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Mineral sizes are designated by the following standard abbreviations which indicate the largest dimension: tn (thumbnail) = 1" (2.5 cm), min (miniture) = 2" (5 cm), scab (small cabinet) = 3" (7.5cm), cab (cabinet) = 4" (10cm), and museum = 5" or larger (13 cm +) |
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| Ajoite |
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New Cornelia Mine, Ajo,
Pima County, Arizona USA Sizes available: scab, $ 45 cab, $ 65 Light blue crystalline seams on and through brown host rock |
| Aurichalcite |
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Chief Mine, Arizona USA Sizes available: min, $ 30 scab, $ 75 Radiating green crystals from a gray-white matrix |
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Aurichalcite on Limonite |
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| Azurite on Gypsum Crystals |
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Mineral Creek, Pinal County, Arizona USA Sizes available: tn, $ 15 min, $ 65 scab, $ 125 Beautiful bright blue azurite crystals on a gypsum matrix |
| Bornite |
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Magma Mine, Superior, Pinal County, Arizona USA Sizes available: tn, $ 15 min, $ 30 scab, $ 75 cab, $ 200 Bright bluish-purple metallic ore; most specimens have pyrite inclusions; from a mine no longer in operation; but a new deeper ore deposit is being explored currently Free sample with any $ 100 mineral order
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| Chrysotile |
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Copper Hill, Salt River Canyon, Gila Co.,
Arizona USA Size available: min, $ 15 - $ 30 Bands of white chrysotile in a serpentine (green, white or yellow) matrix |
| Current Inventory of chrysotile as described above |
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Pick the specimens you want from this selection by describing the row and column where you find your favorites |
| Copper |
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Ray, Arizona USA Sizes available: min, $ 30 scab, $ 50 Three dimensional pieces of native copper; some with matrix |
| Dioptase |
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Harquahala Mine, 8 miles South of Salome, Arizona USA Sizes available: scab, $ 35 cab, $ 45 Green dioptase xls. with plancheite sprays and some light green malachite on a brown matrix |
| Endlichite |
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Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona USA Sizes available: min, $ 15 to $ 30 price depends on number of cystals present Extremely delicate arsenian vanadinite crystals appearing as silver acicular xls. on a thin matrix with some calcite xls.; use a microscope to locate some wulfenite xls. Collected in 2003 |
| Current Inventory of Endlichite described above |
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Select the specimens you wish to purchase based on their location in this flat. |
Kinoite |
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Christmas Mine, Gila County, Arizona USA Sizes available: min, $ 10 scab, $ 20 Blue micro-crystals on a gray matrix; specimens may also contain apophyllite, gilalite or ruizite One $10 specimen free with any $100 order |
| Current Inventory
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| Malachite with Cyanotrichite |
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Grandview
Mine, Grand Canyon, Coconino County, Arizona USA Sizes available: tn, $ 5 - $ 25 min, $ 35 - 50 scab, $ 65 Acicular, dark green malachite with cotton-like cyanotrichite; some specimens may have brochantite and/or azurite crystals |
| Grandview Malachite and Cyanotrichite Inventory |
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| Mimetite |
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Ironwood "God’s" Claim, Pima
County, Arizona USA Sizes available: tn, $ 15 min, $ 15 - 25 Specimens have either orange botryoidal or acicular xl. morphologies; this is a very colorful lot for micro-collectors with unknown green microscopic minerals and some wulfenite crystals |
| Current Inventory of Mimetite described above |
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These are especially nice for micro-collectors. Which ones would you like? |
| Ramsdellite |
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Mistake Mine,
Yavapai County, Arizona USA Sizes available: tn, $ 10 min, $ 16 scab, $ 45 - 75 cab, $ 125 - 250 Silver-Gray-Black glistening crystals on a brown matrix |
| Current Inventory of Ramsdellite as described above |
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this selection. After collecting and selling for over 35 years, this is still my favorite mineral. |
| Vanadinite |
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Hamburg Mine,
Silver District, Trigo Mts, La Paz County, Arizona USA Sizes available: tn, $ 5 - 20 min, $ 10 - 30 scab, $ 40 - 60 cab, $ 60 - 85 Small, but brilliant, orange - red crystals on a black and white matrix |
| Full flat of Hamburg Vanadinite |
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location in this box. If you want additional jpgs of several specimens please inquire. |
| Vanadinite |
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Apache Mine, Hills District, Globe-Miami District, Gila County, Arizona USA Sizes available: tn, $ 10 - 20 min, $ 25 - 40 scab, $ 65 - 90 Bright orange to red crystals covering surfaces of gray-yellow-brown matrix |
| Current Inventory of Apache Vanadinite |
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Pick the specimen(s) you want based on location in this box, i.e., second box from the top in the third column |
| Vanadinite |
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Pure Potential
Mine, La Paz County, Arizona USA Sizes available: tn, $ 10 min, $ 25 - 70 scab, $ 100 Crystals on a gray volcanic rock matrix and have a distinct crystal structure |
| Current Pure Potential Inventory |
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| Volborthite |
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Monument # 1 Mine, Monument Valley, Navajo
County, Arizona USA Sizes available: tn, $ 15 min, $ 25 museum, $ 400 Yellow-green crystalline coverings a brown matrix |
| Weeksite / Carnotite |
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Anderson Mine, Yavapai
County, Arizona USA Sizes available: tn, $ 15 - 25 min, $ 25 museum, $ 395 Specimens are coated with weeksite (yellow) and/or carnotite (orange) on a soft, chalky matrix |
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