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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 joseite, magnesioferrite, marcasite, masuyite, monticellite, and nagyagite and more from places like Glacier Gulch, Smithers, British Columbia, Canada, Commercial quarry, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, United States, Cuba City dist., Lafayette Co., Wisconsin, United States, Shinkolobwe, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Săcărâmb (Nagyág in Hungary), Romania.

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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Magnesioferrite

in Calcite - #27909
Locality
Commercial quarry, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, United States 
Formula
MgFe3+2O4 
Availability
Sold
Size
6 x 4 x 3.5 cm - Sm Cabinet 

Tiny black crystals, less than 1mm, in Calcite.


Magnesioferrite

Formula
MgFe3+2O4 
Crystal System
Isometric 
Crystal Habit
Crystalline - Fine, Massive - Granular 
Cleavage
None, None, None 
Luster
Metallic 
Color
brownish black, black 
Streak
dark red 
Class
Isometric - Hexoctahedral 
Fracture
Uneven 
Hardness
6-6.5 

Marcasite

#64535
Locality
Cuba City dist., Lafayette Co., Wisconsin, United States 
Formula
FeS2 
Availability
Sold
Size
7 x 6 x 2 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Tagged
sulfide  
Special Info
Antique Specimen 

This is an impossible mineral to obtain from this locality. This specimen features good bladed crystals of Marcasite to over 1cm and many show the cockscomb habit.


Marcasite

Formula
FeS2 
Crystal System
Orthorhombic 
Crystal Habit
Tabular, Stalactitic, Globular 
Cleavage
Indistinct, None, None 
Luster
Metallic 
Color
bronze, light brass yellow, tin white 
Streak
gray brownish black 
Class
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal 
Fracture
Uneven 
Hardness
6-6.5 
Collection
Ex. A.E. Seaman Museum
Special Info
Antique Specimen
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Masuyite

with Studtite in Uraninite - #64637
Locality
Shinkolobwe, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo 
Formula
Pb(UO2)3O3(OH)2·3H2
Availability
Sold
Size
7 x 4 x 2.5 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Special Info
Poisonous!! 
Special Info
Type Locality 

Orange massive Masuyite with some glassy crystals seen in the third photo. The patch in the middle is low-grade Studtite. 


Masuyite

Formula
Pb(UO2)3O3(OH)2·3H2
Crystal System
Monoclinic 
Crystal Habit
Pseudo Hexagonal, Twinning Common 
Cleavage
Perfect, Indistinct, None 
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy) 
Color
brown orange, carmine red, red, red orange 
Class
Monoclinic - Domatic 
Hardness
Collection
Ex. William Pinch
Special Info
Poisonous!!
Special Info
Type Locality
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Monticellite

#64615
Locality
Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, United States 
Formula
CaMgSiO4 
Availability
Sold
Size
5.5 x 4 x 4 cm - Sm Cabinet 

Rounded olive green crystal throughout mass of blue Calcite.


Monticellite

Formula
CaMgSiO4 
Crystal System
Orthorhombic 
Crystal Habit
Crystalline - Fine, Prismatic 
Cleavage
Indistinct, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy) 
Color
colorless, greenish gray, gray 
Streak
white 
Class
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal 
Fracture
Brittle 
Hardness

Nagyagite

with Hessite - #64541
Locality
Săcărâmb (Nagyág in Hungary), Romania 
Formula
[Pb(Pb,Sb)S2][(Au,Te)] 
Availability
Available
Price
$375.00
Size
6 x 4.5 x 1.7 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Tagged
sulfide , silver , gold  
Special Info
Antique Specimen 
Special Info
Type Locality 

Dark grey to black crystal plates of Nagyagite with rod-like crystals of Hessite. See prov. tab for old label. There are three clusters of crystals to 4mm in vugs. Nagyagite from Nagyag is incredibly difficult mineral to obtain.


Nagyagite

Formula
[Pb(Pb,Sb)S2][(Au,Te)] 
Crystal System
Tetragonal 
Crystal Habit
Granular, Lamellar, Platy 
Cleavage
Perfect, None, None 
Luster
Metallic 
Color
lead gray, black 
Streak
gray black 
Class
Tetragonal - Disphenoidal 
Fracture
Hackly 
Hardness
1.5-2 
Collection
Ex. A.E. Seaman Museum
Special Info
Antique Specimen
Special Info
Type Locality
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