Item MS1 - CALCITE - Mina Sabinas, La Noria de SanPantalean, Zacatecas, Mexico; (thumbnail) a fine, clear, flat-topped, hexagonal calcite crystal. Condition is very good. $14.
Item MS2 - TOURMALINE - North American Emerald Mine, Hiddenite, North Carolina; (thumbnail) a single, terminated schorl tourmaline crystal in good condition. $8.
Item MS3 - TITANITE and QUARTZ - Dodo Deposit, Tyumen Oblast, Northern Russia; large (some nearly 3 cm in length) sphenes are intermixed with light smoky quartz crystals in this specimen. Smokies have great clarity. Measurements are 9 x 4 x 6.5 cms, and condition is good. Specimen is narrow, and appears to have come from a seam. $88.
Item MS4 - (Book) Eyewitness Handbooks "Rocks and Minerals"- Author - Chris Pellant; a great mineral identification book in great condition. Includes 500 photos and description of minerals from around the world. $29.95 new. $18.
Item MS5 - PLATINUM - Kondyor Massif, Khabarovskiy Krai, Russia; a well-formed platinum cube, with minor cubes growing off it's sides. Condition is fine, with dimensions approximately 3 mm across. $185.
Item MS6 - MAGNETITE - Mt. Huanaquino, Potosi, Bolivia; a nice specimen of steel-grey, sharp octahedral crystals spread across the surface of a 9 x 7 x 3.5 cm matrix section. Condition is very good. $29.
Item MS7 - REALGAR on CALCITE - Shimen, Hunan Province, China; perhaps a half-dozen light-grey, scalenohedral calcites (most doubly-terminated) have deep blood-red realgar crystals deposited at various points around the calcites' faces. A few larger realgars are also present on one side. Dimensions are 5.8 x 2.5 x 6 cms, and condition is good. $42.
Item MS8 - EMERALD - Ellis Mine, Hiddenite Carolina; (thumbnail) a small sample of this NC beryl, with a minor rutile association. Condition is good. $32.
Item MS9 - SMOKY QUARTZ with mud inclusions- Val Dinervia, Imperia, Italy; a recently acquired European quartz.... a grouping of doubly-terminated crystals, light-smoky in coloration and exhibiting the skeletal/elestial formation caused by mud or clay present during the crystal's growth. I always find these pleasant to examine. This one is in very good condition, and measures 4.8 x 3.5 x 2.2 cms. $42.
Item MS10 - CERUSSITE - Cornwall, England; semi-transparant, acicular crystals cover an open vug that is exposed in a white, bladed barite matrix. Measures 5.8 x 3.5 x 3.5 cms. Condition is good. $20.
Item MS11 - CALCITE - Berry Materials Quarry, North Vernon, Indiana; a fine grouping of honey-colored, high satin-sheen (well-formed) calcite crystals. Dimensions are 3.7 x 3.5 x 3.5 cms, and condition is very good. $46.
Item MS12 - FADEN QUARTZ - Northern Area, Skerdu, Pakistan; a group of flattened "tabby" quartz crystals, doubly-terminated and exhibiting the typical white "thread" running through the center (hence the "faden" name). Measures 5.2 x 4.5 x 2.1 cms, and in good condition. $27.
Item MS13 - SILVER - Beaver Mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada; an 8 x 5.5 x 4 cm mass of wire-silver poking out of all sides of chunk of matrix. Specimen has "some heft" to it because of heavy silver content. A good Canadian silver! $168.
Item MS14 - CHRYSOBERYL - near Colatina, Espirito Santo, Brazil; (thumbnail) a long, terminated, semi-transparant crystal; condition is very good. $50.
Item MS15 - SPHALERITE - Sovietskiy #2 Mine, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Krai, Russia; a "large fist-sized", high quality specimen of black sphalerite crystals with a minor association of quartz. Sphalerite has a nice vibrancy/shine to the crystals. This is nearly a floater piece, with crystallization at both sides and most edges. Measures 11.5 x 10.5 x 5.5 cms, and in fine condition. $165.
Item MS16 - STIBNITE - Hunan Province, China; a long "wand" crystal, measuring 17 cm long and 2 cm wide. Specimen has a nice chrome lustre to it. Condition is good. $47.
