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Texts revised for John S. White (former Smithsonian curator) John S. White

COLORADO


Microcline (amazonite) with smoky Quartz
Microcline (amazonite) with smoky Quartz.
Microcline (amazonite) with smoky Quartz. Microcline (amazonite) with smoky Quartz.

T96FKX7: Microcline crystal (amazonite variety) showing well defined faces and edges, with intense bluish-green color and on smoky Quartz crystals, very rich in inclusions. An American classic.
Pikes Peak, El Paso County, Colorado  USA (1993)

Specimen size: 8.3 × 7.5 × 4.5 cm = 3.3” × 3.0” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.3 cm = 1.1” × 0.9”


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Gold

TD89T3: Laminar growth with polycrystalline surfaces corresponding to very well defined triangular faces. The sample is an example of the old- fashioned presentation typical of samples early in the 20th century, a black box with glass top and with a Schortmann’s Minerals, Easthampton, Massachusetts, label.
Breckenridge District, Summit County, Colorado  USA

Specimen size: 1.8 × 1.6 × 0.2 cm = 0.7” × 0.6” × 0.1”


Gold. Front
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Gold. Gold.
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Rhodochrosite with Quartz
Rhodochrosite with Quartz.
Rhodochrosite with Quartz.

ER96H1: An excellent group, very rich in rhombohedral, very sharp crystals. Color, luster and transparency are magnificent. Matrix is Quartz, Pyrite and Tetrahedrite. The quality of the specimen is exceptional because of its excellent condition. A specimen of high desirability.
Hedgehog Pocket, Main Stope Drift, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado  USA (09/1996)

Specimen size: 9.7 × 6.2 × 4.4 cm = 3.8” × 2.4” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.5” × 0.4”


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ALASKA


Doubly terminated Epidote with Quartz and Andradite

TB47T8: Group of really huge crystals, one of them doubly terminated, with an extraordinarily deep green color and very intense luster, with some Quartz crystals and on matrix. Extraordinary sample, an American classic.
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska  USA (±1970)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 9.5 × 7 cm = 4.1” × 3.7” × 2.8”

Main crystal size: 6.7 × 5.7 cm = 2.6” × 2.2”


Doubly terminated Epidote with Quartz and Andradite. Front
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Doubly terminated Epidote with Quartz and Andradite. Top
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ARIZONA


Ramsdellite
Ramsdellite.

EG14X0: Druse on matrix of very sharp, short prismatic crystals of simple forms with very well defined faces and edges and very bright. From a classic locality for the species.
Mistake Mine, Sam Powell Peak, Box Canyon, Yavapai County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.2 × 1.9 cm = 1.5” × 1.3” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”

Former collection of Claus Hedegaard. Number 11655

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Wulfenite

TE47E0: A very esthetic Wulfenite that is very upright on the matrix, shows a well-defined crystal form, is partially gemmy, and has a good, slightly redder than normal color.
Red Cloud Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona  USA (2001)

Specimen size: 3 × 2 × 1 cm = 1.2” × 0.8” × 0.4”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.6” × 0.5” × 0.1”


Wulfenite.
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Descloizite
Descloizite. Descloizite.
Descloizite

TM67X2: Elongated spheroidal growths, on matrix, of small dipyramidal crystals. They are very bright and have a color between dark brown and reddish brown.
The sample, very significant and of excellent quality for the mine, is with a Schortmann’s Minerals label that we'll send to the buyer.
Mammoth-St. Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal County, Arizona  USA

Specimen size: 4.4 × 4.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.7” × 1.7” × 1.1”


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ARKANSAS


Wavellite
Wavellite

NB28X3: Spherical aggregates of Wavellite on a matrix of micro-crystalline Quartz. The aggregates, more isolated and distinguishable than usual for the samples from Mauldin Mt., have a clear apple green color and a very intense luster. The sample is from J.S. White (num. 21-3-7), whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Mauldin Mountain Quarries, Montgomery County, Arkansas  USA

Specimen size: 7 × 3.2 × 2.9 cm = 2.8” × 1.3” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”


