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Mixed Minerals

Friday, 15 September 2023 04:00 PM

Introducing the "Mixed Minerals" gallery which is part of our New Additions galleries. This gallery contains mineral specimens for sale including cyrilovite, dymkovite, eskimoite, fluoborite, fluorite, and greenockite and more from places like Iron Monarch mine, Iron Knob, South Australia, Australia, Belorechenskoe dep., Adygea Republic, Northern Caucasus, Russia, Manhattan dist., Nye Co., Nevada, United States, Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey, United States, Coldstones quarry, Pately Bridge, North Yorkshire, England, and Breitenbrunn, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany.

Cyrilovite

with Strengite - #CL62430
Locality
Iron Monarch mine, Iron Knob, South Australia, Australia 
Formula
NaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2
Availability
Available
Price
$55.00
Size
7 x 7 x 3.5 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Tagged
phosphate  

Micro crystalline coatings of Cyrilovite with minor Strengite.


Cyrilovite

Formula
NaFe3+3(PO4)2(OH)4·2H2
Crystal System
Tetragonal 
Crystal Habit
Massive - Granular, Pseudo Cubic 
Cleavage
None, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy) 
Color
yellow, orange yellow, brown 
Streak
yellow 
Class
Tetragonal - Trapezohedral 
Fracture
Uneven 
Hardness
Collection
Chet S. Lemanski, Jr. Collection

Dymkovite

#BAC62457
Locality
Belorechenskoe dep., Adygea Republic, Northern Caucasus, Russia 
Formula
Ni(UO2)2(As3+O3)2·7H2
Availability
Sold
Size
Capsule 
Tagged
nickel  

Bright yellow plates in a 3mm matrix in capsule. Extremely rare.


SOLD
Eskimoite - KR61962
Eskimoite - KR61962

Eskimoite

#KR61962
Locality
Manhattan dist., Nye Co., Nevada, United States 
Formula
Ag7Pb10Bi15S36 
Availability
Sold
Size
2.5 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm - Thumbnail 
Tagged
sulfide , silver  

Silvery veinlets to 3mm long in Quartz.


Eskimoite

Formula
Ag7Pb10Bi15S36 
Crystal System
Monoclinic 
Crystal Habit
Lamellar, Granular 
Luster
Metallic 
Color
black, gray 
Class
Monoclinic - Domatic 
Hardness
Collection
Kenneth Raabe Collection

Fluoborite

#CL62417
Locality
Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey, United States 
Formula
Mg3(BO3)F3 
Availability
Sold
Size
8.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm - Sm Cabinet 

Silky white, splintery, compact fibrous  crystals Willemite and Franklinite matrix.


Fluoborite

Formula
Mg3(BO3)F3 
Crystal System
Hexagonal 
Crystal Habit
Acicular, Prismatic, Stellate 
Cleavage
Indistinct, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous - Silky 
Color
colorless, violet, white 
Streak
white 
Class
Hexagonal - Dipyramidal 
Hardness
3.5 
Collection
Chet S. Lemanski, Jr. Collection

Fluorite

#BAC62429
Locality
Coldstones quarry, Pately Bridge, North Yorkshire, England 
Formula
CaF2 
Availability
Available
Price
$125.00
Size
7.5 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm - Sm Cabinet 

Purple and lustrous Fluorite cubes to 1cm with micro Hemimorphite overgrowth. Ex Lindsay & Patricia Greenback and Scott Willaims Mineral Company specimen with tags.


Fluorite

Formula
CaF2 
Crystal System
Isometric 
Crystal Habit
Crystalline - Coarse, Massive - Granular, Disseminated 
Cleavage
Three perfect, octahedral cleavages. 
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy) 
Color
purple, clear, yellow, green, red, blue 
Streak
white 
Geological Setting
Occurs in a wide range of geologic environments including low temperature Missississippi Valley lead-zinc deposits, hydrothermal gold deposits, Alpine cleft metamorphic environments  
Class
Isometric - Hexoctahedral 
Fracture
Uneven 
Hardness
Collection
William & Anne Cook Collection
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Greenockite

#BAC62436
Locality
Breitenbrunn, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany 
Formula
CdS 
Availability
Sold
Size
6 x 3 x 4.5 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Tagged
sulfide  

Mustard yellow coatings.


Greenockite

Formula
CdS 
Crystal System
Hexagonal 
Crystal Habit
Radial, Encrustations, Colloform 
Cleavage
Distinct, Imperfect, None 
Luster
Adamantine - Resinous 
Color
honey yellow, citron yellow, orange yellow 
Streak
orange yellow 
Class
Hexagonal - Dihexagonal Pyramidal 
Fracture
Uneven 
Hardness
3.5-4 
Collection
William & Anne Cook Collection

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