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	Native Antimony Mineral # 1800 Lac Nicolet Mine, Quebec Canada 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm $ 20 This is a glistening, silver, metallic specimen of native antimony ore; from this pick you might think it looks like chalk, it actually is a collection of silver particles and quite nice; click on the image to get a little closer ; click on the specimen to enlarge by 4 times
	Bornite on Native Silver MIneral # 1801 San Martin Mine, Zacatecas Mexico 6.5 x 4 cm $ 30 Bluish-black ore covering thin sheets of nearly pure silver; very impressive specimen
	Bornite with Covellite and Chalcopyrite Mineral # 1802 Magma Mine, 3600' level, Superior Pinal County, Arizona 10 x 7 x 3 cm $ 45 This is a bright bluish-purple metallic ore; most specimens have pyrite inclusions
	Bornite Mineral # 1803 Kelly Mine, Butte Silver Bow County, Montana 5 x 4 x 3.5 cm $ 10 Gray to blue solid metallic specimens collected in the deep mines of Butte when the mines were still active; this specimen has a sawed flat surface for displaying
	Bornite Mineral # 1804 San Martin, Zacatecas, Mexico 8 x 7.5 x 6 cm $ 20 Attractive multicolored specimen collected by M. Rheinlander in 1997
	Bornite Mineral # 1804 a surface view of the above specimen
	Chalcopyrite with Magnetite and Bornite Mineral # 1835 Ertsberg Mine, Indonesia 4 x 4 x 3.5 cm $ 45 Collected in 1998 at 11,000 feet
	Chalcopyrite with Magnetite and Bornite Mineral # 1835 A closer view of the specimen
	Cobaltite with Smaltite Mineral # 1806 Cobalt, Ontario, Canada 7 x 4.5 x 1.5 cm $ 25 Cobaltite is a sulfosalt mineral composed of cobalt, arsenic, and sulfur compounds to make the formula CoAsS
	Cobaltite with Smaltite Mineral # 1806 a closer view of the specimen above
	Copper on Black Shale Mineral # 1807 White Pine Mine, Ontonagan County, Michigan 6.5 x 5 x .2 <and> 4 x 4 x .2 cm $ 24 This specimen consists of two pieces; there is a nice, sharp contrast between the bright copper and the black shale These pieces were found originally in the pictured position.
	Copper Mineral # 1808 Chino Pit, New Mexico 9 x 3.5 x 0.25 cm $ 25 A fairly flat , but 3D piece of native copper with a little rock matrix
	Native Copper Mineral # 1809 Ray Mine, Arizona 6.5 x 5 x 1 cm, 103.1 grams $ 55 A clean 3D piece of native copper with virtually no matrix
	Native Copper Mineral # 1809 Another view with a change in light source
	Native Copper Mineral # 1810 Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon County Michigan 7.5 x 5 x 1.5 cm, 85.3 grams $ 35 This copper is very bright and has slight reddish coloration
	Native Copper Mineral # 1811 Mohawk Mine, Michigan 9 x 6 x 1.5 cm 178.9 grams $ 55 This specimen is a dense native copper with a natural blue- green to gray rock matrix
	Native Copper Mineral # 1831 Mohawk Mine, Michigan 5.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm 59 grams $ 30 Another native copper specimen from the Mohawk Mine mixed with an interesting natural mostly white hardrock matrix
	Copper Float Mineral # 1812 Michigan, Upper Peninsula 7.5 x 6.5 x 6 cm $ 45 These are found scattered over a wide area of Wisconsin and Michigan This is a piece of copper dropped by a glacier; the copper has been exposed and polished; the unaltered surface is a bright green; the specimen has a sawed flat bottom covered with a layer of cork
	Phlogopite and Molybdenite Mineral # 1813 Questa Mine, Taos County, New Mexico 8 x 7.5 x 6 cm $45 On the top of this specimen is a pocket of Phlogopite crystals
	Phlogopite and Molybdenite Mineral # 1813 On the lower aspect of this specimen are more Phllogopite crystals and some flashing silver Molybdenite crystals
	Copper Arsenides (mainly algodonite) in calcite [XRD verified at Michigan Tech University] Mineral # 1814 Pancake Bay, Lake Superior North of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario 8 x 5 x 1 cm $ 195 This is a thick rock slice through calcite and host rock with embedded copper arsenides
	Copper Arsenides (mainly algodonite) in calcite [XRD verified at Michigan Tech University] Mineral # 1815 Pancake Bay, Lake Superior, North of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario 9.5 x 8 x 1 cm $ 149 This is a thick rock slice through calcite and host rock with embedded copper arsenides
	Covellite Mineral # 1816 Little Annie Vein, Summitville, Rio Grande County, Colorado 6 x 6 x 2 cm $ 65 Typical Covellite with fine blues, golds, on white matrix; a very attractive but rare ore specimen; fracture lines are common is this material
	Covellite Mineral # 1816 A closer side view of the specimen above showing various exposed Covellite in the specimen. During the last 3 days the original mine was open, miners were encouraged to collect as many specimens as they wanted.
