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5521 Zircon, Quartz, Aegirine, Galena Mt. Malosa, Zomba, Malawi 3.2 x 2.8 x 2.2 cm $200	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	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
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	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	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
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	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
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
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	5233 Siderite on Calcite Septarian Ridge, Billy Creek Wildlife Area, Ouray Co., Colorado 8.5 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm $85	5230 Spahlerite with Micro Marcasite and Pyrite Hanson Plum Run Quarry, Peebles, Adams Co., Ohio 5.9 x 5 x 4.1 cm $30
5224 Pink Topaz on Quartz with Included Hematite Brumado, Bahia, Brazil 5.1 x 4.2 x 4.8 cm Largest Topaz crystal is 6 mm long and 1 mm in diameter. $150	5223 Quartz variety: Eisenkiesel on Kidney Ore Hematite Gill Brow Iron Mine, Lindal Moor, Lindal in Furness, near Ulverston, Cumbria, England 7.3 x 5.3 x 3.1 cm $200	5221 " Lodolite " Quartz - Unidentified Inclusions Minas Gerais, Brazil 6.8 x 6 x 4.7 cm $50
5214 Mimetite on Quartz Conglomerate Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona 5.7 x 4.9 x 3 cm $40	5209 Gold in Quartz with Sulfides Alaska Ex. Vivian Randall 6.7 x 3.5 x 0.35 cm $150	5208 Gold in Quartz with Sulfides Alaska Ex. Vivian Randall 4.8 x 3.8 x 0.3 cm $75
5204 Hematite and Calcite on Quartz with Hopper Growth Galena and Sphalerite Zacatecas, Mexico Ex. A. Neely, 1960s 5 x 4.2 x 3.8 cm $50	5198 Calcite Tri State District, Joplin, Missouri Ex. A. Neely, 1960s 7.6 x 5.2 x 3.6 cm $50	5195 Double Terminated Rutilated Smoky Quartz Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil 8.8 x 4.7 x 2.3 cm $200
5194 Semi Gemmy Sphalerite with Amethyst Commodore Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado 4.4 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm $50	5192 Sodalite Crystals, Hornblende Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy Ex. University of Michigan - 1933, Ex. Cureton Mineral Co., Ex. Southwest Mineral Co., Ex. Carnegie Museum - White collection 5.7 x 4.7 x 3.8 cm $50	5189 Manganoan Calcite, Albite, Quartz, Pyrite Schonbrunn, Oelsnitz, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany Ex. Wolfgang Henkel 6.4 x 4.5 x 3.9 cm $50
5176 Twin Calcite Crystals, minor Duftite Tsumeb, Namibia 9.1 x 5.5 x 4.1 cm The largest crystal is 3.2 cm across. $50	5172 Polished Turquoise Tosca Mine, Ammaroo Station, Sandover, Barkly Region, Northern Territory, Australia Ex. Vivian Randall, Ex. Rocksmiths, purchased at the Dearborn, Michigan show, May, 1992. 7 x 4.2 x 2.7 cm $75	5168 Polished Variscite Lucin District, Pilot Range, Box Elder Co., Utah Polished by Vivan Randall 7 x 3.2 x 0.8 cm $75
5150 Natrolite, Analcime Cairns Bay, Flinders area, Victoria, Australia Ex. Steve Pullman 7.4 x 4.8 x 4.5 cm $25	5145 Smoky Quartz, Orhoclase Coated with Hematite and Chlorite with Minor Pyrite Sheahan Brothers Granite Quarry, Graniteville, Iron Co., Misssouri 8.1 x 5.4 x 3.9 cm $85	5140 Chalcocite Crystals Cornwall, England Ex. Michigan School of Mines (now Michigan Tecnological University), Pre 1927 8.4 x 6.5 x 3.3 cm $250
5139 Gemmy Sphalerite Crystals on Quartz with Galena and Chalcopyrite Mogilata deposit, Septemvri mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria 8.6 x 7.5 x 6.7 cm $45	5135 Marcasite Rensselaer Quarry, Pleasant Ridge, Jasper Co., Indiana 1967 or older, Ex. Steve Pullman 7.3 x 4.3 x 2.4 cm $25	5130 Hemimorphite on Aurichalcite Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico 6.2 x 6 x 4.7 cm $85
5127 Fluorapophyllite, Stilbite Nasik, Maharastra, India 12.5 x 7.8 x 6 cm $75	5113 Calcite Logansport, Cass Co., Indiana Collected by Robert Gannon, 1960s 13 x 12.6 x 7.6 cm $75	5099 Hemimoprhite Wenshan, Yunan Province, China 7.6 x 5.6 x 4.8 cm $75
5091 Montroydite, Quartz with Unidentified Yellow Species Sonoma Co., California (likely Socrates Mine) HgO 5.5 x 4.4 x 3.5 cm $45	5087 Plumbogummite Pseduomorph after Pyromorphite Yangshuo Mine, Yangshuo Co., Guilin Pref., Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China PbAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆ 6.5 x 4.3 x 3.4 cm $150	5081 Selenite Salinda, Chaffee Co., Coloraod Ex. Steve Pullman 13.8 x 8.8 x 2.3 cm $25
5080 Waterworn Topaz Crystals Jos Plateau, Plateau State, Nigeria 2.2 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm 17grams $70	5076 Cuprite on Copper Ray Mine, Pinal Co., Arizona 8.2 x 4.2 x 3.6 cm $35	5073 Double Terminated Manganoan Calcite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite Mina Aurora, Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico 8.2 x 4.6 x 3.2 cm $75
