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All images below are hyperlinked.....click mineral to enlarge To order a mineral give the mineral name and the number of the specimen(s) you wish to purchase. You will receive that exact specimen. Satisfaction is guaranteed. |
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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 |
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Malachite pseudo Azurite Mineral # 971 Another view of this specimen rotated and tipped downward in front |
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Malachite pseudo Azurite Mineral # 971 A view of the back side of the specimen; crystals have an azurite shape, but the composition of malachite |
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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 |
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Native Silver on Matrix Mineral # 972 Milpillas Mine, Sonora, Mexico 4.5 x 2 x 2 cm $ 90 This is a photograph using sunlight |
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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. |
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Native
Silver on Matrix Mineral # 973 Milpillas Mine, Sonora, Mexico 3 x 2.7 x 2 cm $ 125 |
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Native Silver on Matrix Mineral # 973 Side view showing silver arranged as globs on the left and arranged as leaves on the right |
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Native
Silver on Matrix Mineral # 973 An enlarged side view showing the random globs of native silver |
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Native Silver on Matrix Mineral # 973 Another view of the silver specimen on a white matrix rock |
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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. |
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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. |
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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). |
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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 |
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Arsenopyrite Mineral # 950 Another image of the mineral above |
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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 |
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Hemimorphite Mineral # 951 A closer view of the lower, left side of the mineral above |
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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) |
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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 |
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Bornite Mineral # 952 A slightly magnified image of the mineral above |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Mimetite Mineral # 956 900' Level, San Francisco Mine, Cerro Prieto, Cucurpe, Sonora, Mexico 4 x 4 x 3 cm $ 20 |
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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 |
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Green Fluorite with Chalcopyrite and Galena Mineral # 957 A different view of the specimen above |
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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 |
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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 |
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Hemimorphite Mineral # 960 Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 11 x 7.5 x 6 cm $ 60 Clear to white, radiating crystals on a limonite matrix |
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Hemimorphite Mineral # 960 A closer view of specimen above |
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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% |
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Jamesonite Mineral # 961 A closer view of the specimen above |
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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 |
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Hemimorphite Mineral # 963 Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico 5.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm $ 25 |
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Hemimorphite Mineral # 963 A closer view of the specimen above |
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Malachite on Limonite Mineral # 964 El Cobre Mine, Ojocaliente Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico 14 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm $ 40 |
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Malachite on Limonite MIneral # 964 A close-up view of specimen above showing the botryoidal malachite |
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Native Gold with Matrix Mineral # 965 Batopilas, Copper Canyon Municipio de Batopilas, Chihuahua 2 x 1 x 1 cm $ 145 |
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Native Gold with Matrix Mineral # 965 Another view of this specimen showing the gold deposition on this specimen |
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Native Silver on Matrix Mineral # 966 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio de Cananea, Sonora 3 x 2 x 1 cm $ 49 |
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Malachite pseudo Azurite Mineral # 967 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Municipio de Cananea, Sonora 6.5 x 4 x 3 cm $ 45 |
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Malachite pseudo Azurite Mineral # 967 A closer view of the specimen above |
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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 |
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Chrysocolla, Calcite, & Tenorite Mineral # 969 Amelia Mine # 3 Ore Bed, Boleo District, Santa Rosalia, Baja California, Mexico 13 x 10 x 7 cm $ 38 |
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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. |
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Selenite,
Phantom Mineral # 974 Naica Mining District, Sierra Naica, Municipio of Saucillo, Chihuahua 8 x 4 x 3 cm $ 95 |
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Selenite,
Phantom 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. |
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Creedite Mineral # 975 Mina Do Navidad, Municipio de Rodeo, Durango 5 x 5 x 2 cm $ 150 |
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Creedite Mineral # 975 A closer view of the specimen above with a brighter light source |
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Adamite Mineral # 976 Ojeula Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico 7 x 8 x 2 cm $ 42 |
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Adamite Mineral # 976 Another view at another angle of these light yellow, sparkling Adamite crystals |
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Adamite Mineral # 976 A closer view of the this Adamite specimen with a different light source |
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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 |
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Adamite 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. |
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Adamite 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 |
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Native Gold on matrix 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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