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CZC01 Quartz incl. Hedenbergite on Calcite
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
6.7x 5.3x 3.2 cm
$68
A nice example of doubly terminated green quartz crystals on matrix. You often see small loose examples of these stacked, green Cumberland habit quartz crystals, but rarely examples on matrix. This is a good reference of the material from this mine.
CZC05 Smithsonite
El Refugio Mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico
8.3x 5.2x 6.3 cm
$64
A nice example of botryoidal smithsonite from Sinaloa, Mexico. These used to be quite common, but production stopped several years ago and there has been no new material since. This is a nice example, with a rich coating of the mineral in a vug.
CZC10 Dravite Tourmaline
Mwajanga, Manyara Regoin, Tanzania
5.0x 1.5x 1.5 cm
$68
A sizable, well formed dravite tourmaline from recent finds in Tanzania. This piece is a bit dark, but with strong lighting the green color becomes more apparent (as in the pictures.) In recent years, Tanzania has been the source of numerous tourmaline discoveries from new localities, this pieces comes from one such discovery made within the past year.
CZC11 Beryl var. Aquamarine, Heliodor
Western Tanzania
3.8x 0.9x 0.85 cm
$58
A very interesting beryl specimen, mostly yellow with a blue core. Actually, when you look closely near the base, it appears to be an aquamarine that a second, later generation of heliodor has grown around. There is a small bit one one termination remaining, but it is mostly a crystal section Very interesting material, from a recent find at some remote digging site in Western Tanzania.
CZC12 Ilvaite
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
8.2x 1.8x 1.6 cm
An excellent, well formed, doubly terminated ilvaite crystal from finds made several years back in Inner Mongolia. The examples from this mine redefined the standards for the species. This is a great reference piece, unusual among pieces form other locations for its double termination.
CZC13 Calcite on Celestite
White Rock Quarry, Clay Center, Ottawa Co., Ohio, United States
3.5x 2.5x 1.6 cm
$36
A beautiful example of calcite delicately perched on the end of a celestite blade.
CZC14 Lollingite with Arsenopyrite, Genthelvite on Magnetite
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
11.5x 9.2x 7.2 cm
$285
A great example, though unfortunately not the most photogenic. This piece consists of an great shaped cluster of lollingite sheaves, positioned front and center on a contrasting magnetite matrix. The lollingites are coated with hundreds of small arsenopyrite crystals- this adds greatly to its luster and visual impact in person, but unfortunately also makes it difficult to photograph, as does the three-dimensionality of the piece. There are also some small brown genthelvite tetrahedrons scattered on the black magnetite matrix. There is a bit of damage on the bottom of the lollingite cluster, but this doesn't show when it is positioned for display. Excellent for the price. Was $680 in my show stock.
CZC16 Calcite incl. Hedebergite
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
4.4x 3.1x 2.2 cm
A nice example of calcite, turned green by minute hedenbergite inclusions. This piece is quite unusual and sculptural in appearance.
CZC18 Lollingite with Arsenopyrite on Magnetite
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
9.2x 5.8x 4.1 cm
$128
An excellent example of lollingite on magnetite. The lollingite crystals display the form typical of the species at this location, and are covered with lustrous arsenopyrite crystals. This cluster is perched on the edge of a plate of black dodecahedral magnetite. It's a bit hard to photograph because of the arsenopyrite and also because of the three-dimensionality of the piece, though the sharpness and distinct nature of the species and crystals present is much better in person.
CZC22 Cuprite
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
7.6x 4.0x 3.2 cm
$42
A nice reference sample of cuprite from the now-famous Milpillas Mine, known best for its spectacular azurites.
CZC24 Lollingite
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
3.6x 2.9x 2.3 cm
A beautiful example of lollingite, consisting of a very sharp cluster of small, well defined crystals. I feel like good miniatures of this mineral without the usual arsenopyrite association are actually harder to find than larger sheaves.
CZC27 Calcite incl. Boulangerite
Yindu Mine, Chifeng Pref., Inner Mongolia A.R., China
3.5x 3.5x 3.1 cm
$56
A ball-shaped aggregate of calcite crystals, colored black by boulangerite inclusions. There is also some boulangerite present on the surface of the specimen. It is very reminiscent of the old material from Herja, Romania. Recently found material.
CZC28 Smithsonite
El Refugio Mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico
7.9x 5.5x 2.0 cm
A nice example of pinkish purple smithsonite, from finds made several years ago at the El Refugio Mine. These were once quite common, but there has been no new material since production ceased several years ago.
CZC29 Smithsonite
San Antonio Mine, Santa Eualia, Chihuahua, Mexico
7.8x 5.2x 2.2 cm
$48
A nice example of crystalized smithsonite from recent finds at Santa Eualia. Unlike most other Mexican smithsonites found in recent years, these actually show a degree crystallization, with numerous "rice grain" like crystals visible.
