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A selection of very fine microminerals from
the collection of the late Floyd L. Caesar
Floyd Caesar was a
teacher at Eastwood Collegiate in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. He
authored at least two articles on the minerals of the Rogers Mine, Madoc,
Ontario, Canada. His articles can be found in Rocks and
Minerals, November 1966 and Rocks and Minerals, April 1967.
Floyd became quite
knowledgeable in an interesting mineral from Rogers Mine. This mineral
came in a variety of habits - wires, wool, loops, rings and even
tubes. Several of his micromounts have two or even three habits
of this strange mineral. The strange mineral turned out to be
some of the finest "Boulangerite" that can be found world wide.
Listed below is Part II
of the collection of the late Floyd
L. Caesar. No description, other than the information written on
each box, is given as there are far too many to
describe. We can only say that these micromounts appear to be very fine.
It is obvious, at first glance, that Floyd was truly passionate about
his micromounts.
His micromounts were mounted with care and display each mineral very
nicely. Many of the micromounts carry the date they were
found and mounted.
This is Part II of the Floyd
L. Caesar Collection
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MINERAL
NUMBER |
MINERAL NAME |
LOCATION |
DESCRIPTION |
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51989 |
ADAMITE |
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Mexico |
1(N) $6.00 |
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51989 |
ADAMITE |
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Mexico |
1(N) $6.00 |
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52309 |
ADAMITE |
Gold Hill Mine, Tooelle County, Utah, USA |
1(N) $5.00 |
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53071 |
ADAMITE |
Zacatecas, Mexico |
1(N) $5.00 |
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53443 |
ADAMITE |
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Mexico |
Some clear some opaque Adamite crystals. 1(N) $5.00 |
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53465 |
ADAMITE |
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Mexico |
1(N) $5.00 |
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53519 |
ADAMITE |
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango State, Mexico |
1(N) $6.00 |
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51990 |
ADAMITE |
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Mexico |
1(N) $5.00 |
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53467 |
ADAMITE |
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Mexico |
1(N) $5.00 |
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52611 |
ADAMITE with CALCITE |
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Mexico |
1(N) $5.00 |
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51950 |
ADULARIA |
Mohawk Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
1(N) $500 |
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52183 |
ADULARIA |
Copper Falls Mine, Keweenaw (July 1967), Michigan,
USA |
1(N) $5.00 |
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52415 |
ADULARIA, MICROCLINE, PUMPELLYITE |
Mohawk Mine, Keweenaw County (1967), Michigan, USA |
1(N) $5.00 |
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52900 |
AGARDITE |
Bou Azzer, Morocco |
Blue hairs. 1(N) $7.00 |
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52902 |
AGARDITE |
Bou Skour, Morocco |
1(N) $5.00 |
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52247 |
ALBITE |
Mohawk Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
Tabular crystals on Epidote. 1(N) $6.00 |
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52042 |
ALBITE (Clear) |
Keystone Quarry, Cornod, Pennsylvania, USA |
1(N) $5.00 |
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52180 |
ANALCIME |
Copper Falls Mine, Keweenaw (July 1967), Michigan,
USA |
1(N) $5.00 |
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52442 |
ANALCIME |
Tick Canyon, Lane County, California, USA |
1(N) $6.00 |
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52566 |
ANALCIME on DATOLITE |
Hudson County, New Jersey, USA |
1(N) $5.00 |
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52400 |
ANCYLITE |
Desourdis Quarry, Mont St-Hilaire, Québec, Canada |
1(N) $6.00 |
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52581 |
APOPHYLLITE |
George Washington Bridge, New Jersey, USA |
1(N) $5.00 |
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51883 |
ARSENOLITE |
Manhattan, Nevada, USA |
Clear cubes. 1(N) $6.00 |
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53207 |
ARSENOPYRITE, JAMESONITE |
Fernleigh (Aug 1972), Ontario, Canada |
1(N) $10.00 |
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53208 |
ARSENOPYRITE, JAMESONITE |
Fernleigh (Aug 1972), Ontario, Canada |
1(N) $6.00 |
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52682 |
ARTHURITE |
Majuba Hill, Nevada, USA |
Mounted in a cylindrical box $7.00 |
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52021 |
ATACAMITE with CUPRITE |
Dyke Park, Stamford, Connecticut, USA |
1(N) $5.00 |
