NEW ADDITIONS


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As of October 15, 2008 these are the new additions to my stock:

ACANTHITE
CAN01. Sparse, 2mm microcrystals with sparse SILVER wire and massive Polybasite? on matrix. 06x04x02. Highland Beu mine, Beaverdell, British Columbia, Canada. $20.00.
ANATASE
01. A sharp, translucent, silvery-brown, 3x4x2mm crystal on matrix. 05x03x02. Kharan Mountain, Balochistan, Pakistan. $60.00.
ANDRADITE
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.
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.
BARITE
17. A plate of thin, white, opaque Barite plates on matrix. 06x03x02. Mibladen, Midelt, Morocco. $10.00.
BERYL
13. A gemmy, ransparent, 33x11x6mm, pale-blue AQUAMARINE crystal with a poorly developed termination. Baltistan, Northern areas, Pakistan. $30.00.
CAN01. A large mass of opaque, white cesium-rich BERYL crystals. Some crystal faces and some flat terminations. 11x11x06. Tanco mine, Bernic Lake, Lac-du-Bonnet area, Manitoba, Canada. $25.00 plus shipping.
BISMUTHINITE
CAN01. Rich cleavages of metallic BISMUTHINITE in grey Quartz matrix. (x2). 06x03x02. Moly Hill, Lamotte Township, Quebec, Canada. $20.00 each.
CALCITE
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.
CATAPLEIITE
MSH07. A 3x4 cm patch of lustrous, opaque, brown crystals, up to 1 cm, with Aegerine on Natrolite matrix. 07x05x03. $25.00.
CERUSSITE
06. A plate of highly lustrous, grey, translucent CERUSSITE crystals, up to 3mm, on galena matrix. 07x03x02. Mibladen, Midelt, Morocco. $10.00.
CHABAZITE
CAN04. A plate of low-lustre, pseudorhombic crystals. 09x07x02. Wasson's Bluff, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada. $20.00.
CHALCOPYRITE
CAN04. A polished endcut of massive Chalcopyrite-Pyrrhotite ore. 18x13x05. Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. $20.00 plus shipping.
CLINOCLASE
SFSC02. Numerous, small sprays of deep-blue micro-crystals on matrix. 05x03x01. Majuba Hill mine, Antelope district, Pershing county, Nevada, USA. $25.00.
COLEMANITE
03. A mound of lustrous, transparent crystals, up to 3mm, on matrix. (x3). 05x04x03. corkscrew mine, Inyo county, California, USA. $10.00 each.
COPPER
14. Native copper with a Malachite-Carbonate pantina. 05x02x01. Bisbee, Arizona, USA. $10.00.
CORNWALLITE
SFSC01. Numerous, small patches of massive to botryoidal CORNWALLITE scattered over gossan matrix. Minor Clinoclase. 07x04x02. Majuba Hill mine, Antelope district, Pershing county, Nevada, USA. $15.00.
DIOPTASE
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
03. A mound of grey-black, saddle-shaped DOLOMITE crystals and small Quartz crystals. 06x03x03. Tsumcorp mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. $5.00.
FERROCELADONITE
SFSC01. A chunk of vuggy, grey basalt with green to black FERROCELADONITE mica lining the vugs. 04x03x03. Oregon, USA. A common mineral which is seldom identified! $5.00.
FLUORITE
20. Crude, purple, cubic crystals, 1-2 cm on edge, on druzy Quartz matrix. 15x08x05. "Congo" (no further locality info is available at this time). $30.00.
GROSSULAR
CAN16. A vein of translucent, red-brown, 2-4mm Grossular crystals etched out of calcite with acid. There is abundant wallrock. 15x09x08. Apsley, near Bancroft, Ontario, Canada. $40.00 plus shipping.
05. A plate of lustrous, orange-brown Hessonite Grossular crystals on matrix. 04x02x03. Coyote Front range, Inyo county, California, USA 10.00.
HEULANDITE
