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Mineral # 1319
Neptunite from the Benitoite Gem Mine,
Santa Rita Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California2 x 2.5 x 4.5 cm $ 85 |
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Mineral # 1319a Another view of the specimen above; this is the smaller of the three new neptune specimens at the top of this catalog, however it has the larger, blocky neptune crystals; the top of the largest crystal measures 0.5 x 1.0 cm |
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Mineral # 1320
Neptunite from the Benitoite Gem Mine
Santa Rita Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California3.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm $ 65 |
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Mineral # 1320a Another view of the specimen above; the neptune crystals are of two sizes, very delicate, complete, and look light they were polished. |
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Mineral # 1321
Neptunite from the Benitoite Gem Mine
Santa Rita Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California4.5 x 4.5 x 6 cm $ 110 |
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Mineral # 1321a Another view of the specimen above; this specimen has crystals of neptunite on two sides and the white natrolite forms a complete band all the way through the specimen |
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Artinite Mineral # 1300 Picacho Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito County, California9.5 x 4.5 x 5 cm$ 59 |
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Artinite Mineral # 1300 Click on the image to get a jpeg four times larger so you can see the acicular hydrated magnesium carbonate crystals; there also in another area of crystallization on the left edge of the specimen see above; the actual color of the specimen is that of the jpeg above |
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Aurichalcite Mineral # 1301 War Eagle Mine, Inyo County, California 6 x 6 x 2.5 cm $ 49 |
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Aurichalcite Mineral # 1301 A closer view of the Aurichalcite, an attractive zinc and copper carbonate mineral on matrix |
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Gold Ore Mineral # 1302 Rich Gulch Consolidated Gold Mines (Eagle Rock, Virgilia), Edmanton District, Plumas County, California
8 x 5
x 3.5 cm
$ 30 |
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Gold Ore Mineral # 1302 Click on the jpeg; you can actually see metallic flecks in the dark gray-brown rock; I can't guarantee it is gold, but it looks like it and this is an attractive specimen; they are mining a vein deposit there at this time |
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Matildite and Pyrite in Quartz Mineral # 1303 3 x 3 x 2 cm Darwin Mine, Inyo County, California $ 45 |
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Matildite and Pyrite in Quartz Mineral # 1303 Slightly closer view and slightly different angle of this specimen The Darwin Mine was located in a lead, silver, and zinc mining district |
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Neptunite Mineral # 1304 Benitoite Gem Mine Santa Rita Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., CaliforniaSOLD 11.5 x 9 x 7.5 cm |
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Neptunite Mineral # 1304 A close up view of the dark blue (almost black) Neptunite crystals; note several partial light blue Benitoite crystals on the left side |
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Selenite Crystal Mineral # 1305 Darwin, Inyo County, California 10.5 x 1 x 1 cm $ 25 |
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Selenite Crystal Mineral # 1305 Another view of the opposite side of the crystal; it does have a few chips, but they don't distract too much |
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Silver - Lead Ore, High Grade Mineral # 1306 War Eagle Mine, Upper Noonday Camp, Nopah Range, Inyo County, California The mine is located 6 miles east of Tecopa, California Iron, silver, gold, galena, pyrite, sphalerite, and associated minerals 4.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm $ 75 |
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Silver - Lead Ore, High Grade
Mineral # 1306 Click on specimen to enlarge this closer view; the silver ore is located in a very interesting gray and white conglomerate rock at least partly composed of dolomite. Reference: California Division of Mines and Geology Special Report 106, 1976, 72 pages. |
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Silver - Lead Ore, High Grade Mineral # 1307 War Eagle Mine, Upper Noonday Camp, Nopah Range, Inyo County, California 6.5 x 5 x 3.5 cm $ 48 |
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Silver - Lead Ore, High Grade Mineral # 1307 A closer view. Click on specimen to enlarge. This specimen has a slightly different composition to the host rock. Note the large number of small veins of ore. |
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Tetrahedrite and Pyrite in Quartz Mineral # 1308 Panamint Valley, California USA located east of the Argus and Slate Ranges and west of the Panamint Range 4.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm $ 45 |
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Tetrahedrite and Pyrite in Quartz Mineral # 1308 A closer view showing the black Tetrahedrite inclusions in the host rock. This rock has a polished face for better visualization. When this specimen is turned in bright light the middle of the Tetrahedrite is silver colored. Also note the number of fractures in the quartz host rock. |
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Ulexite Mineral # 1309 Boron, California 7.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm $ 30 Some of these are sawed sections; commonly known as TV rock; cut and polished thin sections give an interesting magnification and/or double appearance to printed matter |
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Ulexite Mineral # 1309 A closer view showing the internal longitudinal crystalline structure to the specimen. The actual composition of this rock: It is a hydrated sodium calcium borate hydroxide. |
Selenite Crystal Mineral # 1310 Darwin, Inyo County, California 6 x 2.3 x 2 cm $ 38 |
