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Rare Minerals for Sale

Sunday, 02 February 2025 05:00 PM

Introducing the "Rare Minerals for Sale" gallery which is part of our New Additions galleries. This gallery contains mineral specimens for sale including agardite-(ce), beryllite, cadwaladerite, canutite, and carminite and more from places like Majuba Hill mine, Pershing Co., Nevada, United States, Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia, Pegmatite #61, Karnasurt Mt., Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia, Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia, Torrecillas mine, Salar Grande, Iquique, Tarapacá, Chile.

Agardite-(Ce)

#JD65363
Locality
Majuba Hill mine, Pershing Co., Nevada, United States 
Formula
Cu2+6Ce(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2
Availability
Sold
Size
7 x 4.5 x 3 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Tagged
arsenate , copper  

Light green acucular crystals. Very Rich.


Agardite-(Ce)

Formula
Cu2+6Ce(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2
Crystal System
Hexagonal 
Crystal Habit
Acicular 
Cleavage
None, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy) 
Color
yellow green 
Streak
greenish white 
Class
Hexagonal - Dipyramidal 
Fracture
Conchoidal 
Hardness
Collection
John Dagenais Collection

Agardite-(Ce)

#JD65374
Locality
Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia 
Formula
Cu2+6Ce(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2
Availability
Sold
Size
2 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm - Thumbnail 
Tagged
arsenate , copper , REE mineral  

Green fibrous crystals.


Agardite-(Ce)

Formula
Cu2+6Ce(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2
Crystal System
Hexagonal 
Crystal Habit
Acicular 
Cleavage
None, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy) 
Color
yellow green 
Streak
greenish white 
Class
Hexagonal - Dipyramidal 
Fracture
Conchoidal 
Hardness
Collection
John Dagenais Collection
SOLD
Beryllite - 50461
Beryllite - 50461

Beryllite

#50461
Locality
Pegmatite #61, Karnasurt Mt., Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia 
Formula
Be3SiO4(OH)2·H2
Availability
Sold
Size
2.5 x 2 x 1.3 cm - Thumbnail 
Tagged
beryllium  
Special Info
Type Locality 
Special Info
XRD Confirmed 
Special Info
EDS Confirmed 

Sponge-like structure of tan Beryllite. Beryllite is a two-locality, rare beryllium silicate. On this specimen it ccurs in numerous places. ID by Dr. Igor Petrov. RARE


Beryllite

Formula
Be3SiO4(OH)2·H2
Crystal System
Orthorhombic 
Crystal Habit
Fibrous, Spherical, Encrustations 
Luster
Silky 
Color
white 
Streak
white 
Class
Orthorhombic 
Hardness
Special Info
Type Locality
Special Info
XRD Confirmed
Special Info
EDS Confirmed
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Cadwaladerite - CL64426
Cadwaladerite - CL64426

Cadwaladerite

#CL64426
Locality
Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia 
Formula
AlCl(OH)2 · 4H2
Availability
Sold
Size
3 x 2.5 x 2 cm - Thumbnail 

Bright yellow pulverulent mass.


Cadwaladerite

Formula
Al(OH)2Cl�4(H2O) 
Crystal System
No Crystals 
Cleavage
None, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy) 
Color
lemon 
Class
Amorphous - No Crystals 
Fracture
Conchoidal 
Hardness
Collection
Chet S. Lemanski, Jr. Collection

Canutite

with Magnesiokoritnigite - #JD65371
Locality
Torrecillas mine, Salar Grande, Iquique, Tarapacá, Chile 
Formula
NaMn3[AsO4]2[AsO2(OH)2
Availability
Sold
Size
2.7 x 2.3 x 2.5 cm - Thumbnail 
Tagged
arsenate  

Very nice, sharply defined crystals to 1mm groups with pink Magnesiokoritnigite. Very good specimen.


Canutite

Collection
John Dagenais Collection
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Carminite - JD65372
Carminite - JD65372

Carminite

#JD65372
Locality
Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia 
Formula
PbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2 
Availability
Sold
Size
Micromount 
Tagged
arsenate  

Excellent crimson red needles of Carminite.


Carminite

Formula
PbFe3+2(AsO4)2(OH)2 
Crystal System
Orthorhombic 
Crystal Habit
Lath, Acicular 
Cleavage
Distinct, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous - Pearly 
Color
carmine red, reddish brown 
Streak
reddish yellow 
Class
Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal 
Fracture
Brittle 
Hardness
3.5 
Collection
John Dagenais Collection
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