Common worldwide minerals, Kaygeedee Minerals

Common Worldwide Minerals

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ACANTHITE
01. Thumbnail. A 3mm micro-crystal in a vug with Proustite. Imiter mine, Jbel Sarhro, Anti-Atlas mountains, Morocco. $20.00.
03. Thumbnail. A 3x6x12 mm "cube" on massive of the same. La Sirena mine, Guanjuato, Guanajuato, Mexico. $25.00.
04. Thumbnail. A loose, 1 cm, dull lustre, well-formed crystal. (x5). Uchucchacua mine, Oyo Province, Lima Department, Peru. $30.00 each.
ADAMITE
01. Thumbnail. Highly lustrous, pale-yellow crystal sprays, up to 4mm long, on orange limonite/goethite matrix. Gold Hill mine, Tooele county, Utah, USA. $10.00.
02. Highly lustrous, deep green micro-crystals of CUPROADAMITE on conichalcite on dark ochre rock. (x3). 07x05x03. Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. $20.00 each.
03. Highly lustrous, dull yellow-green sprays, bowties and hemispheres on ochre gossan matrix. (x20). 07x05x03. Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. $20.00 each.
04. A rich plate of druzy, sea-green CUPROADAMITE crystals on gossan matrix. 06x04x02. Ilarion mine, Lavrion district, Attiki Prefecture, Greece. $15.00.
05. Thumbnail. A plate of highly lustrous, pale-green microcrystals on ochre gossan matrix. Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. $10.00.
AEGERINE
01. Highly lustrous, terminated, loose single crystal. (x5). 05x0.7x0.7. Mount Malosa, Zomba district, Malawi. $10.00 each.
02. A tight cluster of pointed, lustrous, black crystals intergrown with blocky Orthoclase feldspars. 07x03x02. Mount Malosa, Zomba district, Malawi. $10.00.
ALBITE
01. A mound of pale-blue, highly lustrous Cleavelandite with minor brown muscovite. 09x07x05. Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil. $25.00
AMBER
01. Transparent, dark orange-brown Amber. 03x02x01. Dominican Republic. $10.00.
ANATASE
01. A sharp, translucent, silvery-brown, 3x4x2mm crystal on matrix. 05x03x02. Kharan Mountain, Balochistan, Pakistan. $60.00.
ANDRADITE
03. Thumbnail. A 1mm, black crystal in Sanidinite matrix. Cavalluccio, Campagnano, Rome, Italy. $3.00.
04. Thumbnail. A large cluster of intergrown, translucent brown crystals, up to 7mm on edge, on minor matrix. Stanley Butte, Graham county, Arizona, USA. $5.00.
06. A large mound of abundant, opaque, brown crystals, up to 4mm in size, on massive of the same. 16x10x06. Kuruman, South Africa. $20.00 plus shipping.
07. A mound of translucent, dark red-brown, complex crystals, up to 6mm, on nondescript Epidote-Quartz matrix. 05x03x03. Tungsten Hills, Bishop, California, USA. $10.00.
08. A plate of transparent, green "Demantoid" garnets, up to 3mm, intergrown with dinged Chlorite books. 05x03x02. San Benito county, California, USA. $15.00.
ANHYDRITE
01. A vug of colourless, high lustre crystals, up to 5mm in size, in massive Galena. 04x05x07. Monteponi, Island of Sardinia, Italy. $30.00.
ANKERITE
01. A cluster of off-white rhombs, up to 1cm on edge, overgrown by numerous, black Sphalerite crystals. 04x03x02. Gilman county, Colorado, USA. $10.00.
ANNABERGITE
01. Thumbnail. A vug of perfect, apple-green microcrystals in gossan matrix. Kilometre 3 mine, Lavrion mining district, Attiki Prefecture, Greece. $30.00.
ANTIMONY
01. Thumbnail. A small chunk of massive. Number 21 mine, Pribham, Czech Republic. $15.00.
APATITE
05. A lustrous pair of 1x1x0.5 mm, transparent, grey-green crystals in parallel growth on Albite. 04x03x03. Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil. $20.00.
APOPHYLLITE
01. A plate of intergrown pseudocubes crystals, up to 9mm, on matrix. 07x05x03. Wessels mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields Northern Cape, South Africa. $10.00.
02. Beautiful, nicely crystallized, green crystals, up to 2 cm in size, with minor white Stilbite on matrix. (x3). 08x06x02. Parner, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra, India. $18.00 each.
03. Classic, pointed, transparent, green crystals, up to 1 cm, on abundant, white Stilbite matrix. A mixture of terminated and broken Apophyllite crystals. 12x07x04. Deccan Flood Basalts, Deccan Plateau, Poona, Mumbai, India. $45.00.
ARAGONITE
02. A 3D cluster of lustrous, opaque, grey, pseudohexagonal Aragonite crystals up to 3cm wide. 05x04x03. Spain. $10.00.
03. A 3D cluster of lustrous, opaque, grey-purple, pseudohexagonal Aragonite crystals up to 3x3x3cm in size. 06x04x04. Valencia, Spain. $25.00.
06. Thumbnail. White, radiating sprays on matrix. Fuchsberg, Trittenheim/Mosel, Germany. $3.00.
07. Thumbnail. White, acicular microcrystals on/in gossan matrix. Saalfelden, Salzburg, Austria. $3.00.
ARTINITE `
01. Thumbnail. Sparse delicate sprays on snow-white, botryoidal Hydromagnesite matrix. Albano near Rome, Italy. $5.00.
02PB. A rich plate of white Artinite sprays on green Serpentine. 09x06x03. Staten Island, New York city, New York, USA. $25.00.
ATACAMITE
05. A plate of green-black fibrous on matrix. (x3). 07x05x03. La Forola mine, Cerro Pintado, Tierra Amarillo, Copiapo Province, Chile. $10.00 each.
06. A plate of green-black fibrous on matrix. (x3). 12x06x03. La Forola mine, Cerro Pintado, Tierra Amarillo, Copiapo Province, Chile. $30.00 each.
07. Thumbnail. A plate of dark-green, microcrystal sprays with minor sky-blue, powdery Connellite on Rhyolite matrix. Santo Domingo mine, Tocopilla, Second region, Chile. $10.00.
AURICHALCITE
01. Massive and sparse, acicular balls of sky-blue needles, up to 3mm, on gossan matrix. (x7). 09x06x02. Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. $10.00 each.
02. Gossan with a rich covering of velvety AURICHALCITE balls. 04x03x02. Omega mine, Helvetia, Pima county, Arizona, USA. $5.00.
AUTUNITE
01. A scattering of 1mm Meta-AUTUNITE microcrystals on rusty matrix. 05x03x01. Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil. $10.00.
AXINITE
01. A scattering of lustrous, transparent, brown MANGANAXINITE plates intergrown with brown, acicular Clinozoisite. (x4). 05x04x03. Taylorsville, Genessee Valley, Plumos county, California, USA. $20.00 each.
AZURITE
01. Purple crystalline and colourless Gypsum crystals on matrix. 09x05x04. Morenci, Greenlee county, Arizona, USA. $20.00.
05. Thumbnail. Microcrystals on matrix. Ahrbruck, Eifel, Germany. $3.00.
06. A mound of crystal fragments in parallel growth. (x2). 05x05x02. Tsumcorp mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $30.00 each.
07. A double-sided plate completely covered with druzy, deep purple-blue crystals. Most of the crystals are low-lustre due to Malachite alteration. 08x05x03. Touissit, south of Oujda, Morocco. $18.00.
08. Thumbnail. A plate of deep-purple microcrystals on matrix. Minor Olivenite and Bindheimite. Tsumcorp mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $20.00.
10. Abundant microcrystals with minor Aragonite on massive Cuprite? matrix. 04x03x02. Tsumcorp mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $15.00.
12. Thumbnail. Abundant microcrystals paint a rotted, grey carbonate matrix. Tsumcorp mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $10.00.
13. Thumbnail. A large, poorly formed deep purple-blue crystal. Touissit, south of Oujda, Morocco. $20.00.
14. A 2x2x3 cm cluster of lustrous, deep purple-blue crystals, up to 1cm long, on matrix. Significant Goethite overgrowth. 05x03x04. Touissit, south of Oujda, Morocco. $40.00.
15. Thumbnail. A large cluster of lustrous, deep purple-blue crystals, up to 6mm. Touissit, south of Oujda, Morocco. $40.00.
16. A cluster of lustrous, deep purple-blue crystals, up to 2 cm long. The crystals are terminated but the terminations are rough. One termination has turned to Malachite. (x2). 03x03x02. Touissit, south of Oujda, Morocco. $40.00 each.
17. A plate of lustrous, deep purple-blue crystals, up to 4mm long, on Malachite on matrix. 04x03x01. Bisbee, Arizona, USA. $15.00.
20. A mound of dull-lustre crystals, up to 3cm long. 06x04x04. Tsumcorp mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $60.00.
22. A flattened ball of almost massive deep-blue AZURITE. 06x05x04. Jakka mine, Kambove, Democratic Republic of the Congo. $18.00.
BARITE
03. Thumbnail. Yellow, highly lustrous, pointed crystals on matrix. Lill shaft, Brezove Hory, Pribram, Czech Republic. $5.00.
04. A plate of highly lustrous, stacked, opaque, white, coarse bladed Barite on minor matrix. 09x07x03. Banska Stiavnica, Slovenske-Rudohoro Mountains, Slovak Republic. $30.00.
05. A plate of highly lustrous, grey, transparent Barite crystals, up to 7mm in size, on matrix. 06x05x03. Carbonia, Sardinia, Italy. $20.00.
08. Abundant, terminated, amber-coloured crystals, up to 9mm, on matrix. 04x03x02. Rosh Pina, Namibia. $10.00.
10. A plate of thin, grey, transparent, intact crystals, up to 25mm in size, with or without matrix. (x2). 05x04x03. Miraflores district, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta region, Peru. $40.00.
13. A large plate of white, bladed Barite crystals, up to 1cm long, dusted with chalcopyrite. 15x07x07. Dreislar, Saureland, Germany. $40.00.
14. A large plate of lustrous, transparent, 1 cm, grey plates on matrix. 08x05x01. Romania. $30.00.
16. A 12x4x3mm, colourless, transparent, terminated crystal on gossan matrix. 04x02x02. Book cliffs, Grand Junction, Colorado, USA. $5.00.
