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Pyrite - $22 Reduced
to $19 15-80-176 stope, #1 orebody, below Irene Shaft, Blackcloud Mine, Lake County, Colorado 3.0 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm (1.2 x 1.0 x 0.9 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A bright, slightly elongated pyrite cube.
No obvious points of attachment; this appears to be a floater. A few
scattered but small dings are noted.
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| 9353: |
Stilbite - $6 Reduced
to $5 Harbourville, Bay of Fundy, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada 3.8 x 3.1 x 2.7 cm (1.5 x 1.2 x 1.1 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A group of silky, opaque stilbite
crystals from the famous Canadian zeolite locality. No damage.
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| 9357: |
Vanadinite and Calcite - $8 Reduced
to $7 San Carlos Mine, San Carlos, Mun. de Manuel Benavides, Chihuahua, Mexico 4.5 x 4.2 x 2.6 cm (1.8 1.7 x 1.0 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A cluster of barrel-shaped orange-brown
vanadinite crystals, accented with colorless calcite, on matrix. The
vanadinites and translucent to opaque, reach 3 mm in length, and many
are doubly terminated. A few incomplete vanadinites are not
consequential on this sparkly miniature, at this price.
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| 9358: |
Vanadinite (variety Endlichite) - $12 Reduced
to $10 Chihuahua, Mexico 6.5 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm (2.6 x 1.9 x 1.1 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order This specimen features a rich, lustrous
carpet of narrow vanadinite crystals to 4 mm on matrix. The brown color
reveals this to be the arsenic-rich vanadinite variety called
endlichite. Some vanadinites are incomplete. Minor calcite. Displays as
shown without a stand.
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| 9408: |
Fluorite - $22 Reduced
to $19 1st Sovetskii Mine, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia 4.6 x 4.5 x 4.0 cm (1.8 x 1.8 x 1.6 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A light green, translucent fluorite cube
with lightly frosted surfaces. Contacted on the base where removed from
matrix. One small corner cleave is noted. A respectable palm-sized
Russian fluorite that sits well for display.
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| 9414: |
Malachite, Pyromorphite, and Cerussite - $20 Reduced
to $18 Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Northern Territory, Australia 4.8 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm (1.9 x 1.3 x1.1 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order We must admit that is is not the most
aesthetic specimen in this update, but the association is interesting.
The yellow pyromorphites reach 1 mm, and contrast nicely with the green
malachite. From the 1973 Museum Dig.
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| 9435: |
Sulfur - $12 Reduced
to $10 Steamboat Springs District, Washoe County, Nevada 6.2 x 5.0 x 2.3 cm (2.4 x 2.0 x 0.9 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A white, massive gypsum matrix is covered
with bright sulfur. Individual sulfur crystals have a bubbly, conjoined
appearance, as if melted somewhat after deposition on the matrix. A
typical specimen for the locality. No damage.
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| 9448: |
Calcite - $14 Reduced
to $12 Charcas, Mun. de Charcas, San Luis Potosí, Mexico 7.4 x 3.8 x 1.7 cm (2.9 x 1.5 x 0.7 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A single, fully terminated, translucent
calcite crystal. Cleaved/contacted along one corner, otherwise an
undamaged floater crystal.
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| 9473: |
Quartz - $60 Reduced
to $54 Iraí, Alto Uruguai region, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 9.9 x 7.3 x 3.1 cm (3.9 x 2.9 x 1.2 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order This cluster of colorless to light purple
quartz crystals is almost flat, but has a enough curvature to give it a
nice shape and texture. Individual crystals reach 1.3 cm. Minor
edgewear and a few small termination chips, all confined to the
periphery of the specimen; otherwise no damage. Several interesting
display angles.
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| 9524: |
Quartz included with Fluorite - $20 Reduced
to $18 Amborompotsy, Ambatofinandrahana Department, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar 5.0 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm (2.0 x 0.7 x 0.5 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A colorless, mostly transparent and
terminated quartz crystal with fluorite inclusions. The fluorites are
purple cubes, about 2 mm in size, but difficult to photograph due to
their depth within the crystal and the slightly frosted crystal faces.
From a limited find of a few years ago. The find was not large; over
one hundred specimens were recovered, but
certainly less than a few hundred. Some small chips on the quartz are
noted, but these are unimportant in this case.
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| 9543: |
Colemanite - $50 Reduced
to $32 Boron, Kern County, California 8.5 x 4.0 x 3.4 cm (3.3 x 1.6 x 1.3 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A cluster of transparent to opaque,
glassy colemanite crystals. The largest distinct crystal is 3 cm
across. This specimen is nearly 100% colemanite, and free of damage.
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| 9556: |
Axinite-(Fe) - $30 Reduced
to $27 Dassu, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan 3.5 x 3.0 x 2.4 cm (1.4 x 1.2 x 0.9 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A cluster of opaque but sharp axinite
blades. Luster ranges from dull to glassy. The largest individual
crystal is 2.8 cm wide. Two or three small contact points, but no
damage is seen.
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