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Friday, 30 June 2023 01:30 PM

Introducing the "Micromounts" gallery which is part of our Special Edition galleries. This gallery contains mineral specimens for sale including stephanite, tellurite, torbernite, vanadinite, and vesuvianite and more from places like Freiberg dist., Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany, Cobalt dist., Ontario, Canada, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico, - Portugal, Chalk Mountain mine, Churchill Co., Nevada, United States, and Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Montérégie, Québec, Canada.

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Stephanite - 61801

Stephanite - 61801

Stephanite

#61801

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Locality: Freiberg dist., Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Formula: Ag₅SbS₄
Availability: Sold
Size: Micromount
Tagged: sulfide , silver

Highly reflective, silvery Stephanite crystals. Overall 10 x 5mm.

Stephanite

Formula: Ag₅SbS₄
Crystal System: Orthorhombic
Crystal Habit: Pseudo Hexagonal, Tabular, Massive
Cleavage: Imperfect, Poor, None
Luster: Metallic
Color: lead gray, black
Streak: black
Class: Orthorhombic - Pyramidal
Fracture: Sub Conchoidal
Hardness: 2-2.5

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Stephanite - 61823

Stephanite - 61823

Stephanite

with Silver - #61823

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Locality: Cobalt dist., Ontario, Canada
Formula: Ag₅SbS₄
Availability: Sold
Size: Micromount
Tagged: sulfide , silver

The Stephanite crystals are rosette-like across the specimen with wire Silver.

Stephanite

Formula: Ag₅SbS₄
Crystal System: Orthorhombic
Crystal Habit: Pseudo Hexagonal, Tabular, Massive
Cleavage: Imperfect, Poor, None
Luster: Metallic
Color: lead gray, black
Streak: black
Class: Orthorhombic - Pyramidal
Fracture: Sub Conchoidal
Hardness: 2-2.5

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Tellurite - 61902

Tellurite - 61902

Tellurite

#61902

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Locality: Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico
Formula: TeO₂
Availability: Sold
Size: Micromount
Tagged: x 1.7cm.

Orange crystals in a group to 5mm. Overall 2 x 1.5cm.

Tellurite

Formula: TeO₂
Crystal System: Orthorhombic
Crystal Habit: Acicular, Prismatic
Cleavage: Perfect, None, None
Luster: Adamantine
Color: yellow orange, white, straw yellow
Streak: white
Class: Orthorhombic - Dipyramidal
Fracture: Flexible
Hardness: 2

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Torbernite - 61810

Torbernite - 61810

Torbernite

#61810

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Locality: - Portugal
Formula: Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O
Availability: Sold
Size: Micromount
Tagged: phosphate , copper

It's hard to get a more perfect crystal as this one. On edge it measures 3.5mm.

Torbernite

Formula: Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O
Crystal System: Tetragonal
Crystal Habit: Tabular, Earthy, Foliated
Cleavage: Perfect, Distinct, None
Luster: Vitreous - Pearly
Color: green, grass green, leek green, apple green, siskin green
Streak: pale green
Class: Tetragonal - Ditetragonal Dipyramidal
Fracture: Brittle
Hardness: 2-2.5

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Vanadinite - 61900

Vanadinite - 61900

Vanadinite

on Descloizite - #61900

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Locality: Chalk Mountain mine, Churchill Co., Nevada, United States
Formula: Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl
Availability: Sold
Size: Micromount
Tagged: vanadinite

Silvery clusters of Vanadinite, variety endlichite, from 1 to 2mm on orange Descloizite.

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

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Vesuvianite - 61897

Vesuvianite - 61897

Vesuvianite

#61897

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Locality: Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Formula: (Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀
Availability: Sold
Size: Micromount

Beautiful pink to reddish purple, glassy crystal 1.8cm long.

Vesuvianite

Formula: (Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀
Crystal System: Tetragonal
Crystal Habit: Massive, Columnar, Granular
Cleavage: Indistinct, Indistinct, Indistinct
Luster: Vitreous - Resinous
Color: blue, brown, green, yellow, white
Streak: white
Class: Tetragonal - Dipyramidal
Fracture: Sub Conchoidal
Hardness: 6.5

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