17. A plate of thin, white, opaque Barite plates on matrix. 06x03x02. Mibladen, Midelt, Morocco. $10.00.
BERTRANDITE
01. Thumbnail. Colourless, hexagonal crystals with white quartz crystals on matrix. (x4). Palermo Mine, North Groton, New Hampshire, USA. $10.00 each.
BERYL
03. Thumbnail. A tiny, 3mm, goshenite crystal on matrix. St. Piero, Island of Elba, Italy. $3.00.
05. A 60x8x10mm, transparent, lemon-yellow Helidore crystal poorly terminated at both ends. The crystal is extensively encrusted and included by white Albite. Virgem da Lapa district, Minas Gerais, Brazil. $30.00.
06. Thumbnail. A 30x7x5mm, colouless, gemmy "Goshenite" crystal on minor matrix. (x2). Virgem da Lapa district, Minas Gerais, Brazil. $20.00 each.
12. Thumbnail. A loose, gemmy, 12mm, very pale-blue crystal with a flat termination. Pakistan. $5.00.
13. A gemmy, ransparent, 33x11x6mm, pale-blue AQUAMARINE crystal with a poorly developed termination. Baltistan, Northern areas, Pakistan. $30.00.
BISMUTH
01. Thumbnail. Poorly formed, bronzy crystals intermixed with poorly formed, broken Skutterudite pseudo-cubes. Antonsthal, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany. $5.00.
02. Thumbnail. A 8x12x8 mm, grey-bronze, crystalline mass in matrix. Alto do Jacu, 5 Km NW of Equador, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, $25.00.
BIXBYITE
01. Thumbnail. A box of 4 loose, black, pseudocubic crystals, up to 8mm on edge, with minor matrix. (x3). Thomas Range, Utah, USA. $15.00 each.
02. A 3mm, pseudocube on white Rhyolite matrix. 05x03x02. Thomas Range, Utah, USA. $10.00.
BOURNONITE
03. One or more rough, 1cm Bournonite crystals on/in bladed, honey-brown Siderite matrix. Minor Barite. (x3). 10x07x02. Paloma mine, Huachocolpa district, Huancavelica Department, Peru. $20.00 each.
04. Abundant Bournonite crystals, up to 5mm, on massive Chalcopyrite-Quartz crystal matrix. 09x07x06. Manuelita mine, Casapalca district, east of Lima, Peru. $50.00.
BROCHANTITE
01. Thumbnail. A tiny vug lined with tiny crystals. Falcon 68 mine, Picunches, Neuquen, Argentina. This is a remounted micro. $3.00.
02. Thumbnail. Tuffts of brilliant blue-green micro-crystals with or without Connellite in vugs in basalt. (x3). Serifos, Greece. $10.00 each.
04. Rich, radiating, sprays of neon-green, acicular crystals on matrix. (x3). 07x04x03. Los Azules mine, Zapallar mining district, Los Azules area, Copiapo Province, Chile. $10.00 each.
05. Thumbnail. Lustrous, green Brochantite sprays with massive Linarite on matrix. Los Azules mine, Zapallar mining district, Los Azules area, Copiapo Province, Chile. $10.00.
06. Thumbnail. Lustrous, green Brochantite sprays with violet Fluorite on limonite-stained Calcite matrix. Bingham, Socorro county, New Mexico, USA. $5.00.
BROOKITE
01. Thumbnail. Black micro-crystals on grey quartz matrix. Very rich. (x9). Magnet cove, Arkansas, USA. $10.00 each.
02. Thumbnail. A 1 cm, transparent, brown plate from Elm (Glarus), Switzerland. $10.00.
03. A 2x3 cm mass of thin, brown crystals and crystal fragments, up to 3cm, with quartz crystals on matrix. Significant Geothite overgrowth. 07x04x03. Kharan Mountain, Baluchistan, Pakistan. New find. $60.00.
CALCITE
02 A plate of deep-pink, botryoidal Manganocalcite. 06x05x03. Peru. $10.00.
03 A plate of colourless, striated, flattened rhombs on matrix. 07x03x05. Tsumeb Corp mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $20.00.
05. Thumbnail. A plate of yellow-grey, barrel-shaped crystals. Roata mine, Cavnic, Romania. $5.00.
06. A mound of white coralloid with minor, brown goethite staining. 08x06x04. Southwest mine, Bisbee Cochise county, Arizona, USA. $8.00.
07. A large, double-sided plate of opaque, white Calcite crystals. Minor damage. 17x08x06. Tsumcorp mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $45.00.
08. A large cluster of lustrous, opaque, tan, sharp, pointed crystals on matrix of the same. 10x06x04. Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. $18.00.
09 A 3D plate of transparent, colourless to white rhombs, up to 1cm, on matrix. Sawn base. 17x09x05. Tsumcorp mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $30.00.
10. Thumbnail. Translucent, lustrous, pale-orange crystals without matrix. Fuchsberg, Trittenheim/Mosel, Germany. $3.00.
12. Double terminated, translucent, white crystals, up to 2cm long, on a plate of dark-purple Amethyst crystals. 09x06x01. Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. $20.00.
13. A mound of pale-yellow, transparent, terminated dogtooth crystals, up to 1cm long, on minor matrix. 05x04x02. Malmberget mine, Gallivare, Sweden. $10.00.
14. A plate or mound of lustrous, white, transparent, terminated crystals, up to 1cm long, on granular, green Conichalcite on gossan matrix. (x5). 09x07x04. Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. $12.00 each.
15. A 4x5 cm face of lustrous, white, transparent, terminated crystals, up to 15mm long, on massive, hematite matrix. (x2). 06x06x04. Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. $20.00 each.
16. A plate of lustrous, white, transparent, terminated crystals, up to 1cm long, on matrix. 07x05x03. Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. $7.00.
17 A plate of pale-pink, poorly formed Scalenhodral crystals of ManganoCalcite with or without Quartz and Spalerite crystals on matrix. (x2). 07x05x03. Pachapaqui District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru. $10.00 each.
19 A large plate of pale-pinky orange, botryoidal, fluorescent ManganoCalcite on Pyrite matrix. 14x08x05. Pachapaqui District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru. $35.00.
20 A plate of lavender-pink, terminated, translucent Manganocalcite crystals on matrix. 06x04x03. Bou Azzer district, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draa, Morocco. $20.00.
21 A mound of pale-pink, flat, fluorescent ManganoCalcite crystals, up to 1cm across, on grey matrix. Sawn base. 10x08x11. Hunan Province, China. $35.00.
22 A plate of colourless, high-lustre rhombs with brown internal inclusions on matrix. 06x05x02. Tsumeb Corp mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $10.00.
23 A plate of brown, translucent, dogtooth CALCITE crystals on matrix. 09x08x02. China. $30.00.
24 A plate of colourless, 2-3mm rhombs on pink matrix. 09x05x02. Tsumeb Corp mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $10.00.
25 A mound of lustrous, 5-10mm, lavender Cobaltocalcite crystals on matrix. 08x06x05. Bou Azzer district, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draa, Morocco. $15.00.
CARROLLITE
02. An imperfect, 1cm, highly lustrous crystal on white dolomite matrix. 06x05x03. Star of the Congo mine (E'toile mine), Kambove, Shaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo. $20.00.
CASSITERITE
02. Thumbnail. A 2cm, lustrous, brown fragment of stream tin showing excellent banding. Cornwall, England. $15.00.
03. A 3x4 cm patch of large, highly lustrous, jet black crystals on minor muscovite matrix. 04x04x03. Hu-Ya mine, Pingwu county, Chendu area, Sichuan Province, China. $40.00.
04. A small mound of lustrous, blocky, black crystals, up to 15mm, on minor Pyrite matrix. 04x03x03. Viloco, La Paz, Bolivia. $50.00.
05. Poorly-formed crystals, up to 2 cm, with grey Muscovite and minor Scheelite on matrix. Sawn base. 09x04x04. Pingwu county, Chendu area, Sichuan Province, China. $30.00.
08. Thumbnail. A 1.5 cm cluster of lustrous, dark-brown crystals off matrix. San Antonio mine, Viloco, La Paz, Bolivia. $15.00.
09. Thumbnail. A large plate of extremely lustrous, black crystals, up to 6mm, on minor matrix. (x5). Viloco, La Paz, Bolivia. $30.00 each.
CAVANSITE
01. A plate of 6 small, blue sprays on grey STILBITE matrix. 10x07x04. Wagholi Quarry, Poona, India. $25.00.
02. A large mound of 12 small, blue sprays on grey STILBITE matrix. 18x10x06. Wagholi Quarry, Poona, India. $50.00.
CELESTITE
01. A spray of grey Celestite blades completely covered with white Calcite crystals. 05x05x04. La Mejina mine, Chihuahua, Mexico. $10.00.
03. Thumbnail. Lustrous, grey, transparent microcrystals intergrown with white calcite. Clay Center, Ohio, USA. $5.00.
08. A mound of lustrous, transparent, pale-blue crystals, up to 3 cm in size, on matrix. 05x04x03. Maybee, Michigan, USA. $35.00.
09. A very rich plate of lustrous, translucent, fluorescent, terminated crystals, up to 1 cm in size, on minor Sulphur matrix. 06x07x03. Caltanisetta, Sicily, Italy. $25.00.
10. A long mound of highly lustrous, transparent, colourless crystals, up to 1 cm, on orange matrix. 09x04x03. Beinev-Kyr, Turkmenia. $60.00.
13. A half geode of undamaged, highly lustrous, transparent, blue crystals, up to 2 cm. 09x10x08. Sakoany mine, Mahajanga, Madagascar. $70.00.
CERUSSITE
01. Thumbnail. Crystal clusters on and off matrix. (x6). Tsumeb, Namibia. $10.00 each.
02. Thumbnail. A large, brown, highly lustrous, translucent, fluorescent, Octahedral-looking crystal. Mibladen, Midelt, Morocco. $15.00.
03. Abundant, white, acicular crystals on matrix. 04x03x02. Flux mine, near Patagonia, Santa Cruz county, Arizona, USA. Old classics. $20.00.
05. A mound of highly lustrous, transparent to translucent, grey-white crystals, up to 5mm, on minor matrix. 04x03x03. Tsumcorp mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $15.00.
