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Mixed Minerals
January 12, 2023 · 11 specimens

LP527 - Wulfenite with Mimetite $350 available

Mina Oujela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Cabinet - 12 x 9 x 5 cm

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Limonite matrix with a large, flat display face covered by greenish yellow Mimetite and orange Wulfenite crystals. The Mimetite form small rounded clusters and the Wulfenite are well dispersed and separated across the speciemn. The wulfenite and translucent to transparent. Large, colorful specimen.

LP558 - Wulfenite with Barite sold

Maoniuping Mine, Liangshan Yi, Sichuan, China
Small Cabinet - 7 x 5 x 5 cm

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Lustrous orange Wulfenite crystals with bladed white Barite crystals from the Maoniuping Mine in China. Colorful miniature loaded with great crystals.

LP537 - Fluorite $125 available

Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China
Miniature - 4.7 x 3.8 x 2.2 cm

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Glassy and gemmy cluster of transparent purple and light blue Fluorite crystals. The Fluorite are stepped cubic crystals and water clear.

LP547 - Mimetite $150 available

Pingtouling Mine, Liannan Co., Qingyuan Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China
Miniature - 4 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm

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High quality, lustrous crystals of Mimetite on matrix. Undamaged crystals with a rich golden color to 4mm in size.

LP576 - Pyromorphite sold

Daoping Mine, Guangxi Prov., China
Miniature - 3.2 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm

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Bright, almost neon green crystals of Pyropmorphite on a small amount of Quartz matrix. Colorful specimen with a good mixture of large and small crystals.

LP565 - Lazulite sold

Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada
Miniature - 3.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm

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Deep blue crystals of Lazulite coated all sides of specimen. Associated minerals include small brown Siderite crystals and transparent Quartz crystals.

LP563 - Arsenopyrite $125 available

Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China
Miniature - 4 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm

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Cluster of intergrown, doubly-terminated Aresonopyrite crystals. Silvery metallic and well crystallized all around. I found one point of contact on the tip of a smaller crystal, otherwise it's perfectly crystallized and undamaged all around.

LP529 - Stannite on Quartz sold

Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China
Small Cabinet - 7 x 7 x 5.5

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Clusters of irridescent blue Stannite crystals on a large group of transparent Quartz crystals. The main Stannite cluster is 3.3cm wide. Associated minerals include Muscovite and Arsenopyrite.

LP568 - Neptunite sold

Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California, USA
Small Cabinet - 8.5 x 7 x 5 cm

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Highly lustrous black crystals of Neptunite on white Natrolite. The largest crystal is a flat lying 2.8cm crystal that is double terminated. Most people think of Benitoite from this mine, but the Neptunite are also the world's best for species.

LP570 - Fluorite, Chalcopyrite on Quartz sold

Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China
Small Cabinet - 6 x 4.5 x 3

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A row of upright, transparent Quartz crystals is coated on the front by white Dolomite crystals, brassy golden metallic Challcopyrite crystals, and transparent purple cubes of Fluorite. Fine and classic Yaogangxian combination specimen.

LP573 - Cylindrite $275 available

Santa Cruz Mine,Poopo, Oruro Dept., Bolivia
Small Cabinet - 7 x 5.5 x 4

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Exceptionally rich Cylindrite specimen loaded with spray formations of Cylindrite crystals.

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