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6410 K-Feldspar variety: Valencianite with Quartz Pseudomorph after Calcite Mina Valencia, Guanajuato, Mexico al₂PO₄(OH)₃ Ex. Robert Gannon, 1960/70s 6.7 x 5.9 x 3.3 cm $45	6407 Herkimer Diamonds with Included Hydrocarbon Herkimer, New York Prior to 1972 3.5 x 3.2 x 2.9 cm $50	6404 Red Quartz Partially Coated with Secondary Quartz with Unidentified Dark Inclusions 2nd Sovetskii Mine (Vtoroi Sovietskiy Mine), Dal'negorsk , Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia late 1990s 10.2 x 8.2 x 5.9 cm $400
6390 Smithsonite Tsumeb, Namibia Ex. E. Morales purchased from P.J. Williams, Tuscon 1981 show 7.4 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm $250	6385 Azurite variety: Chessylite Chessy copper mines, Chessy-les-Mines, Villefranche, Rhone, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France Type Location Ex. Robert Gannon, 1960s 5.1 x 4.2 x 4 cm $85	6382 Hexagonal Calcite Crystals on Fluorite Shangbao Mine, Leiyang Co., Hengyang Pref., Hunan Prov., China 5 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm $50
6374 Chrysocolla Pseudomoprh after Malachite, Micro Crystals of Dioptase Bonanza Mine (Harquahala Mine), Martin Peak, Salome, Little Harquahala Dist., Little Harquahala Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona Ex. Steve Pullman, Ex. Fraziers 9.9 x 7 x 5.6 cm labeled as Bisbeeite $45	6371 Ilvaite, Arsenopyrite, Hedenbergite, Tremolite Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China 6.3 x 5.6 x 4.6 cm $100	6370 Malachite, Conichalcite, Calcite Mapimi, Durango, Mexico 9.5 x 7.8 x 6.3 cm $45
6366 Vesuvianite variety: Idocrase, Andradite Garnet Sierra de la Cruz (Lake Jaco), Mun. de Sierra Mojada, Coahuila, Mexico 4.2 x 4 x 3.4 cm $35	6364 Quartz Crystals - Layers of White/Clear and Amethyst Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico 1960s 11 x 5.1 x 3.5 cm $25	6358 Stannite, Chalcopyrite, Quartz, Arsenopyrite Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China Cu₂FeSnS₄ 5.7 x 5 x 2.6 cm $200
6353 Quartz Pseuodomorph after Anhydrite Danialo Mine, Sao Gabriel, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Ex. E. Morales, purchased from Aurora Minerals, New York Show, Nov. 1981 6.1 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm $75	6345 Twinned Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Ferberite and Minor Muscovite on Quartz Crystal Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China 10.3 x 6.5 x 5.2 cm $250	6342 Multi Generational Calcite Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 15.5 x 10.5 x 9.8 cm $250
6340 Multi Generational Calcite Mushroom Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 6.7 x 4.8 x 4.1 cm $100	6312 Two Generation Calcite Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China 10.2 x 8.7 x 8.6 cm Height is the 1st dimension $45	6309 Axinite-(Fe), Quartz, Epidote New Melones Dam, Calaveras Co., California 8.7 x 5.8 x 9.1 cm $75
6308 Quartz, Axinite-(Fe), Epidote New Melones Dam, Calaveras Co., California 6.6 x 3.5 x 4 cm $50	6307 Sunstone (Feldspar with Included Hematite) Keeranur, Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu, India 7 x 7.3 x 3.7 cm $50	6302 Phantom Quartz Rutilated and Partially Amethsyt Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil 4.8 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm $75
6300 Microlite Crystals on Wodginite Crystals Itatia Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil A_2-mTa₂X_6-wZ_-n on Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈ 10.1 x 7.4 x 6.5 cm $750	6288 Fluorapophyllite Crystals on Scolecite Crystals Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India 8.9 x 1.6 x 2.6 cm The 3rd dimension includes the side crystal. The width of the specimen without the side crystal is 1 cm and the main crystal is 0.5 cm in thickness. $35	6285 Heliodor (Beryl) Padre Paraiso, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil 5.8 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm $250
6283 Priday Red and Green Plume Thunderegg Richardson Ranch (Priday Ranch), Madras, Jefferson Co., Oregon 11.1 x 10.4 x 4.5 cm $100	6273 Calcite Coated with Hematite Pea Ridge Mine, Sullivan, Washington Co., Missouri 9.2 x 6.3 x 4 cm $75	6269 Cassiterite Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil 3.8 x 3.5 x 2.9 cm $250
6268 Multi Generational Calcite Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico 11.1 x 8.4 x 6.6 cm $100	6265 Pyrite and Dolomite on White Quartz on Amethyst Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico 1970s 8.8 x 4.2 x 6 cm $25	6242 Stalactitic Amethyst, Clear/White Quartz, Celadonite Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 7.1 x 4.4 x 4.3 cm $45
6241 Star Muscovite Jenipapo District, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil 7.9 x 5.5 x 1.8 cm $30	6239 Prehnite with minor Epidote Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia 6 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm $200	6225 Smoky Gwindel Quartz Val Val, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun (Grisons; Graubunden), Switzerland Ex. Marty Zinn 8.2 x 6.3 x 5.6 cm SOLD
6215 Druze Quartz on Iridescent Pyrite on Galena Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend Dist., Reynolds Co., Missouri Ex. Steve Pullman 4 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm $25	6213 Wulfenite, Calcite Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico 7.1 x 4.8 x 3.8 cm $35	6200 Calcite Crystals with Small Casts Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico 1970s 14.1 x 12.2 x 7.1 cm $50
6196 Chocolate Calcite and Selenite Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico 1970s 7.1 x 4.1 x 4 cm $40	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	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
6159 Marcasite, Calcite Galena, Galena District, Jo Daviess Co., Illinois, USA 1800s 9.8 x 7.2 x 6.4 cm SOLD	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
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	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	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	6042 Calcite Stalactite Buffalo Mine, Lion Hill area, Ophir District, Oquirrh Mts, Tooele Co., Utah Collected by Steve Pullman, 5/1990 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	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	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 SOLD	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