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Sunday, 15 January 2023 06:00 PM

Introducing the "Rare Minerals" gallery which is part of our New Additions galleries. This gallery contains mineral specimens for sale including babingtonite, hydrocerussite, and wurtzite and more from places like Qiaojia Co., Zhaotong, Yunnan prov., China, Argental mine, Morvan, ner Maine, France, and Agios Philippos mine, Kirki, near Alexandroupoli, Greece.

Babingtonite - 60722
Babingtonite - 60722

Babingtonite

on Prehnite - #60722
Locality
Qiaojia Co., Zhaotong, Yunnan prov., China 
Formula
Ca2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH) 
Availability
Available
Price
$45.00
Size
6.2 x 4.4 x 1 cm - Sm Cabinet 

Large black blocky Babingtonite crystals on green Prehnite. The Babingtonite crystals range from micros to 1.8cm.


Babingtonite

Formula
Ca2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH) 
Crystal System
Triclinic 
Crystal Habit
Druse, Radial 
Cleavage
Perfect, Perfect, None 
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy) 
Color
brownish black, greenish black, black 
Streak
brown 
Class
Triclinic - Pinacoidal 
Fracture
Conchoidal 
Hardness
5.5-6 
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Hydrocerussite - BAC60559
Hydrocerussite - BAC60559

Hydrocerussite

with Anglesite & Pyromorphite - #BAC60559
Locality
Argental mine, Morvan, ner Maine, France 
Formula
Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2 
Availability
Available
Price
$75.00
Size
5.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Tagged
carbonate  

Elongated crystals of Cerussite crystals over 1cm in a large vug with a lone brownish Anglesite crystal measuring about 5mm deep in the vug. The remainder of the matrix is composed of yellow crystals of Pyromorphite and scales of white Hydrocerussite.


Hydrocerussite

Formula
Pb3(CO3)2(OH)2 
Crystal System
Trigonal 
Crystal Habit
Platy 
Cleavage
Perfect, None, None 
Luster
Adamantine 
Color
colorless, gray, white 
Streak
white 
Class
Trigonal - Ditrigonal Pyramidal 
Fracture
Brittle 
Hardness
3.5 
Collection
William & Anne Cook Collection
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Wurtzite - BAC60557
Wurtzite - BAC60557

Wurtzite

with Galena ps after Jordanite - #BAC60557
Locality
Agios Philippos mine, Kirki, near Alexandroupoli, Greece 
Formula
ZnS 
Availability
Available
Price
$375.00
Size
4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm - Miniature 
Tagged
sulfide  

Stunning red pyramidal Wurtzite crystals to about 0.5mm with shiny silvery Jordinite crystals to 1mm replaced by Galena. Superb specimen originating from Dr. Jaroslav Hrysl, a highly respected and well-known mineral and author of "Minerals and their Localities".


Wurtzite

Formula
ZnS 
Crystal System
Hexagonal 
Crystal Habit
Radial, Tabular, Colloform 
Cleavage
Good, Good, None 
Luster
Adamantine - Resinous 
Color
brownish black, orange brown, reddish brown, black 
Streak
light brown 
Class
Hexagonal - Dihexagonal Pyramidal 
Fracture
Uneven 
Hardness
3.5-4 
Collection
William & Anne Cook Collection
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