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September 24, 2012 Mineral Q ~ S |
LAWRENCE BOSIO COLLECTION 6000 series |
DR. GORDON VIGARIO COLLECTION 1000 series |
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RHODOCHROSITE SOLD |
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa |
One only - Very lustrous bright pink "saddles"
on matrix. $10.00 Mn2+CO3 |
1652 |
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RHODOCHROSITE |
Poudrette Quarry. Mont St. Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
One only - Tiny pinkish crystals on matrix.
$8.00 Mn2+CO3 |
1653 |
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RHODOCHROSITE |
Burlington Mine, Butte, Butte District, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA |
One only - A mass of light pink rhombs on
matrix. $8.00 Mn2+CO3 |
1654 |
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ROEDDERITE |
Emmelberg, Üdersdorf, Daun, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
One only - Tiny yellow glassy crystals on
matrix with Sanidine. $10.00 KNa(Mg,Fe)5Si12O30 |
1670 |
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ROSASITE |
US Borox Open Pit, U.S. Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kramer District, Kern County, California, USA |
One only - Lovely blue Rosasite spheres
on lustrous colourless Hemimorphite crystals. $8.00
(Cu2+,Zn)2(CO3)(OH)2 |
6227 |
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SALÉEITE |
Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia |
One only - A rare phosphate as platy
yellow crystals with a pearly lustre in matrix. $12.00 Mg(UO2)2(PO4)2.10H2O |
1660 |
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SANIDINE
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Taiji-Cho, Higashimuro-gun, Wakayama Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan |
One only - A single 1.2cm crystal off
matrix. Not quite a micro! $8.00 (K,Na)AlSi3O8 |
1661 |
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SAPONITE |
Laurium Mine, Laurium, Houghton County, Michigan, USA |
One only - Spheres of brownish to cream
acicular crystals with Epidote. $8.00
(Ca,Na)0.3(Mg,Fe2+)3(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2.4H2O |
1672 |
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SAPPHIRINE |
Sakoanomby Ambany East, Antanimora Commune, Ambovombe District, Androy Region, Tuléar Province, Madagascar |
Two only - Grey-green crystals in a
matrix of bronze red-brown mica. $10.00
(Mg,Al)8(Al,Si)6O20 |
1663 |
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SCHORL |
Shasta County, Northern California, USA |
Two only - Very fine
pieces - Compact masses of elongated
very deep red crystals off matrix. $10.00
Na(Fe2+)3Al6(BO3)3[Si6O18](OH)4 |
6228 |
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SCOLECITE |
Maria Luisa refuge, Formazza, Formazza Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy |
One only - Partially embedded columnar
white crystals with Epidote on matrix. $8.00
Ca[Al2Si3O10].3H2O |
6049 |
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SENEGALITE
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Mount Kourou Diakouma, Saraya, Falémé River basin, Tambacounda Region, Senegal |
Type locality! One only - A
beautiful example of this rarity! Light yellow to almost colourless
transparent crystals on blue-green matrix. $12.00 Al2PO4(OH)3.H2O |
1606 |
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SÉRANDITE |
Poudrette Quarry, Mont St. Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
One only - A fine salmon pink crystal
with pale pink crystals in vugs in the crystal. $12.00 NaMn2Si3O8(OH) |
1607 |
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SERPIERITE
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D. H. Claims, Keystone Gulch, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA |
One only - Tiny pale turquoise-blue
crystals on matrix. $8.00 Ca(Cu2+Zn)4(SO4)2(OH)6.3H2O |
1608 |
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SIDERITE |
Poudrette Quarry, Mont St. Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
One only - glassy creamy yellow crystals
with Natrolite on matrix. $8.00
Fe2+CO3 |
1611 |
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SIDERITE |
Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland, USA |
Two only - Fine glassy iridescent
crystals on matrix. $8.00
Fe2+CO3 |
1612 |
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SIDERITE |
Estacada, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA |
One only - Unusual habit! Curved
distorted rhombs of greenish-brown crystals with
greasy lustre on matrix. $8.00
Fe2+CO3 |
6230 |
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SIDERONATRITE |
Sulfur Pit, Crescent Valley, Eureka County, Nevada, USA |
One only - A fine piece with a spray of
silky creamy acicular crystals on matrix. $10.00
Na2Fe3+(SO4)2(OH).3H2O |
1613 |
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SIGLOITE |
Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia |
One only - An extremely fine transparent
colourless tabular crystals with Paravauxite. Pin-mounted. $10.00
Fe3+Al2(PO4)2(OH)3.7H2O |
1614 |
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SILVER
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Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda Region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada |
One only - A very fine "rams horn" of
Silver wires. $12.00 Ag |
1743 |
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SILVER
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Sarbay Mine, Kostanay Province (Qostanay Oblysy; Kostanai Oblast'), Kazakhstan |
One only - Four individual Silver wire
specimens in one box. $12.00 Ag |
1744 |
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SILVER
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Fresmillo, Zacatecas, Mexico |
One only - Clusters of crystals of
various habits. $8.00 Ag |
1834 |
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SKLODOWSKITE
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Animas Mine, Francisco Portillo, West Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico |
One only - Sharp tiny
(30x) crystals on matrix. $10.00 Mg(UO2)2Si2O7.6H2O |
1616 |
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SMITHSONITE
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Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Municipio de Mapimí, Durango State, Mexico |
One only - Highly lustrous pale green
crystal on matrix.