5071 Phantom Amethyst Scepter on White Quartz with Included Hematite Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia 6.9 x 4.5 x 3.7 cm $75	5064 Quartz and Hematite Pseudomorph after Epidote Bessemer Claim, Bessemer Ridge, Green Mountain, North Bend, King Co., Washington Ex. Steve Pullman 7.7 x 3.8 x 2.2 cm $50	5053 Cactus Calcite Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada Ex. Steve Pullman 5.8 x 3.8 x 3.4 cm $25
5039 Descloisizite Coating Wulfenite Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico Ex. Robert Gannon 6.5 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm $50	5037 Rams Horn Selenite (Gypsum) Chihuahua, Mexico Ex. Don Langham, Prior to 1975 6.9 x 7.1 x 5 cm $25	5033 Thunder Egg with Tube Agate Structures Richardson Ranch (Priday Ranch), Madras, Jefferson Co., Oregon 10.7 x 8.8 x 2.9 cm $45
5030 Variscite (coated with lacquer) Lucin District, Pilot Range, Box Elder Co., Utah Ex. Robert Gannon 7.4 x 7.5 x 3.3 cm $45	5027 Malachite on Quartz with Casts after Calcite, Minor Chalcopyrite Mina El Cobre, Zacatecas, Mexico Ex. Robert Gannon 7.8 x 6.3 x 4.2 cm $45	5021 Quartz Washington County, Missouri Ex. Robert Gannon 9.2 x 8.7 x 2.6 cm $75
5020 Witherite, Fluorite, Sphalerite, Alstonite Hardin Co., Illinois Ex. A. Neely, 1960s 9.4 x 6.5 x 7.6 cm $250	5015 Quartz with Unidentified Inclusions and Unidentified White Crystals Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 4.1 x 4.5 x 2.2 cm $75	5014 Datolite, Quartz Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 9.3 x 8.1 x 5.5 cm Largest crystal is 4.5 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm $350
5009 Star Muscovite, Quartz Rodinha Mine, Jenipapo Dist., Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil 6 x 5.6 x 5.7 cm $75	5008 Goethite Eiserfeld, Westphalia, Germany 6.3 x 4.7 x 2.6 cm $25	4987 Sphalerite variety: Marmatite Vtoroy Sovietsky Mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia 3.9 x 2.8 x 1.3 cm $45
4930 Fluorapatite, Albite variety Cleavelandite Golconda pegmatite, Golconda district, Governador Valadares, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil 7.7 x 6 x 3.4 cm $85	4921 Quartz variety: Lodolite (Undefined Inclusions) Minas Gerais, Brazil 15.2 x 6 x 5.1 cm $125	4908 Amazonite Jefferson Co., Colorado 5.1 x 4 x 3.4 cm $35
4904 Marialite Crystal Aracruz, Espirito Santo, Brazil 4 x 1.3 x 1.5 cm $100	4903 Smoky Quartz on Danburite Mina Aurora, Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico 8.2 x 4.2 x 4.5 cm Danburite crystal measures 7.3 x3.0 x 1.9 cm $100	4898 Amblygonite Faceted Gemstone Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil LiAl(PO₄)F 8 x 5 x 2 mm approximately 4 ct $75
4888 Rutialted Quartz with Hematite and Kaolinite Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil 5 x 3 x 2.4 cm $100	4885 Iridescent Sphalerite in a Cast after Fossil Coral Lincoln (Nelson Aggregate) Quarry, Beamsville, Clinton Twp., Lincon Co., Ontario, Canada 8.7 x 6.6 x 7.2 cm The largest crystal group is 1 cm across. $100	4878 Sphalerite Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tenessee 1990s 7.7 x 6.2 x 4.2 cm $75
4877 Rutile Epitaxial Growth on Hematite Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil 6.5 x 5.1 x 0.5 cm $75	4876 Sphalerite Lincoln (Nelson Aggregate) Quarry, Beamsville, Clinton Twp., Lincon Co., Ontario, Canada 4.6 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm $25	4873 Tetrahedrite, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite Kapnikbanya, Kapnik, Hungary (now Cavnic mine, Cavnic, Maramures Co., Romania) Ex. A. E. Foote, 1895-1916 18 x 15.3 x 3.4 cm $250
4870 Pyrite Pseudomorph Pilot Knob Mine, Pilot Knob, Iron Co., Missouri Mine was active from 1968 to 1980. 9.8 x 6 x 4 cm The average width of the fin like structures is approximately 0.7. cm $50	4851 Pyrite on and Included in Calcite Chihuahua, Mexico Ex. Don Langham Prior to 1975 8.3 x 5.6 x 4.3 cm $45	4849 Selenite on Goethite Chihuahua, Mexico Ex. Don Langham Prior to 1975 7.1 x 7 x 4.8 cm $25
4841 Twinned Calcite, Pyrite Raid Quarry, Dallas City, Hancock Co., Illinois 4.9 x 5.3 x 3 cm $75	4840 Wulfenite, Calcite, minor Duftite Tsumeb, Namibia 7.5 x 4.6 x 4.4 cm largest Wulfenite crystal measures 12 x 7 x 1 mm $200	4838 Two Generations Calcite Knoxville, Marion Co., Iowa 9.3 x 6.5 x 5.8 cm $50
4837 Garnet, Biotite with possible Cordierite and Cummingtonite Minas Gerais, Brazil 12 x 8 x 7.8 cm $50	4836 Etrriginite, Andradite, Manganese Oxide N'Chwaning Mines, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa 10.3 x 8.6 x 2.6 cm $150