 |
COPPER
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What Cheer Mine, Winona, Greenland
County, Keweenaw Peninsula, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA |
One only of this
pretty piece with fractured acicular malachite partially encrusting very
fine Copper crystals on matrix. $10.00
Cu |
315 |
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COPPER
AB
CD |
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 |
COPPER
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Andacollo Mine, Andacollo, Elqui
Province, Coquimbo Region, Chile |
Very, very fine
specimens! Unusual pieces from a small but well-known area of
crystallized Copper of various habits with a micro layer of Gold
admixed, that gives it a brassy sheen! $10.00; $12.00; $15.00
Cu |
781 |
COPPER
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Sandy Flat Pipe, Red Bark Mine,
Wollogorang Station, Gulf of Carpenteria, Northern Territory, Australia |
"Beautiful"
pieces of groups and dendrites of euhedral Copper crystals on matrix. $10.00
Cu |
839 |
CORNETITE
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San Samuel Mine, Carrera Pinto, Cachiyuyo
de Llampos District, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile |
Very fine pieces
as highly lustrous transaprent tiny (30x) bright royal blue crystals on
pale blue-green Chrysocolla matrix. $10.00
Cu3(PO4)(OH)3 |
730 |
CORNETITE
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Manto Ruso Mine, Mantoverde District, El
Salado, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile |
Two only of
these very fine pieces as highly lustrous vitreous deep royal blue
crystals on matrix. $10.00
Cu3(PO4)(OH)3 |
759 |
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CORNUBITE
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Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope District,
Pershing County, Nevada, USA |
Pretty pieces as
vitreous to dull botryoids and coatings with greasy lustre on matrix +/-
minor Clinoclase. $10.00
Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4 |
332 |
CORNWALLITE
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Ibiajara District, Rio do Pires
meteorite, Rio do Pires, Bahia, Brazil |
Two only of
these superb pieces! Wonderfully lustrous tiny light to dark green
Cornwallite crystals on botryoidal Malachite with Olivenite crystals.
$10.00; $12.00.
Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4 |
701 |
COWLESITE
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Craighill Quarry, Ballyclare, County
Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom |
Fine examples of
this zeolite. Silky white to grey-white spherules and radial groups in
vugs in basalt. $10.00
CaAl2Si3O10 ·
6H2O |
100 |
COWLESITE
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Neer Road, Goble, Columbia County,
Oregon, USA |
Type locality!
Very fine pieces with lustrous pale grey-white spheres of crystals in
vugs in basalt. $10.00 One with full vug coverage -
fantastic!!. $15.00
CaAl2Si3O10 ·
6H2O |
530 |
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CROCOITE
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Adelaide Mine, Dundas mineral field,
Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia |
Pretty pieces!
Tiny bright orange terminated prismatic crystals of various habits and
sizes singles and sprays on a dark Cerussite matrix. (unmounted $8.00) $10.00
Pb(CrO4) |
808 |
CUPRITE variety CHALCOTRICHITE
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Morenci Mine, Morenci, Copper Mountain
District, Shannon Mountains, Greenlee County, Arizona, USA |
"Superb" pieces
as highly lustrous bright blood-red thin to thick acicular and
reticulated crystals on matrix. Exceptionally fine pieces! $10.00
Cu2O |
326 |
CYANOTRICHITE
|
Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg
District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA |
One only - Very,
very fine pieces! Matrix dotted with spherules of deep blue acicular to
jelly-like crystals. $10.00
Cu4Al2(SO4)(OH)12 ·
2H2O |
304 |
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 |
CYRILOVITE
|
Eduardo mine, Conselheiro Pena, Doce
valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Very fine pieces
of this rare phosphate - As clusters and groups of glassy to opaque tiny
yellow crystals on matrix. $10.00
NaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O |
755 |
CYRILOVITE
|
Iron Monarch opencut, Iron Knob,
Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia |
Fine pieces of
this uncommon iron phosphate as spheres and globules of deep yellowish-orange
crystals on matrix + / - lustrous colourless 'Apatite'. $10.00
NaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2O |
863 |
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DÉCRÉSPIGNYITE-(Y)
|
Paratoo Copper Mine, Yunta, Olary
Province, South Australia, Australia |
Type locality!
Vitreous light blue to pale blue botryoids and encrustations on matrix.
