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New July 16,
2014
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.
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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
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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
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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
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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....
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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 of blady
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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Datolite, Quartz
Dal'Negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russian Far East, Russia
4.0x 2.1x 1.4 cm
$60 $30
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
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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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