January 21, 2017

 

Bargain Minerals

"4" for $10.00

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ADAMITE
  		 Ojuela Mine, Mapími, Municipio de Mapími, Durango, Mexico Four only - Ojuela produces some magnificent minerals and these are no exception. Rich coverage of brilliantly lustrous light apple green to almost colourless crystals on matrix.  

Zn2(AsO4)(OH)

632
ADAMITE
 		Ojuela Mine, Mapími, Municipio de Mapími, Durango, Mexico Four only - Superb pieces with highly lustrous transparent colourless elongated crystals on Goethite matrix.   

Zn2(AsO4)(OH)

633
AGARDITE-(Y) / CHRYSOCOLLA  (N)
 		 Slinger Mine, Goodsprings District, Clark County, Nevada, USA Two only - Delicate tiny sprays of lustrous Agardite-(Y) crystals on Chrysocolla in vugs in matrix.  

(Y,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6.3H2O

 257
AGARDITE-(Y)  (N)
 		 Slinger Mine, Goodsprings District, Clark County, Nevada, USA One only - A small piece but extremely fine light blue-green acicular crystals with Chrysocolla.

(Y,Ca)Cu6(AsO4)3(OH)6.3H2O

 308
ALBITE
   
 		 Luck Quarry, Centreville, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA Very aesthetic pieces! Unusual habit! Fine colourless to pale pink glassy crystals on a "now" eroded elongated crystals. Very pretty "stalactites".    

NaAlSi3O8

 5135
ANALCIME (N)

 		 Wasson's Bluff, Parrsborough, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada One only - Sharp euhedral colourless crystals on matrix.

Na2(Al2Si4O12)·2H2O 

1006
ANAPAITE
SOLD		 Bellver de Cerdanya, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain One only - Rich coverage of colourless to light yellow-green lustrous crystals on matrix.

Ca2Fe2+(PO4)2.4H2O 

115
ANAPAITE (N)
 		 Prats-Sampsor, Cerdanya, Lleida (Lérida), Catalonia, Spain One only - Very lustrous pale yellow to colourless crystals on a small piece of matrix.

Ca2Fe2+(PO4)2.4H2O 

1007
ANATASE 
SOLD
 		 White Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA One only - Very sharp, lustrous transparent light orange-brown crystals on matrix +/- Rutile, Adularia.

TiO3

 333
ANATASE  (N)
 		 Sandermosen station, Maridalen, Nordre Aker, Oslo, Norway Two only - Cork-mounted species with sharp blue crystals with Synchysite. 

TiO3

 1008
ARTINITE
SOLD
 		 Todt Hill Serpentinite, Richmond County, Staten Island Borough, New York City, New York, USA One only - Very good terminated thin elongated colourless crystals +/- Hydromagnesite on Serpentine and/or Brucite.

Mg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O

 327
ARTINITE  (N)
 		 Todt Hill Serpentinite, Richmond County, Staten Island Borough, New York City, New York, USA One only - Cork-mounted with highly lustrous brilliant white crystals. 

Mg2(CO3)(OH)2·3H2O

 1010
BAHIANITE       
 		 Pico das Almas River, Paramirim das Crioulas, Érico Cardoso, Bahia, Northeast Region, Brazil Type locality! One only - This mineral appears as interesting brown water-worn rounded "pebbles".

Al5Sb5+3O14(OH)2

 761
BARYTE       
 		 Dolyhir Quarry, Wethel, Old Radnor, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom One only - Fine pieces with rich coverage of white to colourless tabular crystals on matrix.   

BaSO4

 51
BISMUTHINITE      
SOLD		 Frontier Mine, South Lorain Township, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada Two only - Very fine pieces with metallic, acicular crystals and sprays in matrix.

Bi2S3

 646
BIXBYITE      
 		 Beryllium Virgin Claim, Paramount Canyon, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA Two only - A very fine single highly lustrous black crystal on matrix.

(Mn3+,Fe3+)2O3

 261
BIXBYITE      
 		 N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa Three only - Superb pieces with highly lustrous black to silvery-black crystals on matrix of Bixbyite.

(Mn3+,Fe3+)2O3

 911
CONICHALCITE / ADAMITE (N)
 		Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill District, Deep Creek Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, USA Three only - Very fine pieces - Light green lustrous glassy Adamite crystal sprays with spheres of vitreous Conichalcite.   

CaCu2+(AsO4)(OH) 

273
CREEDITE
     		Potosí Mine, Aquiles Serdán, West Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Chihuahua, Mexico Three only - Superb piece! Groups and sprays of vitreous water clear crystals on matrix.

Ca3SO4Al2F8(OH)2·2H2O

 

 701
CRISTOBALITE (N)

 		 Lemolo Lake Quarry, Douglas County, Oregon, USA One only - Very good pieces with glassy white blocky tabular crystals in vugs in Andesite.

