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Apatite Group, Turquoise, Wavellite, Vanadinite, Brazilianite, Vivianite, Pyromorphite, Lazulite (Lapis Lazuli) and others

minerals in alphabetical order by first letter only

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A

6142 Augelite and Probable Minor Scorzalite

Champion Mine, White Mountain, Laws, White Mts, Mono Co., California, USA
Al₂PO₄(OH)₃
Ex. California Academy of Sciences
6.2 x 5.3 x 5.4 cm
$40

4898 Amblygonite Faceted Gemstone

Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
LiAl(PO₄)F
8 x 5 x 2 mm
approximately 4 ct
$75

1141 Blue Apatite in Calcite

Gracefield, La Vallee-de-la-Gatineau RCM, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada
6.7 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm
$45

B

5876 Biphosphammite

Murra-el-elevyn Cave, Cocklebiddy Roadhouse, Dundas Shire, Western Australia, Australia
(NH₄,K)H₂PO₄
3.9 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm
$85

C

6560 Collinsite, Hydroxylapatite (Var: Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite), Wurtzilite (Asphaltum)

Francois Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
Ca₂Mg(PO₄)₂ · 2H₂O
Ex. Wolfgang Henkel
6.6 x 4.7 x 4.9 cm
$50

D

3077 Descloizite on Goethte

Chalk Mountain Mine, Chalk Mountain, Churchill Co., Nevada
Ex. Steve Pullman
4.8 x 3.9 x 2.3 cm
$40

E

5849 Endlichite (Arsenatian Vanadinite), Descloizite, Wulfenite

Erupcion Mine (Ahumada Mine), Sierra de Los Lamentos, Mun. de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Philip Eglsaer
10.9 x 10.2 x 7.7 cm
Crystals up to 1 cm in length.
$150

F

6031 Bicolor Fluorapatite, Albite

Golconda district, Governador Valadares, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.8 x 3.5 x 2.9 cm
$125

4930 Fluorapatite, Albite variety Cleavelandite

Golconda pegmatite, Golconda district, Governador Valadares, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.7 x 6 x 3.4 cm
$85

4507 Gemmy Fluorapatite in Calcite

Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
4.7 x 3.5 x 2.6 cm
$75

1177 Fluorapatite on Quartz with Unidentified Green Mineral

Panasqueira Mines, Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
11.4 x 4.9 x 4.7 cm
SOLD

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6019 Goyazite and minor Eosphorite on Iridescent Hydroxylherderite

Telirio claim, Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.7 x 4.4 x 2.8 cm
$100

4924 Hureaulite variety: Palaite

Stewart Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain, Pala, San Diego Co., California
(Mn,Fe)₅(PO₄)₂(HPO₄)₂·4H₂O
Ex. John Melhase - pre 1938, Ex. California Academy of Sciences, Ex. Steve Pullman
3.3 x 2.2 x 2.3 cm
$35

4587 Fluorapatite variety Francolite (carbonate rich)

Levant Mine, Pendeen, Penwith, Cornwall, England
Ex. H. R. McBroom, purchased from Sam Weller,1985
8.9 x 6.9 x 3.6 cm
$75

L

6007 Lazulite, Quartz

Headwaters of West Walker River, Mono Co., California
Ex. Steve Pullman
9.4 x 4.1 x 1.7 cm
$30

4934 Lazulite, Siderite, Childrenite, Quartz

Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada
9.5 x 7.6 x 5.8 cm
$85

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6057 Mitriadatite

Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Ca₂Fe³⁺₃O₂(PO₄)₃·3H₂O
Ex. Wolfgang Henkell
7 x 6.2 x 4.3 cm
$50

P

5087 Plumbogummite Pseduomorph after Pyromorphite

Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin Pref., Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
UV Fluorescent
PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆
6.5 x 4.3 x 3.4 cm
$150

5044 Pyromorphite Pseudomorph after Cerussute

Higher Roughton Gill (Balliway Rigg), Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
5.6 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm
$150

4760 Pyromorphite on Quartz with Casts after Barite

Williams Corners, Wheatley Mines, Phoenixville Mining dist., Schuylkill Twp., Chester Co., Pennsylvania
9.8 x 6.2 x 5.2 cm
SOLD

3555 Paravauxite

Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Prov., Potosi Dept., Bolivia
Type Location
Fe³⁺Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·7H₂O
Ex. Philadelphia Academy of Sciences #21139, 1929-1930 Vaux Expedition
8.7 x 5 x 4.9 cm
longest XL 1cm
$250