Wavellite. Wavellite.
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CALIFORNIA


Elbaite
Elbaite. Front
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Elbaite. Rear
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TG27W4: Floater and complete crystal that has an excellent flat termination, with small faces of the rhombohedron and, on the opposite end, a polycrystalline growth with acute rhombohedral terminations. The color zoning, typical for the locality, is very well marked, with a green cap and pinkish-red shades in the body of the crystal.
Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California  USA

Specimen size: 2.2 × 2 × 2 cm = 0.9” × 0.8” × 0.8”


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Elbaite

TB58T1: Group of three doubly terminated crystals, with a good definition of terminal faces and growths of a fibrous aspect on the prism. The prisms have a very good geometrical color zoning, which is perpendicular to the main orientation of the crystal.
The sample is from the John H. Marshall collection, as the catalog number of register on the piece shows, though we don’t have the original label from John.
Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California  USA

Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.2 × 2.3 cm = 1.9” × 0.9” × 0.9”


Elbaite. Front
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Clintonite with Calcite
Clintonite with Calcite. Clintonite with Calcite.

TN18X5: The sample is very representative, both for its size and the morphology of its crystals, among best-known crystallization of this rare phyllosilicate. The crystals, with a very uniform dark green color, are laminar and are embedded on a matrix of blue Calcite and granular greenish-yellow Vesuvianite. The sample was obtained in the famous 2001 find that was described in an article in Mineralogical Record.
Commercial Quarry, Crestmore, Riverside County, California  USA (06-07/2001)

Specimen size: 5.9 × 5.3 × 3.8 cm = 2.3” × 2.1” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 0.9” × 0.9”


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Gold with Quartz

TR92X4: Very aerial sample, with laminar and dendritic growths and fine wire terminations, a very intense color and luster, and on a Quartz matrix.
Eagle's Nest Mine, Placer County, California  USA (2003)

Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.7 × 1.5 cm = 1.7” × 1.1” × 0.6”


Gold with Quartz. Gold with Quartz.
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Doubly terminated Neptunite on Natrolite
Doubly terminated Neptunite on Natrolite. Doubly terminated Neptunite on Natrolite.

EB91I2: Just a classic. The crystals, prismatic, have excellent luster and they are free of damage. They are doubly terminated and very well positioned on the Natrolite matrix.
Benitoite Gem Mine, San Benito County, California  USA

Specimen size: 7.3 × 6.3 × 3.1 cm = 2.9” × 2.5” × 1.2”

Main crystal size: 3.6 × 0.6 cm = 1.4” × 0.2”


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Benitoite with Neptunite on Natrolite

EK29H1: Both crystals, the main one, very big, and the little one on the lower part of the specimen, have very good color and luster, in sharp contrast with the white Natrolite matrix.
Benitoite Gem Mine, San Benito County, California  USA

Specimen size: 3 × 2.3 × 2 cm = 1.2” × 0.9” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1 cm = 0.7” × 0.4”

Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV


Benitoite with Neptunite on Natrolite. Front
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Benitoite with Neptunite on Natrolite. Top
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Andradite (variety Topazolite)
Andradite (variety Topazolite).

T76NH5: This variety of Andradite is from from the plentiful (and the only one known to date) find in the Yellow Cat Mine, November, 1998. Crystals are dodecahedra of very well-defined faces and edges; they are bright and have good color contrasting on a slightly bluish matrix partially covered by Clinochlore.
Yellow Cat Mine, New Idria District, San Benito County, California  USA (11/1998)

Specimen size: 5 × 3.8 × 2 cm = 2.0” × 1.5” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.2” × 0.1”


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Andradite (variety Topazolite)

T86AH5: This variety of Andradite is from the plentiful (and the only one known to date) find in the Yellow Cat Mine, November, 1998. Crystals are dodecahedra of very well-defined faces and edges; they are bright and have good color contrasting on a slightly bluish matrix.
Yellow Cat Mine, New Idria District, San Benito County, California  USA (11/1998)

Specimen size: 5.5 × 5 × 2 cm = 2.2” × 2.0” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”


Andradite (variety Topazolite).
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Andradite (variety Topazolite)
Andradite (variety Topazolite).

