Reference Gallery (All Sold)

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Nambulite

Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa region, Namibia

Thumbnail: 1 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm

Rhodochrosite and Fluorite

Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon, Lima, Peru

Thumbnail: 2.5 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm

Mimetite

Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia

Miniature: 3.6 x 2.5 x 1.4 cm

Dioptase in Quartz

Kaokoveld, Kunene, Namibia

Miniature: 2.7 x 3.8 x 1.5 cm

Prismatic quartz crystals with micro dioptase inclusions.

Calcite with Chalcotrichite inclusions

Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Thumbnail:3 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm

Ex. W.A. Roebling coll. (donated to the Smithsonian Institution after his death).

Fluorite on Microcline

Bank Pocket Complex, Lakeview Lode Claim, Park County, Colorado, USA

Small Cabinet:4.5 x 5.2 x 7 cm

Cuprian Elbaite

São José da Batalha, Paraiba, Brazil

Toenail:3.2 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm

Illustrated in Mineralogocal Record Jan-Feb 2009, "Private Mineral Collections in Texas".

Ex. Jim Houran coll.

Jeff Scovil photo.

Imperial Topaz on Quartz

Ouro Preto Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Thumbnail:2.7 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm

The original miner "LeMenz". Ex collections Bill larson, Lou Schwartz, Jim and Dawn Minette, Cal Graeber, Roland and Kathy Sherman, Carl Acosta.

Illustrated in the Mineralogical Record; Vol.26 #1, Jan-Feb 1995 Special Topaz issue, on page 33.

Crocoite

Dundas Extended Mine, Dundas, Tasmania

Australia

Thumbnail: 2 x 1.4 x 1 cm

Ex. Ralph Clark coll.

Illustrated in MIN REC Vol.33 No. 2, 2002.

Illustrated in MIN REC Vol.33 No. 2, 2002.

Carrollite

Komoya South Mine, Kambove, Katanga

Dem. Rep. of the Congo

Thumbnail: 2.3 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm

Ex. Ralph Clark coll.

A110 Azutite

(藍銅鉱)

Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia

Thumbnail

Ex. Ralph Clark coll.

Native Gold

Hope's Nose, Torquay, South Devon, Devon

England

Miniature: 3.5 x 3 x 0.9 cm

Chalcotrichite in Cerussite with Malachite

Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb

Namibia

Thumbnail: 2.6 x 2.5 x 1.6 cm

Cerussite with Chalcotrichite inclusions

Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia

Thumbnail: 2.3 x 2.5 x 2.1 cm

Quartz with Shattuckite inclusions

Kaokoveld, Kunene

Namibia

Thumbnail: 1.9 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm

Calcite with Copper inclusions

Houghton County, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan

USA

Toenail: 3.3 x 2.1 x 2 cm

Vanadinite

Apex Mine, San Carlos, Chihuahua

Mexico

Thumbnail: 3 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm

Illustrated in the Mineralogical Record, Mexico issue Nov-Dec 2008, Vol 39 No. 6.

Mimetite

Mt. Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Northern Territory

Australia

Thumbnail: 1.9 x 1.4 x 1 cm

Illustrated in the Mineralogical Record, Australia issue 1988.

Fluorite and Muscovite

Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas

Pakistan

Small Cabinet: 5 x 7.8 x 6.3 cm

Manganite on Ettringite

N'Chwaning Mine

Karahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape province

South Africa

Thumbnail: 1.9 x 1.6 x 0.7 cm

Cuprian Adamite

Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia

Thumbnail: 1.2 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm

Ex. Wolfgang Pohl coll.

Adamite

Ojuela Mine

Mapimi, Durango

Mexico

Miniature: 3.5 x 2.7 x 3.1 cm

Ex. Wolfgang Pohl coll.

Ajoite in Quartz

Messina Mine

Limpopo Province

South Africa

Cabinet: 11.3 x 5.8 x 5.5 cm

Scorodite

Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia

Thumbnail: 1.6 x 1.7 x 1.1 cm

Ex. Wolfgang Pohl coll.

Fluorite and Galena on Quartz

Rat Hole Pocket, Rogerley Mine

Frosterley, County Durham

England

Mined 2007

Thumbnail: 3 x 3 x 3 cm

KM160 Fluorite on Sphalerite

Minerva No.1 Mine

Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois

USA

Small Cabinet: 5.8 x 4.5 x 3.6 cm

Ex. Martin Zinn coll.

Quartz with Cookeite

Kohmori adit, Obira Mine, Ogata-machi, Ono-gun, Oita pref.

Japan

Cabinet: 7.3 x 10.3 x 7.2 cm

Shigaite

Bengal (Cannon) Mine, Iron River, Michigan

USA

Thumbnail: 2.5 x 1.3 x 1 cm

Illustrated in Rock & Minerals Vol.75, No.2.

Aragonite var. Tarnowitzite

Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia

Thumbnail: 2.3 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm

Ex. Norman and Roslyn Pellman Coll.

Cerussite with Malachite inclusions

Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia

Miniature: 3.6 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm

Smoky Quartz with Apatite

Entre Deux Roches, La Lauziere, Savoie

France

Small Cabinet: 5.5 x 4 x 2 cm

Illustrated in Le Regne Mineral - Hors Serie 6, 2000.

Quartz var. Amethyst

Tafelkop, Brandberg Mountains, Namibia

Small Cabinet: 6.3 x 3.7 x 4.3 cm

Fluorite and Barite

Rosiclare Level, Minerva No.1 Mine

Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois

USA

Small Cabinet: 5.3 x 5.7 x 3.5 cm

Ex. Jesse Fisher coll.

Topaz on Muscovite

Murzinka, Alabashka Area, Ural Mountains

Russia

Small Cabinet: 5.1 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm

Ex. Joan Kureczka coll.

Ferberite pseudomorphs after Scheelite a.k.a. Reinite

Otome Mine, Makioka-cho, Higashiyamanashi-gun, Yamanashi

Japan

Miniature: 3.8 x 2.2 x 2 cm

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Fluorite with Quartz and Arsenopyrite

Mitsubishi-Obira Mine, Ogata-cho, Ono-gun, Oita

Japan

Small Cabinet: 4.3 x 5 x 5 cm

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Rhodochrosite

N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape Province

South Africa

Thumbnail: 2.8 x 2.1 x 2.5 cm

photo

Elbaite and Lepidolite

Jonas Mine, Itatiaia, Minas Gerais

Brazil

Miniature: 3.5 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm

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