	Gold Ore MIneral # 1817 Homestake Mine, Lead, South Dakota 5 cm across, 1.5 cm thick core section $ 40 All the flecks in the specimen are native gold. The slight bevel on one edge is due to the chipping on one edge when the core is cut by a diamond saw blade. Also available: a smaller 2.5 cm circular core sections, $ 5; request one of these free with any order Reference: see the photographs in USGS Professional Paper 26
	Gold Mine Ore Mineral # 1818 Sunnyside Gold Mine, Eureka, San Juan County, Colorado 7.5 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm $ 30 Specimen consists of quartz, gold, pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, and sphalerite in matrix
	Gold Mine Ore Mineral # 1819 Sunnyside Gold Mine, Eureka, San Juan County, Colorado 6 x 5 x 4 cm $ 100 A fine specimen of quartz, pyrite, chalcopyrite, gold, galena, and sphalerite on/in rock matrix
	Gold Mine Ore MIneral # 1819 A closer view of the specimen above showing the ore clearly exposed on the surface of the specimen. The white quartz background makes the specimen quite attractive.
	Gold Mine Ore MIneral # 1832 Sunnyside Gold Mine, Eureka, San Juan County, Colorado 9 x 6 x 2.5 cm $ 20 Specimen has a cut surface which exposes the ore inside the rock. When you tip the specimen in the light the x.s. through the ore crystals are very apparent
	Gold Mine Ore Mineral # 1832 A close-up view of the specimen above showing the both the ore and some Rhodonite in the specimen which is common in ore samples from this location.
	Gold Mine Ore Mineral # 1833 Sunnyside Gold Mine, Eureka, San Juan County, Colorado 14 x 13 x 6 cm 1496 grams $ 50 A nice specimen with massive Rhodonite. Rhodonite was common in Silverton and Ouray area ore.
	Gold Mine Ore Mineral # 1833 A close-up view of the specimen above showing the Rhodonite and exposed ore. This specimen has a cut flat base for good display.
	Pyrite / Gold ore in matrix Mineral # 1820 Haile Mine, 3 ½ miles northeast of Kershaw, Lancaster County South Carolina 6 x 4 x 3 cm $ 75 Massive sulfide deposits containing pyrite/gold which are embedded in white to cream or gray colored shists Price determined by the number of sulphides and/or metallic inclusions on the surface of the host rock; not assayed; this mine is now back in operation again
	Pyrite / Gold ore in matrix Mineral # 1821 Haile Mine, 3 ½ miles northeast of Kershaw, Lancaster County South Carolina 6.5 x 6 x 1.5 cm Sold Close up of another Haile Mine specimen as above showing the metal content of the host rock; this is the actual color of the specimen (gray to yellow)
	Pyrite / Gold ore in matrix Mineral # 1822 Haile Mine, 3 ½ miles northeast of Kershaw, Lancaster County South Carolina 5 x 2.5 x 1 cm $ 35 Another Haile Mine specimen showing the color of the schist host rock; the surface of the specimen is covered with pyrites / gold crystals
	Pyrite / Gold ore in matrix Mineral # 1834 Haile Mine, 3 ½ miles northeast of Kershaw, Lancaster County, South Carolina 10 x 4.5 4 cm $ 55
	Pyrite / Gold ore in matrix MIneral # 1831 A closer view showing pyrite and gold everywhere on/in the quartz-sericite schist rock
	Graphite Mineral # 1823 La Colorado, Sonora, Mexico 5.5 x 5 x 0.5 cm $ 20 Silver, metallic, specimen of pure graphite
	Heubnerite Mineral # 1824 Adams Mine, Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado 3.5 x 3 x 3 cm $ 30 Typical Heubnerite with brown-gold-black glistening metallic crystals on matrix
	Mohawkite Mineral # 1825 Mowawk-Ahmeek Area, Keweenaw County, Michigan 8 x 6.5 x 2 cm; just over 400 grams $ 75 Silver and copper colored metallic rock composed of copper arsenides containing cobalt, silver, nickel and iron which were apparently dropped by the glaciers (they usually have one flat side); many have a white internal quartz matrix
	Molybdenite on Calcite Mineral # 1826 Questa, Taos County, New Mexico 9 x 6 x 3 cm $ 40 Thumb-nail specimens are small pieces of pure moly ore; larger specimens are silver metallic ore on matrix; some specimens with phlogophite crystals
	Molybdenite Mineral # 1827 Jardinera # 1 Mine, Inca de Oro, Chile 5.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm $ 40 Silver metallic specimen, some on a green matrix, collected in 1994
	Molybdenite MIneral # 1827 another view of the side of the above specimen
	Molybdenite Mineral # 1828 Santa Ana de Yecora, Sonora, Mexico 5.5 x 4.5 x 1.5 cm $ 20 Molybdenite covers most of the surface of this rock which also has malachite and pyrite; it was collected in 1999
	Molybdenite Mineral # 1829 Cadillac Mine, Lac Preissac, Quebec, Canada 8 x 6 x 4.5 cm $ 45 This specimen is very impressive with the stark contrast of silver ore on white quartz
	Molybdenite Mineral # 1829 A closer view of the specimen above
	Silver - Lead Ore Mineral # 1830 War Eagle Mine Tecopa, California 6 x 5 x 6 cm $ 35 Galena, pyrite, sphalerite, and associated minerals
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