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MS Book and Mineral Company Minerals from the U. S. Mid-Continent Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, IIlinois, and Tennessee Some Ducktown Area, Tennessee specimens are listed here from time to time, but most of them will soon be listed in their own catalog: Ducktown Catalog |
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Images below are hyperlinked.....click mineral to enlarge To order a mineral give the mineral name and the number of the specimen(s) you wish to purchase. You will receive that exact specimen(s). Satisfaction is guaranteed. |
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Sphalerite,
Chalcopyrite, Calcite Mineral # 1023 Ballard Mine Baxter Springs, Picher Field, Tristate District, Cherokee County, Kansas 11 x 8.5 x 2.5 cm $ 45 |
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Sphalerite,
Chalcopyrite, Calcite Mineral # 1023 A close up picture of the specimen showing the calcite, flecks of chalcopyrite on sphalerite |
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Cocoxenite Mineral # 1000 Mena, Arkansas 4.5 x 3 x 1 cm $ 25 Gold colored crystals on a mainly Dolomite matrix |
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Cocoxenite Mineral # 1000 A closer view of the Cocoxenite |
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Malachite on Limonite Mineral # 1025 Mary Mine, Pillar 0F, 100 foot level, main decline, Ducktown Mining District, Polk County, Tennessee 6 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm $ 26 Malachite from Ducktown! Specimens from here commonly also have Cuprite (red), Tenorite (black or olive globs), and sometimes Chalcocite (metallic, black-gray) |
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Malachite on
Limonite Mineral # 1025 Another view of the opposite side of the specimen |
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Dolomite and Chalcopyrite Mineral # 1024 Ballard Mine, Baxter Springs, Picher Field, Cherokee County, Kansas 8.5 x 5 x 2 cm $ 16 Specimen was collected in 1948 at the Ballard Mine |
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Dolomite and Chalcopyrite Mineral # 1024 A closer view of the specimen; Don't forget to click the specimen to enlarge it even more |
Fluorite Octahedra Mineral # 1001 Minerva No. 1 Mine (Ozark-Mahoning No. 1 Mine), Ozark-Mahoning group, Cave-In-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois 3.5 x 3.5 x 4 cm $ 15 |
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Fluorite Octahedra Mineral # 1001 View of another side of the Fluorite crystal |
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Galena Mineral # 1002 Buick Mine North (Amax Buick Mine; Moloc Mine), Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron County, Missouri 4 x 3 x 2.7 cm $ 40 |
Galena Mineral # 1002 A view of the Galena specimen on another side |
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Galena and Sphalerite on Dolomite Mineral # 1003 Buick Mine North (Amax Buick Mine; Moloc Mine), Bixby, Viburnum Trend District, Iron County, Missouri 2.7 x 2 x 1.5 cm $ 25 |
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Galena and Sphalerite on Dolomite Mineral # 1003 Another view of the specimen at a slightly different angle |
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Galena and Pyrite Mineral # 1004 Sweetwater Mine (Milliken Mine; Frank R. Milliken; Blair Creek; Ozark Lead Company Mine; Adair Creek; Logan Creek), Ellington, Viburnum Trend District, Reynolds County, Missouri 11 x 7 x 4 cm $ 25 |
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Galena and Pyrite Mineral # 1004 A closer view from the other side witha different light source |
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Galena Mineral # 1005 Sweetwater Mine, Milliken Mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri 4 x 4 x 3 cm $ 28 |
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Galena Mineral # 1005 A closer view on another side using a different light source |
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Yellow Calcite on Galena Mineral # 1006 Sweetwater Mine, Milliken Mine, Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri 4.5 x 3.4 x 2.5 cm $ 145 |
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Yellow Calcite on Galena Mineral # 1006 Another view looking straight down on the specimen with a light source to show the actual color of the calcite crystal |
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Galena with a Dolomite Druse Mineral # 1007 Brushy Creek Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri 8 x 5 x 5 cm $ 65 |
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Galena with a Dolomite Druse Mineral # 1007 Another view with different light source and looking at the specimen from the other side; click on the specimen to see the tiny galena crystals on the foreground matrix |
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Sphalerite Mineral # 1008 Ballard Mine, Baxter Springs, Picher Field, Cherokee County, Kansas 5 x 4 x 3 cm $ 15 |
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Sphalerite Mineral # 1009 Ballard Mine, Baxter Springs, Picher Field, Cherokee County, Kansas 6 x 5 x 3.5 cm $ 30 When you shine a bright light on this sphalerite you get a real rainbow of colors: red. blue, purple, gold, etc. |
