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Aug 17, 2012

 

            
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1   12hedwl  ((GYPSUM pseudomorph after GLAUBERITE, color artificial)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Copper Canyon, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, Arizona,  9.5 x 5.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a colorful Arizona pseudo that appeared many years ago and was labeled as coloration due to post mining copper stain.  They have always be white.   It turned out that these were produced by post collecting dying from Copper Sulfate.  A classic among "faked" specimen collectors!   

 

 

 
 
 
2   12hedwns  ((PYRITE pseudomorph after ANHYDRITE with DOLOMITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Copper Canyon, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, Arizona,  11 x 6 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Missouri with the hollow centers seen along the side with some broken crystals. The Pyrite is on a matrix with associated Dolomite rhombic crystals.  
   
3   12hedwil  ((PREHNITE)),  $10 MINIMUM BID, Fairfax Quarry, Centreville, Fairfax County, Virgina,  8 x 6.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet, Here is a light green Prehnite from Virginia.  The top is darker green botryoidal Prehnite and the side has a vug that opens up forming a pocket with botryoidal light green Prehnite.  

 

 

   
4  12hedwin  ((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Pasto Bueno District, Pallasca, Province, Ancash Department, Peru,  9 x 8 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is an undamaged cluster of terminated Quartz crystals with a yellow tinge.   Most of the crystals are transparent.  ex Norm Woods collection.   
   

5     12hedwie ((GYPSUM)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Polk County, Iowa, 12 x 7 x 5.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Cabinet sized rounded Gypsum with an unusual orange color.  Not damaged.   ex Norm Woods collection. 

 

 
   

6     12hedwng ((COVELLITE, PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Butte, Butte District, Silver Bow County, Montana, 8 x 5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Cabinet sized specimen of blue iridescent Covellite and associated Pyrite.  It is probably from the Leonard Mine in Butte although the mine was not specified on the label.    ex Norm Woods collection. 

 
   
7   12hedwng ((CELESTINE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sakoany deposit, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar, 7 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Cabinet sized specimen of blue Celestine from Madagascar.  There is a large 3.8 cm double terminated undamaged Celestine crystal on a matrix with smaller Celestine crystals.      ex Steve Pullman collection. 
 
   

8   12hedwns ((QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal, 7 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a Cabinet sized specimen of Quartz.  It is a single sharp, pristine and undamged translucent to transparent Quartz crystal from Portugal.  Sharp termination without any chipping  or micro chipping.    ex Steve Pullman collection. 

 

 
   
 9   12hedwe ((CHALCOPYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri, 4.5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a colorful specimen that looks like a floater with no attachment area.   Gold lustrous Chalcopyrite dominates.  Blue, green, and purple lustrous Chalcopyrite is also present. 

 
   

10   12hedwir ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri, 5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen with two terminated Chalcite crystals.  They are undamaged except the smaller has a very small Wilbur or a little roughness on one of the termination edges.  These are unusual in that they have a oil slick like iridescent crystals faces. 

 
   
   
11     12hedwis ((CHALCOPYRITE, DOLOMITE, DRUZE QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri, 4.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature, Here is a colorful specimen with blue and purple lustrous Chalcopyrite with associated Dolomite and Druze Quartz.

 

   
12    12hedwie ((GALENA)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri, 3 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature to Thumbnail,   Here is a lustrous undamaged cubic Galena from Missouri. On the top and back faces there are irregularities from contact  with now missing matrix.  Three side faces and bottom are shiny and flat.
   
13   12hedwn ((PYRITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri, 3.5 x 2 x 2 cm, Thumbnail,   a little Calcite on the bottom needs to be trimmed to probably fit into a perky box.  Undamaged brassy modified undamaged cubic Pyrite crystals on some matrix with Dolomite. 

 
   
14   12hedwns ((CHALCANTHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Viking Copper Mine, Casa Grande, Arizona, 6 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature,   a specimen with blue crystals of Chalcanthite.  These are water soluble.  There are alot of man grown Chalcanthite crystals grown in Poland on the market.  Here is a nice specimen with crystals that are naturally formed. 

 
15     12hedwns ((ADAMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Santa Eulalia District, Chihuahua, Mexico, 1.9 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm, Thumbnail,   a group of terminated and double terminated Adamite crystals from Santa Eulalia with a reddish brown coloration.  I do not see any damage with the naked eye.