SiO2

 466
DESCLOIZITE (N)
     		Silver Hill District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA One only - Lustrous brown tabular crystals in vugs in matrix.

PbZnVO4(OH)

 

 274
ELBAITE
     		Mawi Lagman, Afghanistan One only -Lustrous multi-coloured single crystal off matrix.

Na(Li1.5Al1.5)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)

 1004
ENARGITE (N)
     		Bingham Canyon Mine, Bingham District, Oquirrh Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, USA One only - Lustrous blue-black crystals.

Cu3AsS4

 1028
ENSTATITE (N)
     		Summit Rock, Klamath County, Oregon, USA Two only - Very fine examples of this mineral as lustrous thin yellow-brown to green-brown transparent tabular crystals in vugs in Andesite. Mounted in the all black north American box.  This area is now a parking lot.

Mg2Si2O6

 412
ENSTATITE
SOLD
     		Summit Rock, Klamath County, Oregon, USA Two only - Very fine brownish-green to brown crystals in vugs +/- Ilmenite crystals.

Mg2Si2O6

 536
FLUORO-EDENITE (N)
     		Lemolo Lake Quarry, Douglas County, Oregon, USA Very fine glassy euhedral transparent yellow-brown to darker brown tabular crystals in Andesite vugs.

NaCa2Fe2+5(Si7Al)O22(OH)2  

 470
GMELINITE-NA (N)
 		 Magheramorne Quarry, Larne, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom One only - Very fine frosted truncated pinacoid crystals in a vug.

(Na2,Ca)[Al2Si4O12]·6H2O

1024
HEMIMORPHITE
 		 Whale Mine, Goodsprings District, Clark County, Nevada, USA Three only - Very fine lustrous colourless elongated crystals forming radial sprays on matrix.

Zn4Si2O7(OH)2.H2O

 328
HEMIMORPHITE

 		 79 Mine, Chilito, Hayden area, Banner District, Drippings Springs Mountains, Gila County, Arizona, USA Three only - Pretty pieces! Very fine micros with spherules and clusters of "pale blue" crystals on matrix. 

Zn4Si2O7(OH)2.H2O

 573
HEMIMORPHITE  (N)
 		 Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper County, Missouri, USA One only - A pretty micro with a cluster of very lustrous colourless crystals off matrix.  

Zn4Si2O7(OH)2.H2O

 3318
HYDROZINCITE

 		 Frederickson Mine, Goodsprings District, Clark County, Nevada, USA Two only - Extremely fine pieces with Hydrozincite CRYSTALS. Brilliantly lustrous, pearly white lamellar crystals and sprays and groups on matrix. (30x)

Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6

 341
ILMENITE (N)
     		Summit Rock, Klamath County, Oregon, USA Very fine examples of this mineral as black metallic (sometimes iridescent) blocky tabular crystals in vugs in Andesite. Cork mounted.

Fe2+TiO3  

 441
LINARITE

 		 Tonopah-Belmont Mine, Belmont Mountain, Tonopah, Osborn District, Big Horn Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA Two only - Very tiny (40x) elongated prismatic dark blue Linarite crystals on matrix. 

PbCu(SO4)(OH)2

 2065
MIMETITE  (N)
 		 San Rafael Mine, Quartz Mountain Camp, Lodi District, Nye County, Nevada One only - Groups of silvery white to cream lustrous crystals on matrix. 

Pb5(AsO4)3Cl

340
MIMETITE
SOLD
 		 Red Cloud Fluorite Mine, Gallinas Mountains, Lincoln County, New Mexico, USA One only - Lustrous cream-colourless tapering crystals on matrix +/- Conichalcite / Agardite.    

Pb5(AsO4)3Cl

 512
MORDENITE (N)
 		 Middle Fork Gila River, Catron County, New Mexico, USA One only - Fine pieces with silky white acicular crystals and/or sprays on very fine Heulandite-Ca.     

(Na2,Ca,K2)Al2Si10O24·7H2O

 321
MOTTRAMITE (N)
 		 Silver Hill District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA One only - Lustrous dark green vitreous crystals in a vug in matrix.     

PbCu(VO4)(OH)

 342
NATROLITE  (N)

 		 Ardglen Quarry, Ardglen, Buckland Co., New South Wales, Australia One only - Wonderful - Very aesthetic specimens with sprays of Natrolite crystals on water-clear Analcime crystals. 

Na2Al2Si3O10·2H2O    

 3402
OLIVENITE
 SOLD
 		 Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill District, Deep Creek Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, USA One only - Lustrous dark green crystals on matrix.

