Mineral Rock Specimens

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	Actinolite Schabny, Ural Mountains, Russia Specimen # 1600 6.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm $ 15 Dense fine green crystalline amphibole mass Collected by Steffen Mockel in 1997

	Agate Specimen # 1601 Agate Creek, Queensland, Australia Matched pair 5 x 3 x 0.5 cm $ 75 These agates are world renowned for excellent colors and superb agate banding in their structure; this is a matched pair of red flame agates with color banks of gray and blue. There typically are small fractures in these agates occasionally, but they will not break further or come apart and they do not really detract much from the internal beauty of these fine agates.

	Agate Specimen # 1601 Another close-up view of just the right agate on the pair above.

	Agate Specimen # 1616 Agate Creek, Queensland, Australia Single Agate 4.5 x 2.5 x 3 cm $ 24 This color in this agate has more of a orange with a white base. This agate has enough depth that a matched pair could be cut from this agate.

	Agate Specimen # 1617 Agate Creek, Queensland, Australia Single Agate 5.5 x 3.2 x 1.5 cm $ 25 This is an agate with blue and gray colors and fine agate banding.

	Agate Specimen # 1617 A closer view of the agate above.

	Boulangerite Cleveland Mine, Stevens County, Washington Specimen # 1602 3 x 1.5 x 0.5 cm $ 10 Massive Interlocking silver xls. These are shipped in a small plastic box.

	Corundum, Burma Specimen # 1205 Only thumbnail sizes available An assortment of 3 pieces for $ 20 Opaque ruby crystals used to cut star ruby gemstones

	Magnetite - Ilmenite Specimen # 400 Massive crystalline specimen National Lead - Titanium Mine, Tahawus, New York (Adirondacks) 10.5 x 7 x 5 cm 997 grams Specimen has a diamond cut and polished face $ 99

	Magnetite - Ilmenite Specimen # 401 Massive crystalline specimen National Lead - Titanium Mine, Tahawus, New York (Adirondacks) 11.5 x 7.5 x 3.3 cm 907 grams specimen is rough (not cut & polished) $ 40

	Magnetite / Pyrite Specimen # 402 National Lead - Titanium Mine, Tahawus, New York (Adirondacks) Massive crystalline form of non-magnetic magnetite 7.5 x 7.5 x 8 cm 1088 grams Specimen has two diamond saw cut edges $ 69

	Magnetite Specimen # 403 National Lead - Titanium Mine, Tahawus, New York (Adirondacks) Massive crystalline form of non-magnetic magnetite 6.5 x 6.5 x 4 cm 589 grams Specimen has one diamond saw cut edge $ 55

	Magnetite Specimen # 404 National Lead - Titanium Mine, Tahawus, New York (Adirondacks) Massive crystalline form of non-magnetic magnetite 9 x 7 x 4.54 cm 997 grams Specimen has no diamond cut flats $ 59

	Muscovite Cotopaxi, Colorado Specimen # 1603 Most pieces about 2 inches in diameter $ 25 These are the classic "Mica Books" Some specimens have a matrix attached

	Richterite Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada Specimen # 1604 8 x 5.5 x 2 cm $ 30 Black crystals of Richerite in a light matrix

	Tremolite Sunset South Mine, Harquahala Mnts., Maricopa Co., Arizona Specimen # 1605 5.5 x 3 x 3 cm $ 25 A fibrous amphibole with radiating tremolite fibers on a ultramafic matrix

	Tremolite Ostanmossa, Norberg, Sweden Specimen # 1606 Sizes available: small glass tube of fibers, $ 20 medium glass tube of fibers, $ 30 large glass tube of fibers, $ 50 very large glass tube of fibers, $ 100 Classic, brittle, loose white tremolite fibers (packed in glass tubes to protect structure of fibers and to totally contain the fibers) These glass tubes should be left closed and kept in a secure place unless being used for research, etc.

	Dinosaur Bone Cortez, Colorado Specimen # 1607 13 x 13 x 1.5 cm slice of bone If you need a specific size or color please check on availability $ 80

	Dinosaur Bone Specimen # 1607 This is a closeup view showing the original cellular components of the bone. This material takes a fine polish when cut into individual stones or cabochons.

