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CLF62 Calcite incl. Marcasite
Conco Mine, Kane Co., Illinois, United States
3.7x 2.4x 2.8 cm
$34
A nice miniature sized sample of calcite from the Conco Mine in North Aurora, about 30 miles from downtown Chicago. This comes from a finds made around 2010-12.
CLF63 Celestite
Maybee, Monroe Co., Michigan, United States
6.6x 5.0x 3.2 cm
$58
A nice example of celestite from Michigan. The American midwest is dotted with quarries that produce everything from roadfill to the raw ingredients for some toothpastes, at many of these celestite, calcite, and fluorite occasionally occur as byproducts. This piece comes from a quarry in Michigan, collected 20+ years ago. Rather large/ elongated crystals for the locality!
CLF64 Danburite
Anjanabonoina , Ambohimanambola Commune, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region, Antananarivo Prov., Madagascar
3.5x 1.3x 1.0 cm
A rare example of danburite from Madagascar-- what you see on the market comes almost exclusively from Mexico, with perhaps the odd piece from Russia. This comes from he same pegmatite that produces the liddicoatites used to make the big slices.
CLF65 Alabandite
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Prov., Lima Dept., Peru
6.7x 5.0x 4.0 cm
$52
A cabinet specimen of rare black alabandite from the Uchucchacua Mine in Peru. While this mine is best known for its rhodochrosites, silvers, and silver minerals, around 2010 it also produced (what were then) some of the finest examples of this black manganese silicate. Interestingly, around the same time, there was also a discovery in Merelani. Most of the crystals this specimen seem to be twins, as was typical for specimens from this find (though interestingly, not from. other localities)
CLF66 Manganocalcite
Racracancha Mine, Tinyahuarco Dist., Pasco Prov., Pasco Dept., Peru
5.1x 4.1x 4.6 cm
$48
A large (for the locality) twin crystal of manganocalcite, with a patchy bright pink fluorescence under UV light. The Racracancha mine was reopened by artisanal miners for a few years around 2010 to obtain specimens, the bulk of what came out was pyrite, but they also discovered these interesting manganocalcites.
CLF67 Adamite
Dachang Sn-Polymetallic Ore Field, Nandan Co., Hechi Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
5.6x 2.1x 3.0 cm
$28
A decent reference sample of a Chinese adamite-- they look nearly identical to the common Ojuela pieces, but the color tends to be a bit lighter, with smoother texture. This comes from a small find made many years ago at the Dachang Polymetallic Orefield..
CLF68 Chamosite ps. Almandine Garnet
Michigamme Mine, Marquette Iron Range, Iron Co., Michigan, United States
6.1x 6.0x 3.4 cm
$66
A sizable example of this unusual pseudomorph, hosting a few (I've heard) almandine garnets that have pseudomorphed to chamosite. These also come from Michigan's upper peninsula, but are somewhat more obscure than the coppers and datolites.
CCA01 Fluorite
Auglaize Quarry, Junction, Paulding Co., Ohio, United States
10.5x 5.0x 4.5 cm
A very good example of purple on brown fluorite, from the Auglaize quarry in Ohio. Therein purple crystal has a decent size, though is not perfect (that is why this is $115 instead of several times that price!).
CCA02 Pyrite
Huaron Mines, Huayllay district, Pasco province, Pasco, Peru
11.5x 7.6x 4.0 cm
A nice example of pyrite on matrix, from older finds at the Huaron Mine. This was one of the many Maning areas that produced sulfide specimens up until the early 2010's, though which has stopped for the last several years.
CCA03 Spessartine Garnet
Shigar Valley, Skardu, Pakistan
7.0x 4.2x 5.1 cm
$48
A nice reference sample of spessartine garnet on a feldspar matrix. Some damage to the upper crystal, but a decent reference
CCA04 Wulfenite
Xinjiang A.R., China
6.3x 4.3x 2.8 cm
An example of very red wulfenite crystals on matrix, from finds made several years back in Xinjiang.
CCA05 Quartz
Goboboseb Mtns., Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia
7.0x 6.6x 3.9 cm
$86
A flower-like cluster of quartz crystals with minor lepidocrocite inclusions. Because it is all white, i's a little hard to see... but the crystals grew in a. kind of "swirl" formation, giving it a very rose-like appearance .