16   12hedwne ((BARITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott County, Iowa, 4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,   a group of colorless transparent terminated Barite crystals from Iowa.  Lustrous and damage free except for one termination side chip.  Norm Woods collection. 
17   12hedwne ((BERYL variety HELIODOR)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Otomongo, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia, 3.5 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm, Miniature,   a terminated Heliodor crystal from Namibia. 

 

18      12hedwne ((LAZURITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Ladjuar Medam, Sar-e Sang, Loksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan, 2.5 x 1.8 x 1.2 cm, Thumbnail,   an undamaged sharp deep blue Lazurite crystal.  ex Ron Pellar collection.

 

19       12hedwns ((COPPER variety WHITNEYITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Keweenaw County, Michigan, 7 x 5 x 3 cm, Cabinet,   an Arsenic bearing Copper species.  ex John Melhase, ex California Academy of Sciences, ex Steve Pullman. 

 

20     12hedwg ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri, 4.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a group of Calcite crystals with two double terminated.   ex Lidstrom, ex Steve Pullman. 
21       12hedwng ((WULFENITE with VANADINITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Erupcion Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Chihuahua, Mexico, 9.5 x 6 x 3 cm, Cabinet,   Large blocky orange Wulfenite crystals with a coating of brown micro Vanadinite crystals.  ex Steve Pullman collection. 

 

 

 
22   12hedwnl ((LEGRANDITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 9 x 7 x 3 cm, Cabinet,   2 cm sprays of Legrandite crystals.  Crystals are more  brownish yellow than the typical yellow Legrandite crystals.  ex Ron Pellar collection.

 

23  12hedwee ((OHMILITE)), TYPE LOCALITY, $20 MINIMUM BID, Ohmi, Itoigawa City, Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan, 6 x 5 x 4.5 cm, Miniature,   Straw yellow micro Ohmilite in matrix from the type locality.  ex Steve Pullman collection.  

 

24   12hedwnl  ((QUARTZ over MALACHITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico, 6 x 5.5 x 3 cm, Miniature,   a Hemispherical or Botryoidal green Malachite covered with a micro druse of Quartz from Zacatecas.  ex Steve Pullman collection.  

 

25       12hedwig  ((MUSCOVITE variety STAR MICA, QUARTZ)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 7 x 4.5 x 4 cm, Cabinet,   Twinned Muscovite Mica crystals shapped like 6 pointed stars.  No extra charge for the custom base made from an Agate slab.  Back side of specimen has terminated Quartz crystals.  ex Norm Woods collection. 
26      12hedwtg ((FOSHAGITE, THAUMASITE, VESUVIANITE)), C0 TYPE LOCALITY,  $20 MINIMUM BID, Crestmore Quarry, Crestmore, Riverside County, California 6 x 6 x 4 cm, Miniature,   Two Crestmore Quarries are the Co Type Localities.  Foshagite is an anhydrous Calcium Silicate.  ex John Melhase, ex California Academy of Sciences, ex Steve Pullman.    

27      12hedwte  ((BARITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Frizington, West Cumberland Iron Field, Cumbria, England, 9.8 x 5 x 1.5 cm, Cabinet,   Here is a large single terminated blue English Barite.  It is undamaged and lustrous but the edge is worn or a bit rounded.    ex Steve Pullman collection.  

 

28    12hedwng  ((WAVELLITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Moculta Phosphate Quarry, Angaston, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia, 6 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature,  Here is a neat white Wavellite specimen from Australia.    ex Steve Pullman collection

29      12hedwis ((CALCITE included in COAL)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Pershing Mine, Marion County, Iowa, 10 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet,  -

 

30  12hedwis ((CALCITE with green inclusions, CHALCOPYRITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri, 7.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet,   I have never seen these previously.  Sweetwater Calcites with a green coloration from inclusions.  Unique as far as I know.  Norm Woods collection. 

 

31   12hedwtg  ((FERBERITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Panasqueira Mines, Covilha, Portugal, 6.5 x 5 x 1 cm, Miniature,  Black lustrous Ferberite from Panasqueira.  It is terminated and only one small chip on the one small side about half way down.  ex Steve Pullman collection
32   12hedwes  ((HEMIMORPHITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, 6.5 x 6.5 x 5 cm, Small Cabinet,  Fine cluster of colorless Hemimorphite crystals from Ojuela. Very little if any damage.  No damage visible with the naked eye.

