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Mixed Minerals February 14, 2021 · 9 specimens |
LL662 - Olivenite $300 available
Copper Stope, Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA
Miniature - 3.8 x 3 x 1.5 cm
LL693 - Clinoclase on Cornubite sold
Tin Stope, Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA
Miniature - 4.5 x 4 x 2 cm
Bright electric blue acicular crystals of Clinoclase from the now defunct Majuba Hill Mine. Unlike Clinoclase from other areas or the mine, crystals from the Tin Stope form as spherical masses of needle-like crystals. Specimens such as this that have the blue Clinoclase atop the green Cornubite are especially attractive. There is also another lighter green, unidentified mineral atop the Cornubite.
LL673 - Indicolite with Muscovite sold
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Skardu, Pakistan
Miniature - 5 x 3 x 2.5 cm
Terminated blue and green Tourmaline crystal set in Muscovite and Albite. The Tourmaline is gemmy and undamaged and the Albite is particularly fine quality and shows lots of transparency.
LL674 - Wulfenite sold
Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
Miniature - 5 x 4 x 1.5 cm
Cluster of tabular Wulfenite crystals from Los Lamentos. Specimen is nearly solid Wulfenite with just a tiny bit of attached matrix on the back. The Wulfenite are 'sandwich' style with darker orange, translucent outer layers and a central zone of bright orange, transparent Wulfenite.
LL677 - Copper on Silver sold
Houghton Co., Michigan, USA
Small Cabinet - 5.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm
Large mass of solid Silver with attached small crystals of Copper. These are ususally the other way around (small Silver crystals on larger masses of Copper), but here we have a 5.5cm piece of solid Silver!! Complete all around with a few bits of attached green Epidote. There are a couple areas that show impact from a chisel or drill bit. Ex. Dawson's Minerals, Al McGuinness with old labels
LL623 - Brochantite sold
Milpillas Mine, cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
Miniature - 4.6 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Jackstraw cluster of large Brochantite crystals. Main crystal is a large 4.6cm in length. The crystals have a bright, electric green coloration. This mine is now closed and no more will be coming out.
LL675 - Quartz with Glaucophane inclusions sold
Mount Tamalpais, Marin Co., California, USA
Small Cabinet - 8 x 2 x 2 cm
Double-terminated Quartz crystal with inclusions of blue/grey Glaucophane. These oddly shaped crystals were from a one time find about 10 years ago. Ex. Len Pisciotta collection.
LL679 - Smithsonite sold
Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico
Miniature - 5 x 4.5 x 3 cm
Satiny, botryoidal Smithsonite from Choix. Undamaged with a well saturated purple/pink coloration. Ex. Len Pisciotta collection.
LL535 - Epidote sold
Green Monster Mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska, USA
Miniature - 3.2 x 2 x 1.8 cm
Well terminated dark green Epidote crystals associated with Quartz crystals. Old specimen out of the Chuck Trantham collection.