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6909 Scheelite, Beryl variety: Goshenite, Quartz Mount Little Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China labeld as Mount Xuebaoding, Songpan Co., Ngawa Auto. Pref., Sichuan, China 14.7 x 11.5 x 5.6 cm $200	6908 Calcite, Fluorite, Willemite Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona 9.8 x 9.2 x 7.6 cm $75	6907 Willemite, Calcite, Zincite, Franklinite(TL) Frankin, Sussex Co., New Jersey Type Location 11.9 x 10.2 x 8.9 cm $75
6906 Coyamito Agate Rancho Coyamito, Sierra del Gallego, Municipio de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico 3.9 x 3.4 x 2.2 cm $80	6905 Hardystonite (TL), Clinohedrite(TL), Willemite, Franklinite(TL) Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey Type Location Ca₂Zn[Si₂O₇], CaZn(SiO₄)·H₂O Ex. Steve Pullman 7.6 x 4 x 3.7 cm $75	6904 Fluorescent and Phosphorescent Partially Dissolved Fluorite, Celestine Clay Center, Allen Twp., Ottawa Co., Ohio Collected 1960s. 5.1 x 4.8 x 3.6 cm SOLD
6903 Calcite, Willemite, Zincite, Franklinite (TL) Frankin, Sussex Co., New Jersey Type Location 6.5 x 6 x 5 cm $25	6902 Sodalite variety Hackmanite Ilimaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland Ex. CBWARD Fluorescent Minerals 5 x 3.8 x 3.4 cm $75	6901 Orthocrysotile (a polytype of Chrysotile), Willemite, Calcite, Franklinite Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey Ex. Steve Pullman from Sid Williams Feb. 1997 5 x 3.9 x 1.3 cm $75
6900 Calcite with Fluorapatite Otter Lake, Pontiac RCM, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada Collected 1960s. 11 x 10 x 5 cm SOLD	6899 Tourmaline Gem Grade Minas Gerais, Brazil Ex. Jim Defoe 1.5 x 1 x 0.7 cm 13.7 g $75	6898 Ankerite/Dolomite, Sphalerite variety: Marmite, Pyrite, Galanea Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle Co., Colorado 11.5 x 6.4 x 4.1 cm largest crystals are approximatley 1.5 cm on longest edge. $100
6897 Aquamarine Crystal Mt. Antero, Chaffee Co., Colorado Ex. Norm Woods 2.4 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm $275	6896 Silver, Copper Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan 3.5 x 3.2 x 1.8 cm SOLD	6895 Selenite on Sponge Copper 3400 G level, Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona Ex. Steve Pullman 7.6 x 3.8 x 2.1 cm $75
6894 Laguna Agate Ojo Laguna, Estacion de Ojo Laguna, Mun. de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico Cut and polished by Don Langham prior to 1975. 5.1 x 2.6 x 2.9 cm $50	6893 Dolomite, Calcite Missouri highway 34 roadcut, Wayne Co., Missouri 10.6 x 8.4 x 8.2 cm $35	6892 Mordenite, Saponite Wolf Creek Pass, Mineral Co., Colorado Ex. Gary Beaman from Dakota Matrix 6.2 x 4.6 x 4.2 cm $75
6891 Fluorapatite, Muscovite and Arsenopyrite on Ferberite Panasqueira Mines, Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal 5.3 x 2.7 x 0.5 cm largest Apatite crystal is 4 mm across at it's widest $100	6887 Polished Datolite Nodule Pair with Included Copper and Epidote Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan Ex. Roland and Doris Snyder from Rich Whiteman 5.5 x 4.1 x 1.9 and 5.4 x 4.5 x 2.0 cm $175	6886 Quartz variety: Chalcedony pseudomorph after Aragonite Valle de las Plumas (Valle de los Martires), Las Plumas, Martires Dept., Chubut Prov., Argentina Ex. Norm Woods 7.2 x 6.3 x 5.6 cm $75
