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February 24, 2017
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M ~ Z |
August Dietz IV Collection |
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MACKAYITE |
Lone Pine Mine, Mogollon Mountains, Catron County, New Mexico, USA |
One only - A
very fine specimen! A
very rare mineral as very lustrous dark olive-green crystals on matrix
in standard North American box.
$15.00
Fe3+(Te4+2O5)(OH) |
1177 |
MALACHITE |
Carrara, Apuan Alps, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy |
Two only - Pretty piece as light green
spheres and botryoids on Calcite. $10.00
Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
9626 |
MANGANBABINGTONITE  |
Fengjiashan Mine (Daye copper mine), Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China |
Two only - Very, very fine highly lustrous
adamantine black crystals on matrix. $10.00
Ca2(Mn,Fe)FeSi5O14(OH) |
9382 |
MANGANITE
-SOLD OUT |
Carrara, Apuan Alps, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy |
Two only of these fine aesthetic pieces
with silvery black crystals on Calcite +/- Dolomite. $10.00
Mn3+O(OH) |
9625 |
METAVARISCITE SOLD |
Utahlite Claim, Lucin, Lucin District, Pilot Range, Box Elder County, Utah, USA |
One only - A
very fine piece with glassy light green transparent crystals in a vug.
There is a Metavariscite crystal perched across another crystal in standard North
American box. A pretty piece!
AlPO4·2H2O |
1191 |
MIMETITE |
Shenandoah Mine, Goodsprings District, Clark County, Nevada, USA |
One only - Highly lustrous very
pale yellow transparent elongated
prismatic crystals in a vug in standard North
American box.
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl |
1122 |
MIMETITE |
Shenandoah Mine, Goodsprings District, Clark County, Nevada, USA |
One only - Sharp tiny doubly
terminated pale yellow
crystals perched on stalactite Fluorite on matrix with Hemimorphite in standard
North American box.
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl |
1123 |
MIMETITE |
Shenandoah Mine, Goodsprings District, Clark County, Nevada, USA |
One only - A very nice piece with
doubly terminated pale yellow elongated prismatic crystals in a vug with thin colourless
Hemimorphite in standard North American box.
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl |
1161 |
MIMETITE  |
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia |
Three only - A-3)
Colourless sprays with pedion termination. $10.00
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl |
9028 |
MIMETITE |
Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom |
Three only - A-1)
Elongated prismatic dark orangey-yellow crystals with pedion termination; B-2)
Flattened tabular to elongated pale yellow crystals. $10.00
Pb5(AsO4)3Cl |
9374 |
MIMETITE |
Broken Hill Proprietary Mine (BHP Mine), Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia |
Two only of these pretty pieces! Lustrous
colourless to yellow crystals on matrix. $10.00 Pb5(AsO4)3Cl |
9452 |
NARSARSUKITE |
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada |
Two only of these fine examples of this
mineral from the locale as sharp yellow-grey tabular
crystals in matrix.
$10.00 Na4(Ti,Fe)2[Si8O20](O,OH,F)2 |
9498 |
OLIVENITE 1280 1282 |
Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill District, Deep Creek Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, USA |
1280 -
A fine piece
with Olivenite crystals of various habits on matrix with
Alumopharmacolite. 1282 - Sprays of glassy tapering pistachio-green
crystals on matrix
in standard North American box. Cu2(AsO4)(OH) |
1280, 1282 |
PARNAUITE
-SOLD OUT |
Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA |
One only of this rare item -
Tiny bluish-green to dark emerald green spheres of crystals lining vugs in matrix
in standard hinged box.
Cu2+9(AsO4)2(SO4)(OH)10.7H2O |
1302 |
PERITE SOLD |
Blue Bell Mine, Soda Mountains, Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA |
One only - A very fine piece
with a cluster of adamantine yellow wafer thin crystals with Hemimorphite
sprays
in a standard North American box.
$12.00 PbBiO2Cl |
1124 |
POLYBASITE
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Batopilas, Andres del Rio District, Municipio de Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico |
One only - Lovely piece! Very fine
silvery-black crystals on matrix dotted with iridescent Chalcopyrite, Pyrite. $10.00 [(Ag,Cu)6(Sb,As)2S7][Ag9CuS4 |
9194 |
PYROMORPHITE |
Southwest Chester Mine, Phoenixville, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA |
One only - A very pretty
micromount! Tiny
thin tabular transparent bright green crystal sprays on Quartz in a
standard North American box. Pb5(PO4)3Cl |
1287 |
QUARTZ |
Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill District, Deep Creek County, Utah, USA |
One only - A
very good example as "3" groups of colourless vitreous Japan twin crystals on matrix
in a standard North American box.
SiO2 |
1125 |
QUARTZ |
Carrara, Apuan Alps, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy |
One only of this "magnificent" diamond
lustre prismatic Quartz crystal on Calcite. $10.00
SiO2 |
9628 |
SEGNITITE |
San Rafael Mine, Quartz Mountain Camp, Lodi District, Nye County, Nevada, USA |
One only -
A very, very pretty piece! Lustrous golden to greyish-green spherules on matrix with Mimetite
in a standard Euro box.
PbFe3+3(AsO4)2(OH,H2O)6 |
1187 |
SPHALERITE |
Carrara, Apuan Alps, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy |
"Beauty in smallness" Very, very fine
sharp crystals of various colours on Calcite matrix. A) 2 - brown; B) 4 - red;
D) 5 - orange; E) 4 - golden; F) 2 - black.
$10.00 One of each colour and receive a 10% discount. ZnS |
9629 |
SPINEL VARIETY
PLEONAST  |
Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy |
Three only - Very fine highly lustrous
black crystals in vugs in matrix.
$10.00
MgAl2O4 |
9636 |
TENNANTITE  |
Julcani Mine, Julcani District, Angaraes Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru |
One only - Very fine
piece with lustrous brassy to almost black crystals on matrix. $12.00
Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]As4S13 |
9115 |
TETRAHEDRITE |
Carrara, Apuan Alps, Massa-Carrara Province, Tuscany, Italy |
Two only - Very fine sharp metallic
crystals on Calcite matrix. $10.00
Cu6[Cu4(Fe,Zn)2]Sb4S13 |
9630 |
TOPAZ
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Starvation Canyon (Searles Canyon), Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA |
One
only - "SUPERB" lustrous transparent pinkish crystal on a small piece of
matrix in standard North American box. Al2(SiO4)(F,OH)2 |
1163 |
VESUVIANITE |
Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley, Italy |
Two only - Very, very fine pieces with
gemmy transparent yellow-green crystals on matrix with fine chlorite crystals.
$12.00
(Ca,Na,☐)19(Al,Mg,Fe3+)13(☐,B,Al,Fe3+)5 (Si2O7)4(SiO4)10(OH,F,O)10 |
9600 |
VIVIANITE
-SOLD OUT |
East Kemptville Tin Mine, East Kemptville, Argyle, Yarmouth Co., Nova Scotia, Canada |
One only - A pretty piece with elongated blue-black crystals
on matrix.
$10.00 Fe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O |
9539 |
WILLEMITE  A B |
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia |
Extremely fine specimens from this
classic locale! A) Five only as superb lustrous
colourless textured crystals on matrix. $10.00; B) One only as lustrous
colourless elongated prismatic crystals. $10.00 Zn2SiO4 |
9049 |
WULFENITE
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Aga Mine, Otto Mountain, Baker, San Bernardino County, California, USA |
One only - Most
unusual! Flattened tabular irregularly-shaped "colourless" crystals on
white Quartz. PbMoO4 |
1126 |