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6188 Melanite Garnet (Titanium Rich Andradite) New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California 9.4 x 7.3 x 3.6 cm $75	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	6178 Tennnantite, Chalcopyrite, Quartz Mina El Cobre, Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico 1970s 12.8 x 10 x 6 cm $75
6177 Botryoidal Stalactic Pyrite Black Jack Mine, Galena, Jo Daviess Co., Illinois circa 1960 8 x 5.7 x 5.3 cm $150	6176 Rutile and Muscovite variety: Fuchsite Included in Phantom Quartz Junco district, Malacacheta, Minas Gerais, Brazil 10.6 x 5.2 x 4.7 cm $75	6175 Stellerite Ritter Hot Springs, Ritter, Grant Co., Oregon Ex. Paul Eglsaer, Ex. The Thurstons, 1960s 7.8 x 4.2 x 1.6 cm $45
6170 Stibnite Wuling Mine, Qingjiang, Wuning County, Jiujiang Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China 8.8 x 5.7 x 4.1 cm $35	6159 Marcasite, Calcite Galena, Galena District, Jo Daviess Co., Illinois, USA 1800s 9.8 x 7.2 x 6.4 cm $75	6155 Quartz and Chalcopyrite Crystals on Sphalerite Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma 8.5 x 6.4 x 4.5 cm $50
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	6152 Latiumite Cava di Campagnano, Campagnano di Roma, Sacrofano Caldera, Rome Prov., Latium, Italy (Ca,K)₄(Si,Al)₅O₁₁(SO₄,CO₃ Ex. Steve Pullman, Purchased 1990 3.5 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm $35	6151 Calcite and Pyrite Crystals on Dolomite on Manganoan Calcite Mina El Cobre, Zacatecas, Mexico circa 1960 12.2 x 9.5 x 8.8 cm $80
6150 Pyrite Isle of Elba, Livorno Prov., Tuscany, Itlay Ex. H. R. McBroom, obtained in 1960 5.7 x 4.6 x 3.8 cm $40	6149 Hemimorphite, Calcite Chihuahua, Mexico Ex. Don Langham, Prior to 1975 6.2 x 5 x 4.6 cm $35	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
6137 Hematite varieties: Specularite and Bortyoidal, Quartz with Included Hematite Florence Mine, Cumberland, England Ex. H.R. McBroom, purchased from Sam Weller, 1987 9 x 6.6 x 3.1 cm $75	6130 Barite Baia Sprie mine (Felsobanya mine), Baia Sprie (Felsobanya), Maramures Co., Romania circa 1960 10.3 x 6.5 x 4.1 cm $60	6125 K-Feldspar variety: Valencianite, Milarite, Quartz Mina Valenciana, Guanajuato, Mun. de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico 1970s 9.4 x 8.7 x 3.5 cm $70
6124 Sphalerite varieties: Rubyjack and Marmatite, Galena, Druze Quartz, Chert Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma circa 1960 17.8 x 10.7 x 8.2 cm $75	6109 Solution Quartz Jeffrey Quarry, Pulaski Co., Arkansas 11.1 x 5.5 x 3.7 cm $100	6108 Dolomite Pseudomorph/Epimorph after Calcite Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico 1960s 9.5 x 5.8 x 3.5 cm The Dolomite is approximately 2 mm thick. $70
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	6105 Quartz Pseudomorph/Epimorph after Hemimorphite Mapimi, Durango, Mexico 1970s 12.6 x 9.6 x 4.7 cm $100	6101 Melanite Garnet (Titanium Rich Andradite), Unidentified Tan Crystals (likely Diopside) New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California 13.6 x 6.8 x 7.1 cm $75
6094 Rhodochrosite, Manganite, Andradite Garnet Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa 6.1 x 3.4 x 2.7 cm $100	6089 Andradite Garnet on Hematite N'Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa 5.3 x 4.8 x 5 cm $75	6085 Bismuthinite partially pseudomorphed to Bismutite Gjellebekk Mine, Gjellebekk, Lierskogen, Lier, Buskerud, Norway Bi₂S₃ , Bi₂O₂(CO₃) Ex.Wolfgang Henkel 7.6 x 7 x 5 cm $50
6083 Green and Brown Siderite Crystals, Muscovite, Albite, Quartz Nello Teer Crabtree Creek Quarry, Raleigh, Wake Co., North Carolina Ex. A. Neely, 1960s 4.5 x 3.8 x 1.9 cm $25	6076 Topaz, Microline Klein Spitzkopje (Kleine Spitzkoppe) granite stock, Spitzkopje Area, Karibib Dist., Erongo, Namibia 4.7 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm $45	6071 Tourmaline, Quartz, Lepidolite Minas Gerais, Brazil Ex. Robert Gannon, 1960s 7.5 x 6.8 x 6.4 cm $50
