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Mixed Minerals

Friday, 30 August 2024 06:00 PM

Introducing the "Mixed Minerals" gallery which is part of our New Additions galleries. This gallery contains mineral specimens for sale including diopside, joseite, and zinkenite and more from places like Commercial quarry, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, United States, Glacier Gulch, Smithers, British Columbia, Canada, and Wolfsberg, Harz, Germany.

Diopside

in Calcite - #64616
Locality
Commercial quarry, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, United States 
Formula
CaMgSi2O6 
Availability
Available
Price
$35.00
Size
6 x 4 x 2.3 cm - Sm Cabinet 

Yellowish green anhedral crystals throughout mass with blue Calcite.


Diopside

Formula
CaMgSi2O6 
Crystal System
Monoclinic 
Crystal Habit
Prismatic, Blocky, Granular 
Cleavage
Good, Indistinct, None 
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy) 
Color
blue, brown, colorless, green, gray 
Streak
white green 
Class
Monoclinic - Prismatic 
Fracture
Brittle - Conchoidal 
Hardness
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Joseite

#64564
Locality
Glacier Gulch, Smithers, British Columbia, Canada 
Formula
Bi4TeS2 
Availability
Available
Price
$125.00
Size
3 x 2 x 1.2 cm - Thumbnail 
Tagged
sulfide , tellurium , bismuth  
Special Info
Antique Specimen 

Flashy and silvery crystals throughout mass. It's another oldie from the Seaman with a Ward's label. Comes with that little vial full of metallic crystal grains.


Joseite

Formula
Bi4(S,Te)3 
Crystal System
Trigonal 
Luster
Metallic 
Color
gray, grayish black 
Class
Trigonal - Hexagonal Scalenohedral 
Hardness
Collection
Ex. A.E. Seaman Museum
Special Info
Antique Specimen
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Zinkenite

#64523
Locality
Wolfsberg, Harz, Germany 
Formula
Pb9Sb22S42 
Availability
Available
Price
$95.00
Size
6 x 4 x 4 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Tagged
sulfide  
Special Info
Antique Specimen 

Rich specimen with silvery prismatic crystals to 8mm along Quartz veins. See prov. tab.


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 
Collection
Ex. A.E. Seaman Museum
Special Info
Antique Specimen
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