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LL117 - Acanthite $ 500 Hongda Mine, Xiaoqinggou Ag-Mn deposit, Lingqiu County, Datong, Shanxi, China miniature - 3.7 x 2.9 x 1.1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Steel gray Acanthite crystal showing good crystal structure on both sides.
LL138 - Wulfenite $ 900 Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA small cabinet - 8 x 6 x 6 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Beautiful glassy orange/red Wulfenite crystals well exposed and filling seams in the matrix. Loaded with crystals, this is a very showing display specimen. There are some damaged crystals, but many more perfect ones.
LL127 - Apatite $ 450 Fulford Pegmatite, Eagle Co., Colorado, USA miniature - 3.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() An excellent single Apatite crystal from a small finds in the Fulford mining district. These were never found in quantity and are rarely seen for sale. This is a translucent crystal (with gem areas), perfectly terminated, complete all around and undamaged.
LL143 - Dioptase $ 350 Ray Mine, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA miniature - 4.8 x 3.8 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Drusy crystals of Dioptase with Chrysocolla on matrix. Excellent quality for the locality and the USA in general.
LL140 - Franklinite $ 250 Sterling Hill Mine, Franklin, New Jersey, USA small cabinet - 5.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Octahedral crystals of Franklinite to 1.7cm on matrix. There are four good complete crystals exposed, with other partial crystals embedded in the matrix.
LL139 - Crocoite $ 650 Berezovsk, Ural Mtns., Russia miniature - 4 x 3 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Orange/red Crocoite crystals to 1cm in size on multiple sides of the specimen. Bereszovsk is the type locality for Crocoite and was first described from this mine way back in 1766. Uncommon specimen potentially hundreds of years old.
LL132 - Pyromorphite $ 750 Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA small cabinet - 9 x 6.5 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Thin matrix covered on the front side by green Pyromorphite. A USA classic from a historic old Lead and Silver mine. In excellent condition, espcially considering this piece could date back to the 1800s. Comes with two old labels.
LL80 - Rhodonite $ 1500 Franklin, New Jersey, USA cabinet - 12 x 9 x 8 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large mass of Rhodonite crystals with attached small crystals of Franklinite. Good color and large sized specimen.
LL149 - Franklinite with Zincite $ 1500 Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, New Jersey, USA cabinet - 10.5 x 9 x 5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large and showy cluster of Franklinite crystals that contrast against the red Zincite. It's an old specimen and there are some incomplete or damaged crystals. Sawcut on back. Comes with an old Willis' Earth Treasures label.
LL147 - Malachite after Azurite $ 225 Touissit, Oujda, Morocco small cabinet - 5.3 x 3.5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Two connected crystals of Malachite after Azurite pseudomorphs. Rich green with a velvety surface luster. Comes with an old Al McGuinness label.
LL122 - Hemimorphite $ 260 Wenshan, Yunnan Prov., China small cabinet - 6 x 5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bright blue, botryoidal Hemimorphite. Rich, translucent blue layer over matrix. From 1990s finds at a zinc mine in China.
LL115 - Fluorite on Sphalerite $ 450 Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Tennessee, USA small cabinet - 8.5 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Translucent purple Fluorite crystal atop crystals of deep red Sphalerite. The Fluorite is 5cm (on the diagonal), complete all around and undamaged.
LL118 - Hydrocerussite $ 150 Mendip, Somerset, England, United Kingdom miniature - 4 x 2.5 x 1.1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Platy group of Hydrocerussite. Old specimen from an English quarry and comes mounted on a glass stand. Comes with an old R. F. D. Parkinson & Co. Ltd. (Somerset, England) label.
CT729 - Quartz after Selenite $ 75 Crawford, Sioux Co. Nebraska, USA thumbnail - 3 x 2.5 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unusual psuedomorph of Quartz that has replaced a floater cluster of Gypsum var. Selenite.
LL137 - Quartz Gwindel $ 400 Miage Glacier, Mt. Blanc, Veny Valley, Courmayeur, Piedmont Rov., Italy small cabinet - 7.5 x 4.2 x 2.2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Transparent Smokey Quartz gwindel from Italy. There is some contact on the lower backside where it was attached, otherwise perfect and undamaged.
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