Mineral Specimen and Product Inventory Search
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Emmons quarry, Oxford, Co., Maine, United States
- Formula
- (Mn,◻)TaTa2O8
- Size
- 2.3 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm - Thumbnail
- Tagged
- pegmatite mineral
- Special Info
- XRD Confirmed
- Special Info
- EDS Confirmed
An excellent partial tabular black crystal of Tantalowodginite with striations to 1cm across with more in a phosphate matrix. Tantalowodginite is an extremely rare mineral found only at Tanco and the Emmons quarry, the type locality. Analyzed.
- 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
- Sold
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- 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.
- Availability
- Available
- Price
- $35.00
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- Featured in Special Editions
- Locality
- Turii alkaline Massif, Kola Peninsula, Russia
- Formula
- KMg3(Fe3+Si3O10)(OH,F)2
- Size
- Chip < 1cm
Tiny reddish plates in Quartz. Positively identified by Dr. Igor Pekov.
Phyllosilicate - Monoclinic - Mica group member. Ordinary (True or Common) Mica - Trioctahderal with Mg, some substitutions for of Fe3+ for silicon at the (T) positions and OH>F at (A) otherwise would be Fluorotetraferriphlogopite.
Found in ultrabasic alkaline massif of Kovdor.
- Availability
- Available
- Price
- $125.00
- Locality
- Julcani mine, Julcani dist., Huancavelica dept., Peru
- Formula
- Cu12Sb4S13
- Size
- 8 x 8 x 2.5 cm - Sm Cabinet
- Tagged
- sulfide, copper
Full tetrahedrons of Tetrahedrite crystals to 6mm. Most of the crystals are "merged" or stack upon each other. The backside is full of Pyrite crystals,
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Silver Bell mine, Tunnel No. 6, Ophir dist., San Miguel Co., Colorado, United States
- Formula
- Cu12Sb4S13
- Size
- 8 x 6 x 4.5 cm - Sm Cabinet
- Tagged
- copper, ore mineal
Silvery metallic large floods of Tetrahedrite crystallized with white Baryte and some Galena vein mineralization. Some faces can be seen of Tetrahedrite crystals. A good locality specimen showing nice fabric and habits of ore mineralogy.