6885 Siderite, Sphalerite variety: Marmatite Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle Co., Colorado Ex. Robert Gannon 7.9 x 7.2 x 6.7 cm $75	6884 Hydrozincite, Sphalerite Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining Dist., Sussex Co., New Jersey Ex. Seaman Mineral Museum, Dean collection, 1965 5.8 x 5 x 4.6 cm $45	6883 Fluorapatite with Fluorite and Casts after Fluorite Cardiff Twp., Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada Ex. Robert Gannon 9.6 x 8 x 7.6 cm SOLD
6882 Calcite Butterfly Twin Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Kavalerovo Mining Dist., Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 7.3 x 4.9 x 2 cm $75	6880 Myrickite - Cinnabar Included in Opal - 2 pieces Beaty, Bare Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada Ex. Universirty of Michigan Geological Dept. #5893 9.0 x 6.0 x 5.7 and 9.1 x 7.4 x 5.4 cm $75	6878 Colemanite U.S. Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern Co., California Ex. E. Morales from J. Minette, Washinton Mineral Symposium, 1982 4.9 x 3.3 x 3.1 cm $45
6877 Colemanite U.S. Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern Co., California Ex. E. Morales from J. Minette, Washinton Mineral Symposium, 1982 4.8 x 3.6 x 2.8 cm $35	6876 Hematite pseudomorph after Epidote Bessemer Claim, Bessemer Ridge, Green Mountain, North Bend, King Co., Washington Ex. E. Morales from B. Cannon, Wash. Mineral Symposium, Sep. 1983 5.3 x 2.7 x 2 cm $25	6875 Quartz, Calcite, Pyrite and Arsenopyrite Trepca valley, Mitrovica, Mitrovica District, Kosovo Ex. E. Morales from A. Burkert, Munich show, Oct. 1983 10 x 5.8 x 5.5 cm $75
6874 Mica (likely Hendricksite) Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey Type Location KZn₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂ 1896 or older, Ex. University of Michigan Geology Department from Peter Collier 4.5 x 3.7 x 0.5 cm $75	6872 Ancylite-(Ce), Chlorite, Pyrite, Calcite, Ilmenite Prefeitura quarry, Pocos de Caldas, Pocos de Caldas alkaline complex, Minas Gerais, Brazil CeSr(CO₃)₂(OH)·H₂O Ex. Luiz Menezes 3.8 x 3.6 x 3.3 cm $35	6871 Karibibite on Lollingite Urucum claim, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil ₃(As³⁺O₂)₄(As³⁺₂O₅)(OH) Ex. Luiz Menezes 4 x 2.4 x 1.1 cm $35
6869 Rutialted Quartz with Epitaxial Rutile on Hematite Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil Ex. Luiz Menezes 3.8 x 3.4 x 3 cm $45	6867 Richterite, Magnetite, Ilmenite, Phlogopite, Calcite on Jacupirangite Jacupiranga Alkaline Complex, Cajati, Sao Paulo, Brazil Ex. Luiz Menezes 6.4 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm $25	6866 Carlhintzeite, Phosphosiderite, Bermanite Serra Branca Pegmatite, Pedra Lavadra, Paraiba, Brazil Ca₂[AlF₆]F·H₂O Ex. Luiz Menezes 7.8 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm $100
6865 Greifensteinite coated with micro Eosphorite and Pyrite crystals Telirio claim, Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil Ca₂Fe²⁺₅Be₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·6H₂O Ex. Luiz Menezes 5.7 x 3.1 x 0.6 cm $50	6863 Calcite Logansport, Cass Co., Indiana Collected by Robert Gannon, 1960s 15.2 x 13.7 x 9.3 cm $75	6861 Albite Minas Gerais, Brazil Ex. Luiz Menezes 7.1 x 2.9 x 2.8 cm $25
6860 Rockbridgeite, Psuedomophs Casts after Unknown Crystals Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil Ex. Luiz Menezes 7 x 4.4 x 1.6 cm The primary Albite crystal is 1.5 cm thick. $35	6859 Goethite and Quartz on Maganesite Brumado, Bahia, Brazil Ex. Luiz Menezes 4.6 x 3.7 x 2.5 cm Goethite spheres are approximately 1 mm in diameter $35	6858 Azurite Rosette of Tabular Crystals Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Yangjiang, Guangdong, China Ex. E. Morales from Kristalle, Pasadena Show, Nov. 1983 3.3 x 3.3 x 2.5 cm $250
