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Malachite pseudo Azurite
Mineral # 971
Milpillas Mine, Sonora, Mexico
8 x 4 x 3 cm
$100
A Malachite specimen which has completely replaced Azurite;
click on the specimen to see the jpeg enlarged x 4
Malachite pseudo Azurite
Mineral # 971
Another view of this specimen rotated and tipped downward in front
Malachite pseudo Azurite
Mineral # 971
A view of the back side of the specimen; crystals have an
azurite shape, but the composition of malachite
Malachite pseudo Azurite
Mineral # 971
A view with a different light source to better show the
azurite-shaped crystals; the color changed to purple with this
shading effect; the actual color is seen in the three photos above
Native Silver on Matrix
Mineral # 972
Milpillas Mine, Sonora, Mexico
4.5 x 2 x 2 cm
$ 90
This is a photograph using sunlight
Native Silver on Matrix
Mineral # 972
This is an enlarged photo using a true color light source; the silver is arranged
both as upward projecting prongs and as smaller pieces attached to matrix rock.
Mineral # 973
Milpillas Mine, Sonora, Mexico
3 x 2.7 x 2 cm
$ 125
Native Silver on Matrix
Mineral # 973
Side view showing silver arranged as globs on the
left and arranged as leaves on the right
Mineral # 973
An enlarged side view showing the random
globs of native silver
Native Silver on Matrix
Mineral # 973
Another view of the silver specimen on a white matrix rock
Cuprian Austinite
Mineral # 970
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
10 x 6.5 x 3 cm
$ 225
Fine blue-green Austinite on a Limonite matrix from the Ojuela Mine.
This specimen was found in Tucson at the Gem and Mineral Show in 2017.
Cuprian Austinite
Mineral # 970
I am very impressed with this specimen by the contrasting colors of the Austinite with the Limonite.
The Limonite color is more red and less brown than usual.
Click on the specimen to enlarge it and check out the limonite color and the blue-green crystals of Austinite.
Cuprian Austinite
Mineral # 970
If you look closely (in this view on the left upper and lower corners) some of the Austinite is not as blue-green in color.
This is more the regular olivine color of Austinite which I assume means it has more copper in its composition (hence the term cuprian).
Arsenopyrite
Mineral # 950
Mina Noche Buena, Zacatecas, Mexico
7.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm
$ 40
Pseudo-orthorhombic Arsenopyrite crystals
with Calcite and Jamesonite on Pyrite matrix
Mineral # 950
Another image of the mineral above
Hemimorphite
Mineral # 951
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico
11.5 x 8 x 2 cm
Clear to white, radiating crystals on a limonite matrix; a few crystals have some limonite xls. attached to their surfaces
$ 100
Mineral # 951
A closer view of the lower, left side
of the mineral above
Hemimorphite
Mineral # 951
Another view of the fine Hemimorphite
crystals on this specimen; display this specimen with a bright light to get this image (otherwise the limonite underneath seems to give the crystals a light brown appearance)
Bornite
Mineral # 952
San Martin de Sombrete Mine, Zacatecas, Mexico
11 x 6.5 x 4.5 cm
$ 35
Collected by M. Rheinlander in 1997
Bornite
Mineral # 952
A slightly magnified image
of the mineral above
Bornite on Native Silver
Mineral # 953
San Martin de Sombrete Mine, Zacatecas, Mexico
4.5 x 2 x 0.1 cm
$ 20
Bluish-black ore covering thin sheets of pure silver; very impressive specimens
Bornite on Native Silver
Mineral # 954
San Martin de Sombrete Mine,, Zacatecas, Mexico
2.5 x 1.75 x 0.1 cm
$ 5
Bluish-black ore covering thin sheets of pure silver; this is a smaller specimen
Calcite, optical
Mineral # 955
Hercules Mine, La Negra, Sierra Mojada Municipality, Coahuila, Mexico
5 x 3 x 1.6 cm
$ 35
Optically fairly clean crystal with only a very few lines or inclusions
Mimetite
Mineral # 956
900' Level, San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico
4 x 4 x 3 cm
$ 20
Green Fluorite with Chalcopyrite and Galena
Mineral # 957
Naica Mining District, Sierra Naica, Municipio of Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico
8 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm
$ 279
Green Fluorite with Chalcopyrite and Galena
Mineral # 957
A different view of the specimen above
Calcite with Pyrite & Native Gold
Mineral # 958
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio de Cananea, Sonora
4.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm
$ 95
Pyrite and native gold on Calcite on right side of specimen
Graphite
Mineral # 959
Bogala Mine, Bogala, Kegalle District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka
5.5 x 4.5 x 1.5 cm
$ 16
Silver, metallic specimens
Hemimorphite
Mineral # 960
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico
11 x 7.5 x 6 cm
$ 60
Clear to white, radiating crystals on a limonite matrix
Hemimorphite
Mineral # 960
A closer view of specimen above
Jamesonite
Mineral # 961
Mina Noche Buena, Zacatecas, Mexico
7 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm
$ 60
Silver acicular crystals on a pyrite matrix
A similar specimen was assayed: antimony 25.7%, sulphur 18.9%, and lead 55.4%
Jamesonite
Mineral # 961
A closer view of the specimen above
Molybdenum ore
Mineral # 962
Santa Ana de Yecora, Sonora
7.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm
$ 25
Silver metallic specimens on native rock
Collected in 1999
Mineral # 963
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico
5.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm
$ 25
Mineral # 963
A closer view of the specimen above
Malachite on Limonite
Mineral # 964
El Cobre Mine, Ojocaliente Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico
14 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm
$ 40
Malachite on Limonite
MIneral # 964
A close-up view of specimen above
showing the botryoidal malachite
Native Gold with Matrix
Mineral # 965
Batopilas, Copper Canyon
Municipio de Batopilas, Chihuahua
2 x 1 x 1 cm
$ 145
Mineral # 965
Another view of this specimen showing the
gold deposition on this specimen
Native Silver on Matrix
Mineral # 966
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio de Cananea, Sonora
3 x 2 x 1 cm
$ 49
Mineral # 967
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio de Cananea, Sonora
6.5 x 4 x 3 cm
$ 45
Mineral # 967
A closer view of the specimen above
Smithsonite, Rosasite, and
Hemimorphite on a limonite matrix
Mineral # 968
Level 8, San Antonio El Grande Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico
4 x 3 x 1 cm
$ 25
Small, delicate Hemimorphite crystals on
Smithsonite with Rosasite (green) spheres all on Limonite
Chrysocolla, Calcite, & Tenorite
Mineral # 969
Amelia Mine # 3 Ore Bed, Boleo District, Santa Rosalia, Baja California, Mexico
13 x 10 x 7 cm
$ 38
Chrysocolla, Calcite, & Tenorite
Mineral # 969
Click on the specimen to enlarge.
This is a close-up of this very colorful specimen showing the blue Chrysocolla, the white calcite and the black Tenorite.
Mineral # 974
Naica Mining District, Sierra Naica, Municipio of Saucillo, Chihuahua
8 x 4 x 3 cm
$ 95
Mineral # 974
A closer view to show the phantom orange xl (composed of reduced iron) inside the clear one (composed of oxidized iron).
Note that a number of crystals have that same structure.
Click on the image to enlarge it x 4.
Creedite
Mineral # 975
Mina Do Navidad, Municipio de Rodeo, Durango
5 x 5 x 2 cm
$ 150
Mineral # 975
A closer view of the specimen above with a brighter light source
Adamite
Mineral # 976
Ojeula Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7 x 8 x 2 cm
$ 42
Adamite
Mineral # 976
Another view at another angle of these light yellow, sparkling Adamite crystals
Adamite
Mineral # 976
A closer view of the this Adamite specimen with a different light source
Adamite
Mineral # 977
Ojeula Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
8 x 8.5 x 3 cm
$ 74
This is a larger specimen of Adamite xls arranged in pockets on the specimen
Mineral # 977
Ojeula Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Another view of this specimen turned 90 degrees counter-clockwise
The color of the Adamite crystals is light yellow with maybe a slight hint of green
The red crystals in the pocket to the right side are perhaps short quartz xls.
Mineral # 977
Ojeula Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
A closeup view of this specimen showing clear Adamite crystals surrounding the yellow ones.
The Adamite crytals are stacked on top of each other making it very attractive
Click on all specimens to view to see a view 4 times larger
The gold is on the far right side of the specimen; the entire specimen is shown because of its very unusual composition
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz Municipality
Sonora, Mexico
6 x 3.5 x 3 cm
Remember to click on any specimen to enlarge
$ 25
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