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November 6, 2020  ·  15 specimens

CT758 - Bindheimite  sold

Silver City, South Dakota, USA
Small Cabinet - 7.3 x 5 x 2.5 cm



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Bindheimite Bindheimite Bindheimite Bindheimite Bindheimite

Yellow, earthy Bindheimite, a rare Lead Antimony oxide mineral. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection, acquired from Steve Perry Minerals who acquired out of the Frank Edwards collection. An old label shows that Edwards acquired this in 1967 from Wards for a price of $3.


CT752 - Allophane  sold

Laurium, Greece
Small Cabinet - 8 x 6 x 4 cm



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Allophane Allophane Allophane Allophane

Bubbly green Allophane on a vuggy dark brown matrix. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection, formerly out of the Frank Edwards collection. An old label shows that Edwards acquired this in 1967 from Shortmann's Minerals for a price of $2.


CT864 - Pascoite  sold

Blue Streak Mine, Montrose Co., Colorado, USA
Miniature - 5 x 3 x 2 cm



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Pascoite Pascoite Pascoite Pascoite

Bright orange Pascoite on matrix. Pascoite was discovered in the Pasco Province of Peru, for which it is named, and described in 1914. Uncommon specimen from the Chuck Trantham collection.


CT899 - Parisite  sold

Snowbird Mine, Alberton, Mineral Co., Montana, USA
Miniature - 4 x 2.5 x 2 cm



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Parisite Parisite Parisite Parisite

Unusual branch-like brown crystals of Parisite, an uncommon rare-earth carbonate mineral. The Snowbird Mine was a small mine active in the 1950s and has produced some of the world's best crystals for the species. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection.


CT949 - Desautelsite  sold

Artinite Pit, Clear Creek Area, San Benito Co., California, USA
Thumbnail - 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm



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Desautelsite Desautelsite Desautelsite Desautelsite

Drusy yellow orange microcrystals of Desautelsite with Hydromagnesite on a Serpentine matrix. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection. Self collected by Chuck in 1985.


CT938 - Sursassite  sold

Val d'Err, Graubunden, Switzerland
Miniature - 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm



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Sursassite Sursassite Sursassite

Red/orange Sursassite on matrix from the type locallity for the species. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection.


CT939 - Varlamoffite  sold

Hingston Down, Cornwall, England
Miniature - 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm



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Varlamoffite Varlamoffite Varlamoffite Varlamoffite

Bright yellow Varlamoffite, a tine oxide mineral, on matrix. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection.


CT940 - Sylvialite  sold

Loitsch Quarry, Weida, Greiz District, Thuringia, Germany
Thumbnail - 3 x 2 x 1 cm



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Sylvialite Sylvialite Sylvialite

Sylvialite in a dark Diabase matrix. Sylvialite is a rare mineral in the Scapolite group of minerals, known from only a handful of localities worldwide. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection. Purchased by Chuck at the Tucson show in 2001 for a cost of $40.


CT915 - Nissonite  sold

Panoche Valley, San Benito Co., California, USA
Small Cabinet - 6 x 4 x 1 cm



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Nissonite Nissonite Nissonite Nissonite

Blue//green Nissonite, a rare phosphate mineral, on matrix from the type locality. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection. From MINDAT: Named for William H. Nisson (1912–1965), amateur mineralogist, mineral collector and dealer, of Petaluma, California, USA, who first noted the mineral.


CT923 - Guitermanite with Zunyite  sold

Zuni Mine, Silverton, Colorado, USA
Small Cabinet - 7 x 5 x 2.5 cm



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Guitermanite with Zunyite Guitermanite with Zunyite Guitermanite with Zunyite Guitermanite with Zunyite Guitermanite with Zunyite Guitermanite with Zunyite

Guitermanite, a rare lead arsenic and sulfur mineral, from the only know locality for the species. The Zuni Mine is a former Cu-Pb-Ag occurrence/mine located on Anvil Mountain, about 3 miles north of Silverton. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection.


CT929 - Mooreite  sold

Sterling Hill, Franklin, New Jersey, USA
Thumbnail - 3 x 3 x 2 cm



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Mooreite Mooreite Mooreite Mooreite

Mooreite on matrix from the type locality (and one of the only known localities) for the species. Named in honor of Gideon Emmet Moore who studied the minerals of Sterling Hill and Franklin, New Jersey and named the minerals brushite, chalcophanite, cryptokallite, and hetaerolite. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection.


CT935 - Luzonite  sold

Chinhuashi, Keelung, Taiwan
Thumbnail - 1 x 1 x 0.5 cm



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Luzonite Luzonite Luzonite Luzonite

Black Luzonite crystals from a now closed locality. Luzonite is a rare Copper and Arsenic Sulfide mineral. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection.


CT934 - FerriStrunzite  sold

Blaton, Bernissart, Hainaut, Wallonia, Belgium
Miniature - 4 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm



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FerriStrunzite FerriStrunzite FerriStrunzite

White acicular crystals of Ferristrunzite, a rare phosphate mineral, on matrix from the type locality for the species. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection.


CT936 - Niocalite  sold

Oka, Quebec, Canada
Thumbnail - 2.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm



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Niocalite Niocalite Niocalite Niocalite Niocalite

Small yellow crystals on Niocalite in matrix fromthe type locality for the species. Niocalite is a rare mineral in the Wohlerite group of mineral and is only found in 3 localities worldwide. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection.


CT913 - Metakoettigite  sold

Mina Oujela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Small Cabinet - 7 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm



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Metakoettigite Metakoettigite Metakoettigite Metakoettigite

Sprays of Metakoettigite and green Koettigite on both sides of a vuggy limonite matrix. A much sought after rarity from Mapimi. Comes with an old Chuck Trantham label with an old price of $200.


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