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Mixed Minerals October 1, 2020 · 10 specimens |
CT648 - Pyrite sold
La Rioja, Navajun, Spain
Miniature - 3.2 x 3.1 x 3.1 cm
Classic single Pyrite cube from Spain, 3 cm on edge and 4.5cm on the diagonal. Complete and undamaged.
CT339 - Huebnerite with Quartz sold
Huayllapon Mine, Pasto Bueno, Ancash Dept., Peru
Small Cabinet - 7 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm
Aesthetic, undamaged cluster of Huebnerite crystals surrounded by clear Quartz crystals. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection. HIs old label notes that he bought this for $100 from Al McGuinness back in 1978.
K844 - Prehnite sold
Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania
Miniature - 4 x 3.5 x 2 cm
Gorgeous clean and translucent to transparent Prehnite rosette. There is a contact at the base otherwise it's undamaged with a smooth, flat backside where is was likely plucked off a Calcite crystal.
CT604 - Calcite, Barite on Fluorite sold
Minerva Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Cabinet - 15 x 6 x 4 cm
Large specimen of purple and yellow Fluorite crystals that are covered on top and sides by white bladed Barite crystals and yellow scalenohedral Calcite crystals. In good condition, nothing but crystals everywhere.
D555 - Tsavorite sold
Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania
Thumbnail - 1.4 x 1 x 0.7 cm
Gemmy single Tsavorite (Grossular) crystal with Graphite. Excellent color and undamaged.
D489 - Torbernite sold
Unknown
Miniature - 4.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm
Platy green crystals of Torbernite on matrix. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection without any labels.
D720 - Copper $1,250 available
Hekla Mine, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA
Small Cabinet - 7.5 x 6.5 x 3.6 cm
Well crystallized Copper specimen with a grouping of good crystals rising up off larger, thick crystals at the base.
CT666 - Stilbite with Mordenite sold
Skookumchuck Dam, near Bucoda, Thurston Co., Washington, USA
Small Cabinet - 8 x 5 x 3 cm
Cluster of white Stilbite crystals with Mordenite, nothing but crystals everywhere, an excellent example for the species from the USA. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection. Chuck worked at this dam and collected many fine zeolites. His old handwritten card indicated it was collected from the left abuttment in 1970. This looks like a good one and it it must have been, as Chuck selected it to save in his personal collection.
CT656 - Heulandite with Mordenite sold
Amudika River, near Mirny, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia
Miniature - 4.2 x 3 x 2.2 cm
Bi-colored Heulandite crystal with Mordenite. A fine quality double-terminated Heulandite 2cm wide. Hard to find old specimen from Chuck Trantham personal collection.
CT658 - Heulandite with Mordenite, Calcite sold
Amudika River, near Mirny, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia
Miniature - 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm
Bi-colored Heulandite crystal with Mordenite and Calcite crystals. A fine quality double-terminated Heulandite 2.2cm wide. Hard to find old specimen from Chuck Trantham personal collection.