06. A plate of highly lustrous, grey, translucent CERUSSITE crystals, up to 3mm, on galena matrix. 07x03x02. Mibladen, Midelt, Morocco. $10.00.
CHABAZITE
01. Thumbnail. Scattered, highly lustrous, pseudorhombs on dark-brown Siderite matrix. Narre Warreb, Victoria, Australia. $5.00.
03. Thumbnail. Highly lustrous, water-clear microcrystals on matrix. Giro, Dannenfels, Pfalz, Germany. $5.00.
CHROMITE
01. A crudely polished end cut of chromatite with minor sulphides. 04x02x01. Southwest Transition zone, Merensky reff, Bushveld igneous complex, South Africa. $30.00.
CHONDRODITE
03. Thumbnail. A box of 4 pieces of dark red-black CHONDRODITE crystals in matrix. (x8). Koksha Valley, Badakshan, Afghanistan. $5.00 each.
05. Very large, rough, opaque, orange crystal fragments with lavender Spinel crystals and grey-white Forsterite crystal fragments. Very colourful but poorly crystallized. Etched out of marble with vinegar. Sawn base. 08x06x05. An Phu, Luc Yen mining district, Yenbai Province, Vietnam. $25.00.
06. A broken face of many small, high lustre crystals with sparse purple spinel crystals in carved, white marble. Saw cuts along the base. 07x05x04. An Phu, Luc Yen mining district, Yenbai Province, Vietnam. $25.00.
CHRYSOBERYL
01. Thumbnail. Stubby, translucent, green-brown sixlings, ~1x1x1 cm in size. Collected in the 1970s. These are not textbook perfect but they are large Chrysoberyl sixlings! (x5). Santa Teresa, Espirito Santo, Brazil. $25.00 each.
02. Thumbnail. Four highly lustrous, gemmy crystal clusters or sixlings, ~7mm in size. (x3). Padre Paraiso, Minas Gerais, Brazil. $25.00 each.
03. Thumbnail. Poor quality Alexandrite crystal mostly buried in Biotite. (x2). Masvingo, Zimbabwe. $10.00 each.
04. Two, imperfectly formed, opaque, sky-blue sixlings, up to 9mm across, on Quartz-Muscovite-Herderite matrix. Minor Iron staining. 05x04x04. Minas Gerais, Brazil (sorry, that is all the locality information I was given) $40.00.
CHRYSOCOLLA
02. Thumbnail. Irridescent, blue-green botryoidal on matrix. 79 mine, Gila county, Arizona, USA. $10.00.
04. A rich plate of sky-blue, botryoidal on matrix. (x2). 06x04x03. Kasompe, Democratic Republic of the Congo. $12.00 each.
05. A rich mound of sky-blue, botryoidal on matrix. (x4). 09x08x07. Kasompe, Democratic Republic of the Congo. $25.00 each.
CLINOCHLORE Chlorite
01. A plate of druzy, pink KAMMERERITE on grey matrix. 06x02x02. Kop Dagleri, East Anatolia, Turkey. $20.00.
COLEMANITE
03. A mound of lustrous, transparent crystals, up to 3mm, on matrix. (x5). 05x04x03. corkscrew mine, Inyo county, California, USA. $10.00 each.
COLUMBITE
01. Thumbnail. A 15x15x25mm, black, rounded crystal cluster of FERROCOLUMBITE. Divino de Uba, Minas Gerais, Brazil. $20.00.
02. Thumbnail. A 12x10x8mm, black, rounded pebble of intermediate Columbite-Tantalite. Dixon, New Mexico, USA. $5.00.
COPPER
01. Thumbnail. Dendritic native copper. (x3). White Pine mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA. $10.00 each.
02. Thumbnail. Coarse native copper. Caledonia mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA. $10.00.
03. Shiny dendritic and massive native copper in matrix. Very rich. (x4). 05x03x02. Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA. $15.00 each.
05. Thumbnail. Dark aggregate of native copper. Otjizoniceti mine, Namibia. $5.00.
06. Native Copper plate with partial Malachite patina. 09x07x01. Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA. $15.00.
07. Native Copper nuggett. 05x04x03. Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA. $15.00.
10. Abundant druzes of tiny Copper wires on Mimetite-Carbonate matrix. 07x05x05. Tsumcorp mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $30.00.
11. A mass of branching Copper wire and crystals without matrix. 02x02x04. Tsumcorp mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $20.00.
12. A shiny dendritic mass with good branching form. 08x02x0.5. Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA. $15.00.
13. Native copper in epidote-rich matrix. 07x07x04. Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA. $20.00.
14. Native copper with a Malachite-Carbonate pantina. 05x02x01. Bisbee, Arizona, USA. $10.00.
CORUNDUM
01. Deep red, non-gemmy, thin or thick crystals with partial massive, black Spinel rind. (x13). 02x02x02. Zambia. $10.00 each.
02. An 8mm, translucent, deep purple-red, non-gemmy, crystal frozen in grey marble. 07x04x02. Jagdelak, Hunza Valley, Afghanistan. $25.00.
03. Thumbnail. A 5mm, opaque, red, crystal frozen in white marble. Jagdelak, Hunza Valley, Afghanistan. $5.00.
04. One or more 5-15mm, translucent, pink, double terminated Ruby Corundum crystals frozen in sculptured and/or butchered white marble. One or more sawcuts. Highly fluorescent red under LW. (x4). 06x05x02. An Phu, Luc Yen mining district, Yenbai Province, Vietnam. $20.00 each.
05. Thumbnail. A translucent, deep-pink, 7mm Ruby Corundum crystal frozen in grey marble. Highly fluorescent red under LW. An Phu, Luc Yen mining district, Yenbai Province, Vietnam. $15.00.
CUBIC ZIRCONIA (SYNTHETIC)
01RH. Dark green gem rough. ~100g. Product of Germany. $90.00.
CUPRITE
03. One 5mm dark red crystal partially buried in carbonate on massive Cuprite matrix. 04x03x02. Tsumeb Corporation mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $30.00.
04. Chalcotrichite and massive on matrix. 06x06x03. Arizona, USA. $15.00.
08. Thin films and patches of tiny pseudocubic crystals on gossan. Beautiful under magnification. 08x06x03. Vredendal, West coast, South Africa. $20.00.
10. Thumbnail. A stalactite of massive Cuprite after Native Copper. Ray mine, Pinal county, Arizona, USA. $20.00.
11. A mound with 30% coverage of druzy, red Cuprite microcrystals. Minor Mimetite and Wulfenite. 05x04x04. Tsumeb Corporation mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $75.00.
12. A sharp, red-black crystal, 5mm on edge, partially buried in Chrysocolla on matrix. 05x04x04. Kolwezi, Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo. $45.00.
CYANOTRICHITE
01. Abundant, tiny balls of deep-blue fibrous on green Brochantite on limonite matrix. 04x03x02. Grandview mine, Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA. $15.00.
DESCLOIZITE
01. Thumbnail. Highly lustrous crystal aggregate on matrix of the same. Tsumeb Corporation mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $25.00.
03. A very large plate of highly lustrous crystals, up to 1cm, on matrix. 15x11x06. Berg Aukus, Namibia. $100.00.
05. Highly lustrous, black crystals on minor matrix. 04x03x02. Tsumcorp mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $15.00.
DIAMOND
01RBH. Thumbnail. Single loose crystal 3mm across. Industrial grade. (x2). Venezuela. $20.00 each.
02. Thumbnail. Two loose grey-brown crystals, 2mm and 4mm respectively. Industrial grade. Africa. $20.00.
DIOPTASE
03. Thumbnail. Highly lustrous, druzy, micro-crystals on matrix. Arizona, USA. (x2). $5.00 each.
05. Thumbnail. Highly lustrous, micro-crystals with green Mottramite on white Calcite matrix. Tsumcorp mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $20.00.
06. Abundant Dioptase crystals, up to 5mm in size, on grey Quartz matrix. (x3). 06x04x02. Kaokoland, Namibia. $25.00 each.
10. A rich covering of druzy Dioptase on grey Quartz matrix. 09x07x04. Kaokoveld mine, Kunene region, Namibia. $100.00.
11. A scattering of lustrous, dark-green crystals, up to 1cm, on sky-blue Chrysocolla on Quartz. 12x08x04. Kaokoveld mine, Kunene region, Namibia. $40.00.
12PB. A rich scattering of lustrous, dark-green crystals, up to 5mm, on grey-yellow, acid-etched marble matrix. 06x04x03. Altyn-Tube deposit, Asiatic Steppes, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan. $50.00.
13. A scattering of lustrous, dark-green crystals, up to 5mm, on light-blue Chrysocolla on Quartz. (x4). 08x05x03. Kaokoveld mine, Kunene region, Namibia. $20.00 each.
DOLOMITE
01. A plate of pink, saddle-shaped crystals. 08x05x03. Rush, Arkansas, USA. $10.00.
02. Thumbnail. A cluster of large, frosted, transparent, complex, grey crystals. Eguas range, 6 km NW of Brumado, Bahia, Brazil. $15.00.
03. A mound of grey-black, saddle-shaped DOLOMITE crystals and small Quartz crystals. 06x03x03. Tsumcorp mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $5.00.
ELBAITE TOURMALINE
01. Thumbnail. Gemmy, terminated, 25mm, green crystal. (x6). Aracuai mining district, Minas Gerais, Brazil. $20.00 each.
05. Translucent, Verdelite tourmaline with minor matrix. 05x02x01. Maxixe mine, Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. $10.00.
06. Thumbnail. Translucent, Verdelite tourmaline with minor matrix. (x6). Maxixe mine, Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. $10.00 each.
08. A terminated, 4x1x1cm, translucent, blue-green crystal with extensive Lepidolite overgrowth. Very attractive. Bendito mine, Sao Jose da Safari, Minas Gerais, Brazil. $40.00.
09. Thumbnail. A cluster of terminated and unterminated, opaque, pink or green or grey crystals without matrix. Cryo-Genie mine, San Diego county, California, USA. $10.00.
12. A long mound of intergrown, translucent, pink crystals with few terminations on minor matrix. 08x03x03. Cryo-genie mine, San Diego county, California, USA. $40.00.
13. A lustrous, poorly terminated, translucent, Verdelite tourmaline crystal with minor attatched Lepidolite mica. 03x01x01. Virgem da Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. $36.00.
