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Rare & Systematic Minerals

Sunday, 30 April 2023 06:00 PM

Introducing the "Rare & Systematic Minerals" gallery which is part of our New Additions galleries. This gallery contains mineral specimens for sale including capgaronnite, hainite-(y), kingite, panasqueiraite, parapierrotite, and paraschachnerite and more from places like Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Bortolan quarry, Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Tom's Phosphate quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia, Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco dist., Portugal, Allchar, Roszdan, Macedonia, and Bambollita mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico.

Capgaronnite

#BAC61557

$275.00 - Available
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Locality: Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Formula: AgHgClS
Availability: Available
Price: $275.00
Size: 0.8 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm - Thumbnail
Tagged: silver
Special Info: Type Locality

An exceptional spray of very rare Capgaronnite to about 0.5mm tucked away nicely in a tiny vug.

Capgaronnite

Formula: AgHgClS
Crystal System: Orthorhombic
Cleavage: Perfect, None, None
Luster: Subadamantine
Color: brownish black, black
Streak: brownish black
Class: Orthorhombic - Disphenoidal
Hardness: -

Collection: William & Anne Cook Collection
Special Info: Type Locality

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

Hainite-(Y)

#BAC61567

$95.00 - Available
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Locality: Bortolan quarry, Poços de Caldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Formula: Na(Na,Ca)₂Ca₂(Ca,Zr,Y)₂Ti(Si₂O₇)₂F₂F₂
Availability: Available
Price: $95.00
Size: 3.5 x 2.3 x 3 cm - Miniature
Tagged: REE mineral

Tannish acicular, kind of fibrous crystals to 6mm. Fairy rare.

Collection: William & Anne Cook Collection

On Dakota Matrix: Previously Sold Hainite-(Y)
On Dakota Matrix: Other Available Hainite-(Y)
WebMineral: View Hainite-(Y)
Mindat: View Hainite-(Y)

Kingite

#61371

$30.00 - Available
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Locality: Tom's Phosphate quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia
Formula: Al₃(PO₄)₂F₂(OH)·7H₂O
Availability: Available
Price: $30.00
Size: 3.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm - Miniature
Tagged: phosphate

Chalky white nodule.

Kingite

Formula: Al₃(PO₄)₂F₂(OH)·7H₂O
Crystal System: Triclinic
Crystal Habit: Platy, Irregular Grains, Nodular
Color: white
Streak: white
Class: Triclinic - Pinacoidal
Hardness: -

Mineralpedia: View Kingite
On Dakota Matrix: Previously Sold Kingite
On Dakota Matrix: Other Available Kingite
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Panasqueiraite

with Arsenopyrite - #BAC61513

$55.00 - Available
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Locality: Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco dist., Portugal
Formula: CaMgPO₄(OH)
Availability: Available
Price: $55.00
Size: 5.5 x 3 x 1 cm - Sm Cabinet
Tagged: phosphate , pegmatite mineral
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Flesh colored Panasqueiraite, a rare Ca-Mg phosphate found only in Portugal. It is associated with Arsenopyrite and Quartz. The specimen is repaired along a Quartz fractured.