Fine Mineral Specimens Over $50
- Availability
- Available
- Price
- $55.00
- Locality
- San Rafael mine, Nye Co., Nevada, United States
- Formula
- Zn2AsO4(OH)
- Size
- 5.5 x 3 x 4.5 cm - Sm Cabinet
- Tagged
- arsenate
Rich specimen full of 1-2mm spherulitic groups of green cuprian Adamite crystals. Atrractive.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- New Cornelia mine, Ajo Dist., Pima Co., Arizona, United States
- Formula
- Na3Cu2+20Al3Si29O76(OH)16ยท8H2O
- Size
- 6 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm - Sm Cabinet
- Tagged
- copper
- Special Info
- Type Locality
A very rich specimen with greenish blue fibrous crystals of Ajoite to 1mm.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Mohawk mine, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, United States
- Formula
- Cu1-xAsx; x = 1/7
- Size
- 8 x 5.5 x 6 cm - Sm Cabinet
Rich specimen of this copper arsenide with arborescent growth in Calcite. When fresh it is a steely grey, but as the photos show the Algodonite that is exposed is tanished to a yellowish brown color. The white matrix is Calcite. Algodonite from the Keweenaw is increasingly rare on the market and uncommon worldwide.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Hilltop mine, Organ dist., Dona Ana Co., New Mexico, United States
- Formula
- PbTe
- Size
- 6 x 2.5 x 3.5 cm - Sm Cabinet
- Tagged
- tellurium
This specimen is nearly all Altaite. You might think the brassy colored veins are Pyrite. But, examination under the scope reveals a sectility like butter. It is tarnished and fresh is a silvery color. The Tellurium is brittle and is scare on this specimen. It's a heavy specimen too.
- Availability
- Available
- Price
- $50.00
- Locality
- Hardangervidda, Norway
- Formula
- TiO2
- Size
- 1.5 x 1 x 1 cm - Thumbnail
Sharply pointed cluster of deep blue lustrous Anatase crystals.
- Availability
- Sold
- Locality
- Flux mine, Patagonia, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, United States
- Formula
- Zn5(CO3)2(OH)6
- Size
- 4.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm - Miniature
- Tagged
- carbonate
Sweet specimen of Aurichalcite from the Flux mine, which is not generally seen on the market. The Flux mine is more well known for it's jackstraw Cerussite. Collected by Arnold Hampson in 1968.
