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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	6007 Lazulite, Quartz Headwaters of West Walker River, Mono Co., California Ex. Steve Pullman 9.4 x 4.1 x 1.7 cm $30	6005 Pink Topaz on Quartz with Included Hematite and Possible Zeunerite, Magnesite Brumado, Bahia, Brazil 6.8 x 3.3 x 5.6 cm $150
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	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
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	5948 Topaz with Included Rutile Partially Coated with Hyaline Opal Tepate, San Luis Potosi, Mexico 2.1 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm $30
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	5917 Prehnite Crystals Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada 4.7 x 3.4 x 2.6 cm $50	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	5906 Marcasite Included and on the Surface of Calcite Crystals, Small Casts after Unkown Crystals Dornburg Mine, Ramsbeck, Meschede, Sauerland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Ex. Renaud Vochten, purchased in 1970 10.6 x 7.2 x 2.6 cm $55
5905 Aegirine variety: Acmite with probable Actinolite and Feldspar Kimzey Calcite Quarry, Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas from the Jim Davis Estate, 1991 6.5 x 4.4 x 4.5 cm $25	5901 Hemimorphite Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico 4 x 3.5 x 3.7 cm $35	5895 Blue Moonstone - Orthoclase Meetiyagoda, Southern Province, Sri Lanka 7.3 x 5.8 x 3.6 cm $50
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	5860 Colemanite Emet Borate deposit, Emet, Kutahya Province, Aegean Region, Turkey 6.3 x 4.8 x 2.9 cm $65	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	5521 Zircon, Quartz, Aegirine, Galena Mt. Malosa, Zomba, Malawi 3.2 x 2.8 x 2.2 cm $200	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
5512 Charlesite, Hematite, Sturmanite N'Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa Ca₆(Al,Si)₂(SO₄)₂[B(OH)₄](OH,O)₁₂·26H₂O Ex. Steve Pullman 3.3 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm $75	5509 Calcite Mexico Ex. Don Langham, 1975 or earlier 5.2 x 4 x 4.4 cm $30	5506 Columbite/Tantalite Itatia Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil 6.3 x 4.6 x 2.5 cm $300
5503 Stalactic Quartz Pune District, Mahashatra, India 11.2 x 5.4 x 3.9 cm $75	5499 Galena with Octahedral and Cubic Habit, Marcasite Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri 5.3 x 4.4 x 4.5 cm $50	5497 Calcite Epitaxial Growth on Calcite Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri 6.6 x 4.6 x 4.3 cm $30
5495 Calcite Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri 7 x 7.3 x 4.6 cm $30	5492 Barite Jebel Ouichane, Saganane (Beni Bou Ifrour), Nador, L'oriental Region, Morocco 6.4 x 6.6 x 5.7 cm $250	5490 Smoky Quartz Pseudomorph Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 7.8 x 4 x 2.8 cm $150
5480 Calcite - Cave Speliotherm Bassett Products Co. quarry, Monticello, Wayne Co., Kentucky 4.6 x 4 x 4.8 cm $35 / Reserved	5476 Fluorite, Quartz, Calcite, Galena, Sphalerite W. Davis-Deardorff Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois 5.8 x 5.3 x 2.2 cm $45	5475 Smithsonite Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia 4.2 x 4.3 x 1.4 cm $50
5473 Fluorite Octahedron Cave-In-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois 6.6 x 5.4 x 5.2 cm $75	5471 Quartz, Albite variety: Pericline, Muscovite, minor Hematite and Chlorite Tyrol, Austria 7.6 x 4.8 x 5.7 cm $30	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
5453 Topaz with Included Rutile Sprinkled with Hematite Tepetate, Mun. de Villa de Arriaga, San Luis Potosi, Mexico 3.5 x 2.9 x 1.9 cm $75	5452 Marcasite, Calcite Ives Quarry, Racine, Racine Co., Wisconsin 5.2 x 3.9 x 3.6 cm $40	5449 Calcite, Pyrite Tarstinkal, Caffiers, Guines, Pas de Calais, Haust-de-France, France Ex. Renaud Vochten, purchased in 1974 3.8 x 3.3 x 1.5 cm $35
5435 Barite Shirley Basin, Carbon Co., Wyoming 5.6 x 4.6 x 3.7 cm SOLD	5426 Quartz with Included Hematite with Casts on Massive Hematite Montreal Mine, Montreal, Iron Co., Wisconsin Ex. Paul Eglsaer 5.4 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm $40	5418 Quartz Pseudomorph after Goethite Stalactit Growths with Attached Flint John Nethers property, Flint Ridge, Hopewell Twp., Muskingum Co., Ohio Collected by J. Medici, 2015 10.8 x 6 x 5.5 cm $70