CCA06 Celestite
Pugh Quarry, Weston, Wood Co., Ohio, United States
6.9x 4.3x 2.5 cm
A celestite from the Pugh Quarry. This might look like your average midwestern celestite, but it is not! This locality is mainly known for its orange calcites-- celestite is quite rare from here! If you collect Ohio or Midwest, you know what I am talking about.
CCA07 Liddicoatite Tourmaline
Antsongombato, Betafo Region, Madagascar
4.7x 2.3x 2.3 cm
A nice sample of purplish pink liddicoatite tourmaline from Antsongambato-- better known for its rhodizite. Usually, these occur frozen in matrix as accessories to rhodizite crystals, but this is a decent example of tourmaline from this locality in its own right. Very distinctive color!
CCA08 Pyrite
Duff Quarry, Logan Co., Ohio, United States
9.1x 6.5x 5.2 cm
$68
A pyrite lined vug in a sedimentary matrix, from Ohio.
CCA09 Ferberite, Tetrahedrite
Julcani Dist., Angaraes Prov., Huancavelica Dept., Peru
10.3x 9.2x 5.6 cm
$76
A group of tetrahedrite crystals on a quartz coated matrix. As is typical with Julcani, this piece has a lot going on-- the tetrahedrite seem to have secondary growths of other sulfide minerals growing on their surfaces, and in cracks. Julcani minerals are often have a very interesting and unusual display of paragenesis... this is no exception. Sawn base.
CCA10 Barite
Cerro Warihuyn, 2 hours walk from Miraflores, Huamalias. Huanuco, Peru
6.1x 3.8x 5.0 cm
$46
Anice sample of barite from recent finds in Peru. These started coming out around 15 years ago, though finds have continued to be made intermittently since then.
CCA11 Barite
Meikle Mine, Elko Co., Nevada, United States
5.2x 3.7x 3.2 cm
A nice reference sample of barite from the Meikle Mine in Nevada-- not perfect, but very good for the price!
CCA12 Elbaite Tourmaline
Malkhan pegmatite field, Krasnyi Chikoy, Chitinskaya Oblast', Transbaikalia, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
2.4x 0.6x 0.5 cm
A terminated thumbnail sized crystal of deeply colored tourmaline from Russia.
CCA13 Pyrite with Calcite
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Prov., Peru
5.5x 3.9x 4.1 cm
A combination specimen of calcite with pyrite from a recent find. Despite the abundance of pyrite from this mine, this would normally be a rare combination, but the recent pocket produced quite a bit of this material.
CCA14 Hyalite Opal
Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia
10.5x 4.3x 3.6 cm
$76
A rich specimen of very fluorescent hyalite opal from recent finds on Erongo Mountain. The hyalite day fluoresces.
CCA15 Calcite
Bery Materials Corp. Quarry (North Vernon Plant), North Vernon, Jennings Co., Indiana
7.1x 4.6x 2.9 cm
$72
Clusters of light brown-orange calcite crystals on matrix, displaying the typical rounded habit that this mine is famous for. Smaller crystals, but richer than most.
CCA16 Calcite
Leiping, Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan Prov., China
5.0x 4.8x 3.3 cm
$76
A cluster of twinned calcite crystals from the Leiping Mine, in Hunan Prov., China.
CCA17 Fluorite
Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio, United Statesy
5.0x 4.0x 1.3 cm
An iridescent fluorite from finds made within the last 3-4 years at Clay Center. This locality is better known for the pieces produced at the end of 2006-- those with the brown phantoms. This locality produces a number of interesting habits however, including these iridescent pieces.
CCA18 Celestite
Portage, Ohio
8.2x 2.7x 0.7 cm
$68
A very nice celestite crystal fro Portage, Ohio, with some phantoms near the base.
CCA19 Beryl var. Aquamarine with Schorl Tourmaline
Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia
3.8x 3.2x 2.1 cm
$76
A nice combination specimen of black schorl tourmaline with light blu aquamarine, from Erongo.
CCA20 Calcite
Denton Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois, United States
6.4x 4.0x 3.4 cm
A nice example of gemmy calcite from the Denton Mine in Southern Illinois. There are some saw marks on the matrix, and a tiny chip o the calcite. Still, a very nice example for the price.
