Check out the Green Fluorite, Wulfenite, Fluorite on Quartz, Hemimorphite "Pinwheels" on Limonite, Celestite with Barite, Calcite & Sulfur, Manganoan Calcite, Apophyllite & Stilbite, Shattuckite & Primary Malachite, Stilbite on Prehnite, Astrophyllite, Galena, Pyrite on Hematite, Apatite on Calcite, Barite, Prehnite, White Quartz Cluster, Purple Fluorite, Spessartine Garnets with Smoky Quartz, Fluorite on Stalactitic Choral, Galena & Quartz with Sphalerite, Pyrite with Calcite & Quartz, Rosasite & Calcite and Iridescent Goethite mineral specimens on this page.
Huayllapon Mine, Pasto Bueno District, Pallasca Province, Ancash Department, Peru
7.5 x 5 x 4 cm
$250
#L11042 Wulfenite Crystals on Matrix
Touissit Mine, Touissit, Touissit District,
Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
10 x 8 x 3.5 cm
$500
#L11054 Calcite, Barite, Celestite & Sulfur
Machow Mine, Tarnobrzeg, Podkarpackie, Poland
14 x 9.5 x 4 cm
Ex-David & Emily Stoudt Collection
$280
Gorgeous clear emerald green Fluorite crystals from the Erongo Mountains. The value relates to the unusually rich color, size and condition of this specimen
In the neighborhood of Omaruru, in western Namibia are the Erongo Mountains. Over 60 Million years old, these volcanic ruins elevated to a height of 2300 m and a diameter of 40 KM and are the remains of the once biggest volcano south of the equator. Bordered by steep verges and the rugged interior, it is the abode of numerous wild animals, birds, plants and some farmers who have recognized this unique environment. The mountains are also a source for exceptional minerals such as aquamarine, topaz and fluorite.
Beautiful lustrous butterscotch colored tabular Wulfenite crystals with beveled edges nicely dispersed on matrix. High quality specimens of Wulfenite from this famous mine are getting very difficult to find.Wulfenite is named for Franz Xavier von Wulfen (1728-1805), an Austrian mineralogist.
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Very aesthetic specimen with highly modified, light green Fluorite crystals dressing the tips of a sharp and gemmy cluster of Quartz crystals. The specimen is attractive on all sides.
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Location of Ancash Departmernt in Peru (From Wikipedia-the free encyclopedia)
Interesting complex specimen of Calcite, Barite and glassy Celestite with accenting Sulfur crystals from the Machow Mine, which is no longer in operation.
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#L11056 Manganoan Calcite
Idarado Mine, San Juan Mountains, Colorado
12.5 x 9.9 x 6.7 cm
$800
#L11057 Apophyllite and Stilbite
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
15.3 x 11.5 x 3 cm
$375
A gorgeous burst of light pastel pink Calcite crystals up to 9cm in length. This is a very hard to find classic old Colorado specimen. It is highly fluorescent.
The San Juan Mountains are a rugged mountain range in the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Colorado. The area is highly mineralized (the Colorado Mineral Belt) and figured in the gold and silver mining industry of early Colorado. Major towns, all old mining camps, include Creede, Lake City, Silverton, Ouray, and Telluride. Large scale mining is now uneconomical in the region, although independent prospectors still work claims throughout the range (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).
Wow !! A stunning large plate of glassy Apophyllite crystals up to 4 cm in length and doubly terminated accented by salmon colored lustrous Stilbite crystals. This is a well above average Indian mineral specimen.
#L11062 Stilbite on Prehnite
Upper New Street Quarry (Burger's Quarry), West Paterson,
Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
8.2 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
$195
Very aesthetic specimen of well defined lustrous, tan colored Stilbite crystals on green Prehnite with minor basalt matrix from the famous New Jersey quarry.
