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Minerals from Arizona
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Mimetite, wulfenite, malachite, barite, calcite, cerussite, descloizite, willemite (green), fluorite, dioptase, on limonite
All of these minerals have been found at this location.
The challenge is always to determine which minerals are on a Hillside specimen.
Sammy Dog Mine (Hillside, Ironwood, Gold’ Claim, Silver Bell District, Pima County, Arizona
Will all these minerals be present on every specimen? NO!
In this case mimetite only? You might find more!
After this specimen sells, I will post another one. No two specimens are ever alike.
2 x 2 x 4 cm
Mineral # 524
$ 40
Another side of this specimen.
It is always a challenge to figure out what minerals are on a Sammy Dog mineral because every side has different minerals.
Another side of this same specimen.
And what do we have on this side of the mineral? Wulfenite!
It is always fun to have Hillside minerals. This location has had many names over the years.
Ajoite
Mineral # 500
New Cornelia Mine, Ajo,
Pima County, Arizona
15.5 x 7 x 5 cm
$ 45
Light blue crystalline seams on and through a reddish brown host rock
Azurite
Mineral # 501
Morenci Pit, Greenlee County, Arizona
4 x 3 x 2.5 cm
$ 25
Azurite crystals with matrix
Azurite, Malachite, and Chrysocolla
Mineral # 502
Morenci Mine, Glenlee County, Arizona
14 x 5.5 x 3 cm
$ 275
Bornite with Covellite and Chalcopyrite
Mineral # 503
Magma Mine, 3600' level, Superior
Pinal County, Arizona
10.5 x 6 x 3.5 cm
$ 90
Bright gray-purple metallic ore; most specimens have pyrite inclusions;
specimen is from the mine during the previous operation; it is now active again extracting a new deeper ore deposit
Bornite
Mineral # 504
Junction Mine, Bisbee, Arizona
5.5 x 4 x 4 cm
$ 45
Copper
Mineral # 505
Ray, Arizona
5.5 x 4.5 x 0.5 cm
$ 35
Three dimensional pieces of native copper; with some stone matrix
Dioptase
Mineral # 506
Harquahala Mine,
8 miles South of Salome, Arizona
9 x 6 x 2.5 cm
$ 35
Green Dioptase xls. with plancheite sprays and some light green malachite
on a brown matrix
Endlichite
Mineral # 507
Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona
6.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm
$ 40
Extremely delicate arsenian vanadinite crystals appearing as silver
acicular xls. on a thin matrix with contrasting calcite crystals
Collected in 2003
Kinoite
Mineral # 508
Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA
9 x 4 x 0.5 cm
$ 20
Blue micro-crystals on a gray matrix; specimens may also contain Apophyllite, Gilalite, or Ruizite achete
Malachite with Cyanotrichite
Mineral # 509
Grand View Mine (Last Chance Mine; Canyon Copper Mine; Grand Canyon Mine),
Horseshoe Mesa, Grand View Mining District, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona
5 x 3.5 x 2 cm
$ 60
Acicular, dark green malachite with cotton-like blue Cyanotrichite;
some specimens may have brochantite and/or azurite crystals
Malachite with Cyanotrichite
Mineral # 509
Another view of above specimen from a former Copper and Uranium mine at the Grand Canyon;
specimens from these are usually small and are quite rare
Mimetite
Mineral # 510
Ironwood "God’s" Claim
Pima County, Arizona
7.5 x 4 x 4 cm
$ 38
Specimens have either orange botryoidal or acicular xl. morphologies;
this is a very colorful lot for micro-collectors with unknown green
microscopic minerals and some wulfenite crystals
Ramsdellite
Mineral # 511
Mistake Mine
Yavapai County, Arizona
8 x 4 x 4 cm
$ 44
Silver-Gray-Black glistening crystals on a brown matrix; reflectivity makes this one difficult to photograph
Ramsdellite
Mineral # 511
another view of specimen above
Vanadinite
Mineral # 512
Hamburg Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mountains
La Paz County, Arizona
6 x 4.5 x 2 cm
$ 38
Small, but brilliant, well defined orange - red crystals on a gray or black and white matrix
Vanadinite
Mineral # 513