6857 Erythrite Mt. Cobalt Mine, Mt. Isa, Queensland, Australia 8.9 x 4.9 x 2.9 cm $75	6855 Malachite Pseudomorph after Azurite Sacramento pit, Sacramento Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona Early 1900s 3.4 x 1.8 x 1 cm $150	6851 Fluorapatite partially coated with Hematite and Calcite Pea Ridge Mine, Sullivan, Washington Co., Missouri 3.7 x 2 x 1.9 cm $45
6848 Strengite, other Phosphates, Muscovite Stewart Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain, Pala, San Diego Co., California Ex. John Melhase, pre 1938, Ex. California Academy of Sciences, Ex. Steve Pullman 4.8 x 4.7 x 4 cm $45	6847 Salmonsite, Hureaulite Stewart Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain, Pala, San Diego Co., California First Recorded Location Mn₉Fe₂(PO₄)₈.14H₂O(?) Ex. John Melhase, pre 1938, Ex. California Academy of Sciences, Ex. Steve Pullman 4.1 x 2.9 x 2.5 cm $75	6845 Cerussite with Unidentified Inclusions Tsumeb, Namibia Ex. Norm Woods 4 x 3 x 1.9 cm $45
6844 Emerald Cabochons, 9 Colombia Ex. Vivian Randall Appx. 4 ct., Box measures 5.1 x 2.5 cm $75	6842 Smithsonite Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Socorro Co., New Mexico Ex. Robert Gannon 13.1 x 9.8 x 6.3 cm $400	6841 Amethyst on Fluorite Nancy Hanks Mine, Nancy Hanks Gulch, Unaweep Canyon, Unaweep Mining Dist., Mesa County, Colorado late 1990s 17 x 7.6 x 3.6 cm $85
6839 Copper Crystals with Adularia Crystals Northwestern Mine, Keweenaw Co., Michigan Ex. A. E. Mineral Museum 10 x 4.8 x 3.5 cm The third dimension listed includes the curve of the specimen; otherwise, the specimen is 1.7 cm at its thickest. $75	6837 Azurite on Malachite Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona Ex. A. Neely, 1960s 7 x 4.6 x 4.4 cm $50	6835 Wardite Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, Canada CaAl₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₅·H₂O 9.1 x 7.2 x 5.9 cm $45
6833 Fluorescent Adamite Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico Ex. E. Morales from Crystal Resources, May, 1981 5.7 x 4.8 x 4.2 cm $75	6830 Olivenite Copper Stope, Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing Co., Nevada Ex. Steve Pullman from NCMA, 9/87 7.4 x 6.4 x 2.4 cm $35	6829 Copper Crystals on Red Basalt Keweenaw Co., Michigan Ex. E. Morales, from Crystal Resources, Jan., 1987 5.1 x 4 x 3 cm $45
6828 Wulfenite on Calcite Erupcion Mine, Ahumada, Sierra de Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico 8.6 x 6 x 2.3 cm $35	6816 Copper Crystals Itauz Mine, Zhilandy group, Satpayev, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan 4.4 x 4 x 1.5 cm $35	6815 Calcite Tsumeb, Namibia 4.8 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm $50
6814 Stilpnomelane variety: Ferristilpnomelane, Zussmanite (TL), Quartz Laytonville, Mendocino Co., California Type Location K(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₂₇, K(Fe,Mg,Mn)₁₃(Si,Al)₁₈O₄₂(OH)₁₄ Ex. Steve Pullman 11.2 x 9.3 x 4.8 cm $45	6811 Stilpnomelane variety: Ferristilpnomelane, Zussmanite (TL), Quartz, Pyrite Laytonville, Mendocino Co., California K(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₂₇, K(Fe,Mg,Mn)₁₃(Si,Al)₁₈O₄₂(OH)₁₄ Ex. Steve Pullman 6.8 x 4.8 x 3.2 cm $25	6809 Pyrite Psuedomorph after Marcasite, Quartz, Dolomite, Calcite Pilot Mine, Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Nunavut Territory, Canada 20.6 x 15 x 7.2 cm $250
