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This page provides a selection of the specimens that have passed through the Fabre Minerals website and, due to their quality,
rarity, or significance as specimens from interesting locations, have been preserved as reference specimens in #MVM


ILLINOIS


Fluorite with Calcite and Chalcopyrite
Fluorite with Calcite and Chalcopyrite. Front
Front
Fluorite with Calcite and Chalcopyrite. Side
Side
 

EV27AM5: Group of very sharp crystals, between transparent and translucent, shiny and with geometric color zoning marked by the contrast between the yellow in most of the crystal and the intense and deep violet in the edges. A classic from the USA.
Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois  USA

Specimen size: 4.6 × 4.3 × 3.6 cm = 1.81” × 1.69” × 1.42”

Main crystal size: 4.4 × 4.1 cm = 1.73” × 1.61”

Minor fluorescence short UV

Former collection of Pierre-Marie Guy
Fluorite with Sphalerite and Quartz

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Fluorite with Sphalerite and Quartz
 

TRB96AP9: Elongated cubic Fluorite crystal, transparent, with good luster and a dominant yellow color with blue geometric growths on the edges. On a matrix of Sphalerite crystals with fine Quartz crystals.
An American classic.
Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois  USA

Specimen size: 7.3 × 5.7 × 2.2 cm = 2.87” × 2.24” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.98” × 0.51”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of John & Pat Carlon
Fluorite with Sphalerite and Quartz. Fluorite with Sphalerite and Quartz.
Fluorite with Chalcopyrite
Fluorite with Chalcopyrite. Fluorite with Chalcopyrite.
 

TR47AM9: Group of sharp Fluorite crystals, between transparent and translucent, with bright luster and geometric color zoning very marked by the contrast between the yellow color in most of the crystal and the deep violet color in the edges. With inclusions of small crystals of Chalcopyrite. A classic from the USA.
Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois  USA (±1980)

Specimen size: 10 × 5.4 × 4.6 cm = 3.94” × 2.13” × 1.81”

Main crystal size: 3.9 × 2.7 cm = 1.54” × 1.06”

Fluorite with Quartz and Chalcopyrite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

BRB37AO8: Group of sharp Fluorite crystals, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and a geometric color zoning marked by the good contrast between the yellow color in most of the crystal and the deep violet on the edges. With Quartz at the base and inclusions of small Chalcopyrite crystals.
A classic from the USA that comes from an important European collection.
Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois  USA

Specimen size: 10.1 × 7.8 × 3.4 cm = 3.98” × 3.07” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 0.67” × 0.63”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Fluorite with Quartz and Chalcopyrite. Front
Front
Fluorite with Quartz and Chalcopyrite. Side
Side
Fluorite with Quartz and Chalcopyrite.
Baryte on Fluorite
Baryte on Fluorite. Front
Front
Baryte on Fluorite. Rear
Rear
 

TC26G3: This floater specimen is very esthetic and original. Tabular white crystals of Baryte are aerial on a Fluorite crystal having a curious growth, formed by three faces of a cube and a fourth one being octahedral, where the Baryte group is attached.
Annabel Lee Mine, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois  USA

Specimen size: 5.2 × 5 × 4.3 cm = 2.05” × 1.97” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 4.5 × 2.6 cm = 1.77” × 1.02”

Fluorescent long UV
Calcite with Fluorite
 

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, Goose Creek Mine group, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois  USA

Specimen size: 14 × 9.5 × 6.5 cm = 5.51” × 3.74” × 2.56”

Main crystal size: 6.2 × 4.5 cm = 2.44” × 1.77”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Calcite with Fluorite. Front
Front
Calcite with Fluorite. Top
Top
Fluorite with Sphalerite
Fluorite with Sphalerite. Fluorite with Sphalerite.
Fluorite with Sphalerite  

JM69X0: Group of cubic crystals with polycrystalline growths on the cube faces. The crystals are translucent, with a clear violet color with a deeper color zoning on the edges. On the back there is a small matrix of Sphalerite.
Previously in the Tom Wiesner collection (num. 2343284), whose label we'll send to the buyer.
Denton Mine, Goose Creek Mine group, Harris Creek Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois  USA (02/03/1984)

