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CLU8 Ilvaite

Laxey Mine, South Mountain District, Owyhee Co., Idaho, USA

4.7x 3.5x 1.8 cm

$69

A very nice (and very old) specimen of ilvaite from a classic American locality.  Especially with the finds in Inner Mongolia (adding to those from Greece and Dal'Negorsk), Ilvaite is more abundant than ever.  

These old American pieces are exceedingly rare however, and while not possesing the best luster (few examples form this location do) it has a particularly nice arrangement and overal form. Cheap for what it is.

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CLU23 Barite

Murgul, Erzurum, Turkey 

4.4x 2.6x 1.5 cm

$28

 

A miniature specimen of dodecahedral pyrite from the far east of Turkey.

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CLU33 Scheelite

Tae Hwa Mine, Neungam-ri, Angseong-myeon, Chungju, Chungcheongbukdo, South Korea

2.0x 1.7x 1.4 cm

$32

 

 

A partial scheelite crystal from South Korea.  Before the various Chinese discoveries, these pieces set the standard for the species.  Typically these are dark brown with purplish hues, this is one of the rare pieces displaying bits of orange.

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CLU42 Pyrite with Quartz

Huaron mines, Pasco Prov., Pasco Dept., Peru

3.8x 2.2x 2.5 cm

$32

 A "toenail" specimen of calcite on pyrite.  There s a bit of damage, but from the right angle this is not visible.  It looks like a pineapple.

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CLU49 Quartz incl. Hedenberigite

Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
7.8x 4.8x 5.1 cm

$67

A cluster of greenish-brown, hedenbergite included quartz from Huanggang. 

 

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CLU53 Sphalerite on Quartz

Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
4.8x 4.0x 3.5 cm

$56

A brownish yellow sphalerite crystal on a quartz matrix.  Sphalerite has been one of the rarities at the mine-- the brighter yellow crystals typically sell for  a lot more, but since this one lacks quite that color, it will make a nice reference example.

 

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CLU57  Ilvaite with Hedenbergite

Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
7.8x 6.2x 6.3 cm

$58

A ball-shaped cluster of ilvaite, coated by hedenbergite.  This piece comes from the early finds at the mine.  it is not perfect, but a recent reference example of the material. 

 

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CLU60 Pyrargyrite

San Genaro Mine, Castrovirreyna Dist., Castrovirreyna Prov., Huancavelica Dept., Peru

2.1x 1.1x 0.8 cm

$33

A thumbnail example of pyrargyrite with a somewhat melted appearance, from an old Peruvian locality that does not produce many (if any) specimens these days.

 

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CLU61 Pyrargyrite

San Genaro Mine, Castrovirreyna Dist., Castrovirreyna Prov., Huancavelica Dept., Peru

1.8x 1.5x 0.6 cm

$39

A thumbnail example of pyrargyrite with a somewhat melted appearance, from an old Peruvian locality that does not produce many (if any) specimens these days.

 

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CLU66 Chrysoberyl (Matrix!)

Tsitondroina, Fianarantsoa, Madagascar

6.1x 5.4x 5.7 cm

$69

Admittedly not the flashiest specimens, but certainly interesting.  The Malagasy chrysoberyls you have seen in the past, whether small V-twins or large sixlings, probably came from the Lac Alaotra locality.  These come from further south atTsitondroina, near Fianarantsoa. 

These were part of a find made about one and a half years ago. I searched though a group of over 60 specimens just to select 4, virtually everything was broken, but I did salvage these.

I saw some of these in Tucson, many of those were damaged too.  Those were all marked "50% off" from prices that had to be 220% of retail...

 

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CLU68 Columbite

Mahaiza Area, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

2.7x 2.0x 1.5 cm

$58

An excellent and very sharp thumbnail of Malagasy columbite, with the tapered form that is characteristic of the exampels from this country.  This one comes from a dig site-- many Malagasy columbites are actually found in rivers, the product of being weathered out of their pegmatites.  Those are typically more rounded. 

