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614 "NIOBIAN" PEROVSKITE Lauzon Farm, Oka, Québec Lustrous black metallic, Niobian-rich pseudocubic crystals in a crumbly carbonate matrix.  (E)  $5.00
667
AUGELITE/
WARDITE
Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory Highly lustrous, light green to almost colourless blocky crystals with secondary growth lustrous, colourless Augelite, Quartz, Siderite, Apatite and Lazulite.  (N, E)  $5.00;  $7.00  The small colourless crystals on the Augelite are Wardite.
1610 AZURITE Highland Valley Copper Mine, Logan Lake, BC Very fine groups of bright blue tabular crystals on matrix. (N, E) $5.00
619 BARICITE Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory For the species collector - not really a micro. A very rare phosphate as light blue-grey, extremely fragile cleavage plates and crystal sections. (E) $6.00
646
BISMUTHINITE Frontier Mine, Cobalt, Ontario Very good metallic blue-black to lead grey elongated to acicular crystals on Quartz matrix. (E) $6.00
1605 BOULANGERITE Dornburg Mine, Treasure Mountain, Tulameen, BC Superb lustrous acicular metallic crystals on matrix. (1N, 3E) $8.00 each
679
BOULANGERITE Van Silver Mine, near Whistler, British Columbia Sprays and mats of finely acicular steely-grey crystals in vugs in white matrix.  (E)  $6.00;  $8.00
645 BOULANGERITE Rogers Mine, Madoc, Ontario Lustrous blue-black metallic acicular crystals in or on Calcite/Fluorite matrix. (N, E) $5.00/7.00
683 BOURNONITE Van Silver Mine, near Whistler, British Columbia Steel grey elongated tabular crystals with flat terminations on matrix. 1 only (E) $8.00
609

COLLINSITE Grizzly Bear Creek, Yukon Territory Some of the world's finest Collinsite were found here in 1983.  As stellate aggregates of creamy white to occasionally colourless lustrous crystals up to 1cm.  Usually in iron shale matrix +/- Siderite, Apatite.  (N, E)  $5.00; $8.00
659 COVELLITE Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, North Baffin Island, Nunavut Territory Very, very fine deep indigo blue hexagonal, dipyramidal crystals +/- Siegenite, Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite.  (E)  $7.00  
1606 CUPRITE Highland Valley Copper Mine, Logan Lake, BC Brilliant red cubes and/or modified cubes on matrix. (1N, 4E) $5.00 each
1607 CUPRITE variety Chalcotrichite Highland Valley Copper Mine, Logan Lake, BC Fine lustrous red acicular crystals on matrix. (1N, 3E) $5.00 each
51607 CUPRITE variety Chalcotrichite Highland Valley Copper Mine, Logan Lake, BC Larger matrix pieces with fine lustrous red acicular crystals in 3.8 cm boxes.  $7.00
677 DIAPHORITE Van Silver Mine, near Whistler, British Columbia Lustrous black to steel-grey metallic prismatic crystal(s) in vugs in matrix.  (E)  $12.00
50605
DIOPSIDE Orford Nickel Mine, Magog, Québec Very good pale yellow-green to colourless tabular to prismatic crystals +/- bright green, vitreous Grossular crystals.  Larger matrix pieces.  $7.00
60612 DIOPSIDE/
GROSSULAR
Orford Nickel Mine, Magog, Québec Matrix to 30mm with rich coverage of lustrous, colourless prismatic Diopside and green Grossular crystals.  $7.00
600 DRESSERITE Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec Fine creamy white spheres on matrix +/- Weloganite, Dawsonite, Strontianite. (N, E)  $6.00; $8.00
647 ERYTHRITE Frontier Mine, Cobalt, Ontario Flattened prismatic rose-red to pink crystals on matrix.  (N)  $5.00
50636 FERROAXINITE Grey Cloud Claim, Yukon Territory Superb pale pink, highly lustrous crystal groups with fibrous (?) in Perky # 2 box.  1 @ $12.00
608 GOYAZITE/
SOUZALITE
Big Fish River, Yukon Territory Very fine radial aggregates of elongated grey-green crystals on matrix +/- Quartz, Siderite.  It is not possible to distinguish visually between these two minerals from this locality.  (N, E, U)  $7.00
50608 GOYAZITE/
SOUZALITE
Big Fish River, Yukon Territory Larger matrix pieces.  $8.00
652       GROSSULAR Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Québec, Canada Lustrous, brilliant green crystals with elongated Pectolite and/or Diopside crystals.  (N, E)  $5.00
644  GROSSULAR  Orford Nickel Mine, Québec NEW MATERIAL!  Lustrous emerald green crystals with Diopside crystals on matrix. (N, E) - $5.00
