Item MS1 - WULFENITE with BARITE - Xichang Mine, Sichuan Province, China; numerous small, orange crystals are spread across a white barite matrix in this piece. Measures 4.2 x 4.1 x 3 cms and in good condition. $21.
Item MS2 - ADAMITE - Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico; a flat, 10 x 5 x 1.8 cm section of limonite has many adamite crystals (up to .8 cm in length) growing from it. Crystals are semi-transparant, terminated, and piece is in fine condition. From the old M. Phantom Minerals inventory. $47.
Item MS3 - QUARTZ with Mud Inclusions - Wanna, Waziristan, Pakistan; a wide, flattened quartz crystal with light-colored mud inclusions and a "Skeletal" look to it. It's doubly-terminated with multiple terminations and crystal etching, making it an interesting specimen to look at. Condition is very good, and dimensions are 4.2 x 4 x 3.3 cms. $45.
Item MS4 - TURQUOISE - Majkojyn, Kazakhstan; a 2.9 x 2 x 1.1 cm turquoise nugget, cut in half and polished to show the nice aqua-blue coloration. A good sample. $28.
Item MS5 - APATITE - Durango, Mexico; a large, terminated crystal of apatite - light green in color and semi-transparant. Measures 5.1 cm in length and 2.2 cm in diameter. $42.
Item MS6 - FLUORITE- Sovietskiy #2 Mine, Dal'negorsk, Russia; (thumbnail) a fine, water-clear fluorite cube (1 cm in diameter) stands out against a small matrix piece. A nice Russian sample. $14.
Item MS7 - HERKIMER DIAMONDS - Herkimer County, New York; (thumbnail) two water-clear "herkimer diamonds" are stacked (joined at the side) in this specimen. A showy specimen, and condition is very good. $12.
Item MS8 - ALMANDINE GARNET - Spruce Pine, Mitchell County, North Carolina; a white-quartz/mica matrix contains a few red almandine garnets, up to .5 cm in diameter. A good starter specimen from the Carolinas. Measures 5 x 4 x 4.4 cms. $12.
Item MS9 - ANDRADITE GARNET - Cornwell, Pennsylvania; (thumbnail) small, black, well-formed dodecahedrons are contrasted against a white matrix background. Condition is very good. $14.
Item MS10 - HEMATITE - Isle of Elba, Italy; irridescent hematite crystals, up to 1.5 cm in length, are set in a slender quartz crystal vug in this specimen. Total dimensions are 3.9 x 4.5 x 3.5 cms, and condition is fair. $14.
Item MS11 - SPHALERITE - Elmwood Mine, Smith County, Tennessee; A nice miniature of jet-black sphalerite crystals, in good condition. Measures 7.6 x 6 x 4.5 cms. $55.
Item MS12 - RED BERYL - Violet Claim, Wah Wah Mountains, Utah; (thumbnail) a good, terminated sample of this relatively-rare beryl, exposed from piece of matrix. Condition is very good. $40.
Item MS13 - AQUAMARINE in FELDSPAR- Erongo Mountains, Namibia; a nice miniature of this African aqua, where a 3.5 cm aqua crystal sits on a white feldspar matrix (the contact point is mid-way along the crystal, and looks "balanced" on the matrix). Crystal color and clarity are good, with dimensions at 3.5 x 2.1 x 3 cms. Condition is good. $80.
Item MS14 - PYRITE - Huanzala Mine, Huanuco Dept., Peru; two sharp pyrite cubes, one 2 cm and one 3.5 cm, intersect in this piece (penetration from smaller into larger). Condition is very good. $50.
Item MS15 - APATITE on FELDSPAR- Yates Mine, Otter lake, Quebec, Canada; a dark-green, 3.3 cm long apatite crystal is exposed from a pink feldspar matrix. Dimensions are 5.5 x 5.8 x 3.8 cms. Condition is good. $23.
Item MS16 - CALCITE on CELESTITE - Clay Center, Ohio; (I always find these especially interesting formations...) transparent, yellow/brown, scalenohedral calcite crystals are perched along a 6 cm long (transparent) celestite crystal. Condition is very good. $25.
Item MS17 - VIVIANITE - Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia; (thumbnail) slender, elongated (blueish-black) vivianite crystals, from an eastern US location. Condition is fair. $9.
