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CLX1 Vanadinite Mibladen, Morocco 7.7x 6.1x 2.2 cm $55 A choice cabinet of vanadinite on barite. What more can I say?
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CLX2 Bournonite Machacamarca, Potosi Dept., Bolivia 3.9x 2.8x 1.9 cm $45
A nice matrix specimen, containing "cogwheels" of bournonite on a mixed sulfide matrix.
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CLX3 Pyromorphite, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia. 1960's 8.1x 5.3x 5.5 cm $35 . A large old Broken hill specimen, with numerous little brown pyros on a bare matrix. If you look at the crystals under magnification, you can see tiny haire-like projections, that are a second generation of pyromorphites.
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| CLX4 Marcasite Belle Fourche, Butte Co., South Dakota, United States 5.3x 5.1x 3.5 cm $35 A nice globular cluster of marcasite cockscombs. Unlike most other marcasite specimens, this one is stable. |
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| CLX5 Malachite Morenci Mine, Shannon Mtns., Greenlee Co., Arizona, United States 4.4x 4.5x 2.6 cm $30 Several hemispherical malachite growths on matrix, from a classic Arizona locality. |
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| CLX6 Siderite and Sphalerite ps. Calcite Aggenys mine, Northern Cape Prov., South Africa 8.9x 6.7x 3.1 cm $65 These were first presented at Munich 2006, and consist of siderite/sphalerite epimorphs after calcite. The crystals are hollow. |
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| CLX7 Siderite and Sphalerite ps. Calcite Aggenys mine, Northern Cape Prov., South Africa 8.1x 5.3x 3.4 cm $54 These were first presented at Munich 2006, and consist of siderite/sphalerite epimorphs after calcite. The crystals are hollow. |
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CLX8 Tourmaline var. Schorl, Quartz Gilgit, Northern Areas, Pakistan $35 6.8x 4.1x 5.3
A terminated quartz crystal with a terminated schorl perched on it.
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CLX9 Barite
Cerro
Warihuyn, Mir Aflores Huamlalias 5.5x 3.4x 2.2 $36 A nice miniature, with a sharp, brown barite crystal on matrix. This is from the now finished find made a couple years back.
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CLX10 Epidote Tormiq Valley, Baltistan, Pakistan 4.3x 2.2x 0.8 $28
A nice, lustrous epidote specimen from Tormiq.
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CLX11 Pargasite Near Aliabad, Hunza Valley, Hunza, Pakistan 4.0x 2.6x 2.9 cm $34
A nice little miniature pargasite from the Hunza Valley. This locality stopped producing shortly after the large earthquake that shook the region (though whether the two events are related I am not certain.) When I visited Pakistan in 2006, I was only able to find a few low quality pieces. I purchased this one way back in 2001, and recently rediscovered it in a mixed flat
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CLX12Mimetite
Pingtouling
Mine, Bapu, Guangdong Province, China $38
A vug of mimetite on limonite, from the now scarce 2003 find. The crystals do not have the best luster, but its rich and very good for the price.
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CLX13 Hubeite
Fengjiashan
Mine (Daye Copper mine), Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province,
China $26
A globular cluster of the rare hubeite from Daye. This was a trim off of an inesite specimen, but I felt that it was a sufficient representative of hubeite to at least be put in the clearance section.
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CLX14 Afghanite Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan, Afghanistan 3.2x 2.3x 2.35 cm $29
A terminated, though dinged specimen of afghanite on matrix. I have a surplus of these things, so this one goes cheap.
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CLX15 Afghanite Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan, Afghanistan 7.0x 4.7x 3.8 cm $25
A sample of the species, with two afghanite prisms of matrix.
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CLX16 Pyromorphite Caldebeck Fells, Cumbria, England 6.4x 2.8x 1.5 cm $18
A typical specimen from this classic locality, that for the past few years has been closed to collecting.. |
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CLX17 Euclase Minas Gerais Brazil 1.4x 0.96x 0.4 cm $24
A small, colorless euclase crystal mounted on what appears to be a section of lollipop stick. The crystal is quite gemmy, however surface striations make this difficult to see. |
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CLX18 Brazilianite Linopolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil 1.5x 1.3x 0.6 cm $18
A single, terminated brazilianite point from Minas Gerais. |
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CLX19 Prehnite with Malachite
Meigu,
Sichuan Province, China $18
A specimen of prehnite on quartz, from the recent finds. The backside of the piece is flat.
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CLX20 Garnet var. Andradite La Valenciana, Mendoza, Argentina Garnet var. Andradite 6.8x 3.9x 3.7 cm $45
A rich specimen, from the find made in 2004. The crystals on this piece reach 2.6 cm. This find was discussed in the "What's New in Minerals Section" of the May/June 2004 issue of the Mineralogical Record. |
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CLX21 Garnet var. Andradite La Valenciana, Mendoza, Argentina Garnet var. Andradite 4.4x 3.6x 3.0 cm $32
A rich globular cluster of andradite, from the find made in 2004. This find was discussed in the "What's New in Minerals Section" of the May/June 2004 issue of the Mineralogical Record. |
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CLX22 Garnet var. Andradite La Valenciana, Mendoza, Argentina Garnet var. Andradite 4.5x 3.3x 2.7 cm $24
A rich specimen of andradite, from the find made in 2004. This find was discussed in the "What's New in Minerals Section" of the May/June 2004 issue of the Mineralogical Record. |
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CLX23 Magnetite Cerro Huanaquino, Potosi Dept., Bolivia 8.9x 6.3x 3.0 cm $28
A large cabinet specimen, covered with sharp and bright magnetite octahedrons. |
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CLX24 Fluorite
Minggang,
Xinyang, Henan, China $65
A cabinet fluorite stalactite from the recent find at Minggang. Although the color is not the best, the form is very interesting, and is one of the few complete stalactites (as opposed to layers) that I have seen from the find.
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Libethenite Rokana Mine, Kitwe, Zambia 1.8x 1.0x 0.9 cm $23 A thumbnail specimen from the famous libethenite find at the Rokana mine, made some years back. This find produced some of the world's best libethenite. The crystal seems to have formed in a fissure, and was subsequently removed. |
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Smokey Quartz Gilgit, Northern Areas, Pakistan 12.3x 9.0x 4.4 cm $38 A large chunk of gem rough, being sold quite cheaply. This thing could cut a number of good colored stones. Although it is difficult to see the gaminess in the photographs, in person this thing is like a chunk of glass. |
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CLX28- Betafite |
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Betafite Betafo, Antananarivo Prov., Madagascar 1.65x 1.5x 1.3 cm $25 Another betafite, this one from the type locality. |
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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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Uranpyrochlore |
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Uranophane Chalk Mountain Mine, Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, NC 7.7x 5.7x 1.5 cm $28 A rare uranium ore specimen from North Carolina, this one has a rich layer of yellow uranophane on matrix.. |
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Phurcalite Red Canyon, San Juan Co., Utah, United States. 3.5x 2.7x 1.5 cm $22 A rare specimen of radioactive phurcalite from the western US. |
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CLX35 Metastibnite Oruro, OruroDept., Bolivia $38
An exceptional specimen for the species, from a find made around 3 years ago. No more has been found since. Under the intense lighting conditions used to take the photograph, some of the usually hidden redness of the metastibnite became visible.
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