CAN01. A cluster of translucent, grey crystals on matrix. 05x04x02. Two Islands, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada. $10.00.
CAN02. A mound of transparent, 3mm, colourless crystals on matrix. 05x04x03. Amethyst cove, Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia, Canada. $10.00.
MANGANITE
CAN01. A plate of low lustre, sharp crystals, up to 5mm on edge, on matrix. (x2). 06x07x05. Caland pit, Atikokan, Ontario, Canada. $20.00 each.
CAN02. A plate of low lustre, sharp crystals, up to 5mm on edge, on matrix. (x3). 07x03x02. Caland pit, Atikokan, Ontario, Canada. $10.00 each.
MIMETITE
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.
NICCOLITE
CAN05 An endcut of massive NICCOLITE veins running through a breccia cemented by pale-pink Calcite. 16x09x06. Colonial mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada. $35.00 plus shipping.
PECTOLITE
MSH04. A plate of stubby, dark-grey crystals, up to 1 cm, intergrown with Biotite and nondescript Calcite. (x3). 07x07x02. $20.00 each.
MSH05. A plate of translucent, grey, acicular crystals, up to 5mm, intergrown with minor, black Arfvedsonite. 06x06x02. $40.00.
OLMIITE
SFSC03. A gemmy, pink-orange, 9mm, mostly complete crystal on matrix. 04x03x01. N'Chwaning II mine, Kuruman, Northern Cape Province, South Africa. $15.00.
ORTHOSERPIERITE
SFSC01. A chunk of granular, sky-blue Orthosepierite. 03x03x02. Childs and Adwinkle mine, Mammoth, Galiuro Mountains, Pinal county, Arizona, USA. $10.00.
PREHNITE
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.
QUARTZ
15. A partial geode of purple Amethyst crystals, up to 5mm. 10x06x08. Jozini Dam, Zululand, South Africa. Similar to the classic Brazilian amethyst but not as pristine. $20.00.
RINKITE
MSH01. Thumbnail. Small sprays frozen in purple fluorite matrix. Looks like Gotzenite. Confirmed by EDS. This is a remounted micro. $5.00.
SILVER
CAN23. A lacquered slab of a rich vein of disseminated SILVER overgrown by SKUTTERUDITE in calcite running through greenstone. (x13). 12x07x01. Langis mine, Cassey Township, New Liskheard, Cobalt mining camp, Ontario, Canada. $35.00 plus shipping.
CAN24. A lacquered slab of a vein of disseminated SILVER overgrown by SKUTTERUDITE in calcite running through diabase. 14x15x01. Castle mine, Gowganda, Ontario, Canada. $35.00.
STEACYITE
MSH01. Thumbnail. One or more poorly displayed, grey, prismatic microcrystals with square cross-section on matrix. From long ago. (x9). $10.00 each.
MSH02. Thumbnail. One or more well displayed, grey, prismatic microcrystals with square cross-section on matrix. From long ago. (x6). $20.00 each.
MSH03. Thumbnail. Numerous, well displayed, grey, prismatic microcrystals with square cross-section on matrix. From long ago. (x4). $40.00 each.
STELLERITE
SFSC01. A plate of 2mm, orange, opaque crystals on matrix. (x2). 05x03x02. Kibblehouse Quarry, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, USA. $10.00 each.
STIBNITE
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.
VANADINITE
20. A rich plate of lustrous, translucent, grey-orange, 1-2mm crystals on matrix. 07x06x03. Puzzler mine, Yuma county, Arizona, USA. $20.00.
WULFENITE
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.
YOFORTIERITE
MSH01. Thumbnail. Tiny, pink, hairy nests on matrix. Confirmed by EDS. This is a remounted micro. $5.00.

ZIRCON
CAN01. A cluster of lustrous, opaque, brown crystals, up to 3cm long, intermixed with black Richterite amphibole. 05x03x02. Lac Kipawa, Timiskaming, Quebec, Canada. FLUORESCENT. $30.00.

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