	Malachite Salactite Shaba Province, Congo Specimen # 1608 5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm This is a portion of a malachite stalactite which has been sliced and polished $ 28

	Tuff Breccia Slice of rock from Republic, Marquette County, Michigan Specimen # 1609 Rock contains lapilli rich tuff / breccia formed as a result of the 1.85 GA Sudbury Impact SOLD

	Lepidolite Bumpus Pegmatite, Albany, Oxford County, Maine Specimen # 1610 Lepidolite is a phyllosilicate mineral rich in lithium. It has a pearl sheen and is composed of numerous tightly bound layers sometimes called books. $ 39

	Manganoapatite (fluorescent under short wave: orange) Gilsum, New Hamshire Specimen # 1611 8 x 4.5 x 4 cm This rock also contains green and black tourmaline, red garnet, spar, mica books, smoky and milky quartz and mica schist $ 49

	Pink Tourmaline Bumpus Pegmatite, Albany, Oxford County, Maine Specimen # 1612 The pink tourmaline found on all sides of the specimen and is embedded in sparkly mica schist $ 65

	Muscovite Morro de Sao Joao, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil Specimen # 1614 Muscovite is a hydrated phyllosilicate mineral which contains aluminum and potassium; green color shows more on the expanded version (click on specimen) $ 20

	Sphalerite Elmwood Mine, Smith County, Tennessee Specimen # 1615 12 x 9 x 8 cm Sphalerite is the zinc sulfide mineral. It has the typical submetallic to resinous to luster. $ 49

	Wollastinite Specimen # 1619 Wollastinite (fl. yellow-orange) and Hydrozincite (fl. bright blue), Sterling Hill, Franklin Furance, New Jersey 10.5 x 8 x 2.5 cm SOLD

	Wollastinite Specimen # 1619 To get a closer view, click on the specimen: the Hydrozincite is seen as small bright blue spots on the top of the specimen; Wollastinite fluoresces to a yellow color

	Willemite and Franklinite Specimen # 1620 Willemite (fl. green) and Franklinite is black as it does not fluoresce; Franklin Furnace, New Jersey The red mineral on this specimen is zinkenite. 6.5 x 4 x 4 cm $ 59

	Willemite and Franklinite Specimen # 1620 Appearance of the specimen above with a long and short wave black light

	Willemite and Franklinite Specimen # 1620 A closer view of the specimen above showing the striking difference in color between the two minerals

	Calcite, Willemite, and Franklinite Specimen # 1621 Calcite (fl. red), Willemite (fl. green) and Franklinite is black as it does not fluoresce; Franklin Furnace, New Jersey 11 x 7 x 3 cm $ 95

	Calcite, Willemite, and Franklinite Specimen # 1621 Appearance of the specimen above with a long and short wave black light

	Calcite, Willemite, and Franklinite Specimen # 1621 A closer view of the specimen above showing the striking difference in color between the three minerals

	Psilomelane Specimen # 1622 Velarde Mine, Redhouse Mountain, Salem, Rincon District, Doña Ana County, New Mexico 10.5 x 7 x 0.7 cm $ 65

	Psilomelane Specimen # 1622 A closer view of the slice of Psilomelane cut to a thickness of 7mm

	Psilomelane Specimen # 1623 Velarde Mine, Redhouse Mountain, Salem, Rincon District, Doña Ana County, New Mexico 7.5 x 5 x 0.4 cm $ 45

	Psilomelane Specimen # 1623 A closer view of the slice of Psilomelane cut to a thickness of 4mm; the lines on the specimen are from the diamond saw blade; these will sand away with fine sand paper

	Pyrite Disk Specimen # 1624 Baldwin # 1 Coal Mine Marrissa, Illinois 5.5 x 5.5 0.2 cm $ 69

	Pyrite Disk Specimen # 1624 A slightly closer view of the radiating disk of pyrite which formed deep underground several million years ago under heat and presssure in a future coal mine at a seam between two layers of anthracite coal shale resulting in the formation of this case nearly circular shape; sometimes these disk are quite deformed and do not have a symmetical shape

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Bumpus Pegmatite, Albany, Oxford County, Maine

Bumpus Pegmatite, Albany, Oxford County, Maine

Elmwood Mine, Smith County, Tennessee

Sphalerite is the zinc sulfide mineral. It has the typical submetallic to resinous to luster.