S

6153 Strengite, Sicklerite and other Phosphates

Stewart Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain, Pala, San Diego Co., California
Ex. John Melhase, pre 1938, Ex. California Academy of Sciences, Ex. Steve Pullman
6.3 x 5 x 4.2 cm
$45

2069 Svanbergite and Hematite

Westana Mine, Nasum, Bromolla, Skane, Sweden
SrAl₃(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆
Ex. Steve Pullman
6.3 x 4 x 3.2 cm
SOLD

T

6500 Torbernite/Metatorbernite

Mina Santa Cruze, Villa Matamoros, Chihuahua, Mexico
11.5 x 5.8 x 3 cm
$50

5172 Polished Turquoise

Harts Range, Northern Territory, Australia
Ex. Vivian Randall, Ex. Rocksmiths, purchased at the Dearborn, Michigan show, May, 1992.
7 x 4.2 x 2.7 cm
$75

V

6106 Vanandinite variety: Endlichite (Arsenian), Descloizite, Calcite Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico 12.6 x 5.4 x 7.2 cm $75	5995 Vanadinite, Descloizite on Barite Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico 5.6 x 4.7 x 3.9 cm $45	5168 Polished Variscite Lucin District, Pilot Range, Box Elder Co., Utah Polished by Vivan Randall 7 x 3.2 x 0.8 cm $75
5030 Variscite (coated with lacquer) Lucin District, Pilot Range, Box Elder Co., Utah Ex. Robert Gannon 7.4 x 7.5 x 3.3 cm $45	4704 Vivianite Vivianite locality, Richmond (City), Virginia Ex. Vivian Randall 6.1 x 5.1 x 3.8 cm $45	3640 Tumbled Variscite Nodule Lucin District, Pilot Range, Box Elder Co., Utah 6.3 x 4.2 x 4 cm $30
2118 Vanadanite Mounted on Custom Pewter Stand Apache Mine (Defiance Mine), Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA Ex. Steve Pullman 9.1 x 7.1 x 3 cm $20

W

6519 Scapolite variety: Wernerite Argenteuil RCM, Laurentides, Quebec, Canada UV Fluorescent Ex. Ed Coleman from Charles Ward 19 x 15.3 x 14 cm $100	5985 Wardite Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O 11 x 5.7 x 3.8 cm $75	5520 Wardite Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada NaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₄·2H₂O 4.2 x 4.3 x 2.7 cm Largest Wardite crystal measures 1 cm across, corner to corner $100
4168 Wavellite on Quartz Siglo Veinte Mine (Catavi), Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Prov., Potosi Dept., Bolivia 5.6 x 5.1 x 4.5 cm $75	3732 Woodhousite Crystals and Cast Champion Mine, White Mountain, Laws, White Mts, Mono Co., California, USA Type Location CaAl₃(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆ Ex. Steve Pullman 7.2 x 4.7 x 3.7 cm $50

Specimens which have this class of minerals as an associated mineral

5176 Twin Calcite Crystals, minor Duftite Tsumeb, Namibia 9.1 x 5.5 x 4.1 cm The largest crystal is 3.2 cm across. $50	5039 Descloisizite Coating Wulfenite Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico Ex. Robert Gannon 6.5 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm $50	5467 Fluorite on and within Quartz Pseudomorphs after Calcite Coated with Montromite Prospectors Delight Mine (Black Knife Mine), Cuchillo Negro Dist., Sierra Cuchillo, Sierra Co., New Mexico Ex. Wright's Rock Shop 10.8 x 7.2 x 6.5 cm $100
6187 Magnesioferrite, Pyrochlore group variety: Koppite, Apatite variety: Cerapatite Orberg Quarry, Schelingen, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany MgFe³⁺₂O₄ Ex. Steve Pullman, M. Leonardi collection 6.1 x 4.8 x 4.3 cm $35	3069 Mimetite on Cerussite on Duftite and Mottramite on Dolomite Tsumeb, Namibia 10 x 9.6 x 4.1 cm $400	6449 Wulfenite, Dioptase, Mottramite, Cerussite Onderra Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia 6.8 x 5.4 x 5.3 cm $400
4193 Wulfenite, Mimetite Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico 6.4 x 4.4 x 3.9 cm largest wulfenite XL is .8 x 3 x 3 mm $50	2035 Zirconolite, Fluorapatite, Richterite, Augite, Phlogopite, Perovskite Jacupiranga Mine, Cajati, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Ca,Fe,Y,Th)(Nb,Ti,Ta,Zr)O₄ 6.8 x 4.3 x 2.5 cm $100

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