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below are the popular Dakota Micro bags. This is about the fifth generation of micro bags Dakota Matrix has assembled. When we get collections, often we purchase them with an eye towards field collected material. The material is directly from the mines in the western USA. Sometimes, these localities are long forgotten about or popular localities, where good micro material was found. The collector, (in this case the Jungles) typically horded material and stored it in vintage egg cartons. The Jungles collected in Mexico and all over the US west during the 1950’s through the 1970’s. The material is usually full of excellent micro crystals. This generation of Dakota Micro Bags includes a lot of material from the Jungles collection, although you will also find some material from the Eaton, DeVito and Erling collections. The Jungles did a lot of their own micromounts, although they traded and purchased minerals too. Thus, like the field collected bonanza acquired in this collection, there was a lot of micromounts, unmounted pieces in little bags and containers of sorted material to be mounted but never was. We purchased this collection in October of 2008. We thought we would need a 6 foot trailer to haul it home. Instead we needed a 26 foot truck!
Our U-Haul Truck loaded with the Jungles Collection!
Jungles Collection
Dakota Micro bags are kind of a grab bag full of combinations of some of the following:
Envelopes: Which consist of small approximately 3x3 inch (8x8cm) paper envelopes with usually one to three (maybe more) small <1cm chips of miscellaneous micro minerals. You will get about 12 to 20 envelopes. These will be of many different minerals, some rare, from many localities.
Micromounts, Micro specimens in micromount boxes, thumbnail perky boxes, or small card board boxes (less than 1 inch). You will get a plastic sandwich bag loaded with these – probably 12 to 20 of them. All different minerals, many different localities.
Rough micro material. This will be where most of the weight comes from. You will get at least two plastic sandwich bags full of 1 to 2.5 inch (2 to 7cm) pieces. This portion of the Micro Bag is where all the fun will be for you. Most often, nothing is identified, but you will get specific and named localities.
Small 2-inch zip lock plastic bags with good, usually higher grade small pieces with good micro crystals, typically identified with locality information.
Shipping is only estimated in the shopping cart! These bags are heavy, so please expect cost to run about $10 to $40 per bag depending on weight and destination. Please inquire about shipping charges. Foreign orders will obviously cost more. You calculate the postage yourself by entering the posted weight and your State/country into the USPS website form .
June 30, 2010
Misc envelopes - about 12 - individually marked with unidentifieds
Bag of about 25 micromounts - mostly identified.
Rough San Benito Co., CA - 1 lb
Rough Tonopah-Belmont mine, Maricopa Co., AZ - 1 lb
Rough Palermo mine, Grafton Co., NH - 1/2 lb
Micro-Bag Weight 3.25 MB1055 Sold $35.00
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June 30, 2010
Rough Desautelsite/Pyroaurite with Artinite etc - San Benito Co., CA - 1 lb
Rough Summit Rock, Klamath Co., Oregon 1.25 lbs
About 20 micros in TN perkies from Gold Hill mine, Tooele Co., UT
Small tin container of Misc Gold Hill micros (Jungles unknowns)
About 16 envelopes with individual micros from various localites
Micro-Bag Weight 3.5 MB1056 Sold $40.00
June 30, 2010
Rough San Benito Co., CA Artinite, Pyroaurite, Desautelsite etc. 1.5 lbs
Rough Gold Hill mine, Tooele Co., UT 1.25 lbs
Individual micros in plastic perkies, about 15 various localities
Plastic box with rough, small 1-2cm peices of Juddite, anglesite, gersdorffite (Santa Cruz LS Products, CA), Kornerupine, and others. 0.3 lbs
14 envelopes with individual known and unidentified micros.
Micro-Bag Weight 3.5 MB1057 Sold $45.00
June 30, 2010
Rough from Mina, NV 1.25 lbs
Rough from Spray, OR 0.75 olbs
Rough from Franklin, NJ 6 oz.
About 14 micros in plastic perkies from Gold Hill, Tooele Co., UT
About 18 envelopes mostly of Wulfenite from various localities.
Micro-Bag Weight 2.75 MB1058 Sold $45.00
June 30, 2010
Rough from Pope Valley, CA 9 oz.
Rough Blue Bell mine, CA 1.25 lbs
Bag of about 13 micros in plastic perkies from Gold Hill, Tooele Co., CA
Three micros from Centerville, VA
About 11 envelopes with various micros
Micro-Bag Weight 2.5 MB1059 Sold $35.00
June 30, 2010
Rough Maricopiate etc from Moon Anchor mine, AZ 1.75 lbs
Misc - Ludwig mine, NV 1.25 lbs
small envelope from Thomas Mountains, UT
Four micros of Turquoise from Lynch Station, VA
About 30 misc. - good - micromounts
About 11 envelopes with misc. micros
Micro-Bag Weight 3.75 MB1060 Sold $50.00
June 30, 2010
Rough Iron Mountain, Cedar City, UT 1.25 lbs
Rough Glove mine, AZ 1.25 lbs
Rough Ajaz mine, AZ 1 lb
About 12 1cm plus specimens from Kidwell collection (mostly Kidwellite etc)
About 12 envelopes of micros
Micro-Bag Weight 4.0 MB1062 Sold $35.00
June 30, 2010
Rough Well #1, Ajo, CA 1.5 lbs
Rough Ajax mine, AZ 1 lb
About 20 micromounts from White Caps mine, Nye CO., NV
Misc., in a small box of Mopungite, Senarmontite, Cetineite etc., Cetine mine, Tuscany, Italy
0.25 lbs
Micromounts & Perkies
Misc. localities
0.25 lbs
Rough
Misc., Lynchburg mine, Kelly dist., Socorro Co., NM
0.75 lbs
Micro-Bag Weight 2.75 MB1052 Sold $40.00
October 20, 2009
Rough
Big Chief mine, Custer Co., SD
1.0 lbs
Rough
Misc., Gold Hill mine, AZ
0.5 lbs
Envelopes
Misc., Point of Rocks, NM
0.75 lbs
Micromounts & Perkies
Misc. Localities
0.25 lbs
Rough
Small box of Wulfenite and Mimetite, Mapimi, Mexico
0.1lbs
Micro-Bag Weight 2.5 MB1053 Sold $30.00
October 20, 2009
Rough
Misc., Moon Anchor mine, AZ
1.25 lbs
Envelopes
Misc., Various Localities
0.5 lbs
Micromounts
Misc., Various Localities
0.25 lbs
Micromounts
Silver, Creede, CO
0.25 lbs
Rough & Vials
Misc., Franklin. There could be some interesting material here since there are 6 small vials filed with old Drill Hole cuttings. Each vial is label as to the Hole number.
