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IJP69
Pyromorphite,
Wheatly
Mine, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
6.5x
5.1x 3.1 cm
$435
Here is a classic
Phoenixville specimen. It was purchased from Dr. Robert Lavinsky, who
acquired it as part of an old collection that consisted mainly of material
from the 1800's and early 1900's.
As most of these
Phoenixville pyromorphites were mind prior to the Civil War, it is safe to
say that this piece is at least 100 years old.
It is a little
bruised--but what else could you expect from a piece this old? This
is an American classic.
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IJP70
Pyromorphite,
Wheatly
Mine, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
11.4x
4.8x 2.0 cm
$75
Here is another
Phoenixville specimen--though this one is hardly a classic. It is
however, a very rich example of the specimens that have been coming from
the mine dumps in recent years.
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IJP71
Pyromorphite,
San Luis
Mine, Guazapares, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.0x 4.0x
2.7 cm
$165
A rich
miniature, covered with bright yellow hexagonal prisms. Old
material, likely from the 1970's.
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IJP72
Pyromorphite,
San Luis
Mine, Guazapares, Chihuahua, Mexico
3.0x
3.0x 1.5 cm
$155
Another Mexican pyro, from the famous San Luis Mine.
This is a damage-free toenail, covered with splendid crystals to 1.2 cm,
quite large for the locality. As with the last specimen, this is
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IJP73
Pyromorphite,
Baja
California Sur, Mexico
10.2x
6.9x 6.4 cm
$435
A rare pyromorphite from
Baja California Sur, with pyromorphite crystals to 1.5 cm. Quite
impressive for the locality. How often do you come across one of these?
Ex. Ecole des Mines
collection, though no label.
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IJP74
Pyromorphite
Bunker
Hill Mine, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, United States
5.1x 3.4x
3.3 cm
$265
A classic
Bunker Hill pyromorphite, with large, lustrous, bright orange crystals
perched atop lesser xtls and a gossan matrix. A very choice miniature
from the major find of the 1980's. The color is a bit duller than
the pictures show.
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IJP75
Pyromorphite
Bunker
Hill Mine, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, United States
3.8x 2.4x
2.2 cm
$165
A classic
Bunker Hill pyromorphite miniature, with numerous crystals to 1.6 cm, some
with a whitish coating (though this does not show up too well in the
pictutes). No damage.
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IJP76
Pyromorphite
Bunker
Hill Mine, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, United States
3.4x .9x
.9 cm
$150
A classic
Bunker Hill pyromorphite thumbnail. Bright, and no damage--a perfect
compound crystal. Very hard to find such pieces.
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IJP77
Pyromorphite
Bunker
Hill Mine, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, United States
5.6x 2.8x
1.4 cm
$345
A classic
Bunker Hill pyromorphite, with numerous bright yellow/orange, double terminated
pyromorphites on matrix. Bright. Very bright.
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IJP78
Pyromorphite
Bunker
Hill Mine, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, United States
3.5x2.5x
1.5 cm
$165
Another
bunker hill pyromorphite, with an almost neon green color. Consider
this an opportunity to acquire an example of the best material Bunker Hill
produced, only in miniature size and without having to shell out thousands
of dollars.
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IJP79
Pyromorphite
Bunker
Hill Mine, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, United States
3.6x 3.0x
2.2 cm
$135
Another
Bunker Hill pyromorphite. There is micro damage visible when you
look very closely, but it is a great BH "toenail" regardless.
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IJP88
Pyromorphite,
Bunker
Hill Mine, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, United States
3.7x 3.5x
2.5 cm
$75
A miniature covered with bright orange pyromorphites
to 4 mm.
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IJP80
Pyromorphite
Bunker
Hill Mine, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, United States
5.1x 3x
2.6 cm
$265
And
another... this one botryoidal and orange. It almost looks wet. There
is a large prismatic xtl in the reverse.
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IJP81
Pyromorphite
Bunker
Hill Mine, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, United States
2.8x 2.1x
2.0 cm
$65
Same as the
above, just smaller.
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IJP82
Pyromorphite
Kellogg
Mine, Kellogg, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, United States
14.0x
10.1x 3.8 cm
$385
A large
cabinet pyromorphite that is around 30-40 years old, and from one of the less
common mines in the area. The individual crystals reach .8 cm.
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IJP83
Pyromorphite
Wallace,
Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, United States
4.7x 3.4x
2.7 cm
$235
Here is a
pyromorphite that hails from the same area as the more common Bunker Hill
specimens. This one hosts a partial vein containing numerous deep green
crystals (not orange or yellow!) many with pinacoid terminations.
Wallace
pyromorphites are much harder to obtain than those from Bunker Hill or other
Coeur d'Alene localities.
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IJP87
Pyromorphite
Midnight Mine, Mullan Co., Idaho, United States
9.7x 5.4x
3.6 cm
$600
A
spectacular pyromorphite from a locality near the Bunker Hill mine,
though which produced no where near as much material. This cabinet
specimen is richly covered with large compound crystals, in the light
color that the mine is known for. It comes from a 40-50 year old
collection, meaning that this is one of about 100 or so pieces
dispersed by Jack Crowly in the late 1960's. There we no other
finds of this material at the time, so this is almost certainly from
that find. I have only seen one other for sale, an inferior
piece that sold for $750. Although Collector's Edge recently
brought a number of newer specimens to market, they do not compare in
quality to these older pieces, which surpass them in terms crystal
size and overall aesthetics.
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IJP84
Pyromorphite,
Midnight Mine, Mullan Co., Idaho
7.8x
5.6 x 2.4 cm
$85
One of the
newer Midnight Mine pieces, this was purchased from the Collectors Edge,
and is a good representative from the mine.
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IJP85
Pyromorphite
Hardshell
Mine, Patagonia Mtns, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona
4.2x 3.5x
1.5 cm
$75
Here is a
another unusual American pyromorphite. This specimen has a number of
bright green crystals on matrix, and comes from the closed Hardshell Mine,
which arguably has produced Arizona's best pyromorphite to date.
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IJP86
Pyromorphite
Ali
Cooper Mine, Louisa Co., Virginia, United States
7.9x 6.1x
4.7 cm
$295
A very rare
cabinet pyromorphite from Virginia. I have seen specimens from North
Carolina before, but this is the only one I have ever seen for sale form
Virginia. Purchased from John Betts.
There is
pyromorphite on both sides of the specimen.
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