$10.00; $15.00
Cu(Y,REE)4(CO3)4(OH)5Cl
· 2H2O |
867 |
DEERITE
|
Unnamed Howieite-Deerite-Zussmanite
Occurrence (1), Laytonville, Mendocino County, California, USA |
Type
locality! Very fine examples of this rarity as mats of highly
lustrous thin elongated silvery-black crystals. $10.00
(Fe,Mn)6(Fe,Al)3[Si6O17]O3(OH)5 |
383 |
DEERITE
|
Laytonville Quarry, Laytonville,
Mendocino County, California, USA |
Type
locality! Four only of this rarity! Very fine pieces as highly
lustrous elongated "black needle crystals" in Quartz. $10.00
(Fe,Mn)6(Fe,Al)3[Si6O17]O3(OH)5 |
469 |
DESCLOIZITE
|
Finch Mine, Reagan Claims, Keystone
Gulch, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Gila
County, Arizona, USA |
Very fine pieces
as highly lustrous bright silvery-orange to A) yellow crystal clusters
on matrix. $10.00
PbZn(VO4)(OH)
|
548 |
DIOPTASE
|
Christmas Mine, Christmas area, Banner
District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA |
Superb highly
lustrous vitreous transparent blue-green prismatic crystals on matrix of
Calcite and/or Andradite. $10.00
CuSiO3 ·
H2O |
336 |
DIOPTASE
|
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 |
DIOPTASE
|
Christmas Mine, Christmas area, Banner
District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA |
Very fine
aesthetic micro pieces from 2001 find! Copper and/or Cuprite and/or
Chalcotrichite on Dioptase crystals +/- Fluorapophyllite,
Hydroxyapophyllite-K. $10.00; $12.00; 1 x $15.00; 1 x $20.00
CuSiO3 ·
H2O |
579 |
DIOPTASE
|
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 |
DIOPTASE
|
Cerro Negro Mine, Cerro Negro District,
El Salado, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile |
Brilliantly
lustrous transparent blue-green elongated prismatic crystals richly
covering limonite matrix. Beautiful specimens! (There are "2" unmounted
specimens $8.00) $10.00
CuSiO3 ·
H2O |
782 |
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DUFTITE
|
Table Mountain Mine, Table Mountain area,
Table Mountain District, Galiuro Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA |
Two only of
these unusual pieces! Very fine highly lustrous light grass-green
spherules in vugs and on matrix. $10.00
PbCu(AsO4)(OH) |
312 |
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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 |
'ELLESTADITE'
|
Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg volcano,
Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
Three only as
highly lustrous pale turquoise to darker blue crystalline patches in
matrix. $10.00
Ca5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F |
101 |
EDOYLERITE
|
Clear Creek claim (Clear Creek Mine),
Picacho Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito County, California,
USA |
Type locality!
One only of this "extremely" rare mineral! Tiny (40x) yellow crystals in vugs
in matrix. $25.00
Hg2+3(CrO4)S2 |
9256 |
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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 |
ENSTATITE
|
Lemolo Lake Quarry, Douglas County,
Oregon, USA |
Extremely fine
pieces with lustrous transparent golden-brown tabular crystals in vugs
in matrix +/- colourless Sanidine, Ilmenite. $10.00
MgSiO3 |
467 |
EPIDOTE
|
Papenoo valley, Papenoo, Tahiti, Windward
Islands, French Polynesia |
Very fine sprays
of prismatic translucent light pistachio green to almost grey-green
highly lustrous crystals on matrix.
$10.00
{Ca2}{Al2Fe3+}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
871 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
|
FERROSTRUNZITE
|
Raccoon Creek, Mullica Hill, Gloucester
County, New Jersey, USA |
Type locality!
Sprays of silky cream acicular crystals in vugs in matrix. $10.00
Fe2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2
· 6H2O |
317 |
FLUELLITE
|
Tom's Phosphate Quarry, Kapunda, South Mt
Lofty Ranges, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia |
Very fine pieces
with highly lustrous colourless crystals on matrix. $10.00
Al2(PO4)F2(OH)
· 7H2O |
826 |
FLUORITE
AB |
New Method Mine, Amboy, Bristol
Mountains, San Bernardino County, California, USA |
Very fine light
purple to deep "pure purple" .5 to 1.0 mm cubic crystals +/- trigonal
Calcite crystals on matrix. One has purple-zoned crystals. $10.00
CaF2 |
505 |
|
FLUORITE
|
Chester Sand & Gravel, Chester, Nova
Scotia, Canada |
Very pretty
pieces! Lightly frosted stacks and interpenetrent purple zoned phantom
cubes on matrix. $10.00
Cu |
617 |
FLUORO-EDENITE
 |
Biancavilla, near Mount Etna, Catania
Province, Italy |
Type locality!
