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CT159 - Rose Quartz scepter $ 125 Pitorra Mine, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil thumbnail - 2 x 1 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Pink Rose Quartz scepter head over a white Quartz stalk. This is an unusual one and the old label calls it a 'Hopper scepter' as it is somewhat cup-shaped. The Rose Quartz is also totally transparent which is uncommon and Rose Quartz is more typically only translucent. Neat, undamaged specimen.
CT191 - Rutile, Hematite on Quartz $ 150 Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil thumbnail - 2.3 x 1.9 x 1.2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Golden Rutile and Hematite attached tot eh front of a clear Quartz crystal. The Quartz has both attached and included Rutile.
CT180 - Leucite $ 75 Poggio Vibbio, Viterbo, Italy thumbnail - 3 x 2.5 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A sharp and complete 1.3cm Leucite crystal in matrix. Ex. Chuck Trantham acquired in 1997 from Wolfgang Heller.
CT222 - Hydromagnesite, Artinite $ 125 Staten Island, Richmond Co., New York, USA thumbnail - 3 x 2 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() White hemispheres of Hydromagnesite and acicular sprays of Artinite that contrast well against a green matrix. Old specimen likely from the 1960s.
CT243 - Diaboleite, Caledonite $ 125 Rowley Mine, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA thumbnail - 1.3 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Small cluster of Diaboleite and Caledonite crystals. Old spceimn mounted in a plastic box.
CT229 - Bixbyite on Hematite after Garnet on Topaz $ 125 Maynard Claim, Thomas Range, Utah, USA thumbnail - 2.3 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 12 mirror lustrous cubes of Bixbyite to 3mm grown atop a 1cm psuedomorph of Hematite after Garnet, all grown atop a gemmy Topaz crystal.
CT165 - Legrandite $ 225 Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico thumbnail - 3 x 2.5 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Wide vug in Limonite filled with golden crystals of Legrandite. A rarity from the Chuck Trantham collection, originally acquired by Chuck from Al McGuinness in 1988.
CT170 - Pyromorphite $ 90 Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Idaho, USA thumbnail - 2.6 x 2 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Undamaged mound of yellow/green Pyromorphite crystals from the classic Bunker Hill Mine.
CT198 - Bournonite $ 150 Machacamarca Mine, Potosi Dept., Bolivia thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Well formed 2.5cm 'cogwheel' of Bournonite that sits up perfectly for display on a small amount of matrix. This is from older finds at mine that has produced some of the world's finest Bournonites.
CT182 - Bournonite $ 90 Machacamarca Mine, Potosi Dept., Bolivia thumbnail - 2.4 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Well formed intergrown 'cogwheels' of Bournonite to 2.2cm with small amounts of attached matrix. This is from older finds at mine that has produced some of the world's finest Bournonites.
CT204 - Wulfenite $ 120 Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico thumbnail - 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Mound-shaped matrix crowned by a multitude of orange Wulfenite crystals to 1.3cm on edge. Striking, undamaged thumbnail.
CT161 - Betafite $ 150 Silver Crater Mine, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.3 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Well formed complete single crystal of Betafite.
CT184 - Acanthite $ 120 Veta Grande Mine, Zacatecas, Mexico thumbnail - 2 x 2 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Somewhat flattened, curving mass of Acanthite on a Quartz crystal covered matrix. Old specimen.
CT255 - Neptunite $ 130 Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California, USA small cabinet - 7.8 x 5 x 2.8 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Numerous black Neptunite crystals on white Natrolite over schist. Largest Neptunite is 2.7cm and well terminated. Comes with an old Al McGuinness label and an old Chuck Trantham label showing a then price of $150.
CT256 - Benitoite with Joaquinite, Neptunite $ 220 Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California, USA small cabinet - 6 x 3.3 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Highly etched but glassy, tabular Benitoite crystals to 1cm with black Neptunite crystals, small brown Joaquinite crystals on white Natrolite over schist. Classic combination specimen for the locality. Comes with old Chuck Trantham and California Mineral Connection labels.
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