Mixed Minerals — Marin Mineral

Mixed Minerals
July 11, 2025 · 9 specimens

R282 - Azurite, Malachite $125 available

Apex Mine, Washington Co., Utah, USA
Thumbnail - 3.0 x 3 x 1.2 cm

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Colorful miniature of sparkling botryoidal blue Azurite with Malachite.

R283 - Rhodochrosite with Bertrandite sold

Kounrad Massif, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan
Thumbnail - 2.8 x 2.2 x 2 cm

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Translucent to transparent Rhodochrosite crystals to 1cm on a mica covered matrix with associated Bertrandite crystals.

R284 - Rhodochrosite $140 available

Barra do Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Thumbnail - 1.2 x 1 x 0.7 cm

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Complete single crystal of cherry-red Rhodochrosite. Nice color and transparent. Neat example of a pegmatitic Rhodochrosite.

R285 - Rhodochrosite $225 available

Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Thumbnail - 2.5 x 2 x 1.2 cm

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Glassy red Rhodochrosite crystals with attached black Aegerine crystals. More brick red on the surface, the bright translucent red interior is visible in areas.

R287 - Anglesite $120 available

Erupcion Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
Thumbnail - 1.5 x 1 x 0.3 cm

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Transparent, doubly-terminated Anglesite crystal from Los Lamentos. Complete and undamaged, with perhaps some minor contacting along the bottom edge, this is essentially a floater. Neat addition to a Los Lamentos suite or a Mexican thumbnails collection.

R289 - Pseudomalachite $250 available

Mashamba West Mine, Lualaba, DR Congo
Small Cabinet - 7 x 3.5 x 3 cm

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Quartz crystal lined vug with dark green hemispheres of Pseudomalachite. Pseudomalachite is a phosphate mineral that is generally darker green than Malachite, a carbonate mineral. There is also a dark forest green mineral present (Vesignieite?).

R291 - Chrome Dravite $175 available

Landanai, Tanzania
Thumbnail - 1.5 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm

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Transparent, deep green chrome and vanadium rich Dravite from Tanzania. Well crystallized all around, this is essentially a floater with just a couple small points of contact. There are good sized areas of glass-like transparency that could cut gemstones and the whole crystal reallly lights up with backlighting (last photo).

R292 - Zincite $200 available

Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
Small Cabinet - 6 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm

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Dark red crystals of Zincite in Calcite. The crystals reach 2cm in size and one shows sharp form. Crystals of black Franklinite are also present.

R293 - Barite sold

Kamarieza mine, Laurium, Attica, Greece
Cabinet - 10 x 9.0 x 3.5 cm

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Mound-shaped cluster of white Barite crystals from Greece. The Barite crystals have distinct red tips. In excellent overall condition.

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