#L11071 Astrophyllite
Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia
11 x 10 x 4 cm
$150
Astrophyllite is a very rare, brown to golden yellow hydrous potassium iron titanium silicate mineral. Belonging to the astrophyllite group, astrophyllite may be classed either as an inosilicate, phyllosilicate or an intermediate between the two. It forms an isomorphous series with kupletskite, to which it is visually identical and often intimately associated. Astrophyllite is of interest primarily to scientists and collectors.
Heavy, soft and fragile, astrophyllite typically forms as bladed, radiating stellate aggregates. It is this crystal habit that gives astrophyllite its name; from the Greek words astron meaning "star" and phyllon meaning "leaf." Its high, submetallic lustre and dark colour contrast sharply with the light coloured (felsic) matrix the mineral is regularly found within. Astrophyllite is usually opaque to translucent, but may be transparent in thin specimens
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)..
Radiating lustrous metallic brown crystals of rare Astrophyllite in matrix.
Solid mass of silvery Galena crystals. Note the complex layering of platy crystals (spinel twinning).
#L10089 Prehnite
Hongquizhen Quarry, Meigu Go., Liangshan Yi Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China
8 x 6 x 2 cm
$65
RESERVED
#L10090 White Quartz Cluster
Bor Mine, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far East Russia
11 x 9 x 6 cm
$200
#L10091 Apophyllite and Stilbite Crystals on Quartz
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
15 x 6.5 x 4.5 cm
$125
Pretty mass of botryoidal green Prehnite.
Very aesthetic cluster of white Quartz.
Clear Apophyllite and light salmon colored Stilbite crystals on a matrix covered with fine grayish Quartz.
#L10096 Fluorite on Stalactitic Choral (Fine Quartz)
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
12 x 11.5 x 4.5 cm
$195
Small yellow balls of Fluorite cover stalactitic growths of fine Quartz.
#L10098 Galena and Quartz with Sphalerite
Kruchev dol Mine, Madan District,
Southern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria (Mined 2006)
10 x 7 x 6.5 cm
$425
Another fine Bulgarian specimen of Galena with Sphalerite covered by bursts of sharp Quartz crystals. In the not too far future these Bulgarian specimens will become even harder to find and more expensive as mines are shut down due to increasing environmental regulation.
#L10100 Yellow Fluorite Crystal on Quartz
Nasik, Maharashtra, India
9 x 7.5 x 1.5 cm
$150
RESERVED
#L10101 Pyrite with Calcite on Quartz
Pachapaqui Mine, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru
10 x 7.5 x 5 cm
$100
A single botryoidal crystal of yellow Fluorite is aesthetically perched on a plate of glassy Quartz crystals. These Fluorites are unique to India.
Pretty combination of white Calcite and golden Pyrite crystals on Quartz.
#L10105 Iridescent Goethite
Mina Filon Sur, Tharsis, Huelva, Spain
10 x 6 x 5 cm
$150
Goethite is usually not much to look at, but not the case with this beautifully iridescent, multi-colored stalactitic growth of Goethite.
#L11106 Hemimorphite ("pinwheels") on Limonite
San Antonio Mine, East Camp, Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico
Fine, attractive, classic, large, sharp, translucent, off-white color, radiating aggregates and "pinwheels" on Limonite.
UV Light Exposure
Nice plate of Purple Fluorite crystals.
Gemmy, honey colored Garnets with sharp black Smoky Quartz.
Stunning bluish green gemmy crystals of Rosasite with Calcite on Limonite
Beautiful plate of water clear, rare chisel-shaped Barite crystals with a slight greenish tint. In fine condition.
A 7.5 x 2.5 Apatite crystal on Calcite. One finely done repair (common with these specimens) that is hardly noticeble.
Neat specimen of Pyrite with an unusual "stacked" growth on Hematite from Elba.
Shattuckite is a relatively rare copper silicate mineral with a beautiful blue color. Here it is associated with less common "Primary" Malachite, i.e., Malachite in its pure crystalline state.
Shattuckite is a relatively rare copper silicate mineral. It was first discovered in 1915 in the copper mines of Bisbee, Arizona, specifically the Shattuck Mine.
