North American Minerals
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TC40: Turquoise on Quartz NEW
Bishop Mine
Lynch Station, Campbell County, Virginia
USA
Miniature: 3.4 x 2.4 x 1.2 cm
SOLD
Blight blue micro crystals of turquoise thickly covering quartz matrix.
TC42: Red Beryl NEW
Wah Wah Mts
Beaver County, Utah
USA
Thumbnail: 2.7 x 2.7 x 2 cm
Largest xl: 0.9 x 0.3 cm
SOLD
Double terminated pinkish red prismatic beryl on a rhyilite matrix. No damage.
TC47: Cubanite on Calcite NEW
Henderson No. 2 Mine
Chibougamau, Quebec
Canada
Cabinet: 9.8 x 8.6 x 5 cm
Largest xl: 0.8 cm wide
20,000 JPY
RESERVED
Ideal trilling crystal of cubanite on white calcite crystals.
TC28: Vesuvianite
Jeffrey Mine
Asbestos, Quebec
Canada
Miniature: 4.5 x 3.3 x 1 cm
Largest xl: 1.7 x 0.5 cm
19,000 JPY
Fully sharp terminated lustrous yellowish green vesuvianite crystals up to 1.7 cm in length.
TC31: Grossular
Jeffrey Mine
Asbestos, Quebec
Canada
Small Cabinet: 5.8 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
Largest xl: 0.6 cm across
12,800 JPY
RESERVED
Gemmy orange brown grossular up to 0.6 cm across on a matrix.
KB222: Carletonite
Mont Saint-Hilaire
Rouville County, Quebec
Canada
Small Cabinet: 5.7 x 4.8 x 3.4 cm
100,000 JPY
A cluster of gemmy blue carletonite crystals.
AD127: Vanadinite
Apex Mine
San Carlos, Chihuahua
Mexico
Thumbnail: 2.3 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm
4,500 JPY
Lustrous orange brown prismatic hollowed crystal of vanadinite with calcite.
TC15: Gold
Kenton Mine
Alleghany, Forest District, Sierra County, California
USA
Thumbnail: 1.8 x 1.4 x 0.4 cm
25,500 JPY
Lustrous leaf of crystallized gold with octahedral formed crystals.
TC22: Brazilianite
Telirio Claim
Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais
Brazil
Thumbnail: 2.1 x 1.4 x 0.7 cm
10,500 JPY
Fully terminated transparent gemmy yellow crystals of Brazilianite. The largest crystal measures 2.1 cm in length and has double termination.
TC19: Mimetite
San Pedro Mine
San Pedro Corralitos, Mun. de Casas Grandes, Chihuahua
Mexico
Miniature: 4 x 3.9 x 1.8 cm
8,500 JPY
Short acicular yellow mimetite crystals in spherical aggregates on a matrix. Ex. Dr. N. Luppescu coll.
TC24: Cerussite
Flux Mine
Alum Gulch, Harshow District., Patagonia Mts., Santa Cruz County, Arizona
U.S.A.
Miniature: 4.8 x 4 x 2.8 cm
12,800 JPY
Lustrous white cerussite crystals up to 2.1 cm in length on a gossan matrix.
AEF2: Copper in Calcite
Quincy Mine
Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan
USA
Thumbnail: 2.7 x 2 x 2.5 cm
38,500 JPY
1.3 x 1 x 0.8 cm transparent scalenohedral calcite with copper included, perched on a matrix.
AEF3: Cuprite
Copper Queen Mine
Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise County, Arizona
USA
Thumbnail: 1.8 x 2.3 x 2 cm
SOLD
0.9 x 0.7 cm group of lustrous deep red octahedral cuprite crystals on a matrix. Ex. Martin Zinn coll.
AEF6: Chrysocolla pseudomorphs after Gypsum
Ray Mine
Pinal County, Arizona
USA
Thumbnail: 1.9 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm
14,000 JPY
A group of blue green stalactitic chrysocolla, pseudomorphs after azurite or gypsum.