Specimen size: 12 × 10.2 × 5 cm = 4.72” × 4.02” × 1.97”

Main crystal size: 7.3 × 6.7 cm = 2.87” × 2.64”

Fluorescent long & short UV

Former collection of James Catmur
Fluorite with Chalcopyrite
Fluorite with Chalcopyrite  

JA28W3: Flattened drusy growth of very transparent cubic crystals with a very uniform violet color. An American classic of very good quality.
The sample was previously in the collection of Tom Wiesner (num. 73572074), whose label we’ll send with the Catmur label to the buyer.
Minerva I Mine, Spivey shaft, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois  USA (1974)

Specimen size: 13.7 × 10.3 × 1.7 cm = 5.39” × 4.06” × 0.67”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.59” × 0.51”

Former collection of James Catmur
Fluorite with Chalcopyrite. Fluorite with Chalcopyrite.
Baryte
Baryte. Baryte.
 

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 = 2.36” × 2.76” × 2.09”

Minor fluorescence short UV
Witherite with Calcite
 

VA47Y5: An intergrowth of two crystals on a matrix of very acute Calcite crystals. The crystals of Witherite, yellowish in color, are formed by a thick prism, horizontally striated, and much flattened and slightly curved rhombohedral terminations.
Minerva I Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois  USA (±1978)

Specimen size: 4.7 × 4.2 × 3 cm = 1.85” × 1.65” × 1.18”

Main crystal size: 4.1 × 3.2 cm = 1.61” × 1.26”

Former collection of A. Mayor

Intense fluorescence long & short UV
Witherite with Calcite. Front
Front
Witherite with Calcite. Rear
Rear
Witherite with Alstonite
Witherite with Alstonite. Front
Front
Witherite with Alstonite. Top
Top
Witherite with Alstonite  

EX89Y3: Two partially doubly terminated crystals, one of them clearly dominant, isolated and with very well defined faces and edges, which is really uncommon for Minerva I Mine samples. The Witherite is on a matrix partially coated by small white Alstonite crystals.
The sample is from the Martin Zinn collection, whose label we’ll send to the buyer.
Minerva I Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois  USA

Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.8 × 3.5 cm = 2.13” × 1.89” × 1.38”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.6 cm = 1.18” × 1.02”

Very fluorescent long & short UV
Witherite with Fluorite and Calcite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TLP97AO5: Witherite crystals formed by a thick prism and very flattened and slightly curved rhombohedral terminations with marked polycrystalline growths, translucent, and yellow in color. On matrix with Calcite and Fluorite crystals. A very characteristic specimen for this classic locality, both for the USA and for the species.
Minerva I Mine, Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-in-Rock Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois  USA

Specimen size: 11.3 × 9.7 × 6.7 cm = 4.45” × 3.82” × 2.64”

Very fluorescent long & short UV
Witherite with Fluorite and Calcite. Front
Front
Witherite with Fluorite and Calcite. Side
Side
Witherite with Fluorite and Calcite.
Calcite with Sphalerite
Calcite with Sphalerite. Front
Front
Calcite with Sphalerite. Side
Side
Calcite with Sphalerite. Rear
Rear
 

TF88AE2: Aggregate of two scalenohedral Calcite crystals with very well defined parallel polycrystalline growths. They are translucent, have a pale yellow color with white phantoms and are on a Sphalerite matrix. An American classic.
Rosiclare, Rosiclare Sub-District, Hardin County, Illinois  USA

Specimen size: 14.7 × 11 × 9.3 cm = 5.79” × 4.33” × 3.66”

Main crystal size: 14 × 7 cm = 5.51” × 2.76”

Minor fluorescence short UV

INDIANA


Calcite
 

MP26AM9: Group of Calcite crystals on matrix, with poorly developed prism faces and clearly dominant forms of a flattened rhombohedron. They are transparent, lustrous, and have an intense and uniform yellow color. The specimen, from a classic American locality for the species, is from the Robert J. Noble collection and will be sent to the buyer in its original Perky box from that collection, which also contains the label.
Berry Materials Corp. Quarry, North Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana  USA

Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.7 × 2.4 cm = 1.10” × 1.06” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 1.9 cm = 1.02” × 0.75”

Minor fluorescence short UV

Former collection of Bob Noble
Calcite. Front
Front
Calcite. Side
Side
Calcite. Side
Side
Doubly terminated Calcite
Doubly terminated Calcite.
 

