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AR40 - Pyromorphite $ 160 Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho thumbnail - 3.0 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm ![Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho [db_pics/pics/AR40a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR40a.jpg)
![Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho [db_pics/pics/AR40b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR40b.jpg)
![Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho [db_pics/pics/AR40c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR40c.jpg)
Some of the finest known examples of Pyromorphite come from The Bunker Hill Mine. Specimens were collected in a multitude of colors, mainly within the orange, yellow, and green spectrum. This example shows crystals with orange and yellow color and high lustre. Crystallized all around.
AR46 - Pyromorphite $ 250 Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho miniature - 3.5 x 3.0 x 1.9 cm ![Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho [db_pics/pics/AR46a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR46a.jpg)
![Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho [db_pics/pics/AR46b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR46b.jpg)
![Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho [db_pics/pics/AR46c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR46c.jpg)
![Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho [db_pics/pics/AR46d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR46d.jpg)
Some of the finest known examples of Pyromorphite come from The Bunker Hill Mine. Specimens were collected in a multitude of colors, mainly within the orange, yellow, and green spectrum. This example shows crystals with bright orange and yellow color and high lustre. A bit of matrix remains on one side.
AR47 - Pyromorphite $ 200 Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho miniature - 4.1 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm ![Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho [db_pics/pics/AR47a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR47a.jpg)
![Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho [db_pics/pics/AR47b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR47b.jpg)
![Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho [db_pics/pics/AR47d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR47d.jpg)
Some of the finest known examples of Pyromorphite come from The Bunker Hill Mine. Specimens were collected in a multitude of colors, mainly within the orange, yellow, and green spectrum. This example shows crystals with a mixture of orange and yellow color and high lustre on both sides of a ridge-like formation.
AR48 - Pyromorphite $ 200 Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho miniature - 3.8 x 2.7 x 1.6 cm ![Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho [db_pics/pics/AR48a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR48a.jpg)
![Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho [db_pics/pics/AR48b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR48b.jpg)
![Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho [db_pics/pics/AR48c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR48c.jpg)
Some of the finest known examples of Pyromorphite come from The Bunker Hill Mine. Specimens were collected in a multitude of colors, mainly within the orange, yellow, and green spectrum. This example shows crystals with a mixture of orange, tan, and green color and high lustre.
AR50 - Pyromorphite Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho miniature - 3.8 x 2.9 x 1.0 cm ![Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho [db_pics/pics/AR50a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR50a.jpg)
![Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho [db_pics/pics/AR50b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR50b.jpg)
![Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho [db_pics/pics/AR50c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR50c.jpg)
![Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho [db_pics/pics/AR50d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR50d.jpg)
Some of the finest known examples of Pyromorphite come from The Bunker Hill Mine. Specimens were collected in a multitude of colors, mainly within the orange, yellow, and green spectrum. This example shows a plate of crystals with yellow-orange color and high lustre and no matrix.
AR51 - Pyromorphite $ 200 Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho miniature - 3.2 x 2.8 x 2.0 cm ![Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho [db_pics/pics/AR51a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR51a.jpg)
![Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho [db_pics/pics/AR51b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR51b.jpg)
![Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho [db_pics/pics/AR51c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR51c.jpg)
Some of the finest known examples of Pyromorphite come from The Bunker Hill Mine. Specimens were collected in a multitude of colors, mainly within the orange, yellow, and green spectrum. This example shows a group of stacked barrel-shaped crystals with greenish-yellow color and high lustre.
AR52 - Boleite, Anglesite on Gypsum Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalia, Baja, Mexico cabinet - 10.2 x 8.0 x 3.0 cm ![Boleite, Anglesite on Gypsum from Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalia, Baja, Mexico [db_pics/pics/AR52a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR52a.jpg)
![Boleite, Anglesite on Gypsum from Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalia, Baja, Mexico [db_pics/pics/AR52b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR52b.jpg)
![Boleite, Anglesite on Gypsum from Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalia, Baja, Mexico [db_pics/pics/AR52c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR52c.jpg)
![Boleite, Anglesite on Gypsum from Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalia, Baja, Mexico [db_pics/pics/AR52d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR52d.jpg)
![Boleite, Anglesite on Gypsum from Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalia, Baja, Mexico [db_pics/pics/AR52e.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR52e.jpg)
![Boleite, Anglesite on Gypsum from Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalia, Baja, Mexico [db_pics/pics/AR52f.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR52f.jpg)
Dark blue Boleite crystals and white Anglesite crystals are scattered across both sides of a fibrous white Gypsum matrix. It's unusual to see Boleite on this type of matrix.
AR53 - Pyromorphite $ 120 Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho thumbnail - 2.6 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm ![Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho [db_pics/pics/AR53a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR53a.jpg)
![Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho [db_pics/pics/AR53b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR53b.jpg)
![Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho [db_pics/pics/AR53c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR53c.jpg)
![Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho [db_pics/pics/AR53d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR53d.jpg)
Some of the finest known examples of Pyromorphite come from The Bunker Hill Mine. Specimens were collected in a multitude of colors, mainly within the orange, yellow, and green spectrum. This example shows a small group of stacked barrel-shaped crystals with greenish-yellow color and high lustre.
