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Tucson Mineral Specials

Friday, 08 March 2024 05:00 PM

Introducing the "Tucson Mineral Specials" gallery which is part of our New Additions galleries. This gallery contains mineral specimens for sale including spinel, vanadinite, and zinkenite and more from places like Mahenge, Morogoro Region, Tanzania, ACF Mine, Mibladen, Midelt Cercle, Midelt, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco, and San José mine, Oruro City, Oruro Dept., Bolivia.

Spinel - 63413

Spinel - 63413

Spinel

#63413

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Locality: Mahenge, Morogoro Region, Tanzania
Formula: MgAl₂O₄
Availability: Available
Price: $50.00
Size: 2 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm - Thumbnail

A nice stack of octahedral crystals. One of the crystals is a twin. It is not as red in-hand.

Spinel

Formula: MgAl₂O₄
Crystal System: Isometric
Crystal Habit: Euhedral Crystals, Massive - Granular
Cleavage: None, None, None
Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)
Color: colorless, red, blue, green, brown
Streak: grayish white
Class: Isometric - Hexoctahedral
Fracture: Uneven
Hardness: 8

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Vanadinite - 63729

Vanadinite - 63729

Vanadinite

#63729

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Locality: ACF Mine, Mibladen, Midelt Cercle, Midelt, Drâa-Tafilalet, Morocco
Formula: Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl
Availability: Available
Price: $325.00
Size: 8 x 7 x 2.3 cm - Sm Cabinet
Tagged: vanadium

Eye-catching red vanadinite with hexagonal crystals to 1.1cm across.

Vanadinite

Formula: Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl
Crystal System: Hexagonal
Crystal Habit: Globular, Prismatic, Nodular
Cleavage: None, None, None
Luster: Adamantine
Color: brown, brownish yellow, brown red, colorless, yellow
Streak: brownish yellow
Class: Hexagonal - Dipyramidal
Fracture: Brittle - Conchoidal
Hardness: 3.5-4

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Zinkenite - 63317

Zinkenite - 63317

Zinkenite

#63317

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Locality: San José mine, Oruro City, Oruro Dept., Bolivia
Formula: Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂
Availability: Available
Price: $195.00
Size: 3.8 x 3.5 x 2 cm - Miniature
Tagged: sulfide

You generally don't see such good crystals of Zinkenite like this specimen. The crystals are long bladed in radial groups to 2cm.

Zinkenite

Formula: Pb₉Sb₂₂S₄₂
Crystal System: Hexagonal
Crystal Habit: Acicular, Prismatic, Striated
Cleavage: Imperfect, None, None
Luster: Metallic
Color: gray, steel gray
Streak: steel gray
Class: Hexagonal - Pyramidal
Fracture: Uneven
Hardness: 3-3.5

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