Minerals Sold but not Forgotten - Page 5
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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#262 Labradorite

Nain, Labrador, Canada 12 x 6.5 x 4.8 cm 433 g
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#289 Copper included in Calcite

Zacatecas, Mexico Fluorescent SW & LW 7.2 x 5.5 x 2.7 cm
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#518 Duttonite, Pascoite and Montroseite

Peanut Mine, Bull Canyon, Uravan District, Montrose County, Colorado, USA Type Location
4.9 x 2.8 x 1.7 cm
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#517 Olivenite, Malachite with Cornwallite

Ibiajara, Bahia, Brazil 4.5 x 3.7 x 2.9 cm
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#818 Silver Crystals on Copper

Quincy Mine, Quincy Hill, Houghton County, Michigan, USA 4.7 x 2.9 x 1.2 cm
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#596 Copper Crystals

Qunicy Mine, Hancock, Houghton County, Michigan, USA 16.5 x 16.1 x 4 cm 1 cm thick
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#889 Vesuvianite

Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada 15.2 x 9.2 x 7.8 cm
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#753 Pyromorphite

Little Giant Mine, Mullan, Coeur d'Alene District, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA 4 x 3.4 x 1.3 cm
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#703 Double Terminated Quartz with Included Cassiterite Covered with Siderite and Dolomite

Panasqueira Mines, Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal 15.4 x 3 x 2.8 cm
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#748 Cuprite variety Chalcotrichite

Bagdad Mine, Bagdad, Eureka District, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA 5 x 3.5 x 2.4 cm
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#774 Iridescent Siderite

Baltimore County, Maryland 12.4 x 7.5 x 6 cm
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#996 Bariopyrochlore

Panda Hill, Mbeya, Mbeya Region, Tanzania Type Location Ba,Sr)2-x(Nb,Ti)2(O,OH)7 4.7 x 3.1 x 1.7 cm
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#995 Buergerite

Mexquitic, San Luis Potosi, Mexico Type Location Na(Fe3+3)Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3O3F 6.2 x 4.4 x 1.8 cm
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#990 Rosenhahnite and White Jadeite crystals

Rosenhahnite occurrence, Russian River, Cloverdale area, Mendocino Co., California, USA Type Location HCa3[Si3O9(OH)] 7.8 x 6.2 x 4.2 cm
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#625 Hornblende in Quartz and Feldspar

Bear Lake Road, Gooderham, Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada 7.3 x 6.7 x 6.4 cm
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#994 Ajoite included in Double Terminated Quartz

Messina mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa (K,Na)Cu7AlSi9O24(OH)6·3H2O 3.3 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm
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#878 Cerussite Sixling Twin with Included Malachite

Tsumeb, Namibia 4 x 3 x 1.9 cm
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#204 Cerrusite

Tsumeb, Namibia 4.2 x 3 x 2 cm
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#879 Malachite pseudomorph after Cuprite

Chessy-les-Mines, Rhone, Rhone-Alpes, France 15 x 11 x 11 mm
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#302 Epidote Included in Quartz

Fazenda Rubin Pimenta Mine, Capelinha, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil 8.1 x 3.6 x 2.5 cm
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#887 Optical Calcite with included Hematite / Sand with Rainbows

Chihuahua, Mexico 6 x 2.3 x 2.7 cm
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#152 Copper Wire Crystal on Calcite

Osceola Mine, Osceola, Houghton County, Michigan, USA 22 x 13 x 5 mm
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#697 Pseduo Octagonal Apophyllite Crystals on Stilbite

Nasik, Maharashtra, India 5.8 x 5.3 x 3.8 cm
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#290 Copper included in Calcite

Phoenix Mine, Keweenaw County, Michigan, USA 4.8 x 2.5 x 2.7 cm
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#905 Rhodochrosite, Quartz and Tetrahedrite

Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park Co, Colorado, USA 3.9 x 2.8 x 1.2 cm
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#821 Digenite

Leonard Mine, Butte, Butte District (Summit Valley District), Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA Cu9S5 3.2 x 2 x 1.9 cm
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#1006 Polychrome Jasper

Madagascar 7.6 x 5.4 x 2.9 cm
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#516 Callagahanite

Basic Refractories Mine, Gabbs District, Nye County, Nevada, USA Type Location Cu2Mg2(CO3)(OH)6·2H2O 5.2 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
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#686 Stichtite

Kaapsche Hoop, Barberton District, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa Mg6(Cr,Al)2(CO3)(OH)16·4H2O 5.6 x 3.7 x 3 cm
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#842 Fluorite with Pyrite

Villabona Mines, Villabona, Llanera, Villabona Mining Area, Asturias, Spain 4.5 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm
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#837 Adamite

Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico 4.8 x 4.2 x 2.2 cm
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#469 Curved Rutilated Quartz

Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil 4.9 x 3.8 x 3 cm
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#908 Cornwallite

Murdock Mine, Spring Creek area, Last Chance District, Plumas Co., California, USA Cu5(AsO4)2(OH)4 9.3 x 4.2 x 2.7 cm
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#881 Hallyosite coated with Azurite and Chyrsocolla after Azurite with Tenorite

Morenci, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA 6.1 x 3.5 x 2.3 cm
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#921 Minium

Rowley Mine, Theba, Painted Rock Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona Pb3O4
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#989 Sorensite

Ilimaussaq complex, Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland Type Location Na4SnBe2Si6O16(OH)4 5.8 x 5 x 2.1 cm
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#260 Serandite with Analcime

Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada Na(Mn2+,Ca)2[HSi3O9] 3 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm
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#988 Santarosaite

Santa Rosa Mine, Santa Rosa-Huantajaya District, Iquique Province, Tarapaca Region, Chile Type Location Na2Cu(CO3)2 4.3 x 2.2 x 1 cm
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#493 Tetrahedrite with Calcite

Casapalca, Huarochiri Province, Lima Department, Peru 7.5 x 4.2 x 3.4 cm
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#1033 Chrysoberyl Twinned variety Alexandrite

Carnaiba Mine, Pindobacu, Campo Formoso ultramafic complex, Bahia, Brazil 19 x 13 x 11 mm crystal - 11 x 11 x5 mm
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#889 Vesuvianite

Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada 15.2 x 9.2 x 7.8 cm
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#1038 Hubnerite included in Quartz

Pasto Bueno District, Pallasca Province, Ancash Department, Peru 4.3 x 2.1 x 2.6 cm
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#830 Papagoite included in Quartz

Messina mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa CaCu[H3AlSi2O9] 6 x 3.3 x 2 cm
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#1058 Sodalite variety Hackmanite

Dungannon Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada Ex. Wintringham, Fluorescent LW and Tenebrescent 7 x 5.6 x 3.7 cm
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#1088 Sheet Copper and Copper Crystals

White Pine Mine, White Pine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA 8.3 x 2.5 x 2.7 cm
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#1086 Lake Superior Eye Agate

Upper Peninsula, Michigan, USA 3.1 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm
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#1080 Datolite

Isle Royale Mine, Houghton County, Michigan, USA 3.9 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
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#909 Lawsonite

Reed Station, Tiburon Peninsula, Marin Co., California, USA Type Location CaAl2(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O 8.2 x 6.9 x 3 cm
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#8 Copper Crystals

Lake Superior Copper District, Michigan, USA 14 x 2.5 x 1.2 cm
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#400 Sulfur and strontian-Calcite

Cozzodisi Mine, Casteltermini, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy 9 x 6.5 x 2.3 cm
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#1139 Pyromorphite

Saint-Salvy Mine, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme, Tarn, Midi-Pyrenees, France 4.5 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm
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#1029 Colemanite on Calcite

Boron, Kramer District, Kern Co., California, USA Ex. California Academy of Sciences 8.3 x 5.7 x 2.2 cm
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#1025 Franckeite

Kalkar Quarry, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co., California, USA Ex. California Academy of Sciences - collected 1954 Fe2+(Pb,Sn2+)6Sn4+2Sb2S14 5.6 x 3.8 x 2.2 cm
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#970 Linartite and Brochantite

Cerro Gordo Mine, Cerro Gordo, Cerro Gordo District, Inyo Mts (Inyo Range), Inyo Co., California, USA 8.5 x 6.5 x 4.8 cm
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#1018 Chrysocolla

Narragansett Mine, Daylight-Narragansett Mines, Rosemont, Helvetia-Rosemont District, Santa Rita Mts, Pima Co., Arizona, USA Ex. Shupp Collection 7.3 x 6.3 x 1 cm
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#952 Chrysocolla

Dillenburg District, Hesse, Germany Ex. Freiberg Museum 5.2 x 3.1 x 2 cm
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#1108 Tourmaline

Pala Chief Mine, Chief Mountain, Pala, San Diego Co., California, USA Mid 1960s 3.7 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm
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#892 Heliodor Gem Rough

Minas Gerais, Brazil 5.8 x 2.7 x 2.4 cm 50 g.
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#904 Polished Hollow Malachite Stalactite

Katanga, Congo 7.4 x 3 x 2.3 cm
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#866 Grossular Garnet variety: Raspberry

Sierra de Cruces, Mun. de Sierra Mojada, Coahuila, Mexico 6.1 x 4.2 x 2.4 cm
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#467 Dark Amethyst

Guanajuato, Mun. de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico 6.8 x 4.7 x 3.1 cm
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