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February 24 2017
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Minerals H ~ L |
August Dietz IV Collection |
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HEDYPHANE / CHRYSOCOLLA |
Slinger Mine, Goodsprings District, Clark County, Nevada, USA |
One only - A
very fine piece with rich coverage of sharp lustrous light yellow gemmy
crystals on matrix with
Chrysocolla in standard North American box.
Pb3Ca2(AsO4)3Cl/Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4·nH2O (x < 1) |
1173 |
HEMATITE |
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa |
Two only - Very fine
lustrous black crystals on matrix. Ze2O3 |
9385 |
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HEMIMORPHITE
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Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Municipio de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico |
One only of these
"wonderful" specimens! Transparent elongated prismatic light pinkish-beige
crystals dotted with rhombic white Calcite and sprays of Mimetite. $10.00 Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O |
9183 |
HEULANDITE-Na 1160  1186  1189 |
Wolf creek Pass, Creede District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA |
Three of these
beautiful examples of Heulandite-(Ca) as tabular transparent orange
crystals +/- acicular to almost fibrous white Mordenite crystal sprays.
(Na,Ca)2-3Al3(Al,Si)2Si13O36·12H2O |
1160, 1186 1189 |
HOLFERTITE |
Gray Knob east of Maynard's Claim Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, USA |
One only - A
single elongated bladed straw coloured crystals on matrix. $15.00 CaxU6+2-xTi(O8-xOH4x)·3H2O |
1227 |
HOLFERTITE |
Searles Canyon, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, USA |
One only - A
single elongated bladed straw coloured crystals on Topaz.
$15.00 CaxU6+2-xTi(O8-xOH4x)·3H2O |
1231 |
HYDROZINCITE / HEMIMORPHITE |
Frederickson Mine, Goodsprings District, Clark County, Nevada, USA |
Three only of
these extremely fine pieces! Highly lustrous colourless Hydrozincite
spheres and groupings with "excellent" Hemimorphite in
standard North American box. Very pretty pieces!! Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6 / Zn4Si2O7(OH)2·H2O |
1185,1195 1198 |
ILMENITE |
Zovon, Vò, Euganei Hills, Padova Province, Veneto, Italy |
Two only - Tiny black metallic crystals
in vugs in volcanic ejecta +/- Amphiboles.
$10.00 Fe2+TiO3 |
9604 |
ILMENITE  |
La Pianazza, Varsi, Ceno Valley, Taro Valley, Parma Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy |
Three only - Very fine euhedral black
crystals of various habits on matrix. $10.00
Fe2+TiO3 |
9623 |
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INESITE
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Fengjiashan Mine (Daye copper mine), Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China |
Two only of these very aesthetic pieces!
Pale rose pink to orangey-pink to pale beige highly lustrous elongated
prismatic crystals on 'Apophyllite'. $12.00 Ca2(Mn,Fe)7Si10O28(OH)2·5H2O |
9384 |
JAROSITE |
Kamariza Mines, Agios Konstantinos, Lavrion District Mines, Lavrion District, Attikí Prefecture, Greece |
Two only - Euhedral lustrous dark brown
glassy to opaque rhombohedrons crystals on matrix. $10.00 KFe3+3(SO4)2(OH)6 |
9405 |
LEIGHTONITE |
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile |
One very fine pieces of this rarity.-
Clusters of glassy turquoise-blue tabular crystals on matrix. $12.00 K2Ca2Cu(SO4)4·2H2O |
9432 |
LIBETHENITE |
Wheal Basset, Basset Mines, Carn Brea, Cambourene-Redruth-St. Day District, Cornwall, England, UK |
One only - Very,
very fine pieces! Highly lustrous vitreous light to very dark green
translucent crystals on matrix. $10.00 Cu2(PO4)(OH) |
9371 |
LINARITE SOLD |
Veneziana Gallery, Monte Trisa Mines, Mercanti Valley, Torrebelvicino, Vicenza Province, Veneto, Italy |
One only of these very fine pieces -
Lustrous glassy blue crystals in vugs in matrix. $12.00 PbCu(SO4)(OH)2 |
9605 |
