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CT229 - Bixbyite on Hematite after Garnet on Topaz $ 125 Maynard Claim, Thomas Range, Utah, USA thumbnail - 2.3 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 12 mirror lustrous cubes of Bixbyite to 3mm grown atop a 1cm pseudomorph of Hematite after Garnet, all grown atop a gemmy Topaz crystal.
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.
CT170 - Pyromorphite $ 90 Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Idaho, USA thumbnail - 2.6 x 2 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Undamaged mound of yellow/green Pyromorphite crystals from the classic Bunker Hill Mine.
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.
CT184 - Acanthite Veta Grande Mine, Zacatecas, Mexico thumbnail - 2 x 2 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Somewhat flattened, curving mass of Acanthite on a Quartz crystal covered matrix. Old specimen.
CT256 - Benitoite with Joaquinite, Neptunite $ 220 Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California, USA small cabinet - 6 x 3.3 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Highly etched but glassy, tabular Benitoite crystals to 1cm with black Neptunite crystals, small brown Joaquinite crystals on white Natrolite over schist. Classic combination specimen for the locality. Comes with old Chuck Trantham and California Mineral Connection labels.
CT260 - Benitoite $ 450 Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California, USA thumbnail - 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of 7 good sized, blue Benitoite crystals on white Natrolite. Largest Benitoite is 1.2cm. Some crystals are contacted along the edges where they grew against schist, but they have good color and are undamaged. Old specimen.
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.
CT343 - Malachite after Azurite $ 150 Touissit, Morocco thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of sharply formed Azurite crystals that have been partially replaced by velvety green Malachite. Aethetic form and high quality old specimen.
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.
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