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CLX40 Barite

Cerro Warihuyn, Miraflores Huamlalias
Huanuco, Peru

3.8x 3.6x 2.0 cm

$32

 

A cluster of water clear barite crystals on a dolomite matrix.  These are getting more scarce.  No damage to the crystals

 

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CLX41 Barite

Cerro Warihuyn, Miraflores Huamlalias
Huanuco, Peru

4.2x 4.0x 3.1 cm

$35

 

A cluster of clear barite crystals on a dolomite matrix.  These are getting more scarce.  No damage to the crystals

 

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CLX43 Fluorite

Xianghualing,  Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China

9.4x 6.6x 2.1 cm

$36

 

A cabinet specimen with many light green fluorites on matrix.  The color is better in person--this camera has a hard time with blues and greens.

 

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CLX49 Tourmaline, Lepidolite

Kunnar, Afghanistan

8.8x 8.0x 7.5 cm

$88

 

A mass of lepidolite crystals, with many een tourmalines nestled in it.

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CLX54 Tourmaline

Gilgit, Pakistan

3.3x 1.8x 1.0 cm

$38

 

A bright spray of green tourmaline crystals.  The specimen is not damaged.  The missing portion of one of the crystals naturally separated, as evidenced by small amounts of albite growing on the bottom surface.

 
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CLX55 Quartz, Something (?) 

Kunnar, Afghanistan

20.0x 12.8x 8.4 cm

$100

 

A large cabinet specimen, with large, light brown quartz crystals and (adularia?) on an albite matrix.

 

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CLX64 Siderite and Sphalerite ps. Calcite
Aggenys mine, Northern Cape Prov., South Africa
3.1x 2.2x 1.8 cm
$27


A "toenail" specimen form a find first presented at Munich 2006.  These things are hollow, and an interesting (?) addition to any collection.
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CLX65 Siderite and Sphalerite ps. Calcite
Aggenys mine, Northern Cape Prov., South Africa
7.8x 3.1x 2.9 cm
$46


A small cabinet specimen form a find first presented at Munich 2006.  These things are hollow, and an interesting (?) addition to any collection.
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CLZ1 Silver in Calcite

Cobalt, Ontario, Canada

4.7 x 3.3 x 1.7 cm

$25

 

A polished slab of calcite, with a vein of silver exposed. Classic material.

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CLX3 Pyromorphite,

Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. 1960's

8.1x 5.3x 5.5 cm

$35

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A large old Broken hill specimen, with numerous little brown pyros on a bare matrix.  If you look at the crystals under magnification, you can see tiny haire-like projections, that are a second generation of pyromorphites.

 

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CLX9 Barite 

Cerro Warihuyn, Mir Aflores Huamlalias
Huanuco, Peru

5.5x 3.4x 2.2

$36

A nice miniature, with a sharp, brown barite crystal on matrix.  This is from the now finished find made a couple years back.

 

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CLX13 Hubeite

Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper mine), Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
4.3x 4.2x 2.8 cm

$26

 

A globular cluster of the rare hubeite from Daye.  This was a trim off of an inesite specimen, but I felt that it was a sufficient representative of hubeite to at least be put in the clearance section.

 

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CLX22 Garnet var. Andradite

La Valenciana, Mendoza, Argentina Garnet var. Andradite

4.5x 3.3x 2.7 cm

$24

 

A rich specimen of andradite, from the find made in 2004.  This find was discussed in the "What's New in Minerals Section" of the May/June 2004 issue of the Mineralogical Record.

 
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CLX30- Betafite
Betafo, Antananarivo Prov., Madagascar
2.2x 1.5x 1.5 cm
$22

Another betafite, this one from the type locality. 

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CLZ40 Mimetite

Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico

7.8x 5.4x 3.2 cm

$35

 

Mimetite on matrix, not from the newer finds but discovered some time in the mid 1990's.

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CLZ13 Fluorite

Minggang, Xinyang, Henan, China
10.3x 7.7x 3.9 cm

$70

 

A cabinet specimen of light purple, botryoidal fluorite, from the find made within the past year

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CLZ17 Smithsonite

United States

5.5x 3.4x 2.3 cm

$17

 

A bubbly smithsonite from somewhere in the US. 

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CLZ18 Beryl var. Morganite, Elbaite

Kunnar, Aghanistan

4.7x 4.5x 2.2 cm

$68

 

A complete and pale morganite crystal, with a couple green elbaites growing through it.  It is not gemmy (it would be much more expensive otherwise) but is still a good example of this variety of beryl.

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CLR18 Apatite

Gilgit, Pakistan

2.0x 1.6x 1.0 cm

$10

 

A thumbnail of terminated, pale pinkish, apatites from the Northern Areas of Pakistan. 

 

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CLR48 Arsenopyrite, Muscovite

Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefacture, Hunan Prov., China

6.5x 3.5x 2.5 cm

$22

 

A muscovite matrix, with a perfect silvery,  arsenopyrite crystal perched on its edge.

 

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