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Nesosilicates Gallery

Nesosilicates have in common one SiO₄ tetrahedron unbounded to any other similar tetrahedrons

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Kyanite, Andalusite, Zircon, Phenakite, Euclase, Titanite, Staurolite, Fayalite/Fosterite series (Peridot), Datolite, Willemite and others

minerals in alphabetical order by first letter only

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6445 Copper Included in Datolite, Copper Crystals

Quincey Mine, Hancock and Francklin Townships, Houghton Co., Michigan
5 x 3.2 x 2 cm
$35

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6456 Datolite, Calcite Bleidacher, Obersulzbach valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria UV Fluorescent 8.3 x 8.1 x 5.3 cm $75	6051 Yellow with Purple Edging Datolite with Greenstone (Pumpellyite-Mg) and Chlorite Keweenaw Point, High Rock Bay area, Keweenaw Co., Michigan 2.3 x 1.5 x 1.7 cm $450	6050 Yellow Datolite Keweenaw Point, High Rock Bay area, Keweenaw Co., Michigan x x cm 2.5 x 2.3 x 0.9 and 2.5 x 2.2 x 0.6 $400
6049 Datolite with Epidote and Native Copper Ridge Mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan 4.2 x 1.7 x 1 cm $50	6021 Datolite Crystals and Smoky Quartz with Pseudomorphic Casts after Calcite Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 12.2 x 7.5 x 4.7 cm $200	5853 Datolite and Quartz with Casts after Calcite Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 10.8 x 8.5 x 4.3 cm $600
5014 Datolite, Quartz Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 9.3 x 8.1 x 5.5 cm Largest crystal is 4.5 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm $350	4480 Polished Datolite Nodule Clark Mine, Copper Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan Ex. A. E. Seaman Musuem 2 x 1.8 x 1 cm $50	4427 Datolite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite Mina Aurora, Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico 6 x 3.8 x 2.6 cm $45
3904 Datolite Evergreen Mine, Ontanogan Co., Michigan 4 x 2.8 x 1.3 cm $25	3826 Polished Datolite Nodule Cape Mine, Keweenaw Co., Michigan 2.7 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm and 2.4 x 2.2 x 1 cm $125	3668 Hematite on Datolite Mina Aurora, Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico 6 x 5.2 x 2.6 cm $35
3665 Datolite Lake Mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan 4.7 x 4.2 x 0.7 cm $40	2932 Datolite with Epidote Houghton Co., Michigan 5.2 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm $35	2925 Datolite, Copper, Microcline, and Epidote Butler lode, Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA 4.7 x 2 x 2.5 cm $50
2443 Datolite Ojibway Mine, Keweenaw Co., Michigan Ex. Seaman Mineral Museum 3.1 x 2.1 x 1 cm $45	2423 Datolite Cape Mine, Mosquito District, Copper Harbor, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA Ex. Seaman Mineral Musueum 3.4 x 3.1 x 1.1 and 3.3 x 3.1 x 1.3 $175	2235 Datolite Rauschermuhle Quarry, Niederkirchen, Otterberg, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Ex. Steve Pullman 5.2 x 3.1 x 2.7 cm $22
1471 Datolite Clark Mine, Copper Harbor, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA 6.5 x 5.2 x 3 cm $50	1323 Datolite Quincy Mine, Quincy Hill, Houghton County, Michigan, USA 5.2 x 4 x 3.7 cm $50	1081 Datolite Flint Steel Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA 3.6 x 2.5 x 0.8 cm $20
1071 Datolite with Epidote Flint Steel Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA 3.6 x 2.4 x 1.1 cm $35	1063 Datolite Lake Mine, Mass City, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA 5.2x4.0x1.6 x 4.4x4.2x1.3 x cm $70	850 Datolite in Basalt with Microcline Flint Steel Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA 4.7 x 4.2 x 0.7 cm $30
839 Datolite Lake Mine, Mass City, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA 4.3 x 3.8 x 0.9 cm $35	638 Olive Datolite Flint Steel Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA 6.4 x 5.3 x 3.5 cm $45

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4212 Euclase

Chivor Mine, Mun. de Chivor, Guavio-Guateque Mining Dist., Boyaca Dept., Colombia
Ex. Hoisington Collection
1.5 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
3.8 g
$500

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5461 Gemmy Bicolor Kyanite

Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
14 x 4.6 x 1 cm
$75

4912 Kyanite, Quartz, Muscovite

Sao Jose da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
18.7 x 6.2 x 5.8 cm
$75

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6231 Staurolite Penetration Twins

Hondo Canyon District, Taos Co., New Mexico
Ex. E. Morales, purchased fromZuni Minerals, Tucson Show, 1983
2.9 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
$50

3747 Staurolite Twin variety Fairy Cross

Ruisseau de Kerbihan, Scaer, Finistere, Bretagne (Brittany), France
Ex. Wolfgang Henkel
3.9 x 3.9 x 1.7 cm
$75

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6508 Titanite, Albite

Salzburg, Austria
Ex. Steve Pullman with old German label
1.9 x 1.1 x 1.8 cm
$25

5315 Titanite (Sphene) Cut Gemstone - Green with Orange Flashes

Madagascar
Ex. Vivian Randall
7.5 x 6 x 3 mm
1.52 ct.
$275

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6111 Willemite, Calcite, minor Franklinite

Franklin Furnace (Franklin), Sussex Co., New Jersey
UV Fluorescent
1913 or older
8.6 x 6.7 x 5.2 cm
Largest Willemite crystal measures 4.0 x 2.3 x 1.6
$450

Specimens which have this class of minerals as an associated mineral

5983 Muscovite, Titanite, Albite, Chlorite, Hematite

Cavagnoli glacier area, Bavona Valley, Maggia Valley, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland
Ex. Wolfgang Henkel
5.2 x 4.4 x 2.8 cm
$30

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