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CLP2 Pyromorphite

Bunker Hill Mine, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, United States

6.1x 4.1x 3.3 cm

$78

A rich cabinet specimen of orange pyromorphite from a classic US locality, at a very low price. Not quite as bright in person.

CLP8 Pyromorphite,

Ptschelojad Mine, Kordzali, Bulgaria

3.3x 2.0x 1.2 cm

$33

A nice thumbnail pyromorphite, from a find made in the mid 1990's. This specimen has two terminated crystals sitting on a quartz matrix.

CLP41 Corundum

Gansu Prov., China

4.2x 3.0x 3.4 cm

$40

A double terminated hexagonal corundum crystal on matrix. The locality may not be accurate. Gansu Prov. is reported, but it is not certain. Regardless, it's a pretty good matrix corundum.

CLP13 Wulfenite with Mimetite

San Juan Potente Vein, Level 6, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.

4.5x 3.6x 2.2 cm

$38

A beautiful mimetite/wulfenite combination specimen from the recent Mexican find. This specimen has numerous elongated crystals, terminated and on matrix..

CLP14 Wulfenite with Mimetite

San Juan Potente Vein, Level 6, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.

4.5x 3.9x 3.5 cm

$38

A beautiful mimetite/wulfenite combination specimen from the recent Mexican find. This specimen has numerous elongated crystals, terminated and on matrix..

CLJ1 Calcite

Daye Mine, Huangshi Pref., Hubei Prov., China

13.5x 12.5x 6.4 cm

$100

A large cabinet calcite from the daye mine, hosting numerous large crystals. Sawn on the reverse. I don't think it would be possible to get a better price from the Chinese dealers in Tucson....

CLJ3 Cerussite

Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Rejion, Namibi

4.0x 2.9x 2.1 cm

$43

A smokey cerussite "snowflake" from Namibia. There's a bit of damage, but otherwise it's exactly as you see int he photographs.

CLJ4 Spodumene var. Hidenite

Minas Gerais, Brazil

4.8x 3.0x 2.0 cm

$65

An etched gem crystal of light green hidenite from Brazil.

Ex. Carnegie Mellon collection.

CLJ6 Beryl var. Aquamarine on Muscovite

Nagar, Hunza Valley, Pakistan

12.0x 7.0x 6.0 cm

$100

A cluster of aquamarines on a matrix of muscovite. please not that while just about all of the aquamarine crystals have at least one termination, the back of the cluster is not present.

CLJ10 Azurite

Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Rejion, Namibi

4.6x 4.4x 2.5 cm

$38

An azurite rosette on matrix, from a classic locality.

CLJ14 Smithsonite

Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Rejion, Namibi

2.8x 2.3x 1.9 cm

$38

A thumbnail specimen of pale, gemy smithsonite rhombs on matrix. From a classic locality.

CLJ15 Tourmaline, Lepidolite Kunar, Afghanistan 9.5x 5.2x 4.8 cm $48 A specimen of lepidolite, quartz, and albite containing crystals of rubellite tourmaline. A very colorful example of stuff from Kunar. As a completely unrelated side note, the area where this specimen originates has seen some of the heaviest fighting between Taliban and NATO forces in recent months.

CLJ16 Tourmaline, Lepidolite Kunar, Afghanistan 8.5x 4.6x 1.7 cm $68 A flattened, double terminated smokey quartz crystal with an unterminated green elbaite crystal.

CLJ21- Copper (Spinel Twinned) Itauz Mine, Dzerzhkazgan, Kazakhstan 3.8x 0.6x .2 cm $23 A sharp spinel twinned copper crystal, from the major find a few years back. This miniature is particularly sharp. These crystals have since ceased to be found.

CLJ25 Apophyllite (KF), Stilbite

Maharashtra, India

7.5x 7.0x 4.7 cm

$39

A pale apophyllite sharing a matrix with a cluster of light pink stilbite.

CLJ26 Vivianite Nodule

Mullica Hill, Gloucester Co., New Jersey, United States

7.1x 5.2x 1.6 cm

$39

A vivianite nodule, split along the center to reveal its contents. Mullica Hill was the subject of the September-October 1980 issue of the Mineralogical Record, and is the type locality for ferrostrunzite.

CLJ28 Clinoclase

Copper Stope, Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing Co., Nevada, United States

8.9x 6.1x 4.3 cm

$46

A miniature specimen from a locality that is known for producing rarities.

CLP16 Quartz var. Amethyst

Aki Salla, Potosi Dist., Potosi Dept., Bolivia.

4.0x 3.3x 2.6 cm

$23

A nice little miniature amethyst, with ale sceptered crystals on matrix. It is a bit paler in real person than the pictures show.

CLP18 Quartz var. Amethyst

Aki Salla, Potosi Dist., Potosi Dept., Bolivia.

4.5x 3.4x 2.2 cm

$16

A nice little miniature amethyst, with ale sceptered crystals on matrix. It is a bit paler in real person than the pictures show.

CLP19 Sulfur

El Desierto mine, San Pablo de Napa, Daniel Campos Province, Potosí Department, Bolivia

4.6x 4.2x 3.3 cm

$32

A cluster of bright yellow sulfur crystals from the famous El Desierto Mine, located in the middle of a remote salt flat in southwestern Bolivia.

CLP20 Scholzite

Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia

6.5x 5.0x 3.5 cm

$38

A very good miniature of this rare phosphate mineral from the locality that has arguably produced the best scholzite in the world. There are numerous crystals going in all directions.

CLP21 Cerussite,

Daoping-Yangshuo Orebody, Guilin area, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Central South Region, China

3.9x 2.9x 2.6 cm

$34

A cerussite specimen from the locality that has been producing pyromorphite for the last 9 years. Despite the abundance of pyromorphite, cerussite has been encountered much less frquently.

This specimen has been stained green by copper.

CLP22 Cerussite,

Daoping-Yangshuo Orebody, Guilin area, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Central South Region, China

4.9x 3.5x 2.4 cm

$32

A cerussite specimen from the locality that has been producing pyromorphite for the last 9 years. Despite the abundance of pyromorphite, cerussite has been encountered much less frequently.