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Rare Minerals for the Collector

Sunday, 15 December 2024 06:00 PM

Introducing the "Rare Minerals for the Collector" gallery which is part of our New Additions galleries. This gallery contains mineral specimens for sale including albite, antlerite, calaverite, cornetite, feruvite, and gold and more from places like Swanson mine, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, United States, Chuquicamata mine, El Loa Prov., Antofagasta, Chile, Cripple Creek dist., Teller Co., Colorado, United States, L'Etoile du Congo mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo, Anjanabonoina peg., Betafo dist., Vakinankaratra, Madagascar, and Fire Creek mine, Lander Co., Nevada, United States.

Albite - DL64370

Albite - DL64370

Albite

with Quartz - #DL64370

$45.00 - Available
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Locality: Swanson mine, Middlesex Co., Connecticut, United States
Formula: NaAlSi₃O₈
Availability: Available
Price: $45.00
Size: 7.5 x 6 x 5 cm - Sm Cabinet
Tagged: pegmatite mineral

Cut section of pegmatite rock showing the swirling nature of yellow Albite, variety cleavelandite. Also present is smoky Quartz and Muscovite .

Albite

Formula: NaAlSi₃O₈
Crystal System: Triclinic
Crystal Habit: Blocky, Striated, Granular
Cleavage: Perfect, Good, None
Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)
Color: white, gray, greenish gray, bluish green, gray
Streak: white
Class: Triclinic - Pinacoidal
Fracture: Uneven
Hardness: 7

Collection: Dr. David London Collection

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Antlerite - JD65088

Antlerite - JD65088

Antlerite

#JD65088

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Locality: Chuquicamata mine, El Loa Prov., Antofagasta, Chile
Formula: Cu²⁺₃SO₄(OH)₄
Availability: Sold
Size: 2 x 1.5 x 1 cm - Thumbnail
Tagged: copper

Terrific glassy green perfent crystals.

Antlerite

Formula: Cu²⁺₃SO₄(OH)₄
Crystal System: Orthorhombic
Crystal Habit: Acicular, Concretionary, Reniform
Cleavage: Perfect, None, None
Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)
Color: green, light green, emerald green, black, black green
Streak: pale green
Class: Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Fracture: Uneven
Hardness: 3

Collection: John Dagenais Collection

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Calaverite - JD64877

Calaverite - JD64877

Calaverite

with Fluorite - #JD64877

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Locality: Cripple Creek dist., Teller Co., Colorado, United States
Formula: AuTe₂
Availability: Available
Price: $75.00
Size: 4 x 4 x 3 cm - Miniature
Tagged: tellurium , gold

Long bladed striated crystals in vugs.

Calaverite

Formula: AuTe₂
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Crystal Habit: Striated, Massive, Crystalline - Fine
Cleavage: None, None, None
Luster: Metallic
Color: yellow, yellowish white
Streak: green
Class: Monoclinic - Prismatic
Fracture: Brittle - Conchoidal
Hardness: 2.5

Collection: John Dagenais Collection

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Cornetite - BN65052

Cornetite - BN65052

Cornetite

#BN65052

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Locality: L'Etoile du Congo mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
Formula: Cu₃PO₄(OH)₃
Availability: Available
Price: $325.00
Size: 16 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm - Cabinet
Tagged: phosphate , copper

Large plate covered by hundreds of lustrous blue crystals of Cornetite from 0.5mm to 5mm. Both sides are covered. Exceptional specimen.

Cornetite

Formula: Cu₃PO₄(OH)₃
Crystal System: Orthorhombic
Cleavage: None, None, None
Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)
Color: greenish blue, dark blue
Streak: blue
Class: Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Fracture: Brittle
Hardness: 4.5

Collection: Dr. Buford Nichols Collection

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Feruvite - BAC64056

Feruvite - BAC64056

Feruvite

#BAC64056

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Locality: Anjanabonoina peg., Betafo dist., Vakinankaratra, Madagascar
Formula: CaFe²⁺₃(Al₅Mg)(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₃F
Availability: Available
Price: $65.00
Size: 1.8 x 1.6 x 1 cm - Thumbnail

Dark green to black crystal set nicely terminated.

Feruvite

Formula: CaFe²⁺₃(Al₅Mg)(BO₃)₃Si₆O₁₈(OH)₃F
Crystal System: Trigonal
Crystal Habit: Prismatic, Striated
Cleavage: None, None, None
Luster: Vitreous - Dull
Color: brownish black, dark brown, black
Streak: gray
Class: Trigonal - Ditrigonal Pyramidal
Hardness: 7

Collection: William & Anne Cook Collection

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Gold - 65048

Gold - 65048

Gold

#65048

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Locality: Fire Creek mine, Lander Co., Nevada, United States
Formula: Au
Availability: Sold
Size: 3.3 x 1.6 x 1.6 cm - Miniature
Tagged: native element

Needles and wires of Gold crystals throughout spongy matrix. Excellent piece.

Gold

Formula: Au
Crystal System: Isometric
Crystal Habit: Arborescent, Platy, Granular
Cleavage: None, None, None
Luster: Metallic
Color: yellow, pale yellow, orange, yellow white, reddish white
Streak: yellow
Class: Isometric - Hexoctahedral
Fracture: Hackly
Hardness: 2.5-3

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