M82N: Doubly terminated Calcite. Sharp edges and pretty gemmy. A perfect representative sample from Berry Materials quarry.
Berry Materials Corp. Quarry, North Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana  USA

Specimen size: 4.2 × 6.5 cm = 1.65” × 2.56”

Calcite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TC2240TFM: Group of complex Calcite crystals very rich in crystal forms, with a spheroidal shape, transparent, with good luster and an intense yellow orange color.
Berry Materials Corp. Quarry, North Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana  USA

Specimen size: 6 × 4.7 × 3.2 cm = 2.36” × 1.85” × 1.26”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 2 cm = 0.87” × 0.79”

Former collection of A. Mayor
Calcite.
Calcite.
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 Corp. Quarry, North Vernon, Jennings County, Indiana  USA

Specimen size: 10.7 × 8.7 × 3.9 cm = 4.21” × 3.43” × 1.54”

Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.4 cm = 1.02” × 0.94”

Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV

Former collection of Claus Hedegaard. Number 10799
Calcite
 

TXR63AN9: Equant twinned Calcite crystal with a bipyramidal habit, between transparent and translucent, with good luster and a honey-yellow color.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Irving Materials Quarry, Anderson, Madison County, Indiana  USA

Specimen size: 2.4 × 2 × 1.2 cm = 0.94” × 0.79” × 0.47”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Calcite. Calcite.

IOWA


Pyrite with Calcite
Pyrite with Calcite. Pyrite with Calcite.
 

TB66AG3: Groups of octahedral Pyrite crystals with minor cube faces. They are very well defined and bright and are on a rocky matrix coated by small, very acute, scalenohedral Calcite crystals, transparent and bright. The sample is from a not well known Iowa mine.
Pint's Quarry, Raymond, Black Hawk County, Iowa  USA

Specimen size: 7.5 × 6.5 × 4.3 cm = 2.95” × 2.56” × 1.69”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.4 cm = 0.20” × 0.16”

Calcite minor fluorescence short UV
Baryte
 

MD16AM8: Very sharp, complete floater crystal of transparent and lustrous Baryte with a little matrix.
We will send the buyer the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott County, Iowa  USA

Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.5 × 1 cm = 1.06” × 0.59” × 0.39”

Minor fluorescence long & short UV

Former collection of Bob Noble
Baryte. Baryte.
Baryte
Baryte. Front
Front
Baryte. Side
Side
 

TK57AD2: Very aerial aggregate of very sharp doubly terminated crystals that are transparent and bright and whose color is between smoky and yellow. Some of them have parallel growths and inclusions.
Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott County, Iowa  USA (2011-2012)

Specimen size: 10.3 × 4.8 × 2.7 cm = 4.06” × 1.89” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 4.6 × 2.7 cm = 1.81” × 1.06”


KANSAS


Galena with Pyrite
 

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

Specimen size: 9.4 × 7.2 × 4.4 cm = 3.70” × 2.83” × 1.73”

Main crystal size: 3 × 3.1 cm = 1.18” × 1.22”

Galena with Pyrite. Front
Front
Galena with Pyrite. Side
Side

KENTUCKY


Millerite with Pyrite
Millerite with Pyrite. Millerite with Pyrite.
 

