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September 28, 2012 Mineral T ~ Z |
LAWRENCE BOSIO COLLECTION 6000 series |
DR. GORDON VIGARIO COLLECTION 1000 series |
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TANTALITE-(Mn)
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Murrua (Morrua), Alto Ligonha District, Zambezi Province, Mozambique |
One only - A glassy
deep red 1.2cm crystal off matrix. Some edges a bit dinged. $8.00 Mn2+Ta2O6 |
1720 |
| TELLURITE | Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Municipio de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico |
Two only - Fine tiny
glassy light red-brown crystals on matrix. 1 x $8.00; 1 x $10.00 TeO2 |
1694 |
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'TETRANATROLITE' |
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada | One only - Paranatrolite - Sharp chalky white crystals in matrix. $10.00 | 1696 |
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'TETRANATROLITE' |
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada | One only - Paranatrolite - A fine piece with white prismatic crystals on matrix. $10.00 | 6051 |
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'TETRANATROLITE' |
Schellkopf, Brenk, Niederzissen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | One only - Paranatrolite - Colourless to grey-white crystals with Phillipsite and Calcite on matrix. $10.00 | 6151 |
THOMSONITE
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North BLM Road, King Hill, Idaho, USA |
Unusual habit!
Elongated tabular colourless to chalky white crystal clusters. 3 x $8.00; 2
x $12.00; 1 x $15.00
NaCa5Al5Si5O20.6H2O |
6017 |
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THOMSONITE
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Sinker Creek, Highway 78, Mile post 35, Murphy, Owyhee Mountains, Southwest Idaho, USA |
Lovely! Pale
grey-white spherules in vugs in basalt.
$8.00
NaCa5Al5Si5O20.6H2O |
6104 |
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THOMSONITE
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Lyons Hill, Kyogle Quarry, Kyogle, Rous County, New South Wales, Australia |
Spherules of
colourless to white thin elongated tabular crystals on basalt.$8.00 NaCa5Al5Si5O20.6H2O |
6105 |
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THOMSONITE
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Trixie Mine, East Tintic District, East Tintic Mountains, Utah County, Utah, USA |
One only - Most
unusual habit - Clusters of glassy colourless to white "cockscomb" crystals in
matrix. $8.00 NaCa5Al5Si5O20.6H2O |
6106 |
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TORBERNITE
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Pucher Shaft, Wolfgang Maaßen Mine field, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany |
One only - Very,
very fine vitreous glassy grass-green flattened tabular crystals on matrix.
$10.00 Cu2+(UO2)2(PO4)2.8-12H2O |
1699 |
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TSCHERNICHITE
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0.2 kilometres north of Goble, Columbia County, Oregon, USA |
Type locality! Very fine examples of this
rare zeolite! Water-clear colourless crystals and groups in vugs in basalt.
$10.00; $12.00; $15.00 7
Saul Krotki specimens
(Ca,Na)(Si6Al2)O16.4-8H2O |
6131 |
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TSUMCORITE
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Centennial Eureka Mine, Tintic District, East Tintic Mts, Juab County, Utah, USA |
One only - A very fine piece with two
pieces of matrix with tiny green to yellow-green crystals on matrix. $12.00 Pb(Zn,Fe3+)2(AsO4)2(H2O,OH)2 |
1701 |
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TUNISITE
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Condorcet, Nyons, Dôme, Rhône-Alpes, France |
One only - A very good piece of this very
rare mineral - Rich coverage of bright white tiny micaceous crystals on
matrix. $20.00 NaCa2Al4(CO3)4(OH)O8Cl |
1702 |
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TUPERSSUATSIAITE
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Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia |
One only - Sprays of golden red-brown
acicular crystals in vugs in matrix. $10.00 NaFE3+3Si8O20(OH)2.4H2O |
1703 |
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VANADINITE
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Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA |
One only - rather crude orange-brown
prismatic crystals with highly lustrous Descloizite crystals.