Item MS17 - CHLORITE included QUARTZ- Durham County, North Carolina; (thumbnail) a (very) dark-green colored quartz sceptre has another quartz leaning against it in this NC sample. Quartz is well-formed, and must be held to a light to see through it (easily done with lighting). Condition is fine. $13.
Item MS18 - WULFENITE - Los Lamentos Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico; a calcite matrix piece, measuring 5.5 x 6 x 6 cms, has a large (.8 cm), blocky, orange wulfenite crystal set atop it, as well as numerous smaller ones around the sides of the matrix. Condition is fair. $19.
Item MS19 - ZIRCON - Cherry Mountain, Vishnevogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia; (thumbnail) a grouping of fat, reddish-brown tetragonal crystals - well formed and in good condition. $30.
Item MS20 - HEMATITE - Isle of Elba, Italy; a nice grouping of hematite crystals, showing a fine irridescence, and surrounded by small quartz crystals, Condition is good and measurements are 4.3 x 4 x 3.3 cms. $19.
Item MS21 - AUTUNITE - Daybreak Mine, Spokane County, Washington; (thumbnail) a bright green/yellow specimen of autunite, with the vibrant "fan-like" crystal formation. Condition is fine. $32.
Item MS22 - EPIDOTE - Castrovirreyna Province, Peru; a nice, dark cluster of fat, terminated crystals with a minor association of crystallized quartz. Measures 2.5 x 1.5 x 4 cms, and in very good shape. Mounted on a (removeable) plastic base for best orientation. $30.
Item MS23 - RHODONITE - Franklin, New Jersey; deep-pink, blocky crystals form on a 3.5 x 3.5 x 2.6 cm chunk of rhodonite. Color is especially fine in this specimen! Condition is good. $27.
Item MS24 - BARITE - Frizington, Cumberland, England; (thumbnail) a thin, tabular barite specimen with a silky lustre. Condition is fair. $11.
Item MS25 - GAYLUSSITE - Amboseli, Kenya; a greyish, monoclinic crystal of this hydrated sodium calcium carbonate, measuring 7.5 cm in length and 4.1 cm in width. Condition is fine. $45.
Item MS26 - OPALIZED AMMONITE - Madagascar; a colorful 5 x 3.8 x 1.2 cm ammonite shell, opalized, and showing a nice red hue. Condition is good. $63.
Item MS27 - BARITE - Paca Mine, Emerson, Barton County, Georgia; a 6.2 x 6 x 3.1 cm grouping of slightly-frosted, white, terminated barite crystals. Condition is very good - a nice Georgia sample! $50.
Item MS28 - AMETHYST - Boukenhouthoek, near Pretoria, South Africa; one of the "cactus quartz" specimens - deeper in color than most on the market today. This piece is a crystallized "knob", measuring 6 x 3 x 3.6 cms. Condition is good. $18.
Item MS29 - CORUNDUM (RUBY) - Mysore, India; a single, red, hexagonal crystal measuring 3.6 x 4 x 1.8 cms. Condition is good. $47.
Item MS30 - MILLERITE - Halls Gap, Kentucky; thin, golden needles of this nickel-sulfide project from a quartz and calcite-lined geode. Pyrite crystals are also present. For those of you who were lucky enough to collect here - remember how much work it was to get these? Measures 3.2 x 3.5 x 3.5 cms. Condition is good. $30.
Item MS31 - ANDRADITE GARNET (Demantoid) - Tubussis, Namibia; (thumbnail) a semi-transparant, lime-green sample of this calcium-iron garnet partially embedded on top of a calcite matrix piece. Condition is good. $48.
Item MS32 - CALCITE with MARCASITE - Brushy Creek Mine, 1200 ft. level, Reynolds County, Missouri; (thumbnail) grey scalenohedral calcite crystals show off an irridescent marcasite coating. Condition is very good. $13.
Item MS33 - ILVAITE - Sovietskiy #1 Mine, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Krai, Russia; a jet-black, high-lustre crystal with multiple terminations at the top. Measures 1.3 x 1 x 2.9 cms, and in fine shape. $70.
Item MS34 - LAZULITE - Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada; (thumbnail) dark, wedge-shaped, blackish-blue crystals of lazulite are spread across the surface of a small matrix section in this piece. Minor quartz crystal association as well. Condition is good. $19.
Item MS35 - SIDERITE and MICA - Rist Mine, Hiddenite, North Carolina; a quality specimen of a cluster of semi-transparant siderite rhombs, in great condition and exhibiting a fine lustre, with a muscovite mica association at it's base. Dimensions are 5.5 x 3 x 5 cms. $47.