AI063: Quartz with Iron Oxide
Boylston, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia
Canada
Miniature: 2.5 x 4.6 x 4.5 cm
8,500 JPY
A cluster of fully terminated orange quartz coated with iron oxide. The largest crystal measures 3.2 x 3.3 x 2 cm. The specimen has a doubly terminated crystal.
AI066: Quartz with Iron Oxide
Boylston, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia
Canada
Small Cabinet: 6.3 x 4.7 x 5 cm
9,500 JPY
A cluster of fully terminated orange quartz coated with iron oxide. The largest crystal measures 5 x 1 x 0.9 cm. The specimen has some doubly terminated crystals.
AD87: Fluorite
Denton Mine, Hardin County, Illinois
USA
Small Cabinet: 6.3 x 6 x 5 cm
38,000 JPY
A cluster of cubic color zoned fluorite crystals. The fluorite has yellow interior with purple outline. Ex. Ralph Campbell coll, Jesse Fisher coll.
AG042: Quartz var. Amethyst
Comstock Lode, Comstock District, Storey County, Nevada
USA
Small Cabinet: 4.3 x 7.6 x 4.2 cm
8,800 JPY
A cluster of translucent purple amethyst crystals.
AD124: Quartz var. Amethyst
Amatitlán, Mun. de Zumpamgo del Rio, Guerrero
Mexico
Thumbnail: 3.2 x 4.3 x 2.1 cm
Largest crystal: 2.7 cm tall
16,800 JPY
A cluster of clear quartz with purple phantoms.
A104: Azurite
Emma Mine, 100'level, Fierro, Grant Co., New Mexico
USA
Ex. Ralph Clark coll.
Thumbnail: 1.7 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm
25,000 JPY
Rosette crystal of azurite.
AN014: Legrandite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango
Mexico
Ex. Willard Perkins coll, Dawn & Jim Minette coll.
Miniature: 1.4 x 1.3 x 1.6 cm
56,000 JPY
Lustrous yellow-gold regrandite crystals.
AD08 Fluorite (Spinel Law Twin)
Naica, Mun.de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico
Thumbnail: 2 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm
38,000 JPY
Transpalent blue crystals of spinel law twinned fluorite, associated with calcite, small dolomite and pyrite crystals.
AD11 Fluorite (Spinel Law Twin)
Naica, Mun.de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico
Small Miniature: 3.2 x 1.9 x 2.4 cm
38,000 JPY
Transpalent blue crystals of spinel law twinned fluorite, associated with calcite, dolomite,pyrite and quartz crystals.
AD13 Fluorite (Spinel Law Twin)
Naica, Mun.de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico
Thumbnail: 3 x 2 x 2.3 cm
38,000 JPY
Transpalent blue crystals of spinel law twinned fluorite, associated with dolomite.
A118 Azurite
La Sal, San Juan County, Utah
USA
Miniature: 4.7 x 3.3 x 1.8 cm
20,000 JPY
Floater rossete of lustrous blue azurite.
A028 Fluorite
Elmwood Mine, Smith County, Tennessee
USA
Miniature: 4.3 x 3.5 x 3.6 cm
30,000 JPY
Deep purple cubic floater crystal associated with small black sphalerite and dolomite. The crystal has clear gemmy zone on corners.
A029 Sphalerite on Dolomite
Elmwood Mine, Smith County, Tennessee
USA
Cabinet: 5.3 x 10.7 x 3.8 cm
30,000 JPY
1.7 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm deep reddish brown (almost black) sphalerite perched on dolomite cluster. No damage.
KM027 Fluorite
Sub-Rosiclare Level, Denton Mine, Harris Creek District, Southern Illinois
USA
Small Cabinet: 7.4 x 9.6 x 6 cm
13,000 JPY
A big cluster of cubic yellow fluorite with purple outer layer.
KL231 Adamite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango
Mexico
Thumbnail: 2.5 x 2.9 x 2.3 cm
15,000 JPY
Lustrous well-terminated yellow crystals to 1.3 cm long on a limonite matrix.