CZC30 Smithsonite
El Refugio Mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico
7.8x 4.4x 2.3 cm
$48
A nice example of purplish pink smithsonite from Choix. Years ago these were quite common, but production halted several years ago and they have since become somewhat harder to find.
CZC32 Grossular garnet
Merelani, Arusha, Tanzania
3.9x 2.0x 1.6 cm
A good reference example of green grossular garnet from the Merelani area. This is the same area that produces much of the famous tsavorite (green grossular with a bit more color saturation.) This piece has a decently sized crystal and shows good crystal structure, though because this isn't quite gemmy is priced rather cheaply.
CZC33 Diopside
Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Prov, Madagascar
4.2x 2.3x 1.5 cm
$42
A blocky, terminated, green diopside crystal from an unusual locality.
CZC34 Pyrite
Murgul, Artvin Prov., Black Sea Region, Turkey
3.6x 2.9x 3.3 cm
A larger than usual (for the locality) octahedral pyrite crystal from Turkey-- max dimension is along the diagonal.. There is a contact on the bottom
CZC36 Dravite Tourmaline
Mwajanga, Manyara Regoin, Tanzania
4.1x 0.9x 0.7 cm
$58
A partially terminated bicolored dravite crystal from recent finds in Tanzania.
CZC38 Brucite
Killa Saifullah District., Baluchustan, Pakistan
2.7x 2.2x 2.1 cm
A beautiful, saturated yellow example of brucite from recent finds in southwestern Pakistan. These are arguably the best examples ever found, and this is a particularly nice thumbnail. They are somewhat plentiful a the moment, so even good pieces like this are quite affordable.... for now.
CZC39 Beryl var. Aquamarine
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
3.3x 0.8x 0.55
$58
A rare thumbnail sized specimen of aquamarine from Huanggang. Aquamarines were one of the surprises form the early days of mining; these were found around 8 years ago shortly after specimens first began to hit the market. The Huanggang mines exploit a skarn, though one of the mines in the cluster cut through a small pegmatite, which is where these were found.
Nearly all examples occurred as single crystals, there were only a very small number of clusters found early on-- this "cluster" only has 2 crystals, but I still think it makes it somewhat more interesting than the usual single crystals-- and what's more, it actually fits in a thumbnail box.
CZC41 Vanadium Dravite
Mwajanga, Manyara Regoin, Tanzania
2.0x 1.9x 1.85 cm
$68
A nice example of green vanadium dravite from finds made within the last year in Tanzania. Not perfect, but a good reference example for the price.
CZC43 Monazite
Ambatofotsikely pegmatite, Fidirana Commune, Betafo Dist., Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Prov., Madagascar
2.6x 1.6x 0.7 cm
$44
An excellent, complete and rather sharp monazite crystal from Madagascar. If you are a researcher looking for more of this material, I do have more so please send an e-mail.
CZC44 Calcite with Chalcopyrite
Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds Co., Viburnum Trend Dist., Missouri, United States
3.1x 2.25x 1.8 cm
A beautiful thumbnail sized example of calcite with chalcopyrite, from the Viburnum trend mining area. Quite sharp and lustrous.
CZC45 Fluorite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
2.0x 2.0x 1.7 cm
$46
A beautiful thumbnail sized crystal of blue and purple fluorite from the Yaogangxian Mine. You don't often see nice thumbnail sized examples of Chinese fluorite, they tend to be larger plates.
CZC48 Fluorite
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
2.5x 2.5x 2.1 cm
$42
A nice thumbnail sized example of fluorite from recent finds in Inner Mongolia. This one consists of a cluster of tightly packed cubic crystals with purple cores and colorless outer regions. You don't often see thumbnail sized Chinese fluorites, they tend to be larger plates.
CZC50 Hematite
Hormuz Island, Hormozgan Prov., Iran
3.0x 1.6x 1.5 cm
An unusually elongated crystal section of hematite, from an even more unusual location: an island off the coast of Iran, in the Straight of Homuz, at the mouth of the Persian Gulf. Not terminated, but a decent reference. Plus, as common as the species is, it's not often that you see this sort of prismatic crystallization from hematite.
CZC51 Dravite Tourmaline
Landanai, Arusha District, Tanzania
3.3x 2.7x 1.9 cm
A reference sample of dravite tourmaline from finds made a little over a year ago in Tanzania. This piece has a partial, etched termination, but still displays some of the blue cap that examples from this discovery were notable for. A decent reference of the price.