The locals collect this material to sell as ore—columbite-tantalite is the famous “coltan” that gets processed to obtain the tantalum and niobium.  The tantalum is necessary to produce components (particularly capacitors) used in virtually all electronic devices; the niobium mostly goes into high grade structural steel.

 

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CLU69 Epidote

Calaveras Co., Califorina, USA

3.7x 2.3x 1.3 cm

$29

 

 

A terminated "toenail"/ small miniature specimen of epidote from California.

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CLU88 Mushistonite on Kesterite

Mt. Xuebaoding, Ping Wu Co., Sichuan Prov., China

1.4x .9x .9 cm

$29

A thumbnail specimen of kesterite completely coated by a thin layer of mushistonite. Contacted ont he reverse

 

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CLU73 Ferrimolybdite

Gibbsonville, Idaho, USA

7.1x 4.7x 3.1 cm

$38

 

 

Powdery yellow ferrimolybdite on a quartz matrix.

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CLK14 Fluorite

Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-in-Rock District, Illinois, United States

4.5x 2.9x 2.4 cm

$29

 

A pale blue specimen of intersecting fluorite crystals from the Southern Illinois Fluorspar district.

 

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CLK21 Clinoclase

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

6.1x 4.4x 3.3 cm

$39

 

A specimen of dark blue clinoclase crystals on matrix.

 

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CLK22 Clinoclase

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

3.7x 3.2x 2.5 cm

$44

 

An excellent specimen of bright blue clinoclase crystals on matrix.  There are actually visible crystals, to about 2 mm.

 

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CLT25 Calcite

Dal'Negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia

7.1x 3.6x 2.9 cm

$39

A cluster of calcite crystals from Dal'Negorsk.

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CLK32 Fluorite (Pink!)

Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
2.8x 2.1x 1.8 cm

$68

A pink fluorite from a recent pocket found at Hunaggang-- it has probably only been out of the ground for less than a month and a half as of my posting this page.  I included several pieces in the main update priced considerably higher-- this one has some contacting and more internal cleaves/flaws, so I figured it would be better to let it go cheaply.  It's a very rare opportunity to obtain a reference example of this material for well under $100.... 


 

 

CLK35 Aquamarine

Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
5.1x 0.6x 0.5 cm

$67

A reference specimen of aquamarine from the Huanggang mine.  These have been trickling out for the last year or so... they are usually more expensive.  I have still not seen examples offered by any Chinese dealers at any of the major shows.

 

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CLK36 Fluorite with Calcite, Lollingite

Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
4.0x 3.3x 1.8 cm

$58

A reference specimen of light purple fluorite on a bit of lollingite with calcite.  Be warned:  this is very pretty, but its really just a very attractive fluorite shard.  There are some faces, but it's not complete-- the clean edges cleaves give it the appearance of a complete (and much more expensive) specimen.

 

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CLK37 Manganocalcite on Manganocalcite

Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
8.6x 7.0x 5.2 cm

$65

An interesting example of manganocalcite that has overgrown a manganocalcite rhomb.  It is cleaved on the reverse and sawed on the bottom, but shows exactly as in the pictures.  Actually, the cleavage allows the multi-generational nature of the manganocalcite growths to be fully appreciated-- see the bottom right image.

 

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CLK61 Magnesiocopiapite

Northern Chile

3.0x 2.0x 1.9 cm

$32

 

A thumbnail specimen of the rare copiapite group member, magnesiocopiapite.

 

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CLK62 Realgar

Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA

9.6x 8.1x 4.4 cm

$47

 

A realgar specimen from the premier US locality for the species.  The crystals aren't particularly well formed, but there's a lot of realgar on the piece.

 


 

CLK72 Fluorite

Ruyuan fluorite mine, Ruyuan Co., Shaoguan Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China

6.4x 4.3x 4.1 cm

$48

 

A group of green fluorite octahedrons etched out of quartz, with an underlying layer of more fluorite.

 

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CLK84 Vesuvianite

Stanford, Maine, United States

5.0x 1.6x 1.7 cm

$38

 

An old vesuvianite prism from a New England locality.  Not at all perfect and with some damage, but I had never seen one before and I figured it might be of interest to someone who collects minerals from that part of the country.

