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This page was last updated on 30 May 2010

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Mineral sizes:

thumbnail (tn) = up to 1" (2.5cm) /   miniature (min) = up to 2" (5 cm) /  small cabinet (scab) = up to 3" (7.5cm) /  cabinet (cab) = around 4" (10 cm) /  museum = larger than 4" (> 10 cm)

Mineral

Photograph

Source

Sizes

Price

Description

Actinolite

Schabny, Ural Mountains, Russia

min

$ 25

fine green crystalline masses

Agate

Agate Creek, Queensland, Australia

single

$ 45

All of these have been cut and polished in house; all colors are available; a single is a piece which had no matching half; the pairs were agates which were cut down the middle; pieces range in size from 3 to 5 cm in length and about 3 cm in width

pair

$ 75

Ajoite

New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona

cab

$ 30

Light blue xls. in seams on and through brown host rock

museum

$ 45

Amazonite

Crystal Peak, Florissant, Teller County, Colorado

scab

$ 45

Fine light green crystal clusters on matrix; some of these appear to have a "bleached" appearance (which means the crystals lighten in color toward their edges)

cab

$ 100

Anglesite

2000' level, Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Idaho  scab $ 20 - $ 60 White crystals, mostly opaque, some covered with a drusy coating of zinc ore 
Antimony, Native

Lac Nicolet Mine, Quebec, Canada tn $ 35 Glistening silver metallic specimens of native antimony ore
min $ 65
Apophylite

Poona, India

museum

$ 125

Apophyllite crystals completely cover surface of matrix; specimen measures over 6 x 6 x 3cm
Aquamarine

Erongo Range, North of Karibib, Nambia

min

$ 30

finely termined aquamarine xls., partly transparent but mostly with blue inclusions and some black schorl xls.

Aragonite

Minglanilla, Cuenca Province, Spain

cab

$ 125

Classic cylindrical specimen to 80cm in length
 Arsenides of Copper (mainly algodonite)

Pancake Bay, Lake Superior, North of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario scab $ 250 Thick cut slice (7mm) of calcite and host rock with embedded copper arsenides with copper
 Arsenides of Copper (mainly algodonite)

Pancake Bay, Lake Superior, North of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario scab $ 195 Thick cut slice (7mm) of calcite and host rock with embedded copper arsenides
Arsenopyrite

Dalnegorsk, Russia

min

$ 65

Typical arsenopyrite crystals with a silver color on a rich white matrix

Arsenopyrite

Mina Noche Buena, Zacatecas, Mexico

scab

$ 25

Pseudo-orthorhombic xls. with calcite and jamesonite on pyrite matrix

Astrophyllite

Saami Mountain, Khibini, Kola Peninsula, Russia

scab

$ 100

This is very bright, golden astrophyllite with numerous radiating xls. on gray to white matrix; some with shorl crystals included in the matrix

cab

$ 125

Aurichalcite

Chief Mine, Arizona

min

$ 30

Radiating green crystals from a gray-white matrix

scab

$ 65

Azurite

Chino Pit, New Mexico

tn

$ 20

These are called "blueberries" due to their round shape; their internal composition is azurite; their covering is also blue hence the name "blueberry"

Azurite on Gypsum crystals

Mineral Creek, Pinal County, Arizona

tn

$ 10

Beautiful bright blue azurite crystals on a gypsum matrix

min

$ 50

scab

$ 125

Bornite on Native Silver

San Martin Mine, Zacatecas, Mexico tn $ 25 Blue to black ore covering thin sheets of pure silver; very impressive specimens
min $ 50
scab $ 85

Bornite

Kelly Mine, Butte, Silver Bow County

tn

$ 30

Pure, solid metallic specimens collected in Butte years ago when the mines were still active

min

$ 175

scab

$ 275

Bornite

Magma Mine, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona

tn

$ 15

Bright bluish-purple metallic ore; most specimens have pyrite inclusions; from a mine no longer in operation

Free sample available with $ 100 mineral order

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min

$ 30

scab

$ 75

cab

$ 200

museum

$ 550

Boulangerite

Cleveland Mine, Stevens County, Washington

tn

$ 6 -  $ 10

Interlocking silver xls. on a white quartz matrix

Calcite, optical

Mexico

tn

$ 15

Fine, clean, optically clean crystals chunks

Chrysocolla with malachite, azurite and tenorite

Morenci Pit, Greenlee County, Arizoan

scab

$ 100

Spherules of chrysocolla with green malachite and/or dark blue azurite and/or black tenorite

cab

$ 250

Chrysotile

Copper Hill, Salt River Canyon, Gila Co., Arizona

min

$ 15 -$ 30

bands of white chrysotile in a serpentine (green) matrix

Cinnabar

Fenghuang, Hunan Province, China

min

$ 200

A striking "perfectly shaped" cinnabar crystal (~5 x 5mm) on a white matrix

Cinnabar

Cahill Mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada

tn

$ 20

red-silver masses on matrix

Cinnabar

Red Devil Mine, Red Devil, Kuskokwin Mnts., Alaska

min

$20

red-purple xln. on matrix

Cinnabar

Charcas, Mexico

tn

$ 16

small red flecks in a white matrix

Cinnabar

Nikitovka Mine, Donass,

Ukraine

tn

$ 25

perfectly formed red cinnabar crystals without matrix

Cinnabar

El Entredicho Mine Almaden, Cuidad Real Spain

scab

$ 65

Massive reddish-silver ore containing cinnabar

cab

$ 200

Cobaltite with Smaltite

Cobalt, Ontario, Canada min $ 65 Cobaltite is a sulfosalt mineral composed of cobalt, arsenic and sulfur combined to make the formula CoAsS
scab $ 130
cab $ 200

Copper on Black Shale

White Pine Mine, Ontonagan County, MI

min $ 45

Showy, flat copper specimens because of the sharp contrast between the bright copper and the black shale; several specimens with matrix which is not black.

Museum pieces are flat specimens measuring up to 20 x 30 cm.

scab $ 70
cab $ 100
museum $1000

Copper

Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon County, MI

scab $ 55

The cabinet specimen has a drill bit impression on pure copper which melted during the drilling process; the copper is attached onto native matrix.

The other specimens here are 3-dimensional pieces of either scab or museum size pieces.

cab $ 250
museum $ 400

Copper

Chino Pit, New Mexico min $ 25 3-dimensional pieces of native copper; some with matrix
scab $ 50

Copper

Osceola Mine, Michigan

tn

$ 5

This is native Michigan copper in amygdaloid form

min

$ 10

scab

$ 15

cab

$ 25

Copper

Osceola Mine, Michigan

min

$ 20

These are drill core sections showing copper and the native host rock

scab

$ 40

Copper

Ray, Arizona min $ 25 Three dimensional pieces of native copper; some with matrix
scab $ 50

Copper Nuggets

Keweenaw County, Michigan scab $ 40 Large nuggets of pure copper

Copper Float

Upper Midwest, Wisconsin and Michigan min $ 10 Pieces of copper dropped by glaciers; the copper is exposed and polished on one surface; unaltered surface is a bright green

 


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