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October 15, 2021  ·  7 specimens

SV280 - Creedite with Fluorite  sold

Mina Navidad, Rodeo, Durango, Mexico
Small Cabinet - 6.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm



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Creedite with Fluorite Creedite with Fluorite Creedite with Fluorite Creedite with Fluorite Creedite with Fluorite Creedite with Fluorite

Spherical clusters of orange Creedite from Mexico. Quality, undamaged crystals with attached, etched green Fluorite.

SV252 - Franckeite, Zinkenite   $125  available

Itos Mine, Oruro, Bolivia
Miniature - 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm



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Franckeite, Zinkenite Franckeite, Zinkenite Franckeite, Zinkenite Franckeite, Zinkenite Franckeite, Zinkenite

Intergrown spherical clusters of metallic Franckeite with silvery needles of Zinkenite. Franckeite is a rare lead, tin, antimony sulfosalt that is closely related to cylindrite. It was first described in 1893 and named after mining engineers and brothers Carl and Ernest Francke.

SV342 - Fluorite on Sphalerite  sold

Gordonsville Mine, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA
Small Cabinet - 5.5 x 5 x 4 cm



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Fluorite on Sphalerite Fluorite on Sphalerite Fluorite on Sphalerite Fluorite on Sphalerite

Translucent purple Fluorite cubes on dark red Sphalerite. The main Fluorite cube is 4cm tip to tip.

SV312 - Orpiment   $275  available

Cut 62, Twin Creeks Mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
Miniature - 5 x 4.5 x 4 cm



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Orpiment Orpiment Orpiment Orpiment Orpiment

Cluster of translucent amber colored Orpiment crystals from the famous early 2000s finds at the Twin Creeks Gold Mine in Nevada. The well formed crystals are translucent and even have areas of transparency. These are among the world's finest examples of the species, and certainly the best ever found in the USA.

SV315 - Cuprian Adamite  sold

Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Small Cabinet - 7.5 x 5 x 4 cm



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Cuprian Adamite Cuprian Adamite Cuprian Adamite Cuprian Adamite Cuprian Adamite

Vuggy Limonite matrix lined with green Adamite and white Calcite crystals. Excellent, hard to find green color with lots of crystals all over.

SV341 - Mimetite   $400  available

Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Cabinet - 10.5 x 8 x 5 cm



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Mimetite Mimetite Mimetite Mimetite Mimetite

Bubbly mounds of yellow Mimetite from Mapimi. Great coverage of undamaged, botryoidal Mimetite with scattered crystals of Hemimorphite.

SV329 - Fluorite on Calcite  sold

Nasik, Maharashtra State, India
Small Cabinet - 6.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm



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Fluorite on Calcite Fluorite on Calcite Fluorite on Calcite Fluorite on Calcite Fluorite on Calcite

Orange botryoidal Fluorite on Calcite crystals on Quartz. The Fluorite grows in a line up the center of each side of the main Calcite crystal.


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