6807 Dioptase on Quartz Kakoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia 7 x 3.6 x 6.1 cm $75	6806 Sassolite Sasso Pisano, Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy Type Location H₃BO₃ Ex. Wolfgang Henkel 4.1 x 3.5 x 5.2 cm Measurements are for display box $75	6805 Irridescent Sphalerite, Micro Calcite Crystals Standard Slag Quarry, Adams Co., Ohio from Chris Stefano from Harris Precht 4.8 x 2.8 x 3.5 cm SOLD
6804 Astrophyllite and Aegerine in Nepheline Syenite Matrix Barkevikskjaer, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway Type Location (K,Na,Ca)_7.5(Mn,Mg)₄₉ Si₇₂O₁₆₈(OH)₅₀·nH₂O Ex. Steve Pullman purchased from Minerals Unlimeted, 1978 6.8 x 6.6 x 4.2 and 5.1 x 3.5 x 2.2 cm $75	6803 Rutile Epitaxial Growth on Hematite Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil 4 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm $90	6800 Calcite on Quartz on Danburite with minor Sulfides Mina Aurora, Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico 8.2 x 6.2 x 5 cm $125
6799 Irridescent Sphalerite, Micro Calcite Crystals Standard Slag Quarry, Adams Co., Ohio from Chris Stefano from Harris Precht 3.1 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm Sphalerite measures 1 cm across at the widest. SOLD	6798 Calcite Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia 4.5 x 4.5 x 2.2 cm $75	6796 Quartz with Included Chlorite, Chlorite Magalia Mining Dist., Butte Co., California Ex. S. Pullman, Ex. California Academy of Sciences, Collected by W. Estavillo 7 x 5.6 x 4.8 cm $35
6795 Sulfur on Stalactic Barite 100 meter level, Machow mine, Tarnobrzeg City County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, Poland Ex. E. Morales from G. Romero, Munich show, Oct. 1983 14.4 x 4.4 x 3.6 cm $450	6791 Benitoite, 1 trillion cut and 3 cabochons Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California Type Location Ex. Vivian Randall The trillion cut stone is .22 ct and the two clear cabs are .07 ct. The clear plastic box measures 2.5 cm on a side. $275	6785 Sphalerite, Galena 2nd Sovetskii Mine (Vtoroi Sovietskiy Mine), Dal'negorsk , Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 4.9 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm $75
6783 Scapolite Ontario, Canada Ex. Robert Gannon 8.6 x 8.2 x 7.1 cm Double terminated crystal is 6.7 cm long. $45	6779 Altered Almandine Garnet, Quartz, Muscovite Champion Mine, Champion, Marquette Co., Michigan Ex. Robert Gannon 6.4 x 6 x 6.2 cm $75	6777 Epidote on and Included in Quartz Fazenda Rubin Pimenta Mine, Capelinha, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil Ex. Luiz Menezes 10 x 8 x 3.3 cm $175
6776 Agrellite, Eudialyte, Albite, Calcium Kipawa alkaline complex, Les Lacs-du-Temiscamingue, Temiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Temiscamingue, Quebec, Canada Type Location Ex. Roy Virtue 9 x 6.2 x 4.6 cm $75	6775 Cerussite, Barite, Galena, Manganese Oxides Mibladen, Morocco 7.4 x 5.7 x 4.5 cm $75	6770 Barytocalcite, Witherite Admiralty Concession, 2nd Sun Vein, Nentsberry Haggs Mine, Alston Moor, Eden, Cumbria, England BaCa(CO₃)₂ 5.3 x 3.5 x 3.1 cm $75
