Minerals Sold but not Forgotten - Page 4
These are minerals which have been sold but are unique and still quite interesting to look at. Not all minerals sold on the website have had their pages retained nor will all minerals included on this page remain here indefinitely. Click each picture or link to go to the mineral's webpage. The specimens are arranged in a relatively random order - generally the latest sold specimens are appended to the end of this gallery. To go to other pages in this gallery, please use the links at the bottom of the page.
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#722 Magnesite Crystals

Brumado. Bahia, Brazil 9.1 x 7.8 x 4.8 cm
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#713 Fluorite

Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA 9.3 x 8.2 x 4.3 cm
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#689 Chrysoprase

Brazil
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#673 Agate

Chihuahua, Mexico 5 x 3.3 x 3.7 cm
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#522 Adularia covered with Chlorite

Lucendro Valley, Central St Gotthard Massif, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland 5.6 x 4.3 x 2.8 cm
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#459 Halite

Virgin River Halite Deposit, near St. Thomas, Clark County, Nevada 8.8 x 6.7 x 2.9 cm
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#668 Pyromorphite

Wheatley Mines, Phoenixville Mining District, Schuylkill Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA Ex. California Academy of Sciences 9.6 x 6.9 x 4.5 cm
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#650 Golden Fluorite

Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio Fluorescent LW & SW, Phosphorescence SW 4.9 x 4.4 x 3.7 cm
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#611 Large Selenite with Unidentified Inclusions

Chihuahua, Mexico 32 x 17.8 x 3.3 cm
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#444 Ceruleite and Schlossmacherite

Emma Luisa Mine, Guanaco, Santa Catalina, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile Type Location for both species 9.4 x 6.3 x 3.8 cm
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#309 Wernerite with Diopside

Grenville, Laurentides, Quebec, Canada 5.5 x 4.3 x 2.1 cm
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#113 Fluorite

Riemvasmaak, Siyanda, North Cape Province, South Africa Fluourscent LW 5 x 5 x 2.5 cm
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#27 Rhodochrosite, Quartz

Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado 13 x 8 x 5.5 cm
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#470 Large Pyrite Crystal

Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Province, Huanuco Department, Peru 12 x 9.1 x 8.4 cm
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#781 Calcite on Purple and Yellow Fluorite

Cave-In-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois 7.4 x 7.2 x 4.4 cm
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#505 Pseudomalachite on Chrysocolla

Mt Glorious Mine, Cloncurry, Cloncurry District, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia 3.9 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm
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#661 Hematite included in Quartz

Bahia, Brazil 4.9 x 1.6 x 1.6 cm
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#792 Topaz with Fluorite

Topaz Mountain, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah, USA 4.8 x 3.1 x 2.2 cm
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#626 Mixite

Northern Spy Mine, Eureka, Tintic District, Utah County, Utah, USA BiCu6(AsO4)3(OH)6·3H2O
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#764 Anorthite variety Labradorite

Tulear Province, Madagascar 8.4 x 7 x 1.2 cm
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#829 Lake Superior Agate

Santa Monica Beach (Agate Beach), Houghton County, Michigan, USA 3.8 x 2.5 x 2.8 cm
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#813 Pyrite Spheroid

Guangdong Province, China 3.7 x 3 x 2.8 cm
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#808 Diploidal/Trapezohedron Pyrite

C. E. Duff & Son quarry, Huntsville, Logan Co., Ohio, USA 3.8 x 3 x 2 cm
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#816 Jaspilite

Australia 7.5 x 4.6 x 3.6 cm
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#5 Herkimer Diamond Cluster on Black Druze

Ace of Diamonds Mine, Middleville, Town of Newport, Herkimer County, New York With Carbon Inclusions Pre 1972
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#827 Tourmaline with probable Childrenite

Minas Gerais, Brazil 5.7 x 3.7 x 2.7 cm
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#828 Cinnabar and Stibnite

New Almaden District, Santa Cruz Mts, Santa Clara Co., California, USA 7 x 4.6 x 4.5 cm
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#864 Prehnite

Lower New Street quarry, Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA 5.2 x 3.8 x 1.6 cm
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#710 Calcite with Included Hematite

Copper Core Mine, Batchewana Bay, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada 5.8 x 4.3 x 2.7 x and x 2.9 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm
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#651 Gerhardtite

Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA Cu2(NO3)(OH)3 5.6 x 4.2 x 4.2 cm
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#270 Tremolite variety: Hexagonite

Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St Lawrence County, New York, USA 8.2 x 3.4 x 3.6 cm
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#277 Chamosite pseudomorph after Garnet

Roadcut along highway 28/41, Marquette County, Michigan, USA 4.8 x 5.8 x 4.1 cm
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#858 Rhodochrosite Stalactite

Capillitas Mine, Andalgala Department, Catamarca, Argentina 3.3 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm
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#782 Float Copper (Glacial Drift)