CCC02 Fluorite
Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Pref., Hunan Prov., China
5.4x 5.3x 3.0 cm
A beautiful example of the ultra-transparent green fluorite habit that this area is best known for.
CCC04
Meigu Co., Sichuan Prov., China
7.7x5.9x 3.2 cm
$78
A great example of rare black babingtonite, with green prehnite and quartz, from finds made years ago in southwestern China. This one features a nicely positioned, sharp and well isolated crystal. Babingtonite is a rare iron, calcium bearing sillicate that in recent years has been found as specimens in New Jersey, China, and in small quantities in India.
CCC06 Orpiment with Barite
Quiruvilca Dist., Santiago de Chuco Prov., La Libertad Dept., Peru
8.2x4.6x 2.7 cm
$68
A nice sample of barite rhombs with orange orpiment from finds made several years back at the Quiruvilca Mine.
CCC11 Hubnerite with Quartz
Pasto Bueno, Pallasca Prov., Ancash Dept., Peru
7.8x 6.5x 3.9 cm
$92
A beautiful example of hubnerite with quartz from a classic locality. This one has a well formed, terminated hubnerite crystal associated with quartz. There is a bit of damage, but pretty good for the price.
CCC14 Vorobeyevite
Deo Darrah, Khash & Kuran Wa Munjan Districts, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan
4.7x 3.0x 2.2 cm
A nice specimen of "vorobeyevite." These are an alkali-rich (usually cesium) beryl that have sufficient alkali impurities to effect their crystallization, yet not enough of the additional element to qualify as a separate species. Examples from this find are not particularly cesium rich, though because there is a sufficient quantity of *some* alkali element to alter its habit, they are considered vorobeyevites.
CCC16 Fluorite on Quatz
Xiayang Mine, Yongchun Co., Fujian Prov., China
6.7x2.5x 4.8 cm
$46
A nice example of dodecahedral green fluorite with quartz, from recent finds at the Xiayang Mine. The color varies with lighting, and is best under indirect sunlight.
CCC18 Quartz, Pyrite with Sphalerite
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Prov., Peru
5.0x 3.2x 2.8 cm
A nice combination specimen of ultra-lustrous pyrite, with quartz and sphalerite form the major find about 3 years ago at the Huanzala Mine. While pyrite from this mine is perhaps the most readily available mineral specimen on the planet, combinations such as this are quite rare. The main quartz crystal has a slightly odd termination, but it isn't broken.
CCC20 Barite on Fluorite
Guizhou Prov., China
5.7x 4.4x 2.0 cm
A very beautiful example of blady barite on dark purple fluorite, from southwestern China. The color contrast makes fro quite an attractive specimen.
CCC22 Smithsonite
San Antonio Mine, Santa Eualia, Chihuahua, Mexico
6.4x 5.7x 2.4 cm
$58
A nice example of botryoidal, greenish brown smithsonite form recent finds at Santa Eualia. It looks a lot like the old material from the 70's, but it is in fact more recent. Great satin luster. There is smithsonite on both sides.
CCC27 Stibiconite ps. Stibnite
Mun. de Catorce, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
3.3x 0.6x 0.5 cm
$32
A nice thumbnail sized example of stibiconite that has pseudomorphed stibnite, from finds made decades ago in Mexico.
CCC28 Fluorite
Xiayang Mine, Yongchun Co., Fujian Prov., China
3.0x 2.5x 1.7 cm
A nice example of dodecahedral green fluorite from China. It is somewhat difficult to find thumbnail sized samples of Chinese fluorite, they are almost always large plates. This is a nice example from recent finds in Fujian Prov.,
CCC29 Hematite
Hormuz Island, Hormozgan Prov., Iran
2.5x 1.9x 1.3 cm
$39
A nice hematite crystal from an unusual locality-- an island off the Iranian coast, in the Straight of Hormuz that connects the Persian Gulf to the rest of the Indian Ocean.
CCC30 Cornetite
Star of Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Katanga, D.R. Congo
12.5x 11.8x 4.3 cm
$74
A large and very rich example of this rare hydrous copper phosphate from Congo.
CCC32 Carrollite
Kamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Kambove District, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
6.5x 6.0x 4.2 cm
$66
A large cubic crystal of rare carrollite on matrix, from Congo. There is a bit of damage to one edge of the crystal, but this is a very good price for a crystal of this size.
CCC33 Fluorite on Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
3.8x3.3x 3.0 cm
$74
A nice little sample of flourite on quartz, from Yaogangxian. The fluorite has frosted surfaces, but you can still see the phantom within.
CCC39 Wulfenite with Mimetite
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
7.5x 4.8x 4.3 cm
$58
A nice reference sample of pointy, bipyramidal wulfenite crystals associated with dark green, botryoidal mimetite.
