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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 emmonsite, imiterite, lovdarite, moraesite, schneebergite, and sideronatrite and more from places like Moctezuma mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico, Imiter mine, Anti-Atlas Mts., Dades Region, Morocco, Yubileinaya peg., Karnasurt Mt., Lovozero Massif, Kola Pen., Russia, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Roter Berg, Schneeberg dist., Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany, and Torrecillas mine, Salar Grande, Iquique, Tarapacá, Chile.

Emmonsite - JD65384

Emmonsite - JD65384

Emmonsite

#JD65384

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Locality: Moctezuma mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Formula: Fe³⁺₂(Te⁴⁺O₃)₃·2H₂O
Availability: Available
Price: $50.00
Size: 5 x 3 x 3 cm - Miniature
Tagged: tellurium

Green "worm-like" crystals to 1mm.

Emmonsite

Formula: Fe³⁺₂(Te⁴⁺O₃)₃·2H₂O
Crystal System: Triclinic
Crystal Habit: Mammillary
Cleavage: Perfect, None, None
Luster: Vitreous - Dull
Color: yellow, greenish yellow
Class: Triclinic - Pinacoidal
Hardness: 2-2.5

Collection: John Dagenais Collection

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Imiterite - BAC63840

Imiterite - BAC63840

Imiterite

#BAC63840

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Locality: Imiter mine, Anti-Atlas Mts., Dades Region, Morocco
Formula: Ag₂HgS₂
Availability: Available
Price: $45.00
Size: 2 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm - Thumbnail
Tagged: sulfide , silver

Tiny silvery acicular crystals less than 1mm.

Imiterite

Formula: Ag₂HgS₂
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Luster: Metallic
Color: light gray, black, silver gray
Streak: dark gray
Class: Monoclinic - Prismatic
Hardness: 2.5-3

Collection: William & Anne Cook Collection

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Lovdarite - 57796

Lovdarite - 57796

Lovdarite

#57796

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Locality: Yubileinaya peg., Karnasurt Mt., Lovozero Massif, Kola Pen., Russia
Formula: K₂Na₆Be₄Si₁₄O₃₆·9H₂O
Availability: Available
Price: $55.00
Size: 1.5 x 1 x 1 cm - Thumbnail
Tagged: beryllium
Special Info: XRD Confirmed
Special Info: EDS Confirmed

White acicular crystals to 1mm. Lovdarite is a very rare beryllium mineral found in just a few localities in the world. This piece was identified byr Dr. Igor Pekov.

Lovdarite

Formula: K₂Na₆Be₄Si₁₄O₃₆·9H₂O
Crystal System: Orthorhombic
Crystal Habit: Prismatic, Radial
Cleavage: Distinct, Distinct, Distinct
Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)
Color: colorless, yellow, yellowish white, white
Streak: white
Class: Orthorhombic - Pyramidal
Hardness: 5-6

Special Info: XRD Confirmed
Special Info: EDS Confirmed

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Moraesite - 40407

Moraesite - 40407

Moraesite

#40407

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Locality: Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Formula: Be₂PO₄(OH)·4H₂O
Availability: Available
Price: $50.00
Size: 1.5 x 1 x 1 cm - Thumbnail
Tagged: phosphate , beryllium , pegmatite mineral

A mass of snow white fibrous crystals.

Moraesite

Formula: Be₂PO₄(OH)·4H₂O
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Crystal Habit: Spherical, Druse, Encrustations
Cleavage: Perfect, None, None
Color: white
Streak: white
Class: Monoclinic
Hardness: -

Collection: Don Phillips Collection

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Schneebergite - JD65370

Schneebergite - JD65370

Schneebergite

#JD65370

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Locality: Roter Berg, Schneeberg dist., Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Formula: BiCo₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)·H₂O
Availability: Sold
Size: 1.3 x 1.3 x 0.4 cm - Thumbnail
Tagged: arsenate

Rusty red acicular crystals throughout specimen.

Schneebergite

Formula: BiCo₂(AsO₄)₂(OH)·H₂O
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Crystal Habit: Microscopic Crystals, Tabular
Cleavage: None, None, None
Luster: Subadamantine
Color: brown, beige
Streak: pale brown
Class: Monoclinic - Prismatic
Fracture: Brittle - Conchoidal
Hardness: 4-4.5

Collection: John Dagenais Collection

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Sideronatrite - CL65382

Sideronatrite - CL65382

Sideronatrite

#CL65382

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Locality: Torrecillas mine, Salar Grande, Iquique, Tarapacá, Chile
Formula: Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·3H₂O
Availability: Sold
Size: 2 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm - Thumbnail

Golden straw colored compact fibrous crystals to 2mm.

Sideronatrite

Formula: Na₂Fe³⁺(SO₄)₂(OH)·3H₂O
Crystal System: Orthorhombic
Crystal Habit: Fibrous, Nodular, Massive
Cleavage: Perfect, None, None
Luster: Vitreous - Dull
Color: yellow, yellow, yellow brown, pale orange
Streak: pale yellow
Class: Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Fracture: Uneven
Hardness: 1.5-2

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