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- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Chuquicamata mine, El Loa Prov., Antofagasta, Chile
- Formula
- Cu(IO3)(OH)
- Size
- Miniature 3.5x2.5x1cm
- Tagged
- copper
- Special Info
- Type Locality
An excellent rich specimen loaded with tiny less than 0.75mm pyramidal crytsals on Quartz. Salesite is a very rare copper iodate found in copper porphyries but only two localities worldwide thus far - both Chilean.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Chuquicamata mine, El Loa Prov., Antofagasta, Chile
- Formula
- Cu(IO3)(OH)
- Size
- Miniature 3.5x4.5x5cm
- Tagged
- copper
- Special Info
- Type Locality
Absolutely rich coverage of glassy blue-green prismatic Salesite crystals to 2mm. These are not the most gemmy Salesite I've seen, but this piece is definitely remarkable because of the rich coverage as well as the size of the crystals.
Additionally, it comes with two labels from the P. Moore collection (with the corresponding catalog number 1002 pasted to the backside) and a D. Garske Collection.
- Availability
- Sold
- Featured
- Featured in Special Editions
- Locality
- no locality
- Formula
- Sm2O3
- Size
- Miniature 4x1x1cm
Small vial of samarium oxide.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Divinópolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Formula
- (Y,Ce,U,Fe,Nb)(Nb,Ta,Ti)O4
- Size
- Thumbnail 3x2.2x1.1cm
- Tagged
- REE mineral
- Special Info
- Radioactive!!
Group of typical Samarksite crystals to 2cm with alterations and crusts.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Samson mine, St Andreasberg dist., Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Formula
- Ag4MnSb2S6
- Size
- Thumbnail 2.5x2x1.5cm
- Tagged
- sulfide
- Special Info
- EDS Confirmed
Couldn't believe my eyes when I saw this one in the flat. Short prismatic crystals to 8mm. There are numerous smaller from minute 1mm to the longest at about 8mm. Some deep internal red reflections can be seen. Backside contains some nice Pyrargyrite. Some possible Dyscrasite. Some Pyrite. EDS confirmed.
