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- Hugo mine, Pennington Co., South Dakota, United States
- Formula
- Cu2CdSnS4
- Size
- 0.9 x 0.6 x 0.3 cm - Thumbnail
- Tagged
- sulfide, copper, tin
- Special Info
- Co-Type Locality
Silvery black metallic mass of rare Černýite from the co-type locality, the Hugo pegmatite. The Hugo pegmatite is less than a quarter mile from the famous Etta pegmatite.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Available
- Price
- $60.00
- Locality
- Shkatulka peg., Umbozero mine, Alluaiv Mt., Lovozero, Kola Peninsula, Russia
- Formula
- Na2BeSi2O6
- Size
- 2 x 2 x 1.2 cm - Thumbnail
- Tagged
- beryllium
- Special Info
- XRD Confirmed
- Special Info
- EDS Confirmed
White, translucent crystalline specimen. Chkalovite is a rare beryllium silicate described in 1939, found Quebec, Greenland and Russia. This specimen is composed of nearly all white to clear Chkalovite. It was identified by Dr. Igor Pekov.
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- Sold
- Locality
- Edenville, Orange Co., New York, United States
- Formula
- Mg5(SiO4)2F2
- Size
- 8 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm - Sm Cabinet
- Special Info
- Antique Specimen
Huge crystals of orange Chondrodite with black octahedral Spinel crystals to 7mm in Calcite matrix8. Old specimen from the A. E. Seaman Museum.
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- Available
- Price
- $25.00
- Locality
- Espirito Santo, Brazil
- Formula
- BeAl2O4
- Size
- 1.5 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm - Thumbnail
- Tagged
- beryllium, pegmatite mineral
Greenish yellow partial crystal.