|
Name |
Location |
Description |
Number |
|
MAGNETITE
|
French Creek, Pennsylvania, USA |
Very sharp lustrous black
octahedral crystals with sage green Actinolite +/- Hematite, Pyrite,
Chalcopyrite. (E) $6.00 |
340 |
MAGNETITE
|
French Creek, Pennsylvania, USA |
Very sharp lustrous black
octahedral crystals with sage green Actinolite +/- Hematite, Pyrite,
Chalcopyrite. A) 3.2 x 2.1 cm; C) 3.2 x 2.0 cm
$8.00 each. |
50340 |
|
MALACHITE
 |
Block 14 Opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales |
Very, very fine pieces with sprays of pearly green acicular
crystals in vugs in matrix +/- Cerussite. The matrix has very fine vitreous
orangey-brown garnet
dodecahedra.
(E) $7.00 |
807 |
MALACHITE
|
Star
of Congo Mine, Shaba, Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Larger
matrix pieces of this different habit - brilliant, highly lustrous thin
elongated crystals almost lath-like on black matrix in 3.8 x 3.2 x 3.0 cm
box. $7.00
|
50951 |
MANGANVESUVIANITE
 |
N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari manganese field, South
Africa |
Only 8 pieces available. Groups and masses of lustrous deep red to maroon to
almost black prismatic crystals on matrix. Mineral is extremely brittle and
some peripheral crystals are damaged. However the central crystals are superb
(see Photo page - each specimen individually photographed) $8.00 |
965 |
MANSFIELDITE
 |
Perseverancia Mine, Guanaco Mining District near
Taltal, Chile |
Very fine examples of this rare arsenate as colourless
to light blue highly lustrous crystal groups on Quartz points. (E) $6.00 |
728 |
MANSFIELDITE
 |
Perseverancia Mine, Guanaco Mining District near
Taltal, Chile |
Very fine examples of this rare arsenate as colourless
to light blue highly lustrous crystal groups on Quartz points in 3.8 x 3.2 x
3.0 cm box. $8.00 |
50728 |
MILLERITE
|
Predellara Quarry, Tosca, Varsi, Italy |
Larger matrix pieces. B) 3.0
x 1.5 cm: C)2.5 x 2.2cm; D) 2.7 x 2.2 cm; E) 2.5 x 1.9 cm: F) 2.1 x 1.7 cm; G)
2.3 x 2.0 cm $7.00
|
50001 |
MIMETITE/
MALACHITE
|
Tsumeb, Namibia
|
Fine pieces with yellow-green Mimetite
crystals +/- Malachite sprays and colourless Calcite. (N, E) $6.00 |
968 |
|
MIMETITE
 |
Kintore Opencut, Broken Hill, New South Wales,
Australia |
Bright lemon yellow crystals against silvery-black Coronadite.
A) 2.8 x 2.6cm
B) 2.32 x 1.5cm
$8.00 each |
50822 |
|
MIMETITE
 |
Mount Bonnie Mine, Northern Territory,
Australia |
Superb lustrous sharp euhedral pinkish-beige hexagonal tabular
crystals on matrix. The "centres" are highly lustrous and colourless. (E)
$7.00 |
813 |
MIMETITE
|
Rouez,
Sarthe, France |
Fine
lustrous pale honey coloured thick tabular hexagonal crystals with
transparent centre and a darker translucent rim. (E) $6.00
|
274 |
MIMETITE
|
El Potosi, Santa Eulalia, Mexico
|
Fine adamantine colourless to yellow terminated
hexagonal prismatic crystal groups. (N) - $6.00 |
731 |
MOCTEZUMITE
 |
La Bambolla
Mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico |
Type locality! A very rare mineral which forms mainly as "slickensides" on
Quartz matrix. All specimens have some crystallization. (E) $8.00; $10.00;
$12.00 |
710 |
MOLYBDOFORNACITE
 |
Dulcinea
Mine, Carrera Pinto, Chile |
Fine examples of this rare mineral as
bright green to yellow-green thin tabular crystals on matrix +/- other
Arsenates/Phosphates. (E) $12.00; $8.00 |
735 |
MONAZITE
 |
Diamantina,
Ouro Prêto, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Lustrous red-brown twinned crystals to 1.2
cm off matrix. (E) $6.00; $8.00 |
708 |
|
MONTGOMERYITE |
Tip Top Mine, Custer County, South Dakota, USA |
Radial
clusters and sprays of bladed prismatic crystals from almost colourless to
shades of pink and red. (E) $8.00; $10.00
|
332 |
MOTTRAMITE
|
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otijikoto Region, Namibia
|
Two only with lustrous botryoidal very dark green
Mottramite with calcite. 2(E) $7.00
|
982 |