5407 Marcasite Pseudomorph/Cast Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri Ex. A. Neely, 1960s 3.7 x 3.2 x 2.1 cm $75	5405 Calcite Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico 8.8 x 5.1 x 3 cm $25	5392 Fluorapophyllite-(K), Pyrite on Double Terminated Quartz Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 5 x 2.8 x 3.2 cm $50
5390 Natrolite, Analcime, Prehnite, Pumpellyite, Datolite?, Calcite, Hematite? Rauschermuhle Quarry, Niederkirchen, Otterberg, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Ex. Wolfgang Henkel 6.3 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm $35	5368 Ilvaite, Andradite Garnet on Two Generations of Quartz Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 3.2 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm $60	5359 Macdonaldite, Sanbornite, likely Traskite Rush Creek, Fresno Co., California Type Location BaCa₄Si₁₆O₃₆(OH)₂·10H₂O, BaSi₂O₅ Ex. Robert Walstrom, Ex. David Garske, Ex. Steve Pullman 5 x 4 x 3 cm $25
5357 Goshenite with Included Albite on Micrcline with Muscovite and Tourmaline Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia 4.3 x 3.8 x 3.7 cm Largest Goshen crystal measures 1.3 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm $150	5352 Twinned Calcite Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 7 x 4.7 x 2.3 cm $75	5351 Wulfenite, Calcite Jianshan Mine, Ruoqiang Co., Bayin'gholin Auton. Pref., Xinjiang Auton. Region, China 4.2 x 3.2 x 2.4 cm $50
5350 Hollow Malachite Stalactite "Finger" Katanga, Dem. Rep. of Congo 5.3 x 3.1 x 1.3 cm $50	5339 Green Quartz (Unidentified Inclusions) Chihuahua, Mexico Ex. A. Neely, 1960s 6 x 6.3 x 3.1 cm $75	5338 Bavenite on Beryl Nordre Boksjo Quarry (Boksjoen Quarry) near Taklund Farm. Aspedammen. Idd. Halden. Ostfold. Norway Ca₄Be_2+xAl_2-xSi₉O_26-x(OH)_2+x, (x=0-1) Ex. Steve Pullman from trade with E. Olssson of Sweden, 1981 5.1 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm $50
5330 Limonite Pseudomorph after Marcasite and Spahlerite with Dolomite and Calcite Fairdale Quarry (I-39 Quarry), Rochelle, Ogle Co., Illinois 5.1 x 5.2 x 4.9 cm Largest crystal measures 1.2 cm across. $45	5327 Boulangerite, Pyrite Noche Buena Mine, Noche Buena, Mun. de Mazapil, Zacatecas, Mexico Ex. A. Neely, 1960s 7.5 x 6.4 x 3.8 cm $25	5325 Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Calcite Trepca Stan Terg Mine, Trepca complex, Trepca valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo 9.5 x 8.3 x 7.8 cm $100
5324 Copper, Cuprite Tsumeb, Namibia Ex. Steve Pullman 5.1 x 2.3 x 1.1 cm $25	5313 Dolomite and Hematite on Barite Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, Cumbria, England 11 x 10.3 x 8.7 cm $300	5307 9 Segements of Septarian Nodule with Quartz variety: Mirabeau Diamanten and Druze Calcite Le Mardaric ravine septaria occurrence, Sisteron, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France Ex. Steve Pullman Grid is 1 cm $30
5299 Meyerhofferite pseuodmorph after Inyoite Death Valley, Inyo Co., California CaB₃O₃(OH)₅·H₂O Ex. Steve Pullman 6.1 x 5.1 x 4.2 cm SOLD	5293 Yellow Smithsonite with Greenockite Wenshan, Yunan Province, China 7.7 x 6.3 x 3.8 cm $175	5263 Smoky Quartz, Hematite, Copper Stained Chalcedony with Pseudomophs and Casts Mexico (likely Concepcio del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico) Ex. Robert Gannon 6.5 x 5.8 x 6.4 cm Uprght crystal measures 4.5 cm tall. $75
5254 Quartz Specimen with Unusual Parallel Conjoined Thin Crystals with Unidentified Inclusions Minas Gerais, Brazil 7.2 x 4 x 3 cm $100	5253 Twinnite and probable Wakabayashilite Jas Roux, La Chapelle-en-Valgaudemar, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France Type Location PbSb₂S₄ Ex. Al McGuinness, prior to 1989 4 x 3.3 x 1.7 cm $85	5245 Amethyst Coated with Druze Quartz Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico 5.6 x 4.7 x 3 cm $30
5241 Calcite variety: Sinters Schmiedestollen dump, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany 8.3 x 5.8 x 2.9 cm Calcite is between 2 and 3.5 mm in thickness. $50	5235 Lime Chrysoprase Australia Ex. Vivian Randall 7.7 x 4.9 x 4.8 cm $75