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Chalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite

Mineral # 1836

Gossan Howard Mine, Carroll County, Virginia  [Discovered in 1789]

Slice: 11 x 8 cm, 4mm thick           86 grams

$  65

This is a close-up view  of a slice of Stone Hill Ore composed mainly  just two minerals
This slice cut through a clear area, presumably quartz



For more minerals like this, please visit the Ore Specimen Catalog.

   








Creedite

Mineral # 975

Navidad Mine, Abasolo, Durango, Mexico

5 x 5 x 2 cm

$ 175



For more minerals like this, please visit the Mexican mineral catalog.


   









Brucite

Mineral # 2301

Killa Saiullah District, Balochistan, Pakistan

5 x 4.5 x 1 cm

$ 299

This mineral is from the new Asian Mineral Catalog












Corundum

Mineral # 1220

Zoutpansberg, Vhembe District, Limpopo Province, South Africa


4 x 4 1.5 cm

$ 49


This mineral is from the Africa Mineral Catalog












Cinnabar

Mineral # 1507

 Aleknagik, Alaska

4.5 x 4.5 x 5.5 cm

$ 49

Mine is located 22.6 miles north of Dillinham which is located on the Bristol Bay


This mineral is from  the Alaska Mineral Catalog







Copper Crystals on matrix

TN Mineral # 2016

Underwater veins off Mine Point (Mamainse), Lake Superior,
North of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Canada


$ 28

This mineral is from the Thumbnail - Micro Mineral Catalog
 








Azurite with Malachite

Mineral # 452

This is a direct view of the hill of malachite "flowers" surrounded by azurite;
Blue Jay Mine, near Big Eightmile Creek and Leadore,
Lemhi County, Idaho

8.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm

 $ 65

This mineral is from the Idaho Mineral Catalog
 















Amazonite, Smoky Quartz, and Fluorite


Mineral #  2551

15 x 12 x 13 cm

$ 495

This splendid specimen was lost in the collection for about 10 years!

It was recovered originally on Crystal Peak, Florissant, Colorado about 30 years ago. 
If you click on the specimen it will enlarge more than the usual x 4. 
If you would like more jpegs please let me know.

This specimen has at several smoky quartz crystals, several amazonite crystals with numerous little
amazonite's all fused together, and a row of purple fluorite crystals perched on the largest smoky quartz crystal
(which you can see in the jpeg on the far right)

This specimen is not in any other catalog on the website.





Amazonite, Smoky Quartz, and Fluorite

Mineral #  2551


This is another view of the specimen with the amazonite crystal xls. and the largest smoky quartz xl. pointed downward.

It is difficult to count the number of smoky quartz crystals there are as they are very tightly fuzed together








Amazonite, Smoky Quartz, and Fluorite

Mineral #  2551


Another closer view of the specimen showing the strip of fluorite crystals sitting on the largest quartz crystal

The specimen has a relatively flat surface base for displaying purposes


Click on the specimen to enlarge x 4







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