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Mixed Minerals March 16, 2020 · 14 specimens |
M786 - Mimetite with Wulfenite sold
San Francisco Mine, Sonora, Mexico
Thumbnail - 3 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm
Intensely colored red/orange Mimetite with a few small blades of Wulfenite. Fine thumbnail with the top color for the locality.
M483 - Copper $450 available
Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona, USA
Cabinet - 13 x 8 x 3.5 cm
M792 - Tsavorite with Zoisite sold
Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania
Thumbnail - 2 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm
A 1.4cm Tsavorite crystal on Graphite with a small partial yellow Zoisite crystals atttached. The combination of Zoisite with Tsavorite is uncommon. Contacted on the backside. The Tsavorite has glassy faces and superb color.
M808 - Diaspore sold
Milas, Mugla Prov., Turkey
Thumbnail - 0.8 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm
V-twin crystal of color change Diaspore. From new finds in the mountains near Milas, these new Diaspore crystals are spectacular in color and form and one of the most exciting recent finds. Complete all around with perfect undamaged terminations. Medium purple color in natural sunlight and greenish gold in incandescent lighting.
M811 - Diaspore sold
Milas, Mugla Prov., Turkey
Thumbnail - 0.8 x 0.6 x 0.3 cm
V-twin crystal of color change Diaspore. From new finds in the mountains near Milas, these new Diaspore crystals are spectacular in color and form and one of the most exciting recent finds. Complete all around with perfect undamaged terminations. Medium purple color in natural sunlight and greenish gold in incandescent lighting. A little jewel.
M824 - Fluorite sold
Charles Pfizer & Company Inc. Quarry, Gibsonburg, Sandusky County, Ohio, USA
Miniature - 5 x 3.5 x 3 cm
Transparent brown cubes of Fluorite on matrix. Highly Fluorescent. Rare older specimen from the 1970s.
M761 - Prehnite after Anhydrite $240 available
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA
Small Cabinet - 6 x 6 x 2.5 cm
M598 - Rhodochrosite with Fluorite sold
Sunnyside Mine, Silverton, San Juan Co. Colorado, USA
Small Cabinet - 7.5 x 6 x 4.5 cm
Pale blueish green Fluorite crystals with pink Rhodochrosite from a classic Colorado locality, on a Quartz and sulfide rich matrix.
M801 - Chrysoberyl sold
Tancreado, Santa Teresa, Espirito Santa, Brazil
Thumbnail - 1.8 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm
Glassy and gemmy Chrysoberyl. Twinned and double-terminated. Undamaged with a tiny point of contact on the backside. Great color with large transparent zones.
M832 - Chalcoalumite $220 available
Grandview Mine, Grand Canyon, Coconino Co., Arizona, USA
Miniature - 5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm
M826 - Wulfenite with Mimetite sold
San Francisco Mine, Sonora, Mexico
Small Cabinet - 7.5 x 5 x 4.5 cm
Wulfenite crystals over tiny yellow spherical masses of Mimetite. Crystals on both side of specimen with Wulfenite crystalst to 1.3cm on edge. There are a few broken crystals but most are good. Old specimen from an old Gold mine dating back to the 1800s that is more famous for Wulfenite than Gold.
M825 - Purpurite sold
Usakos, Namibia
Small Cabinet - 5.5 x 4.5 x 1.8 cm
Purpurite covering both the front and back sides of rock matrix. Well saturated color that shimmers slightly when you turn it in the light. Out of an old collection from the 1980s.
M833 - Variscite sold
Avant, Garland Co., Arkansas, USA
Miniature - 5 x 5 x 2.5 cm
Bright lime green crystals of Variscite on sandstone. Out of an old collection from the 1980s. Old label indicates this is a rare specimen.
M827 - Papagoite sold
New Cornelia Pit, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona, USA
Miniature - 4 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm
Bright blue Papagoite covering one face of a reddish rock matrix. From the type locality for Papagoite which was discovered in Ajo in 1960. Out of an old collection from the 1980s.