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

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

5069 Baricite

Big Fish River, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, Canada
Type Location
(Mg,Fe)₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O
Ex. Royal Ontario Museum, Ex. Steve Pullman
2.9 x 1.6 x 0.7 cm
$100

25 Brazilianite on Albite

Jenipapo, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.5 x 4 x 0.7 cm
$100

C

5042 Chalcosiderite

Wheal Phoenix, Phoenix United Mine, Minions, Linkinhorne, Liskeard Dist., Cornwall, England
CuFe³⁺₆(PO₄)₄(OH)₈·4H₂O
9.3 x 5.3 x 5.4 cm
$125

2838 Childrenite

Drakewalls Mine, Drakewalls, Calstock, Callington Dist., Cornwall, England
(Fe²⁺,Mn²⁺)Al(PO₄)(OH)₂·H₂O
Ex. Steve Pullman
6.3 x 5.7 x 2.6 cm
$35

439 Cornetite

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

2515 Endlichite (Arsenian Vanadinite) on Descloizite

Erupcion Mine, Los Lamentos Mts, Mun. de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico
Pre 1975
6.1 x 5 x 4 cm
$45

F

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
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	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	2034 Fluorapatite, Siderite, Arsenopyrite and Muscovite Panasqueira Mines, Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal 7.7 x 5.8 x 4.5 cm $45
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

5337 Hydroxylapatite variety: Collophane

near Drummond, Powell Co., Montana
3.7 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
$25

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

L

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

2998 Lazulite

Stockhorn, Gorner glacier area, Zermatt, Matt Valley, Wallis, Switzerland
5.3 x 4.5 x 3.6 cm
SOLD

M

5305 10 Micromounts Including: Wardite, Crandalite (labeled Pseudowavellite or Lehiite), Deltaite (mix of Crandallite and Hydroxylapatite), Carbonate-rich Fluorapatite (labeled as Lewistonite) and Millisite (Type Location) and unidentified speces

near Fairfield, Utah Co., Utah
Collected and mounted by Jphn Melhase, 1935
size of boxxes is 2.9 x 2.2 x 1.9 cm
SOLD

5252 Monazite-(Ce) Pseudomorph after Hydoxylbastnaesite-(Ce) on Rutil Epitaxial Growth on Hemaite

Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
2.7 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm
SOLD

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	4773 Paravauxite, Wavellite Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Prov., Potosi Dept., Bolivia Ex. Philadelphia Academy of Sciences #21545, Vaux expedition of 1929-30 (no museum label) 13.8 x 9 x 4.2 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	4228 Pyromorphite on Quartz with Casts after Barite Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England Ex. H. R. McBroom, from trade with Sam Weller, 1987 7.8 x 6.2 x 3.1 cm $85	4200 Pyromorphite Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Correze, Limousin, France Ex. Charles M. Noll Collection 6.5 x 4.6 x 4.8 cm $200
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	3554 Pyromorphite Bad Ems, Bad Ems District, Lahn valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany 4.6 x 3.5 x 4.2 cm $100	2279 Phosphophyllite Hagendorf South Pegmatite (Hagendorf Sud), Hagendorf, Oberpfalz, Bavaria, Germany Zn₂Fe(PO₄)₂·4H₂O Ex. Steve Pullman 6.8 x 4.1 x 3.8 cm $125

S

5250 Sampleite Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata Dist., Calama, El Loa Prov., Antofagasta Region, Chile NaCaCu₅(PO₄)₄Cl·5H₂O 4 x 3.1 x 2.9 cm $45	5167 Sincosite Soda Springs Area, Caribou Co., Idaho Ca(V⁴⁺O)₂(PO₄)₂·4H₂O 7.8 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm $85	4132 Svanbergite on Magnesite Brumado, Bahia, Brazil SrAl₃(PO₄)(SO₄)(OH)₆ 5.7 x 2.9 x 2 cm Largest Svanbergite XL 1.5 x 1.5 mm $50
2803 Stewartite Stewart Mine, San Diego Co., California Type Location Mn²⁺Fe³⁺₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₂·8H₂O Ex. Steve Pullman, Ex. California Academy of Sciences 4.1 X 2.6 X 2.3 and 4.0 x 3.2 x 1.7 $75	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

4700 Turquoise in Trachyte Rock