Three only of these lovely pieces as sharp orange-yellow lath-like
crystals on matrix with superb Hematite crystals. $12.00
{Na}{Ca2}{Mg5}(AlSi7O22)(F,OH)2 |
46 |
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 |
GALENA
|
Sangenaro Mine, Castrovirreyna District,
Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru |
Very fine
combination pieces! Surfaces of lustrous to dull gray Galena crystals
have been rounded and pitted (by extreme heat ?) on pale pink "fan-like"
Baryte crystals with greasy lustre on matrix +/- Chalcopyrite,
Sphalerite crystals. $10.00
PbS |
754 |
|
GALKHAITE |
Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi
District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA |
Very fine
examples of this rare Thallium-bearing sulfa fast as lustrous deep red
cubes and/or modified cubes on matrix +/- Stilbite crystals. Unmounted $10.00
(Cs,Tl)(Hg,Cu,Zn)6(As,Sb)4S12 |
358 |
GASPÉITE
|
132 North Ni Mine, Widgiemooltha,
Coolgardie Shire, Western Australia, Australia |
A rare Nickel
carbonate - Fine pale apple green botryoids and stalactites clusters on
matrix +/- Gypsum. (Unmounted specimens available $12.00)
$15.00
Ni(CO3) |
851 |
|
GETCHELLITE |
Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi
District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA |
Type
locality! Very fine examples of this "unmounted" rare
Thallium-bearing mineral as lustrous deep red veins in matrix. $10.00
(Cs,Tl)(Hg,Cu,Zn)6(As,Sb)4S12 |
358 |
|
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 |
GORDAITE
|
San Francisco Mine, Caracoles, Sierra
Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Chile |
Four only of
these fine pieces as lustrous pearly white to pale turquoise-green
tabular crystals on matrix. $10.00
NaZn4(SO4)(OH)6Cl
· 6H2O |
744 |
GORMANITE
AB
C |
Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District,
Yukon Territory, Canada |
Lovely pieces
with highly lustrous magnificent sprays of blue-green crystals with
Quartz and Siderite crystals +/- small colourless Brazillianite.
$20.00
(Fe2+,Mg)3(Al,Fe3+)4(PO4)4(OH)6
· 2H2O |
627 |
GRAPHITE
|
Saint Sauveur Graphite occurrence,
Saint-Sauveur, Les Pays - d'en Haut RCM, Laurentides, Québec, Canada |
Superb highly
lustrous flattened euhedral metallic crystals in carbonate. An unusual
habit for Graphite. $10.00
C |
625 |
|
GUSTAVITE
|
C |
Two . $10.00
CaSO4 ·
2H2O |
103 |
HEMATITE
|
San Pedro Mine, New Placers District,
Sante Fe County, New Mexico, USA |
Fine examples
with lustrous metallic deep red to black stacks of thin tabular crystals
forming spherules on matrix with Quartz. $10.00
Fe2O3 |
402 |
HEMATITE
|
Ohakune, North Island, New Zealand |
Two only of
these very fine pieces with highly lustrous black to silvery-black
tabular crystal groups on matrix. $10.00
Fe2O3 |
800 |
HEMIMORPHITE
|
Greystones Quarry, Lezant, Callington
District, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom |
Superb pieces as
sprays and / or sheaves of lustrous colourless tabular crystals on
matrix in a "star-like" pattern. $10.00
Zn4Si2O7(OH)2 ·
H2O |
149 |
|
HENMILITE
|
Fuka Mine, Bitchu-cho, Takahashi, Okayama
Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan |
Type
locality! An extremely rare mineral! Very fine specimens as deep
blue to blue-violet euhedral crystals on matrix. $15.00; $20.00;
$25.00
Ca2Cu[B(OH)4]2(OH)4 |
904 |
HETAEROLITE
|
Carnahan Mine, New Placers District,
Sante Fe County, New Mexico, USA |
Lustrous small
silvery-black metallic crystals forming spherules and radial groups in
matrix. $10.00
ZnMn2O4 |
410 |
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
|
Portland Pit, Wharf Mine, Lawrence
County, South Dakota, USA |
Very fine pieces
- Highly lustrous black/silvery-grey Hollandite of various habits
forming matrix dotted with sharp prismatic Fluorapatite. $10.00
Ba(Mn4+6Mn3+2)O16 |
323 |
HOLMQUISTITE
|
Greenbushes Mine, Greenbushes Tinfield,
Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire, Western Australia, Australia |
One only - Thick
elongated tabular greenish-black crystals. $8.00
☐{Li2}{Mg3Al2}(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
9267 |
|
HÜBNERITE
|
C |
Tix. $12.00
(Mn,Fe)5(PO4)2(HPO4)2 ·
4H2O |
455 |
|
HUREAULITE
AB |
Cigana Claim, Conselheiro Peña, Doce
Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Two only of
these 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 |
739 |
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 |
|
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 |
|
KIDWELLITE
|
Iron Monarch opencut, Iron Knob,
Middleback Range, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia |
Very attractive
pieces! Most unusual habit as spheres of silky acicular creamy crystals
on a dark brown iron matrix. $10.00 (An unmounted 3.0 x 2.5cm
with crystals on three sides -$12.00)
NaFe3+9+x(PO4)6(OH)11·3H2O |
862 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
|
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 |
LEPIDOLITE SERIES
|
Barra de Salinas District, Coronel Murta,
Jequitinhonha Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Two only of
these very pieces as pale lilac crystals in complex pegmatite matrix. $10.00 |
749 |
LEUCOPHOSPHITE
|
Teškov, Rokycany, Plzen Region, Bohemia,
Czech Republic |
Highly lustrous
