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November 5, 2016
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Minerals C ~ G |
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CALCITE |
Carrara, Apuan Alps, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy |
One only - A beautiful
water-clear prismatic crystal on matrix. $12.00 CaCO3 |
9543 |
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CELESTINE |
Carrara, Apuan Alps, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy |
Two only - Very, very
fine chalky white elongated prismatic crystal(s) on matrix. 1 x $12.00, 1 x
$15.00 SrSO4 |
9609 |
CERUSSITE on
ZINCIAN DOLOMITE |
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia |
Four only - Very fine
translucent opaque white to colourless crystals on Zincian Dolomite rich
matrix. $10.00 PbCO3 |
9004 |
CHALCANTHITE  A B 
 C D |
Posey Mine, Red Canyon, White Canyon District, San Juan Co., Utah, USA |
Four only - Very fine
pieces with glassy transparent dark blue masses.
$8.00 CuSO4·5H2O |
9077 |
CHALCOMENITE
 A B |
El Dragón mine, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia |
Two only of this rare
mineral! Blue-green crystals on matrix.
$10.00 CuSeO3·2H2O |
9080 |
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CHLORITE GROUP |
Carrara, Apuan Alps, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy | Two only - Extremely fine highly lustrous dark green micaceous crystals on matrix. $10.00 | 9027 |
CONICHALCITE |
Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico |
These are definitely
"beauty in smallness" - Very, very fine lustrous vitreous pale apple green to
very dark green spheres on matrix +/- Adamite. $10.00
CaCu(AsO4)(OH) |
9177 |
COPPER / ARAGONITE |
Corocoro, Pacajes Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia |
Very nice and "unusual" pieces with
Aragonite crystals to 1.4cm replaced by Copper.
$10.00 Cu / CaCO3 |
9100 |
CORUNDUM variety RUBY
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Umba River, Tanga Region, Tanzania |
One only - Deep
reddish-pink crystals and sections in matrix.
$10.00
Al2O3 |
9102 |
CREASEYITE
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Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, St. Anthony Deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA |
Two only - Tiny (30x)
light green acicular crystals on matrix.
$10.00 Pb2Cu2Fe23+(Si4.67Al0.33)O15.33(OH)3·H2O |
9105 |
CROCOITE |
Adelaide Mine, Dundas mineral field, Zeehan District, Tasmania, Australia |
One only of this very very
fine highly lustrous vitreous transparent elongated prismatic bright orange
crystals on matrix. Quite a striking piece! $12.00 Pb(CrO4) |
9085 |
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CUPRITE |
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia |
One only - Very fine sharp deep red cubic
crystals on Calcite. $10.00 Cu2O |
9637 |
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CUPRITE variety CHALCOTRICHITE
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Ray Mine, Scott Mountain area, Mineral Creek District, Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA |
Two only - Very,
very fine pieces with highly lustrous silvery blood-red crystals on matrix.
$10.00
Cu2O |
9108 |
CUPRITE variety
CHALCOTRICHITE |
Libiola Mine, Sestri Levante, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy |
Four only - Very fine pieces with highly
lustrous red crystal groups on matrix. $10.00 Cu2O |
9621 |
DANBURITE  A B |
Alto Chapare District, Chapare Province, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia, Bolivia |
Two only - Very fine
pieces as single glassy light greyish-blue crystals 2.0 x 1.4cm off matrix.
Quite lovely! $10.00
CaB2Si2O8 |
9112 |
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DESCLOIZITE
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Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia |
Three only - Very fine
lustrous dark reddish-brown "spear-like" crystals forming matrix. Very nice
pieces! $12.00 Pb(Zn,Cu)(VO4)(OH) |
9020 |
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DIAMOND SOLD
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Miba Mine, Mbuji Mayi (Bakwanga), Kasaï-Oriental, Democratic Republic of Congo |
Two only oh these very
pretty crystals! Very fine single crystals off matrix! Adamantine
champagne-tan to greenish-silver beautifully pin-mounted crystals.
$25.00; $30.00 C |
9009 |
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DIAMOND
SOLD
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Sendelingsdrif area, Orange River mining area, Karas Region, Namibia |
Two only - very fine
colourless to greenish-silver single crystals beautifully pin-mounted.
