Phosphates Mineral Specimens Gallery M&W Minerals

Phosphates Gallery

including Vanadates

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

6158 Cacoxenite

Blaton, Mons, Hainaut Prov. (Henegouwen; Hennegau), Belgium
Ex. Renaud Vochten, purchased in 1989
The plastic box measures 8 x 6 x 3.5 cm.
SOLD

439 Cornetite

Bwana M'Kubwa Mine, Ndola, Copperbelt Province, Zambia
Cu₃(PO₄)(OH)
7.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm
$45

D

3779 Dufrenite, Ushkovite, Muscovite

Galileia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ca_0.5Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₅(PO₄)₄(OH)₆·2H₂O and MgFe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O
7.2 x 3.4 x 1.1 cm
$40

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

6247 Ernstite Pseudomorph after Childrenite

Boa Esperanca claim, Linopolis District, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Al(PO₄)(OH,O)₂·H₂O
3.9 x 2.6 x 0.8 cm
$85

6056 Eleonorite (IMA 2015-003 originally describied as Oxiiberaunite)

Rotlaufchen Mine, Waldgirmes, Wetzlar, Hesse, Germany
Type Location
Fe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄O(OH)₄·6H₂O
Ex. Wolfgang Henkell
6.3 x 4 x 4.5 cm
SOLD

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

6234 Fluorapatite Panasquiera Mines, Panasquiera, Portugal Ex. E. Morales, purchased from Roberts Minerals, Detroit Show, 1981 2.2 x 2.2 x 2 cm $100	6031 Bicolor Fluorapatite, Albite Golconda district, Governador Valadares, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil 4.8 x 3.5 x 2.9 cm $125	5428 Purple Fluorapatite with Brown Core Parelhas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 2.4 x 2 x 1.5 cm $150
5227 Quartz variety: Eisenkessel and Hematite on Fluorapatite Pea Ridge Mine, Sullivan, Washington Co., Missouri 3.6 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm $30	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	4895 Fluorapatite Crystal with minor Hematite, Chalcopyrite, Calcite Pea Ridge Mine, Sullivan, Washington Co., Missouri 2.9 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm $35
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 $50

H

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

6230 Lazurite, Calcite, Pyrite (Lapis Lazuli) Cazadero river, Ovalle, Limari Prov., Coquimbo Region, Chile Ex. E. Morales, purchased in Buneos Aires, Argentina, 1979 5.4 x 5.3 x 5 cm $50	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
4518 Libethenite Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo 4.4 x 4.1 x 2.8 cm largest crystals are 2 mm across $40	3847 Lazulite, Wardite, Quartz Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada 6.4 x 4.6 x 1.9 cm $90

M

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 $200	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 $75
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
$45

T

5199 Turquoise

Location Unknown
5.7 x 4.4 x 5 cm
$75

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

6256 Variscite on Chalcedony with Druze Micro Quartz Crystals Canarana, Mato Grosso, Brazil 6.8 x 3.7 x 4.6 cm Variscite sphere is 7 mm across at the widest. SOLD	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
5993 Vanadinite, Descloizite, Calcite Prince of Arizona Mine, Baldy Mountain, Pikes Peak Dist., Maricopa Co., Arizona 8.9 x 6.3 x 3.2 cm $50	5955 Vanadinite, Calcite, Fluorite Pure Potential Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mts., La Paz Co., Arizona UV Fluorescent 22.4 x 6.4 x 7.3 cm SOLD	5451 Vandanite variety: Endlichite (Arsenian) Chihuahua, Mexico 6.5 x 7.7 x 4.5 cm $40
5353 Vanadinite on Barite Mibladen, Morocco 4.4 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm SOLD	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

6212 Wavellite Montgomery Co., Arkansas 7.1 x 6.3 x 4.2 cm $50	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 CaAl₃(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆ Ex. Steve Pullman 7.2 x 4.7 x 3.7 cm $50

Z

6227 Zanazziite on Tourmaline on Albite

Ponte do Piaui claim, Piaui valley, Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhona Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ca₂Mg₅Be₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·6H₂O
8.7 x 4 x 3.4 cm
$80

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
3069 Mimetite on Cerussite on Duftite and Mottramite on Dolomite Tsumeb, Namibia 10 x 9.6 x 4.1 cm $400	5323 Wulfenite, Mimetite Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico 7.1 x 5.4 x 3.4 cm $75	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 $135

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