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CT508 - Vanadinite var. Endlichite $ 220 Touissit, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco miniature - 3.2 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm Fine floater cluster of thick arsenic rich Vanadinite crystals from Touissit. Main crystal is 2cm tall and 1.5cm thick. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection and comes with an old Alain Carion label.
CT322 - Rutile Champion Mine, Mono Co., California, USA thumbnail - 2 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm Fabulous V-twin crystal of Rutile from the Champion Mine. This is the best V-twin I can recall ever seeing from this locality. There are 6 pages of photos of Rutile fromt his locality on Mindat, and none show better twin formation than this. Complete all around with an area of contact on the back, with high luster. Ex. Chuck Trantham personal collection.
CT634 - Cassiterite $ 125 Viloco Mine, Bolivia thumbnail - 3 x 2.7 x 1.6 cm Large single Cassiterite crystal showing areas of transparency. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection.
CT645 - Fluorite $ 650 Minerva Mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA cabinet - 13.5 x 10 x 3.5 cm Large cluster of transparent to translucent Fluorite cubes from the Minerva Mine. The Fluorite is yellow with thin outer layers of purple and has both attached and included crystals of Chalcopyrite. Clean and in excellent condition with small crystals on the backside too.
D580 - Tsavorite, Graphite, Calcite, Diopside, Pyrite $ 300 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.5 x 3.3 x 2.4 cm Classic Merelani combination of elongated Tsavorite (Grossular) crystals, white Calcite, Diopside, Pyrite and well formed Graphite crystals. Excellent display and study piece for the locality.
D720 - Copper $ 475 Hekla Mine, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA small cabinet - 7.5 x 6.5 x 3.6 cm Well crystallized Copper specimen with a grouping of good crystals rising up off larger, thick crystals at the base.
CT656 - Heulandite with Mordenite $ 150 Amudika River, near Mirny, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia miniature - 4.2 x 3 x 2.2 cm Bi-colored Heulandite crystal with Mordenite. A fine quality double-terminated Heulandite 2cm wide. Hard to find old specimen from Chuck Trantham personal collection.
CT658 - Heulandite with Mordenite, Calcite $ 150 Amudika River, near Mirny, Yakutia, Siberia, Russia miniature - 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm Bi-colored Heulandite crystal with Mordenite and Calcite crystals. A fine quality double-terminated Heulandite 2.2cm wide. Hard to find old specimen from Chuck Trantham personal collection.
CT650 - Liddicoatite $ 1800 Anjanabonoina, Madagascar cabinet - 12.2 x 9 x 0.4 cm Cut and polished slice of Liddicoatite (a species of Tourmaline) from old finds in Madagascar. Cut parallel to the C-axis, the slice reveals the colorful interior of what would have appeared to otherwise be a dark crystal. Triangular color zoning of greens, blues, and purple. Well polished on both sides, weighs 87.09 grams.
CT682 - Tetrahedrite $ 1200 Peru miniature - 4.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm Large single Tetrahedrite, 3.5cm with some smaller attached crystals. Excellent size and undamaged with a slight coating of Chalcopyrite in areas. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection.
CT739 - Mellite $ 275 Csordakúti Mine, Bicske-Csordakút, Bicskei District, Fejér County, Hungary thumbnail - 3 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm Fine single crystal of the unusual organic mineral Mellite, 2.7cm wide tip to tip, with smaller attached crystals. A seldom seen rarity that, according to Mindat, has been found in only 12 localities worldwide. It occurs as a secondary mineral in lignite deposits. The crystals are translucent, with light brown color and sharp form. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection acquired by Chuck in 1987.
A100 - Titanite with Melanite $ 150 MT Jeannes Pit No. 2, Clear Creek, San Benito Co., California, USA small cabinet - 8 x 4.5 x 3 cm Pink Titanite (Sphene) crystals associated with black Andradite var. Melanite. This is one of only a handful of specimens found decades ago and a true rarity for a California or San Benito Co. collector. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection, collected by Chuck and Al McGuinness in 1982.
CT707 - Argentite with Silver Potosi, Bolivia miniature - 5 x 4 x 3 cm Silver wires in vugs all over specimen. There are also some unidentified elongated crystals in the vugs. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection.
CT193 - Argentite $ 150 Rayas Mine, Guanajuato, Mexico thumbnail - 1.5 x 1.2 x 1 cm Cubic Argentite crystals to 1cm. Mounted on a peg in a Perky box. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection.
CT706 - Anglesite Last Chance Mine, Yreka Mining District, Kellog, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA small cabinet - 5.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm Glassy transparent Anglesite crystals on a Galena matrix. Longest crystal is 1.4cm. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection. The old label indicates that this was from the Bunker Hill Mine, but it is most likely from the nearby Last Chance Mine, which are much rarer than Bunker Hill Anglesites.
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