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Rare & Mixed Minerals

Sunday, 31 July 2022 05:00 PM

Introducing the "Rare & Mixed Minerals" gallery which is part of our New Additions galleries. This gallery contains mineral specimens for sale including fluorapatite, gold, haradaite, joseite, laffittite, and larsenite and more from places like Yates mine, Sandy Creek, Otter Lake, Quebec, Canada, Harvard mine, Jamestown, Tuolumne Co., California, United States, Gambatesa mine, Reppia, Graveglia Valley, Genova prov., Liguria, Italy, Carrock mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, Copiapo, Atacama, Chile, and Parker Shaft, Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey, United States.

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Fluorapatite

#RS58917

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Locality: Yates mine, Sandy Creek, Otter Lake, Quebec, Canada
Formula: Ca₅(PO₄)₃F
Availability: Sold
Size: 6 x 4 x 3.5 cm - Sm Cabinet
Tagged: phosphate

Apatites from this locality are some of the best in the world for their size and color. This piece is lustrous brown with a green termination.

Fluorapatite

Formula: Ca₅(PO₄)₃F
Crystal System: Hexagonal
Crystal Habit: Massive - Granular, Euhedral Crystals
Cleavage: Indistinct, None, None
Luster: Vitreous - Resinous
Color: blue, brown, colorless, violet, green
Streak: white
Class: Hexagonal - Dipyramidal
Fracture: Brittle - Conchoidal
Hardness: 5

Collection: RC Stamberg Collection

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On Dakota Matrix: Previously Sold Fluorapatite
On Dakota Matrix: Other Available Fluorapatite
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Gold

#58807

$175.00 - Available
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Locality: Harvard mine, Jamestown, Tuolumne Co., California, United States
Formula: Au
Availability: Available
Price: $175.00
Size: 3 x 1.3 x 1.8 cm - Thumbnail
Tagged: native element

A large Gold leaf to 1cm x 8mm on white Quartz.

Gold

Formula: Au
Crystal System: Isometric
Crystal Habit: Arborescent, Platy, Granular
Cleavage: None, None, None
Luster: Metallic
Color: yellow, pale yellow, orange, yellow white, reddish white
Streak: yellow
Class: Isometric - Hexoctahedral
Fracture: Hackly
Hardness: 2.5-3

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On Dakota Matrix: Previously Sold Gold
On Dakota Matrix: Other Available Gold
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Haradaite

#BW57563

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Locality: Gambatesa mine, Reppia, Graveglia Valley, Genova prov., Liguria, Italy
Formula: SrV⁴⁺Si₂O₇
Availability: Sold
Size: Capsule
Tagged: vanadium

Haradaite is a complex strontium-vanadium silicate. This specimen is but one micro crystal to 1mm in a gelatin capsule. It is a three locality mineral.