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Selenite Crystal Mineral # 1310 A closer view of this exceptionally clean crystal. |
Myrickite Mineral # 1311 McLaughlin Mine (Manhattan Mine), Knoxville, Knoxville District, Napa County, California 2.6 x 2 x 0.5 cm SOLD |
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Myrickite Mineral # 1311 A closer view of this small rock slab turned vertically. This is actually cinnabar which has been agatized to a hardness of 7 (just like quartz). In some places it is hardened into stone by the process of opalization. |
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Gold Mine Ore Mineral # 1312 Normandy-Dulmaine Mine, Rough and Ready District, about 5 miles West of Grass Valley, Nevada County, California 11 x 10 x 7 cm $ 75 |
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Gold Mine Ore Mineral # 1312 A closer view of some of the Chalcopyrites on one side of specimen; Pyrites and Chalcopyrites are found at numerous locations on this specimen; note the white vein on the top right corner; you can sort of follow it down the edge of the rock; it cuts through the entire rock in several locations but does not seem to affect the mineralization. |
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Gold Mine Ore Mineral # 1312 A very close view of the same attractive patch of Chalcopyrites |
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Gold Mine Ore Mineral # 1313 Osceola Mine, Rough and Ready District, Nevada County, California (located about 5 miles NW of Grass Valley, California) This mine is just over 1 mile Northwest of the Normandie Dulmaine Mine noted above (do not confuse this Osceola Mine with the other Osceola Mine in Sierra County just to the North) 6.5 x 5 x 5.5 cm $ 195 |
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Gold Mine Ore Mineral # 1313 A closer view of specimen; I do not claim that you are looking at gold here; it could be partially gold, but it is a nice specimen from a real gold mine |
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Gold Mine Ore Mineral # 1313 A even closer view of specimen |
Gold Mine Ore Mineral # 1313 A closer view and a different angle |
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Gold Mine Ore Mineral # 1314 Osceola Mine, Rough and Ready District, about 5 miles NW of Grass Valley, California 6.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm $ 75 |
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Gold Mine Ore Mineral # 1314 Opposite side of specimen from image above |
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Gold Mine Ore Mineral # 1314 Closer view of specimen at an angle |
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Gold Mine Ore Mineral # 1315 Osceola Mine, Rough and Ready District, about 5 miles NW of Grass Valley, California 10 x 8.5 x 7 cm $ 199 |
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Gold Mine Ore Mineral # 1315 A closer view of one side of this very colorful specimen |
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Gold Mine Ore Mineral # 1315 A closer view at a different angle; I do not claim the yellow metal here to be gold, it could be, but I did not have it analyzed; it is a very colorful, one of a kind, specimen from a real gold mime |
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Gold Mine Ore Mineral # 1315 Another closer view |
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Gold Mine Ore Mineral # 1315 Another close view at a different area of the specimen |
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Molybdenite, Hornblende, Feldspar, Scheelite Mineral # 1316 Annex Claim Area Pine Creek Mine Bishop District, Inyo County, California 5.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm $ 48 |
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Molybdenite, Hornblende, Feldspar,
Scheelite Mineral # 1316 Another view of this specimen along one edge; Hornblende is the top central black crystal; granular feldspar is toward one edge has its typical structure and chatoyancy; Schellite (usually orange to red) is the crystal pointing downward on the jpeg above; A large, 2 cm subhedral molybdenite crystal is present on this specimen |
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Molybdenite, Epidote, Quartz Mineral # 1317 Annex Claim Area, Pine Creek Mine Bishop District, Inyo County, California 7.5 x 6 x 3.5 cm $ 125 |
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Molybdenite, Epidote, Quartz Mineral # 1317 Another view showing the green Epidote on the lower left side with quartz; Molybdenum is scattered throughout the specimen |
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Molybdenite, Epidote, Quartz Mineral # 1317 Another view showing several quartz crystals next to the patches of molybdenum; this metal has its name derived from the Greek word Molybdos meaning lead; it originally was through to be another lead ore due to its silver color resembling galena |
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Molybdenite, Epidote, Quartz Mineral # 1317 Another view showing the Epidote and Molybdenum and several orange spots which are Scheelite; a 3cm Molybdenum rosette is dominant; several other smaller rosettes are also present on this specimen |
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Azurite, Rosasite, Malachite, Hemimorphite, and Hydrozincite Mineral # 1318 Zinc Hill Mine, Darwin District, Inyo County, California 8 x 10 x 2.5 cm $ 75 |
Azurite,
Rosasite, Malachite, Hemimorphite, and Hydrozincite Mineral # 1318 A closer view of this specimen. The Zinc Hill Mine has produced a number of specimens with Hemimorphite, but it was usually covered by an interesting, but unknown, black mineral. There was a sequence of minerals where azurite was altered to malachite and Rosasite. There is some azurite around the edges of Rosasite on this specimen. Hemimorphite was deposited later and hydrozincite after that. The white areas on this specimen are thought to be hydrozincite. For more information on the mineralogy of this specimen, go to Mineral Record, Volume 16, pp. 110-113, 1975 |
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Azurite,
Rosasite, Malachite, Hemimorphite, and Hydrozincite Mineral # 1318 A close-up view of this specimen showing greater detail; note azurite directly below the resasite as described above. |
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