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TA-1552
- Galena (spinel twin)
Buick Mine, Viburnum Trend, Iron County, Missouri
Superb, lustrous, sharply twinned galena crystals to 2.5 cm in
size. Front and side views are shown. A very fine and rare thumbnail
from the Trend! Size: 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm.
 
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$45.00
$30.00
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MA-1847
- Pyrite pseudomorph after
Anhydrite
with Galena
Milliken Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri
Neat and sharp pseudomorph consisting of brassy pyrite that has
completely replaced an anhydrite crystal with a scattering of
small, bright, metallic gray galena crystals that add a nice accent.
Front and back views are shown. Very good example from the Trend!
Size: 1.65 x 0.5 x 4.9 cm.
 
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$50.00
$30.00
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CB-1775
- Sphalerite on Dolomite
Gordonsville Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
A superb cabinet-sized specimen featuring a bright, lustrous cluster
of sphalerite crystals measuring 4.6 cm across perched on the
end of a dolomite-coated matrix. No damage! Mounted on an acrylic
stand for perfect display. Size: 5.2 x 3.5 x 8.0 cm.
 
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$125.00
$100.00
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CA-1114
- Sphalerite
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
Large mass of slightly translucent, red-brown, resinous sphalerite
crystals 5.2 cm across perched on a sparkling tan dolomitic matrix.
The sphalerite has good luster. Elmwood is now closed and specimens
from there are becoming difficult to find. Size: 8.9 x 8.1 x 4.3
cm.
 
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$45.00
$25.00
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LA-1844
- Pyrite
Brushy Creek Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds County, Missouri
Showy, sparkling, botryoidal, crystallized, brassy pyrite covering
matrix, with minor galena crystals in association. Good, large
example from the Trend. Size: 15.0 x 5.4 x 11.6 cm.
 
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$45.00
$35.00
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MA-1460
- Fluorite (with phantoms)
Shangbao Mine, Leiyang, Hunan Province, China
Attractive specimen of glassy, colorless, transparent, modified
cubic crystals of fluorite on matrix. The crystals exhibit distinct
purple phantoms. Nice! Size: 5.2 x 3.8 x 3.1 cm.
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$95.00
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MB-1473
- Fluorite (botryoidal)
Nasik, Maharashtra, India
Basalt matrix hosting translucent, yellow botryoidal fluorite
spheres surrounded by bright, starkly contrasting, colorless quartz
crystals. The fluorite is colorful, pristine, uniform in color
and free of cracks. True botryoidal fluorite is only known from
a few other localities. From the find of 1999. Attractive! Size:
5.9 x 7.0 x 5.0 cm.
 
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$150.00
$120.00
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CB-1613
- Fluorite (with phantoms)
Okaruso Mine, Otjiwarongo, Namibia
Attractive cluster of translucent, cubic, green-purple fluorite
crystals to 3.3 cm in length. Some of the crystals exhibit sharp
phantoms as can be seen in the close-up photo. Minor chipping
to a few of the fluorite crystals does not detract from this beautiful
specimen. These are highly sought after by collectors! Size: 9.2
x 7.4 x 5.8 cm.
 
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$160.00
$95.00
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ES-140
- Heulandite with Stilbite
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
Very attractive bowtie of pearly, pale pink to colorless heulandite
crystals measuring 5.4 cm in length nicely situated on matrix coated
with drusy green quartz with tiny white stilbite crystals scattered
over the drusy quartz. Can be displayed several ways. Size: 6.1
x 5.0 x 3.6 cm.
 
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$75.00
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MA-1215
- Iowaite on Calcite
Palabora Mine, Phalaborwa, Transvaal, South Africa
Matrix covered on one side with small, colorless calcite crystals
and numerous platy, translucent, dark green crystals of iowaite
to 2 mm in length. Iowaite is a very rare magnesium iron species
found only in Iowa, South Africa, Russia, and Australia. Though
the crystals on this specimen are not large for the species (I
have seen them up to 1.5 cm across), they are from the locality
that yields what are considered to be the finest iowaite crystals
in the world. Size: 2.8 x 2.8 x 5.2 cm.
 
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$80.00
$45.00
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