14. Thumbnail. Three terminated, translucent, pale-pink and grey singles. The largest measures 23x8x8 mm. Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, California, USA. Collected by Ed Swaboda in the early 1970s. $30.00.
15. Thumbnail. A terminated, translucent, pink, 18x10x10 mm single. (x2). Pech, Kunar Valley, Afghanistan. $30.00 each.
16. Thumbnail. Two terminated, opaque to transparent, dark-green, 1 cm singles. Erongo Mountains, Namibia. $10.00.
18. Thumbnail. An opaque, green termination. Minas Gerais, Brazil. Collected by Ed Swaboda in the early 1970s. $25.00.
19. Thumbnail. A translucent, 26x12x26mm, red and green watermelon termination. Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, California, USA. $30.00.
EPIDOTE
01. A plate of lustrous, green crystals, up to 5mm in size, on massive epidote. 05x04x02. San Quintin, Baja California, Mexico. $12.00.
04. Thumbnail. A large, terminated, transparent brown crystal, 20x5x30 mm. Alchori Valley, Skardu, Pakistan. $20.00.
08. A double terminated, lustrous, black crystal without matrix. (x2). 04x02x01. Diakon, Nioro du Sahel, Kayes region, Mali. $15.00 each.
ERYTHRITE
01. A plate of lustrous, purple crystals on Safflorite-Quartz matrix. 05x03x02. Roselith, Bou Azzer, Morocco. $40.00.
EUCLASE
01. Thumbnail. Four loose microcrystals up to 5mm in size. (x3). Lavra Alto Santino, Alto do Giz, Formacao Equador, Planalto da Borborema, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. $20.00 each.
FLUORITE
02. Colourless, transparent, cubic crystals, up to 1 cm on matrix. 07x05x05. Jaimina mine, Caravia Alta, Asturias, Spain. $10.00.
04. A plate of intergrown, translucent, purple octahedrons, up to 1cm on edge. 08x04x02. Navidad mine, Abasalo, Durango, Mexico. $20.00.
06. Thumbnail. A plate of transparent, very pale-pink, cubic crystals. Musquis, Coahuila, Mexico. $5.00.
07. A plate of transparent but frosted, cubic, green-purple crystals, up to 1cm on edge. 10x05x03. Okaruso mine, Otjiwarongo district, Otjozondjupa region, Namibia. $15.00.
11. Clusters of deep-purple or yellow, cubic crystals, 1-5 cm on edge. No matrix. (x3). 06x04x03. Cave-in-rock district, Illinois, USA. Old material. $10.00 each.
13. A small mound of pale-green Octahedrons, up to 1 cm on edge, with extensive white, Kaolinite? overgrowth. 04x03x03. Gilgit, Northern areas, Pakistan. $10.00.
14. Thumbnail. A large, pale-pink, transparent dodecahedron? with attatched Muscovite crystals. Gilgit, Northern areas, Pakistan. $10.00.
15. A large mound of transparent, frosted, green, cubooctahedral crystals, up to 4 cm on edge. 17x12x07. Xinaghualing mine, Linwu, Chenzou county, Hunan Province, China. $40.00.
17. A 3D mass of pale-green and pink, frosted, transparent, massive Fluorite with only one small contact point. 11x09x05. Nagar, Hunza Valley, Northern areas, Paistan. $45.00.
18. Clusters of deep-purple, cubic crystals, 1-2 cm on edge. No matrix. 05x03x02. Crystal mine, Hardin County, Illinois, USA. $15.00.
19. A plate of transparent, colourless to grey, cubic crystals, up to 7mm on edge, on matrix. The crystals are full of Marcasite inclusions. Nonfluoreswcent. (x4). 05x03x02. Fall Hill Quarry, Ashover, Derbyshire, England. $15.00 each.
20. Crude, purple, cubic crystals, 1-2 cm on edge, on druzy Quartz matrix. 15x08x05. "Congo" (no further locality info available at this time). $30.00.
FORSTERITE Olivine
01. A cluster of lustrous, opaque, grey to white crystals, up to 5mm, etched out of marble with vinegar. 04x02x01. An Phu, Luc Yen mining district, Yenbai Province, Vietnam. $5.00.
02. Thumbnail. A cluster of lustrous, opaque, grey to white crystals, up to 1 cm, etched out of marble with vinegar. An Phu, Luc Yen mining district, Yenbai Province, Vietnam. $5.00.
GALENA
03. A rich plate of lustrous, druzy, cubo-octahedral crystals intergrown with plates of opaque, pale-pink Barite of various sizes. 07x04x03. Herminia mine, Julcani district, Angares Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru. $15.00 plus shipping.
04. A rich plate of lustrous, druzy, cubo-octahedral crystals intergrown with plates of opaque, pale-pink Barite of various sizes. (x3). 07x06x04. Herminia mine, Julcani district, Angares Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru. $25.00 plus shipping.
05. A rich plate of lustrous, druzy, cubo-octahedral crystals intergrown with plates of opaque, pale-pink Barite of various sizes. 10x07x04. Herminia mine, Julcani district, Angares Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru. $40.00 plus shipping.
07. Thumbnail. A 1 cm, cubic crystal with dull lustre on Marcasite matrix. Tri-state area, USA. $3.00
09. Thumbnail. A plate of rounded cubooctahedrons, up to 1cm, without matrix. Nikolaevsky mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia. $10.00.
GLAUBERITE
01. Thumbnail. A large thumbnail of intergrown, chalky white crystals, up to 3cm. Salton Sea, California, USA. $10.00.
GLAUCOPHANE
01. Thumbnail. Massive. Valley Ford, Sonoma county, California, USA. $3.00.
GOETHITE
01. Thumbnail. Irridescent botryoidal on matrix. Graves Mountain, Georgia, USA. $10.00.
02. Thumbnail. Black, radiating sprays with minor Coronadite in vuggy matrix. Folgosinho, Gouveia, Portugal. $5.00.
03 Thumbnail. Irridescent massive. Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia. $5.00.
04 Goethite pseudomorphs after Pyrite, up to 1 cm in size, on brown Dolomite matrix. (x2). 06x06x05. Asbeck Quarry near Iselohn, Germany. Collected 40 years ago. $25.00 each.
GOLD
01. Thumbnail. Tiny GOLD wires and/or crystals on druzy Quartz matrix. Magnification is required to appreciate these Gold specimens. (x8). Olinghouse mine, Washoe county, Nevada, USA. $15.00 each.
02. Tiny GOLD wires and/or crystals on druzy Quartz matrix. Magnification is required to appreciate these Gold specimens(x4). 04x03x02. Olinghouse mine, Washoe county, Nevada, USA. $15.00 each.
03. Tiny GOLD wires and/or crystals on druzy Quartz matrix. Magnification is required to appreciate these Gold specimens(x7). 06x04x02. Olinghouse mine, Washoe county, Nevada, USA. $25.00 each.
GROSSULAR
01. Thumbnail. Single, opaque, green-brown, trapezohedral crystal ~15mm in width. (x2). Vilui river, Yakutia, Russia. $5.00 each.
02. Translucent, orange-brown crystals, up to 8mm in size, in white matrix. Minor green Diopside. 03x03x02. Belvedere Mountain, Eden Mills, Vermont, USA. $20.00.
03. Abundant, highly lustrous, red-brown microcrystals on brown Rodingite matrix. Minor Clinochlore chlorite. (x2). 05x04x03. Aosta Valley, Italy. $30.00 each.
04. Thumbnail. Two loose, lustrous, 1 cm, opaque, yellow-green dodecahedrons. Morelos, Coahuila, Mexico. $4.00.
05. A plate of lustrous, orange-brown Hessonite Grossular crystals on matrix. 04x02x03. Coyote Front range, Inyo county, California, USA 10.00.
GYPSUM
02. Thumbnail. A mound of delicate, feathery, white crystals. Buena Vista mine, Santa Cruz county, Arizona, USA. $5.00.
05. A beautiful, terminated, colourless, transparent single crystal on very minor matrix. 13x01x1.5. Naica, Municipal San Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico. $40.00.
07. A plate of transparent, amber-coloured Selenite crystals with or without colourless Halite cubes on massive Halite matrix. 08x05x02. Las Salinas Salt mine, near Otume, 25 Km south of Pisco, Ica Department, Peru. PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE SPECIMENS HAVE BEEN WATER-WASHED WHICH HAS ETCHED AND STABILIZED THE HALITE MATRIX! $30.00.
08. A plate of transparent, amber-coloured Selenite crystals with or without colourless Halite cubes on massive Halite matrix. (x2). 17x10x04. Las Salinas Salt mine, near Otume, 25 Km south of Pisco, Ica Department, Peru. PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE SPECIMENS HAVE BEEN WATER-WASHED WHICH HAS ETCHED AND STABILIZED THE HALITE MATRIX! $100.00 each.
GYROLITE
01. Abundant, 3-5mm, white balls on Quartz. 04x03x02. Deccan Plateau, Mumbai, India. $5.00.
HALITE
01. A large cluster of pale-pink Hopper crystals, up to 2cm on edge, on matrix of the same. 11x13x05. Searles Lake, San Bernadino county, California, USA. $40.00.
HAUSMANNITE
03. A plate of lustrous, black crystals on Hausmannite-red Andradite matrix. (x2). 09x08x04. N'Chwaning II mine, Kuruman, South Africa. $30.00 each.
HEMATITE
01. Thumbnail. Plate of Specularite crystals on matrix. N'Chwaning II mine, Kuruman, South Africa. $10.00.
02. Irridescent, platy crystals (TURGITE), up to 1 cm in size, on matrix. Very rich! Very nice! 10x05x02. Graves Mountain, Georgia, USA. $30.00.
06. A plate of druzy Specularite crystals. 04x03x01. Florence mine, West Cumberland, Cumbria, England. $15.00.
08. A mound of platy crystals, up to 3mm in size, on matrix. Very rich! 07x04x03. Chub Lake, New York, USA. $15.00.
HEMIMORPHITE
06. A plate of large, translucent, grey crystals, up to 4cm in length, on dark-ochre matrix. (x2). 08x07x04. Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. $50.00 each.
07. A mound of lustrous, translucent, white crystals, up to 1cm in length, on dark-ochre matrix. (x7). 05x05x04. Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. $10.00 each.
09PB. A large plate of transparent, grey-tan crystals, up to 15mm in length, on ochre matrix. 12x09x05. Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. $50.00.