colourless to pale pink to orange fine bladed crystals and sprays on
matrix +/- Strengite. $10.00
KFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)
· 2H2O |
24 |
LIBETHENITE
|
Old Reliable Mine, Copper Creek, Bunker
Hill District, Galiuro Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona, USA |
Very, very fine
pieces as sprays and groups of highly lustrous light to dark green
elongated prismatic crystals on matrix. This habit is unique to this
locale. $10.00
Cu2+2(PO4)(OH)Cu |
538 |
LIBETHENITE
|
Los Azules Mine, Quebrada, San Miguel
Mining District, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile |
Pretty pieces
with highly lustrous elongated light to darker green prismatic
transparent to translucent dark olive green crystals on matrix $10.00
Cu2+2(PO4)(OH)Cu |
792 |
LIBETHENITE
|
Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna
County, New South Wales, Australia |
Two only as A)
Lustrous glassy green crystals and sprays on matrix; B) Highly lustrous
vitreous dark green crystals and sprays of crystals on matrix. $10.00
Cu2+2(PO4)(OH)Cu |
817 |
LINARITE
|
Grand Reef Mine, Laurel Canyon, Grand
Reef Mountain, Klondyke, Santa Teresa Mountains, Aravaipa District, Graham
County, Arizona, USA |
One only of this
very fine specimen as highly lustrous "brilliant" blue crystals on
matrix. $10.00
PbCu(SO4)(OH)2 |
316/321 |
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
|
Sir Dominick Mine, Yudnamutana District,
Arkaroola Region, North Flinders Range, Flinders Range, South Australia,
Australia |
One only -
Rather crude large crystals which appear to be complete replacements of
Azurite crystals. $10.00
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
856 |
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 |
MANGANITE
|
Pumpkin Buttes District, Campbell County,
Wyoming, USA |
One only - A
very fine piece with highly lustrous elongated prismatic silvery black
crystals on matrix. $10.00
Mn3+O(OH) |
408 |
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 |
774 |
MEURIGITE-Na
|
Tom's quarry, Kapunda, North Mount Lofty
Ranges, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia |
"Beautiful"
pieces of this "rare" minerals as clusters and/or botryoids of pale
cream to greenish-yellow spherules +/- masses of individual crystals on
reddish crystals on Tinsleyite. $12.00
NaFe3+8(PO4)6(OH)7·6.5H2O |
803 |
MIMETITE
|
G, Pima County, Arizona, USA |
Bs. $10.00
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl |
20 |
MIMETITE
|
Sammy Dog Mine, Silver Bell District,
Silver Bell Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA |
Not your average
Mimetite! These are outstanding pieces with brilliantly lustrous
yellow-orange to deep orange crystals on matrix. A) Parallel growth; B)
Sceptred Mimetite. $10.00
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl |
565 |
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 |
MIMETITE
|
Potosí Mine, Francisco Portillo, West
Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Municipio de Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico |
Beautiful
pieces! Highly lustrous transparent colourless to pale yellow crystals
on matrix. $10.00
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl |
680 |
MIMETITE
|
Mount Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Northern
Territory, Australia |
Very attractive
pieces with pale creamy-brown prismatic crystals on limonite matrix.
(Unmounted specimens available and appear to have tiny lustrous green
Bayldonite on matrix.) $10.00
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl |
806 |
MIMETITE
|
Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna
County, New South Wales, Australia |
Two only of
these superb pieces! Colourless transparent highly lustrous prismatic
crystals on gossan with minor Iodargyrite. They look like bright stars
in a clear midnight sky! $10.00
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl |
830 |
MIMETITE
|
Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna
County, New South Wales, Australia |
Four only of
these very fine pieces - Highly lustrous very pale yellow to cream to
almost colourless elongated prismatic crystal(s) sprays and singles on
gossan. $10.00
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl |
832 |
MINYULITE
|
VanNavSan Claim, Fish Creek Range,
Gibellini District, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA |
A most unusual
habit as lustrous silky white to light pink acicular crystal sprays on
matrix. $1200
KAl2(PO4)2(OH,F)
· 4H2O |
314 |
MINYULITE
|
Tom's quarry, Kapunda, North Mount Lofty
Ranges, Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia |
Two only of
these very fine pieces - Highly lustrous glassy colourless crystals as
sprays and radial groups on matrix. $10.00
KAl2(PO4)2(OH,F)
· 4H2O |
807 |
MIXITE
|
Carissa Mine (Clarissa Mine), Tintic
District, East Tintic Mountains, Juab County, Utah, USA |
Lovely pieces!
Sprays of pale green acicular Mixite crystals on matrix +/- Ankerite,
Malachite, Azurite. $10.00
BiCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6 ·
3H2O |
327 |
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 |
MOTTRAMITE
AB |
Level 5, Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio
de Mapimí, Durango State, Mexico |
Just lovely!!