 

33    12fbdjt  ((ENARGITE, QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana,  5 x 4 x 3 cm, Miniature,  Lustrous black terminated Enargite crystals with one or two associated Quartz crystals. 
34  12fbdjr  ((BORNITE, QUARTZ)), $20 MINIMUM  BID, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana,  8.5 x 5 x 3 cm, Cabinet,  Terminated Quartz with crude black Bornite among the Quartz. 

 

 
   
35  12fbdjnr  ((RHODOCHROSITE)), $20 MINIMUM  BID, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana,  10.5 x 7.5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Here  is a large Rhodochrosite from Butte.  It has many rhombs of pink opaque Rhodochrosite on a matrix of Rhodochrosite and minor Quartz.  There is a yellowish coating on the specimen which may come off with a water gun, but mine water gun made in China is currently not working in Utah.  I have not seen one at West Springfield or I would have gotten one.  
36  12fbdjr  ((CHALCOCITE, PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana,  8 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet,  massive Pyrite and Chalcocite from Butte.
37  12fbdjis  ((CHALCOCITE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana,  5 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature,  Here is a specimen of Chalcocite with somewhat crude Chalcocite crystals.  One definitely has a five sided crystal shaped like a stop sign.
38    12fbdjt  ((ENARGITE, QUARTZ)), $5 MINIMUM  BID, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana,  3 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Lustrous black terminated Enargite crystals  and side ways crystals on matrix.  Its sort of a smaller reference specimen.

 

 

 
39  12fbdjt  ((BOLEITE)), $15 MINIMUM  BID, Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalia, Baja California, Mexico,  .5 x .5 x .5 cm, Thumbnail,  Blue complete Boleite crystal mounted in a perky box.  Boleite is a cube with octahedral modifications on all eight corners.  Corners are also faces.  There is actually a second small 2 mm crystal attached to the larger crystal. 

40   ariis  ((ASBESTOS)), $5 MINIMUM  BID, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada,  5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Fuzzy Asbestos mounted in a miniature plastic box.  ex Clyde Hardin collection.  no label.

 

41   12hedwes ((CHALCOPYRITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri, 10 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Here is a very pretty specimen with great coverage of iridescent blue Chalcopyrite which is naturally oxidized in the mine.

 

42  12hedwrs ((CALCITE, CHALCOPYRITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri, 12 x 8 x 6 cm, Cabinet, Here is a fine lustrous Calcite.  No damage.  Bottom termination is indented from contact without damage.  Top termination has multiple terminations with the front one undamaged and the back ones looking like old breaks with regrowth.   The scultural matrix base has large iridescent Chalcopyrites with a purple and magenta coloration. 

43   12hedwee   ((GALENA)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri, 10 x 8 x 5.5 cm, Miniature, Here is a large and heavy cubic Galena.  No damage.  Luster is semi lustrous and matte.

   
44  12hedwir ((CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri, 5 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a specimen with two terminated Chalcite crystals.  They are undamaged except the smaller has a very small Wilbur or a little roughness on one of the termination edges.  These are unusual in that they have a oil slick like iridescent crystals faces. 
 
   
45   7iddbocr  ((FLUORITE)), $3 MINIMUM  BID, William Wise Mine, Westmoreland, New Hampshire,  4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,  Here is a reference specimen of the green Fluorite from the Wise Mine.  It is also Fluorescent under UVSW.   ex Ernie Schlicter collection. 

 

 
   
46      7iddbocir  ((2 TOURMALATED QUARTZ)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, PC Mine, Jefferson County, Montana,  4 x 2 x .5 cm, 2 Miniatures,  Here are two Quartz specimens from the PC mine with inclusions of black Tourmaline, aka Schorl.    ex Ernie Schlicter collection. 

 

 
   
47   7iddbocir  ((PYROCHLORE on AEGERINE)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Mont St Hilaire, Quebec, Canada,  3.5 x .7 x .4 cm, Thumbnail,  Here is an undamaged terminated black Aegerine covered with small crystals of Pyrochlore.     ex Ernie Schlicter collection. 

 

 
   
48     7iddbocir  ((ADULARIA with CHLORITE inclusions)), $10 MINIMUM  BID, Acushnet Quarry, Acushnet, Bristol County, Massachusetts,  13 x 7 x 4 cm, Cabinet,  Here is an undamaged specimen from Massachusetts of Adularia and Chlorite.  Back is sawn flat on this older classic Massachusetts specimen.     ex Ernie Schlicter collection.   
   