$8.00 ZnCO3 |
1617 |
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SMITHSONITE
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Total Wreck Mine, Cienega Creek, The Narrows, Empire District, Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona, USA |
One only - A good piece with colourless
transparent crystals in spherical aggregates on matrix.
$8.00 ZnCO3 |
1619 |
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SMITHSONITE
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Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia |
One only - A group of curved rhombic
white crystals.
$8.00 ZnCO3 |
6231 |
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SODALITE |
Wannenkopf, Germany |
One only - Small
colourless to white modified cubic crystal in a vug in basalt.
$8.00 Na8Al6Si6O24Cl2 |
1620 |
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STELLERITE |
Kibblehouse Quarry, Perkiomenville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA |
Three only - groups of
colourless to light orangey-yellow elongated tabular crystals on matrix.
$8.00 Ca4(Al8Si28O72).28H2O |
6070 |
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'STILBITE' |
Kibblehouse Quarry, Perkiomenville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA | One only - Clusters of elongated thin tabular crystals on matrix. $8.00 | 6014 |
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'STILBITE' |
Owyhee Dam Road Water Pipes, Adrian, Oregon | Two only - Clusters of elongated thin tabular crystals on matrix. $8.00 | 6050 |
'STILBITE'
SOLD |
Snively Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, USA | Two only - Very fine combination piece! One with Heulandite $8.00; One with Thomsonite, Chabazite $10.00 | 6071 |
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'STILBITE' |
Martin Marietta Quarry, Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina, USA |
Very fine colourless
to white to creamy elongated tabular crystal groups on matrix +/- Calcite.
$8.00; One thumbnail $10.00 Steve Adams
Specimens
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6072 |
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'STILBITE' |
Eagles Mine, Indian Valley, Taylorsville, California, USA | Two only - Clusters of fine transparent to translucent orange crystals. $8.00 | 6174 |
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STOLZITE |
Sainte-Lucie Mine, St Léger-de-Peyre, Marvejols, Lozère, Languedoc-Roussillon, France |
One only - Two fine
creamy tabular crystal groups off matrix in one box. $10.00 PbWO4 |
1632 |
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STRENGITE |
Indian Mountain, Cherokee County, Alabama, USA |
One only - Small fans
and sprays of violet-pink glassy crystals on matrix with Cacoxenite. $8.00 Fe3+PO4.2H2O |
1635 |
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STRENGITE |
Coon Creek Mine, Shady, Polk County, Arkansas, USA |
Two only - Violet pink
crystals on matrix. $8.00 Fe3+PO4.2H2O |
1636 |
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STRENGITE |
Plößberg pegmatite, Plößberg, Oberpfälzer Wald, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany |
One only - Rich
coverage of glassy orange-brown tabular crystals on matrix. $8.00 Fe3+PO4.2H2O |
1638 |
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STRUNZITE |
LCA Mine (Lithium Corporation of America Mine), Bessemer City, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA |
One only - A fine a
piece with pearly white crystals on matrix with Laueite crystals.
$8.00 Mn2+Fe2+2(PO4)2(OH).6H2O |
1637 |
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STRUVITE |
Skipton Caves, Mt. Widderin, Skipton, Corangamite Shire, Victoria, Australia |
One only - Three
single crystals off matrix in a gel cap. $10.00 (NH4)Mg(PO4).6H2O |
1642 |
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STURMANITE |
N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa |
One only - A very fine
piece with a cluster of yellow hexagonal prismatic crystals on matrix.
$15.00
Ca6(Fe3+,Al,Mn2+)2(SO4)2[B(OH)4](OH)12.25H2O |
1641 |
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SVANBERGITE |
Vitrefax Hill, Obregon, Cargo Muchacho District, Imperial County, California, USA |
One only - A good
example of this mineral - Glassy red-brown crystals in matrix. $10.00 SrAl3[(P,S)O4]2(OH,H2O)6 |
1690 |
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SYLVANITE |
Bessie G Mine, La Plata District, La Plata County, Colorado, USA |
One only - Silvery-grey to brassy
metallic crystals in matrix. $10.00 AuAgTe4 |
1835 |
| SYNCHYSITE-(Y) | Poudrette Quarry, Mont St. Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
One only - Single
pseudo-hexagonal brown tabular crystals in vugs in matrix. $10.00 Ca(Y,Ce)(CO3)2F |
1836 |
| SYNCHYSITE-(Ce) | Poudrette Quarry, Mont St. Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
One only - Sharp
tabular red-brown crystals on matrix. $8.00 Ca(Ce,La)(CO3)2F |
1691 |
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