April 20, 2018

 

Bargain Minerals

 

$3.00 each

OR

The whole lot 97 pieces for $250.00

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

Na2(Al2Si4O12)·2H2O

 7112
ALBITE
 		New Exchequer Dam, Mariposa County, California, USA One only - Sharp lustrous colourless transparent tabular crystals on matrix.

Na(AlSi3O8)

9007
ANALCIME
 		Canwood Street Site, Agoura Hills, Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles County, California, USA One only - Very nice colourless transparent crystals with cube faces on matrix.

Na2(Al2Si4O12)·2H2O

 9008
ARAGONITE
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
Nickenicher Satter, Eich, Andernach, Eifel Mountains, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany One only - A very good piece! Groups of white "dogtooth" crystals on matrix.   

CaCO3

7480
ARSENOPYRITE
 		Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department, Peru Three only - "Nests" of very sharp brassy metallic crystals.

FeAsS

 7132
BARYTE       
Padern, Aude, Longedoc-Roussillon, France One only - Tiny colourless tabular crystals in a vug in matrix.  

BaSO4

 7693
BARYTE       
Ardèche, Rhône-Alpes, France One only - A pretty group pf thin tabular crystal to 1.2cm forming matrix.    

BaSO4

 7697
CALCITE   
Burnt Cabin Creek, Spray, Wheeler County, Oregon, USA A pretty piece! White dogtooth crystals on matrix.   

CaCO3

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

CaCO3

 7172
CALCITE   
Horseshoe Dam area, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA One only -Cluster of white sphenoidal crystals on matrix.

CaCO3

 7173
CALCITE   
Milford Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark County, Nevada, USA One only -Rich coverage of colourless crystals on and with Hydrozincite.

CaCO3

 7175
'CHABAZITE'  
      		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
 		Crystal-Comstock Prospect, Kukagami Road, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada One only - Iridescent blue-black metallic crystals with Pyrite.

CuFeS2

 7017
CHRYSOCOLLA

 		 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
      		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
COLEMANITE
 		Terry Mine, Amargosa Valley, Inyo Co., California, USA One only - Sharp white to colourless crystals on matrix. One with "5" clusters of sharp crystals off matrix.

Ca[B3O4(OH)3]·H2O

 7023
CRANDALLITE
   


 

 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  

CDE

 9063
DESCLOIZITE
 		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

 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 
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
FLUORITE
     		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
HEMATITE
     		Big Bertha Mine, Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA One only - Lustrous silvery-black crystals on matrix.    

Fe2O3

 7644
HEMIMORPHITE
     		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
'HEULANDITE'
     		Monte Hills, Monte Lake Road cut, Kamloops Mining District, British Columbia, Canada Two only -   A sphere of pink crystals on matrix. 7273
'HEULANDITE' 

 Hattler Brother Quarry, Jamestown, Jamestown District, Mother Lode Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA Two only - Clusters of sharp glassy colourless crystals on matrix. 9124
KIDWELLITE
     		Indian Mountain, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA One only -A fine example of this phosphate as olive-green spherules on matrix.

 NaFe3+9(PO4)6(OH)11·3H2O

 7638
LEUCOPHOSPHITE
   		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'
     		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
     		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
MAGNETITE
     		Burra Burra Mine (Tennessee Copper Company; Copperhill Operations), Ducktown District, Polk Co., Tennessee, USA Two only - Sharp black octahedral single crystals pin-mounted.

 Fe2+Fe3+2O4  

 7309
MALACHITE  
   		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  
   		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
 		 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
MIMETITE
 		Richmond-Sitting Bull Mine, Galena District, Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA One only - A fine bright orange crystal in a vug in matrix.    $8.00

Pb5(AsO4)3Cl  

9146
NATROLITE
 A   
BC  
 		 Monument, Grant County, Oregon, USA Very fine examples with elongated transparent crystal sprays on matrix.

Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O
               

7332
NATROLITE
 		 Burnt Cabin Creek, Spray, Wheeler County, Oregon, USA One only - Very fine colourless almost but not quite flat-lying bowties on matrix. A pretty piece!

Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O
 

 7333
NATROLITE
 		 Hohenhewen (Hohenhöwen), Engen, Hegau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany One only - Sprays of silky acicular crystals in a vug.

Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O
 

 7335
NATROLITE
    		Fohberg Quarry (Hauri Quarry), Bötzingen, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany One only - Elongated thin tabular crystal groups on matrix. 

Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O

 7336
ORPIMENT
 		Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru One only - Brilliant orange crystals on matrix.  

As2S3

 9156
PHARMACOSIDERITE
 		 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
 		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
PLATTNERITE
 		 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 
 		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'   

 		 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
US highway 27 road cut, Halls Gap, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA One only - Sharp colourless to white groups with coppery Pyrite. 

SiO2

 7378
QUARTZ
 Interior South Dakota, USA One only - A very aesthetic piece!  A section of Quartz geode lined with lustrous crystals. 

SiO2

 7534
SIDERITE
 		 Hall Molybdenum Mine (Liberty Mine), San Antone District, San Antonio Mts, Nye County, Nevada, USA One only - One only of this fine piece! Lustrous transparent orange-brown to dark brown crystals on matrix.

FeCO3

 7548
SIDERITE
 		 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
SMITHSONITE

 		 Lockport, New York, USA One only - A pretty piece with fine groups of colourless crystals with Hemimorphite crystals.

ZnCO3

 7556
SPHALERITE
 		Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huánuco Department, Peru One only of this very fine piece! Sub-adamantine black to dark brown crystal masses.

ZnS

 7409
SPHALERITE
LaFarge Quarry, Beamsville, Ontario, Canada One only - A fine piece with orange rhombs and Calcite on matrix.

ZnS

 7559
SPHALERITE
Maxwell quarry (Morisson quarry; Maxwell Brucite quarry), Wakefield, Les Collines-de-l'Outaouais RCM, Outaouais, Québec, Canada Two only - A very pretty pieces with lustrous transparent yellow-brown crystals off matrix.

ZnS

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

ZnS

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

Ca[Al2Si7O18]·7H2O

 7414
'STILBITE'

 		 Neer Road, Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, USA One only - Very fine combination piece of Stilbite crystals +/- Calcite, 'Heulandite', "Chabazite" on matrix. 7418
'STILBITE'
 		 Monte Hills, Monte Lake Road cut, Kamloops Mining District, British Columbia, Canada One only - Colourless tabular crystals in vugs in matrix. 7565
'STILBITE'
 		 Midnite Mine (Midnight Mine; Boyd lease), Turtle Lake, Spokane Indian Reservation, Stevens Co., Washington, USA One only -A fine piece! Sharp tabular transparent to translucent chatoyant tabular crystals on matrix. 7704
STILPNOMELANE
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
 		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
 		 Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada One only - Sharp colourless to white glassy crystals on Quartz.   

SrCO1

 7568
TETRAHEDRITE
 		 Advance Mine, Colorado Hill, Loope, Monitor - Mogul District, Alpine County, California, USA One only -  Very fine piece with clusters of silvery black metallic crystals on matrix. 7577
TOPAZ
 		 East Grants Ridge, Cibola County, New Mexico, USA Three only - Colourless to just a hint of pinkish-beige Topaz crystals on Rhyolite matrix.

 Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2

 7434
TOURMALINE variety DRAVITE
 		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  
Erupción Mine (Ahumada Mine), Los Lamentos Mts, Municipio de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico One only of these unusual pieces! - Hoppered orange to orangey-brown vitreous prismatic "half-hexagonal" crystals off matrix. 

Pb5(VO4)3Cl

 7590
WULFENITE
 		 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  
 		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
WULFENITE
 		 Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Municipio de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico One only - Very fine glassy lustrous yellow transparent crystals on matrix.

PbMoO4

 7455
ZIRCON variety CYRTOLITE  
 		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
ZUNYITE 

     		Big Bertha Mine, Middle Camp-Oro Fino District, Dome Rock Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA One only - Sharp colourless to light brown pyramidal crystals on matrix. 

Al13Si5O20(OH,F)18Cl

 7549
 


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