6064 Ilvaite coated with Hedenbergite, Arsenopyrite Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China 4.5 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm $35	6062 Rhodochrosite on Manganite N'Chwaning I Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa 5 x 4.6 x 4.7 cm $100	6058 Ferberite (Wolframite), Quartz Tae Hwa Mine, Neungam-ri, Angseong-myeon, Chungju, Chungcheongbukdo, South Korea Ex. Abe Rosenzweig 1960s, Ex. Steve Pullman 4 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm $50
6050 Yellow Datolite Keweenaw Point, High Rock Bay area, Keweenaw Co., Michigan x x cm 2.5 x 2.3 x 0.9 and 2.5 x 2.2 x 0.6 $400	6049 Datolite with Epidote and Native Copper Ridge Mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan 4.2 x 1.7 x 1 cm $50	6048 Yellow and Purple Fluorite with Calcite Hardin Co., Illinois Ex. A. Neely, wrapped in 1967 Hardin County Independent from 1967 6 x 5.3 x 6.1 cm $80
6043 Iridescent Hematite Crystals Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy Ex. A. E. Foote, 1895-1916 7 x 6.5 x 5.1 cm $85	6042 Calcite Stalactite Buffalo Mine, Lion Hill area, Ophir District, Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah 10.4 x 5.8 x 5.6 cm $35	6040 Smoky Quartz, Microcline Teller Co., Colorado 12 x 6.7 x 7.7 cm $75
6039 Spherical Siderite, Pyrite, Calcite Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 6.6 x 5.2 x 4.5 cm $50	6038 Rhodochrosite, Elpidite, Leifite, Calcite, Albite Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada Elpidite - Na₂ZrSi₆O₁₅·3H₂O, Leifite - Na₇Be₂(Si₁₅Al₃)O₃₉(F,OH)₂ 5.1 x 4.4 x 4.4 cm $150	6036 Pyrrhotite covered with Siderite and Sphalerite and Twinned Calcite and Quartz Trepca complex, Trepca valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, District of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo 12 x 9.7 x 7.5 cm $175
6035 Aurichalcite 79 Mine, Hayden, Gila Co, Arizona 7.3 x 5.8 x 2.3 cm $250	6032 Pyrite on Galena Tri State District, Joplin, Missouri 11.4 x 9.2 x 8.2 cm $250	6031 Bicolor Fluorapatite, Albite Golconda district, Governador Valadares, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil 4.8 x 3.5 x 2.9 cm $125
6029 Elpidite, Manganoan Calcite Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada Na₂ZrSi₆O₁₅·3H₂O 4.5 x 4.2 x 4.6 cm $75	6027 Phantom Amethyst/Smoky Quartz with Included Hematite Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia 4.1 x 1.2 x 1.3 cm $125	6021 Datolite Crystals and Smoky Quartz with Pseudomorphic Casts after Calcite Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 12.2 x 7.5 x 4.7 cm $200
6020 Epidote Hachupa Epidote Locality, Hachupa, Shigar Valley, Skardu Dist., Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan 5.2 x 3.2 x 0.5 cm $75	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	6018 Twinned Dolomite, Magnesite, Hematite Brumado, Bahia, Brazil 9.6 x 7.4 x 8.8 cm $150
6014 Quartz Coated with Hematite Tinejdad, Er Rachidia Province (Errachidia Province), Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco 8.8 x 7.7 x 2.7 cm $50	6013 Quartz with Included Hematite, Specular Hematite on Reniform Hematite Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, Cumbria, England 6.7 x 6.5 x 2.5 cm $75	6004 Tourmaline Included in Quartz Minas Gerais, Brazil 5.4 x 4 x 2.5 cm $45
6000 Rutile Epitaxial Growth on Hematite Included in Quartz (Rutialted Quartz) Svetlinskoe quartz deposit, Kochkar' Dist., Plast, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia 5.4 x 3 x 2.7 cm $150	5997 Palygorskite, Calcite with Included Hematite Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway Ex. Steve Pullman 7.1 x 3.4 x 1.5 cm $50	5995 Vanadinite, Descloizite on Barite Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico 5.6 x 4.7 x 3.9 cm $45
