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Mixed Minerals August 28, 2019 · 11 specimens |
MM101 - Cinnabar in Quartz sold
Hunan, China
Small Cabinet - 8 x 5 x 4 cm
Large single Quartz crystal with inclusions of Cinnabar. The Quartz is complete all around but not perfect as the backside of the termination has some natural contact where it intergrew with Calcite and possibly some damage. Regardless, this is a rare spcimen richly included by Cinnabar and hard to find in this size. This is an old Al McGuinness specimen and label indicated Al acquired it back in 1987.
MM102 - Calcite sold
Hercules Mine (Negra Mine), La Negra, Mun. Sierra Mojada, Coahuila, Mexico
Small Cabinet - 9 x 8 x 5 cm
Spectacular, bright and gemmy Calcite crystals on matrix. Incredibly beautiful Calcite from a little know Mexican locality. Main crystal is 6.5cm tall and accented by numerous smaller crystals. Undamaged. Much better and brighter in person.
MM104 - Japan twin Quartz with Augelite sold
Mundo Nuevo Mine, La Libertad, Peru
Thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm
Aesthetic thumbnail composed of transparent, Japan twin Quartz crystals all stacked together in an artistic arrangement. A perfect, terminated green Augelite sticks out from the base.
MM105 - Stibnite sold
Manhattan District, Nye Co., Nevada, USA
Small Cabinet - 5.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm
Cluster of Stibnite crystals from a well known and long closed locality. Scuptural grouping of crystals with individual crystals to 4.5cm long. Historic specimen from the source of the best Stibnite specimens in the USA. .
MM106 - Silver sold
Kongsberg, Norway
Thumbnail - 2.7 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm
Thumbnail-sized mass of solid Silver crystals, different than the more typical wires seen from Kongsberg. A floater well crystallized all around with great structures on both sides. Weighs 14.24 grams and comes with an old Pala International label.
MM108 - Amethyst scepter $200 available
Las Vigas, Veracruz, Mexico
Miniature - 3.5 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
MM109 - Ilvaite sold
Dalnegorsk, Russia
Thumbnail - 3 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
Chunky single Ilvaite crystal, complete all around and undamaged. Good luster and a full sized thumbnail.
MM110 - Laumontite sold
Pine Creek Mine, Bishop, California, USA
Miniature - 5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm
Well formed Laumontite crystals spraying out in various directions, all terminated and undamaged. The Pine Creek Mine is an old Tungsten mine situated at an elevation of 11,300 feet above sea level and produced a number of these little know, high quality Laumontite specimens. Although the previous label calls it Laumontite, I understand these are actually pseudomorphs of leonhardite after laumontite.
MM111 - Benitoite sold
Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California, USA
Thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm
A 7mm blue Benitoite crystal with white Natrolite in a shallow vug in schist matrix. The Benitoite crystal is undamaged.
MM112 - Legrandite sold
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Thumbnail - 1.5 x 1 x 1 cm
Terminated 7mm Legrandite crystal on matrix.
MM113 - Smithsonite sold
Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico
Cabinet - 13 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm
Brightly colored blue and purple Smithsonite specimen with silky luster and intense, uncommon coloration. The color reminds me of overly dyed cotton candy. Comes with an old Don Olson label showing a price of $1250. .