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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, silver, sphalerite, vanadinite, and wulfenite and more from places like San Juan de Rayas mine, Guanajuato, Mexico, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico, San Pedro Corralitos, Chihuahua, Mexico, and Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico.

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Pyrargyrite - BN51695

Pyrargyrite - BN51695

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 - AH52737

Pyrrhotite - AH52737

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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On Dakota Matrix: Previously Sold Pyrrhotite
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Silver - AH52746

Silver - AH52746

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.

Silver

Formula: Ag
Crystal System: Isometric
Crystal Habit: Arborescent, Dendritic, Massive
Cleavage: None, None, None
Luster: Metallic
Color: silver white, gray white, gray
Streak: silver white
Class: Isometric - Hexoctahedral
Fracture: Hackly
Hardness: 2.5-3

Collection: Arnold G Hampson Collection

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Sphalerite - AH52743

Sphalerite - AH52743

Sphalerite

#AH52743

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Locality: Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
Formula: ZnS
Availability: Sold
Size: 5 x 3 x 1 cm - Miniature
Tagged: sulfide

Black, flashy and striated Sphalerite crystals to 7mm.

Sphalerite

Formula: ZnS
Crystal System: Isometric
Crystal Habit: Euhedral Crystals, Granular, Colloform
Cleavage: Perfect, Perfect, Perfect
Luster: Resinous - Greasy
Color: brown, yellow, red, green, black
Streak: brownish white
Class: Isometric - Hextetrahedral
Fracture: Uneven
Hardness: 3.5-4

Collection: Arnold G Hampson Collection

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On Dakota Matrix: Other Available Sphalerite
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Vanadinite - AH52729

Vanadinite - AH52729

Vanadinite

with Calcite - #AH52729

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Locality: San Pedro Corralitos, Chihuahua, Mexico
Formula: Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl
Availability: Sold
Size: 7 x 3.5 x 5.5 cm - Sm Cabinet
Tagged: vanadium

Beautiful translucent orange crystals to 6mm. Acquired in Mexico in 1969 by Arnold Hampson.

Vanadinite

Formula: Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl
Crystal System: Hexagonal
Crystal Habit: Globular, Prismatic, Nodular
Cleavage: None, None, None
Luster: Adamantine
Color: brown, brownish yellow, brown red, colorless, yellow
Streak: brownish yellow
Class: Hexagonal - Dipyramidal
Fracture: Brittle - Conchoidal
Hardness: 3.5-4

Collection: Arnold G Hampson Collection

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Wulfenite - AH52730

Wulfenite - AH52730

Wulfenite

#AH52730

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Locality: Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
Formula: PbMoO₄
Availability: Sold
Size: 2 x 2 x 0.4 cm - Thumbnail

Sweet thumbnail crystal to 1.8cm with beveled edges. There are several crystals at the base. Only minor knicks. Really nice piece!

Wulfenite

Formula: PbMoO₄
Crystal System: Tetragonal
Crystal Habit: Tabular, Pyramidal
Cleavage: Imperfect, None, None
Luster: Resinous - Greasy
Color: orange yellow, waxy yellow, yellowish gray, olive green, brown
Streak: yellowish white
Class: Tetragonal - Dipyramidal
Fracture: Brittle - Conchoidal
Hardness: 3

Collection: Arnold G Hampson Collection

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On Dakota Matrix: Previously Sold Wulfenite
On Dakota Matrix: Other Available Wulfenite
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