CCA21 Brochantite with Chrysocolla
Los Azules Mine, Copiapo, Atacama Region Chile
3.4x 2.9x 2.6 cm
$80
A vividly colored combination of green brochantite with blue chrysocolla, from older finds in Chile.
CCA22 Feldspar, Spessartine Garnet with Quartz
Shigar Valley, Skardu, Pakistan
3.8x 3.6x 2.2 cm
$48
A sample of spessartine garnet with quartz and orthoclase, garnet gas some damage on rhe left side.
CCA23 Calcite
Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds Co., Viburnum Trend Dist., Missouri, United States
8.0x 6.6x 2.4 cm
$66
A very sculptural group of calcite crystals from the Sweetwater Mine, in Missouri's viburnum trend district. Older piece.
CCA24 Fluorite
May Stone Company quarry, near Ft. Wayne, Indiana, USA.
6.5x 5.8x 4.5 cm
A very large (for the locality) fluorite crystal on matrix. Not perfect, but very cheap for the size and locality.
CCA25 Quartz
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Prov., Peru
9.7x 2.7x 3.8 cm
$74
A nice example of quartz from Huanzala-- sometimes you see (smaller) crystals with quartz, but you don't often see good Huanzala quartz specimens in their own right. I purchased this one in Huallanca (the village just outside the mine) so I know it's not from somewhere else!
CCA26 Beryl var. Goshenite
Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia
5.3x 3.9x 1.8 cm
$58
A nice example of goshenite from recent finds on Erongo Mountain.
CCA27 Baumstarkite
San Genaro Mine, Huancavelica Dept., Peru
3.0x 2.7x 1.8 cm
$98
A thumbnail sized specimen of rare baumstarkite from the San Genaro Mine. This rare silver antimony sulfosalt was approved in 1999, and occurs with miargyrite.
CCA28 Scapolite
Madagascar
3.5x 1.7x 1.2 cm
$44
A gemmy scapolite crystal from Madagascar.
CCA29 Beryl var. Aquamarine
Central Madagascar
3.2x 2.6x 2.0 cm
A nice example of etched aquamarine from Madagascar.
CCA30 Scheelite
Gharmung, Shigar Valley, Pakistan
3.3x 2.5x 2.3 cm
$46
A nice reference sample of scheelite from Northern Pakistan.
CCA31 Calcite
Leiping, Guiyang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan Prov., China
4.6x 3.3x 1.7 cm
$64
A nice twinned calcite from the Leiping Mine.
CCA32 Liddicoatite Tourmaline
Antsongombato, Betafo Region, Madagascar
3.0x 2.3x 1.4 cm
$68
A nice thumbnail sized example of a purplish-pink liddicoatite tourmaline from Madagascar. This locality is better known for producing rhodizite.
CCA33 Quartz (Scepters)
Washington Camp, Arizona, United States
5.4x 3.2x 2.8 cm
$68
A cluster of quartz scepters from Washington, they are pretty much colorless, though the tips are ever so faintly amethystine.
CCA34 Barite on Fluorite
Hardin Co., Illinois, United States
7.7x 4.8x 4.2 cm
$66
A nice example of white barite on a fluorite matrix, from Southern Illinois. This one comes with an old Ross Lillie label dating it to the 1970's.
CCA35 Pyrite with Sphalerite
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Prov., Peru
6.5x 4.3x 4.3 cm
A nice example of pyrite with sphalerite, from Huanzala. Sphalerite is often present as small, black sphere-like aggregates, but it is not encountered as sizable crystals particularly often at this locality.
CCA36 Bournonite
Huanzala Mine, Huallanca District, Dos de Mayo Prov., Peru
4.8x 3.3x 2.4 cm
A nice example of bournonite from Huanzala-- this is not a species that the mine is well known for, in fact the Peru issue of the Mineralogical Record does not even mention the species as coming from the locality. This comes from a find made within the last few years,
CCA37 Orpiment
Quiruvilca Dist., Santiago de Chuco Prov., La Libertad Dept., Peru
6.8x 4.0x 1.8 cm
$48
A nice example of orange orpiment, from old finds at the Quiruvilca Mine.
CCA38 Barite
Cerro Warihuyn, 2 hours walk from Miraflores, Huamalias. Huanuco, Perur
3.8x 2.7x 2.0 cm
$42
A cute little barite, with a crystal nicely perched on top of a sliver of matrix.
