Rare Mineral Specimens #3 (Sold Out)

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Below is a list of 20 rare minerals from the Don Phillips collection for you to pick and choose. Each are small specimens, less than 1cm or in a capsule, and are either type locality or worldwide rare and have a unique chemistry. This is on a first come first serve basis and these are one of a kind specimens (no duplicates). Please email (dakotamatrix@gmail.com) us your picks ASAP OR Complete the Shopping Cart for your selected items, we expect these to go fast. No photos avaialable.

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Bunsenite  SOLD
NiO
Johanngeorgenstadt, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Capsule
Single dark green to black grain around 1 mm in a cotten packed capsule.  Type
Locality.
#PD-33220
$40

Eggletonite SOLD
Na2Mn8[Si11AlO29](OH)7*11(H2O)
Big Rock Quarry, Granite Mountain, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, United States
Capsule
Cureton Label
Single dark colored grain around .5 mm or so in the bottom of a capsule.
Type Locality and one of only two localities.
#PD-33221
$15

Fischesserite SOLD
Ag3AuSe2
De Lamar Mine, Owyhee Co., Idaho, United States
Loose sample wrapped in paper (Light sensitive?)
1 cm sample of white matrix containing several small dark metallic grains
of likely Fischesserite. Is marked Van King collection.
#PD-33222
$50

Glucine with Moraesite SOLD
CaBe4(PO4)2(OH)4*0.5(H2O)
Boevskoe Be deposit, Kamensk-Ural'skii, Urals Region, Russia
Capsule
Capsule contains 2 small grains and a bit of off white powder. Berylphosphates
are a fairly limited group.
Cureton Label.
#PD-33223
$50

Hashemite SOLD
Ba(Cr,S)O4
Amman, Hashem region, Amman, Jordan
Capsule
Capsule Specimen, type locality and one of only three localities,
Jordan specimen, a county which specimens are fairly uncommon from.
#PD-33224
$40

Irhtemite with Vladimirite SOLD
Ca4Mg(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2*4(H2O) with Ca5(AsO3OH)2(AsO4)2*5(H2O)
Ightem Mine, Bou Azer District, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco
Thumbnail
Little over a centimeter.  Reddish in color with silver grey running though it.
Type and namesake locality.
#PD-33225
$40

Imiterite SOLD
Ag2HgS2
Imiter mine, Anti-Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Capsule
Cureton label
Single flake around a cm, split in half, with one half light grey, the other a
near pink.  An arrow points to the mineral grain. Type locality.
#PD-33226
$25

Iriginite SOLD
(UO2)(Mo++++++2O7)*3(H2O)
Cameron, Coconino Co., Arizona, United States
Thumbnail
Dark colored matrix in a wax paper bag, around 2 cm. Light colored in one
corner. Weakly Radioactive.
#PD-33227
$40

Johnsomervilleite SOLD
Na2Ca(Mg,Fe++,Mn)7(PO4)6
Sapucaia mine, Minas Gerias, Brazil
Capsule
Phosphate from pegmatites, small chip around 7 mm, dark in color, with a
thin off white crust visible on one side. 
Cureton label
#PD-33228
$40

Kuznetsovite with Calomel and Mercury SOLD
Hg3Cl(AsO4) with Hg2Cl2 and Hg
Arzak Hg deposit, Pii-Khem dist, Tuva Republic, Russia
Capsule
Cotton packed capsule containing a sample grain around 3 mm from the type
locality, with only three localities. Interesting Arsenate.
#PD-33229
$55

Mandarinoite with Naumannite SOLD
Fe+++2Se3O9*6(H2O) with Ag2Se 
Delamer Placers, Owyhee Co., Idaho, United States
Capsule
Capsule containing six grains around 1 mm in size, with a amount of powder
present that is roughly equal to the volume of the grains.
Cureton label
#PD-33230
$30

Mendozavilite-NaFe SOLD
(Na,Mg)Ca2[Mo6+8P5+2Fe3+3O36(OH)]*n(H2O), n~9
Cumobabi, Cumpas, Sonora, Mexico
Capsule
Small yellow specimen around 7 mm. Likely type locality.
#PD-33231
$30

Ourayite in Galena SOLD
Pb4Ag3Bi5S13
Mun. de Pitiquito, Sonora, Mexico
Loose speciman
Thumbnail sized sample with bright silvery grains surrounding galena. 
Mineralogical Research Co. label
#PD-33232
$45

Paraotwayite with Retgersite SOLD
Ni(OH)2-x(SO4,CO3)0.5x x=.5 with NiSO4*6 H20
Vaca Murta meteorite, Taltal, Atacama, Chile
Capsule
Single grain of green material, loose in the capsule.  Sample is of
meteor origin, making this a unique sample. 
Cureton Label
#PD-33233
$35

Petrukite SOLD
(Cu,Fe,Zn)2(Sn,In)S4
Asako-Gun, Hyogo Prefecture, Kinki Region, Honshu Island, Japan
Loose Speciman
Small 5-7 mm sample with submicroscopic amounts of Petrukite, a complex
sulphide.
#PD-33234
$50

Prosopite SOLD
CaAL2(F,OH)8
Zacatecas, Mexico
Capsule
Bright blue sample around 1 cm long and 5mm wide in a pill capsule.  Interesting
alteration product of fluorine containing minerals, normally Cryolite or Topaz.
#PD-33235
$30

Satimolite SOLD
KNa2Al4(B2O5)3Cl3*13(H2O)
Caspian Region, Kazakhstan
Capsule
Two small white grains stuck to the edge of a capsule.  Type and only locality
with an interesting occurrence; a salt dome.
#PD-33236
$35

Sazhinite-(Ce) SOLD
Na2Ce[Si6O14(OH)]*n(H2O) with (n >= 1.5)
Kalagorsk, Ural Mountains, Russia
Loose Specimen
Thumbnail specimen, around 1.5 cm on a side, dark grey to black in color, with
white films present on several surfaces, A small unidentified
xl is visible on one surface.
Cureton Label.
#PD-33237
$35

Schlossmacherite with Ceruleite SOLD
(H3O,Ca)Al3(AsO4,SO4)2(OH)6 with Cu2Al7(AsO4)4(OH)13*12(H2O)
Emma Luisa Mine, Guanaco, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Loose specimen
Around 1.5 cm specimen with visible green and blue mineralization.  Type
locality for both species represented in the sample.
Cureton Label.
#PD-33238
$30

Uchucchacuaite SOLD
AgPb3MnSb5S12
Orcopampa, Peru
Loose Specimen
A rare silver sulfasalt with a fairly complex and intresting formula.  Sample
is around 2 cm long with several dark grains to around 2mm.
#PD-33239
$30