Fine Mineral Specimens Over $50
- Availability
- Available
- Price
- $175.00
- Locality
- Niederschlema, Schlema dist., Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
- Formula
- CaFe2+(CO3)2
- Size
- 10 x 6 x 2.5 cm - Cabinet
- Tagged
- carbonate
An attractive specimen with tiny white rhombic crystals of Ankerite which replaced Calcite. The black specks are Hematite. It comes with two Freiberg museum labels (prov. tab) from 1992 by the Barbara and the late, highly regarded Forrest Cureton, a friend of mine.
- Availability
- Available
- Price
- $650.00
- Reduced Price
- $395.00
- Locality
- Enna, Sicily, Italy
- Formula
- CaCO3
- Size
- 22 x 10 x 8.5 cm - Cabinet
- Tagged
- carbonate
Large beautiful specimn with "balls" covered by tiny Aragonite crystals with a core of Sulfur.
- Availability
- Available
- Price
- $95.00
- Locality
- Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
- Formula
- NaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2
- Size
- 4 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm - Miniature
A single large crystal with very nice termination.
- Availability
- Available
- Price
- $50.00
- Locality
- Canta dist., Canta prov., Lima dept., Peru
- Formula
- Ca2Mn2+Al2BSi4O15(OH)
- Size
- 4.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm - Miniature
- Tagged
- .
Brown, lustrous Axinite crystals to 2.5cm. Nice specimen.
- Availability
- Available
- Price
- $175.00
- Reduced Price
- $125.00
- Locality
- Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka, Russia
- Formula
- Na2Mg2Fe(AsO4)3
- Size
- 3.6 x 2.7 x 2.2 cm - Miniature
- Tagged
- arsenate
- Special Info
- XRD Confirmed
- Special Info
- EDS Confirmed
- Special Info
- Type & Only Locality
- Special Info
- Author's Material
Superb micro crystals of amber colored blades of Badalovite from 0.5 to 2mm in sprays with total coverage. This is a study specimen used to describe the mineral by Dr. Igor Pekov. It is a new IMA mineral, not yet published, but approved. Great coverage and fun to view with the scope.
The exact locality is: Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough, Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia
- Availability
- Available
- Price
- $125.00
- Locality
- Parker Shaft, Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey, United States
- Formula
- Pb8Mn(Si2O7)3
- Size
- Micromount
Pearly, pinkish plates of very rare Barysilite to 3mm on a 1.5 x 1 x 1cm matrix. It is mounted in a micromount box.