T89GH5: This variety of Andradite is from the plentiful (and the only one known to date) find in the Yellow Cat Mine, November, 1998. It has a surface rich with dodecahedra with very well-defined faces and edges, bright and having an excellent color.
Yellow Cat Mine, New Idria District, San Benito County, California  USA (11/1998)

Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.2 × 3.2 cm = 2.6” × 1.7” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.2 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”


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Andradite (variety Topazolite)

T27DH5: This variety of Andradite is from the plentiful (and the only one known to date) find in the Yellow Cat Mine, November, 1998. Crystallization is excellent, dodecahedrons have very well-defined faces and edges, and they are bright and have good color contrasting with a dark green matrix of Clinochlore.
Yellow Cat Mine, New Idria District, San Benito County, California  USA (11/1998)

Specimen size: 6.7 × 4.2 × 2.1 cm = 2.6” × 1.7” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.5 cm = 0.2” × 0.2”


Andradite (variety Topazolite).
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Andradite (variety Topazolite)
Andradite (variety Topazolite).

T97CH5: This variety of Andradite is from the plentiful (and the only one known to date) find in the Yellow Cat Mine, November, 1998. Crystals are dodecahedra of very well-defined faces and edges; they are bright and have good color contrasting on a slightly bluish matrix.
Yellow Cat Mine, New Idria District, San Benito County, California  USA (11/1998)

Specimen size: 9.4 × 4.4 × 2.7 cm = 3.7” × 1.7” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.1” × 0.1”


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CONNECTICUT


Chalcocite with Calcite
Chalcocite with Calcite

EM49W7: Very well defined and flattened crystals, many of them doubly terminated, bright and on matrix, with small Calcite crystals.
An American classic from the William Pinch collection, with a wide pedigree as two more labels testify. We will send all three labels to the buyer.
Bristol Copper Mine, Bristol, Hartford Co., Connecticut  USA

Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.9 × 2.4 cm = 2.0” × 1.5” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.4 cm = 0.4” × 0.2”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of Bill Pinch

Chalcocite with Calcite. Chalcocite with Calcite.
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GEORGIA


Rutile
Rutile. Front
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Rutile. Top
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TJ53L7: A Classic Specimen. Good sized Rutile crystal with well defined faces and a very marked and classic twin. Faces show a very good luster, with deep reddish reflections. At the base and at the top and back side we can see a small Muscovite rich matrix.
The sample is accompanied by a collection label. On the back of the label is handwritten that this sample was collected by Terry and Jean Ledford in the spring of 1998. As is our custom, we will send the label to the buyer.
Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia  USA (1998)

Specimen size: 7 × 6.8 × 5.3 cm = 2.8” × 2.7” × 2.1”


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IDAHO


Cerussite

TR26Q1: Sharp twinned crystals with very well defined crystal form, transparent and of excellent luster. We especially note the locality, now abandoned, that produced good but scarce specimens of this species.
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone County, Idaho  USA

Specimen size: 3 × 1 × 1.3 cm = 1.2” × 0.4” × 0.5”

Minor fluorescence short UV


Cerussite. Front
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Cerussite with Galena
Cerussite with Galena. Cerussite with Galena.
Cerussite with Galena

TF56V1: Group of flattened crystals, transparent to translucent, and neatly twinned. They are on a matrix of rough Galena. The locality is a world classic for Pyromorphite, but good samples of Cerussite from there are less common.
The sample is from the Geary Murdock collection, whose label we'll send to the buyer.
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone County, Idaho  USA

Specimen size: 5.4 × 5.1 × 2.9 cm = 2.1” × 2.0” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.8 cm = 0.6” × 0.3”

Minor fluorescence short UV


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Pyromorphite

TM96S1: Spheroidal growths of very bright orange crystals, very typical from the nine level in the famous Bunker Hill Mine. An American classic.
Bunker Hill Mine, 9th level, Jersey Vein, Kellogg, Shoshone County, Idaho  USA