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52604 |
AURICHALCITE |
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Mexico |
1(N) $6.00 |
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53421 |
AURICHALCITE with ILMENITE |
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Mexico |
1(N) $6.00 |
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52597 |
AZURITE |
Zacatecas, Mexico |
1(N) $6.00 |
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53090 |
AZURITE |
Zacatecas, Mexico |
Thin tabular crystals. 1(N) $6.00 |
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53365 |
AZURITE |
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Mexico |
Azurite crystals on needles of Malachite. 1(N) $6.00 |
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53429 |
AZURITE |
Bradshaw Mountain, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA |
Azurite crystals with Malachite. 1(N) $5.00 |
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53262 |
AZURITE |
Silver Bell Mine, Arizona, USA |
1(N) $7.00 |
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53144 |
AZURITE on MALACHITE |
Zacatecas, Mexico |
1(N) $5.00 |
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52456 |
BARITE on WAVELLITE |
Slate Mountain, Eldorado County, California, USA |
1(N) $5.00 |
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53261 |
BAVENITE |
Foote Mine, Kings Mountain, North Carolina, USA |
1(N) $7.00 |
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52496 |
BROCHANTITE |
Graphic Mine, Magdalena, Québec, Canada |
M.A. Wood mount. 1(N) $7.00 |
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53277 |
BROCHANTITE |
Deming, New Mexico, USA |
With Caledonite, Chrysocolla and Quartz. 1(N) $6.00 |
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51936 |
BRUCITE with HYDROMAGNESITE |
San Benito County, California, USA |
1(N) $7.00 |
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52539 |
BYSSOLITE on EPIDOTE |
Copper Falls Mine, Keweenaw County (1967), Michigan,
USA |
1(N) $5.00 |
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52205 |
BYSSOLITE, MICROCLINE, EPIDOTE |
Wolverine Mine. Kearsarge (July 1967), Michigan, USA |
1(N) $5.00 |
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52002 |
CALCITE |
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango State, Mexico |
1(N) $6.00 |
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52372 |
CALCITE |
Pioneer Quarry, Bremerton, Washington, USA |
Brilliant crystals highly modified on Chabazite. 1(N)
$5.00 |
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52373 |
CALCITE |
Pioneer Quarry, Bremerton, Washington, USA |
Brilliant prisms on Chabazite. 1(N) $6.00 |
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53346 |
CALCITE |
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Mexico |
1(N) $6.00 |
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53500 |
CALCITE |
Bisbee, Arizona, USA |
With Malachite and Dellafossite. 1(N) $7.00 |
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52388 |
CALCITE |
Bingham, New Mexico, USA |
With Rosasite and Hemimorphite. 1(N) $5.00 |
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52041 |
CALCITE (Brown) |
Dryer's Quarry, Gibraltar, Pennsylvania, USA |
1(N) $5.00 |
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52460 |
CALCITE on AURICHALCITE |
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Mexico |
1(N) $5.00 |
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51928 |
CALCITE on CELESTITE |
Dundas Quarry, Dundas, Ontario, Canada |
November 1965. 1(N) $5.00 |
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53370 |
CALCITE on MICROCLINE |
Mohawk Mine, Keweenaw County (1967), Michigan, USA |
1(N) $5.00 |
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52425 |
CALCITE on STILBITE |
Pioneer Quarry, Bremerton, Washington, USA |
1(N) $5.00 |
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52363 |
CALCITE,WULFENITE, MIMETITE |
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Mexico |
1(N) $6.00 |
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53184 |
CALLAGHANITE |
Gabbs, Nye County, Nevada, USA |
1(N) $7.00 |
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52407 |
CATAPLEIITE with DOLOMITE |
Desourdis Quarry, Mont St-Hilaire, Québec, Canada |
1(N) $6.00 |
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52175 |
CELESTITE |
Old Quarry, Dundas (July 1967), Ontario, Canada |
1(N) $5.00 |
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52374 |
CHABAZITE |
Pioneer Quarry, Bremerton, Washington, USA |
Clear brilliant crystals, singles and penetration
twin crystals. 1(N) $5.00 |
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52377 |
CHABAZITE with PHILLIPSITE |
Pioneer Quarry, Bremerton, Washington, USA |
Clear, bright crystal with superb Calcite. 1(N) $5.00 |
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52877 |
CHABAZITE with PHILLIPSITE, HEULANDITE |
Randle, Washington, USA |
1(N) $5.00 |
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52037 |
CHABAZITE, STILBITE |
Dryer's Quarry, Gibraltar, Pennsylvania, USA |
1(N) $6.00 |
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52564 |
CHALCOPYRITE |
Totowa, New Jersey, USA |
