Mineral Specimen and Product Inventory Search
- Availability
- Available
- Price
- $150.00
- Locality
- Jote mine, Pampa Larga dist., Tierra Amarilla, Copiapó, Atacama, Chile
- Formula
- Ca5Al2(AsO4)4(OH)4 12H2O
- Size
- 3 x 3 x 2.5 cm - Thumbnail
- Tagged
- arsenate
- Special Info
- Type & Only Locality
Tiny, less than 1mm, colorless crystal plates of Tapiaite with bluish green Rruffite. Very rare.
- Availability
- Available
- Price
- $30.00
- Locality
- Monserrat, Poopó prov., Oruro dept., Bolivia
- Formula
- PbSnS2
- Size
- 4 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm - Miniature
- Tagged
- sulfide, tin
- Special Info
- Type Locality
Silvery foliated plates tightly packed to 2mm. Teallite is a rare tin sulfide.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Cobre mine, El Cobre, Concepción del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
- Formula
- Cu12As4S13
- Size
- 12 x 12 x 4.5 cm - Cabinet
- Tagged
- sulfide, copper
Cabinet specimen with excellent well-formed silvery Tennantite crystals. Individual crystals reach 9mm.
- Availability
- Available
- Price
- $50.00
- Locality
- Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
- Formula
- Cu12As4S13
- Size
- 3 x 2 x 2 cm - Thumbnail
- Tagged
- sulfide, copper
An interesting Tetrahedrite crystal crusted over with iron-oxides.
- Availability
- Available
- Price
- $45.00
- Featured
- Featured in Special Editions
- Locality
- no locality
- Formula
- Tb4O7
- Size
- 4 x 1 x 1 cm - Miniature
- Tagged
- REE oxide
Small vial of Terbium oxide.
- Availability
- Sold
- Featured
- Featured in Special Editions
- Locality
- Terlingua dist., Brewster Co., Texas, United States
- Formula
- Hg2OCl
- Size
- 7 x 5 x 2.5 cm - Sm Cabinet
- Tagged
- Ore Minerals
Mercury has not been mined in the USA since 1992 when the McDermitt mine in Nevada closed. It is now only produced as a by-product from gold-silver mines. Nonetheless, the USA is the leading exporter of mercury since it is still produced through secondary recovery programs and recycling. A 76 pound mercury "flask" averaged $550-650 in 2008 (USGS). At one time the USA had many mines namely in California. Terlingua, Texas had producing mercury mines. Terlinguaite, like this specimen, was a chief ore at Terlingua. This is an old Carleton Davis specimen with tag.