Botryoids of individual crystals with a "velvety" look. A) light
yellow-brown to pale green; B) Very dark green to charcoal black. This
was a new find in late 2013. $10.00
PbCu(VO4)(OH) |
602 |
|
'MOTUKOREAITE'
|
Stradner Kogel, Wilhelmsdorf, Bad
Gleichenberg, Styria, Austria |
One only - An
extremely fine pieces as spherules and botryoids of colourless
transparent crystals on matrix. $15.00 |
104 |
MUIRITE
|
Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Rush
Creek deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno County, California, USA |
Type locality! A
very rare mineral as highly lustrous translucent orange glassy grains to
almost crystals in Sanbornite. $10.00; $12.00
Ba10Ca2Mn2+Ti[(OH,Cl,F)|HSi2O7]5 |
322 |
|
NATROJAROSITE |
Lavra do Tomé, Conselheiro Pena, Doce
Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Beautiful
combination pieces - Lustrous red-brown Natrojarosite on highly lustrous
pale pink Phosphosiderite. $10.00
NaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6Cu |
722 |
NATROLITE
|
Grahams Quarry, Kellows Road, Cosgrove,
City of Greater Sheppard, Victoria, Australia |
"Beautiful!"
Extremely fine specimens! Sprays of pinky-beige acicular crystals in
vugs in basalt +/- Analcime crystals. $10.00
Na2Al2Si3O10 ·
2H2O |
850 |
OFFRÉTITE
|
Vinarice, Kladno, Central Bohemia Region,
Bohemia, Czech Republic |
Two only of
these very fine pieces with highly lustrous colourless thin tabular
crystals and sprays in vugs in basalt. $10.00
KCaMg(Si13Al5)O36 ·
15H2O |
56 |
ORPIMENT
|
Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province,
Huancavelica Department, Peru |
Three only -
Fine pieces with very bright yellow-orange crystals +/- Baryte crystals. $10.00
As2S3 |
700 |
OXY-SCHORL
AB |
Pribyslavice, Kutná Hora, Central Bohemia
Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic |
Type locality!
Glassy black Oxy-schrol crystal sections in Feldspar. $8.00, 2 x
$12.00
Na(Fe2+2Al)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O |
266 |
|
PARAVAUXITE
|
Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Bustillos
Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia |
Type locality!
Very fine lustrous colourless to opaque white elongated thin to thick
translucent to transparent crystals with greasy lustre on matrix +/-
highly lustrous tiny (30x) beige-brown Sigloite. $10.00
Fe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2
· 8H2O |
785 |
PASCOITE
|
McCoy Mine, Grand County, Colorado, USA |
One only as very
fine highly lustrous tiny bright orange crystals on matrix. A pretty
micro specimen! $10.00
Ca3(V10O28)
· 17H2O |
560 |
|
PHOSPHOHEDYPHANE
|
Root Mine, Goodsprings District, Clark
County, Nevada, USA |
Very fine pieces as highly lustrous
silvery-grey groups of tiny crystals with greasy lustre in vugs.
$10.00; $12.00
Ca2Pb3(PO4)3Cl |
582 |
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 |
|
POVONDRAITE
|
Cristalmayu valley, Cristalmayu,
Cristalmayu sub-district, Alto Chapare District, Chapare Province, Cochabamba
Department, Bolivia |
Type
locality! One only as very fine highly lustrous black crystals in
matrix. $15.00
NaFe33+(Fe43+Mg2)(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3O |
9111 |
PYROPHYLLITE
|
Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia,
USA |
Compact masses
of lustrous white to red-brown to golden brown lamellar crystals. $10.00
Al2Si4O10(OH)2 |
677 |
PYROLUSITE
|
Manganese deposit, Ilfeld, Nordhausen,
Hartz Mountains, Germany |
Lovely - Highly
lustrous brassy yellow metallic prismatic crystals with pedion
termination $10.00
MnO2 |
133 |
PYROMORPHITE
|
Le Mas Dieu, Mercoirol, Gard,
Langedoc-Roussillon, France |
Two only of
these very fine pieces as highly lustrous stubby to elongated glassy
apple-green crystals on matrix. $10.00
Pb5(PO4)3Cl |
25 |
PYROMORPHITE
|
Bia |
Very f. $10.00 (Unmounted specimens
available $8.00 each).
Pb5(PO4)3Cl |
45 |
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 |
|
PYROMORPHITE / CROCOITE
Crocoite |
Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District,
West Coast Municipality, Tasmania, Australia |
Absolutely
"beautiful" combination pieces with highly lustrous tiny yellow-green
elongated "barrel-shaped" Pyromorphite on matrix with highly lustrous
translucent "perfect" orange Crocoite crystals. $10.00
Pb5(PO4)3Cl
/ Pb(CrO4) |
802 |
|
PYROMORPHITE / CROCOITE
AB |
Platt prospect, Dundas mineral field,
Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia |
Extremely fine
pieces with lustrous glassy dark green Pyromorphite crystals with highly
lustrous glassy orange terminated Crocoite crystals on matrix. $10.00
Pb5(PO4)3Cl
/ Pb(CrO4) |
812 |
PYROXFERROITE
|
Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg volcano,
Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
Fine pieces!
