Collectible Mineral Specimens Under $50
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- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Nentsberry Haggs mine, Cumbria, England
- Formula
- BaCa(CO3)2
- Size
- 3.8 x 3.8 x 2 cm - Miniature
- Tagged
- carbonate
White bladed crystals to 1cm.
- Availability
- Available
- Price
- $45.00
- Locality
- Silver Crater mine, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada
- Formula
- (Ca,Na,U)2(Ti, Nb,Ta)2O6Z(OH)
- Size
- 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm - Thumbnail
- Special Info
- Radioactive!!
Smaller crystal with black faces.
- Availability
- Available
- Price
- $50.00
- Reduced Price
- $30.00
- Locality
- Silver Crater mine, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada
- Formula
- (Ca,Na,U)2(Ti, Nb,Ta)2O6Z(OH)
- Size
- 2 x 2 x 1.7 cm - Thumbnail
- Special Info
- Radioactive!!
Single crystal with interesting "hopper" growth on some faces.
- Availability
- Available
- Price
- $25.00
- Locality
- Namib Desert, Namibia
- Formula
- CaBi2O2(CO3)2
- Size
- 1.5 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm - Thumbnail
Light yellow powdery to crystalline crust.
SOLD
- Availability
- Sold
- Featured
- Featured in Special Editions
- Locality
- Esquire #7 claim, Big Creek, Fresno Co., California, United States
- Formula
- BaSi2O5·4H2O
- Size
- 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm - Thumbnail
- Tagged
- Ba Silicates, barium
- Special Info
- Type Locality
Striated and colorless Bigcreekite.
SOLD
- Availability
- Sold
- Featured
- Featured in Special Editions
- Locality
- Esquire #7 claim, Big Creek, Fresno Co., California, United States
- Formula
- BaSi2O5·4H2O
- Size
- 0.7 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm - Thumbnail
- Tagged
- Ba Silicates, barium
- Special Info
- Type Locality
This is a small specimen but contains excellent crystallized Bigcreekite in a "veinlet" about 1mm. The Bigcreekite is colorless and striated.
Bigcreekite is only found in California.
This specimen as well as most of the others in the Special Edition was identified by the expert on the barium-silicates, the late Robert Walstrom.