5989 Plumboan Crichtonite on Quartz Fazenda Guariba, Presidente Kubitschek, Minas Gerais, Brazil Sr(Mn,Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈ 4.5 x 3.6 x 2.4 cm $75	5983 Muscovite, Titanite, Albite, Chlorite, Hematite Cavagnoli glacier area, Bavona Valley, Maggia Valley, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland Ex. Wolfgang Henkel 5.2 x 4.4 x 2.8 cm $30	5981 Calcite on Amethyst Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico 9.1 x 4.5 x 3.2 cm $50
5979 Galena with Various Crystal Habits Krushev dol deposit, Krushev dol mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria Ex. Kirk Valuet 9.5 x 6.8 x 6.2 cm $75	5977 Hematite Pseudomorph after Epidote with Quartz Bessemer Claim, Bessemer Ridge, Green Mountain, North Bend, King Co., Washington Ex. Steve Pullman, Ex. David Shannon 6.8 x 3.8 x 2 cm $50	5973 Bicolor Gemmy Tourmaline Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil 3.2 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm 7.5 g $350
5972 Shigaite, Caryopilite, Rhodochrosite, Barite N'Chwaning I Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa Shigaite: Mn₆Al₃(OH)₁₈[Na(H₂O)₆](SO₄)₂·6H₂O , Caryopilite: Mn²⁺₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄ 6.8 x 5.7 x 4.2 cm The largest Shigaite crystal is 4 mm across. $200	5969 Bismuthinite, Scheelite, probable Bismutite and Siderite Costabonne Mines, Prats-de-Mollo-la Preste, Pyrenees-Orientales, Occitanie, France Ex. Steve Pullman 7 x 6.1 x 3.3 cm $45	5963 Quartz, Galena, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite minor Rhodochrosite Mogila Mine, Deveti Septemvri Complex, Madan Dist., Southern Rodope Mts., Bulgaria 5.8 x 6.2 x 4.4 cm $30
5958 Hemisphere of Andradite Garnet Crystals Partially Covered with Low Temperature Quartz Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 5.7 x 5.1 x 4.2 cm $250	5957 Aquamarine Lavra Itatiaia, Conselheiro Pena, Doce Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil Mined 2004 4.5 x 4.1 x 2.8 cm 34 g $500	5949 Sulfur Crystals Coated with Metastibnite, Gypsum Steamboat Springs District, Washoe Co., Nevada Type Location Sb₂S₃ Ex. Steve Pullman 7.4 x 7.3 x 4.3 cm $75
5947 Petarasite, Aegirine variety: Acminte, Nephiline Syenite Desourdy Quarry (later incorparated into Poudrette Quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada Type Location Na₅Zr₂Si₆O₁₈(Cl,OH)·2H₂O Ex. Carneige Museum Lorenzo White collection, Ex. Ward's 5.8 x 3.8 x 2.4 cm $75	5943 Gemmy Diaspore Crystals Mugla Province, Turkey Ex. Josie Middleton, Ex, Graeber & Hines 3.2 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm $375	5942 Fluorescent Hyaline Opal with Included Uranium Compounds Mina el Padre (Mina Esperanza), Mapimi, Durango, Mexico 11.1 x 7.7 x 4.5 cm $150
5941 Wulfenite Partially Coated with Calcite, Unidentified Botryoidal Material Jianshan Mine, Ruoqiang Co., Bayin'gholin Auton. Pref., Xinjiang Auton. Region, China 4.8 x 4.5 x 2.7 cm $75	5937 Dolomite and Siderite on Sphalerite with Minor Pyrite Trepca Complex, Kosovska Municipality, Kosovo 6.8 x 5.9 x 5 cm $100	5933 Chalcopyrite Epitaxial Growth on Rubyjack Sphalerite, MarcasiteCrystals, Micro Pyrite Crystals, Druze Quartz Tri State Disctrict, Joplin, Missouri Ex. A. Neely, 1960s 2.8 x 2.2 x 2 cm $30
5931 Two Generation Calcite Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa 5.5 x 2.6 x 2 cm $35	5928 Gemmy Bicolor Tourmaline Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil 2.7 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm approximately 5.4 g $200	5921 Barite Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois 6 x 5.3 x 4.6 cm $50