Euhedral dark brown to black stubby to elongated prismatic crystals in
vugs in matrix. $12.00
(Fe,Mn,Ca)SiO3 |
5 |
|
QUARTZ variety AMETHYST |
Piedra Parada, Municipio de Tatatila,
Veracruz, Mexico |
Absolutely
beautiful piece 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 |
50670 |
|
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 |
50517 |
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 |
ROSASITE
|
Level 5, Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Municipio
de Mapimí, Durango State, Mexico |
Very fine
pieces! Spherules of light blue to turquoise blue to dark greenish-blue
crystals on matrix +/- Malachite, Calcite, Adamite. $10.00
(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2 |
606 |
ROSASITE
|
Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Municipio de Mapimí,
Durango State, Mexico |
Two only of
these very beautiful pieces! Spherules and clusters of rich deep silky
turquoise blue crystals on matrix +/- Hemimorphite. $10.00
(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2 |
659 |
ROSASITE
|
Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Municipio de Mapimí,
Durango State, Mexico |
Very beautiful
pieces! Balls of blue-green acicular crystals on bright lustrous
acicular Malachite crystals on limonite. $10.00
(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2 |
663 |
RUTILE
|
Tucumana Mine, Inca de Oro, Chañaral
Province, Chile |
Very fine golden
brick-red crystals of various habit (cubic, stubby prismatic, elongated)
with some iridescence in vugs and on matrix. Very pretty pieces! $10.00
TiO2 |
708 |
SAMPLEITE
|
Santa Catalina Mine, Caracoles, Sierra
Gorda District, Antofagasta Region, Chile |
Lovely pieces!
Bright blue spheres or flat-lying sprays of highly lustrous groups of
crystals on limonite matrix +/- Libethenite. (Two unmounted specimens
$8.00) $10.00; 2 x $15.00
NaCaCu5(PO4)4Cl
· 5H2O |
787 |
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 |
|
SEELIGERITE
|
San Francisco Mine, Caracoles, Sierra
Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Chile |
Pretty pieces
with rich coverage of lustrous yellow crystals on matrix +/-
Wulfenite. $10.00
Pb3(IO3)OCl3 |
739 |
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 |
SIMPSONITE
|
Alto do Giz pegmatite, Equador, Borborema
mineral province, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil |
One only of this
rarity! A rather aesthetically challenged adamantine to vitreous creamy
coloured crystals off matrix. $15.00
Al4(Ta,Nb)3O13(OH,F) |
797 |
SMITHSONITE
|
Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna
County, New South Wales, Australia |
One only of this
"extremely" fine piece as highly lustrous colourless transparent to
translucent crystals on matrix. $10.00
ZnCO3 |
819 |
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 |
SPHALERITE
|
Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor
District, North Pennines, North and Western Region, Cumbria, England, United
Kingdom |
Wonderful! Rich
coverage of lustrous translucent adamantine deep brown to almost black
crystals on matrix with a reddish-brown "flash". $10.00
ZnS |
26 |
SPHALERITE
|
Milltown Quarry, Milltown, Ashover,
Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom |
Beautiful! Very fine
specimens as dark reddish-brown to almost orange crystals on matrix with
phantom colourless Fluorite, Smithsonite. $10.00
ZnS |
157 |
SPHALERITE
|
Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend District,
Reynolds County, Missouri, USA |
Beautiful!
Highly lustrous gemmy yellow to brownish-yellow transparent crystals on
matrix with Dolomite. $10.00
ZnS |
400 |
STIBARSEN
|
Uranium Mine No. 7 (Shaft No. 7),
Trebsko, Príbram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic |
A good example
of this rarity! Steely-grey metallic botryoids on matrix +/- Calcite. $10.00
AsSb |
59 |
STIBNITE
|
Plaka Mine No. 80, Plaka Mines, Plaka,
Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District, Attikí Prefecture, Greece |
Two only of
these pretty pieces as highly lustrous radiating spheres on matrix. $10.00
Sb2S3 |
7 |
STILBITE-Ca
AB |
Strzegom, Swidnica District,
Strzegom-Sobótka Massif, Lower Silesia, Poland |
Old time piece!
Two only of these "artistically" grouped vitreous golden-yellow crystals
+/- Calcite, Orthoclase crystals. Very fine pieces! $10.00
NaCa4[Al9Si27O72]
· nH2O |
21 |
STOLZITE
|
Sumidouro de Mariana Mine, Iron
Quadrangle, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Two only - Very
fine examples of this mineral as highly lustrous glassy translucent
orange crystals on matrix. $20.00
Pb(WO4) |
738 |
|
STRASHIMIRITE
|
Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope District,
Pershing County, Nevada, USA |
Good examples of
this arsenate - A) Flattened groups of pale blue acicular crystals on
matrix $10.00; B) Lovely lustrous pale greenish-blue bowtie,
singles and spheres on matrix. $12.00
Cu8(AsO4)4(OH)4 ·
5H2O |
546 |
STRENGITE on WAVELLITE
|
Locality #2, Slate Mountain Mine, Slate
Mountain, El Dorado County, California, USA |
Very, very fine
micro specimens with light pale pink to almost white spherules on
Wavellite crystals. $10.00
FePO4 ·
2H2O
/ Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3 ·
5H2O |
563 |
STRENGITE on WAVELLITE
AB
CD |
Locality #2, Slate Mountain Mine, Slate
Mountain, El Dorado County, California, USA |
Very, very fine
micro specimens with (A, B,C) light pale pink to almost white spherules
on Wavellite crystals; D) Compact pale pink crystals completely covering
Wavellite. $12.00
FePO4 ·
2H2O
/ Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3 ·
5H2O |
50563 |
STRUNZITE
|
Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Hagendorf,
Waidhaus, Vohenstrauß, Operpfälzer Wald, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany |
Type locality!
Beautiful, highly lustrous silky creamy-white acicular sprays in vugs in
matrix +/- Rockbridgeite, Laueite. $10.00
Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2·6H2O |
204 |
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 |
|
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 |
|
TETRAHEDRITE
|
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District,
Santiago de Chuvo Province, La Libertad Department, Peru |
One only -
Extremely fine pieces as sharp lustrous silvery black metallic crystals
and groups with lustrous Pyrite crystals on Pyrite matrix. $10.00
Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]Sb4S13 |
796 |
'THOMSONITE'
|
Papenoo valley, Papenoo, Tahiti, Windward
Islands, French Polynesia |
Lovely pieces!
Colourless glassy lath-like crystals forming sprays or spherules of
crystals in vugs in basalt. $10.00 |
877 |
TITANTARAMELLITE
|
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 as highly lustrous dark brassy-brown
crystal sections in Sanbornite. $12.00
Ba4(Ti,Fe3+,Fe2+,Mg)4(B2Si8O27)O2Clx |
329 |
TOCHILINITE
|
Hunting Hill Quarry, Rockville,
Montegomery County, Maryland, USA |
Extremely fine
pieces with rich coverage of thin bronze-black stubby to elongated
crystals and groups of crystals on Magnesite crystals. $10.00
Fe2+5-6(Mg,Fe2+)5S6(OH)10 |
561 |
TOCHILINITE
|
Jacupiranga Mine, Cajati, São Paulo,
Brazil |
Fine pieces with
(A) sprays of dark brown to black thin tabular to acicular crystals on
Dolomite +/- Clinohumite, Magnetite, Phlogopite. (B) Black to
brownish-black metallic crystals with an iridescent sheen on matrix.
$10.00; $12.00; $15.00; 1 x $20.00
Fe2+5-6(Mg,Fe2+)5S6(OH)10 |
726 |
|
TREMOLITE
|
Elephant Lake, Bancroft, Hastings County,
Ontario, Canada |
One only - A group of
opaque greenish-gray crystals on matrix. The crystals are a bit dinged but
there is a single fine crystal without damage. $8.00
☐{Ca2}{Mg5}(Si8O22)(OH)2 |
9141 |
|
TSUMCORITE
|
Campo Sur, Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Municipio
de Mapimí, Durango State, Mexico |
Very fine
examples of this rarity as highly lustrous tiny red-brown to brown-green
crystals on matrix. $10.00
PbZn2(AsO4)2 ·
2H2O |
608 |
VANADINITE
|
Hamburg Mine, Silver District, La Paz
County, Arizona, USA |
Superb!
Transparent gemmy light golden-orange to brilliant red-orange prismatic
crystals on matrix. $10.00
Pb5(VO4)3Cl
|
507 |
VANADINITE
AB |
Puzzler Mine, Kofa Game Reserve, Castle
Dome, Castle Dome Mountains, Yuma County, Arizona, USA |
Very, very fine
pieces! Sub adamantine pale yellow to almost colourless transparent
prismatic crystals on matrix. $10.00
Pb5(VO4)3Cl
|
569 |
VANADINITE
|
79 Mine, 3rd Level, Chilito, Hayden area,
Banner District, Drippings Springs Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA |
Beautiful micro
specimens as lustrous silky "Strunzite-like" golden acicular to almost
fibrous crystals on matrix. $10.00
Pb5(VO4)3Cl
|
574 |
VANADINITE
|
Tiger Mine, Tiger, Mammoth District,
Pinal Co., Arizona, USA |
Two only of
these very fine old time pieces! Highly lustrous sprays of pale yellow
to bright orange prismatic crystals on Quartz and / or Amethyst tips. $10.00
Pb5(VO4)3Cl
|
580 |
|
VERPLANCKITE
|
Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Rush
Creek deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno County, California, USA |
Type
locality! A very rare item! Brownish orange disseminated grains /
prismatic orange crystals in Pyrrhotite-rich Sanbornite matrix.
