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CT817 - Mimetite $ 40 Adelaida mine, San Antonio district, Vallenar, Huasco Province, Atacama Region, Chile thumbnail - 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Orange Mimetite on Chrysocolla from an old mine that closed in 1930. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection.
CT819 - Azurite $ 60 San Pablo Mine, Inca de Oro, Chile miniature - 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Vuggy matrix with good, lustrous Azurite crystals on both sides. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection.
CT823 - Pseudomalachite on Quartz $ 150 Los Azules mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile thumbnail - 2.5 x 2 x 1.3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Green Pseudomalachite coating Quartz crystals. Undamaged with good coverage on all sides. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection.
CT828 - Metatorbernite $ 60 Los Azules mine, Quebrada San Miguel, Copiapó Province, Atacama, Chile thumbnail - 3 x 2.5 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Green Metatorbernite crystals that contrast well against a dark matrix. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection.
CT750 - Pharmacolite $ 90 Neurode, Harz, Germany small cabinet - 9 x 5 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Small pink hemispheres of Pharmacolite, a rare calcium arsenate mineral, on matrix. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection, formerly out of the Frank Edwards collection and comes with an old Shortmann's Minerals label.
CT753 - Kimzeyite, Perovskite, Magnetite, Apatite $ 50 Kimsey Calcite Quarry, Magnet Cove, Arkansas, USA small cabinet - 5.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Small black crystals of Kimzeyite, a rare Calcium and Zirconium nesosilicate mineral, in Calcite with other minerals (Perovskite, Magnetite, Monticellite, Apatite). Found at only a small number of localities worldwide. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection.
CT926 - Ardennite $ 50 Salmchateau, Vielsalm, Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium thumbnail - 2 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Yellow Ardennite, a rare and complex sorosilicate mineral, on Quartz. From the type locality. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection.
CT914 - Iranite $ 150 Chah Khouni Mine, Anarak District, Isfahan Province, Iran small cabinet - 7 x 4 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Lustrous red Iranite on matrix from the type locality in Iran. Iranite is a rare lead-copper-chromate. Ex. Al McGuinness, Chuck Trantham. The old Al McGuinness label shows a price of $100 from decades ago.
LL116 - Smithsonite $ 600 Laurium, Greece miniature - 5 x 4.2 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Blue botryoidal Smithsonite in multiple vugs. Old specimes that comes with a few old labels including a Jean Behier label that notes that he acquired it from the Letellier collection.
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.
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