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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 spherocobaltite, stringhamite, symplesite, tornebohmite-(la), vivianite, and zinclipscombite and more from places like Bou Azzer dist., Anti-Atlas, Morocco, Commercial quarry, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California, Bastnäs mines, Riddarhyttan, Västmanland, Sweden, Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Russia, and Silver Coin mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada, United States.

Spherocobaltite

with Skutterudite - #JD65368
Locality
Bou Azzer dist., Anti-Atlas, Morocco 
Formula
CoCO3 
Availability
Sold
Size
3.5 x 2 x 1.3 cm - Miniature 
Tagged
carbonate  

Ultra pinkish red very tiny rhombic crystals with crystalized Skutterudite. Coverage on both sides.


Spherocobaltite

Collection
John Dagenais Collection

Stringhamite

#65385
Locality
Commercial quarry, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California 
Formula
CaCuSiO4·H2
Availability
Sold
Size
5 x 3.5 x 2 cm - Miniature 
Tagged
copper  

Dark blue "splocthes" of Stringhamite.


Stringhamite

Formula
CaCuSiO4·H2
Crystal System
Monoclinic 
Crystal Habit
Aggregates 
Cleavage
Good, Imperfect 
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy) 
Color
azure, blue violet, dark blue 
Streak
light blue 
Class
Monoclinic - Prismatic 
Hardness

Symplesite

#JD65366
Locality
Bou Azzer dist., Anti-Atlas, Morocco 
Formula
Fe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2
Availability
Sold
Size
3.8 x 2.1 x 1 cm - Miniature 
Tagged
arsenate  

Dark bluish sprays to 4mm.


Symplesite

Formula
Fe2+3(AsO4)2·8H2
Crystal System
Triclinic 
Crystal Habit
Prismatic, Crystalline - Fine, Earthy 
Cleavage
Perfect, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous - Pearly 
Color
blue, greenish black, gray green, light blue, light green 
Streak
bluish white 
Class
Triclinic - Pinacoidal 
Fracture
Uneven 
Hardness
2.5 
SOLD
Tornebohmite-(La) - 65383
Tornebohmite-(La) - 65383

Tornebohmite-(La)

#65383
Locality
Bastnäs mines, Riddarhyttan, Västmanland, Sweden 
Formula
La2Al(SiO4)2(OH) 
Availability
Sold
Size
2 x 0.8 x 0.5 cm - Thumbnail 
Tagged
REE mineral  

Bluish alterations.


Tornebohmite-(La)

Formula
La2Al(SiO4)2(OH) 
Crystal System
Monoclinic 
Luster
Adamantine - Greasy 
Color
green, bright olive green 
Class
Monoclinic - Prismatic 
Hardness
4.5 

Vivianite

#62597
Locality
Kerch Peninsula, Crimea, Russia 
Formula
Fe2+3(PO4)2·8H2
Availability
Available
Price
$45.00
Size
4.3 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm - Miniature 
Tagged
phosphate  

Dark green bladed cyrstals to 3cm.


Vivianite

Formula
Fe2+3(PO4)2·8H2
Crystal System
Monoclinic 
Crystal Habit
Divergent, Concretionary, Earthy 
Cleavage
Perfect, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous - Pearly 
Color
colorless, green, blue, dark green, dark bluish green 
Streak
bluish white 
Class
Monoclinic - Prismatic 
Fracture
Sectile 
Hardness
1.5-2 
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Zinclipscombite

#JD65367
Locality
Silver Coin mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada, United States 
Formula
ZnFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 
Availability
Sold
Size
5 x 2.5 x 1 cm - Miniature 
Tagged
phosphate  

Tiny spherical crystals to less than 0.4mm.


Zinclipscombite

Formula
ZnFe3+2(PO4)2(OH)2 
Crystal System
Tetragonal 
Crystal Habit
Spherical, Fibrous 
Cleavage
None, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy) 
Color
dark green, brown 
Streak
light greenish tan 
Class
Tetragonal - Trapezohedral 
Fracture
Brittle - Uneven 
Hardness
Collection
John Dagenais Collection

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