Specimen size: 3.6 × 3 × 1.7 cm = 1.4” × 1.2” × 0.7”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV


Pyromorphite.
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Beryl (Aquamarine)
Beryl (Aquamarine). Front
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Beryl (Aquamarine)

TD66Q8: Neatly shaped prismatic crystal with a bright and transparent pinacoidal termination. The prismatic faces of the crystal, with a good blue color, are also transparent but they have translucent zones. The lower part of the crystal is naturally corroded due to the contact zones with its matrix. We especially note the locality, very uncommon.
The sample is from the Gary Murdock collection, whose label we will send to the buyer. Previously it was in the University of California (Santa Barbara) collection.
Sawtooth Batholith, Sawtooth Mts., Boise County, Idaho  USA

Specimen size: 3.7 × 1 × 0.8 cm = 1.5” × 0.4” × 0.3”


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Gold with Quartz

TE17V2: Arborescent growths of Gold with idiomorphic crystals with very well defined faces and edges, on Quartz matrix with an unidentified metallic mineral, probably Molybdenite. The sample is from a locality that is practically unknown by the mineralogical community.
Belshazzer Mine, #2 Dump, Quartzburg, Boise Basin, Idaho  USA (2009)

Specimen size: 4 × 3 × 2 cm = 1.6” × 1.2” × 0.8”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.9” × 0.1”


Gold with Quartz. Front
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Gold with Quartz.
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ILLINOIS


Calcite with Fluorite
Calcite with Fluorite. Front
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TR73X6: Scalenohedral crystals, one of them clearly dominant and doubly terminated, modified by other crystalline forms. The Calcite, translucent, bright and with a honey-yellow color, is implanted on a group of crystals of deep violet colored Fluorite. An American classic.
Denton mine, Harris Creek, Hardin County, Illinois  USA

Specimen size: 14 × 9.5 × 6.5 cm = 5.5” × 3.7” × 2.6”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 4.5 cm = 2.4” × 1.8”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV


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Barite

TX46Q6: “Book” aggregates of thick tabular crystals with very well defined blue color from one of the great classic localities of North America.
The sample has a Geary Murdock collection label that we’ll send to the buyer.
Hardin County, Illinois  USA

Specimen size: 6 × 7 × 5.3 cm = 2.4” × 2.8” × 2.1”

Minor fluorescence short UV


Barite. Barite.
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INDIANA


Calcite
Calcite. Calcite.

EH47X0: Group of crystals on matrix formed by a short prism and a terminal flattened rhombohedron. The crystals are transparent, bright, with yellow color and slight orange tones and very well marked phantom growths. An American classic.
Berry Materials Quarry, North Vernon, Indiana  USA

Specimen size: 10.7 × 8.7 × 3.9 cm = 4.2” × 3.4” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.0” × 0.9”

Fluorescence short UV & low fluorescence long UV

Former collection of Claus Hedegaard. Number 10799

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KANSAS


Galena

TB28S1: Group of very bright cuboctohedral crystals of Galena that have polycrystalline and partially skeletal growths. An American classic.
Ballard Mine, Baxter Springs, Tri-State District, Kansas  USA

Specimen size: 9.4 × 7.2 × 4.4 cm = 3.7” × 2.8” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 3 × 3.1 cm = 1.2” × 1.2”


Galena. Front
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MICHIGAN


Copper
Copper. Front
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Copper. Rear
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MF70Q1: Very aerial group of crystals better formed than usual, some of them with very well defined crystalline forms, of good size and luster.
Central Mine, Central, Keweenaw County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 3.3 × 3.1 × 1.5 cm = 1.3” × 1.2” × 0.6”


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Copper
Copper

TF86H5: Excellent crystallization clearly showing the faces of the dodecahedron, even considering the typical deformation and elongation of crystals.
The sample is from an old collection of Northwestern University and we’ll include the label.
Keweenaw, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 6 × 3.6 × 3.4 cm = 2.4” × 1.4” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.7” × 0.3”


Copper.
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Copper
Copper.

TE68D8: A large crystal of native Copper. It is a complete floater that is very esthetic given the perfect form of the main crystal.
Osceloa#6 Mine, Keweenaw, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 6.7 × 2.5 × 1.6 cm = 2.6” × 1.0” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.6 cm = 1.3” × 0.6”


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Copper with Calcite

TL67J3: Compact arborescent group of very well defined crystals. Some of them show perfectly the form of the octahedron, with an uncommon definition of faces and edges. The white accompanying species is Calcite, not Quartz.
Keweenaw County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 11.4 × 5.6 × 2.7 cm = 4.5” × 2.2” × 1.1”

Calcite fluorescent long & short UV


Copper with Calcite. Copper with Calcite.
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Copper
Copper.

T91B: Floater of well formed Copper from a classic locality:
Quincy Mine, Houghton Co., Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 4 × 2 cm = 1.6” × 0.8”


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Copper

TK69L5: A classic specimen from a classic locality. Dendritic growth of crystals of considerable size, elongated, with some well defined faces. Nice floater.
Houghton County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 10.6 × 8.2 × 2 cm = 4.2” × 3.2” × 0.8”


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Silver with Copper
Silver with Copper. Front
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Silver with Copper. Rear
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ED52T4: Arborescent aggregate of Silver crystals, elongated and very well defined for the species. They are with equant and isolated crystals of native Copper. The sample has a number corresponding to an indeterminate collection.
The specimen has been published in the Chinese magazine ‘Mineral Lover’ on page 6 in the volume 9/2011
Tamarack Mine, Tamarack, Calumet, Houghton County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 4.5 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm = 1.8” × 1.0” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.4 cm = 0.7” × 0.2”


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MISSOURI


Calcite with Dolomite and Chalcopyrite

TG68W7: Doubly terminated crystals showing curvatures on their faces and edges. They are translucent and have an intense lemon yellow color. On matrix, with small rhombohedral crystals of Dolomite and microcrystals of Chalcopyrite.
F-5 Area, Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri  USA

Specimen size: 11.8 × 10.3 × 9.3 cm = 4.6” × 4.1” × 3.7”

Main crystal size: 9 × 2.8 cm = 3.5” × 1.1”


Calcite with Dolomite and Chalcopyrite. Front
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MONTANA


Covellite with Pyrite
Covellite with Pyrite.
Covellite with Pyrite

TY86Q1: Leafy aggregates, very bright, of excellent color and on a matrix very rich in Pyrite. An American classic.
Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana  USA

Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.9 × 2.5 cm = 1.9” × 1.5” × 1.0”


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NEVADA


Sceptered smoky Quartz

TA96T8: Very well defined scepter growth whose base is a smoky crystal, with a very deep color, capped by a sharp crystal with a short prism and translucent with many inclusions. Because of a neat irregular growth on the back it is possible to see the termination of the dark smoky stem.
Royal Scepter Mine, Hallelujah Junction, Washoe County, Nevada  USA (06/2010)

Specimen size: 13.2 × 4 × 4 cm = 5.2” × 1.6” × 1.6”


Sceptered smoky Quartz. Front
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Gold
Gold. Gold.

TJ96S3: Very rich dendritic growths, on matrix, of sharp elongated cubic and octahedral crystals with perfect terminations and very well defined faces and edges.
Round Mountain Mine, Round Mountain Mine District, Nye County, Nevada  USA (2007)

Specimen size: 3.7 × 2.8 × 1.7 cm = 1.5” × 1.1” × 0.7”

Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.0” × 0.0”


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Barite

TA86T6: Tabular-laminar crystals on matrix. They are very sharp, completely transparent, with an intense yellow color and an extraordinary luster. An American classic, very esthetic.
Meikle Mine, Bootstrap, Elko County, Nevada  USA (1998)

Specimen size: 10.8 × 6.9 × 5.4 cm = 4.3” × 2.7” × 2.1”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.9 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”


