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CT404 - Natrolite $ 275 (=~ ¥ 39976) Chimney Rock Quarry, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA small cabinet - 5.2 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Single well terminated Natrolite crystal. Transparent crystal with some small crystals and coatings on two sides. Undamaged and even has a nice phantom about 1cm down from the termination. Old material from the classic USA locality that produced what are considered some of the world's best Natrolites.
CT405 - Natrolite $ 275 (=~ ¥ 39976) Chimney Rock Quarry, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA miniature - 4.6 x 1.3 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Single well terminated Natrolite crystal. Transparent and undamaged. Old material from the classic USA locality that produced what are considered some of the world's best Natrolites.
CT248 - Mimetite on Cerussite $ 150 (=~ ¥ 21805) Tsumeb, Namibia thumbnail - 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Glassy Cerussite crystal partially coated by yellow Mimetite (old label says Beaverite) on a Mottramite coated matrix.
CT147 - Enargite $ 75 (=~ ¥ 10903) Butte, Silver bow Co., Montana, USA thumbnail - 2.8 x 2 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Well terminated Enargite crystals to 7mm wide. Thumbnail sized specimen of a Butte and USA classic.
CT484 - Manganotantatlite $ 280 (=~ ¥ 40703) Alto do Giz pegmatite, Equador, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil thumbnail - 2.1 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Well terminated single crystal showing good red coloration on the sides.
CT453 - Tourmaline with Lepidolite $ 3800 (=~ ¥ 552401) Pederniera Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil cabinet - 9.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Double-terminated cluster of 'Indicolite' with deep blue color. One end shows cat's-eye growth and has an attached cluster of Lepidolite. Complete and undamaged. Weighs 76.3 grams.
CT346 - Quartz with Calcite $ 150 (=~ ¥ 21805) Bog Mine, American Fork Mining District, Wasatch Mountains, Utah Co., Utah, USA small cabinet - 6 x 5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Skeletal Quartz crystals and scalenohedral yellow Calcite crystals from an obscure former mine in the Wasatch Mountains. The Quartz cluster is complete and undamaged. Rare old specimen from the Chuck Trantham collection.
CT336 - Azurite, Malachte after Azurite $ 300 (=~ ¥ 43611) Tsumeb, Namibia small cabinet - 6.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sharp crystals of blue Azurite intermixed with green crystals of Malachite after Azurite pseudomorphs on a light matrix with additional yellow/green mineralization. Undamaged crystals with pseudomorphs that reach 2.2cm, some of which are double-terminated.
CT512 - Achtaragdite $ 120 (=~ ¥ 17444) Akhtaragda River mouth, Vilyui River Basin, Mirninsky District, Sakha Republic (Yakutia), Russia thumbnail - 1.5 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Achtaragdite is a rare pseudomorph of a hydrogrossular-chlorite-carbonate mineral after what is believed to be Helvite. This is a little understood psuedo likely found many decades ago at the type locality for Grossular garnet in Siberia. It is a fine example with a well formed tetrahedron of the form of the former Helvite crystal.
CT462 - Vaugnatite $ 150 (=~ ¥ 21805) 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.
CT406 - Vaugnatite $ 200 (=~ ¥ 29074) Copper King Mine, Red Mountain, Mendocino Co., California, USA small cabinet - 6 x 5 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Glassy, colorless/white orthorhombic crystals of vuagnatite, a rare silicate mineral, on matrix. Collected by Chuck Trantham in 1982. His old label shows a price of $200.
CT505 - Hemimorphite $ 225 (=~ ¥ 32708) 79 Mine, Gila Co., Arizona, USA small cabinet - 5.3 x 4.7 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Vug completely filled by radial masses of light blue Hemimorphite crystals. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection. Undamaged.
CT511 - Cobaltian Calcite with Kolwezite $ 300 (=~ ¥ 43611) Katanga, Congo (DRC) miniature - 4.8 x 4.5 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Scalenohedral pink Cobaltian Calcite crystals covering the front face associated with rounded masses of Kolwezite. Ex. Cliff Krueger, Chuck Trantham collections.
CT510 - Heulandite on Quartz $ 220 (=~ ¥ 31981) Prospect Park, New Jersey, USA miniature - 4 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large, fine quality Heulandite crystal atop drusy Quartz crystals. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection. Old label indicates it was purchased by Chuck from Frazier's minerals in 1991 and was formerly in the collection of Paul Patchick (#1102). Complete and undamaged.
CT541 - Neptunite with Joaquinite $ 1600 (=~ ¥ 232590) Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California, USA small cabinet - 6.5 x 5 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Thick, lustrous black Neptunite crystals on a flat matrix of Natrolite over schist. This is an old Steve Perry specimen that I purchased from Steve about 20 years ago and have kept in my collection ever since. All the crystals are terminated and undamaged, the main crystal is 2.5cm long. There are small brown Joaquinite crystals on the Natrolite.
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