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MINERAL: Chalcopyrite
LOCATION: Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Prov, China
Chalcopyrite tarnished in brilliant iridescent hues of green and violet over most of the specimen. The specimen is 30 x 20 x 20 mm and mounted in a Perky box. Brilliant and vibrant specimen showing this telltale iridescence trait of Chalcopyrite.
NUMBER: 070082 - PRICE: $20
MINERAL: Rutile and Hematite
LOCATION: Novo Horizote, Bahia, Brazil.
A thumbnail specimen of shiny, golden Rutile extending through a black Hematite base. High refractiveness of the rutile is set off well by the dark black Hematite center.
Location: Novo Horizote, Bahia, Brazil.
Size: Overall specimen is 15 x 15mm (.6 x .6 in)
Number: 060035 - PRICE: $52
MINERAL: Rutile and Hematite
LOCATION: Novo Horizote, Bahia, Brazil.
A thumbnail specimen of shiny, golden Rutile extending through a black Hematite base. High refractiveness of the rutile is set off well by the dark black Hematite center.
Location: Novo Horizote, Bahia, Brazil.
Size: Overall specimen is 15 x 20 mm (.6 x .75 in)
Number: 060036 - PRICE: $52
MINERAL:Apophillite on Xonotlite
LOCATION: Wessels Mine, Kuruman South Africa
This specimen is a thumbnail of square prismatic Apophillite on a matrix of acicular Xonotlite from the Wessels Mine in South Africa. The overall specimen is 27mm x 11 mm 20 mm. It is mounted in a perky box, but easily removed. The specimen is primarily Apophillite, but he Xonotilite is clear and clean, mostly visible from the back of the specimen.
Number 070097 - PRICE: $30
MINERAL: Vivianite
LOCATION: Huanuni mine, Huanuni, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
Thumbnail from the Huanuni mine, Huanuni, Dalence Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia, the world's richest cassiterite deposit. This specimen is translucent and measures 17 x 5 mm. Vivianite is usually found as deep blue to deep bluish green prismatic to flattened crystals, most crystals rather small to microscopic, larger ones rather rare. When fresh the mineral may be colourless, or nearly so, and, once exposed, will oxidizet darkening to dark blue or blue-green.
070242 - PRICE: $10 Sold
MINERAL: Grossular Garnet
LOCATION: Sri Lanka
This specimen is a small, well formed, rhombic single crystal thumbnail of the popular Grossular (also known as grossularite) This crystal habit is classic for the garnet minerals. Grossular is the calcium aluminum garnet and forms in contact or regional metamorphic environments. The orange variety is the most common and specimens of orange grossular crusts are prized by many collectors. This crystal is semitransparent to opaque
060015- PRICE: $24
MINERAL: Crystalline Gold - Nevada
LOCATION: Bullion Mining District, Shoshane Range, Lander County, Nevada
Small Thumbnail of Crystalline Gold on Quartz from Nevada’s Bullion Mining District. Good sheet gold type sample with gold mostly on apex of quartz base. Appears as a small white mountain with a gold crown. The specimen displays Gold’s "crystalline" leaf form well. This delicate gold specimen illustrates the complex leaf like crystallization forms that gold can sometimes assume as it forms in a quartz matrix. Size: Weight is 32.5 grains, 2.11 grams. Size is 11 x 11 x 7 mm
Item 060070 - PRICE: $44
MINERAL: Pyrite Cube on Matrix
LOCATION: Navajon, Spain
Pyrite on matrix. This is a miniature of shiny cubic pyrite on matrix. Good display specimen. There are six pyrite cubes growing in this rock. The large one is 13 cm (just under 1/2 inch ) Very showy example. Overall specimen is 47 x 30 x 30 cm. Good value.
Item: 070046 - PRICE: $10
MINERAL: Bultfonteinite
LOCATION: N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa.
Excellent Thumbnail of rounded, spherical aggregation of the rare calcium, fluorine silicate Bultfonteinite from the famous N’Chwaning Mine in South Africa. The color is a dark pink bordering on light brown. The specimen is mounted in a Perky box, but easily removed. The specimen is 20 x 16 x 9 mm (just under 1 inch in length) No damage. Excellent example of the spherical aggriation form of this unusual mineral.
Item 070096 - PRICE: $20 Sold
MINERAL: Gold Nugget - Australian Gold
LOCATION: Fergusson River, Northern Territory Australia
This bright, shiny, gold nugget from The Northern Territories in Australia is 14 mm x 10 mm x 4 mm ( .55 inch x ..4 inch, x .15 inches) It weights 3.1 grams. For easy reference, gold is weighed in troy oz and a troy oz is 31.1 grams. Aesthetic appeal is important in considering a gold nugget. Some are dull, pitted, and brassy. Other, like this example, are bright, golden and very shiny. bright and shiny gold specimen is priced at $29.64 per gram.