HORNBLENDE
01. Thumbnail. Highly lustrous, jet-black microcrystals of Magnesiohornblende on matrix. Pollena Quarry, Mount Somma, Napoli, Campania, Italy. $5.00.
HUBNERITE
01. Dark-brown sprays frozen in vuggy feldspar matrix. Few terminations. 04x03x02. Yukon mine, San Juan county, Colorado, USA. $10.00.
HYDROXYLHERDERITE
02. Lustrous, grey-white crystals, up to 4mm, coat the front face of nondescript, massive feldspar. 07x03x03. Macaco mine, Sao Geraldo do Baixio, Minas Gerais, Brazil. $35.00.
ILVAITE
02. Thumbnail. One or more lustrous, 5mm, jet-black crystals sticking out of Quartz-Calcite matrix. (x2). Nikolaevsky mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia. $15.00 each.
JAROSITE
01. Thumbnail. Druzy, brown microcrystals on matrix. Quartzite, Yuma county, Arizona, USA. $10.00.
03. Thumbnail. Tiny, brown microcrystals of NATROJAROSITE on matrix. Chondro Vouno, Milos Island, Cyclade Islands, Greece. $5.00.
04. Thumbnail. White powder on massive, tan Fluorite. This is a remounted micro. Clara mine, Rankach Valley, Oberwolfach, Baden-Wuttemberg, Germany. $3.00.
05. Thumbnail. A mound of lustrous, druzy, brown NATROJAROSITE microcrystals on matrix. Minor Symplesite accompanies. Lavrion, Attiki Prefecture, Greece. $15.00.
LABRADORITE
01. Cut and polished slab displaying good yellow-bronze colour. 08x04x01. Bekily, Madagascar. $25.00.
LAMPROITE
Please see PRIDERITE in SFSC section.
01. Black, fine-grained massive with small xenocrysts of serpentinized olivine. 07x05x03. Argyle Diamond mine, Kimberleys, Western Australia, Australia. $5.00.
LINARITE
01. Thumbnail. Tiny micro-crystals in tiny vugs. Valle di Mercanti, Vicenza, Italy. $5.00.
04. Vuggy Quartzite with numerous vugs of Linarite microcrystals and neon-green Brochantite sprays. 07x04x03. Los Azules mine, Zapallar mining district, Los Azules area, Copiapo Province, Chile. $30.00.
MAGNETITE
01. Thumbnail. Black cubic crystals on matrix. Balmat #4 mine, Gouveneur, New York state, USA. $5.00.
02. Highly lustrous, black, cubic crystals, up to 4mm, scattered on matrix. 08x06x06. Balmat #4 mine, Gouveneur, New York state, USA. $25.00 plus shipping.
05. A plate of highly lustrous, black, octahedral crystals, up to 7mm on edge, on matrix. 07x05x02. Cerro Huanaquino, Potosi Department, Bolivia. $25.00.
MALACHITE
02. A 5x2x1 cm pseudomorph after an Azurite crystal. Minor matrix at one end and a poorly formed termination at the other. Tsumcorp mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $15.00.
04. Thumbnail. 2 pieces of silky, coarse fibrous. Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo. $10.00.
05. Malachite crystals carpet massive Cuprite. Excellent Malachite crystal development. 08x08x06. Democratic Republic of the Congo. $30.00.
07. Thumbnail. Sparse, tiny sprays on matrix. Grube Wilhelm, Antweiler, Ahrbruck, Eifel, Germany. $3.00.
08. Thumbnail. A 1x2 cm Malachite pseudomorph of Azurite on matrix. Ajo, Sonoran Desert, Western Pima county, Arizona, USA. $20.00.
11. A plate of green, fibrous on gossan matrix. (x2). 07x05x02. Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. $5.00 each.
12. A mound of highly lustrous, silky Malachite on minor matrix. (x4). 06x04x03. Kasompe, Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo. $25.00 each.
14. A rich mound of botryoidal to wormy Malachite on matrix. Minor damage. 10x08x07. Tsumcorp mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $20.00.
16. A 6x3x1 cm pseudomorph after an Azurite crystal. Minor matrix at the bottom. 04x04x07. Tsumcorp mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $40.00.
17. Abundant pseudomorphs after Azurite crystals, up to 2cm long, on nondescript Cerussite matrix. 08x06x07. Tsumcorp mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $60.00.
19. A mound of highly lustrous, silky Malachite on minor matrix. (x4). 06x04x03. Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of the Congo. $20.00 each.
MANGANITE
01. Thumbnail. Highly lustrous, jet-black, single crystals, up to 4mm long, on white calcite matrix. N'Chwaning II mine, Kuruman, South Africa. $20.00.
02. Thumbnail. An aggreagate of lustrous, jet-black, crystals, up to 1 cm, on minor matrix. N'Chwaning II mine, Kuruman, South Africa. $30.00.
MARCASITE
01. Thumbnail. A ball of crystals, up to 1 cm on edge. France. $10.00.
02. Thumbnail. A plate of crystals. Very rich. Arweiler, Reimsbach, Beckingen, Saarland, Germany. $5.00.
03. A mound of grey Calcite crystals overgrown with a thick, irridescent coating of druzy Marcasite. 08x06x03. Bushy Creek mine, Reynolds county, Missouri, USA. $15.00.
METEORITE
01. An ~50 gram, uncut stony meteorite with partial fusion crust. I have removed most of the surface oxidation but it is still highly oxidized on the inside. It is dark-grey on the outside and dark ochre on the inside. 05x03x1.5. Unclassified meteorite from the Morocco-Algeria border region. $25.00.
02. A 36 gram, uncut Sikhote-Alin octahedrite meteorite with a thin fusion crust all around. 03x02x01. Sikhote-Alin Mountains, Maritime Province, Russia. $36.00.
03. Thumbnail. A ~20 gram, coarse octahedrite fragment. Yaozhai, Nantan, Quanxi province, China. $36.00.
MICROCLINE
01. A very large, tan, crystal fragment shot through with numerous dark-green/black Elbaite crystals. Some cavities are lined with micro Topaz crystals. 12x06x05. Saint Anne's mine area, Mwami,Kaoi, Zimbabwe. $40.00.
MIMETITE
01. Thumbnail. Druzy, yellow micro-crystals with lustrous white calcite and brown Hemimorphite on ochre matrix. Very showy. Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico. $10.00.
03. Thumbnail. Druzy almost botroidal, deep-orange micro-crystals on matrix. Tiger mine, Pinal county, Arizona, USA. $5.00.
04. Thumbnail. Druzy, yellow microcrystals on matrix. (x3). San Francisco mine, Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico. $5.00 each.
07. A small mound of high-lustre, translucent, yellow, barrel-shaped microcrystals, up to 7mm, on earthy, orange-brown gossan matrix. Good crystal coverage. (x2). 05x04x02. Pingtouling mine, Bapu near Sanjiang City, Liannan county, Guangdong Province, China. $35.00 each.
08. Thumbnail. A mound or plate of high-lustre, translucent, yellow, barrel-shaped microcrystals on earthy, orange-brown gossan matrix. (x7). Pingtouling mine, Bapu near Sanjiang City, Liannan county, Guangdong Province, China. $10.00 each.
10. Tiny, bright-yellow bowties, up to 3mm, with or without Cerussite microcrystals on Calcite on vuggy limonite matrix. (x2). 07x06x05. Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. $15.00 each.
11. A long mound of opaque, yellow, spiky balls of Mimetite on Malachite-carbonate matrix. 07x02x02. Tsumeb Corporation mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $40.00.
12. Druzy, yellow microcrystals on vuggy limonite matrix. (x5). 06x04x03. Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. $15.00 each.
13. Druzy, transparent, orange, stubby microcrystals on matrix. 04x01x02. Thunderbird mine, Tiger, Arizona, USA. $5.00.
MORDENITE
01. A 2x4 cm patch of white, fibrous MORDENITE on altered Basalt. (x2). 06x04x03. Traprock Quarries, New Jersey, USA. $10.00 each.
MUSCOVITE
01. A mound of green plates, up to 1cm, intergrown with colourless Albite plates up to 1cm. 14x11x07. Minas Gerais, Brazil. $50.00.
NEPHELINE
01. Thumbnail. Transparent, colourless micro-crystals in vugs in grey Sanidinite. (x2). Monte Cavallucio, Campagnano, Latium, Italy. $10.00 each.
NEPTUNITE
02. Lustrous, black crystals, up to 6mm, on/in Natrolite/Crossite matrix. 05x04x02. Dallas Gem mine, New Idria district, San Benito county, California, USA. $25.00.
03. Abundant, broken crystals of Mangan-Neptunite, up to 5mm, frozen in massive Albite-Analcime matrix. Confirmed by EDS. (x2). 04x03x03. Ilimiaussaq complex, Narsaq, Greenland, Denmark. $10.00 each.
04. Thumbnail. A 1mm, microcrystal of Mangan-Neptunite on massive Albite matrix. 04x03x03. Ilimiaussaq complex, Narsaq, Greenland, Denmark. $5.00.
OLIVINE
01. Thumbnail. Translucent, green, terminated crystals, up to 2cm, on matrix. (x10). Sapat, 24 Km NE of Naran, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan. $20.00 each.
02. Beautiful, 8x5x4mm, ~1 ct, oval-cut Peridote from Pakistan? $30.00.
OLIVENITE
01. Thumbnail. Microcrystals among massive green Bayldonite matrix. (x2). Tsumeb Corporation mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $10.00 each.
02. Thumbnail. Microcrystals in tiny vugs in white, massive Quartz matrix. Ahrbruck, Eifel, Germany. $5.00.
03. A plate of green microcrystals on druzy, brown Arseniosiderite on matrix. Very rich. There is a highly lustrous but broken Azurite crystal at one end. 08x04x02. Tsumeb Corporation mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $50.00.
ORPIMENT
01. Highly lustrous, bright orange cleavages in druzy Quartz matrix. (x2). 08x05x03. Palomo mine, Huachocolpa district, Huancavelica Department, Peru. $20.00 each.
02. Solid, botryoidal, yellow Orpiment on druzy Quartz matrix. 09x06x06. Palomo mine, Huachocolpa district, Huancavelica Department, Peru. $30.00.
ORTHOCLASE
03 A plate of blocky, tan crystals, up to 2cm, with nondescript Quartz, Zinnwaldite and Actinolite. 07x06x03. Baveno, Novara, Italy. Old material from 45 years ago. $40.00.
