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Rare Minerals Specimens

Tuesday, 24 January 2023 04:00 PM

Introducing the "Rare Minerals Specimens" gallery which is part of our New Additions galleries. This gallery contains mineral specimens for sale including anglesite, barnesite, bastnasite-(la), cerussite, dadsonite, and darapskite and more from places like Touissit dist., Oujda-Angad prov., Oriental, Morocco, Cactus Rat mine, Grand Co., Utah, United States, Paratoo Cu mine, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia, Les Dalles mine, Mibladen, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco, Graf Jost-Christian mine, Wolfsberg, Saxony, Harz Mtns., Germany, and Chuquicamata mine, El Loa Prov., Antofagasta, Chile.

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Anglesite

on Galena - #59645

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Locality: Touissit dist., Oujda-Angad prov., Oriental, Morocco
Formula: PbSO₄
Availability: Sold
Size: 3 x 2 x 1.5 cm - Thumbnail

A single 2.1cm faint yellow to colorless Anglesite crystal on Galena. There is a minor ding at the termination.

Anglesite

Formula: PbSO₄
Crystal System: Orthorhombic
Crystal Habit: Granular, Stalactitic
Cleavage: Good, Distinct, None
Luster: Adamantine
Color: blue, colorless, green, gray, yellow
Streak: white
Class: Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Fracture: Brittle - Conchoidal
Hardness: 2.5-3

Mineralpedia: View Anglesite
On Dakota Matrix: Previously Sold Anglesite
On Dakota Matrix: Other Available Anglesite
WebMineral: View Anglesite
Mindat: View Anglesite

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Barnesite

#AH59234

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Locality: Cactus Rat mine, Grand Co., Utah, United States
Formula: Na₂V⁵⁺₆O₁₆·3H₂O
Availability: Sold
Size: 6.5 x 4.5 x 2 cm - Sm Cabinet
Tagged: vanadium

Beautiful groups of red acicular crystals.

Barnesite

Formula: Na₂V⁵⁺₆O₁₆·3H₂O
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Luster: Adamantine
Color: brown red, dark red
Streak: brownish red
Class: Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: -

Collection: Arnold G Hampson Collection

Mineralpedia: View Barnesite
On Dakota Matrix: Previously Sold Barnesite
On Dakota Matrix: Other Available Barnesite
WebMineral: View Barnesite
Mindat: View Barnesite

Bastnasite-(La)

#59800

$50.00 - Available
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Locality: Paratoo Cu mine, Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Formula: LaCO₃F
Availability: Available
Price: $50.00
Size: 4 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm - Miniature
Tagged: carbonate , REE mineral

Thin light blue crusts on shaley matrix with Malachite. Basnasite-La is a rare mineral that occurs in carbonatites at its type locality in the Belaya Zima REE-Nb deposit in Russia. The blue in this bastnasite is due to an impurity of copper.

Bastnasite-(La)

Formula: LaCO₃F
Crystal System: Hexagonal
Crystal Habit: Prismatic, Massive - Granular
Cleavage: Imperfect, Indistinct, None
Luster: Vitreous - Greasy
Color: yellow, reddish brown
Streak: white
Class: Hexagonal - Ditrigonal Dipyramidal
Fracture: Uneven
Hardness: 4-5

Mineralpedia: View Bastnasite-(La)
On Dakota Matrix: Previously Sold Bastnasite-(La)
On Dakota Matrix: Other Available Bastnasite-(La)
WebMineral: View Bastnasite-(La)
Mindat: View Bastnasite-(La)

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Cerussite

with Baryte - #60742

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Locality: Les Dalles mine, Mibladen, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco
Formula: PbCO₃
Availability: Sold
Size: 13 x 8 x 4.5 cm - Cabinet
Tagged: carbonate

Large cabinet specimen full of glassy yellowish and very lustrous Cerussite crystals to 1cm. It is associated with pink bladed Baryte. Very nice piece.