Item MS18 - BARITE - Mex-Tex Mine, Hansonburg Mining District, Socorro County, New Mexico; a great barite specimen - terminated, wide, and very good clarity. I picked this up from the mine owner, Tom Massis, when we collected there in the late 1980's. Broken and re-healed on the side it sits on, I consider this to be a choice piece. Measures 8.5 x 1.5 x 4 cms. $90.
Item MS19 - TOURMALINE - Momeik, Mogok, Burma; a nice specimen of the Burmese "mushroom tourmaline". Specimen is a large (3 x 2 x 2.8 cm), deep-red tourmaline sitting atop a quartz piece. Condition is good. $79.
Item MS20 - MANGANITE- Caland Pit, Atikokan, Ontario, Canada; a quality specimen of steel-grey, striated, high-lustre crystals of this manganese oxide. Measures 6.5 x 5 x 2.5 cms, and in fine condition. $105.
Item MS21 - MOLDAVITE - Czech Republic; (thumbnail) a nice, lime-green colored piece of this tektite. Condition is good. $34.
Item MS22 - AMETHYST - Diamond Hill Mine, Antreville, South Carolina; a single crystal, of good color and transparancy. Measures 5.7 x 5 x 7.5 cms. $75.
Item MS23 - CALCITE on CONICHALCITE - Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico; light-grey, transparant, high-lustre calcites grow across a portion of the surface of a olive-green, conichalcite-coated limonite matrix piece. A good Durango specimen. Dimensions are 9 x 5 x 3.4 cms, and specimen is in good condition. $25.
Item MS24 - STILBITE - Martin Marietta Quarry, Hickory, North Carolina; (thumbnail) a cluster of tan/yellow stilbite sheafs. I was fortunate enough to get into a vein of this material a short time back, collecting with Bob Lauf. Nice! (Condition is good) $12.
Item MS25 - QUARTZ with included RUTILE- Hiddenite, North Carolina; (thumbnail) a clear, terminated quartz crystal has obviously grown up around needles of rutile this this piece. Condition is fine. $19.
Item MS26 - CALCITE on QUARTZ- Droujba Mine, Luki, Rhodopi Mountains, Bulgaria; a nice miniature, with tan-colored, scalenohedral calcite crystals as a secondary growth after clear quartz crystals. New inventory acquired 2 weeks back. Measures 5.2 x 2.5 x 1.9 cms, and in good condition. $39.
Item MS27 - PYRARGYRITE - Fresnillo, Zacatecas, Mexico; (thumbnail) a single, fat, terminated crystal of this silver antimony sulfide. Dark-red in color and in very good condition. $35.
Item MS28 - GOLD - Zapata Mine, Santa Elena, Venezuela; a 1.15 gram nugget, bright and aesthetic. $90.
Item MS29 - SIDERITE, RUTILE and MICA- Rist Mine, Hiddenite, North Carolina; a nice NC specimen, consisting of siderite rhombs, muscovite mica, and rutile crystals protruding from the piece. Dimensions are 5 x 3.1 x 2.9, and condition is good. $38.
Item MS30 - GALENA - Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia; exhibiting that "melted look" that galenas sometime have, this specimen certainly shows that odd look. Minor association of chalcopyrite. Measurements are 5.1 x 2 x 1.6 cms; condition is good. $21.
Item MS31 - TOURMALINE - San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Mexico; a great specimen of buergerite - numerous dark-brown, well-defined crystals are spread across the surface of a rhyolite matrix. Measures 4 x 3.5 x 1.9 cms, and in fine condition. $36.
Item MS32 - CHALCOPYRITE, PYRITE and QUARTZ- Huaron, Peru; a choice specimen consisting of water-clear quartz crystals growing up through and around copper-colored chalcopyrites, with crystallized pyrites growing on the chalcopyrites. Nice! Measures 6 x 3 x 2.9 cms, and in fine condition. $45.
Item MS33 - FLUORITE - Annabel Lee Mine, Hardin County, Illinois; a nearly-complete, dark-purple fluorite cube with minor calcite at back. Transparant when back-lit and shows phantom, with measurements at 4 x 4.1 x 3.2 cms. Condition is fine. $80.
Item MS34 - AQUAMARINE- Erongo Mountains, Namibia; (thumbnail) a fine specimen of two terminated aqua crystals, of very good (blue) color and quality, forming a "V". Condition is very good. $30.
