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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.
CT385 - Aragonite var. Tarnowitzite with Mimetite $ 150 Tsumeb, Namibia thumbnail - 3 x 2.3 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() Well formed Tarnowitzite crystal, 1.5cm wide, on matrix with attached crystals of Mimetite.
CT390 - Dolomite on Tennantite $ 250 Tsumeb, Namibia thumbnail - 2.2 x 2 x 1.7 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Floater cluster of Tennantite crystals composed of two larger crystals to 1.5cm on edge and a number of smaller crystals, with a crystal of White Dolomite attached. Crystallized all around with no point of contact, better than photos.
CT365 - Lepidolite on Tourmaline $ 600 Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego Co., California, USA miniature - 5 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Double-terminated pink and green Tourmaline crystal with attached Lepidolite. The prism faces are perfect and complete all round. One termination is perfect and has some hollow/stepped growth, the other (pink) termination is flat and lustrous but has some edge chipping. Gemmy with good color and weighs 28.7 grams.
CT362 - Selenite $ 275 Zaragoza, Spain miniature - 5 x 5 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Water clear Selenite crystals on matrix. These always stun due to their perfect, pure look. Sawcut on back and base. Ex. Roberts Minerals specimen.
CT369 - Datolite $ 300 Patterson, New Jersey, USA thumbnail - 2.8 x 2.7 x 2.7 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Robust, high quality Datolite from Petterson. Complete all around classic making a great thumbnail. These were found long ago and are now hard to come by.
CT342 - Realgar $ 150 Getchell Mine Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA miniature - 5 x 5 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Bright, translucent acicular Realgar crystals covering surfaces and filling vugs in matrix. Ex. Trantham collection #225 acquired in 1979 and valued at that time at $20.
CT114 - Cerussite $ 150 Taouz, Morocco thumbnail - 3 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() White 'snowflake' Cerussite cluster 2.1cm wide, on matrix. Old material from the Chuck Trantham collection.
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.
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