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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 +)
     
Apophyllite
Poona, India

min, $ 15 - 20
scab, $ 25
museum, $ 65

Apophyllite crystals completely cover surface of basaltic matrix

     
Aquamarine Erongo Range, North of Karibib, Nambia

Size available: 
min, $ 35

Termined;  have inclusions and  schorl xls.
     
Aurichalcite Chief Mine, Arizona USA

Sizes available:
min, $ 30
scab, $75

Radiating green crystals from a gray-white matrix
     
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
     
Carrollite

 

Kambove, Shaba Province, Congo

Size available:

scab, $ 165

Glistening silver crystals on a gray to white matrix

 

     
Carrollite  

Kambove, Shaba Province, Congo

Size available:

scab, $ 145 with several larger Carrollite xls. on matrix

 
     
Cinnabar
Fenghuang, Hunan Province, China

One specimen available:
min, $ 125

A striking "perfectly shaped" cinnabar crystal (~ 5 x 5mm) on a white matrix

     
Corundum
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
     
Endlichite

(A
rsenian vanadinite)

Glove Mine, Santa Cruz County, Arizona USA

Sizes available:
min, $ 15 - $ 30
 
Silver acicular xls. on a thin matrix; some calcite xls.
     
Current Availability
of Endlichite
Pick what you
want by position
in the box



use a microscope to locate some wulfenite xls. 
     
Erythrite 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
 
     
Current Availabiliy
of Erythrite 
Can you tell which  erythrite specimen here is shown in the  photograph above?

 
Which of these
would you like?
     
Grossular Garnet   Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec

Size Available:
scab, $ 145

Beautiful light orange xls. covering a white matrix
 host rock

Last one!
     
Hemimorphite 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   Tunguska River Basin, Siberia

Sizes available:
min, $ 10
scab, $ 16

 radiating or parallel crystal structure
 
   
Heulandite # 2   Tunguska River Basin, Siberia

Sizes available: 
min, $ 8
scab, $ 14

 larger, glistening, crystal surfaces and less individual cystalline structure
 
   
Strontianite 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 Mibladen Lead Mines, 15km Northeast of Midelt, Morocco

Size available:
min $ 40


Typical Morocco Vanadinite; these are small yellow-orange crystals 
   
Vanadinite Mibladen Lead Mines, 15km Northeast of Midelt, Morocco

Size available:
min, $ 55 - 95


Special Morocco vanadinite with larger, darker orange-brown crystals 
   
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, orange - red crystals on a gray 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,
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 
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   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 
     

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