 Cu2(AsO4)(OH)

 345
'PHILLIPSITE'

 		 Roca-Neyra, Perrier, Issoire, Puy-de-Dôme, Auverge, France Two only - A lovely contrast with highly lustrous transparent colourless crystals in vugs lined with dark blue-grey Celadonite (?). 12
'PHILLIPSITE'
SOLD
 		 Limberg Quarries, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Württemberg, Germany One only - Extremely fine pieces with lustrous transparent prismatic crystals in vugs in basalt.  83
'PHILLIPSITE'  (N)
 		 Unnamed cinder pit (2), Canby, Cascade Range, Modoc Co., California, USA One only - Sharp Phillipsite and Chabazite in a vug.   1035
'PHILLIPSITE'  (N)
 		 Horseshoe Dam area (Horseshoe Dam Clinoptilolite occurrence), Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA One only - Fine crystals in vugs in matrix.    1036
PSEUDOBROOKITE
 SOLD
 		 Beryllium Virgin claim, Paramount Canyon, Black Range, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA One only - Lustrous elongated black crystals in vugs in matrix.

 (Fe3+,Fe2+)2(Ti,Fe3+)O5

 326
PSEUDOBROOKITE  (N)

 		 Lemolo Lake Quarry, Douglas County, Oregon, USA One only - Extremely fine pieces with sharp adamantine deep red to black short to elongated tabular crystals +/- Tridymite, Cristobalite, Enstatite.  

 Pb5(PO4)3Cl 

449
PSEUDOBROOKITE  (N)

 		 Lemolo Lake Quarry, Douglas County, Oregon, USA One only of these unusual twins. 

 Pb5(PO4)3Cl 

468
PYROLUSITE  (N)
 		 Ryan Hill, Water Canyon District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA One only - A fine piece with mats of blue black acicular crystals.

 MnO2 

1041
PYROLUSITE  (N)
 		 Unnamed iron mine, Ford Dam trail, Alberta, Baraga Co., Michigan, USA One only - Highly lustrous metallic blue-black crystals on matrix. 

 MnO2 

1042
PYROMORPHITE 
SOLD
 		 Broken Hill South Mine, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia One only - Groups of lustrous light to apple green pedion-terminated prismatic crystals on matrix. 

 Pb5(PO4)3Cl 

805
PYROMORPHITE

 		 Daoping Mine, Gongcheng County, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China One only - Superb micro specimens! Highly lustrous bright apple-green transparent to translucent prismatic crystals on matrix. 

 Pb5(PO4)3Cl 

942
SULPHUR
     		San Carlos Mine, San Felipe, Municipio de Mexicale, Baja California, Mexico Very fine pieces - Very well formed pale yellow to almost colourless crystals on matrix. 

S

 676
SULPHUR
     		El Desierto Mine, San Pablo de Napa, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia Very fine pieces! Sharp euhedral pale lemon-yellow crystals on matrix. 

S

 727
THOMSONITE-CA (N)
     		The Storr, Portree, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, North West Highlands (Inverness-shire), Scotland, United Kingdom One only - Very fine sharp colourless crystals in vugs.   

NaCa2[Al5Si5O20]·6H2O

 1054
TRIDYMITE (N)
     		Lemolo Lake Quarry, Douglas County, Oregon, USA Fine examples of this mineral as white to colourless glassy tabular crystals in vugs in Andesite +/- Enstatite, Ferro-edenite, Ilmenite, Augite.

SiO2

 453
TRIDYMITE
     		Katase-Shirata, Higashi-Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan One only - Groups of sharp euhedral tabular crystals in vugs in volcanic ejecta matrix. In some vugs the crystals are coated with either iron oxides or a brown organic (?) material. 

SiO2

 962
VANADINITE
     		Old Yuma Mine, Saguaro National Monument, Pima County, Tucson Mountains, Arizona, USA These are superb pieces with highly lustrous red-orange transparent prismatic crystals on Calcite.    

Pb5(VO4)3Cl

 567
VANADINITE
     		Apache Mine, Globe District, Gila County, Arizona, USA One only - Very beautiful pieces! - Highly lustrous brilliant orange-red crystal on matrix.     

Pb5(VO4)3Cl

 595
VANADINITE VARIETY ARSENIAN VANADINITE (N)
     		Erupción Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Municipio de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico Three only - Very fine lustrous brown to yellow crystal sprays.      

Pb5(VO4)3Cl

 1057
WAVELLITE
     		Les Beauvoir Carrière, Échassière, Ébreuil, Allier, Auverge, France Two only - Rich coverage of very bright white acicular crystals on matrix.    

Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3.5H2O   

 15
WULFENITE  (N)
     		Duplex Mine, Searchlight, Nevada, USA Four only - Tiny lustrous bright lemon yellow discoidal crystals in and on vugs in matrix. 

Pb(MoO4)

1352
 


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