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April 9, 2018 |
Minerals
K ~ Z
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Thumbnail specimens
- micro / macro crystals
Small cabinet
pieces + matrix pieces |
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KIDWELLITE
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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 |
LEUCOPHOSPHITE
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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 |
LINARITE
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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 |
MALACHITE
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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
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Black Butte Mine, New Boston, between
Mena and Luning, Mineral County, Nevada, USA |
One only - A
very fine textured sphere of dark emerald green Malachite in a vug in
matrix. $10.00
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
2389 |
MERLINOITE
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Cupaello Quarry, Santa Rufina, Rieti,
Rieti Province, Latium, Italy |
Type
locality! Three only - Spherical aggregates of white to grey-white
crystals on matrix. $10.00
(K,Na)5(Ca,Ba)2Al9Si23O64·23H2O |
3069 |
MIMETITE
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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 |
MINYULITE
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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 |
MORDENITE
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C |
Reyes Adobe Road and Route 101
intersection area, Agoura Hills, Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles County,
California, USA |
Very fine
specimens! Extremely fine pieces with very fine tuft-like masses of
snowy white very fine acicular crystals in vugs in matrix. $15.00
(Na2,Ca,K2)Al2Si10O24 ·
7H2O |
2484 |
MORDENITE
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Eagle Eye Mine, Moore Mine group, New
Water District, New Water Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA |
One only -
A pretty piece as acicular to almost fibrous crystals on matrix.
$10.00
(Na2,Ca,K2)Al2Si10O24 ·
7H2O |
9083 |
MUIRITE
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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 |
PHLOGOPITE
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Obsidian Cliffs, North Sister Mountain,
McKenzie Pass, Lane County, Oregon, USA |
Very fine dark
golden brown crystal in matrix +/- Osumilite, Fayalite, Tridymite. $10.00
KMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
352 |
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POVONDRAITE
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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 |
PYRITE
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Montecatini Quarry, Carrara, Apuan Alps,
Massa-Carrara province, Tuscany, Italy |
A very fine
piece with tiny metallic pyritohedra on Calcite matrix. $10.00
FeS2 |
2466 |
PYROPHYLLITE
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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 |
PYROXFERROITE
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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 |
QUETZALCOATLITE
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Blue Bell Mine, Soda Lake Mountains,
Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA |
Only one of this very
rare remaining! Very fine pale sky blue elongated to acicular crystal sprays on
matrix. $75.00
Zn6Cu3(TeO6)2(OH)6 ·
AgxPbyClx+2y |
2001 |
ROSASITE
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Fredrickson Mine, Goodsprings District,
Clark Co., Nevada, USA |
"Superb" -
Spherical groups of blue-green crystals on matrix +/- Hemimorphite.
$10.00
(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2 |
2413 |
ROSASITE
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Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio de Mapimí,
Durango, Mexico |
"Superb" -
A very fine piece with very pale "Dioptase-green" crystals on pale pink
Smithsonite.
$12.00
(Cu,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2 |
2473 |
RUTILE
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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
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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 |
STIBARSEN
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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 |
'THOMSONITE'
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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 |
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VOLBORTHITE
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Newmont Gold Mine bench 5225, Gibellini
District, Eureka County, Nevada, USA |
Two only - A
rare Vanadate - Highly lustrous vitreous pistachio green flat-lying
radial groups on matrix. $10.00
Cu3(V2O7)(OH)2 ·
2H2O |
549 |
ZOISITE variety
THULITE
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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 |
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