$10.00; 3 x $15.00
Ba2(Mn,Fe,Ti)Si2O6(O,OH,Cl,F)2 ·
3H2O |
328 |
|
VOLBORTHITE
|
Newmont Gold Mine bench 5225, Gibellini
District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA |
Three only - A
rare Vanadate - Highly lustrous vitreous pistachio green flat-lying
radial groups on matrix. $10.00
Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 ·
2H2O |
549 |
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 |
WAVELLITE
|
Rotläufchen Mine, Waldgirmes, Wetzlar,
Hesse, Germany |
Wonderful piece!
Sprays of lustrous colourless to white prismatic crystal on Limonite. $10.00
Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3 ·
5H2O |
137 |
WAVELLITE
|
Rotläufchen Mine, Waldgirmes, Wetzlar,
Hesse, Germany |
Wonderful piece!
Sprays of lustrous colourless to white prismatic crystal on Limonite. $12.00
Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3 ·
5H2O |
50137 |
WAVELLITE
|
Slate Mountain Mine, Slate Mountain,
Slate Mts, El Dorado County, California, USA |
Three only -
Sprays of thin tabular highly lustrous pale green crystals on matrix. $10.00
Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3 ·
5H2O |
308 |
WAVELLITE
|
Clear Spring Mine, Homeland, Central
Florida Phosphate District, Polk County, Florida, USA |
Wonderful pieces
as spheres of highly lustrous translucent to transparent light
honey-brown to rich cinnamon brown aggregates on matrix. $10.00
Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3 ·
5H2O |
342 |
WAVELLITE
AB
C |
Mauldin Mountain Quarries, Mauldin
Mountain, Montgomery County, Arkansas, USA |
A) One only -
Beautiful compact blue-green spheres on matrix; B) One only with
radiating half spheres showing amazing symmetry. C) Four as lovely pale
apple green to colourless spheres on matrix. $10.00
Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3 ·
5H2O |
581 |
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 |
WULFENITE
AB |
Barranco del Humo mines, Albuñuelas,
Granada, Andalusia, Spain |
Three only -
Sharp blocky rectangular to tapering rectangular colourless to light
yellow crystals on matrix. $10.00
PbMoO4 |
9 |
WULFENITE
|
San Hipolito Mine, Oria, Almería,
Andalusia, Spain |
Three only -
Sharp euhedral colourless to pale yellow flattened tabular crystals on
matrix. $10.00
PbMoO4 |
19 |
WULFENITE
|
My |
Beautoned.
$10.00
PbMoO4 |
137 |
WULFENITE
|
Mystery Tunnel to Silver Bill Mine,
Gleeson, Turquoise District, Dragoon Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA |
Beautiful
examples of this mineral as highly lustrous translucent to transparent
yellow vitreous tabular crystals on matrix; B) Zoned.
$10.00
PbMoO4 |
566 |
WULFENITE
|
San Francisco Mine, Caracoles, Sierra
Gorda District, Antofagasta Province, Chile |
Three only -
Beautiful pieces with highly lustrous deep orange pyramidal crystals on
matrix. $10.00
PbMoO4 |
735 |
WULFENITE
|
Gonzalito Mine, Complejo Gonzalito
District, Sierra Grande, Rio Negro Province, Argentina |
Two only of
these very lovely pieces as lustrous orange crystals of complex habit on
matrix from a country whose minerals we rarely see! $10.00
PbMoO4 |
745 |
WULFENITE
|
Capitana Mine, Copiapó Province, Atacama
Region, Chile |
Very fine pieces
with blocky yellow-orange Wulfenite crystals are various "shapes and
sizes" +/- Fluorite crystals, Duftite on matrix. 3 x $8.00, 3 x
$10.00
PbMoO4 |
791 |
WULFENITE
|
Whim Creek, Pilbara Region, Western
Australia, Australia |
"Wonderful
pieces" with lustrous gemmy transparent yellow to yellow-orange modified
octahedral crystals on gossan with Smithsonite +/- Malachite. $10.00
(Unmounted specimens available - $8.00 each)
PbMoO4 |
801 |
ZOISITE variety
THULITE
|
Birch Creek Rare II Area, Ubehebe Peak,
Ubehebe District, Paramint Mts (Panamint Range), Death Valley National Park,
Inyo County, California, USA |
Pretty little
micro specimens as very fine examples of this Mn-rich mineral as pale
pink to almost colourless tabular crystals on matrix.
$10.00
{Ca2}{Al3}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
457 |
ZOISITE variety
THULITE
|
Westgate Mine, Westgate District,
Churchill County, Nevada, USA |
Good examples of
this mineral! Very pretty pieces as light pink botryoids to prismatic
crystals on matrix.
$10.00
{Ca2}{Al3}(Si2O7)(SiO4)O(OH) |
553 |