CCA39 Calcite wth Fluorite
Hardin Co., Illinois, United States
11.1x 3.9x 3.1 cm
$68
An elongated calcite crystal with a bit of attached flourite, from Southern Illinois.
CCA40 Cerussite
San Jose Mine, Oruro, Oruro Dept., Bolivia
6.0x 4.5x 4.6 cm
An orange cerussite crystal on a sulfide-rich matrix. Cerussite is not common from Bolivia, and this color of cerussite isn't really common from anywhere-- this one is a decent sample of this new material.
CCA41 Quartz, Fluorite with Orthoclase
Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio, United Statesy
4.9x 3.7x 4.0 cm
$52
A specimen of brown fluorite crystals on matrix, from finds made within the past few years at Clay Center. These fluoresce whitish-yellow.
CCA42 Barite
Cerro Warihuyn, 2 hours walk from Miraflores, Huamalias. Huanuco, Perur
5.1x 5.0x 2.7 cm
$62
A nice example of barite on matrix, from recent finds at Cerro Warihuyn,
CCA43 Quartz with Orthoclase
Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.3x 3.0x 2.8 cm
$44
A very interestingly arranged specimen of quartz with orthoclase, from Erongo.
CCA44 Analcime
Mont Sant Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
3.8x 3.6x 2.8 cm
$46
A nice analcime crystal from one of the most mineralogically diverse localities on the planet.
CCA45 Galena on Quartz
Borieva Mine, Madan, Rhodope Mtns., Smolyan Prov., Bulgaria
4.8x 4.7x 4.5 cm
$56
A nice example of galena on quartz from Bulgaria. This one comes with an old Ross Lillie label dating it to 2003. After completing his work in southern Illinois, Ross used to go to Kosovo and Bulgaria to bring back specimens-- his pieces always did have an extra "crispness" that tended to be lacking in the wholesale material brought over by others... this is a nice example.
CCA46 Pyromorphite
Moualay Bouazza, Meknes, Khenifra Pref., Morocco
5.0x 2.5x 4.0 cm
$54
A nice sample of pyromorphite from Morocco. Generally speaking, African pyromorphite is not common-- apart from these, the only ones that come to mine are from Mfouati in Congo and very old, rare pieces from Broken Hill in Zambia. More often than not, things labeled as "pyromorphite" from the continent tend to be misidentified mimetite (often from Tsumeb) or really ugly vanadinite (from elsewhere in Morocco.)
CCA47 Quartz, Fluorite with Orthoclase
Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia
4.1x 2.1x 3.4 cm
An orthoclase crystal hosting dark purple fluorites and iron stained quartz, from Erongo Mountain.
CCA48 Spinel
Parker Mine, Laurentides, Quebec, Canada
3.4x 2.1x 2.4 cm
$44
A nice thumbnail specimen featuring a blue-black spinel crystal on matrix, from Canada.
CCA49 Fluorite
Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
3.7x 3.1x 2.2 cm
$58
A very faintly green fluorite from Uchuccacua-- kind of unusual for a location best known for its rhodochrosite and silver. Associated with pale rhodochrosite.
CCA50 Pyrite
Sylvania, Ohio, United States
5.3x 3.5x 3.5 cm
$43
A cluster of pyrite crystals from Sylvania, Ohio. In addition to pyrite and celestite, this locality produces a number of brachiopod and trilobite fossils.
CCA51 Celestite
Stoneco Quarry, Lime City, Ohio, United States
7.5x 3.7x 3.4 cm
$48
A very distinctive celestite specimen from Lime City-- the various celestite and calcite localities from throughout the Midwest tend to produce very distinct forms from quarry to quarry-- this is a good example of one of them.
CCA52 Quartz on Sphalerite
Davis/Deardorff Mine, Cave-in-Rock Dist., Illinois, United States
11.4x 6.6x 3.3 cm
$82
An oddity from the Illinois fluorspar district-- a plate of quartz crystals. While common pretty much everywhere else, quartz was never abundant in the fluorite mines. Very interesting locality piece. This has an old Ross Lillie dealer label dating it to the 1950's.
CCA53 Galena on Quartz
Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Prov., Huancavelica Dept., Peru
7.5x 5.4x 2.3 cm
$58
A nice example of bright dodecahedral galena crystals on quartz. This comes from finds made around 10 years ago at the now closed Palomo Mine.