Item MS36 - AMBLYGONITE with ELBAITE - Harvard Mine, Greenwood, Maine; a sample of this fluorophosphate material with an elbaite crystal perched in it. Measures 4.5 x 4 x 3.5 cms, and in good condition. $16.
Item MS37 - WILLEMITE - Franklin, New Jersey; a slab of this highly-fluorescent (green) material - from one of the best fluorescent collecting areas. Piece measures 5.6 x 4.5 x 1 cm. $8.
Item MS38 - (Book) Peterson Field Guides "Rocks and Minerals"- Author: Frederick H. Pough; a good book with mineral classifications, descriptions and plates (photos) across the spectrum of minerals. Condition is very good. $11.
Item MS39 - MILARITE on ANDULARIA- Valencia, Guanajuato, Mexico; from the old George and Susan Robinson collection (includes their old label) - light-green milarite is set atop a white (crystallized) andularia matrix section. Condition is very good, with dimensions at 5 x 5 x 4 cms. $29.
Item MS40 - SMOKY QUARTZ - Mt. St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada; a fine sample of stacked, doubly-terminated (dark) smokies from this well-known Canadian locale. Dimensions are 2.5 x 1.5 x 3 cms. Mounted on a (removeable) plastic base for best orientation. Ex M. Phantom Minerals specimen. $35.
Item MS41 - PENTAGONITE on STILBITE - Wagholi Quarry, Poona, India; a coating of aqua-colored pentagonite (chemically the equivalent of cavansite, but 5-sided crystals) which are spread across a base of white stilbite crystals. Dimensions are 4.5 x 3.5 x 3, and condition is good. $40.
Item MS42 - COLUMBITE - Bedford, New York; an opaque, brown/black, tabular crystal with a rectangular profile. Measures 1.5 x 1.5 x 2.5 cms, and condition is good. $23.
Item MS43 - CALCITE - Bor Quarry, Dal'negorsk, Russia; one of the "mushroom calcites" from this Russian mining dictrict. Nearly free-standing (a floater), this piece has a minor point-of-contact at the bottom, but is essentially a grouping of botryoidal, sand-textured calcites. Ex M. Phantom Minerals inventory. Measures roughly 5 x 4.5 c 5.5 cms and in good condition. $45.
Item MS44 - CELESTITE - Maybee, Michigan; a nice, tabular, doubly-terminated and semi-transparant celestite crystal is attached to a small matrix piece (at it's back). Measures 6.2 cm long and 3 cm wide. Condition is very good. $45.
Item MS45 - TOURMALINE - Momeik, Mogok, Burma; a fine sample of the deep pink/violet "mushroom tourmalines" from Burma! These have an almost "botryoidal" look to them, and this one features a large (2.5 cm) mass at the top of a slim quartz base. Condition is fine, with total measurements at 3 x 2 x 4 cms. Mounted on a removeable plastic base. $85.
Item MS46 - CALCITE on QUARTZ - Droujba Mine, Luki, Rhodopi Mountains, Bulgaria; (an old Andy Dietz specimen) tan-colored scalenohedral calcites, with a "sand texture", have overgrown clear quartz crystals. Specimen measures 5.2 x 2.9 x 2.3 cms and is in good condition. $29.
Item MS47 - MILKY QUARTZ CRYSTALS - Camp Bird Mine, Ouray County, Colorado; an exceptional quartz specimen - solid milky-white and showing two large, fat points with good terminations and numerous additional terminations at many places half-way down the crystals. Measures 10 x 6.5 x 6 cms and in fine condition. $100.
Item MS48 - TANZANITE - Merelani Hills, Northern Tanzania; a thumbnail-sized blue tanzanite crystal (8.16 carats), of good color, semi-transparant and terminated. Condition is very good. $95.
Item MS49 - PECTOLITE - Mt. St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada; a thumbnail-sized specimen ; a cluster of fine, quality pectolite crystals. $15.
Item MS50 - ANATASE - Graubunden, Switzerland; a single, chocolate-brown, dipyramidal crystal sits on a 3.5 x 7.5 section of matrix (mainly covered by calcites). Condition is good; a nice European specimen. Includes an old Howard Minerals (Brooklyn, NY) label. $42.