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Smithsonite
and Rosasite |
 |
Level 8, San Antonio El Grande Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico |
tn |
$ 10 |
Green smithsonite on a limonite matrix; Smithsonite is covered with
hemimorphite xls. and/or white rosasite spheres composed of microscopic xls.;
some specimens have rosasite only |
|
min |
$ 15 -
$
30 |
|
Stilbite |
 |
Tunguska Basin, East Siberia |
min |
$ 10 |
Most of these specimens consist of numerous radiating
crystals (6mm wide x 20mm long) extending from a flattened matrix; the color
of the stilbite is yellow-brown |
|
scab |
$ 20 |
|
cab |
$ 30 |
|
museum |
$ 50 |
|
Stilbite, bowtie |
 |
Tunguska Basin, East Siberia |
tn |
$ 20 |
Classic "textbook" single bowties or multiples
[A few imperfect bowties are available from time to time in
various sizes at ½ of the prices given - ask for bowties # 2] |
|
min |
$ 45 |
|
scab |
$ 100 |
|
Stillwater Mine ore |
 |
JM Reef, Stillwater Mine, Montana |
tn |
$ 15 |
Specimens are gabbro, mostly olivine/plagioclase cumulates
+/- augite +/- bronzite with chalcopyrite and/or pyrrotite and/or pentandite |
|
min |
$ 25 |
|
scab |
$ 40 |
|
cab |
$
85 |
|
Strontianite |
 |
Winfield Quarry, Union County, Pennsylvania
|
cab |
$ 45 |
Long, white
xls. of Strontianite on calcite; named for Strontian, Lochaber, Scotland,
where it was first discovered |
|
museum |
$ 150 |
|
Sulfur |
 |
Jemez Sulfur Springs, Jemez Mountains, New
Mexico |
cab |
$ 65 |
Typical yellow, well-shaped sulfur crystals on matrix;
unusual because the origin in New Mexico |
|
Thomsonite |
 |
Amudiha, Tunguska Basin, East Siberia
|
min |
$ 25 |
This rare zeolite with other zeolites on matrix |
|
scab |
$ 50 |
|
Tremolite |
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Sunset South Mine, Harquahala Mnts., Maricopa Co., Arizona |
scab |
$ 10 |
chunks of massive material containing radiating tremolite
xls. |
|
Tremolite |
 |
Ostanmossa, Norberg, Sweden |
tn |
$ 5 |
classic soft, white tremolite fibers (packed in glass tubes
with cotton to protect structure of fibers) |
|
min |
$ 10 |
|
scab |
$ 30 |
|
cab |
$ 60 |
|
Ulexite |
 |
Boron, California |
tn |
$ 10 |
These are sawed sections of the material commonly known as
TV rock; hold a piece over printed matter to get the image
|
| min |
$ 20 |
|
Vanadinite |
 |
Mibladen Lead Mines, 15km Northeast of Midelt, Morocco |
min |
$ 40 |
Typical Morocco Vanadinite; these are small yellow-orange
crystals |
|
Vanadinite |
 |
Mibladen Lead Mines, 15km Northeast of Midelt, Morocco |
min |
$ 60 |
This material has larger crystals of Vanadinite and the color
is a darker orange-brown
|
|
Vanadinite |
 |
Hamburg Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mts, La Paz County, Arizona |
tn |
$ 5 -
$ 20 |
Brilliant orange to red xls. of
vanadinite on a black and white matrix |
| min |
$ 10 - $ 30 |
| scab |
$ 40 - $ 60 |
| cab
|
$ 60 - $ 85 |
|
Vanadinite |
 |
Apache Mine, Globe Hills District, Globe-Miami District, Gila County,
Arizona |
tn |
$ 10 - $ 20 |
Bright orange to red xls. covering surfaces of gray-yellow-brown matrix;
color and size of crystals are a near rival to Moroccan material |
| min |
$ 25 - $ 40 |
| scab |
$ 65 - $ 90 |
|
Vanadinite |
 |
Pure Potential Mine, La Paz County, Arizona |
tn |
$ 10 |
Specimens range from tiny orange to large pristine red xls. on red and
gray volcanic rock matrix |
| min |
$ 25 - $ 70 |
| scab |
$ 100 |
|
Vermiculite |
|
Montana |
scab |
$ 20 |
Large black "mica" plates |
|
Vivianite |
 |
Kertch, Crimea Peninsula, Ukraine |
min |
$ 75 |
Dark blue crystals on brown matrix |
| scab |
$ 200 |
|
Volborthite |
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Monument # 1 Mine, Monument Valley, Navajo County, Arizona |
tn |
$ 10 |
Yellow-green crystalline coverings a brown matrix |
| min |
$ 25 |
| museum |
$ 250 |
|
Wavellite |
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Maulden Mountain, Mt. Ida, Arkansas |
min |
$ 5 |
Typical green spherules of wavellite in matrix |
| scab |
$ 20 |
|
Weeksite / Carnotite |
 |
Anderson Mine, Yavapai County, Arizona |
tn |
$15 - $
25 |
Specimens are coated with weeksite (yellow) and/or carnotite (orange) on a
soft, chalky matrix |
| min |
$ 25 |
| museum |
$ 100 |
| |
|
|
Wood, Petrified |
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Nacimento Mine, Sandoval County, New Mexico |
tn |
$ 5 |
Petrified wood containing replacement minerals including the
sulphides of copper and iron; the min piece has a polished surface |
|
min |
$ 25 |
|
cab |
$ 75 |