 

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CLW55 Chrysotile var. Asbestos

 Asbestos, Quebec, Canada

12.0x 6.8x 4.0 cm

$48

 

 

A larger specimen of asbestos from Canada. 

 

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CLW71 Calcite

Chihuahua, Mexico
8.1x 8.1x 5.8 cm

$36

A group of iron oxide stained, scalenohedral calcite crystals from Mexico.  Contacted on the reverse.  

 

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CLW73 Rhodizite-Londonite with Liddicoatite

Antsongombato, Betafo Region, Madagascar

4.2x 2.8x 2.7 cm

$34

A specimen of rhodizite-londonite, with a couple pale yellow, nearly white crystals on matrix.  

Decent reference material of this rare species.

 

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CLC50 Rhodochrosite, Ancyllite,

Mont Sant Hilaire, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

4.1x 2.2x 2.3 cm

$33

 

Numerous tiny red rhodochrosite crystals on matrix.  As is typical of specimens from this locality, there are multiple species present here, including ancyllite.

As a side note, Mindat lists 384 species as being found at this location, of which it is the type locality for a staggering 58 species.  For comparison, Gebhard’s Tsumeb II lists 242 species at Tsumeb (Mindat gives 264, with 61 type localities.) 

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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.  

 

 

 

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.

 
   

  

 
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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CLN27 Tourmaline

Kunar, Afghanistan

3.6x 0.9x 0.8 cm

$38

 

A pale, terminated bicolor tourmaline from Kunar.

 

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CLN28 Tourmaline

Kunar, Afghanistan

2.6x 0.7x 0.7 cm

$36

 

A pale, terminated, and reasonably gemmy bicolor tourmaline from Kunar.

 

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CLM15 Actinolite

Garfield Hills, Mineral Co., Nevada, United States

7.7x 7.1x 3.7 cm

$65

 

 

A rather attractive cluser of freestanding actinolite crystals, from a new find in Nevada.   

 

This mineral usually forms dense aggregates of small crystals, or acicular clusters of very thin crystals.  Despite the fact that this is a reasonably common mineral, it is unusual to see such large, distinct crystals.

 

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CLM61 Rhodochrosite

Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Prov., Lima Dept., Peru

4.3x 3.1x 2.8

$34

 

 

A reference sample of pink rhodochrosite on matrix.

 

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CLM30 Bismuth

Villaque River, La Paz Dept., Bolivia

2.5x 2.1x 0.5 cm

$32

A decently sized thumbnail of native bismuth from Bolivia. 

 

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CLM42 Siderite, Pyrite

Tasna Mine, Cerro Tasna, Atocha-Quechisla Dist., Nor Chichas Prov., Potosi Dept., Bolivia

3.9x 3.1x 2.5 cm

$34

 

A tabular siderite crystal on a a pyrite matrix.

 

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CLM52 Galena 

Madan District, Southern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria

11.0x 12.0x 9.0 cm

$78

A large cabinet specimen of galena on matrix, from Bulgaria.  Some damage.

 

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CLH57 Pyrite

Boldut Mine, Cavnic, Marmures Co., Romania

5.6x 3.7x 1.7 cm

$36

 

Pyrite crystals on matrix from Romania.

When I first started collecting, Romanian minerals were as plentiful as the comparable Peruvian material today.  This days, many of the Romanian mines are closed, and the material is not as common.

 

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CLH63 Lazurite

Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan, Afghanistan

46.6x 4.7x 6.2 cm

$58

 

A decently sized (though not perfect) crystal of lazurite on a marble matrix.  Very, very cheap for what it is.

 

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CLA30 Variscite

Lucin, Utah, United States

5.8x 3.9x 0.7 cm

$28

A cut but unpolished slice of variscite from Lucin, Utah.  I don't know why some parts look pink... the piece is only green and white.

 

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CLA34 Fluorite on Calcite

Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Pref., Hunan Prov., China

6.6x 4.5x 3.5 cm

$48

A mostly complete, purple fluorite crystal on a matrix of calcite crystals, from the Shangbao Mine.  This mine is now closed, and its fluorites are among the most collectible from the various Chinese finds.  

