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Ore Minerals part 2

Monday, 07 August 2023 03:30 PM

Introducing the "Ore Minerals part 2" gallery which is part of our Special Edition galleries. This gallery contains mineral specimens for sale including muscovite, and silver and more from places like Harding mine, Taos Co., New Mexico, United States, and Capitol mine, Cobalt-Gowganda, Ontario, Canada.

Muscovite

var. rose in Albite - #AH62031
Locality
Harding mine, Taos Co., New Mexico, United States 
Formula
KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 
Availability
Available
Price
$125.00
Size
13 x 9 x 9 cm - Cabinet 
Tagged
ore specimen , pegmatite mineral  

Large specimen of lilac or rose colored granular Lepidolite with very nice rose Muscovite in Albite matrix.


Muscovite

Formula
KAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2 
Crystal System
Monoclinic 
Crystal Habit
Massive - Lamellar, Foliated, Micaceous 
Cleavage
Perfect, None, None 
Luster
Vitreous (Glassy) 
Color
white, gray, silver white, brownish white, greenish white 
Streak
white 
Class
Monoclinic - Prismatic 
Fracture
Brittle - Sectile 
Hardness
2-2.5 
Collection
Arnold G Hampson Collection
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Silver

with arsenides - #RW62245
Locality
Capitol mine, Cobalt-Gowganda, Ontario, Canada 
Formula
Ag 
Availability
Available
Price
$125.00
Size
9 x 8 x 1 cm - Sm Cabinet 
Tagged
ore mineral , native element  

An impressive slab of nearly all native Silver with overgrowths of various arsenides, namely Skutterudite and/or Safflorite.


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
Robert J. Waidler Collection
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