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CLP2 Pyromorphite

Bunker Hill Mine, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, United States

6.1x 4.1x 3.3 cm

$78

  

 A rich cabinet specimen of orange pyromorphite from a classic US locality, at a very low price.  Not quite as bright in person.

 

 

CLP8 Pyromorphite,

Ptschelojad Mine, Kordzali, Bulgaria

3.3x 2.0x 1.2 cm

$33

 

A nice thumbnail pyromorphite, from a find made in the mid 1990's. This specimen has two terminated crystals sitting on a quartz matrix.

 

CLP13 Wulfenite with Mimetite

San Juan Potente Vein, Level 6, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.

4.5x 3.6x 2.2 cm

$38

 

A beautiful mimetite/wulfenite combination specimen from the recent Mexican find.  This specimen has numerous elongated crystals, terminated and on matrix..

 

 

CLP14 Wulfenite with Mimetite

San Juan Potente Vein, Level 6, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.

4.5x 3.9x 3.5 cm

$38

A beautiful mimetite/wulfenite combination specimen from the recent Mexican find.  This specimen has numerous elongated crystals, terminated and on matrix..

 

CLJ3 Cerussite 

Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Rejion, Namibi

4.0x 2.9x 2.1 cm             

$43

 

A smokey cerussite "snowflake" from Namibia.  There's a bit of damage, but otherwise it's exactly as you see int he photographs. 

 

 

 

CLJ6 Beryl var. Aquamarine on Muscovite 

Nagar, Hunza Valley, Pakistan

12.0x 7.0x 6.0 cm             

$100

 

A cluster of aquamarines on a matrix of muscovite.  please not that while just about all of the aquamarine crystals have at least one termination, the back of the cluster is not present.

 

 

 
   

 

CLJ16 Tourmaline, Lepidolite

Kunar, Afghanistan

8.5x 4.6x 1.7 cm

$68

 

A flattened, double terminated smokey quartz crystal with an unterminated green elbaite crystal.

 

 

CLJ25 Apophyllite (KF), Stilbite

Maharashtra, India

7.5x 7.0x 4.7 cm

$39

A pale apophyllite sharing a matrix with a cluster of light pink stilbite.  

 

 

 

CLJ28 Clinoclase

Copper Stope, Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing Co., Nevada, United States

8.9x 6.1x 4.3 cm

$46

 

A miniature specimen from a locality that is known for producing rarities.

 
   

 

 

CLP16 Quartz var. Amethyst

Aki Salla, Potosi Dist., Potosi Dept., Bolivia.

4.0x 3.3x 2.6 cm

$23

 

A nice little miniature amethyst, with ale sceptered crystals on matrix.  It is a bit paler in real person than the pictures show.

 

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CLP18 Quartz var. Amethyst

Aki Salla, Potosi Dist., Potosi Dept., Bolivia.

4.5x 3.4x 2.2 cm

$16

 

A nice little miniature amethyst, with ale sceptered crystals on matrix.  It is a bit paler in real person than the pictures show.

 

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CLP21 Cerussite,

Daoping-Yangshuo Orebody, Guilin area, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Central South Region, China

3.9x 2.9x 2.6 cm

$34

 

A cerussite specimen from the locality that has been producing pyromorphite for the last 9 years.  Despite the abundance of pyromorphite, cerussite has been encountered much less frquently.

This specimen has been stained green by copper.

 

 

CLP22 Cerussite,

Daoping-Yangshuo Orebody, Guilin area, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Central South Region, China

4.9x 3.5x 2.4 cm

$32

 

A cerussite specimen from the locality that has been producing pyromorphite for the last 9 years.  Despite the abundance of pyromorphite, cerussite has been encountered much less frequently.

 

 

CLP23 Frankeite

Itos Mine, Oruro, Oruro Department, Bolivia.

3.0x 2.1x 1.3 cm

$28

 

A rare specimen of crystalline franckeite from Bolivia.  This piece was brought back from my 2008 Bolivia trip.

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CLP32 Strashimirite

Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing Co., Nevada, United States

5.1x 1.8x 1.3 cm

$19

 

A rich coating of rare strashimirite from the Majuba Hill Mine.

 

 

CLY35 Azurite 

Chessy-les-Mines, Rhone, Rhone Alpes, France

6.1x 3.4x 1.6cm

$58

A cabinet sample of azurite from the classic works at Chessy-les-Mines, known for its malachite ps. Cuprite pseudomorphs.

 

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CLQ18 Tourmaline, Lepidolite

Kunnar, Afghanistan

4.0x 2.7x 2.4 cm

$43

 

An unterminated rubellite surrounded by lepidolite, the lithium rich mica.

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CLQ33 Descloizite

Berg Aukas, Grootfontein, Namibia

5.8x 3.2x 4.6 cm

$36

 

A cluster of descloizite from Grootfontein, one of the best localities for the species in the world.

One of the little crystal sheafs has been broken off and reattached, though given its invisibility and the number of undamaged clusters, it doesn't make too much of a difference.

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LIZ4 Wulfenite with Mimetite

San Juan Potente Vein, Level 6, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.

6.1x 5.4x 3.4 cm

$37

These were one of the big new finds from this years Tucson show.  This cabinet specimen has elongated dipyramidal crystals interspersed among dark green mimetite aggregates.

 

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ZIU18- Stibnite
Wuling Mine, Jiujiang Prefacture, Jiangxi Prov., China
11.1x 4.0x 1.6 cm
$48


A cluster of stibnites from China.  All the crystals are double terminated.
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ZIU26 Wavellite on Quartz

Siglo XX Mine, near Llallagua, Bolivia

8.0x 5.1x 3.6 cm

$29

 

A cabinet example of Bolvian wavellite.  Harder to get than the stuff from Arkansas.

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CLX43 Fluorite

Xianghualing,  Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China

9.4x 6.6x 2.1 cm

$36

 

A cabinet specimen with many light green fluorites on matrix.  The color is better in person--this camera has a hard time with blues and greens.

 

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CLX55 Quartz, Something (?) 

Kunnar, Afghanistan

20.0x 12.8x 8.4 cm

$100

 

A large cabinet specimen, with large, light brown quartz crystals and (adularia?) on an albite matrix.

 

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CLX64 Siderite and Sphalerite ps. Calcite
Aggenys mine, Northern Cape Prov., South Africa
3.1x 2.2x 1.8 cm
$27


A "toenail" specimen form a find first presented at Munich 2006.  These things are hollow, and an interesting (?) addition to any collection.
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CLX65 Siderite and Sphalerite ps. Calcite
Aggenys mine, Northern Cape Prov., South Africa
7.8x 3.1x 2.9 cm
$46


A small cabinet specimen form a find first presented at Munich 2006.  These things are hollow, and an interesting (?) addition to any collection.
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CLX30- Betafite
Betafo, Antananarivo Prov., Madagascar
2.2x 1.5x 1.5 cm
$22

Another betafite, this one from the type locality. 

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CLZ40 Mimetite

Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico

7.8x 5.4x 3.2 cm

$35

 

Mimetite on matrix, not from the newer finds but discovered some time in the mid 1990's.

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CLZ18 Beryl var. Morganite, Elbaite

Kunnar, Aghanistan

4.7x 4.5x 2.2 cm

$68

 

A complete and pale morganite crystal, with a couple green elbaites growing through it.  It is not gemmy (it would be much more expensive otherwise) but is still a good example of this variety of beryl.

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