Fine Mineral Specimens Over $50
- Availability
- Available
- Price
- $95.00
- Locality
- San Juan de Rayas mine, Guanajuato, Mexico
- Formula
- Ag2S
- Size
- 7 x 5 x 3 cm - Sm Cabinet
- Tagged
- sulfide, silver
This Acanthite covers an area of 5x2cm on Quartz matrix. All of it is essentially mal-formed crystals - thay are elongated with many cubic faces.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Mun. de Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico
- Formula
- Ag2S
- Size
- 8 x 6 x 5.5 cm - Sm Cabinet
- Tagged
- sulfide, silver
The dull botryoids are Acanthite on the scale of 5-8mm. The Acanthite is also secondary on the wire Silver. Pyrite is associated as seen as cubic crystals. Very nice piece.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
- Formula
- Ag2S
- Size
- 1.5 x 1 x 0.8 cm - Thumbnail
- Tagged
- sulfide, silver
Grey, silvery crystal of Acanthite. Nice piece!
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Tom's Phosphate quarry, Kapunda, South Australia, Australia
- Formula
- Mg5Al12(PO4)8(OH)22ยท32H2O
- Size
- 4.25 x 3 x 3 cm - Miniature
- Tagged
- phosphates
The white covering the large Fluellite crystals is acicular Aldermanite, white is microscopic in size, less than 0.3mm. The Minyulite is colorless, thick bladed and occurs in radial sprays. Very nice specimen of three rare phosphates on one specimen. Aldermannite is very rare and occurs at three different localities in the Mt Lofty Ranges in Australia.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Santiago Alto mine, Porco, Antonio Quijarro prov., Potosi, Bolivia
- Formula
- Ag8GeS6
- Size
- 9 x 9 x 3.5 cm - Sm Cabinet
- Tagged
- sulfide, silver
Pretty much a massive specimen with 2cm vugs lined with micro crystals less than 0.2mm. The Argyrodite takes up about 65 percent of the specimen and is black. In the vugs are wire Silver, which looks replaced by the Argyrodite in crystal form. The Pyrargyrite is a dark blackish red and is also massive and no crytsals. The Sphalerite occurs as dark red veins 7mm thick.
Formerly in the Dr. Werner Paar collection.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
- Formula
- As
- Size
- 7 x 7 x 3.5 cm - Sm Cabinet
- Tagged
- native element
Massive dull grey Arsenic with botryoidal forms in place associated with goldish Allemontite.