Barite. Barite.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE


Octahedral Fluorite
Octahedral Fluorite. Front
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Octahedral Fluorite. Top
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TF48N9: Octahedral crystals of considerable size, very well defined with a deep and uniform color and good luster, which not so frequent in the samples of this locality.
The number mark on the sample indicates it was on the collection of John H. Marshall, well known collector of Pyromorphite but who also collected Fluorites.
William Wise Mine, Westmoreland, Cheshire County, New Hampshire  USA (1990)

Specimen size: 8.9 × 5.7 × 4.6 cm = 3.5” × 2.2” × 1.8”

Main crystal size: 6.3 × 4.5 cm = 2.5” × 1.8”

Fluorescent long & short UV


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NEW JERSEY


Zincite with Tephroite and Calcite

RF16S7: Bright nodular growths typical of Zincite from Franklin. Very intense red color, with pinkish Tephroite on a white Calcite matrix.
Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey  USA

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.2 × 3.6 cm = 2.4” × 1.7” × 1.4”

Calcite extremely fluorescent long & short UV


Zincite with Tephroite and Calcite.
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Willemite (Troostite) with Calcite
Willemite (Troostite) with Calcite. Front
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Willemite (Troostite) with Calcite. Rear
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Willemite (Troostite) with Calcite. Top
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Willemite (Troostite) with Calcite

TJ27H7: The crystal is doubly terminated and its faces and edges have an excellent definition, much better than most usual for this classic material. The matrix of white Calcite contrasts with the darker shades of the crystal.
The sample is from Thomas Moore collection.
Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey  USA

Specimen size: 2 × 2 × 1.4 cm = 0.8” × 0.8” × 0.6”

Main crystal size: 2 × 1.5 cm = 0.8” × 0.6”

Extremely intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV

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NEW MEXICO


Linarite with Quartz

EG49T4: Radial aggregates of acicular crystals that have extraordinary color and luster. They are on a Quartz matrix with small drops of Brochantite. The sample is numbered as 463, corresponding to an indeterminate collection.
The specimen has been published in the Chinese magazine ‘Mineral Lover’ on page 6 in the volume 9/2011
Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg, Socorro County, New Mexico  USA

Specimen size: 5.7 × 4.6 × 3.4 cm = 2.2” × 1.8” × 1.3”


Linarite with Quartz. Front
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Linarite with Quartz. Side
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Linarite with Quartz.
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NORTH CAROLINA


Spodumene
Spodumene. Front
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Spodumene. Rear
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Spodumene. Side
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TM50T0: An excellent floater crystal, complete, without lateral exfoliation or damage, very transparent with very well marked parallel growths on both terminations. One of the more rare Spodumene samples from this locality in North Carolina, better known by the variety Hiddenite.
Hiddenite (Stony Point), Alexander County, North Carolina  USA (±1985)

Specimen size: 10.7 × 3.4 × 2 cm = 4.2” × 1.3” × 0.8”

Fluorescence short UV & low fluorescence long UV


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OHIO


Fluorite with Celestine and Dolomite

TA36L0: One of the novelties of Tucson 2008. Transparent to translucent cubic Fluorite crystals with sharp faces and edges. Color varies between yellow and dark honey, with well defined and quite variable color intensity in geometric zonations. On a matrix of small crystals of Celestine.
White Rock Quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio  USA (2007)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.3 × 3.2 cm = 1.9” × 1.3” × 1.3”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.6” × 0.6”

Intense zoned fluorescence long & short UV


Fluorite with Celestine and Dolomite. Front
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Fluorite with Celestine and Dolomite. Side
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Fluorite with Celestine and Dolomite. Top
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PENNSYLVANIA


Analcime with Apophyllite
Analcime with Apophyllite.
Analcime with Apophyllite.