5920 Malachite and Malachite Pseudomorh after Azurite Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona 4.8 x 3.8 x 3.9 cm $35	5916 Cerussite Pseudomorh after Galena, Linarite, Brochantite, Quartz Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico 5.7 x 4.4 x 3.1 cm $75	5915 Quartz Epimorph after Fluorite Silverton, San Juan Co., Colorado from Rock & Minerals Denver Auction, Ex. George Witters 11.1 x 6.8 x 4.2 cm $100
5913 Emerald Chivor Mine, Mun. de Chivor, Guavio-Guateque Mining Dist., Boyaca Dept., Colombia 3.9 x 3.6 x 3.7 cm $250	5912 Yellow/Orange Smithsonite variety Turkey Fat (with Included Greenockite) Philadelphia Mine, Rush, Rush Creek District, Marion Co., Arkansas 10.2 x 8.4 x 1.5 cm $80	5911 Quartz Pseudomoph after Gypsum with Calcite Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico 9 x 8.4 x 6.8 cm $85
5910 Agate with Quartz/Amethyst Crystals Dryhead Agate Mine, Bighorn River area, Pryor Mts, Carbon Co., Montana 6 x 4.8 x 3.3 cm $75	5901 Hemimorphite Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico 4 x 3.5 x 3.7 cm $35	5894 Spessartine Garnet and Chlorite Coated Muscovite on Microcline Tongbei, Fujian, China 6.8 x 3.8 x 2.1 cm $50
5893 Botryoidal Hematite Beckermet Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland, Cumbria, England Ex. H. R. McBroom, from trade with Eric Otty, 1979 5 x 4.5 x 3.9 cm $45	5891 Cylindrite San Francisco mine, Poopo town, Poopo Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia FePb₃Sn₄Sb₂S₁₄ 7.2 x 3.7 x 3.6 cm $50	5888 Tourmaline Included in Quartz Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil 11.5 x 7.3 x 4.4 cm $50
5879 Azurite Crystals, Malachite on Sulfide Matrix Arizona Ex. A. Neely, 1960s 6.4 x 5.8 x 5.1 cm $35	5878 Chalcocite Crystals on Massive Chaclcocite with Cast Wheal Pendarves, Killivose, Camborne, Cornwall, England 4.4 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm $100	5875 Smithsonite Kelly Mine, Magdalena, Socorro Co., New Mexico 4 x 1.9 x 2.2 cm $30
5859 Opalized Green Petrified Wood Hell's Canyon, Oregon/Idaho border area 8.5 x 7.1 x 5.9 cm $35	5857 Calcite "Mushroom" Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 2.4 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm $75	5853 Datolite and Quartz with Casts after Calcite Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 10.8 x 8.5 x 4.3 cm $600
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	5847 Lodolite (Included) Quartz - Partially Oxidized Chlorite Minas Gerais, Brazil 6.7 x 3.2 x 2.9 cm $30	5846 Quartz with Included Chlorite Vara Superiori, Liguria, Italy Ex. Renaud Vochten, purchased in 1979 10.6 x 3.6 x 4.9 cm The longest crystal is 2 cm long. $50
5844 Kinoite Included in Calcite, Orange Prehnite Knife River, St. Luois Co., Minnesota Ca₂Cu₂Si₃O₁₀·2H₂O 8.1 x 6.6 x 4.7 cm $75	5843 Skutterudite Crystals Aghbar Mine, Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Quarzazate, Morocco (Co,Fe,Ni)As_2-3 5.5 x 4.4 x 6.1 cm The first dimension is the height of the specimen and the third is the depth of the specimen. $75	5840 Barite Cartersville, Bartow Co., Georgia 6.1 x 4.7 x 3.1 cm $50
5839 Triangular Bicolor Lepidolite in Quartz and Albite Matrix Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil 8.8 x 7.3 x 9.7 cm $25	5537 Calcite Pervy Sovetskiy Mine (1st Sovetskii Mine), Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 3.7 x 2 x 0.7 cm $50	5531 Stalactic Chalcedony Carlos Chagas, Vale do Mucuri, Minas Gerais, Brazil 9.6 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm The stalactite is apaproximately 5 mm in diamter in the middle. $45
5530 Andradite Garnet,Calcite, Epidote, Smoky Quartz Aeroplane Mine, Tungsten Hills, West Bishop, Bishop Dist., Inyo Co., California Ex. Steve Pullman from trade with California Academy of Sciences, Jan. 2006, Collected by William J. Keith USGS, April, 1996 8.4 x 5.7 x 2.8 cm Largest Andradite crystal is 3.5 mm across. $75	5525 Calcite, Marcasite Irving Materials Pendelton Qurry, Anderson, Madison Co., Indiana 1960s 7.8 x 4.2 x 2.9 cm $35