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Thumbnails August 6, 2020 · 18 specimens |
CT186 - Quartz scepter sold
Fat Jack Mine, Yavapai Co., Arizona, USA
Thumbnail - 2.1 x 1.3 x 1 cm
Single undamaged Quartz scepter from the famous Fat Jack Mine in Arizona with a purple Amethyst scepter head over a white Quartz stalk.
CT175 - Fluorite sold
Zarembo Island, Wrangell, Alsaka, USA
Thumbnail - 2.5 x 2 x 1.8 cm
Light green to colorless octahedrons of Fluorite from a a rare and obscure Alaskan locality. Main crystal is a razor sharp 1cm crystal perched top and center. Ex. Henry Schmidt collection.
CT153 - Fluorite with Calcite sold
Stoneco Auglaize Quarry, Junction, Paulding Co., Ohio, USA
Thumbnail - 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm
Purple phantomed Fluorite cubes with golden Calcite crystals. Ex. Jay Medici.
CT154 - Fluorite with Calcite sold
Stoneco Auglaize Quarry, Junction, Paulding Co., Ohio, USA
Thumbnail - 2.2 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm
Purple phantomed Fluorite cubes with golden Calcite crystals. Ex. Jay Medici.
CT160 - Fluorite with Calcite sold
Stoneco Auglaize Quarry, Junction, Paulding Co., Ohio, USA
Thumbnail - 2.5 x 1.8 x 1.8 cm
Purple phantomed Fluorite cubes with golden Calcite crystals. There is a beautiful butterfly-twin Calcite atop the Fluorite cubes. Ex. Jay Medici.
CT167 - Uvite with Magnesite $120 available
Brumado Mine, Bahia, Brazil
Thumbnail - 2.5 x 2 x 1.3 cm
CT159 - Rose Quartz scepter sold
Pitorra Mine, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Thumbnail - 2 x 1 x 1 cm
Pink Rose Quartz scepter head over a white Quartz stalk. This is an unusual one and the old label calls it a 'Hopper scepter' as it is somewhat cup-shaped. The Rose Quartz is also totally transparent which is uncommon and Rose Quartz is more typically only translucent. Neat, undamaged specimen.
CT180 - Leucite sold
Poggio Vibbio, Viterbo, Italy
Thumbnail - 3 x 2.5 x 2 cm
A sharp and complete 1.3cm Leucite crystal in matrix. Ex. Chuck Trantham acquired in 1997 from Wolfgang Heller.
CT195 - Hematite sold
Yuma Co., Arizona, USA
Thumbnail - 2 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm
Bright and lustrous composite crystal group with good faces on all sides. Yuma Co. Hematite crystals are rarely available for sale.
CT222 - Hydromagnesite, Artinite sold
Staten Island, Richmond Co., New York, USA
Thumbnail - 3 x 2 x 1 cm
White hemispheres of Hydromagnesite and acicular sprays of Artinite that contrast well against a green matrix. Old specimen likely from the 1960s.
CT155 - Tetrahedrite sold
Pacococha, Peru
Thumbnail - 2.8 x 2 x 1.5 cm
A 1.3cm Tetrahedrite crystal associated with Galena, Quartz, and Pyrite. A small tip of another Terahedrite grows out the main face of the larger Tetrahedrite crystal.
CT173 - Pyrite on Quartz sold
Spruce Claim, King Co., Washington, USA
Thumbnail - 3 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm
Undamaged, transparent Quartz crystals with an unusually formed Pyrite crystal attached to the termination of the large Quartz crystal. Great specimen from the Chuck Trantham collection, originally acquired by Chuck from Bob Jackson in 1985.
CT232 - Argentite with wire Silver sold
Idarado Mine, Ouray, Colorado, USA
Thumbnail - 1.5 x 1.3 x 1 cm
Argentite with protruding wires of Silver. The Silver wires are short but thick and curving.
CT197 - Elbaite sold
Elba Island, Toscana, Italy
Thumbnail - 0.9 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Gemmy, undamaged single Elbaite (Tourmaline) crystal from the type locality. Great specimen from the Chuck Trantham collection, originally acquired by Chuck from Dave Shannon in 2000.
CT198 - Bournonite $150 available
Machacamarca Mine, Potosi Dept., Bolivia
Thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm
CT182 - Bournonite $90 available
Machacamarca Mine, Potosi Dept., Bolivia
Thumbnail - 2.4 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm
CT190 - Bournonite sold
Machacamarca Mine, Potosi Dept., Bolivia
Miniature - 3.3 x 2 x 1.5 cm
Well formed 2cm 'cogwheels' of Bournonite that sit up side by side perfectly for display, on a small amount of matrix with other associated minerals. This is from older finds at mine that has produced some of the world's finest Bournonites. Good from front and back.
CT192 - Mimetite sold
Hat Yai Prov., Thailand
Thumbnail - 1.9 x 1.4 x 0.7 cm
Bright and lustrous yellow Mimetite crystals on matrix. These came out briefly in quantity years ago and have since dissappeared.