Apache Mine, Hills District,
Globe-Miami District, Gila County,
Arizona
8.5 x 4 x 4 cm
$ 48
Bright orange to red crystals covering surfaces of gray-yellow-brown matrix
Vanadinite
Mineral # 517
Apache Mine, Hills District,
Globe-Miami District, Gila County,
Arizona
10 x 6 x 6 cm
$ 50
Bright orange to red crystals covering surfaces of gray-yellow-brown matrix; specimen has one ding just left of center
Vanadinite
Mineral # 517
10 x 6 x 6 cm
another view of the crystals on the lower left section of the specimen above
Vanadinite
Mineral # 514
Pure Potential Mine
La Paz County, Arizona
5 x 4.5 x 3 cm
$ 45
Crystals on a gray volcanic rock matrix and have a distinct crystal structure
Volborthite
Mineral # 515
Monument # 1 Mine, Monument Valley
Navajo County, Arizona
5 x 4 x 1 cm
$ 55
Yellow-green crystalline coverings a brown matrix
Weeksite / Carnotite
Mineral # 516
Anderson Mine, Yavapai County,
Arizona
3 x 2 x 1 cm
$ 45
Specimens are coated with Weeksite (yellow) and/or Carnotite (orange) on a soft, chalky matrix
Aurichalcite
Mineral # 518
Chief Mine (Prospect), Empire Mountains, Pima County, Arizona
8.5 x 2.5 x 4 cm
$ 55
Blue acicular crystals on a gray-white matrix
Aurichalcite
Mineral # 518
A closer view of the specimen showing the fine blue acicular crystals.
The gray white matrix is unique to specimens from this location; other locations usually have limonite or some other matrix.
Mineral # 518
Click on specimen for a closer view
Azurite and Malachite
Mineral # 519
Morenci Mine, Greenlee County, Arizona
5.5 x 4 x 2 cm
$ 30
Azurite and Malachite
Mineral # 519
A closer view of Azurite and Malachite on
a silicic rock matrix
Native Copper
Mineral # 520
Morenci Mine, Greenlee County,
Arizona
8 x 2 x 0.2 cm
$ 40
Native Copper
Mineral # 520
A closer view of the delicate, leafy structure of this native copper specimen
Lindgrenite
Mineral # 521
Miami Inspiration Mine
Globe-Miami Mining District
Gila County, Arizona
4 x 3 x 2 cm
$ 36
Lindgrenite
Mineral # 521
A closer view of this green mineral specimen on the contrasting white native rock in this mining area
Native Copper
Mineral # 522
Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona
4.5 x 4 x 4 cm
$ 55
Mineral # 522
Another view of this mineral turned over to show a side view; this is a nice copper specimen from Ray
Mineral # 523
Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona
5.5 x.3.5 x 4 cm
$ 20
Mineral # 523
Another view of the Chrysocolla specimen; although it appears to be green
in the jpeg, it is actually more blue than green
Mineral # 525
Flux Mine, Harshaw Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona
1.4 x 1.5 x 2.3 cm
$ 30
Cerussite
Mineral # 526
Flux Mine, Harshaw Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona
2 x 2 x 2.8 cm
$ 20
Cerussite
Mineral # 527
Flux Mine, Harshaw Mining District, Santa Cruz County, Arizona
1.5 x 1.5 x 3.5 cm
$ 20
Copper
covered with chalcocite and other minerals
Mineral # 528
Mineral Park Mine
Wallapai Mining District, Mohave County, Arizona
5 x 6 x 1.5 cm
$ 30
Copper
covered with chalcocite and other minerals
Mineral # 529
Mineral Park Mine
Wallapai Mining District, Mohave County, Arizona
5 x 5 x 0.8 cm
$ 24
Copper
covered with chalcocite and other minerals
Mineral # 530
Mineral Park Mine
Wallapai Mining District, Mohave County, Arizona
3 x 5 x 1 cm
$ 20
Copper
covered with chalcocite and other minerals
Mineral # 531
Mineral Park Mine
Wallapai Mining District, Mohave County, Arizona
3 x 5 x 0.5 cm
$ 20
Copper
covered with chalcocite and other minerals, in this case sulfur?
Mineral # 532
Mineral Park Mine
Wallapai Mining District, Mohave County, Arizona
3.5 x 4 x 0.5 cm
$ 20
Vanadinite
Puzzler Mine, Adams Mine Group
Mineral # 533
Castle Dome Mining District, Yuma County, Arizona
6 x 7 x 1.8 cm
$ 25
Puzzler Mine, Adams Mine Group
Mineral # 533
A close up view of the vanadite xls which cover the entire front and back surfaces of the specimen.
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