RHODONITE |
San Martin Mine, Chiurucu, Huallanca, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru |
Superb specimens. The best micro
Rhodonite crystals ever found. Highly lustrous transparent rose pink tabular
crystals on matrix +/- Pyrite. $8.00; $10.00; $15.00 CaMn4Si5O15 |
757 |
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RUTILE |
Galérie des Éconduits, Mont Chemin, Bas Valais, Switzerland |
Extremely fine
lustrous red-brown to deep red short stubby to long prismatic tetragonal
crystals on matrix
$7.00
TiO2 |
28 |
|
RUTILE |
Galérie des Éconduits, Mont Chemin, Bas Valais, Switzerland |
Highly lustrous dark brown-black very
thin elongated tabular to acicular crystals on white Dolomite/Quartz matrix.
$7.00
TiO2 |
105 |
| SCHOLTZITE | Reaphook Hill, Martins Well, South Flinders Range, Flinders Range, South Australia, Australia |
Radial groups of very
lustrous colourless flattened tabular crystals on matrix. $7.00 CaZn2(PO4)2.2H2O |
802 |
|
SELENITE /
HALITE |
Pernatty Lagoon, Mount Gunson, Stuart Shelf area, Andamooka Ranges - Lake Torrens area, South Australia, Australia |
Very pretty pieces!
Rich clusters of pale blue-green crystals +/- halite. These pieces have
NOT been dyed - except - by Mother Nature!
$8.00 CaSO4.2H2O/NaCl |
833 |
|
SHUISKITE |
Saranovskii Mine, Saranovskaya, Gorozavodskii area, Permskaya Oblast', middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia |
Some of the finest
specimens! Habit ranges from silky fibrous to acicular to thin elongated
tabular pinkish-brown on matrix +/- Uvarovite crystals. $12.00;
$15.00 Ca2(Mg, Al)(Cr,Al)2(Si,Al)3(O,OH)14 |
916 |
|
SMITHSONITE |
Kintore opencut, Broken Hill, Yancowinna County, New South Wales, Australia |
Two only - Very fine pieces with silky
white spheres on limonite matrix.
$7.00 ZnCO3 |
845 |
SPESSARTINE |
Ruby Mountain, Nathrop, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA |
Superb lustrous gemmy red crystal(s) on
white matrix. $8.00
Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3 |
429 |
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SPESSARTINE |
Crowley Lake, Mono County, California, USA |
Very, very fine gemmy deep
red-brown crystal(s) on matrix. $7.00
Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3 |
560 |
|
SPESSARTINE |
Navegadora Mine, Penha do Norte, Conselheiro Pena, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil |
Absolutely
superb! Pale rose-pink to darker red, tabular crystals in vuggy Albite. $8.00
Mn2+3Al2(SiO4)3 |
784 |
|
SPHALERITE |
Commodore # 5 Mine, Creede District, Mineral County, Colorado, USA |
Collected 1974 / 1988 - Lustrous brown to
green-brown crystals on matrix +/- Pyrite, Galena, Quartz. $7.00
ZnS |
466 |
|
STILBITE |
Granite Mountain Quarry # 1, Granite Mountain area, Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, USA | Collected 1987 - Groups and sheaves of lustrous orange crystals on matrix. $7.00 | 464 |
| STRUNZITE | Palermo # 1 Mine, North Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA |
Fine silky lustrous
white to creamy white acicular sprays in vugs +/- Rockbridgeite, Siderite.
$7.00 Mn2+Fe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2.6H2O |
301 |
|
TAKOVITE |
Perseverance Mine, Agnew, Leinster, Leonora Shire, Goldfields0Esperance Region, Western Australia, Australia |
Another rare
item from Western Australia! This mineral from the Hydrotalcite group
occurs as pale blue spherules on matrix. $10.00 Ni3Al2(OH)16(CO3,OH).4H2O |
864 |
|
TITANITE |
Imilchil, Er Rachidia Province, Meknès-Tafilatet Region, Morocco |
Very, very fine
sub-adamantine tapering light honey brown crystals in matrix. $8.00 CaTiOSiO4 |
961 |
| TURQUOISE | Iron Monarch opencut, Iron Knob, Middleback Region, Western Australia, Australia |
Pale to light blue
botryoidal crystals on iron-ore matrix.
$8.00 Cu2+Al6(PO4)4(OH)8.4H2O |
835 |
|
VARISCITE |
Lavra de Eduardo, Galiléia, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil |
Very, very fine pieces with highly
lustrous rose-pink to red crystal(s) highlighted by white Albite. $10.00 Al(PO4).2H2O |
799 |
|
VLADIMIRITE |
Vein # 53, Ait Ahmane, Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco |
A very rare arsenate as sharp silky white
crystal groups and sprays on matrix . $12.00 Ca5H2(AsO4)4.5H2O |
956 |
|
WAVELLITE |
Montgomery County Quarry, Mauldin Mountain Quarries, Mauldin Mount, Montgomery County, Arkansas, USA |
Collected 1988 - This location if world
famous for the quality of its crystals. Extremely fine lustrous transparent
colourless to light green prismatic crystals. $7.00; $8.00
Al3(PO4)2(OH,F)3.5H2O |
454 |
| WULFENITE | Mina Ojuela, Mapimí, Municipio de Mapimí, Durango State, Mexico |
Two only - Flattened transparent yellow
crystals . Two with thick tabular orange crystals. $7.00
PbMoO4 |
682 |
| WULFENITE | Santa Ana Mine, Tocopilla District, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile |
Brilliant orange-red to orange tabular
and/or bipyramidal crystals on matrix. $7.00
PbMoO4 |
780
|
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WULFENITE |
Whim Creek Copper Mine, Whim Creek, Roebourne Shire, Pilbara Region, South Australia, Australia |
Wonderful pieces!
Lustrous gemmy transparent yellow to yellow-orange modified octahedral
crystals on gossan with Smithsonite +/- Malachite.
$7.00 PbMoO4 |
801 |
|
ZÁLESÍITE |
Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill District, Deep Creek Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, USA |
Very fine examples of this rarity!
Small light blue-green spheres of acicular crystals on matrix +/-
Conichalcite, Aragonite. $12.00 CaCu6[(AsO4)(AsO3OH)6].3H2O |
352 |
|
ZÁLESÍITE |
Tucumana Mine, Inca de Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile |
A very rare
Calcium-Arsenate as sprays of tiny (40x) light green crystals in vugs in
matrix +/- Rutile, Apatite-(CaF), Albite $12.00 CaCu6[(AsO4)(AsO3OH)6].3H2O |
714 |