CCC40 Fluorite
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
10.5x 8.8x 7.0 cm
$68
A cabinet sized sample of fluorite, etched out of quartz. Because it has been etched out of quartz, the surfaces are naturally rough and someone somewhere along the line oiled it. Still, it's a good reference piece of green fluorite from this locality-- while common everywhere else, it is actually one of the rarer colors from this area.
CCC41 Garnet
Ialamitana, Antsirabe 2 District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Prov., Madagascar
3.1x 2.8x 1.5 cm
$28
A sharp, half-crystal of garnet from Madagascar
CCC44 Calcite
Yunnan Prov., China
8.5x 6.0x 3.9 cm
$42
A beautiful, coral-like specimen of calcite crystals, arranged in a sort of cave formation from Yunnan Prov., China.
CCC45 Fluorite on Quartz
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
6.3x 5.6x 4.6 cm
$68
A nice sample of dark, inky blue fluorite on quartz, from finds made several years back at the Huanggang Mines. The color is more of a dark, inky blue in person-- the lighting makes it look brighter than it is. There is a bit of damage, but the piece is exactly as shown.
CNN04 Scheelite
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
5.7x 3.8x 2.4 cm
$48
A nice sample of scheelite from the prolific Yaogangxian Mine.
CNN08 Fluorite
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
4.4x 3.8x 3.2 cm
A nice pink fluorite octahedron on matrix, from finds made a couple years back at the Huanggang Mine. It could probably use a bit more cleaning/ work, but for the price I think it's very good (and cheap.)
Priced at $285 in my show stock,
CNN09 Shattuckite
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
4.1x 2.1x 1.5 cm
$58
A beautiful example of deep blue shattuckite, this is a cast that seems to have formed in a fissure, or in between crystals, then come loose when the crystals it was originally adhering to dissolved away. A nice miniature sized sample of the material.
CNN12 Plumbogummite
Daoping-Yangshuo Orebody, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
8.6x 5.2x 3.5 cm
A nice example of botryoidal plumbogummite coating a quartz matrix, from the find a couple years back. This one has a particulary good blue color-- not too dark, and not influenced by underlying pyromorphite.
CNN15 Pyromorphite
Daoping-Yangshuo Orebody, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
2.3x 1.8x 1.1 cm
$62
A beautiful thumbnail sized cluster of green pyromorphite from recent finds in China. Oddly enough, the color varies a bit with lighting-- it's a bit more yellow in sunlight.
CNN16 Fluorite
Weishan Co., Dali Pref., Yunnan Prov., China
6.0x 2.2x 2.1 cm
A nice sample of stalactitic purple fluorite from the find made about 2 years ago.
CNN18 Calcite
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
3.1x 3.0x 2.7 cm
A light green, ball shaped aggregate of tabular calcite crystals from Inner Mongolia. Very cute little piece.
CNN18B Copper
Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
4.5x 3.3x 1.9 cm
A very rare example of copper from the Katanga Copper Crescent region of the Southern D.R. Congo. It might sound ridiculous for copper to be rare in a region bearing its name, and that also happens to contain one of the world's richest deposits of the metal, but native copper is almost never seen as specimens from here. These are rather crude crystals, but you can definitely see the form of the copper, and they seem have a surface alteration of cuprite. Unusual stuff.
CNN21
Tri-State Lead Zinc District, Oklahoma, United States
7.9x 4.0x 3.7 cm
A nice example of sphalerite from the classic Tri-State district. There are crystals on both sides of the chert matrix. These things are the slowest sellers (not the best sales pitch, I know) but I can't help but keep buying them-- the contrast between the sulfide species that show up on these specimens (in this case sphalerite) and the clean chert matrix, as well as the general distinctness and sharpness of the sulfide crystals from this locality always draw my eye.
Mining in the area began around the 1850's-60's on the Missouri side of the district, with the last mine closing in Oklahoma in 1967 (that should provide some idea of the age of this piece.) Because of the environmental impact of the extensive lead mining, the area is today home to 3 Superfund sites, and Picher itself is a ghost town.
CNN22 Creedite
Mina Navidad, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
6.0x 4.1x 4.5 cm
$48
A nice sample of creedite balls composed of radiating crystals clustered together.
CNN23 Quartz (Beta Scepter)
Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner (Keshiketeng Co.), Ulanhad League (Chifeng Prefecture), Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
7.2x 4.9x 3.7 cm
A beautiful example of sceptered quartz, displaying the complex lateral faces that are typical of examples from this locality.
CNN27 Zircon
Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Prov, Madagascar
3.5x 2.9x 1.6 cm
An unusual zircon from a very small find made a couple years ago-- trace rare earths have distorted the crystal, leaving it with the form you see here.