TBB11AN4: Quartz crystal geode with very lustrous acicular Millerite crystals and isolated cubo-octahedral Pyrite crystals. From a classic locality for Millerite.
We will ship this specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains a label stating that it was previously in the Melanson collection.
Halls Gap, Lincoln County, Kentucky  USA

Specimen size: 2.3 × 2 × 1 cm = 0.91” × 0.79” × 0.39”

Main crystal size: 0.5 × 0.1 cm = 0.20” × 0.04”

Former collection of Bob Noble

MICHIGAN


Copper
 

LX69AE4: Floater aggregate of Copper crystals with a considerable length. Their faces and edges are unusually well developed, forming parallel growths.
The sample is from the Carles Millan collection (catalog#1111), who’s computer card we’ll send to the buyer.
Central Mine, Central, Keweenaw County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 6.2 × 3.2 × 1.4 cm = 2.44” × 1.26” × 0.55”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.59”

Former collection of Carles Millan
Copper. Front
Front
Copper. Rear
Rear
Copper
Copper. Front
Front
Copper. Rear
Rear
Copper.
 

TM43AJ2: A copper “foot”. Parallel growths of crystals that have very well defined faces and edges with a predominant octahedron and dodecahedron, some of them almost complete and all them very bright.
Copper Harbor, Lake Superior, Keweenaw County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 6.1 × 3.3 × 2.4 cm = 2.40” × 1.30” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1 cm = 0.91” × 0.39”

Copper

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Copper
 

SV2190TBR: Group of arborescent Copper crystals arranged aerially and with a very sharp crystal definition.
A very elegant miniature from a classic American deposit for Copper, and which comes to us via the old collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon.
Lake Superior copper district, Keweenaw County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.1 × 1.1 cm = 0.98” × 0.83” × 0.43”

Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.2 cm = 0.16” × 0.08”

Former collection of Robert-Auguste Touchon
Copper. Copper.
Copper
Copper. Front
Front
Copper. Rear
Rear
 

TX71AL3: Arborescent growth of very aerial and individual crystals of Copper with curvatures on the faces and edges.
Cliff Mine, Phoenix, Keweenaw County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 11 × 5.6 × 2.3 cm = 4.33” × 2.20” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 0.87” × 0.59”

Copper
 

MV66AM0: Floater group of very well defined dodecahedral crystals, bright and of good size, with fine alignments formed by the recrystallization of very shiny Copper microcrystals. With a little matrix and casts of vanished Quartz crystals. An American classic, a high quality miniature.
Keweenaw County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.2 × 2.2 cm = 1.06” × 0.87” × 0.87”

Copper. Front  / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Front / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Copper. Side  / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Copper. Side  / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Side / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Copper. Rear  / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Rear / Photo: Joaquim Callén
Silver and Copper (variety halfbreed)
Silver and Copper (variety halfbreed). Front
Front
Silver and Copper (variety halfbreed). Rear
Rear
Silver and Copper (variety halfbreed). Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén
Detail / Foto: Joaquim Callén

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EGR96AQ1: Arborescent growths of Silver and Copper, intermingled but, at the same time, well differentiated (“halfbreed” variety), both with recognizable and well developed crystal forms.
A Keweenaw classic, rare and of excellent quality.
Keweenaw County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 4.6 × 3.7 × 2.5 cm = 1.81” × 1.46” × 0.98”

Main crystal size: 1.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.63” × 0.20”

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 County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 6 × 3.6 × 3.4 cm = 2.36” × 1.42” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 1.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.67” × 0.28”

Copper.
Copper
Copper. Front
Front
Copper. Rear
Rear

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

NRF46AO8: Dendritic growth on matrix with elongated and flattened Copper crystals with well defined faces with a predominance of rhombododecahedra and octahedra.
It comes from the Santiago Jiménez collection, which not only had specimens from Spain but also a good representation of minerals from all over the world.
Keweenaw County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 9.8 × 6.2 × 2.3 cm = 3.86” × 2.44” × 0.91”

Former collection of Santiago Jiménez García
Silver with Galena and Quartz
 

EP89AA5: Arborescent growth of curved native Silver crystals with fresh, bright surfaces typical of the best samples from the locality and with small cubic crystals and foliated surfaces of Galena and small Quartz fragments. A very good American classic.
Keweenaw County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 4 × 2.3 × 1.5 cm = 1.57” × 0.91” × 0.59”

Silver with Galena and Quartz. Front
Front
Silver with Galena and Quartz. Rear
Rear
Copper
Copper. Front
Front
Copper. Rear
Rear
Copper.
 