49       6atgnr    ((PYROMORPHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Idaho, 4 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature, Here is a fine and sparkling micro Pyromorphite from Idaho.  It is a mound displayable from any side.  No damage.  Actually with a loop or with the camera photos size increase these is a couple of missing crystals. 

 

 
   
50     3atjwnr  ((Scalenohedral HEMATITE)), $25 MINIMUM BID, Arzanah Island near Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 1.1 x .5 x .5 cm, Thumbnail,  Here is a rare specimen of a very lustrous double terminated scalenohedral crystal of Hematite.  A few of these were brought back by an oil worker in a sock.  The government does not and will not allow access to collect or remove any minerals.   

 

 

 

51     2atlmtr ((STAR MUSCOVITE)), $20 MINIMUM BID, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil,   4.5 x 4 x 4 cm, Miniature Here is a Muscovite specimen with twinned Muscovite giving a star shaped crystal.  The bottom has a small area with remnants of blue clay used instead of min tack.

52    12fbdjr  ((MICROCLINE variety AMAZONITE)), $5 MINIMUM BID,  Pikes Peak area, Colorado,  3.5 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Here is a terminated blue green Amazonite.  Not as blue as the photos.

 

53  12fbdjt  ((CHALCOCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Butte, Montana,  5 x 4 x 1.5 cm, Miniature,  Here is a miniature sized specimen from Butte of massive Chalcocite.  

54   12fbdje  ((ENARGITE, PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Butte, Montana,  6.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm, Miniature,  Here is a large miniature with Enargite crystals and associated Pyrite.
55     12fbdjt  ((BORNITE, PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Butte, Montana,  4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,  Here is a specimen with crystallized Bornite  and associated Pyrite.
 

56    12fbdjr  ((DIGENITE, ENARGITE, PYRITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Leonard Mine, Butte, Montana,  6 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm, Miniature,  Here is a specimen with crystallized Digenite and Enargite crystals and associated Pyrite.

 

57       12fbdjr  ((CHALCOCITE, ENARGITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Butte, Montana,  7.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a cabinet sized massive Chalcocite with the top and bottom side  covered with Enargite.
 

 

 

 58  12fbdjt  ((RHODOCHROSITE, CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Butte, Montana,  5.5 x 4 x 3 cm, Cabinet,  The pink Rhodochrosite grades to a cream colored Calcite on the surface.  The manganese carbonate grading to calcium carbonate is a characteristic of Rhodochrosite from Butte.

59  12fbdjis  ((PYROMORPHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, 9 level, Jersey Vein, Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Idaho,  1 x 1 x 1 cm, Thumbnail,  a knob of undamaged lustrous orange colored Bunker Hill Pyromorphite. 

 

 
 

60      12fbdjn  ((PYROMORPHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Black Pine Mine, Philipsburg District, Montana,  2 x 1.5 x .5 cm, Thumbnail,  a thumbnail sized plate completely covered with hexagonal prisms of small terminated Pyromorphite crystals. 

 

 
 

61      7hhoris   ((AURICHALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 8 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet, Robin egg blue acicular crystals of Aurichalcite.  ex Otto Reiter collection.  

 

 

62     7hhoris   ((20 QUARTZ with AMETHYST)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Park City, Summit County, Utah, 2.2 to 5 cm, 10 Thumbnails to Miniatures, Here are 20 single terminated Quartz crystals many with sections of Amethyst from Park City, Utah.  ex Otto Reiter collection.  

 

 

63      7hhoris   ((CELESTINE, CARNELIAN RED JASPER)), $10 MINIMUM BID, San Rafael Swell area, Emery County, Utah,   8 x 7 x 4 cm, Cabinet,  Here is a red Jasper nodule filled with Celestine crystals.   ex Otto Reiter collection.  

 

64       7hhoris   ((AURICHALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 8 x 5 x 3 cm, Cabinet, Robin egg blue spherical crystals of Aurichalcite crystals.  ex Otto Reiter collection.  
65      7hhoris   ((AUSTINITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 9 x 8.5 x 2.5 cm, Cabinet,  White crystallized Austinite from Gold Hill.   ex Otto Reiter collection.  

