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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, pyrargyrite, tetrahedrite, and zinkenite and more from places like Commercial quarry, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, United States, Glacier Gulch, Smithers, British Columbia, Canada, Reese River dist., Lander Co., Nevada, United States, Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Clausthal, Harz Mtns., Niedersachsen, Germany, and Wolfsberg, Harz, Germany.

Diopside

in Calcite - #64616

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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: 6

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On Dakota Matrix: Previously Sold Diopside
On Dakota Matrix: Other Available Diopside
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Joseite

#64564

$125.00 - Available
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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: 2

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

On Dakota Matrix: Previously Sold Joseite
On Dakota Matrix: Other Available Joseite
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Pyrargyrite

#64572

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Locality: Reese River dist., Lander Co., Nevada, United States
Formula: Ag₃SbS₃
Availability: Sold
Size: 5 x 4 x 2 cm - Miniature
Tagged: sulfide , silver
Special Info: Antique Specimen

Basically an ore grade specimen from a remote & historic locality in Nevada. The Pyrargyrite occurs as a silvery mass throughout the specimen. With the aid of a microscope, a scratch shows a cherry red color. See prov. tab for old label.

Pyrargyrite

Formula: Ag₃SbS₃
Crystal System: Trigonal
Crystal Habit: Massive, Crystalline - Poor, Prismatic
Cleavage: Poor, None, None
Luster: Sub Metallic
Color: deep red, red gray
Streak: cherry red
Class: Trigonal - Ditrigonal Pyramidal
Fracture: Brittle - Conchoidal
Hardness: 2.5

Special Info: Antique Specimen

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Tetrahedrite

with Siderite - #64599

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Locality: Pribram, Bohemia, Czech Republic
Formula: Cu₁₂Sb₄S₁₃
Availability: Sold
Size: 8 x 4 x 4.5 cm - Sm Cabinet
Tagged: sulfide , copper
Special Info: Antique Specimen

Dark grey Tetrahedrite crystals to 4mm with Siderite. Another nice old specimen from this classic locality. See prov. tab to view old Ward's label.

Tetrahedrite

Formula: Cu₁₂Sb₄S₁₃
Crystal System: Isometric
Crystal Habit: Massive - Granular, Massive
Cleavage: None, None, None
Luster: Metallic
Color: iron gray, black, steel gray
Streak: black
Class: Isometric - Hextetrahedral
Fracture: Uneven
Hardness: 3.5-4

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

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On Dakota Matrix: Previously Sold Tetrahedrite
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Tetrahedrite

with Galena - #64600

$225.00 - Available
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Locality: Clausthal, Harz Mtns., Niedersachsen, Germany
Formula: Cu₁₂Sb₄S₁₃
Availability: Available
Price: $225.00
Size: 7.5 x 6 x 2.5 cm - Sm Cabinet
Tagged: sulfide , copper
Special Info: Antique Specimen

Excellent old specimen with Tetrahedrite crysatls to 1cm. Some of the crystals are coated with Pyrite. It is another cool antique specimen with an old label (see prov tab).