04 A cluster of white, translucent Adularia crystals up to 3cm in size. No matrix. Very minor chlorite overgrowth. 04x03x03. Piz Rondadura, Luckmanier Pass, Graubueden. Switzerland. $10.00.
PEROVSKITE
01. Thumbnail. Abundant, brown microcrystals on grey matrix. San Benito county, California, USA. $15.00.
PHENAKITE
01. Three 5mm, translucent, white crystals on iron-stained feldspar matrix. 04x03x02. Erongo Mountains, Namibia. $20.00.
PHILLIPSITE
03. Thumbnail. Abundant white micro-crystals in abundant vugs in grey basalt? (x2). Steinbuch I Quarry, Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Germany. $5.00 each.
PHOSGENITE
01. Sparse, tiny, brown microcrystals among larger, broken PHOSGENITE? crystals in matrix. 04x02x02. Santa Ana mine, few Km west of Maria Elena, second region, Chile. $20.00.
PREHNITE
01. Thumbnail. Two pale-green hemispheres on a Quartz crystal matrix. Goboboseb, Uis, Erongo, Namibia. $15.00.
02. Sea-green, botryoidal PREHNITE on matrix. 12x10x03. Deccan Flood Basalts, Deccan Plateau, Mumbai, India. $30.00.
03. A plate of very pale-green, botryoidal PREHNITE and white GYROLITE on matrix. A large 5x7x3 cm Calcite crystal sits in the middle of the plate. 20x13x07. Deccan Flood Basalts, Deccan Plateau, Mumbai, India. $40.00.
PROUSTITE
01. Thumbnail. Highly lustrous, bright red micro-crystals on matrix. Minor sub-millimeter Xanthoconite crystals. (x3). Imiter mine, Jbel Sarhro, Anti-Atlas mountains, Morocco. $25.00 each.
02. Thumbnail. Sparse, highly lustrous, bright red micro-crystals on Acanthite coated Galena matrix. (x12). Imiter mine, Jbel Sarhro, Anti-Atlas mountains, Morocco. $15.00 each.
04. Thumbnail. Sparse, highly lustrous, dark-red micro-crystals on matrix. Medenec, Czech Republic. $10.00.
06. Thumbnail. Sparse, highly lustrous, bright-red micro-crystals on matrix. Peru. $10.00.
07 A large matrix piece studded with, abundant, stubby, dark-red micro-crystals, 1-3 mm in size. Abundant pyrite and grey Fluorite cleavages. The Calcite which enclosed the Proustite, Pyrite and Fluorite has been etched back with vinegar, only small, white vestiges of the Calcite remain. A minority of the Proustite crystals are well formed but most are not. 07x07x05. Uchucchacua mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru. $75.00.
PYRARGYRITE
01. Thumbnail. Four, large stubby crystals. San Genaro mine, Castrovirreyna district, Huancavelica Department, Peru. $40.00.
02. Thumbnail. Pseudomorphs of Acanthite crystals, up to 2mm on edge, on matrix. Level 590, La Sirenax mine, Guanajuato, Mexico. $15.00.
03. Thumbnail. Red-black crystals, 1-10 mm in size (5 mm average), with black Acanthite coating (natural) on or off matrix. (x7). Uchucchacua mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru. $20.00 each.
07. Lustrous micro-crystals, up to 3mm, with abundant massive Pyrargyrite scattered about on a massive Quartz matrix. (x2). 05x06x02. San Genaro mine, Castrovirreyna district, Huancavelica Department, Peru. $20.00 each.
08. Thumbnail. A mound of lustrous, microcrystals on matrix. (x2). San Genaro mine, Castrovirreyna district, Huancavelica Department, Peru. $10.00 each.
09. A 6x5x4 cm mound of lustrous, black, very-coarse granular Pyrargyrite on Quartz matrix. There are some red tints and crystals here and there. 09x05x05. Peru/Chile. $200.00.
PYRITE
01. Spherical concretions, up to 25mm wide, in/on massive granular pyrite. 10x03x02. I-30 roadcut, Grand Prairie, Dallas, Texas, USA. $15.00.
04. A plate of lustrous, pyritohedral crystals, up to 1 cm, on massive Pyrite. 08x06x02. Huanzala mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huanuco Department, Peru. $20.00.
05. A plate of lustrous, complex crystals, up to 8mm, on massive Pyrite. 06x05x02. Canutillos mine, Machacararca-Colavi District, Bolivia. $20.00.
PYROLUSITE
01. Thumbnail. Flat sprays of highly lustrous, black crystals, up to 1 cm long, on matrix. Alberta, Michigan, USA. $10.00.
05. Lustrous, 3 cm, closed sprays in Goethite matrix. 06x06x03. Michigan, USA. $20.00.
PYROMORPHITE
01. Thumbnail. Grey-yellow microcrystals on quartz. Minor Descloizite. Hacarambi, Minas Gerais, Brazil. $5.00.
02. Thumbnail. Plate of druzy, yellow micro-crystals. No matrix. Bunker Hill mine, Kellogg, Idaho, USA. $10.00.
03. Thumbnail. Plate of yellow-green micro-crystals. (x2). Cordoba, Spain. $10.00 each.
04. Thumbnail. Plate of green micro-crystals on matrix. Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA. $10.00.
05. Thumbnail. An aggregate of tan crystals up to 5mm in length. Bad Ems district, Nassau, Germany. $10.00.
06. A plate of green Pyromorphite crystals, up to 5mm, on matrix. Very rich. 07x04x03. Daoping mine, Yangshuo, Guangxi Province, China. $25.00.
PYRRHOTITE
01. Thumbnail. Thick, platy crystals in parallel growth. Some damage to crystal edges. Dal'negorsk, NE of Vladivostok, Primorskij Krai, Siberia, Russia. $10.00.
04. A mound of sparse, bronze, platy crystals of PYRRHOTITE intergrown with flat GALENA twins, black Sphalerite and Calcite all partially overgrown with a layer of Olive-green Siderite. 11x08x06. Dal'negorsk, NE of Vladivostok, Primorskij Krai, Siberia, Russia. $31.00
05. A mound of 4 or more, intergrown, lustrous PYRRHOTITE crystals without matrix. 03x02x03. Dal'negorsk, NE of Vladivostok, Primorskij Krai, Siberia, Russia. $25.00
QUARTZ
01. Thumbnail. Black quartz crystals in soft, white matrix. Italy. $5.00.
02. A large but incomplete, terminated, translucent, grey Smoky Quartz crystal overgrown with minor Verdelite tourmaline. The crystal sits at a 45' angle with broken white microcline at the base. There is a large cast feature on the backside. 07x07x04. Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, California, USA. $20.00.
03. Sprays of Rose Quartz crystals, up to 1cm in length. No matrix. (x3). 04x03x02. Lavra da Ilha, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil. $20.00 each.
06. Milky Quartz crystals with transparent Amethyst sceptres, up to 5mm, sparse on matrix. 07x05x02. Pasto Bueno district, Pallasca Province, Ancash Department, Peru. $20.00.
08. Thumbnail. A highly lustrous, transparent, Amethyst cluster with crystals up to 12mm long, on matrix. Esperanza mine, Bombori, Nor Potosi Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia. $25.00.
09. Terminated, water-clear Quartz crystals, up to 5cm in length, on very minor matrix. (x4). 03x03x06. Pasto Bueno district, Pallasca Province, Ancash Department, Peru. $15.00 each.
10. An intact 1cm HERKIMER DIAMOND in a small vug in grey Dolostone. (x3). 07x06x06. Crystal Grove, Saint Johnsville, New York, USA. $25.00 plus shipping.
11PB. A cluster of large, transparent, Smoky Quartz crystals with ILMENITE inclusions up to 1cm. Very little matrix. 08x05x04. Pakistan/Afghanistan. $40.00.
14. A plate of intergrown, colourless to white QUARTZ crystals, up to 2 cm, with unusual hoppered terminations. 07x06x05. Nikolaevsky mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia. $15.00.
15. A partial geode of purple Amethyst crystals, up to 5mm. (x2). 11x07x04. Jozini Dam, Zululand, South Africa. Similar to the classic Brazilian amethyst but not as pristine. $20.00 each.
RHODOCHROSITE
02. Small pink to red rhombs on black matrix. 05x03x02. Uchucchacua mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru. $10.00.
03. Thumbnail. Lustrous, pink-red crystals on matrix. (x2). Uchucchacua mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru. $10.00 each.
RHODONITE
02. A polished slab of deep-pink massive. 06x04x1.5. Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia. $25.00.
03. Thumbnail. Lustrous, red micro-crystals, up to 3mm long, frozen in Galena-Sphalerite matrix. Mostly broken crystals but there are some intact ones. (x2). North mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. $10.00 each.
ROSASITE
01. Blue-green balls, up to 3mm, on/in vuggy limonite matrix. Very rich! (x8). 08x05x03. Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico. $10.00 each.
03. Thumbnail. Green botryoidal on gossan matrix. Kilometre 3 mine, Lavrion district, Attiki Prefecture, Greece. $5.00.
RUTILE
01. Thumbnail. Lustrous, fibrous golden rutile epitaxially grown on flat, specular Hematite crystals. (x2). Ibitiara, Bahia, Brazil. $15.00 each.
02. Thumbnail. Red-brown, fibrous rutile pseudomorphing Anatase with or without nondescript white quartz. The average size of these pieces is 8mm. There are two pseudomorphs, one red rutile and one Anatase mounted in each thumbnail box. (x18). Cuiaba District, Gouveia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. $20.00 each.
03. Thumbnail. A plate of small, lustrous, black crystals. Zagi Mountain, Mulla Ghori, Kyber Agency, Northwest Frontier, Pakistan. $5.00.
SCHEELITE
01. A transparent to translucent, orange crystal, 1cm on edge, on grey muscovite matrix. Sawn on two sides at an oblique angle. 08x05x02. Pingwu county, Chendu area, Sichuan Province, China. $40.00.
02. Six, opaque, brown crystals, up to 5mm on edge, on grey, platy Calcite matrix. 06x03x02. China. $20.00.
06. Four intact, translucent to opaque, honey coloured Scheelite crystals, up to 2.5cm on edge, on Muscovite-colourless Fluorite matrix. Sawn base. The largest crystal is partially mantled by the Muscovite. 07x09x03. Pingwu county, Chendu area, Sichuan Province, China. $50.00.