AR55 - Wulfenite $ 260 Tsumeb, Namibia miniature - 3.2 x 2.7 x 1.5 cm ![Wulfenite from Tsumeb, Namibia [db_pics/pics/AR55a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR55a.jpg)
![Wulfenite from Tsumeb, Namibia [db_pics/pics/AR55b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR55b.jpg)
![Wulfenite from Tsumeb, Namibia [db_pics/pics/AR55c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR55c.jpg)
![Wulfenite from Tsumeb, Namibia [db_pics/pics/AR55d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR55d.jpg)
![Wulfenite from Tsumeb, Namibia [db_pics/pics/AR55e.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR55e.jpg)
![Wulfenite from Tsumeb, Namibia [db_pics/pics/AR55f.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR55f.jpg)
About a dozen sharply terminated cream-colored tabular Wulfenite crystals are stacked on a bit of host matrix. An older Tsumeb example with a Frazier's Minerals label from decades ago. Slight chipping on some of the crystal edges does not detract from the beautiful display presentation of the crystals.
AR57 - Dioptase on Calcite $ 350 Tsumeb, Namibia miniature - 3.3 x 3 x 1.8 cm ![Dioptase on Calcite from Tsumeb, Namibia [db_pics/pics/AR57a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR57a.jpg)
![Dioptase on Calcite from Tsumeb, Namibia [db_pics/pics/AR57b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR57b.jpg)
![Dioptase on Calcite from Tsumeb, Namibia [db_pics/pics/AR57c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR57c.jpg)
![Dioptase on Calcite from Tsumeb, Namibia [db_pics/pics/AR57d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR57d.jpg)
![Dioptase on Calcite from Tsumeb, Namibia [db_pics/pics/AR57e.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR57e.jpg)
Dioptase crystals to 11mm on white Calcite crystals. Slight damage to the upper left crystal, otherwise undamaged specimen. Showy specimen with sharp terminated crystals which highlight the color contrast between the Dioptase and Calcite.
AR58 - Montmorillonite in Quartz $ 280 White Queen Mine, Pala, San Diego County, California small cabinet - 6.0 x 2.6 x 2.4 cm ![Montmorillonite in Quartz from White Queen Mine, Pala, San Diego County, California [db_pics/pics/AR58a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR58a.jpg)
![Montmorillonite in Quartz from White Queen Mine, Pala, San Diego County, California [db_pics/pics/AR58b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR58b.jpg)
![Montmorillonite in Quartz from White Queen Mine, Pala, San Diego County, California [db_pics/pics/AR58c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR58c.jpg)
![Montmorillonite in Quartz from White Queen Mine, Pala, San Diego County, California [db_pics/pics/AR58d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR58d.jpg)
Double terminated Quartz crystal colored by inclusions of Montmorillonite (a type of clay). These unusual crystals are a byproduct of Tourmaline mining and were only found occasionally in some of the San Diego mines. Very sharply terminated, hollow in two areas, and highly lustrous crystal faces. This is a great example.
AR66 - Cobaltian Calcite $ 400 Mashamba West Mine, Katanga, Congo (DRC) miniature - 3.7 x 3.5 x 2.3 cm ![Cobaltian Calcite from Mashamba West Mine, Katanga, Congo (DRC) [db_pics/pics/AR66a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR66a.jpg)
![Cobaltian Calcite from Mashamba West Mine, Katanga, Congo (DRC) [db_pics/pics/AR66b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR66b.jpg)
![Cobaltian Calcite from Mashamba West Mine, Katanga, Congo (DRC) [db_pics/pics/AR66c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR66c.jpg)
Rich pink color Cobaltian Calcite crystals to 15mm in size. Although there are a couple bruised crystals, this is a high quality Cobaltian Calcite with bright color and translucent to transparent crystals.
AR70 - Topaz $ 800 Minas Gerais, Brazil small cabinet - 6.0 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm ![Topaz from Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/pics/AR70a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR70a.jpg)
![Topaz from Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/pics/AR70b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR70b.jpg)
![Topaz from Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/pics/AR70c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR70c.jpg)
![Topaz from Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/pics/AR70d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR70d.jpg)
![Topaz from Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/pics/ar70e.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/ar70e.jpg)
![Topaz from Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/pics/ar70f.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/ar70f.jpg)
Large glassy blue Topaz crystal complete all around with etched faces and water-clear transparency. The crystal detached in the pocket and is naturally etched all around. Weighs approximately 79 grams.
AR72 - Boleite $ 300 Amelia Mine, Baja, Mexico small cabinet - 5.3 x 3.3 x 3.0 cm ![Boleite from Amelia Mine, Baja, Mexico [db_pics/pics/AR72a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR72a.jpg)
![Boleite from Amelia Mine, Baja, Mexico [db_pics/pics/AR72b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR72b.jpg)
![Boleite from Amelia Mine, Baja, Mexico [db_pics/pics/AR72c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/AR72c.jpg)
Most of the Boleite specimens from Amelia Mine were detached from the soft clay-like matrix. This specimen a rare example of one that still has Boleite crystals intact and in stable condition on the original matrix. There are at least a dozen blue Boleite crystals with the larger ones measuring about 4mm wide.
J108 - Spinel Kagoro, Kaduna State, Nigeria thumbnail - 0.8 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm ![Spinel from Kagoro, Kaduna State, Nigeria [db_pics/pics/J108a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/J108a.jpg)
![Spinel from Kagoro, Kaduna State, Nigeria [db_pics/pics/J108b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/J108b.jpg)
Single octahedral crystal of cobalt blue Spinel. A chip on one tip, otherwise a perfect octahedron with slight edge wear. Translucent to transparent crystal.
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