676 HEMIMORPHITE HB Mine, Salmo, British Columbia Vitreous, colourless crystals and sprays of crystals on matrix.  (N, E)   $5.00
1613 HEMIMORPHITE Reeves MacDonald Mine, Remoc, BC Fine examples of lustrous, colourless crystal groups on matrix. (1N, 2E) $5.00 each
668 KULANITE Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory TYPE LOCALITY! Dark to light blue-green, thick to thin tabular crystals on matrix +/- Augelite, Siderite, Quartz, Apatite and Lazulite. (N, E)    $10.00
662 LAZULITE Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory Complex twinned dark to light blue lustrous tabular crystals up to 50mm +/- Quartz, Siderite, Fl-Apatite.  (E)  $5.00;  $7.00
50662 LAZULITE Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory Complex twinned dark to light blue lustrous tabular crystals up to 50mm +/- Quartz, Siderite, Fl-Apatite in a 3.8x3.2x3.0 cm box. $10.00
1611 MALACHITE Highland Valley Copper Mine, Logan Lake, BC Fine medium green "bowties" or paintbrush-like sheaves of crystals on matrix. (N, E) $5.00
1603
MILLERITE Orford Nickel Mine, Magog, Québec Unusual thick "bent" silvery metallic crystals (?geniculate) on matrix with green Grossular and Diopside crystals. 1 only  (E)  $6.00
51603
MILLERITE Orford Nickel Mine, Magog, Québec Larger matrix piece!  Unusual thick "bent" silvery metallic crystals (?geniculate) on matrix with green Grossular and Diopside crystals in 3.8x3.2x3.0 cm box.   $10.00
1641 NATROLITE Ice River, British Columbia Very very fine single terminated water-clear crystal to 1.2cm long off matrix. (E) $7.00
685 OWYHEEITE Cream Silver Mine, Vancouver Island, British Columbia Groups of tiny (30x) lustrous black to brassy acicular crystals on Quartz.  A relatively new (1985) sulfosalt.  (E)  $10.00
1612 PARAHOPEITE Oxide Group, Ymir, BC Fine groups of colourless to white stubby prismatic crystals in matrix. (E) $5.00
615 PREHNITE Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Québec Sharp euhedral, colourless to white blocky or tapering crystals to 1.2cm +/- Diopside crystals. 1 only (E)  $5.00
50648 PREHNITE   Dalhousie, Nova Scotia Very, very fine pieces.  White to colourless individual Prehnite crystals and groups with and on long thin pale blue-green Amphibole crystals.  Large matrix piece in 3.8x3.2x3.0 cm boxes. - $6.00
656 PYRITE (II) Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, North Baffin Island, Nunavut Territory Lustrous mats and groups of Pyrite "needles" richly covering  Pyrite and/or Chalcopyrite matrix.2 only (E)  $5.00
688 PYROMORPHITE Dunbrack Mine, Musquodoboit Harbour, Halifax County, Nova Scotia Highly lustrous colourless to pale golden sprays of prismatic crystals on Quartz.  (N, E)  $5.00
663 PYROSTILPNITE Van Silver Claim, near Whistler, British Columbia Sharp euhedral prismatic lustrous red crystal(s) in vugs in matrix.  Best at 30x.  (N)   $10.00
602 RAPIDCREEKITE Crosscut Creek, Yukon Territory Type and only locality: Extremely rare mineral - first found in 1983. Sprays and tufts of acicular, colourless crystals on iron-stained Quartz. 2 @ $15.00 1 @ $12.00
651 RUTILE Bear Mountain, near Harrison, Hot Springs, British Columbia Very fine lustrous black prismatic crystals - some reticulated - on white matrix.  (N, E)  $5.00
695
SCOLECITE Black Lake mine, Thetford Mines, Québec Very very fine specimens.  Flat lying compact radial sprays and spherical groups of lustrous silky white acicular crystals.  (N, E) $6.00
50695 SCOLECITE Black Lake mine, Thetford Mines, Québec Very very fine specimens.  Flat lying compact radial sprays and spherical groups of lustrous silky white acicular crystals in 3.0 x 2.0 x 3.8cm boxes $8.00
60695 SCOLECITE Black Lake mine, Thetford Mines, Québec Very very fine specimens.  Flat lying compact radial sprays and spherical groups of lustrous silky white acicular crystals in 4.2 cm boxes $10.00
658 SIEGENITE (II) Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, North Baffin Island, Nunavut Territory Main Lens Block # 52: Very sharp euhedral lustrous silvery tin white metallic modified octahedral crystals.  Usually with Chalcopyrite crystals and Calcite.  I (N), 1 (E)  $6.00