$25.00; $30.00 C |
9019 |
DIGENITE |
Leonard Mine, Butte, Butte District (Summit Valley District), Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA |
One only of this very, very fine example of this
mineral! Highly lustrous blue-black crystalline Digenite +/- Pyrite.
$12.00 Cu9S5 |
9117 |
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DIOPTASE
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Omaue Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia |
Extremely fine highly
lustrous vitreous transparent rich greenish-blue crystal on matrix or as
single crystals beautifully pin-mounted. $10.00 CuSiO3·H2O |
9051 |
DIOPTASE
A B |
Altyn-Tyube dioptase deposit, Altyn-Tyube area, Kirghiz Steppes, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan |
Type locality! Two
only - Lustrous transparent bright emerald-green crystals on matrix.
$8.00 CuSiO3·H2O |
9118 |
DJURLEITE SOLD |
Upper Massa Gorge, Massa Gorge, Bitsch, Brig, Wallis, Switzerland |
One only - Lustrous
metallic crystalline to massive black Djurleite forming matrix.
$8.00
Cu31S16 |
9119 |
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DOLOMITE |
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia |
One only - "Superb" -
White crystals with greasy lustre on matrix dotted with tiny reddish-brown
Descloizite. $10.00 CaMg(CO3)2 |
9022 |
DUFRÉNITE |
Poniklá, Jilemnice, Liberec Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic |
One only - Dark
orangey-brown botryoidal crystals forming matrix.
$8.00
Ca0.5Fe2+Fe53+(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O |
9120 |
DUFRÉNITE |
Teškov, Rokycany, Plzen Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic |
One only - An
aesthetic little specimen! Dark grey-green spherules on matrix.
$8.00
Ca0.5Fe2+Fe53+(PO4)4(OH)6·2H2O |
9121 |
DYPINGITE
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Artinite pit, Clear Creek area, Picacho Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA |
One only - A very
pretty piece with rich coverage of white acicular spherules on matrix.
$10.00
Mg5(CO3)4(OH)2·5H2O |
9123 |
ENARGITE |
Quiruvilca Mine, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru |
Two only of these
"superb" pieces! Very lustrous black crystals on matrix. $10.00
Cu3AsS4 |
9125 |
'ERIONITE'
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Phelps Dodge Corporation Well No. 1, Little Ajo Mts, Ajo District, Pima Co., Arizona, USA | One only - Sprays of colourless tabular crystals in vugs in matrix. $8.00 | 9131 |
FORNACITE 
A B |
Eagle Eye Mine, Moore Mine group, New Water District, New Water Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA |
Two only - Tiny (40x) pale green-brown
crystals on matrix.
$8.00
Pb2Cu(CrO4)(AsO4)(OH) |
9148 |
FRANCEVILLITE |
Packerton Junction, Carbon Co., Pennsylvania, USA |
One only of this rarity! Tiny (30x) very
pale yellow-green to cream coloured crystals on matrix.
$10.00
(Ba,Pb)(UO2)2(VO4)2·5H2O |
9150 |
GALENA |
Carrara, Apuan Alps, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy |
Five only - Tiny
lustrous silvery-grey to black metallic crystals of various habits on Calcite.
$10.00 PbS |
9622 |
'GARNET'
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Loanhead Quarry, Beith, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK |
Two only from this classic old time
locality! Sharp lustrous transparent orangey-brown crystals on matrix +/-
Calcite. $10.00 X3Z2(SiO4)3 |
9430 |
GETCHELLITE |
Getchell Mine (North Pit; Center pit; South pit), Adam Peak, Potosi District, Osgood Mts, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA |
Type locality!
Two only -
Lustrous vitreous blood-red crystals on and in matrix.
$10.00 AsSbS3 |
9155 |
GOETHITE  |
Dasht-e-Kain Cu-Mo deposit, Chagai District, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan |
Three only of these
extremely fine pieces! Red-brown Goethite pseudomorph after octahedra Pyrite.
Each pieces is a geometric wonder - from 8.0mm to 10.0mm. $12.00 α-Fe3+O(OH) |
9260 |
GOWERITE |
Hard Scramble claim, Ryan, Furnace Creek District, Inyo Co., California, USA |
Type locality! Two
only of these very fine pieces! Very fine silky white to colourless acicular
sprays on matrix. $8.00 Ca[B5O8(OH)][B(OH)3]·3H2O |
9162 |