$8.00
Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
1708 |
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VANADINITE
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Aderhoual, Mibladene Upper Moulouya lead district, Midelt, Khénifra Province, Meknès-Tafilalet Region, Morocco |
One only - A cluster of creamy white
tabular crystals. $10.00 Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
1710 |
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VANADINITE
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Apache Mine, Radium, Burch area, Globe Hills, Globe Hills District, Globe-Miami District, Gila County, Arizona, USA |
Beautiful bright orange glassy prismatic
crystals on matrix. $8.00 Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
6166 |
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VANADINITE
variety ENDLICHITE
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Tombstone District, Tombstone Hills, Cochise County, Arizona, USA |
Two only - Doubly terminated vitreous
brown prismatic crystals on matrix.
$8.00
Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
1709 |
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VANADINITE
variety ENDLICHITE
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Mina Ojuela Mapimí, Municipio de Mapimí, Durango State, Mexico |
Two only - Brilliantly lustrous golden
brown crystals on matrix.
$8.00
Pb5(VO4)3Cl |
1816 |
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VAUXITE SOLD
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Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia |
One only - White to pale blue botryoids
forming the matrix. $8.00 Fe2+Al2(PO4)2(OH)2.6H2O |
1712 |
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VERTUMNITE
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Bellerberg, Ettringen, Laacher See, Germany |
One only - An
extremely rare mineral! Transparent colourless to white pseudo-hexagonal
crystals in a vug in matrix. $30.00 Ca8Al4(Al4Si5)O12(OH)36 |
1805 |
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VILLIAUMITE
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Aris Quarries, Aris, Windhoek District, Khomas Region, Namibia |
One only - Pale pink transparent crystals
in a vug in Syenite. $8.00 NaF |
1713 |
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WAKEFIELDITE-(Ce)
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Yellow Lake, Olalla, Osoyoos Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada |
One only - A very rare item and a very
fine piece! An elongated black tabular crystal in matrix. $30.00
(Ce2+,Pb2+,Pb4+)VO4 |
6136 |
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WILLEMITE |
Red Cloud Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona, USA |
One only - A pretty
piece - Sprays of tiny colourless prismatic crystals on a Wulfenite crystal. $8.00 Zn2SiO4 |
6199 |
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WILLHENDERSONITE SOLD
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Caspar quarry, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
One only - Clusters of tiny (30x)
colourless crystals in vugs in matrix. $20.00 KxCa(1.5-0.5x)(Al3Si3O12).5H2O (0<x<1) |
6134 |
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WITHERITE
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Wanlockhead Mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom |
One only - A very fine piece with
Witherite pseudomorph after Baryte with very fine Baryte. $12.00 BaCO3 |
1750 |
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WITHERITE
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Rosiclair, New York, USA |
One only - A 1.2cm single white crystal
off matrix. $8.0 BaCO3 |
1751 |
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WULFENITE |
79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Drippings Springs Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA |
One only - A beautiful thin tabular
transparent orange crystal on sprays of orange Mimetite. $8.00 PbMoO4 |
6232 |
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WULFENITE |
Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Municipio de Mapimí, Durango State, Mexico |
Four only - Very fine pieces with
transparent tabular light yellow crystals with clusters and sheaves of
Mimetite crystals. $10.00 PbMoO4 |
6233 |
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YUGAWARALITE |
200/235 Quarry, Wolf Point, Cowlitz County, Washington, USA |
Very fine examples of this zeolite!
Glassy colourless transparent tabular crystals on matrix. 1 x $10.00; 2 x
$12.00; 1 thumbnail $20.00
Collected by Rudy Tschernich 2002 Ca2(Al4Si12O32).8H2O |
6135 |
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YUKSPORITE |
Yupspor Mount, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern region, Russia |
Two only - A very rare mineral! Three
cork-mounted pieces as compact masses of creamy silky acicular crystals.
$15.00 (K,Ba)NaCa2(Si,Ti)4O11(F,OH).H2O |
1756 |
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ZÁLESÍITE |
Zálesí, Javorník, Olomouc Region, Moravia, Czech Republic |
Type locality! One only - Good coverage
of light green crystals. $15.00
CaCu6[(AsO4)(AsO3OH)6].3H2O |
1812 |
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ZIRCON |
Canadian All Metals Mine, Monmouth Township, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada |
Four only - Sharp glassy brown modified
tetrahedral crystal off matrix. $8.00 ZrSiO4 |
1761 |
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ZIRCON |
Zirconia Mine, Henderson County, North Carolina, USA |
One only - A 1.4cm group off matrix made
up of very lustrous red-brown crystals. $8.00 ZrSiO4 |
1762 |