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S12630 - Hausmannite - $500
Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, North Cape Province, South Africa
Overall Size: 4.6 x 3 cm
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The brightest hausmannites, seen here to 1.4 cm long, show nearly seamless high-quality smooth faces of an
otherwise dullish and pitted looking mineral most of the time, but not this pseudo-octahedral group of eleven
crystals, in person it is a brilliant show of reflected light! Damage free too.
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S12631 - Quartz - $285 SOLD
Ace of Diamonds Mine, Middleville, Herkimer Co., New York
Overall Size: 4.2 x 3.2 cm
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Flawless material is rare by any standard even from the famous Herkimer locality where crystals are often partially
filled with various inclusions, and as the photos show this one is a JEWEL. Another rarity from here, there is no
repair or damage even under the scrutiny of a loupe. Exquisite!
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S12632 - Uvite - $250
Power's Farm, Pierrepont, St Lawrence Co., New York
Overall Size: 5.8 x 5.3 cm
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An American classic and a source of good uvite specimens since 1830. Especially fine for the states, this
undamaged double term measures 3 x 2.5 cm in size in quartz. The luster strongly resembles the smoothness
of a mirror, showing its external quality.
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S12640 - Smithsonite - $175
79 Mine, Banner District, Gila Co., Arizona
Overall Size: 6 x 4.4 cm
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Colored deep vivid green by copper compounds, this glowing botryoidal crust has the color when one thinks of
79 mine smithsonite. The wonderful saturation was rarely encountered at the mine. An older specimen collected
in the mid-1990s by Phoenix based collectors. In good condition.
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S12641 - Azurite with Malachite - $1750
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona
Overall Size: 5 x 2.5 cm
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The mine produced azurite pockets of highly individualized, sharp-edged crystals of considerable deep royal blue
color that occurred under the same circumstances as malachite, only with minor pseudomorphism at the base.
Such electrifying mixtures are highly prized by the display collector, and this one not only is well arranged and
VERY aesthetic, but also is free of damage, a small miracle given their tendency to chip. One of the treasures
in the Ostrinski collection.
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S12642 - Brochantite - $150
Blanchard Claim, Bingham, Socorro Co., New Mexico
Overall Size: 7.3 x 7 cm
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Wow, check these lively brochantites out! Nice to see a small cabinet specimen that isn't overpopulated and against
contrasting matrix, a nice feature making it all the more attractive. Showy 7.3 x 7 cm plate!
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S12643 - Pyromorphite - $450
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone Co., Idaho
Overall Size: 3.5 x 2 cm
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If you like this style of branching groups in prismatic crystallization then this bright yellowish orange "cross"
projecting from gossan rich matrix certainly meets those aesthetic requirements, and though comparatively
small it is very pristine for a miniature. The Jersey vein of the Bunker Hill mine has produced outstanding
batches of pyros over the last 30 plus years.
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S12645 - Columbite-(Fe) - $850 SOLD
Rubindi Pegmatite, Gatumba District, Kigali, Rwanda
Overall Size: 5 x 4.2 cm
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Rarely talked about, near the capital of Kigali, is the obscure pegmatite field of Gatumba even though the area
has emerged as a top columbite/tantalite producer in Rwanda's mining industry we almost never see anything.
Partly, due to extracting columbite for ore instead of specimens, aside from this, the mineral increases in
desirability in highly reflective crystals, which we have here, making this one more than just locality.
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S12646 - Pyromorphite - $475
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone Co., Idaho
Overall Size: 3.4 x 2.5 cm
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These pretty "butterscotch" specimens of pyromorphite are not easy to obtain, especially in one hundred percent
undamaged floaters for the mine. Crystals reach 1.8 cm. Beautifully golden, every sharp-edged cavernous
prisms resemble some mimetite and vanadinite, two other knockout minerals. Nice rock!
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S12647 - Hematite - $235
Max Tessmer Farm, Chub Lake, St. Lawrence Co., New York
Overall Size: 7.7 x 6.4 cm
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Very brilliant metallic luster blanket these mica-like "iron roses" bulging from both sides of crystallized matrix.
Splendid hematite for the United States of America. Shiny!
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S12648 - Pyromorphite - $450 SOLD
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone Co., Idaho
Overall Size: 4.6 x 2.5 cm
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A real stunner of remarkable coloration for pyromorphite, entirely bright, glassy and undamaged yellowish green
crystals from the worldclass pocket in 1981 that put Bunker Hill on the map. This spread of very succulent and
appealing crystals really is a strong miniature-sized cluster. In good condition.
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S12649 - Fluorite - $100
Tule Mine, Melchor Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico
Overall Size: 6.2 x 4.6 cm
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Few fluorite localities in Mexico produce colorful well formed crystals. The dark to light purple clusters come in
two distinct types, one in rough stepped faces and the other in flat lustrous cubic form to 3 cm as shown.
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S12650 - Calcite (Var. Manganoan Calcite) with Quartz - $175
Pachapaqui, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru
Overall Size: 8.7 x 6.5 cm
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Bundles of long pink crystals with multiple terminations create one of the famous "pineapple" manganoan
calcites known to occur at this location. Its striking appearance to the fruit is truly remarkable, complete with
leaves and all! Stands nicely at 8.7 x 6.5 cm in overall size.
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S12652 - Wulfenite with Calcite - $250
Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico
Overall Size: 5.4 x 4 cm
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These wulfenite crystals, the yummy legrandite-yellow color seen from very few localities, only measure to 1 cm,
but boy are they pretty "windowpanes" for the species! Plus, as an additional bonus, they sit on lustrous and
contrasting rhombs of calcite.
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S12653 - Schorl - $90
Barrett Brothers Quarry, Seymour, New Haven Co., Connecticut
Overall Size: 5.6 x 2.5 cm
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Nice 5.6 x 2.5 cm schorl crystal for the locality. It could be improved upon with some cleaning to bring out the luster.
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