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SV263 - Hureaulite $ 120 SOLD Jocao Mine, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil miniature - 4 x 2.7 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bright pink crystals of Hureaulite on both sides of specimen. This mine is well known for it's great phosphate minerals, and the Hurealite from this locality is superb.
CT243 - Diaboleite, Caledonite $ 125 Rowley Mine, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA thumbnail - 1.3 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Small cluster of Diaboleite and Caledonite crystals. Old spceimn mounted in a plastic box.
LV288 - Sillimanite $ 60 SOLD Nibbio-Val Faera pegmatites, Nibbio, Mergozzo, Piedmont, Italy miniature - 4.5 x 4 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Translucent greyish crystals of Sillimanite in matrix. These are found in pegmatites in cliffs near the village of Nibbio. The main crystal is 4cm long.
CT165 - Legrandite $ 225 Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico thumbnail - 3 x 2.5 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Wide vug in Limonite filled with golden crystals of Legrandite. A rarity from the Chuck Trantham collection, originally acquired by Chuck from Al McGuinness in 1988.
LV304 - Wulfenite, Mimetite $ 125 SOLD Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico small cabinet - 7 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Globular yellow/green Mimetite all over a Limonite matrix with attached orange Wulfenite crystals, some of which are very transparent. Comes with a few old labels.
CT106 - Senarmontite $ 180 Djebel Hammimat Mine, Ain Babouche District, Algeria miniature - 3.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Crystals of translucent grey octahedral Senarmontite on both sides of the specimen, with larger crystals to 6mm on the front and small drusy crystals on the back. Discovered in 1845, the Djebel Hammimat Mine is the type locality for sénarmontite, an antimony oxide dimorph of Valentinite. Ex. Chuck Trantham, Al McGuinness specimen.
LV284 - Gillespite, Sanbornite $ 60 El Rosario Mine, El Alamo, Ensenada Municipality, Baja California, Mexico miniature - 4.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bright red crystals of Gillespite in massive crystalline white Sanbornite.
CT348 - Siegenite $ 275 Buick Mine, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA thumbnail - 3 x 2.5 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Crystals of Siegenite on a sulfide rich matrix that is crystallized on both sides. Siegenite is a cobalt nickel sulfide that is one of the rarer and most sought after minerals from Missouri's Viburnum Trend.
CT399 - Inderite $ 240 Boron, Kern Co., California, USA small cabinet - 8 x 3 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Well formed cluster of terminated, translucent Inderite crystals. Elegant, prismatic crystals with a thin coating of white Tincalconite in areas. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection #53. Though Chuck saw many of these, this was the one he decided to keep, for obvious reasons.
LV275 - Rutile in Quartz $ 125 SOLD Spera Mountain, Momond Agency, Pakistan small cabinet - 5.8 x 3.3 x 1.8 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Red meatllic sprays of Rutile in a transparent Quartz crystal. Each Rutile spray radiates out from a central point. Undamaged.
CT462 - Vaugnatite $ 150 Copper King Mine, Red Mountain, Mendocino Co., California, USA small cabinet - 7.2 x 2.5 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Glassy, colorless/white orthorhombic crystals of vuagnatite, a rare silicate mineral, on matrix. Collected by Chuck Trantham in 1982 and valued at that time at $100.
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