Houghton County, Michigan, USA 8.6 x 7.1 x 3.1 cm 588 g
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#823 Barite

Hartsel, Park County, Colorado, USA 6.5 x 4.5 x 1.9 cm
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#507 Connelite and Tyrolite

150 foot level, Gold Hill Mine, Gold Hill, Deep Creek Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, USA 4.3 x 3.5 x 2.2 cm
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#344 Mushroom Calcite with Ruby Sphalerite

Tri-State District, Missouri 5.5 x 4.6 x 3.1 cm
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#401 Copper, Silver, Cuprite and Chrysocolla

Chimney Rock Quarry, Bridgewater Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA Ex. Wittringham 8.3 x 3.4 x 0.3 cm
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#364 Natural Chalcanthite

Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA CuSO4 3.8 x 2.9 x 2.3 cm
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#160 Copper Wire Crystal on Quartz

Osceola Mine, Osceola, Houghton County, Michigan, USA 23 x 13 x 19 mm
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#276 Calcite pseudomorph after Glauberite

Camp Verde, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA 6.2 x 4.9 x 3 cm
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#257 Fluorite and Amethyst

Nancy Hanks Claim, Mesa County, Colorado With Casts over Barite 4.3 x 4.1 x 2 cm
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#159 Copper Wire Crystal on Prehnite

Osceola Mine, Osceola, Houghton County, Michigan, USA 24 x 14 x 8 mm
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#89 Chalcedony over Chrysocolla over Malachite Stalactites

Ray Mine, Mineral Creek District, Dripping Spring Mountains, Pinal County, Arizona 5 x 4 x 1.5 cm
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T635 Emerald 3.4 carats Colombia

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#893 Blue Sapphire Crystal (Corundum)

Ratnapura, Ratnapura District, Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka 3 x 1.2 x 0.7 cm Appx. 5.5 g
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#330 Turquoise

Tier des Carrieres, Cahai, Vielsalm, Stavelot Massif, Luxembourg Province, Belgium 5.2 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm
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#886 Selenite with Included Celestine

Lafarge Quarry, Dundas, Hamilton, Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada 15.2 x 8.9 x 3.1 cm
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#846 Datolite with included Copper

Caledonia Mine, Greenland, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA 3.5 x 2.2 x 1.3 cm
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#291 Ajoite included in Quartz with Piemontite

Messina mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa (Ca,Pb)Bi2(CO3)2O2 17.5 x 15 x 9.5 cm
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#658 Amethyst Included with Red Hematite

Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada 7.5 x 4.6 x 2.3 cm
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#621 Breithauptite and Nickeline

Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada NiSb and NiAs 5.2 x 3.7 x 3.4 cm 61 g
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#667 Chabazite

Wasson's Bluff, Parrsboro, Bay of Fundy, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada 7 x 4.8 x 2.6 cm
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#754 Eudialyte

Kipawa alkaline complex, Les Lacs-du-Temiscamingue, Temiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Temiscamingue, Quebec, Canada Ex. National Mineral Collection (Canada) Systematic Reference Series 3.6 x 2.1 x 0.5 cm
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#419 Gold in Quartz

Bobjo Mine, Clearwater Lake, Ontario Ex. Phialadelphia Academy # 7798 18x18x5 x 15x10x6 x 11x12x5 mm
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#465 Red Beryl on Rhyolite

Violet Claims, Wah Wah Mountains, Beaver County, Utah 8.4 x 5.9 x 5.1 cm
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#708 Morganite

Gillette Quarry, Haddam Neck, Haddam, Middlesex County, Connecticut, USA 10 x 7.2 x 5.9 cm
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#806 Rose Quartz Crystals on Albite

Newry, Oxford County, Maine, USA 8.1 x 5.1 x 2.2 cm
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#87 Copper inclusions in Calcite

Franklin Mine, Quincy Hill, Houghton County, Michigan, USA 2.5 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm
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#252 Papagoite included in Quartz

Messina mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa CaCu[H3AlSi2O9] 4.4 x 2.4 x 2.6 cm
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#415 Kyanite

Litchfield County, Connecticut Ex. Philadelphia Academy of Sciences, Ex. Dr Caspar Wistar (Wister) 7.3 x 5.7 x 4.3 cm
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#937 Yellow and Red Adamaite

Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico 3.6 x 1.8 x 1.9 cm
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#31 Rhodochrosite on Quartz

Wudong Mine, Liubao, Cangwu County, Wuzhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China 7 x 3.5 x 1 cm
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#128 Spirit Quartz

Boekenhoutshoek area, Mkobola District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa 5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm
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#311 Manganoan Calcite


Idarado Mine, Telluride, Ouray District (Uncompahgre District), San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA 6.0 x 4.6 x 3.7 cm
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#840 Purpurite

Gaobev Farm 34, Karibib, Namibia 9.9 x 4.8 x 3 cm
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