SCHORL TOURMALINE
02. Highly lustrous, complex, doubly terminated crystal. 04x03x02. Osakus and Omaruru districts, Erongo region, Namibia. $10.00.
03. Large, lustrous, crystal with a corroded termination sitting on another. 04x04x05. Osakus and Omaruru districts, Erongo region, Namibia. $15.00.
SCOLECITE
01. Highly lustrous, transparent to translucent, white, terminated single crystal. (x29). 05x01x01. Raigad district in Maharashtra, ~100 Km from Mumbai, India. $10.00 each.
02. Highly lustrous, transparent to translucent, white, terminated single crystal. (x5). 07x1.5x01. Raigad district in Maharashtra, ~100 Km from Mumbai, India. $20.00 each.
03. Thumbnail. Highly lustrous, transparent to translucent, white, terminated single crystal. (x6). Raigad district in Maharashtra, ~100 Km from Mumbai, India. $5.00 each.
SIDERITE
01 Thumbnail. A plate of flattened brown rhombs. Grube Clara, Rankachtal, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Schwarzwald, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. $15.00.
04. Thumbnail. Numerous tan SIDERITE balls intergrown with nondescript, white CALCITE crystals. Nikolaevsky mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia. $10.00.
SILVER
01. Thumbnail. Abundant silver blebs and vein fillings on/in Chalcocite-Quartz matrix. (x4). Alexander shaft, Vrancice, Pribram, Czech Republic. $5.00 each.
03. Thumbnail. One or more thick, 5mm long wires on matrix. (x3). Uchucchacua mine, Oyo Province, Lima Department, Peru. $10.00 each.
04. Thumbnail. A box containing 4 small silver on matrix specimens. (x3). Uchucchacua mine, Oyo Province, Lima Department, Peru. $15.00 each.
05. An 8 mm wire standing out of carbonate matrix. 03x05x03. Uchucchacua mine, Oyo Province, Lima Department, Peru. $30.00.
07. Sparse silver wires and tiny Goethite balls on green, chlorite-coated Quartz matrix. 08x08x03. Uchucchacua mine, Oyo Province, Lima Department, Peru. $40.00.
SKUTTERUDITE
02. Crystals, up to 5mm in size, scattered on minor Skutterudite. Minor Calcite. 06x05x03. Bou Azzer, Morocco. $12.00.
SMITHSONITE
01. A mound of grey, tansparent crystals, up to 5mm, on matrix. 08x07x04. Tsumcorp mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $50.00.
02. A plate of grey, tansparent crystals, up to 3mm. 06x05x02. Tsumcorp mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $15.00.
03. Thumbnail. A large thumbnail of green Cupro-Smithsonite crystals, up to 2mm, on matrix. Tsumcorp mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $20.00.
04. Rich, grey-yellow, botryoidal SMITHSONITE on matrix. 06x03x01. Kamariza mine, Lavrion district, Attiki Prefecture, Greece. $15.00.
SODALITE
02DM A large, 4x2.5x1.5 cm, transparent to translucent, purple, double terminated SODALITE crystal sticking out of Sodalite-Winchite matrix. Fluorescent. The crystal is intact but not perfectly formed. 07x05x04. Koksha Valley, Badakshan, Afghanistan. $375.00.
03. Poorly formed and/or broken, 1 cm, translucent, purple SODALITE crystals intergrown with grey Winchite amphibole. Probably oiled. Sawn base. (x2). 05x04x07. Koksha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. $40.00 each.
04. Intact and broken, 1 cm, translucent, purple SODALITE crystals intergrown with grey-yellow Winchite amphibole. Probably oiled. Sawn base. 08x05x03. Koksha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. $75.00.
05. A 3 cm, intact but not perfectly formed, transparent to translucent, purple SODALITE crystal intergrown with grey-yellow Winchite amphibole in marble. Probably oiled. Fluorescent. 10x06x05. Koksha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. $200.00.
06. Massive to poorly crystallized, deep purple, Hackmanite Sodalite with grey-yellow Winchite amphibole in marble. Probably oiled. Fluorescent. 08x06x03. Koksha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. $50.00.
07. A 5x2x1 cm cluster of poorly-formed, deep-purple Hackmanite Sodalite crystals intergrown with grey-yellow Winchite amphibole and grey Scapolite. Probably oiled. Fluorescent. 07x06x03. Koksha Valley, Badakhshan, Afghanistan. $100.00.
SPESSARTINE
01. Thumbnail. Translucent, highly complex, shard-like, red-black crystal. (x3). Navegador mine, Galileia, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil. $10.00 each.
03. A 6mm, opaque, dark-red crystal in pink Rhyolite matrix. 05x03x03. Garnet Hill, Ely, White Pine county, Nevada, USA. $10.00.
04. A plate of scattered, translucent, lustrous, dark-red SPESSARTINE crystals, up to 1cm, on Albite-Muscovite matrix. 07x05x03. Minas Gerais, Brazil. $15.00.
05. A very-rich plate of translucent, dark-red SPESSARTINE crystals, up to 7mm, on matrix. Minor Smokey Quartz crystals. 08x05x03. Tongbei, Fujian Province, China. $40.00.
06. Abundant, 1mm, transparent, yellow SPESSARTINE microcrystals on Feldspar-Smoky Quartz matrix. 11x08x05. Tongbei, Fujian Province, China. $40.00.
SPHALERITE
01. Black crystal cluster with attatched grey quartz matrix. 07x05x04. Elmwood, Tennessee, USA. $30.00.
03. Stepped, brown-black tetrahedrons, up to 2 cm on edge, on tan carbonate matrix. 10x07x04. Joplin, Missouri, USA. $20.00.
05. Thumbnail. A large cluster of large, highly lustrous, black crystals intergrown with abundant Boulangerite. Bolivia?? (found in a box of unlabeled specimens purchased in La Paz, Bolivia). $10.00.
06. Complex, black Sphalerite crystals, up to 1cm in size, with a bronze schiller on needle Quartz matrix. (x4). 05x03x02. Palomo mine, Huachocolpa district, Huancavelica Department, Peru. $5.00 each.
07. Complex, black Sphalerite crystals, up to 1cm in size, with a bronze schiller on needle Quartz matrix. (x4). 06x04x03. Palomo mine, Huachocolpa district, Huancavelica Department, Peru. $15.00 each.
08. Complex, black Sphalerite crystals, up to 1cm in size, with a bronze schiller on needle Quartz matrix. (x3). 08x05x03. Palomo mine, Huachocolpa district, Huancavelica Department, Peru. $25.00 each.
09. Complex, black Sphalerite crystals, up to 1cm in size, with a bronze schiller on needle Quartz matrix with Realgar and/or Pararealgar. (x3). 06x04x03. Palomo mine, Huachocolpa district, Huancavelica Department, Peru. $25.00 each.
SPINEL
02. A scattering of numerous 1-5mm, translucent to transparent, red Chrome-Spinel crystals frozen in sculptured and/or butchered white marble. One or more sawcuts. Highly fluorescent red under LW. (x2). 06x04x02. An Phu, Luc Yen mining district, Yenbai Province, Vietnam. $20.00 each.
04. A scattering of numerous 3-10mm, translucent to transparent, lavender Spinel crystals frozen in white marble with or without grey Forsterite and orange chondrodite. One or more sawcuts. (x4). 05x04x03. An Phu, Luc Yen mining district, Yenbai Province, Vietnam. $20.00 each.
05. A scattering of numerous 3-10mm, translucent to transparent, lavender Spinel crystals frozen in white marble with or without grey Forsterite and orange chondrodite. One or more sawcuts. (x4). 07x06x03. An Phu, Luc Yen mining district, Yenbai Province, Vietnam. $40.00 each.
06. Thumbnail. A scattering of 1-5mm, translucent to transparent, red Chrome-Spinel crystals frozen in sculptured and/or butchered white marble. Highly fluorescent red under LW. (x7). An Phu, Luc Yen mining district, Yenbai Province, Vietnam. $10.00 each.
07. Thumbnail. A scattering of numerous 3-10mm, translucent to transparent, lavender Spinel crystals frozen in white marble with or without orange chondrodite. (x2). An Phu, Luc Yen mining district, Yenbai Province, Vietnam. $15.00 each.
08. Thumbnail. One or more >1cm, translucent to transparent, red Chrome-Spinel crystals. Highly fluorescent red under LW. (x3). An Phu, Luc Yen mining district, Yenbai Province, Vietnam. $10.00 each.
09. Thumbnail. A large cluster of opaque, grey-blue crystals, up to 1cm on edge. (x3). An Phu, Luc Yen mining district, Yenbai Province, Vietnam. $10.00 each.
10. A plate of lavender Spinel crystals in parallel growth. No matrix. Etched out of marble. 06x04x02. An Phu, Luc Yen mining district, Yenbai Province, Vietnam. $40.00.
11. A mass of opaque, pink-red Chrome-Spinel crystals in the crude form of a octahedral crystal 2 cm on edge. (x3). Highly fluorescent red under LW. 03x03x02. An Phu, Luc Yen mining district, Yenbai Province, Vietnam. $15.00 each.
12. Lavender Spinel crystals, up to 1cm, intergrown with grey-white Forsterite Olivine . Etched out of marble with vinegar. Sawn base. (x7). 07x07x03. An Phu, Luc Yen mining district, Yenbai Province, Vietnam. $50.00 each.
13. Lavender Spinel crystals, up to 1cm, intergrown with lustrous, grey-white Forsterite Olivine crystals. Etched out of marble with vinegar. Sawn base. (x5). 06x04x06. An Phu, Luc Yen mining district, Yenbai Province, Vietnam. $35.00 each.
SPODUMENE
03. A transparent, pale-purple, gemmy from tip to tip, double terminated, "Kunzite" crystal completely etched and iron stained all the way around. 15x08x47mm. Minas Gerais, Brazil. Old material from ~40 years ago. $20.00.
04. A transparent, double terminated, colourless crystal with abundant Tourmaline inclusions. The crystal is not perfectly formed. 13x03x03. Pech, Kunnar Province, Afghanistan. $100.00.
05. A huge, transparent to translucent, double terminated, purple KUNZITE crystal. 26x13x02. Pech, Kunnar Province, Afghanistan. $1200.00.