613 SILVER Cobalt, Ontario Fine curly wires of native Silver - off matrix.  (E) $5.00
642 SILVER Gowganda, Ontario Sharp, euhedral oxidized, octahedral crystals forming elongated groups.   (N) - $5.00
639 SILVER Highland Bell Mine, Beaverdell, British Columbia New stock: Fine groups of wire and crystals (N, E) $5.00
50610 SUOLUNITE LAB Mine, Black Lake, Québec WORLD'S FINEST OCCURRENCE of  Suolunite - a calcium silicate - massive in a 3.8x3.2x3.0cm box.  No crystals.  1 only  $20.00
1600 STEPHANITE Husky Mine, Elsa, Yukon Territory Fine short prismatic to blocky tabular metallic black crystal(s) - off matrix. 2 only (N) $7.00
665 SVANBERGITE Mount Brussilof Mine, near Radium, British Columbia SUPERB! Lustrous, brownish-orange rhombs and pseudo-cubic crystals and crystal clusters on matrix.  (N, E)  $5.00
674 TARBUTTITE Ymir, British Columbia Lustrous, colourless thin prismatic crystals and sprays of crystals on limonitic matrix.  (N, E)  $5.00
678 TETRAHEDRITE Van Silver Mine, near Whistler, British Columbia Small (30x) black metallic crystal(s) on matrix.  usually with Pyrite +/- Chalcopyrite +/- Sphalerite.  (E)  $10.00
634 TOURMALINE Stargazer Claim, near O'Grady Lake, Northwest Territory Lustrous, gemmy, transparent pale rose-pink prismatic crystals and groups of crystals on or in white feldspar matrix or Quartz.  2 only (N)  $5.00
672
VESUVIANITE Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Québec Highly lustrous crystal clusters ranging from deep purple to light-yellow/bi-coloured purple.  Very fine specimens!  (N, E)  $5.00
70672 VESUVIANITE Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Québec Larger matrix pieces!  Colourless to pale yellow-green to bi-colourless purple/colourless, highly lustrous crystal clusters.  (3.5x3.0cm specimens).  $10.00;  $12.00
622
VLASOVITE/ GITTINSITE Kipawa Complex, Témiscaming, Québec Each piece contains a vug of yellow-brown glassy Vlasovite with a rim of white fluorescent Gittinsite in raspberry-red Eudialyite. No crystals. Colourful!  $12.00   4(E)
50622 VLASOVITE/ GITTINSITE Kipawa Complex, Témiscaming, Québec Cavities up to 2cm filled with yellow-brown glassy Vlasovite with a rim of white fluorescent Gittinsite in raspberry-red Eudialyite.  In 3.8cm boxes.  $15.00  5 only
60622
VLASOVITE/ GITTINSITE Kipawa Complex, Témiscaming, Québec Cavities up to 2cm filled with yellow-brown glassy Vlasovite with a rim of white fluorescent Gittinsite in raspberry-red Eudialyite.  These large pieces are in 4.2 cm boxes. 2 only 20.00
611 WARDITE Locality 12, Stoneman Camp, Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory Colourless to frosted white pseudo-octahedral crystals on matrix +/- Siderite/Apatite.  (E)  $5.00;  $7.00
601 WELOGANITE Francon Quarry, Montréal, Québec Very fine colourless to yellow "pagoda" crystals.  White coating on some is Celestite. (N, E) $5.00; $7.00
684 ZINKENITE Eureka Mine, Hope, British Columbia Lustrous black metallic to dull steel-grey acicular to thin prismatic crystals in vugs in matrix. 1 only   (E)  $10.00

Minerals from Mexico

717 ACANTHITE La Rajas, Guanajuato, Mexico 2 only! As mats of lustrous black crystals. (E) $5.00
711 GROSSULAR Sierra de las Gruces, Sierra Majuda, Coahuila Fine, lustrous raspberry-pink dodecahedral crystals on white matrix..  (E)  $5.00
731
MIMETITE   El Potosi, Santa Eulalia Outstanding pieces. Adamantine colourless to yellow terminated hexagonal prismatic crystal groups. (N, E) - $5.00
713   SILVER Valencia Mine, Guanajuato Matrix pieces with rich coverage of Silver wires.  (N, E)  $5.00  (These are extremely fine.)
50713 SILVER Valencia Mine, Guanajuato Large matrix pieces in 3.8x3.2x3.0 cm box.  $8.00;  $10.00 (Matrix on a wire with wire in matrix)
747     SMITHSONITE Level 8, San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua Beautiful, colourless to grey-green transparent tapering, curved crystals +/- Hemimorphite, Aurichalcite.  (E)  $5.00
50747 SMITHSONITE Level 8, San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua Beautiful, colourless to grey-green transparent tapering, curved crystals +/- Hemimorphite, Aurichalcite in 3.8x3.2x3.0 cm boxes.  $5.00

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