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Arizona

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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 +)
 
Ajoite 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  Chief Mine, Arizona USA

Sizes available:
min, $ 30
scab, $ 75

Radiating green crystals from a gray-white matrix
 
     
Aurichalcite 
on Limonite
 
     
Azurite on Gypsum Crystals    Mineral Creek, Pinal County, Arizona USA

Sizes available:
tn, $ 15
 min, $ 65
scab, $ 125

Beautiful bright blue azurite crystals on a gypsum matrix
 
     
Bornite

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

 

     
Chrysotile 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 Pick the specimens you want from this selection by describing the row and column where you find your favorites
     
Copper Ray, Arizona USA

Sizes available:
min, $ 30
scab, $ 50

Three dimensional pieces of native copper; some with matrix
     
Dioptase  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 

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 Select the
specimens you
wish to purchase based on their location in this flat.
     

Kinoite

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
for Kinoite
Pick the
specimen(s) you want by
their position
 in this box
     
Malachite with Cyanotrichite 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 Pick the ones you want by their position in this picture
     
Mimetite 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  These are especially nice for micro-collectors.  Which ones would you like?
     
Ramsdellite 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 Pick out the specimens you want from this selection. 

After collecting and selling for over 35 years, this is still
my favorite mineral.
     
Vanadinite 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 Pick the specimen you want based on its location in this box.

If you want additional jpgs of several specimens please inquire.
     
Vanadinite
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 
Pick the specimen(s) you want based on location in this box, i.e., second box from the top in the third column 
     
Vanadinite   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
Pick the specimen you want based on its location in this box
     
Volborthite 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 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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