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- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Oktyabr mine, Noril'sk, Siberia, Russia
- Formula
- PtBi2
- Size
- Thumbnail 1.5x1x0.5cm
- Tagged
- PGM
Polished section with EDS verification, Reflections of the gold metallic areas of the photograph. The gold reflections are accidental, and the areas are actually a bright silvery color. The specimen has been microprobed (see provenance for back scatter photos. Geverskite was alos found in this specimen. All PGM minerals.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Boron, Kern Co., California, United States
- Formula
- CaB3O3(OH)5ยท4H2O
- Size
- Cabinet 12x8x7cm
A fantastic specimen with exceptional crystals of monoclinic crystals from 4 to 8mm lining a large vug. Collected in 1969.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
- Formula
- AgI
- Size
- SmCabinet 7x5.5x5cm
- Tagged
- silver
An incredibly rich specimen with crystalline yellow, waxy masses of Iodargyrite in a large 5.5x4cm area. There is probably some Chlorargyrite here seen as grey crystals. One crystal is 9mm.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, United States
- Formula
- AgI
- Size
- SmCabinet 5x6.5x4cm
- Tagged
- halide
An unusually, incredibly rich specimen with a large 2cm open vug completely filled with superb waxy green-gray crystalline Iodargyrite with thin veinletts with more opaque crystals. Excellent piece!
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, United States
- Formula
- AgI
- Size
- SmCabinet 4x5.5x3cm
- Tagged
- halide
Absolutely superb crystals of waxy gray-green Iodargyrite with odd shaped crystal growths and some nearly gemmy well formed crystals to <1mm totally filling the large open vuggy areas to 2.5cm in matrix.
Also, there are some minor tiny prismatic crystals of an unidentified mineral.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
- Formula
- AgI
- Size
- Miniature 5x3.5x3.5cm
- Tagged
- silver
There is a lot of stuff going on in this specimen. The Iodargyrite occurs as waxy, yellow crystals grains to 3mm and the Chlorargyite occurs as waxy brown grains and crystals to 1mm and less. There is also Aurichalcite which occurs as tiny less than 1mm spheroidal sprays. The Smithsonite is a beautiful blue prismatic crystal to 2mm. You'll have fun scoping this one!