1(N) $6.00 |
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52384 |
CHALCOSIDERITE |
Cornwall, England |
1(N) $6.00 |
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52108 |
CHALCOTRICHITE |
Ajo, Arizona, USA |
1(N) $6.00 |
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52590 |
CHALCOTRICHITE |
Superior, Arizona, USA |
Latticed crystals. 1(N) $6.00 |
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53294 |
CHALCOTRICHITE |
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Mexico |
On blue Chalcedony 1(N) $6.00 |
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53279 |
CHLOANTHITE |
Schneeburg, Saxony, Germany |
On Quartz. 1(N) $7.00 |
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53177 |
CHLORITE |
Irayna, Lodrine, Switzerland |
1(N) $6.00 |
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52562 |
CHLORITE,APATITE,DATOLITE |
G.W. Bridge, New Jersey, USA |
1(N) $5.00 |
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52687 |
CHRYSOCOLLA |
Ray Mine, Arizona, USA |
Mounted in a cylindrical box $5.00 |
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52654 |
CINNABAR |
New Indria Mine, San Benito County, California, USA |
1(N) $5.00 |
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999129 |
CINNABAR M-129 |
New Indria Mine, San Benito County, California, USA |
2.9 cm hinged box. $7.00 |
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52051 |
CINNABAR (wafers) |
New Indria Mine, San Benito County, California, USA |
1(N) $7.00 |
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999506 |
CINNABAR M-506 |
Knoxville, California, USA |
2.9 cm hinged box. $7.00 |
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53107 |
CLINOCLASE |
Majuba Hill, Nevada, USA |
1(N) $6.00 |
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53186 |
CLINOPTILOLITE |
Succor Creek, Malheur County, Oregon, USA |
1(N) $6.00 |
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53187 |
CLINOPTILOLITE |
Agoura, Ventura County, California, USA |
1(N) $5.00 |
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51905 |
CLINOZOISITE |
Los Alamos, Sonora, Mexico |
1(N) $6.00 |
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999536 |
COLOURLESS FLUORITE M-536 |
Dundas, Ontario, Canada |
2.9 cm hinged box. $5.00 |
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51997 |
CONICHALCITE |
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Mexico |
1(N) $5.00 |
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53145 |
CONICHALCITE |
Zacatecas, Mexico |
1(N) $6.00 |
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52327 |
COPPER |
Mohawk Mine, Keweenaw County (July 1967), Michigan,
USA |
1(N) $6.00 |
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53512 |
COPPER |
Mohawk Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA |
Native Copper with Rosasite. 1(N) $5.00 |
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999452 |
COPPER |
Bad Ems, Hessen, Germany |
2.9 cm hinged box. $7.00 |
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52091 |
COPPER |
Bouse, Arizona, USA |
1(N) $7.00 |
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52297 |
COPPER in QUARTZ |
Ajo, Arizona, USA |
1(N) $5.00 |
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52431 |
COPPER on LAUMONTITE |
Pioneer Quarry, Bremerton, Washington, USA |
1(N) $5.00 |
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999511 |
CORALLOID CALCITE M-511 |
Bisbee, Arizona, USA |
2.9 cm hinged box. $7.00 |
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51984 |
CORNETITE |
Bwana Mkubwa, Zimbabwe |
1(N) $5.00 |
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999469 |
CORNETITE M-469 |
Katanga Province, D.R.C. |
2.9 cm hinged box. $7.00 |
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52614 |
CROCOITE |
Dundas, Tasmania |
1(N) $6.00 |
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52097 |
CUPRITE |
Bisbee, Arizona, USA |
1(N) $7.00 |
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52806 |
CUPRITE |
Bisbee, Arizona, USA |
1(N) $7.00 |
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52846 |
CUPRITE |
Bisbee, Arizona, USA |
1 cylindrical mount. $5.00 |
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52827 |
CUPROZINCITE |
Durango, Mexico |
Mounted in a cylindrical box $7.00 |
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52131 |
DESCLOISITE |
Tsumeb, Namibia |
with unusual Calcite. 1(N) $10.00 |
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53044 |
DESCLOISITE |
Los Alamos, Sonora, Mexico |
1(N) $5.00 |
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52086 |
DIOPSIDE, MAGNETITE |
Bellerberg, Eifel, Germany |
1(N) $5.00 |
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52745 |
DIOPTASE |
Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona, USA |
1(N) $6.00 |
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52752 |
DIOPTASE |
Reneville, Democratic Republic of Congo |
1(N) $5.00 |
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52148 |
DOLOMITE |
Lockport, New York, USA |
1(N) $5.00 |
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52545 |
DOLOMITE |
Cedar Hill Quarry, Pennsylvania, USA |
1(N) $6.00 |
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