TB86AL6: Very aerial dendritic aggregate of rhombododecahedral Copper crystals on matrix, slightly deformed in the growth process but with very well defined faces and edges. Excellent specimen, very elegant and large. An American classic.
Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 20.5 × 15 × 6.7 cm = 8.07” × 5.91” × 2.64”

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.
Osceola Mine, Osceola No. 6, Osceola, Houghton County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 6.7 × 2.5 × 1.6 cm = 2.64” × 0.98” × 0.63”

Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.6 cm = 1.26” × 0.63”

Copper.
Copper with Calcite
Copper with Calcite. Front
Front
Copper with Calcite. Rear
Rear
Copper with Calcite  

EC86P2: Very aerial aggregate of big, bright crystals whose faces are very well defined for the species and contrasting with the white coatings of Calcite.
The sample is with an old label of the collection of the Museum of Mineralogy and Petrology of Berlin University.
Lake Superior, Keweenaw County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 6.9 × 3.8 × 3.4 cm = 2.72” × 1.50” × 1.34”

Main crystal size: 2.9 × 2 cm = 1.14” × 0.79”

Copper (skull)
Copper (skull)  

TZ91AF1: Nodular growth of native Copper well known as a “skull,” that has partially preserved the walls of the original nodule and that has poorly defined crystallizations inside. An American classic with an old Minerals International label that we’ll send to the buyer.
Centennial Mine, Centennial No. 6 shaft, Centennial, Houghton County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.8 × 4.5 cm = 3.43” × 2.68” × 1.77”

Copper (skull). Front
Front
Copper (skull). Side
Side
Copper with Analcime

Recorded under neon light

Recorded under neon light

Recorded under neon light

Recorded under neon light
Copper with Analcime  

TXR13CD6: Very aerial group formed by well-defined Copper crystals in stalagmitic growth, with their characteristic bronze color that has not been lost even though it is a very old specimen. A large and sharp Analcime crystal makes the piece even more attractive.
This specimen, well documented and of very considerable size, comes from the Fernando Reyna collection and it is very noteworthy that the Copper crystals are so well defined in such a large specimen.
Centennial Mine, Centennial, Houghton County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 20.2 × 13.3 × 4.2 cm = 7.95” × 5.24” × 1.65”

Main crystal size: 5 × 2.4 cm = 1.97” × 0.94”

Former collection of Francesco S. Stoppani

Former collection of Fernando Reyna
Copper with Calcite
 

EM37AA1: Arborescent growth of elongated crystals with well-defined faces and edges, with a considerable length and on a small crystalline Calcite matrix. A museum quality sample.
Lake Superior, Keweenaw County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 16 × 6.5 × 1.5 cm = 6.30” × 2.56” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 5.5 × 2.2 cm = 2.17” × 0.87”

Copper with Calcite. Front
Front
Copper with Calcite. Rear
Rear
Silver
Silver.
 

TF97Q8: Arborescent growth that, from the base to the upper zone, developed progressively taller crystals that have better developed crystalline forms. A good sample.
Wolverine Mine, Wolverine, Houghton County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 4 × 3.7 × 1.8 cm = 1.57” × 1.46” × 0.71”

Main crystal size: 1.1 × 0.7 cm = 0.43” × 0.28”

Silver and Copper (variety halfbreed)
 

TQ6AN1: Deformed native Silver crystals, with distinguishable faces and edges, on a native Copper matrix. A classic example of what in collecting jargon is known as a 'halfbreed'.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the Robert J. Noble collection, which also contains the label.
Calumet No. 1 Mine, Calumet Township, Houghton County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.9 × 1.2 cm = 0.94” × 0.75” × 0.47”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Silver and Copper (variety halfbreed). Silver and Copper (variety halfbreed).
Silver with Copper
Silver with Copper. Front
Front
Silver with Copper. Rear
Rear
 

