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- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Cactus Rat mine, Grand Co., Utah, United States
- Formula
- Na2V5+6O16ยท3H2O
- Size
- 5 x 3.5 x 3 cm - Miniature
- Tagged
- vanadium
Tiny fuzzy deep red crystals, much like velvet, across the face of matrix.
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- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Stoneham, Oxford Co., Maine, United States
- Formula
- NaBePO4
- Size
- 1.2 x 1.4 x 1 cm - Thumbnail
- Tagged
- phosphate
- Special Info
- Type Locality
A superb, colorless Beryllonite partial crystal. I've seen fragments of these but never well-crystallized sections. I am not sure which mine this came from, but it is type locality district. It is a Neal Yedline specimen with a micromount box (but never mounted).
- Availability
- Available
- Price
- $225.00
- Locality
- Schneeberg dist., Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
- Formula
- Bi
- Size
- 6.5 x 5 x 3 cm - Sm Cabinet
- Tagged
- native element
Brassy colored Bismuth crystals to 19mm embedded in dull, silvery Safflorite matrix.
- Availability
- Available
- Price
- $45.00
- Locality
- Hechtsberg quarry, Hausach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Formula
- Bi2O2(CO3)
- Size
- 5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm - Miniature
Green crusts Bismutite on surface.
- Availability
- Available
- Price
- $40.00
- Locality
- Harding mine, Taos Co., New Mexico, United States
- Formula
- CaLiAl2(Si2BeAl)O10(OH)2
- Size
- 4.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm - Miniature
- Tagged
- beryllium, pegmatite mineral
Bityite is a rather rare mica group member with lithium and beryllium in the structure. The Bityite forms colorless plates to 2mm within biotite.
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- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Amelia mine, Boleo, Santa Rosalia, Baja California, Mexico
- Formula
- KAg9Pb26Cu24Cl62(OH)48
- Size
- 0.8 x 0.7 x 0.8 cm - Thumbnail
Deep azur blue cubic crystal.
