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Gypsum Pseudomorph after Glauberite - $12 Reduced to $6 Camp Verde Gypsum Mine, Camp Verde District, Yavapai County, Arizona 5.1 x 4.9 x 4.2 cm (2.0 x 1.9 x 1.7 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A sharp pseudomorph of
gypsum after glauberite from the classic
locality. The slightly broken and contacted base makes a nice display
stand, as seen in the photos. Otherwise no damage.
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Gypsum - $8 Reduced
to $7 Ziller Valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria 7.6 x 4.2 x 3.0 cm (3.0 x 1.7 x 1.2 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order Translucent to opaque gypsum blades
extend from a compact ball of smaller, tabular gypsum crystals. Strong
bluish fluorescence under shortwave UV, with continued green
phosphorescence for a few seconds after the UV is removed. The largest
blades are well terminated, but the ball has a contact area in the back.
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Gypsum - $18 Reduced
to $16 Northwest Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada 6.4 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm (2.5 x 1.4 x 1.3 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A parallel cluster of silky, mostly
transparent gypsum crystals. The largest distinct gypsum is 2.5 cm
long. Two small bruises, as expected with such a soft mineral, but
otherwise no significant damage.
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Wulfenite and Calcite - $35 Reduced
to $31 San Pedro Mine, San Pedro Corralitos, Chihuahua, Mexico 7.7 x 6.0 x 4.7 cm (3.0 x 2.4 x 1.9 inches) Specimen status: Reserved Click here to order A flat, transparent, 1.5 cm wulfenite
crystal, accented with a rich sprinkling of tiny calcite needles, all
on limonite matrix. The wulfenite has naturally uneven edges, but
nothing that could be called damage. The San Pedro Mine is better know
for its bright, silky mimetites; wulfenites from this locality are only
rarely available.
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Galena - $10 Reduced to $5 Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee 2.8 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm (1.1 x 1.1 x 0.9 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A bright and complexly
crystalline chunk of galena. I see no point of
attachment, so this might be a floater or (more likely) a cleavage
fragment. The depressed price of zinc has closed the mine and ended specimen production October 30, 2008. It is
unclear when or even if Elmwood Mine specimens will become as plentiful
as they once were.
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Stibnite - $100 Reduced to $81 Hunan Province, China 24.5 x 5.5 x 2.4 cm (9.6 x 2.2 x 0.9 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A nearly parallel cluster of lustrous stibnite crystals. All are terminated except the two widest. Accented with many tiny stibnites, and a dusting of dolomite. This specimen has more character than your average single stibnite crystal. |
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Gypsum and Malachite - $125 Reduced to $100 Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco 11.8 x 9.2 x 5.7 cm (4.6 x 3.6 x 2.2 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order Colorless, glistening gypsum over microcrystalline malachite, all on matrix. Several curved 'ramshorn' gypsum growths are present, the largest of which forms a 2.2 cm wide arch (third picture) at the top of the specimen. Minor azurite. A very good example of classic Moroccan material. |
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Gypsum - $15 Reduced
to $13 Sweetwater, Nolan County, Texas 9.2 x 5.3 x 4.0 cm (3.6 x 2.1 x 1.6 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order |
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Epidote - $80 Reduced to $64 Mina Rosario Mabel, Provincia Castrovirreyna, Huancavelica, Peru 9.7 x 9.0 x 5.4 cm (3.8 x 3.5 x 2.1 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A lustrous, deep green fan comprised of hundreds of epidote crystals. As is typical for these specimens which grow in matrix pockets, many of the individual crystals are either contacted or only crudely terminated. This is offset by the unusually large size of this cluster. |
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Galena - $10 Reduced to $5 Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri 4.8 x 3.6 x 3.0 cm (1.9 x 1.4 x 1.2 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A cluster of modified
octahedral galena crystals with minor
chalcopyrite and dolomite. Good luster and no damage. Reminiscent
of an Aztec temple.
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Gypsum - $12 Reduced
to $10 Australia 15.0 x 7.5 x 4.2 cm (5.9 x 3.0 x 1.7 inches) Specimen status: Reserved Click here to order |
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Spodumene - $15 Reduced
to $13 Elizabeth R Mine, Pala District, San Diego County, California 4.0 x 3.3 x 1.8 cm (1.6 x 1.3 x 0.7 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order From a mine close to the kunzite type
locality, and better known for its tourmalines and morganites, comes
this nearly colorless, mostly transparent spodumene crystal. One edge
is cleaved but the front face is complete (first picture), and the
other faces naturally etched (as is common for gem spodumenes from this
mine). Weak violet fluorescence under shortwave UV. Obtained directly
from the miner Roland Reed in July 2004.
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