This piece shows the typical step-faces that the mine is known for. 

 

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CLA37 Copper

Northwestern Mine, Central, Keeweenaw Co., Michigan, USA

3.6x 1.7x 1.1 cm

$39

An unusual miniature specimen, consisting of a flattened and elongated copper crystal on a matrix of more copper.  Classic material from Michigan's copper country.

 

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CLA52 Cuprite

Rubtsovskoe Cu-Zn-Pb deposit, Rudnyi Altai, Altaiskii Krai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia

2.0x 2.0x 1.9 cm

$38

 

These cuprites have been around for the last two years,  more or less, but the prices have been very, very high.  I purchased a few smaller specimens to put here at lower prices.  This is a nice thumbnail of the material, consisting of a single octahedral crystal.  Please note that any red hues you may be seeing are because of the strong lighting.  There is damage, but it's a decent reference.

 

While the price temporarily dipped low enough for me to be able to offer them cheaply, please note that mining operations will have passed through the zone where these cuprites occur within the next year, and then they WILL disappear from the market.

 

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CLA67 Tourmaline var. Schorl

Shigar Valley, Skardu, Pakistan

6.7x 3.0x 2.8 cm

$46

A terminated prism of the black variety of tourmaline.  There is some damage, but the price takes this into account.

 

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CLA70 Topaz

Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria

2.0x 1.6x 1.3 cm

$29

A hard to find, colorless and terminated crystal of Topaz from Nigeria.  Nigeria's pegmatites produce a wide variety of gem minerals, yet the market is tightly controlled by local gem cartels. 

Mining is conducted exclusively for gem rough, and Nigerian dealers almost never sell on a piece-by-piece basis, meaning that if you want to buy the one complete crystal in a 1 kg lot, you would usually have to purchase the entire lot by the gram...

Obviously this makes no sense for a specimen dealer, so specimens are rarely seen, despite the relative abundance of Nigerian material and gem shows.

 

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CLE35 Epidote

Ankarafa, Vohémar District, Sava (Northeastern) Region, Antsiranana Province, Madagascar

5.8x 3.3x 2.6 cm

$39

Epidote is one of those minerals that turns up in many places, in many varried habits.  Here is an unusual example from Madagascar.  

This is probably a new find, unfortunately most were either pretty ugly or single crystals.  This was the best one I saw....

An interesting locality piece.... the only others I have seen were very old.

 

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CLE36 Cavansite

Wagholi, near Poonah, Maharashtra, India

4.2x 3.1x 2.0 cm

$34

A cluster ofblady cavansite crystals on matrix.  

As an interesting side note, the quarry where cavansite is found is located in a huge complex containing several very large quarries.  Cavansite and pentagonite have only been found in any appreciable quantity in part of one of those quarries, even though all are located within approximately 2 square kilometers of land. 

 

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CLE37 Goethite ps. Pyrite Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

4.0x 3.5x 1.7 cm

$34

From anywhere else, this specimen would be quite common.  But from Madagascar (or anywhere in Africa for that matter) pyrite is not something often seen.

An interesting locality piece.

 

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CLE50 Galena on Quartz

Madan District, Southern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria

5.9x 4.0x 2.6 cm

$46

A specimen of galena on quartz, from Bulgaria.

 

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CLE53 Calcite, Goethite

Palomo Mine, Castrovirreina Prov., Huancavelica Dept., Peru

10.7x 8.7x 5.4 cm

$80

A large cabinet specimen of seligmannite on galena.  This this in admittedly ugly, but the point here is the seligmannite: the display face is totally sprinkled with microcrystals  of the rare lead, copper, arsenic sulfide.

 

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DTL2- Datolite, Quartz
Dal'Negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russian Far East, Russia
4.0x 2.1x 1.4 cm
$60
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A specimen from a small new find, there are two gemmy, light green datolite crystals perched on a quartz crystal.

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CLB16 Fluorite

Hammam Zriba Mine, Hammam Zriba, Gouvernerat of Zaghaoun, Tunisia

4.5x 4.0x 3.0 cm

$36

 

 

A rare specimen of Tunisian fluorite.  These were brought out years ago by Dan Weinirch, and this piece is accompanied by his label.  A good reference specimen from this unusual locality.

