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- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Jamestown dist., Boulder Co., Colorado, United States
- Formula
- AuTe2
- Size
- 2.5 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm - Thumbnail
- Tagged
- ore mineral, tellurium, gold
1-2mm highly reflective Calaverite crystals in native Tellurium matrix. Sawed on one side so assume it is tested by EDS.
- Availability
- Available
- Price
- $75.00
- Locality
- Esquire #7 claim, Big Creek, Fresno Co., California, United States
- Formula
- Ba4Fe43+O3(OH)3(Si4O12)[Si2O3(OH)4]Cl
- Size
- 2 x 1.5 x 1 cm - Thumbnail
Dark blue massive Cerchiaraite-(Fe). The Esquire #7 deposit share type localities with two other localities.
- Availability
- Available
- Price
- $45.00
- Locality
- Wheal Gorland, St. Day dist., Cornwall, England
- Formula
- Cu2Al7(AsO4)4(OH)13·12H2O
- Size
- 7 x 4.5 x 2 cm - Sm Cabinet
- Tagged
- arsenate, copper
Light blue coatings.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Bambollita mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
- Formula
- Cu5(Te4+O3)2(OH)6·2H2O
- Size
- 4 x 3 x 3 cm - Miniature
- Tagged
- copper, tellurium
- Special Info
- Type Locality
Green radial pod-like crystal groups to 1mm across. Rich, excellent specimen and very rare only found at three localities worldwide.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Arondu, Basha Valley, Skardu dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
- Formula
- Ce4(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)5O8(Si2O7)2
- Size
- 4 x 3 x 1.5 cm - Miniature
- Tagged
- REE mineral
Black partial crystal with former contact areas. The prism faces are very lustrous and striated while the diamond-shaped termination is not as smooth, which is typical from what I have seen. An impressive specimen for this rare mineral.
- Availability
- Available
- Price
- $20.00
- Locality
- Linopolis, Divino das Larajeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Formula
- Fe2+AlPO4(OH)2·H2O
- Size
- 2.4 x 2 x 2 cm - Thumbnail
- Tagged
- phosphate, pegmatite mineral
Well this is probably not end member Childrenite, but they really don't have the morphology of Eosphorite. The crystals are very nice and measure up to about 1mm with a really nice sherry wine color.
