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 Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite and Quartz Specimen #Key13 Small Cabinet 9.5x4.5x3.4 cm Animon Mine San Jose de Huayllay District Cerro de Pasco Province Pasco Department Peru $25 Here's a nice specimen from Peru. It's made up of a mass of sphalerite xls that have a substantial number of quartz xls grown on top of them. Deposited on top and throughout the quartz spires are scattered chalcopyrite xls. Nice piece.  |
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Rutile on Hematite Specimen #Key14 4.1 x 3.8 x 0.4cm Miniature Ibitiara, Bahia, Brazil $50 I love these specimens. They're extremely delicate and beautiful. The rutile "hairs" have the color of gold while the hematite is jet black. Enjoy! Please note: These specimens are EXTREMELY fragile and I cannot guarantee that they would arrive completely intact. If you would like to protect your interests, I highly encourage you to insure your shipment. This will increase your shipping costs, especially for overseas shipments. |
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Sphalerite, Dolomite & Quartz Specimen #Key15 5.5 x 5.2 x 2.2cm Small Cabinet Santa Rita Lima Department Peru This specimen consists of a mass of intertwined individual Sphalerite xls (to 1.8cm) with a number of snow white dolomite rosettes perched on top. There is some minor quartz associated with this piece. Minor edge chaffing. Nice association. |
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 Ancylite Pseudo after Romandite Specimen #Key16 Poudrette Quarry Mont Sainte Hilaire Quebec, Canada 1.0 x 0.7cm Toenail $10 From the Greek Ankilos = curved. This micro specimen displays a couple of xls of yellowish ancylite. |
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Corundum Specimen #Key17 Combermere, Ontario Canada 8.5 x 4.3 x 4.1cm Small Cabinet Ex Mike Groben collection #1614 When I think of corundum’s, I usually associate them with rubies and sapphires, so this one was a bit of a surprise to me. I found out that the corundum produced in this locality is generally brown and mixed with impurities, so its main use was in abrasives, such as emery paper. Corundum was first reported here in 1847 but was forgotten for nearly 50 years. This rock is covered with a number of xls, the largest measuring 4.6 x 0.9cm and is singly terminated. It appears as though its other termination has cleaved off, although this does not detract from its display qualities. |
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Gypsum var Selenite Specimen #Key18 Willow Creek Chain Lakes, Alberta Canada 4.5 x 3.4 x 2.3cm Miniature This specimen consists of ice cube clear twinned xls. The larger one is doubly terminated and the overall specimen has excellent form and great luster. This specimen also has a wonderful internal rainbow. It is naturally etched and makes for a really nice display specimen. We have a number of these specimens in stock. If you're interested in a volume purchase, please contact us. |
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Silver Specimen #Key19 Cobalt Coleman Township Timiskaming District Ontario, Canada 4.9 x 3.0 x 2.1cm Large Miniature 59 grams This specimen consists of a mass of silver ore from Canada. Nice specimen! |
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Stilbite & Heulandite Specimen #Key20 Minas Basin, Nova Scotia 5.9 x 4.4 x 3.3cm Large Miniature Ex Mike Groben Collection #1230 A nice specimen from north of the border. Lustrous, creamy white stilbite crystals with a smattering of salmon colored heulandite xls at their base. The prominent stilbite crystal is 5.6 cm. |
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Catapleiite and Acmite Specimen #Key21 4.7 x 3.2 x 2.8cm Miniature Khibiny Mountains, Kola Peninsula, Russia $20 Acmite, an alternate name for Aegerine, is named after the Greek, akme, a “point”, in allusion to its pointed crystals. Reminds me of shorl in a way. This specimen also has a minor amount of catapleiite, which is pale yellow in color. An interesting piece! |
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Sphalerite, Quartz and Pyrite Specimen #Key22 5.8 x 4.2 x 2.9cm Large Miniature Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia $25 This specimen consists of a large cluster of sphalerite xls with a subsequent deposition of quarts and pyrite xls. The sphalerite xls are bright and lustrous and the quartz and pyrite add a bit of contrast, making this a very nice display piece. |
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Fluorite and Rhodochrosite (Pyrite and Quartz) Specimen #Key23 2.7 x 2.4 x 2.3cm Thumbnail Yaogangxian Mine Yizhang County Chenzhou Prefecture Hunan Province China This is a very attractive thumbnail specimen. It consists of numerous purple fluorite cubes that display rather complex modified cubic faces and are coated by druzy pyrite. Scattered about the fluorite are a number of pale pink rhodo rosettes to 5mm adding a nice contrast. Also found on the bottom of this specimen is a cluster of quartz xls. No damage. |
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