CLR2 Clinoclase

4.5x 3.1x 2.5 cm

$30

A miniature specimen from a locality that is known for producing rarities.  The Copper Stope is no longer stable, and collecting has become dangerous.  

CLR3 Copiapite

2.7x 1.8x 1.7 cm

$15

A thumbnail of this difficult to obtain material, from the arid Atacama Desert. 

CLR5 Rhodochrosite

5.4x 5.5x 6.8 cm

$40

A 1.4 cm scalenohedron sits against a nicely contrasting matrix coated with manganese oxides.  These things are getting much harder to come by.  

CLR6 Stibnite

4.1x 1.4x .5 cm

$15

A rather wide single crystal from this locality, which was responsible for bringing large quantities of stibnite to the market in the years before the Chinese mines became the primary source.  

CLR8 Smithsonite

4.4x 2.7x 2.3 cm

$28

A beautiful miniature of pink smithsonite, with rainbow-like zoning on the reverse.  

CLR12 Apatite, Muscovite

5.6x 3.7x 2.3 cm

$25

A light pink, heavily etched (but undamaged) group of apatite crystals lying in the middle of an iron oxide stained muscovite matrix.

CLR54 Torbernite

4.2x 3.6x 2.1 cm

$35

A miniature specimen of torbernite from the Margabal mine.

CLR16 Haynesite

5.5x 3.9x .5 cm

$20

A larger-than-normal sample of this rare radioactive mineral from the western United States.  Named for Patrick Haynes, it was discovered only a few years ago. 

CLR18 Apatite

2.0x 1.6x 1.0 cm

$15

A thumbnail of terminated, pinkish, apatites from the Northern Areas of Pakistan. 

CLR21 Pottsite

3.0x 2.6x 2.0 cm

$26

A rare example of this one-locality species, consisting of a powdery coat of pottsite on matrix. 

CLR73 Pseudobrookite

2.2x 1.4x 1.3 cm

$18

A nice thumbnail of this difficult to obtain material.  Comes mounted in a perky box. 

CLR23 Quartz var. Amehyst "Cactus Quartz)

11.0x 7.9x 5.2 cm

$35

A large cabinet specimen of "cactus quartz" from South Africa.  These specimens are actually two generations of quartz, the second growing over and perpendicular to the first, giving it a cactus-like appearance.   

CLR24 Quartz var. Amehyst "Cactus Quartz)

Magaliesburg, Guateng Prov., South Africa

8.8x 7.8x 3.7 cm

$35

CLR25 Ramsdellite

4.5x 3.6x 1.5 cm

$20

An ugly but reasonably rare manganese mineral from Arizona.

CLR27 Rhodochrosite, Pyrite

3.7x 3.0x 2.0 cm

$30

An unusual example of almost stalactitic rhodochrosite on pyrite, from a classic Australian locality.  This is an older piece, from the days before improved mining techniques prevented specimens from escaping the mine.