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Sphalerite Mineral # 1009 Another closer view of the multicolored Sphalerite with a different light source |
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Fluorite Mineral # 1010 Denton Mine, Harris Creek, Hardin County, Illinois 7 x 5 x 4.5 cm $ 20 Typical Illinois fluorite crystal structure; there is some bruising along the outer edges of the specimen |
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Fluorite Mineral # 1010 A close view of the fluorite specimen |
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Goethite Mineral # 1011 Garland County, Arkansas 4.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm $ 16 |
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Goethite Mineral # 1011 Another view of the specimen with a different light source; this very close to the actual color of the specimen |
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Galena Mineral # 1012 Kenora Mine, Cardin, Picher Field, Ottawa County, Oklahoma 4 x 3 x 2 cm $ 12 |
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Galena Mineral # 1012 This is the view on the opposite side of the specimen above; this is the appearance of galena coated with a natural patena as found in the mine |
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Galena Mineral # 1013 Kenora Mine, Cardin, Picher Field, Ottawa County, Oklahoma 4.5 x 3.5 x 3.7 cm $ 26 |
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Galena Mineral # 1013 This is a unique Galena specimen as it has a totally different and interesting view on every side |
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Kidwellite, Beraunite, Strengite, and Cacoxenite Mineral # 1014 Coon Creek (York) Mine, Polk County, Arkansas 5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm $ 55 Kidwellite (green), Beraunite (brassy orange), Strengite (purple) and Cacoxenite (yellow) |
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Kidwellite, Beraunite, Strengite, and Cacoxenite Mineral # 1014 A close view of the very colorful specimen above |
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Galena Mineral # 1015 Sweetwater Mine [Milliken Mine; Blair Creek; Adair Creek; Logan Creek], Ellington, Reynolds County, Missouri 3.5 x 2 x 1 cm A glistening specimen of galena (on all sides) $ 35 |
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Chalcopyrite on Dolomite Mineral # 1016 Eagle Picher Mine, Cardin, Picher Field, Ottawa County, Oklahoma 6 x 5 x 2.5 cm $ 35 |
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Chalcopyrite and Galena on Dolomite Mineral # 1016 Another closer view of above specimen; the Chalcopyrite is arranged in three little strange masses on top of the Galena on/in Dolomite |
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Galena with some Dolomite Matrix Mineral # 1017 Mid-Continental Mine, Treece, Picher Field, Cherokee County, Kansas 5 x 5 x 3.5 cm $ 36 |
Galena with some Dolomite Matrix Mineral # 1017 Another view with the specimen tilted a little and from the opposite direction |
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Sphalerite Mineral # 1018 Elmwood-Gordonsville District, Smith County, Tennessee 5.5 x 4 x 4 cm $ 25 |
Sphalerite Mineral # 1018 A closer view with a brighter light source |
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Sphalerite Mineral # 1019 Elmwood-Gordonsville District, Smith County, Tennessee 4 x 2 x 2.3 cm $ 20 |
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Sphalerite Mineral # 1019 A view of the other side of the specimen |
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Wavellite Mineral # 1020 Maulden Mountain, Mt. Ida, Arkansas 6 x 5 x 2.4 cm $ 40 Typical green spherules of Wavellite on matrix |
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Wavellite Mineral # 1020 A magnified view of this attractive specimen; click on the specimen to see the structure of the individual Wavellite spheres |
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Galena and
Sphalerite with Smithsonite and Greenockite New Prospect Mine, Leadmine Bend, Union County, Tennessee Mineral # 1021 8 x 8 x 5.5 cm $ 39 |
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Galena and
Sphalerite with Smithsonite and Greenockite Mineral # 1021 This is a closer view showing the silver patches of galena embedded in massive sphalerite. Smithsonite is white and is located inside small pits anywhere in the rock. Greenockite is the brown mineralization toward the top of the specimen. Click on the specimen to enlarge it: one of these Smithsonite spots seen here is in Greenockite in the upper right corner seem as a distinct white dot. |
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Galena and
Sphalerite with Smithsonite and Greenockite Mineral # 1021 A close up view of the same area seen above. I have this material in all shapes and sizes. Please inquire if interested. |
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Pink /
White Calcite Mineral # 1022 Found near Lampasas, Burnet County, Texas 5 x 4.5 x 1.5 cm $ 20 This calcite is Fluorescent LW/SW and Phosphorescent SW |
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Pink / White Calcite Mineral # 1022 Another closer view of this multicolored calcite specimen |
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