|
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 |
|
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 |
|
Antimony, Native |
 |
Lac Nicolet Mine, Quebec, Canada |
tn |
$ 35 |
Glistening silver 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 |
| Copper
Arsenides (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 |
| Copper
Arsenides (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 |
Silver crystals on a rich white 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
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|
min |
$ 30 |
|
scab |
$ 75 |
|
cab |
$ 200 |
|
museum |
$ 550 |
|
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
to
$ 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 |
 |
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 |