 

66     7hhoris   ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Spor Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, 7.5 x 5 x 4.5 cm, Cabinet,  A box work filled with a purple druze of Fluorite.    ex Otto Reiter collection.  
67      7hhoris   ((HALOTRICHITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Raft River Mts., Boxelder County, Utah, 6 x 6 x 5 cm, Miniature,  White fibrous Halotrichite from a Utah location.  Halotrichite is water sensitive.    ex Otto Reiter collection.  
68        7hhoris   ((ADAMITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Gold Hill Mine, Tooele County, Utah, 11 x 8 x 7 cm, Cabinet,  White crystallized Adamite from Gold Hill.   ex Otto Reiter collection.  

 

69  7hhoris   ((AURICHALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Carbonate Mine, Little Cottonwood District, Salt Lake County, Utah, 7 x 6 x 5 cm, Cabinet, Robin egg blue acicular crystals of Aurichalcite.  ex Otto Reiter collection.  
70     7hhoris   ((MOLYBDENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Little Cottonwood District, Salt Lake County, Utah, 6 x 5 x 3.5 cm, Miniature,  Small lustrous grey Molybdenite crystals in matrix.    ex Otto Reiter collection.

 

71    7hhoris   ((FERRIMOLYBDITE, MOLYBDENITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Little Cottonwood District, Salt Lake County, Utah, 4 x 3 x 2 cm, Miniature,  Small lustrous grey Molybdenite crystals and yellow Ferrimolybdite in matrix.    ex Otto Reiter collection.
 

72     7hhoris   ((BISMUTHINITE, CHALCOPYRITE, CALCITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Lincoln District, Beaver County, Utah, 9 x 6 x 4 cm, Cabinet,  Combination specimen from Beaver County, Utah.   ex Otto Reiter collection.

73     7hhoris ((FLUORITE)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Wild Cat Mountains, Dugway area, Tooele County, Utah, 9 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm, Cabinet,  Purple Fluorite from Wild Cat Mountains.  I believe the location is within the Dugway Proving Ground bombing ranges.  Access for collecting in not allowed.   ex Otto Reiter collection.

 

 

74   7hhoris ((REALGAR, PARAREALGAR)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Getchell Mine, Nevada, 8.5 x 5 x 4 cm, Cabinet,  Red crystals of Realgar in the vugs and orange Pararealgar on the outside of the specimen.  ex Otto Reiter collection

75  7hhoris ((ORPIMENT, REALGAR)), $10 MINIMUM BID, Getchell Mine, Nevada, 4.5 x 3.5 X 2 cm, Miniature,  Large yellow crystals of Orpiment and red massive Realgar.  ex Otto Reiter collection

 

76   7hhoris ((OPAL)), $5 MINIMUM BID, Location not given, 7 x 5 X 3 cm, Cabinet,  Bluish Opal with out fire with no location on the label.   ex Otto Reiter collection

 

 

   
77  11btdbirs ((FLUORITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Madoc, Ontario, Canada.  4 x 3.5 x 3 cm, Miniature,  Green transparent Fluorite with a cubo octahedral crystal on a matrix of Fluorite.

 

 

 

 
   
 

78     5hlfdir   ((WILLEMITE, FRANKLINITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Franklin, New Jersey,  6 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm,  Miniature,  Here is a specimen with almost 100% Willemite with a little black Franklinite.  Fluorescent almost solid Green.

 

 
   
79      5hlfdr   ((SPHALERITE, FRANKLINITE, WILLEMITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Franklin, New Jersey,  6 x 4 x 4 cm,  Miniature,  Here is a specimen with 2/3 Sphalerite which is Fluorescent orange and 1/3 Franklinite.  But there is also  Willemite Fluorescent Green.  
   

80       5atcenr ((BARITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Book Cliffs, Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado,  4 x 3 x 3 cm, Miniature Here is a terminated Barite crystal from Book Cliffs.  Lustrous crystal side faces and more of a matt termination face.  No damage.

 
   
81  5atkrr ((CHRYSOCOLLA pseudomorphs after ???)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Zinc Hill, Arizona,  4 x 3.5 x 2 cm, Miniature,  turquoise colored Chrysocolla.  Label says Pseudomorphs. Viewed better with a loop.  Photo does not do justice  
   
82  5atkrr ((SMITHSONITE)), $3 MINIMUM BID, Zinc Hill, Arizona,  4 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm, Miniature,  greenish turquoise colored Smithsonite from Zinc Hill.

 

 

   
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84   5atkrr ((ARAGONITE)), Type Locality, $3 MINIMUM BID, Molina de Aragon, Spain,  1.9 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm, Thumbnail,  Excellent Lustrous hexagonal translucent prism of pseudo hexagonal twinned Aragonite with a purplish brown color.   
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