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Rare Minerals April 22, 2020 · 9 specimens |
CT103 - MetaKoettigite sold
Mina Oujela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Miniature - 4.4 x 3.3 x 1.3 cm
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 $125.
CT105 - Koettigite sold
Mina Oujela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Miniature - 4.8 x 3 x 1 cm
Sprays of green Koettigite on both sides of a vuggy limonite matrix. A much sought after rarity from Mapimi. Comes with an old Chuck Trantham label.
CT187 - Vuagnatite sold
Copper King Mine, Red Mountain, Mendocino Co., California, USA
Thumbnail - 2.5 x 1 x 1 cm
Glassy, colorless/white orthorhombic crystals of vuagnatite, a rare silicate, on matrix. A small specimen but with big crystals, to 3mm in size. Collected by Chuck Trantham.
CT217 - McGuinnessite sold
Copper King Mine, Red Mountain, Mendocino Co., California, USA
Small Cabinet - 8.5 x 7 x 2 cm
Mcguinnessite is a rare Mg-Cu carbonate, a member of Rosasite Group and is named after well-known California mineralogist, Al McGuinness. The matrix is richly covered with radial clusters and hemispheres of teal-blue mcguinnessite. Comes with an old Chuck Trantham label that shows his old price of $100.
CT115 - Galkhaite sold
Getchell Mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada
Thumbnail - 3 x 2 x 1.3 cm
Bright red Galkhaite crystals on Quartz coated matrix. The crystal reach 1.5mm in size. Galkhaite is a very rare cesium, thallium, mercury sulfide.
CT132 - Galkhaite sold
Getchell Mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada
Miniature - 3.3 x 2.5 x 2 cm
Bright red Galkhaite crystals on Quartz coated matrix. The crystal reach 1.5mm in size. Galkhaite is a very rare cesium, thallium, mercury sulfide.
CT108 - Iranite sold
Chah Khouni Mine, Anarak District, Isfahan Province, Iran
Miniature - 4 x 3 x 1.5 cm
Lustrous red Iranite on matrix from the type locality in Iran. Iranite is a rare lead-copper-chromate. Ex. Al McGunniess, Chuck Trantham specimens with labels.
CT112 - Deerite sold
Laytonville Quarry, Mendocino Co., California, USA
Small Cabinet - 7.5 x 4 x 2 cm
Long black acicular crystals of Deerite, a rare silicate mineral named after one of the authors of the popular book, 'An Introduction to the Rock Forming Minerals'. From the type locality.
CT158 - Meneghinite sold
Kalker Quarry, Santa Cruz, California, USA
Thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm
Bright silvery Meneghinite, a rare lead copper antimony sulfide, on matrix.