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
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.
Chalcotrichite in Cerussite with Malachite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb
Namibia
Thumbnail: 2.6 x 2.5 x 1.6 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
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.
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.
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
Fluorite with Quartz and Arsenopyrite
Mitsubishi-Obira Mine, Ogata-cho, Ono-gun, Oita
Japan
Small Cabinet: 4.3 x 5 x 5 cm
Rhodochrosite
N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape Province
South Africa
Thumbnail: 2.8 x 2.1 x 2.5 cm






