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 Township, Houghton County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 4.5 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm = 1.77” × 0.98” × 0.59”

Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.4 cm = 0.71” × 0.16”

Calcite with Copper inclusions

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

TFR46AO0: Doubly terminated scalenohedral Calcite crystal, translucent, white and with abundant reddish native Copper inclusions. One of the most desired American classics, in this case with a peculiarity, the growth of a second generation of small, very white Calcite crystals that give the piece a rather peculiar appearance.
The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine ‘Paragénesis’, number 01/2022, page 73
Quincy Mine, Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 7.6 × 3.7 × 2.6 cm = 2.99” × 1.46” × 1.02”

Calcite with Copper inclusions. Front
Front
Calcite with Copper inclusions. Rear
Rear
Calcite with Copper inclusions.
Copper and Calcite with Copper inclusions
Copper and Calcite with Copper inclusions. Front
Front
Copper and Calcite with Copper inclusions. Side
Side
Copper and Calcite with Copper inclusions. Copper and Calcite with Copper inclusions.

Fluorescent light (daylight)
 

EZR99AP2: Scalenohedral crystals of Calcite, one of them clearly dominant, accompanied by leafy aggregates of Copper surrounding the Calcite crystals externally but with the particularity that other copper crystals are included within the scalenohedrons of Calcite, giving them the reddish color so characteristic of this type of specimen, an American classic.
Quincy Mine, Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 6.1 × 4.8 × 2.3 cm = 2.40” × 1.89” × 0.91”

Main crystal size: 4 × 2.1 cm = 1.57” × 0.83”

Copper with Calcite

Fluorescent light (daylight)
Copper with Calcite
 

TV46AJ8: Very aerial dendritic native Copper growths on matrix with aggregates of complex Calcite crystals that are translucent, bright, and have a pale pink color. This association of native Copper and well crystallized Calcite is known but rare at Keweenaw.
The sample is from the American mineral dealer Al McGuinness whose label we will send to the buyer.
Keweenaw Copper District, Ontonagon County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 11.4 × 7.5 × 5.1 cm = 4.49” × 2.95” × 2.01”

Copper with Calcite. Copper with Calcite.
Silver
Silver. Front
Front
Silver. Rear
Rear
Silver.
 

TX53AL3: Tree-like growth, on matrix, of very elongated crystals of Silver, with pronounced twists (“wires”) and crystalline terminations. An excellent example from a mining district from which Silver is known but not abundant.
Caledonia Mine, Mass City, Ontonagon County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 4.8 × 2.3 × 2.1 cm = 1.89” × 0.91” × 0.83”

Copper with Cuprite

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Copper with Cuprite
 

TXF91AQ1: Dendritic growth of very elongated Copper crystals, with reddish tones due to Cuprite coatings, a rare association in Ontonagon specimens.
The specimen comes from the collection of William Severance (number 94-14), whose number on a small piece of paper we will send to the buyer.
White Pine Mine, White Pine, Ontonagon County, Michigan  USA

Specimen size: 12.7 × 5.1 × 1 cm = 5.00” × 2.01” × 0.39”

Former collection of William Severance
Copper with Cuprite. Front
Front
Copper with Cuprite. Rear
Rear
Copper with Cuprite.

