Dragon Minerals - New Arrivals Page 07

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8531:
Millosevichite
Kladno, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia, Czech Republic
4.1 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm (1.6 x 1.0 x 0.9 inches)
Specimen status: Sold

An aesthetically-challenged but uncommon, foamy mineral produced (at this locality) by burning coal dumps. Millosevichite is an iron aluminum sulfate, (Fe, Al)2(SO4)3.




9660:
Hübnerite and Quartz - $35
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Pasto Bueno District, Pallasca Province, Ancash Department, Peru
8.5 x 7.8 x 5.2 cm (3.3 x 3.1 x 2.0 inches)
Specimen status: Available     Click here to order

A lustrous, bladed hübnerite crystal group sits on a quartz matrix. The hübnerite group is terminated (the termination snuggles against the quartz), and is 5.6 cm in length. The quartzes are, for the most part, only partially or incompletely terminated.




9666:
Hübnerite, Quartz, and Muscovite
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Pasto Bueno District, Pallasca Province, Ancash Department, Peru
8.0 x 6.7 x 6.7 cm (3.1 x 2.6 x 2.6 inches)
Specimen status: Sold

Most of this heavy (620 grams) specimen is composed of parallel, mostly non-terminated hübnerite blades. Some quartz and muscovite also present. Highly representative for the species and locality.




9672:
Hübnerite and Quartz - $45
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Pasto Bueno District, Pallasca Province, Ancash Department, Peru
5.1 x 4.4 x 1.8 cm (2.0 x 1.7 x 0.7 inches)
Specimen status: Available     Click here to order

A parallel group of opaque but lustrous hübnerite blades, contrasted with some colorless (and mostly massive) quartz. The hübnerites look a bit like a city skyline defined by its skyscrapers. Most of the hübnerites are terminated, although the terminations are incomplete in spots.







9673:
Hübnerite, Muscovite, and Quartz - $75
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Pasto Bueno District, Pallasca Province, Ancash Department, Peru
5.7 x 3.5 x 1.8 cm (2.2 x 1.4 x 0.7 inches)
Specimen status: Available     Click here to order

An opaque but lustrous parallel group of hübnerite crystal blades. Only one termination is missing, although a few others have small chips. Accented with pearly, pale green muscovite and a few small quartz crystals. A good-sized crystal, and free of significant damage.







9674:
Hübnerite, Muscovite, and Quartz - $45
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Pasto Bueno District, Pallasca Province, Ancash Department, Peru
5.4 x 5.3 x 2.5 cm (2.1 x 2.1 x 1.0 inches)
Specimen status: Available     Click here to order

This specimen features two lustrous and opaque hübnerite crystal groups. One group is 5.0 cm long and (for the most part) terminated, while the shorter group is not terminated. Some colorless quartz (some terminated, some not) is also present, as well as a minor dusting of pearly, pale green muscovite.







9676:
Hübnerite, Muscovite, and Quartz - $45
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Pasto Bueno District, Pallasca Province, Ancash Department, Peru
5.9 x 3.1 x 2.0 cm (2.3 x 1.2 x 0.8 inches)
Specimen status: Available     Click here to order

An opaque but lustrous parallel group of hübnerite crystal blades. Two of the four crystals (included the largest) are terminated. Accented with a patch of pearly, pale green muscovite and a few small quartz crystals. A good-sized crystal, and free of significant damage.







9678:
Hübnerite and Quartz - $75
Mundo Nuevo Mine, Pasto Bueno District, Pallasca Province, Ancash Department, Peru
7.3 x 5.8 x 4.5 cm (2.9 x 2.3 x 1.8 inches)
Specimen status: Available     Click here to order

A matrix of mostly unterminated quartz crystals hosts an opaque but lustrous, deep red-brown hübnerite crystal blade. The hübnerite crystal is 7.3 cm in length, with a complete (although slightly chipped and pitted) termination. Sits well for display without a stand as shown.




14606:
Strontianite
National Limestone Co. Quarry, Lime Ridge, Mount Pleasant Mills, Perry Township, Snyder County, Pennsylvania
7.9 x 6.8 x 2.6 cm (3.1 x 2.7 x 1.0 inches)
Specimen status: Sold

Tufts of opaque strontianite crystals on matrix. The largest tuft is about 2.6 cm across. The strontianite has a light greenish-white fluorescence under shortwave UV, and rests on a carpet of tiny, colorless calcite crystals. A rich but otherwise very typical specimen for the locality.







0705:
Gypsum and Halite
Solno Mine, Inowrocław, Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Poland
6.5 x 4.4 x 3.8 cm (2.6 x 1.7 x 1. 5 inches)
Specimen status: Sold

A jackstraw cluster of gypsum blades, transparent to opaque, decorated with colorless halite cubes. The gypsum crystals are mostly terminated, reach 3.6 cm in length, and are a bit more brown (and a bit less orange) than the pictures suggest (on my computer). The halites reach about 3 mm across. Some small bruises and rubs on terminations as expected from a soft mineral, but otherwise in very good condition. The Solno Mine was a salt mine, abandoned in 1989, and subsequently flooded.







0707:
Calcite and Gypsum - $35
Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdán, Chihuahua, Mexico
8.9 x 6.9 x 4.8 cm (3.5 x 2.7 x 1.9 inches)
Specimen status: Available     Click here to order

Brown, opaque calcite scalohedra radiate out from matrix. Individual calcite crystals reach 2 cm in length, and only two or three (mostly at the edges) are not terminated. Some of the calcites are decorated with colorless, transparent, icy gypsum coatings. Displays nicely without a stand as shown. No damage.







0901:
Aragonite (variety Flos Ferri)
Styrian Erzberg, Eisenerz, Styria, Austria

5.2 x 4.6 x 3.9 cm (2.0 x 1.8 x 1.5 inches)
Specimen status: Sold

A massive white calcium carbonate matrix hosts a crown of somewhat curly 'flos ferri' aragonite. A few missing terminations make this a specimen representative of this aragonite variety, or of the locality. The style of the (somewhat abused) accompanying Ward's Natural Science Establishment label probably dates the specimen to the 1950's or 1960's.



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