STIBNITE
01. A rich plate of druzy, black, radiating, acicular crystals on white matrix. 10x08x03. Raura district 15 Km north of Oyon, Peru. $23.00.
03. A plate of black, stubby crystals with poorly-formed terminations. 06x06x03. Baiut, Maramares, Romania. $25.00.
04. Thumbnail. A large thumbnail of intergrown sprays of terminated, black crystals, up to 1cm in length. Romania. $15.00.
05. Sprays of one or two generations of Stibnite crystals without matrix. (x2). 05x04x02. Palomo mine, Huachocolpa district, Huancavelica Department, Peru. $20.00 each.
06. Sprays of one or two generations of Stibnite crystals without matrix. (x17). 04x02x02. Palomo mine, Huachocolpa district, Huancavelica Department, Peru. $15.00 each.
8. A druzy STIBNITE layer frozen in massive, water-clear GYPSUM. No matrix. (x4). 09x04x03. Palomo mine, Huachocolpa district, Huancavelica Department, Peru. $20.00 each.
09. Thumbnail. Sprays of coarse Stibnite crystals almost completely overgrown with a second generation of druzy Stibnite. No matrix. (x10). Palomo mine, Huachocolpa district, Huancavelica Department, Peru. $10.00 each.
11. Abundant sprays of 2-5mm crystals on Quartz matrix. (x5). 10x06x04. Palomo mine, Huachocolpa district, Huancavelica Department, Peru. $35.00 each.
12. A rich plate of black, radiating, terminated, acicular crystals, up to 2cm, on matrix. 06x05x04. Herja, Baie Mare, Romania. $40.00.
13. A large, lustrous, terminated single crystal with a few smaller ones at the base. 15x02x02. Wuning, Jiangxi, China. $75.00.
14. A nest of intergrown, lustrous, terminated Stibnite crystals all growing in more or less the same direction. 07x01x01. Xe He Xiang, Hunan, China. $30.00 each.
STILBITE
01. A highly lustrous, yellow-white bowtie on minor matrix. 06x04x04. Jalgaon, India. $25.00.
02. A floater cluster of pale-orange crystals up to 5cm in length. 14x09x06. Jalgaon, India. $30.00.
03. Transparent, white CALCITE crystals on a mound of orange STILBITE microcrystals. 05x04x04. Malmberget mine, Gallivare, Sweden. $10.00.
04. Large, perfectly formed, lustrous, pale-orange crystals, up to 4.5 cm, intergrown with Heulandite and green Apophyllite. 12x08x05. Deccan Flood Basalts, Deccan Plateau, Poona, Mumbai, India. $45.00.
SULPHUR
01. A plate of transparent, terminated and doubly-terminated, yellow crystals, up to 1cm in size, on brown, hydrocarbon coated matrix. The crystals are slightly etched imparting a resinous lustre. 08x04x03. Agrigento district, Sicily, Italy. Old piece! $55.00.
04. A translucent, yellow crystal termination. 05x04x03. Agrigento district, Sicily, Italy. $50.00.
TECKTITE
01. A large, oblong, black, bubbly shard. 06x04x02. Zan Jiang, Guang Dong Province, China. $15.00.
TENNANTITE
01. A scattering of pseudotetrahedral crystals, up to 15mm on edge, coated with sooty, black Chalcocite on massive Tennantite matrix. Minor damage. Old piece. 07x09x05. Tsumcorp mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $25.00 plus shipping.
TOPAZ
01. Thumbnail. Transparent, 2 cm crystal. (x6). Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil. $10.00 each.
02. Thumbnail. 2 cm "Golden Topaz" single. (x2). Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil. $15.00 each.
03. Thumbnail. A large thumbnail of colourless to grey prisms with brown terminations. Durango, Mexico. $15.00.
TURQUOISE
02. Thumbnail. Tiny blue crystalline blebs on matrix. (x5). Vielsalm, Belgium $5.00 each.
UVAROVITE
01. Abundant 1mm, dark-green microcrystals spinkled over a grey matrix. Sawn matrix. 09x05x02. Saranay, Ural Mountains, Russia. $30.00.
UVITE TOURMALINE
02. Thumbnail. Abundant brown-black crystals overgrown with fine Goethite balls. Minor Magnesite. Very attractive. (x3). Eguas range, 6 Km NW of Brumado, Bahia, Brazil. $20.00 each.
03. Thumbnail. Pale-green crystals, up to 7mm, on Magnesite matrix. (x4). Eguas range, 6 Km NW of Brumado, Bahia, Brazil. $15.00 each.
06. Several well formed, dark-red crystals on white carbonate matrix. 04x03x03. Eguas range, 6 Km NW of Brumado, Bahia, Brazil. $35.00.
07. A 7x11 mm cluster of lustrous, transparent, green crystals on white MAGNESITE matrix. Minor Quartz crystals. 04x03x02. Eguas range, 6 Km NW of Brumado, Bahia, Brazil. $15.00.
08. Thumbnail. Dark-red crystals, up to 6mm, on Magnesite matrix. Eguas range, 6 Km NW of Brumado, Bahia, Brazil. $15.00.
VANADINITE
03. Thumbnail. A large mound of highly lustrous, red crystals, up to 4mm, on black matrix. Algerian desert near Taouz, Morocco. $15.00.
04. A plate of highly lustrous, deep-red crystals, up to 6mm, with white barite on ochre matrix. (x2). 06x04x03. Mibladen, Morocco. $30.00 each.
07. Lustrous, red-brown, crystals, up to 3mm, cover the top of this spotted ochre matrix piece. Very rich! 05x06x06. Mibladen, Morocco. $20.00.
08. Dark brown micro-crystals of Endlichite on limonite matrix. Very rich! (x3). 06x02x02. Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico. $10.00 each.
09. Highly lustrous, red crystals, up to 5mm, on black matrix. (x8). 04x03x02. Algerian desert near Taouz, Morocco. $20.00 each.
13. A plate of lustrous, druzy, red crystals on matrix. (x4). 09x09x03. Pure Potential mine, Trigo Mountains, La Paz county, Arizona, USA. $50.00 each.
16. A plate of highly lustrous, red crystals, up to 5mm, on matrix. (x2). 10x07x02. Mibladen, Morocco. $70.00.
18. Thumbnail. A plate of lustrous, red, micro-crystals on matrix. Apache mine, Globe, Arizona, USA. $5.00.
19. A rich plate of lustrous, transparent, golden-brown, 1-2mm crystals scattered about on grey Calcite matrix. 12x06x04. Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico. $30.00.
20. A rich plate of lustrous, translucent, grey-orange, 1-2mm crystals on matrix. 07x06x03. Puzzler mine, Yuma county, Arizona, USA. $20.00.
VESUVIANITE
01. Thumbnail. Two integrown 2cm crystals. Lake Jaco, Chihuahua, Mexico. $10.00.
03. A cluster of doubly terminated, highly lustrous, green crystals, up to 4 cm in size. (x2). 05x04x04. Lake Jaco, Chihuahua, Mexico. $20.00 each.
06. Thumbnail. Green microcrystals, up to 3mm, on Grossular crystal matrix. Eden Mills, Vermont, USA. $10.00.
WILLEMITE
01. Crude, red-brown cystals, up to 1 cm, frozen in pink Calcite. 06x04x03. Franklin, Ogdensburg, Sussex county, New Jersey, USA. $20.00.
WULFENITE
01. Thumbnail. A large, blocky, orange crystal on/in matrix. Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico. $15.00.
03. Thumbnail. Yellow microcrystals, up to 6mm in size, richly scattered on limonite matrix. San Francisco mine, Cucurpe, Senora, Mexico. $10.00.
06. Thumbnail. Two pieces of micro-crystals on matrix. Glove mine, Santa Cruz county, Arizona, USA. $5.00.
13. A rich mound of thick, rectangular prisms, up to 4mm, on minor calcite-endlichite matrix. 14x12x08. Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico. $90.00.
16. A plate of abundant, yellow microcrystals with or without minor Malachite and Chrysocolla on quartzite matrix. (x2). 06x04x02. Copiapio Province, Atacama region, Chile. $10.00 each.
17. A rich plate of thin, orange, rectangular prisms, up to 3mm on matrix. 07x03x01. Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico. $15.00.
18. Abundant, thin, yellow, opaque plates, up to 8mm on edge, partially overgrown with Calcite on matrix. 09x06x03. Total Wreck mine, Cienga Creek, Empire District, Pima County, Arizona, USA. $30.00.
19. A long mound of thick, rectangular, brown-orange prisms, up to 1 cm, with partial nondescript Endlichite coating. 07x05x03. Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico. $25.00.
20. A mounted minature of lustrous prisms, up to 5mm, on matrix. (x2). 03x02x01. Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico. $15.00 each.
21. Thin, orange crystals, up to 8mm on edge, on druzy, yellow Mimetite on matrix. 05x03x03. Rowley mine, Painted rock Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA. $30.00.
22. A 1cm, orange crystal deep in a vug. Old material! 05x04x03. Red Cloud mine, La Paz County, Arizona, USA. $30.00.
23. A large cabinet specimen of abundant, thin, orange, platy crystals, up to 5mm on edge, on white matrix on silicified ironstone? Many of the crystals are broken. 22x07x10. Urumqi, Kuruktag Mountains, Xinjiang Uygur region, Northern China. $90.00.
24. Numerous, orange plates, up to 5mm on edge, partially overgrown with yellow-orange MIMETITE on matrix. 07x04x01. Rowley mine, Maricopa county, Arizona, USA. $15.00.
WULFRAMITE
01. Thumbnail. Abundant, terminated, bladed, brown HEUBNERITE micro-crystals on quartz matrix. Grizzly Bear mine, Ouray county, Colorado, USA. $10.00.
02. A plate of black, lustrous Wolframite crystals, up to 1cm, with many terminations intergrown with milky Quartz. 08x04x02. Yao Gan Xian, Hunan Province, China. $40.00.
04. Thumbnail. A plate of black, tabular microcrystals of FERBERITE on Quartzite matrix. Very rich. (x2). Cornwall, England. $5.00 each.
ZINCITE
03. A chunk of massive Zincite-Franklinite with minor white Calcite. A mixture of fresh and weathered surfaces. 08x05x04. Franklin, New Jersey, USA. $15.00.

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