TD86Q6: White trapezohedral crystals. They are bright, have very well defined faces and edges and are partially coated by small crystals of Apophyllite-(KF). The sample is of excellent quality for the locality, a classic for American zeolites.
Cornwall Mines, Cornwall, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania  USA

Specimen size: 9.9 × 7.1 × 4.2 cm = 3.9” × 2.8” × 1.7”

Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”


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TENNESSEE


Fluorite with Galena

MT67X6: Cubic crystal of Fluorite with polycrystalline faces and small Galena crystals on their surfaces. The crystal is translucent and bright, has a clear lilac color and it is on a Galena matrix.
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee  USA

Specimen size: 7.5 × 7.3 × 7.5 cm = 3.0” × 2.9” × 3.0”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former Jan Buma collection. Number 970625

Fluorite with Galena. Front
Front
Fluorite with Galena. Side
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Sphalerite with Dolomite
Sphalerite with Dolomite. Sphalerite with Dolomite.

MP36T0: Well individualized crystals with very well defined faces and edges, very bright, and with intense deep red reflections. On matrix, with white rhombohedral crystals of Dolomite.
Gordonsville Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee  USA

Specimen size: 5.4 × 5.4 × 2.4 cm = 2.1” × 2.1” × 0.9”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.6 cm = 0.7” × 0.6”


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Sphalerite with Quartz

MY6R8: Sphalerite crystals more individualized than usual for the locality. They have a very well defined tetrahedral habit and are twinned, translucent and very bright, being implanted on a matrix coated by Quartz with small white crystals of Dolomite and yellow crystals of Calcite. A USA classic.
Gordonsville Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee  USA

Specimen size: 11.4 × 7.2 × 5.7 cm = 4.5” × 2.8” × 2.2”

Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.3 cm = 0.7” × 0.5”


Sphalerite with Quartz. Sphalerite with Quartz.
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UTAH


Fluorite
Fluorite.

TB56N0: Group of cuboctahedral crystals on a base of massive Quartz. The coating of microcrystalline Quartz has been eliminated with hydrofluoric acid to enhance both the crystallography and the real color of the Fluorite. The sample comes from an American state where Fluorite is very scarce.
Deer Trail Mine, Piute County, Marysvale, Utah  USA (1982)

Specimen size: 5.8 × 5.4 × 2.9 cm = 2.3” × 2.1” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.5 cm = 0.6” × 0.6”

Fluorescent long & short UV


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Fluorite with Quartz

TA76N0: Group of cuboctahedral crystals on a base of massive Quartz and coated by a thin layer of microcrystalline Quartz. The sample comes from an American state where Fluorite is very scarce.
Deer Trail Mine, Piute County, Marysvale, Utah  USA (1982)

Specimen size: 7 × 4.9 × 2.8 cm = 2.8” × 1.9” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2.6 cm = 1.1” × 1.0”

Fluorescent long & short UV


Fluorite with Quartz.
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Fluorite with Quartz
Fluorite with Quartz.

TC56N0: Group of cuboctahedral crystals on a base of massive Quartz and coated by a thin layer of microcrystalline Quartz. The sample comes from an American state where Fluorite is very scarce.
Deer Trail Mine, Piute County, Marysvale, Utah  USA (1982)

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.9 × 2.8 cm = 2.9” × 2.3” × 1.1”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 0.7” × 0.6”

Fluorescent long & short UV


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WASHINGTON


Grossular with Prehnite
Grossular with Prehnite
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TK1V2: Parallel growths of dodecahedral crystals with a deep honey color, bright and transparent. The color is darker than usual due to the size of the crystals which are unusually large for the locality, one of the great worldwide classics for the species.
The sample was in the collection of John Lindell, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
"Mud Bunny" Pocket, Vesper Peak, Sultan, Snohomish County, Washington  USA (1981)

Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.5 × 5 cm = 3.4” × 2.6” × 2.0”

Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.4 cm = 0.8” × 0.6”


Grossular with Prehnite. Grossular with Prehnite.
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WISCONSIN


Chalcocite
Chalcocite. Chalcocite.

AM96S9: Good sample, very representative of the material from the Flambeau Mine, a classic for the species. The crystals, on matrix, are sharp and have very well defined faces and edges, showing the metallic bluing characteristic of the samples from this mine.
Flambeau Mine, Level 1000, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin  USA (1994)

Specimen size: 6.3 × 5.4 × 3.8 cm = 2.5” × 2.1” × 1.5”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.4” × 0.4”

Former collection of Josep Amigó (Silvane)


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