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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 galena, hematite, lithiophilite, molybdenite, and muscovite and more from places like Animon mine, Huaron dist., Pasco, Pasco dept., Peru, Soudan mine, Vermilion Range, St. Louis Co., Minnesota, United States, Anderson pegmatites, Homestead claim, White Picacho Mining dist., Yavapai Co., Arizona, United States, Questa Molybdenum mine, Questa, Red River dist., Taos Co., New Mexico, United States, Alta, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Wasatch Mts, Salt Lake Co., Utah, United States, and Harding mine, Taos Co., New Mexico, United States.

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Galena

#RW62248

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Locality: Animon mine, Huaron dist., Pasco, Pasco dept., Peru
Formula: PbS
Availability: Sold
Size: 7 x 5 x 3 cm - Sm Cabinet
Tagged: ore mineral , sulfide

All of the crystals on this specimen form spinel-law twins. And looking closely at the crystals you will see all the incredible patterns on the faces probaly formed by stepped growth. The specimen sparkles nicely as you hold and rotate it. Very nice specimen, which is not your ordinary Galena specimen.

Galena

Formula: PbS
Crystal System: Isometric
Crystal Habit: Euhedral Crystals, Massive - Granular, Massive
Cleavage: Perfect, Perfect, Perfect
Luster: Metallic
Color: light lead gray, dark lead gray
Streak: grayish black
Class: Isometric - Hexoctahedral
Fracture: Brittle
Hardness: 2.5

Collection: Robert J. Waidler Collection

Mineralpedia: View Galena
On Dakota Matrix: Previously Sold Galena
On Dakota Matrix: Other Available Galena
WebMineral: View Galena
Mindat: View Galena

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Hematite

#RW62065

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Locality: Soudan mine, Vermilion Range, St. Louis Co., Minnesota, United States
Formula: Fe₂O₃
Availability: Sold
Size: 8 x 5 x 2.5 cm - Sm Cabinet

Coarse granular Hematite, an iron ore.

Hematite

Formula: Fe₂O₃
Crystal System: Trigonal
Crystal Habit: Tabular, Blocky, Earthy
Cleavage: None, None, None
Luster: Metallic
Color: reddish gray, black, blackish red
Streak: reddish brown
Class: Trigonal - Hexagonal Scalenohedral
Fracture: Conchoidal
Hardness: 6.5

Collection: Robert J. Waidler Collection

Mineralpedia: View Hematite
On Dakota Matrix: Previously Sold Hematite
On Dakota Matrix: Other Available Hematite
WebMineral: View Hematite
Mindat: View Hematite

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Lithiophilite

with Dickinsonite & Robertsite - #DL62160

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Locality: Anderson pegmatites, Homestead claim, White Picacho Mining dist., Yavapai Co., Arizona, United States
Formula: LiMn²⁺PO₄
Availability: Sold
Size: 11 x 8.5 x 4 cm - Cabinet
Tagged: ore mineral , pegmatite mineral , lithium

The specimen was collected by Dr. David London, the author of the great book "Pegmatites". This specimen is sawed and polished on one side to show the salmon-colored pods of Lithiophilite, a primary phosphate which forms early in the pegmatite genesis. In the photos, are thin fractures healed by green Dickinsonite. The black areas are Robertsite. Lithiophilite is an ore of lithium.