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Mexican Minerals

Tuesday, 24 March 2020 12:00 PM

Introducing the "Mexican Minerals" gallery which is part of our Special Edition galleries. This gallery contains mineral specimens for sale including pyrargyrite, pyrrhotite, quartz, silver, and sphalerite and more from places like San Juan de Rayas mine, Guanajuato, Mexico, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico, Los Arcoiris, Ojo Laguna, Chihuahua, Mexico, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico.

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Pyrargyrite

#BN51695

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Locality: San Juan de Rayas mine, Guanajuato, Mexico
Formula: Ag₃SbS₃
Availability: Sold
Size: 2.4 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm - Thumbnail
Tagged: sulfide , silver

A 2.3cm terminated Pyrargyrite crystal, nicely terminated, and showing nice red internal reflections. A ding on termination.

Pyrargyrite

Formula: Ag₃SbS₃
Crystal System: Trigonal
Crystal Habit: Massive, Crystalline - Poor, Prismatic
Cleavage: Poor, None, None
Luster: Sub Metallic
Color: deep red, red gray
Streak: cherry red
Class: Trigonal - Ditrigonal Pyramidal
Fracture: Brittle - Conchoidal
Hardness: 2.5

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Pyrrhotite

with Sphalerite - #AH52737

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Locality: Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
Formula: Fe₇S₈
Availability: Sold
Size: 6 x 4.5 x 5 cm - Sm Cabinet
Tagged: sulfide

Brassy colored barrel shaped crystals of magnetic Pyrrhotite to 8mm associated with Sphalerite and Quartz. Excellent specimen. Acquired in 1971 by Hampson.

Pyrrhotite

Formula: Fe₇S₈
Crystal System: Monoclinic
Crystal Habit: Tabular, Platy, Massive - Granular
Cleavage: Imperfect, Imperfect, None
Luster: Metallic
Color: bronze, bronze red, dark brown
Streak: gray black
Class: Monoclinic - Prismatic
Fracture: Uneven
Hardness: 3.5-4

Collection: Arnold G Hampson Collection

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Quartz

var. agate - #52800

$85.00 - Available
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Locality: Los Arcoiris, Ojo Laguna, Chihuahua, Mexico
Formula: SiO₂
Availability: Available
Price: $85.00
Size: 6.5 x 6 x 2 cm - Sm Cabinet

Beautiful Laguna agate with white to purple bands and Quartz crystals in a vug at center. Two main photos are shown: the left photo is dry and right photo is takes with the specimen wet, which brings out the color. All of the close-ups are wet.

Quartz

Formula: SiO₂
Crystal System: Trigonal
Crystal Habit: Crystalline - Coarse, Druse, Crystalline - Fine
Cleavage: Indistinct, None, None
Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)
Color: brown, colorless, violet, gray, yellow
Streak: white
Class: Trigonal - Trapezohedral
Fracture: Conchoidal
Hardness: 7

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Quartz

var. agate - #52801

$150.00 - Available
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Locality: Los Arcoiris, Ojo Laguna, Chihuahua, Mexico
Formula: SiO₂
Availability: Available
Price: $150.00
Size: 4.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm - Miniature

Both sides this specimen have bands of various shades of red and near the center are light purple bands. The photo on the left is dry and the photo on the right is wet. Wetting agate specimens always brings out the color. Beautiful specimen from this locality. All of the close-ups are wet

Quartz

Formula: SiO₂
Crystal System: Trigonal
Crystal Habit: Crystalline - Coarse, Druse, Crystalline - Fine
Cleavage: Indistinct, None, None
Luster: Vitreous (Glassy)
Color: brown, colorless, violet, gray, yellow
Streak: white
Class: Trigonal - Trapezohedral
Fracture: Conchoidal
Hardness: 7

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Silver

#AH52746

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Locality: Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Formula: Ag
Availability: Sold
Size: 7 x 5.5 x 4 cm - Sm Cabinet
Tagged: native element

You would almost miss this Silver at first glance. A closer look reveals leaf Silver to 9mm on Chrysocolla matrix Calcite. Acquired by Hampson in 1971 on one of his trips to Mexico.