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Rare Minerals April 9, 2022 · 25 specimens |
LV289 - Senegalite on Turquoise $275 available
Mount Kouroudiako, Faleme River Basin, Senegal
Small Cabinet - 7.5 x 6 x 2.5 cm
T133 - Cafarsite $220 available
Wannigletscher, Scherbadung, Valais (Wallis), Switzerland
Thumbnail - 1.1 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm
Sharp single crystal of the rare calcium, titanium, iron, manganese arsenate Cafarsite. Good luster with flashes of red/orange color. From the type locality.
LV301 - Rosasite on Hemimorphite sold
79 Mine, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
Small Cabinet - 6 x 5 x 2.5 cm
Colorful specimen of deep blue/green spherical Rosasite atop sky blue Hemimorphite. Lots going on here with good crystals on both sides. The front has blue Hemimorphite, Rosasite, and a second generations of white bladed Hemimorphite. The backside shows areas of light green Smithsonite over blue Hemimorphite with with small isolated spheres of Rosasite.
T139 - Hauerite sold
Jeziorko Mine, Tarnobrzeg, Podkarpackie Prov., Poland
Thumbnail - 0.6 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm
Complete and undamaged single Hauerite crystal, a cube modified by octahedral faces.
LV300 - Cuprite with Cerussite $150 available
Tsumeb, Namibia
Miniature - 5 x 4 x 3 cm
Dark red Cuprite crystals, glassy Cerussite on white Dolomite.
T342 - Cumengeite on Selenite sold
Amelia Mine, Sant Rosalia, Baja, Mexico
Small Cabinet - 7 x 4.5 x 2 cm
Rare crystals of Cumengeite on a translucent Selenite matrix with green Paratacamite. The main crystal is 7mm wide but there are many more small crystals present. This specimen was in the personal collection of the mine manager who collected it in 1971 and just released it for sale. It is very rare to find a matrix Cumengite specimen!
LV345 - Stibnite with Pyrite sold
Julcani, Huancavelica Dept., Peru
Small Cabinet - 5.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm
Mass of solid Pyrite crystals with attached steel grey Stibnite crystals. Old piece out of a collection that comes with a label showing a date of 2007.
T346 - Szenicsite $750 available
Jardinera #1 Mine, Atacama Province, Chile
Thumbnail - 3.0 x 2.0 x 2 cm
Dense grouping of bright green platy crystals of the rare mineral Szenicsite. A good thumbnail of a mineral that is both rare and attractive. Szenicsite is named after American mineral collectors Terry and Marissa Szenics,
LV139 - Getchellite sold
Getchell Mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
Small Cabinet - 6 x 4 x 3 cm
Bright red, platy Getchellite crystals in yellow Orpiment from the Getchell Mine in Nevada. Getchellite is a rare arsenic and antimony sulfide mineral and the Getchell Mine is the Type locality for the species.
LV285 - Wohlerite sold
Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Miniature - 5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm
Yellow crystals of Wohlerite to 2cm embedded in pegmatite matrix. Wohlerite is a rare silicate mineral containing Nobium. The syenite pegmatites in this area of Norway is the Type locality for the species. Comes with a couple old labels.
K269 - Sulfohalite sold
Searles Lake, California
Thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm
This is as fine a Sulfohalite crystals as I've ever seen. Sharply formed with good yellow color and translucency. The bottom (sixth) point is incomplete but not damaged.
LV129 - Fluellite $225 available
Willard Mine, Lovelock, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA
Miniature - 5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm
Shallow vug loaded with large crystals of Fluellite. The crystals reach 3mm in size and are in excellent condition. Fluellite is a rare phosphate mineral and the world's best were found at this old Gold mine in Nevada.
CT101 - Koettigite sold
Mina Oujela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Miniature - 4.7 x 3 x 1.5 cm
Sprays of green Koettigite on both sides of a vuggy limonite matrix. A much sought after rarity from Mapimi. Comes with an old AL McGuinness label.
LV322 - Brochantite sold
Potrerillos Mine, Atacama Prov., Chile
Miniature - 4.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm
Vuggy matrix loaded with bright green Brochantite crystals.
CT131 - Galkhaite sold
Getchell Mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada
Miniature - 5 x 3 x 2.2 cm
Bright red Galkhaite crystals on Quartz coated matrix. The crystal reach 1.5mm in size. Galkhaite is a very rare cesium, thallium, mercury sulfide.
SV263 - Hureaulite sold
Jocao Mine, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Miniature - 4 x 2.7 x 2 cm
Bright pink crystals of Hureaulite on both sides of specimen. This mine is well known for it's great phosphate minerals, and the Hurealite from this locality is superb.
LV288 - Sillimanite sold
Nibbio-Val Faera pegmatites, Nibbio, Mergozzo, Piedmont, Italy
Miniature - 4.5 x 4 x 3 cm
Translucent greyish crystals of Sillimanite in matrix. These are found in pegmatites in cliffs near the village of Nibbio. The main crystal is 4cm long.
CT165 - Legrandite $225 available
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.
LV304 - Wulfenite, Mimetite sold
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Small Cabinet - 7 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm
Globular yellow/green Mimetite all over a Limonite matrix with attached orange Wulfenite crystals, some of which are very transparent. Comes with a few old labels.
CT106 - Senarmontite sold
Djebel Hammimat Mine, Ain Babouche District, Algeria
Miniature - 3.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm
Crystals of translucent grey octahedral Senarmontite on both sides of the specimen, with larger crystals to 6mm on the front and small drusy crystals on the back. Discovered in 1845, the Djebel Hammimat Mine is the type locality for sénarmontite, an antimony oxide dimorph of Valentinite. Ex. Chuck Trantham, Al McGuinness specimen.
LV284 - Gillespite, Sanbornite $60 available
El Rosario Mine, El Alamo, Ensenada Municipality, Baja California, Mexico
Miniature - 4.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm
Bright red crystals of Gillespite in massive crystalline white Sanbornite.
CT348 - Siegenite $275 available
Buick Mine, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
Thumbnail - 3 x 2.5 x 1 cm
Crystals of Siegenite on a sulfide rich matrix that is crystallized on both sides. Siegenite is a cobalt nickel sulfide that is one of the rarer and most sought after minerals from Missouri's Viburnum Trend.
CT399 - Inderite $240 available
Boron, Kern Co., California, USA
Small Cabinet - 8 x 3 x 2 cm
Well formed cluster of terminated, translucent Inderite crystals. Elegant, prismatic crystals with a thin coating of white Tincalconite in areas. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection #53. Though Chuck saw many of these, this was the one he decided to keep, for obvious reasons.
LV275 - Rutile in Quartz sold
Spera Mountain, Momond Agency, Pakistan
Small Cabinet - 5.8 x 3.3 x 1.8 cm
Red meatllic sprays of Rutile in a transparent Quartz crystal. Each Rutile spray radiates out from a central point. Undamaged.
CT462 - Vaugnatite sold
Copper King Mine, Red Mountain, Mendocino Co., California, USA
Small Cabinet - 7.2 x 2.5 x 2 cm
Glassy, colorless/white orthorhombic crystals of vuagnatite, a rare silicate mineral, on matrix. Collected by Chuck Trantham in 1982 and valued at that time at $100.