MISSOURI


Galena on Pyrite
Galena on Pyrite. Front
Front
Galena on Pyrite. Side
Side
 

MF47E7: From a locality that used to be very productive (although it is no longer so) this one stands out from all the others found there for various reasons: the form of the crystal (slightly oblong and with small octahedral modification on the corners), all the faces are undamaged, the brilliance of the faces, and, above all, its great position on the matrix of botryoidal Pyrite. So while many Galenas have been found in the Tri-State district this one is special.
Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper County, Missouri  USA

Specimen size: 4.2 × 4.2 × 2.7 cm = 1.65” × 1.65” × 1.06”

Main crystal size: 3 × 2.3 cm = 1.18” × 0.91”

Galena with Pyrite
 

TF76F6: A classic species, with the classic cuboctahedral form and from a classic locality. It started as a cube and then later on cuboctahedral forms grew on it, orientated to the cube. All of which makes the specimen especially attractive.
Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper County, Missouri  USA

Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.5 × 3.5 cm = 2.17” × 1.77” × 1.38”

Galena with Pyrite. Front
Front
Galena with Pyrite. Side
Side
Calcite with Dolomite
Calcite with Dolomite. Front
Front
Calcite with Dolomite. Side
Side

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DCA13AN5: Doubly terminated and complete crystal of Calcite, implanted on matrix, with the dominant forms of a ditrigonal prism, terminated by a very flattened rhombohedron. It is transparent, very lustrous and has an intense and uniform yellow color.
The specimen comes from the Lluís Daunis collection.
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri  USA

Specimen size: 3.9 × 2 × 2.2 cm = 1.54” × 0.79” × 0.87”

Main crystal size: 3.5 × 1.2 cm = 1.38” × 0.47”

With handwritten note from the Lluís Daunis Collection
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.
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri  USA

Specimen size: 11.8 × 10.3 × 9.3 cm = 4.65” × 4.06” × 3.66”

Main crystal size: 9 × 2.8 cm = 3.54” × 1.10”

Calcite with Dolomite and Chalcopyrite. Front
Front
Calcite with Dolomite and Chalcopyrite. Side
Side
Doubly terminated Calcite with Dolomite, Sphalerite and Pyrite
Doubly terminated Calcite with Dolomite, Sphalerite and Pyrite. Front
Front
Doubly terminated Calcite with Dolomite, Sphalerite and Pyrite. Rear
Rear
Doubly terminated Calcite with Dolomite, Sphalerite and Pyrite. Top
Top
 

TM89AJ8: Great doubly terminated scalenohedral Calcite crystal with very well defined polycrystalline growths. It is translucent, very bright, with an intense yellow color, and on matrix with Sphalerite and Pyrite.
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri  USA

Specimen size: 15.4 × 7.8 × 5.4 cm = 6.06” × 3.07” × 2.13”

Main crystal size: 15.4 × 5.3 cm = 6.06” × 2.09”

Galena
 

MB12AM7: Very sharp, lustrous Galena crystals on matrix. An American classic that we will send to the buyer in its original Perky box from the Robert J. (Bob) Noble collection, which also contains the label, which indicates that it was in the Sullivan collection.
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri  USA

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.2 × 2.6 cm = 1.02” × 0.87” × 1.02”

Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1 cm = 0.55” × 0.39”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Galena. Galena.
Galena with Chalcopyrite and Dolomite
Galena with Chalcopyrite and Dolomite. Front
Front
Galena with Chalcopyrite and Dolomite. Side
Side
Galena with Chalcopyrite and Dolomite.

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ETP26AN5: Cubo-octahedral Galena crystals, with very sharp and shiny crystal forms, on a matrix of white Dolomite crystals with coatings of small, very lustrous Chalcopyrite crystals.
The specimen is from the Claude Perraudin collection.
Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri  USA

Specimen size: 15.7 × 15.3 × 10.2 cm = 6.18” × 6.02” × 4.02”

Main crystal size: 4.7 × 4.2 cm = 1.85” × 1.65”

Former collection of Claude Perraudin
Chalcopyrite
 

TXA14AO2: Group on matrix of very shiny twinned disphenoidal Chalcopyrite crystals, on limonite matrix.
We will ship the specimen in its original Perky box from the collection of Robert J. (Bob) Noble, which also contains the label.
Pea Ridge Mine, Sullivan, Washington County, Missouri  USA

Specimen size: 2.6 × 2 × 2.4 cm = 1.02” × 0.79” × 0.94”

Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.59” × 0.55”

Former collection of Bob Noble
Chalcopyrite. Chalcopyrite.

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