Item MS35 - FLUORITE and QUARTZ with CALCITE- Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Russia; a 1.5 cm, water-clear fluorite cube sits on a frosted quartz matrix, with associated (flattened) calcite rhombs also perched on the slender quartz crystals. Measures 7.5 x 5.3 x 3.1 cms, and condition is very good. $50.
Item MS36 - CASSITERITE - Pingwu, Sichuan Province, China; a great miniature - vibrant, jet-black (tetragonal) crystals of this tin oxide are grouped together in a cluster, with a minor association of muscovite mica. Condition is very good, with measurements at 5 x 3 x 4 cms. $115.
Item MS37 - MAGNESITE - Brumado, Bahia, Brazil; a twinned crystal of this magnesium carbonate - near colorless and semi-transparant. Measures 4.5 x 4 x 2.3 cms, with one side of the rhomb being roughly 2.5 cms. Condition is good. $45.
Item MS38 - ARSENOPYRITE - Santa Eulalia, Chiahuahua, Mexico; sharp, striated, wedge-shaped crystals are clustered together in this piece. Minor quartz association. Condition is good; measurements are 5.1 x 3.5 x 3 cms. $23.
Item MS39 - CALCITE - Verchniy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Krai, Russia; a fine cluster of scalenohedral calcite crystals, up to 2.5 cm in length and exhibiting VERY high lustre, and measuring 11.5 x 9 x 5 cms. Condition is fine. $135.
Item MS40 - PARGASITE - Luc Yen, Vietnam; (the first time I've carried a sample of this particular inosilicate)- light-green crystals are exposed on, and running through, a marble matrix piece. Measures 4.4 x 2.2 x 4 cms. Condition is fair. $19.
Item MS41 - QUARTZ CRYSTALS - Bortelhorn, Switzerland; long, clear, terminated, tapered quartz crystals are grouped together off a small matrix section in this piece. Not a location I usually come across (swapped for this one). Condition is very good. Total dimensions are 6 x 4.5 x 4.5 cms. $35.
Item MS42 - FADEN QUARTZ- Northern Area, Skerdu, Pakistan; a flat "tabby" quartz crystal grouping, with very good clarity, and showing the "thread" down the center. Dimensions are 5 x 5 x .7 cms. $30.
Item MS43 - CALCITE on SPHALERITE - Cumberland Mine, Smith County, Tennessee; a nice specimen of honey-colored calcites (many twinned) laying across the surface of a jet-black, vibrant crystallized sphalerite matrix. Dimensions are 8.5 x 6.5 x 3 cms, and condition is good. $40.
Item MS44 - VANADINITE - Mibladen, Morocco; a good miniature is loaded with deep-orange/red "barrels" of vanadinite in this specimen. Measures 3.7 x 2.5 x 2.4 cms. $20.
Item MS45 - CORAL - Saltan Sea, California; (thumbnail) an "arborescent" growth of red coral, filling the thumbnail box. Condition is good. * Not so sure of this location; the seller replied that he was "pretty sure". A nice coral though. $18.
Item MS46 - STILBITE - Hickory, Catawba County, North Carolina; a triangular-shaped plate, roughly 13 cm to a side, of tan-colored stilbite crystals from a NC location. Crystal width up to 1.5 cms, plate height is roughly 3 cms, and condition is fine. $60.
Item MS47 - TOURMALINE and QUARTZ - Golcunda Mine, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil; a clear, doubly-terminated quartz crystal (6.3 x 2.7 cms) is simply loaded with black schorl tourmaline crystals - some penetrating and others fully included. A nice specimen! $49.
Item MS48 - FLUORITE, GALENA and PYRITE- Huaron, Peru; a nice combination specimen, with light-blue/green fluorite crystals, mixed with galena on a pyrite matrix. Condition is good, with measurements at 3.8 x 4.5 x 3.1 cms. $29.
Item MS49 - SPHALERITE and CALCITE- Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Krai, Russia; a crystallized mass of sphalerite, measuring 8.5 x 8 x 6 cms, has small, flattened (white) calcite rhombs stacked at the front base and along the back right. A good Russian sample, in good condition. $90.
Item MS50 - TOPAZ - Shigar, Northwest Frontier Province, Pakistan; a single, light-sherry colored crystal - terminated and clear enough to read through in 95% of the crystal. Measurements are 1.1 x 1.3 x 2.5 cms and in good condition. $100.