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Mixed Minerals November 8, 2018 · 14 specimens |
SM442 - Galena on Sphalerite sold
Commodore Mine, Creede, Colorado, USA
Miniature - 4.7 x 2 x 2 cm
Stack of translucent golden Sphalerite crystals with a lustrous 2cm Galena cube affixed to the top. Undamaged floater specimen crystallized on all sides. The Sphalerite have good color, especially when backlit.
SM443 - Wulfenite sold
Tsumeb, Namibia
Miniature - 3.2 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm
A 1.5cm Wulfenite crystal on a Dolomite coated matrix. High quality undamaged specimen.
SM445 - Bixbyite on Fluorite sold
Thomas Range, Utah, USA
Small Cabinet - 6 x 4 x 1.0 cm
Three perfect, lustrous black cubes of Bixbyite on a thin matrix of purple Fluorite. Undamaged and very aesthetic.
SM446 - Spessartine on Galena sold
MMM Mine, Broken Hill, NSW, Australia
Miniature - 5.0 x 5 x 4 cm
Large Spessartine crystal intergrown with Galena crystals. A large sized garnet for the locality.
SM448 - Arsenopyrite 'spaceship' with Chalcopyrite and Cassiterite sold
Panasquiera, Portugal
Small Cabinet - 5.5 x 3 x 3 cm
Undamaged floater specimen of Arsenopyrite, well crystallized all around. There are all sorts of stepped, metallic surfaces that flash colors of silver and gold, with areas that flare out causing the whole (to me) to resemble a spaceship. Right where the cockpit would be sits a perfect Chacopyrite crystal upon which sits a small black Cassiterite crystal. Fine and unusual specimen.
SM450 - Hemimorphite sold
Summit Mine, Broadwater Co., Montana, USA
Small Cabinet - 7 x 6.5 x 5 cm
Large open vug in matrix lined with Hemimorphite crystals to about 1cm in length. The Summit Mine produced what are likely the best USA Hemimorphites ever found. This is a fine example.
SM458 - Silver sold
Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway (?)
Thumbnail - 2 x 1 x 0.7 cm
Thick Silver wire with nice curves. This came out of an old collection of thubmnails with no label. I was told that 'there were some Kongsberg Silvers in the collection'.
SM459 - Veszelyite sold
Laochang Mine, Gejiu Co., Yunnan Province, China
Cabinet - 10.5 x 8.0 x 6 cm
Sharp crystals of Veszelyite to 4mm on Hemimorphite lined vugs in matrix. There are vugs of crystals all over. Very rich sample. Veszelyite is a rare phosphate mineral only found in a few places worldwide as collectable mineral specimens. These specimens have only been found in the past few years and are one of the more interesting mineral surprises from China.
SM468 - Quartz $150 available
Herkimer, New York, USA
Miniature - 4.9 x 3.8 x 3 cm
SM469 - Calcite with Ilvaite $150 available
Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Russia
Small Cabinet - 5.5 x 5 x 2.5 cm
SM471 - Sapphire sold
Mogok, Myanmar
Thumbnail - 1.3 x 0.4 x 0.4 cm
Blue and colorless Sapphire crystal from teh famous gem gravels of Mogok. Double-terminated and undamaged with transparent zones.
SM472 - Pyrite sold
Ashio Mine, Honshu Island, Japan
Thumbnail - 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm
Cluster of undamaged Pyrite crystals with good surface striations. Ex. Akachan o Naki Okazai collection with label.
SM480 - Pyrite sold
Navajun, La Rioja, Spain
Small Cabinet - 5.4 x 5.4 x 5.3 cm
Large single Pyrite cube from this famous Pyrite locality. This is uncommonly big, and was significant enough to held in a collection for years. There is one defect where the old collection label is still affixed, otherwise perfect all around.
SM481 - Wulfenite sold
Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
Miniature - 4.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm
Orange Wulfenite crystals on matrix. Main crystal displays very well and is 2.3cm wide. There is a clustr of smaller crystals behind the main crystal. There is a chip on the backside of the main crystal, not visible from the front.