 

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CLB22 Datolite Nodule

Keeweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, United States

5.1x 3.9x 1.4 cm

$45

The polished half of a datolite nodule from the copper country of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.  Decently sized, too... I lived in Michigan for 4 years and was surprised to find that the vast majority were under 1 inch.

 

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CLB23 Datolite Nodule

Keeweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, United States

5.1x 4.0x 1.4 cm

$45

The polished half of a datolite nodule from the copper country of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.  Decently sized, too... I lived in Michigan for 4 years and was surprised to find that the vast majority were under 1 inch.

 

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CLB24 Datolite Nodule

Keeweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, United States

4.2x 3.3x 2.4 cm

$35

The polished half of a datolite nodule from the copper country of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.  Decently sized, too... I lived in Michigan for 4 years and was surprised to find that the vast majority were under 1 inch.

 

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CLB49 Galena 

Madan District, Southern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria

6.6x 5.3x 3.2 cm

$48

A specimen of melted looking galena from Bulgaria.  It is a lot better than the pictures show; in person the pieces is rther bright and you can see individual faces.  The many projections and monochrome nature of the specimen made ti difficult to focus the camera and to take a photograph.

 

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CLT20 Andorite

San Jose mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia.

2.4x 1.7x 0.4 cm

$34

A crystal of this rare lead silver antimony sulfide, from Bolivia.

 

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CLT21 Zircon

Sahatany Pegmatite Field, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar

1.25x 0.95x 0.7 cm

$34

A large zircon crystal, with some wear on the reverse. 

When backlit, it appears a deep brownish red, and it turns BRIGHT yellow under UV.

 

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CLT33 Chrysoberyl

Lac Alaotra Chrysoberyl Pegmatites, Lac Alaotra,  Toamasina Prov., Madagascar

1.9x 1.5x 0.3 cm

$39

A thumbnail cluster of chrysoberyl twins from madagascar.

 

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CLT34 Chrysoberyl

Lac Alaotra Chrysoberyl Pegmatites, Lac Alaotra,  Toamasina Prov., Madagascar

2.4x 1.6x 1.4 cm

$39

A thumbnail cluster of chrysoberyl twins from madagascar.

 

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CLT37 Quartz

Betafo Region, Antananarivo Prov., Madagascar

6.5x 2.5x 1.8 cm

$39

 

A decently sized scepter crystal of quartz from Madagascar.  There is a contact on the back (see bottom right image) but it displays well from the front.  It has some small red inclusions near the termination.

 

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CLT43 Tyuyamunite

Marie Mine, Pryor Mts, Carbon Co., Montana, USA

4.3x 4.3x 8.9 cm

$49

A fairly rich dusting of this uranium-bearing mineral on a sedimentary matrix.

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CLT45 Pyromorphite

Burgham Mine, Neare Shelve, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom

7.4x 3.3x 3.0 cm

$38

 

 

A cabinet specimen with a druze of green pyromorphites set against a  nicely contrasting matrix.

 

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CLT48 Vivianite

Tomokoni Mine, Saavedra Prov., Potosi Dept., Bolivia.

3.0x 1.2x 0.8x  cm

$33

 

A thumbnail vivianite crystal with a bit of attached sandstone, from the 2004 find at the Tomokoni Mine. 

 

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CLT56 Quartz (Beta Scepter)

Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
3.6x 2.7x 2.6 cm

$44

A nice "toenail" specimen consisting of a stacked (and some would say sceptered) beta quartz cluster from new finds at the Huanggang Mine in Inner Mongolia.

 

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CLT61 Fluorite

Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
5.2x 3.4x 2.9 cm

$76

A group of colorless fluorite crystals on matrix; some damage but still about 1/3 what you would expect to pay in Tucson.

 

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CLT64 Fluorite

Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
6.6x 4.6x 3.6 cm

$43

A group of colorless, though slightly rougher, fluurites on matrix.  From new finds at the Huanggang Mine in Inner Mongolia.

 

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