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Thursday, 08 May 2025 06:00 PM

Introducing the "Rare Minerals" gallery which is part of our New Additions galleries. This gallery contains mineral specimens for sale including tolbachite, trebiskyite, and wayneburnhamite and more from places like Southwest mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, United States, Pickett Corral mine, Montrose Co., Colorado, United States, and Commercial quarry, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California.

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Tolbachite - 65454
Tolbachite - 65454

Tolbachite

with Cuprite - #65454
Locality
Southwest mine, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, United States 
Formula
CuCl2 
Availability
Sold
Size
1.5 x 1 x 0.6 cm - Thumbnail 
Tagged
copper  

This specimen is actually on Mindat from Rolf Luetcke's gallery. It consist of light brown masses with Cuprite.


Tolbachite

Formula
CuCl2 
Crystal System
Monoclinic 
Crystal Habit
Fibrous, Mossy, Deliquescent 
Cleavage
Perfect, None, None 
Color
brown, golden brown 
Class
Monoclinic - Prismatic 
Hardness
- 
On Dakota Matrix
Previously Sold Tolbachite
On Dakota Matrix
Other Available Tolbachite
WebMineral
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Mindat
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Trebiskyite - 65877
Trebiskyite - 65877

Trebiskyite

with Lasalite and Dickthomssenite - #65877
Locality
Pickett Corral mine, Montrose Co., Colorado, United States 
Formula
Na3Mg2[TiV9O28] ยท 22H2O 
Availability
Sold
Size
2.2 x 1 x 0.8 cm - Thumbnail 
Special Info
Type & Only Locality 

A lot of rare minerals on this specimen. Starting with the rare Trebiskyite...these are barely seen in the photos since they are so tiny. They basically form pointed prismatic crystals less than 0.5mm. They resemble Edoylerite. The orange mass is Lasalite. The yellowish white is Dickthomssenite.


Special Info
Type & Only Locality
On Dakota Matrix
Previously Sold Trebiskyite
On Dakota Matrix
Other Available Trebiskyite
WebMineral
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Mindat
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Wayneburnhamite - 65222
Wayneburnhamite - 65222

Wayneburnhamite

#65222
Locality
Commercial quarry, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California 
Formula
Pb9Ca6(Si2O7)3(SiO4)3 
Availability
Sold
Size
3 x 2 x 1 cm - Thumbnail 
Special Info
XRD Confirmed 
Special Info
EDS Confirmed 
Special Info
Type & Only Locality 

Light blue anhedral crystals acoss face on one side and a few on the backside. Rare!


Wayneburnhamite

Formula
Pb9Ca6(Si2O7)4(SiO4)O 
Crystal System
Hexagonal 
Crystal Habit
hexagonal tablets and prisms, clustars 
Cleavage
not observed 
Luster
vitreous to resinous 
Color
blue 
Streak
white 
Geological Setting
high temperature system involving large scale metasomatism of limestone as a result of quartz monzonite porphyry, volatile components from hydrothermal fluids rich in sulfides. 
Fracture
conchoidal 
Hardness
3.5 
Special Info
XRD Confirmed
Special Info
EDS Confirmed
Special Info
Type & Only Locality
Mineralpedia
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On Dakota Matrix
Previously Sold Wayneburnhamite
On Dakota Matrix
Other Available Wayneburnhamite
WebMineral
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Mindat
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