6769 Blue John Fluorite Old Tor Mine, Castleton, Derbyshire, England Ex. A. Bohne 15 x 7 x 3.2 cm $75	6768 Axinite, Calcite Miracle Mountain Mine, Garnet Hill, near Volcano, Calaveras Co., California Ex. Norm Woods, Coll. By J. Seibel & H. Gordon, 1984 6.5 x 4 x 2.9 cm $45	6765 Chatoyant Malachite Psuedomorph after Azurite Tsumeb, Namibia 4.2 x 3.5 x 2.4 cm $175
6764 Chalcocite, Pyrite Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk Co., Wisconsin 6.9 x 3.2 x 3 cm $75	6763 Fluorite, Pyrite 2nd Sovetskii Mine (Vtoroi Sovietskiy Mine), Dal'negorsk , Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 9.7 x 9 x 6.6 cm $200	6760 Tourmaline (Elbaite) Resplendor, Minas Gerais, Brazil 5.8 x 0.3 x 0.3 cm $150
6759 Smithsonite on Quartz Pseudomorphs Philadelphia Mine, Rush, Rush Creek District, Marion Co., Arkansas 6.5 x 6.4 x 3.2 cm $100	6755 Microcline variety: Amazonite, Albite, Smoky Quartz Kashale Village, 20 km S. of Konso, Ethiopia 7.5 x 6.5 x 4.5 cm $75	6754 Analcime, Copper, Datolite, Chlorite Osceola Mine, Houghton Co., Michigan 6.5 x 5 x 3.5 cm $50
6752 Barite PAGA Mine, Cartersville Mining Dist., Bartow Co., Georgia Ex. A. E. Seaman Museum, Furatena of Ann Arbor, Michigan 8.9 x 6.6 x 5.2 cm $50	6748 Quartz and Micro Pyrite on Galena Buick Mine, Iron Co., Missouri 10.6 x 9.2 x 4 cm $100	6747 Cerussite Tsumeb, Namibia Ex. A. E. Seaman Museum 3.8 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm $50
6744 Dioptase, Plancheite Bonanza Mine (Harquahala Mine), Martin Peak, Salome, La Paz County, Arizona Ex. Steve Pullman 6 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm $50	6743 llvaite, Quartz, Hedenbergite Laxey Mine, Ex. Steve Pullman 3.6 x 2.6 x 2.4 cm $45	6741 Pyrite Niccioleta Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Prov., Tuscany, Italy Ex. H. R. McBroom from trade with Lorenzo Garbetlo, 1985 5.2 x 3.4 x 2.4 cm $35
6738 Red Uvite, Magnesite Brumado, Bahia, Brazil Ex. Luiz Menezes 7.3 x 4.4 x 4.3 cm $75	6737 Fluorite Hilton Mine, Scordale, Murton, Eden, Cumbria, England Ex. H. R. McBroom from Sam Weller, 1985 10.2 x 7.7 x 5.6 cm $150	6735 Quartz and Dolomite in Vugs in Specular Hematite Republic Mine, Republic, Marquette Co., Michigan Ex. A. E. Seaman Museum, Collected 1999 6 x 5.8 x 5.6 cm $45
6732 Wulfenite on Tennanitite Tsumeb, Namibia Ex. E. Morales from E. Schlepp, Detroit Show, Oct. 1981 6.8 x 5 x 3.7 cm Longest crystal 12 mm long. $250	6730 Second Generation Druze Quartz and Pyrite on Quartz Crystals Nikolaevskiy, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 6.4 x 4.1 x 6.2 cm $75	6724 Pyrolusite Pseudomorph after Manganite Gremmelsbach, Triberg im Schwarzwald (Black Forest), Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany Ex. George Balogh 4.5 x 2.3 x 2 cm $75
6722 Manganite Caland Pit, Steep Rock Lake, Atikokan area, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada Ex. George Balogh from David Joyce 5.3 x 4.6 x 1.9 cm $70	6714 Stalactic Galena with Marcasite and Dolomite Buick Mine, Iron Co., Missouri Ex. Norm Woods 3.9 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm $50	6712 Cinnabar in Calcite King Mine, Fresno Co., California Ex. University of Michigan Geology Department, #UM5929 from C. A. Noren, 1963 or older 7.2 x 7 x 5.8 cm $35
6711 Double Terminated Yellow Topaz on Oorthoclase Klein Spitzkoppe, Spitzkopje Area, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia 4.8 x 3.4 x 2 cm $75	6704 Tantalite-(Mn), Quartz, Muscovite Quixaba Mine, Frei Martiho, Paraiba, Brazil Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆ Ex. Luiz Menezes 3.6 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm $60