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Minerals from New Mexico
Mineral images below are hyperlinked.....click to enlarge x 4
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.
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Mineral # 815
Kelly Mine, Magdalena Mining District, Socorro County,
New Mexico
4 x 6 x 2 cm
$ 275
Smithsonite
Mineral # 815
Kelly Mine, Magdalena Mining District, Socorro County,
New Mexico
Another view of the specimen above showing more of the top area; color of specimen
is actually darker blue than shown here in bright sunlight
Azurite
Mineral # 800
Chino Pit, New Mexico
$ 20 each
Specify which one(s) you want, i.e., top row, 3rd from left, etc.
Small specimens measure about 1 cm and large ones range from 1.5 to 1.7 cm
These are called "blueberries" due to their round shape and blue color; their internal composition is azurite
Fluorite
Mineral # 801
Hansonburg Mining District, primarily
the Blanchard Series of Mines,
New Mexico
7 x 6 x 1.5 cm
$ 45
Fluorite
Mineral # 801
A close-up view of the light blue fluorite
cubes on lower aspect of the above specimen
Hansonburg Fluorite
Mineral # 802
Bingham, Hansonburg District
Socorro County, New Mexico
6 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm
$ 45
Mineral # 802
another view of the specimen above;
massive intergrown fluorite xls., very showy
Fluorite
Mineral # 803
Galena King Mine, Monzano Mountains
New Mexico
7.5 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm
$ 55
Massive blue to purple fluorite with distorted crystal structures; color depends on the angle used to observe the specimen
Galena King Fluorite
Mineral # 803
View with slightly different angle of specimen above
Copper
Mineral # 804
Chino Mine, Grant County, New Mexico
2.5 x 1.3 x 0.5 cm
Native copper with some white rock matrix
$ 20
Gold in matrix
Mineral # 805
White Oaks, Lincoln County, New Mexico
3 x 1.5 x 0.5 cm
Delicate wires of gold on a white matrix; very attractive
$ 99
Hollandite
Mineral # 806
Rattlesnake Canyon, Socorro County
New Mexico
8 x 7.5 x 4 cm
$ 49
Click on specimen to enlarge x 4
Black acicular crystals forming tuffs (ridges) on
a layer of Psilomelane on matrix rock; the Hollandite wraps around one edge of the specimen
Lepidolite
Mineral # 807
"G" Dike, Mora County, New Mexico
7 x 6.5 x 3 cm
$ 45
Multiple lepidolite xls. scattered over the surface of a white matrix; very attractive
this one specimen like this remaining
Lepidolite
Mineral # 807
Another view of the specimen above
Molybdenite on Calcite Matrix
Mineral # 808
Questa, Taos County, New Mexico
9 x 6 x 4 cm
$ 40
Silver metallic ore on matrix
Molybdenite on/in Calcite Matrix
Mineral # 808
Closer view of the specimen above
Piemontite with Cyprine
Mineral # 809
Copper Hill, Harding Subdistrict,
Taos, New Mexico
7.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm
$ 60
Piemontite (red) and Cyprine (green) on and throughout specimen mixed with a white and gray matrix;
this material is very hard and can be cut and polished into gemstones
Piemontite with Cyprine
Mineral # 810
Copper Hill, Harding Subdistrict,
Taos, New Mexico
4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm
$ 28
Piemontite (red to purple) on specimen mixed with a white and gray matrix;
this material is very hard and can be cut and polished into gemstones
Sulfur
Mineral # 811
Jemez Sulfur Springs, Jemez Mountains
New Mexico
11 x 7 x 4.5 cm
$ 65
Typical yellow, well-shaped sulfur crystals on matrix
Click on specimen to enlarge
Photograph taken with natural light; yellow crystals appear lighter in color here than on natural specimen
Sulfur
Mineral # 811
another close-up view of the specimen above
Volborthite
Mineral # 812
Copper Hill, Taos, New Mexico USA
5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm
$ 55
Small yellow-green crystals on a green-gray-white matrix, very attractive specimens
Amethystine Quartz
Mineral # 813
Chupadera District
Socorro County, New Mexico
6 x 4 x 1 cm
$ 35
An unsual specimen with tiny amethyst crystals covering plates of calcite were replaced by silica, a process known as "quartz after bladed calcite"
Smithsonite
Mineral # 814
Kelly Mine, Magdalena Mining District, Socorro County,
New Mexico
9 x 5 x 4.5 cm
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Light green Smithsonite lining rock matrix
Smithsonite
Mineral # 814
View of the opposite side
of the specimen above which has both true blue and light blue-green Smithsonite spheres
Kelly Mine Smithsonite is now quite rare especially with minerals with
several colors in the same specimen
Mineral # 815
Kelly Mine, Magdalena Mining District, Socorro County,
New Mexico
8 x 6 x 6 cm
$ 495
A Kelly Smithsonite with a deep green color and classic botryoidal structure
Mineral # 815
A closer view into the two depressions on this specimen lined with classic Smithsonite
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