Calcite #M12038
Cave Rock Quarry,Norristown, Shelby Co., IN
6.0 x 3.0 x 3.5 cm — $18
Lovely golden crystal with slightly etched rhomb termination. Circa 1966
Tremolite #M12738'
Norland, Ontario, CanadaY
7.5 x 6.0 x1.5 cm — $40
Clusters of pale green crystals to 2.5 cm etched from calcite matrix. Circa 1963
Calcite with minor asphalt #M12138
Meshberger Quarry, Elizabethtown, IN
9.5 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm — $35
Beautiful doubly terminated crystal on minor matrix. Asphalt 'spheres' typical of locality.
Barite #M12438
Cartersville, GA
9.0 x 5.0 x 4 cm — $25
Clear, pale yellow barites to 0.75 cm scattered on limonite matrix. Circa 1965
Dolomite with fluorite #M12238
Corydonn, IN
8.5 x 6.5 x 2.5 cm — $15
Pink dolomte rhombs of 1 cm with two,pale fluorite cubes to 06 cm. Nice for locality
Hematite on Quartz w/calcite #M12538
Pea Ridge Mine, Sullivan Co., MO
10 x 8 x 3 cm — $15
Crust of quartz crystals with bright hematite coating both surfaces. Classic location.
Calcite w/marcasite inclusions #M12338
Joplin, MO
10 x 6.0x 5.0 cm — $30
Clean terminated calcite w/ zoned, bright marcasite inclusions. Circa 1960
Beryl #M12838
Buckfield, Maine
6.0 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm — $35
Terminated simple prism, slightly gemmy crystal with some iron oxide staining. this is an 'old timer' collected before 1940
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Uraninite #M10938
McKinny Mine, Spruce Pine, N.Carolina
8.5 x 6.0 x 3.0 cm — $18
Crudely crystalized 1.2 cnm mass in matrix
Wavellite #M12938
Llallagra, Bolivia
5.5 x 4.0 x 1.5 cm — $25
Bright quartz crystals with wavellite 'balls' to 3mm and micro cassiterite crystals.
Dioptase #M13038
Tsumeb, Namibia
4.0 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm — $95
Richly crystalized matrix with crystals to 3-4 mm. Best display direction shows no damage. Minor damage back side.
Smithsonite #M13138
Sinaloa, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.5 x 2.4 x 3.5 cm — $40
Pale blue botroidal mass on gray, cellular massive smithsonite.
Idocrase-grossular #M13238
Laguna de Jaco, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.5 x 7.0 x 6.0 cm — $85
Intergrown mass of idocrase crystals to 4 x 5 cm; vertical crystal to left is 2.5 x 2.5 x 3.5 cm. Some light-colored, granular grossular. Base is large crystal, partly broken.
Pyrrhotite #M13338
Potos Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chi., Mexico
7.0 x 5.5x 4.0 cm — $35
Mass of intergrown, bright columnar pyrrhotite crystals with minor quartz and calcite. Very nice for locality.
Galena on Siderite #M13538
Eagle Mine, Gilman, CO
6.5 x 6.0 x 4.5 cm — $15
Somewhat skeletal 1.5 x 1.2 galena on sulfide-siderite matrix
Fluorapatite #M13638
Eagle Mine, Gilman, Co
9.0 x8.5 x 2.0 cm — $65
Altered (chalcopyrite?) matrix w/3 glassy to milky fluorapatite crystals embedded. Largest is 1.5 cm. Uncommon from this famous mine.
Chrysocolla #M13738
Inspiration Mine, Superior, AZ
7.5 x 5.5 x 3.0cm — $22
Very dark to turquoise-green masses on quartz matrix. Unidentified brownish crystals on back of specimen.
Grossularite #M13838
Bishop, California
6.5 x 7.0 x 4.5 cm — $20
Vug of cinnamon-brown grossularite crystals. Largest crystal is 2 cm.
Pyrite #M13938
Lark, Utah (part of Bingham Canyon Complex)
5.5 x 4.0 x 3.5 cm — $22
Bright crystals to 1.2 cm on pyrite crystal
matrix. Some damage to larger crystals.
Quartz #M14038
King Co., Washington
6.5 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm — $18
Clean pale yellow, slightly frosted but clear, 1.2 x 1.2 cm crystal w/ few subsidiary crystals.
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