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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.
CT198 - Bournonite $ 150 Machacamarca Mine, Potosi Dept., Bolivia thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Well formed 2.5cm 'cogwheel' of Bournonite that sits up perfectly for display on a small amount of matrix. This is from older finds at mine that has produced some of the world's finest Bournonites.
CT182 - Bournonite $ 90 Machacamarca Mine, Potosi Dept., Bolivia thumbnail - 2.4 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Well formed intergrown 'cogwheels' of Bournonite to 2.2cm with small amounts of attached matrix. This is from older finds at mine that has produced some of the world's finest Bournonites.
CT338 - Rutile $ 400 Champion Mine, White Mountains, Mono Co., California, USA miniature - 4.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Mirror-lustrous Rutile crystals to 1.2cm that contrast well against a matrix of white Pyrophyllite. Ex. Chuck Trantham personal collection, collected by Chuck at the mine in September 1983. This was considered special enough to Chuck to be illustrated in his Mineral Collections of California supplement to the Minerlogical Record magazine. Sawcut on base.
CT263 - Cerussite $ 125 Tsumeb, Namibia thumbnail - 2.4 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Three 'snowflake' crystals of Cerussite uprite and side-by-side on a thin piece of Mottramite covered matrix.
CT286 - Bornite wtih Quartz $ 300 Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan miniature - 3.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large, slightly irridescent Bornite crystals to 2cm on a matrix of Quartz crystals. Bornite crystals are rare, these are just released from an old collection.
CT270 - Chrysocolla after Malachite after Azurite with Wulfenite $ 600 Whim Creek, Western Australia, Australia small cabinet - 7 x 5.5 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A 3.2cm crystal of the double pseudomorph of Chrysocolla that has replaced a crystal of Malachite after Azurite. Scattered crystals of orange Wulfenite are present on the matrix.
CT303 - Anglesite $ 275 Touissit, Morocco thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Well terminated, gemmy Anglesite crystal on Galena. Good yellow color.
CT312 - Goosecreekite $ 150 Nasik, Maharashtras State, India thumbnail - 3 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Undamaged thumbnail sized cluster of the rare Zeolite Goosecreekite. Goosecreekite is far more uncommon than other Indian zeolites, and these from Nasik are the world's best. A nice example with great crystals, in the thumbnail size range.
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.
CT126 - Wulfenite $ 450 Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico small cabinet - 8.5 x 5 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Orange Wulfenite crystals on a Calcite matrix coated by tiny Descloizite crystals. Main crystal is 1.7cm wide and perfect. A couple chips on some minor crystals, but most of them are perfect. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection.
CT109 - Dioptase with Wulfenite $ 350 Mammoth Mine, Tiger, Arizona, USA miniature - 4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Vuggy matrix with excellent sprays of acicular Dioptase crystsals and bright orange Wulfenite crystals. Old specimen with good crystals on both sides.
CT202 - Enargite $ 125 Butte, Montana, USA thumbnail - 2.3 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Quality undamaged cluster of Enargite crystals. Crystals reach 1cm in size.
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.
CT394 - Cerussite, Mimetite, Tennantite, Smithsonite $ 200 Tsumeb, Namibia miniature - 3.4 x 2.2 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Glassy reticulated crystal of Cerussite on matrix. Also present are small Smithsonite crystals, and elongated, colorless crystals of Mimetite, and Tennantite.
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