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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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| Apophyllite |
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Poona, India min, $ 15 - 20 scab, $ 25 museum, $ 65 Apophyllite crystals completely cover surface of basaltic matrix |
| Aquamarine |
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Erongo Range, North of Karibib, Nambia Size available: min, $ 35 Termined; have inclusions and schorl xls. |
| Aurichalcite |
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Chief Mine, Arizona USA Sizes available: min, $ 30 scab, $75 Radiating green crystals from a gray-white matrix |
| 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 |
| Carrollite |
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Kambove, Shaba Province, Congo Size available: scab, $ 165 Glistening silver crystals on a gray to white matrix
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| Carrollite |
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Kambove, Shaba Province, Congo Size available: scab, $ 145 with several larger Carrollite xls. on matrix |
| Cinnabar |
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Fenghuang, Hunan Province, China One specimen available: min, $ 125 A striking "perfectly shaped" cinnabar crystal (~ 5 x 5mm) on a white matrix |
| Corundum |
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Morogoro, Tanzania Only two available: min, 4.5 cm, $ 60 min, 3.5 cm, $ 45 flat, crystalline surfaces, pink to purple in color, nice crystal terminations |
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Endlichite (Arsenian vanadinite) |
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Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona USA Sizes available: min, $ 15 - $ 30 Silver acicular xls. on a thin matrix; some calcite xls. |
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Current Availability of Endlichite |
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Pick what you want by position in the box use a microscope to locate some wulfenite xls. |
| Erythrite |
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BouAzzer, Morocco Sizes available: min, $ 8 - $20 scab, $ 15 - $ 25 cab, $ 30 - $ 50 Deep reddish-purple xls. on skutterudite matrix, roselite and/or wendwilsonite could be found on some of these specimens |
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Current Availabiliy of Erythrite |
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Can you tell which erythrite
specimen here is shown in the photograph above? Which of these would you like? |
| Grossular Garnet |
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Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec Size Available: scab, $ 145 Beautiful light orange xls. covering a white matrix host rock Last one! |
| Hemimorphite |
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Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mexico Sizes available: min, $ 20 - 45 scab, $ 40- 100 Clear to white, radiating crystals (5 to 10mm) on a brown matrix |
| Heulandite # 1 |
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Tunguska River Basin,
Siberia Sizes available: min, $ 10 scab, $ 16 radiating or parallel crystal structure |
| Heulandite # 2 |
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Tunguska River Basin,
Siberia Sizes available: min, $ 8 scab, $ 14 larger, glistening, crystal surfaces and less individual cystalline structure |
| Strontianite |
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Winfield Quarry, Union
County, Pennsylvania USA Sizes available: cab, $ 45 museum, $ 250 Long, white xls. on calcite; named for Strontian, Lochaber, Scotland, where first discovered |
| Vanadinite |
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Mibladen Lead
Mines, 15km Northeast of Midelt, Morocco Size available: min $ 40 Typical Morocco Vanadinite; these are small yellow-orange crystals |
| Vanadinite |
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Mibladen Lead
Mines, 15km Northeast of Midelt, Morocco Size available: min, $ 55 - 95 Special Morocco vanadinite with larger, darker orange-brown crystals |
| 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, orange - red crystals on a gray matrix |
| Full flat of Hamburg Vanadinite |
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Pick the specimen you want based on its
location in this box. If you want additional jpgs of several specimens please inquire. |
| Vanadinite |
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Apache Mine,
Globe 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 from the left, etc. |
| 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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Pick the specimen you want based on its location in this box |
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