Mineral Gallery

	Item PS1 - QUARTZ - San Pablo de Borbur, Western Boyaca, Columbia; an extremely clear, terminated quartz crystal from Columbia. The picture makes it seem darker than it is; only because it's so glass-clear that without "enhancement to differentiate from the background", you see through it and almost can't determine the edges. Crystal measures 1" x 3/4" x 3 5/8". $120.
	Item PS2 - TURGITE on QUARTZ- Graves Mountain, Lincoln County, Georgia; a layer of irridescent hematite (turgite) has spread across a bed of quartz crystals. Note that the majority of turgite pieces are not over quartz, making these sought-after. Dimensions are 3 3/4" x 1 3/4" x 3", and condition is good. Ex Kenny Gay Collection piece, and he purchased it from Spectrum Minerals for $65 in 2008 (Bill Logan was a great dealer!). Spectrum label is included. $145.
	Item PS3 - BARITE - Cavnic, Romania; a grouping of doubly-terminated, high lustre barites - blue-grey in color and laying (on an angle) of a small piece of matrix. Dimensions are 3 1/4" x 3" x 2 1/2". Condition is very good. $165.
	Item PS4 - AURICHALCITE - Mapimi, Durango, Mexico; numerous vugs in a 4" x 2 1/2" x 2" limonite matrix piece contain small, fibrous tufts of aqau-blue aurichalcite, with a minor association of plattnerite. A nice specimen of this mineral that I purchased in a lot deal from Crystal Classics (their label is included, priced at $300). Condition is good. $220.
	Item PS5 - CERUSSITE - Tsumeb, Namibia; lustrous, transparant cerussite crystals, some of them twinned, cover the top of a small piece of matrix. Dimensions are 1 1/4" x 1" x 7/8", and specimen is in good shape. $90.
	Item PS6 - SEPTARIAN NODULE - Delta, Utah; a half of a cracked, unpolished septarian, with the yellow calcite crystals inside, and brown aragonite along the perimeter of the calcite. Measurements are 7" x 3 1/2" x 6", and condition is very good. $150.
	Item PS7 - PURPURITE - Erongo Mountains, Namibia; (thumbnail) a nice sample of this rare manganese phosphate, with a brilliant violet color. Condition is very good. $32.
	Item PS8 - AQUAMARINE - Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Pakistan; a row of terminated aqua crystals - translucent and with a good, light-blue color. This specimen is actually featured in the book, "Collector's Guide to the Beryl Group" (pg 30, figure 27) by Bob Lauf (Schiffer Books)! Specimen measures 3 1/8" x 3/4" x 2 1/2", and is in fine shape (color is slightly lighter; I used "contrast" to have it show up better). $260.
	Item PS9 - DIOPTASE - Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of the Congo; (thumbnail) a group of deep-green crystals of this copper silicate. Condition is good. $52.
	Item PS10 - GALENA - Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico; a cluster of spinel-twinned galena, with a nice lustre and form, set on a thin chalcopyrite base. Dimensions are 1 3/4" x 1 1/2" x 1 1/8", and specimen is in good shape. $90.
	Item PS11 - AMETHYST - Jackson Crossroads, Wilkes County, Georgia; a 3 1/2" x 2" x 1 3/4" plate of quartz crystals has a secondary amethyst (crystal) growth on it. As in most JXR specimens, most of the amethyst are doubly-terminated. Condition is good. $115.
	Item PS12 - ETTRINGITE - Wessels Mine, Hotazel, South Africa; (didn't help my appreciation to know that this mineral is used in the setting of concrete cement! So many beautiful minerals have disappeared to satisfy our uses. What an (understandable) shame....) a vibrant yellow, rolling mass of micro crystals of ettringite. Measurements are 2 1/4" x 1 1/4" x 1 1/4", and condition is good. $79.
	Item PS13 - PYROMORPHITE - Freiberg, Saxony, Germany; olive-green pyromorphites are on the top surface of a 3" x 1 1/4" x 1 1/2" matrix. Condition is good. $84.
	Item PS14 - QUARTZ - Cabiche, Western Boyaca, Columbia; over a hundred glassy, needle-like, terminated quartz crystals are clustered together into an eye-catching specimen (picture doesn't fully show it). Measurements are 3" x 1 3/4" x 1", and condition is good. $88.
	Item PS15 - BARITE- Mibladen, Morocco; a large plate of gemmy, yellow/grey barite crystals, measuring 9 1/2" x 2 1/2" x 6 1/4". A showy specimen, in very good condition. $775.
	Item PS16 - CHRYSOCOLLA - Kolwezi, Democratic Republic of the Congo; a good desscription from Bob Lauf (who I purchased this from), "blue-green botryoidal chrysocolla on black heterogenite" summarizes this specimen. Measurements are 2" x 1 7/8" x 1 1/4", and condition is very good. Bob purchased it from Shields Flynn (Trafford-Flynn Minerals) in 2012 for $140 (label included). $200.
	Item PS17 - VANADINITE - Mibladen, Morocco; a great vanadinite specimen, with LARGE, reddish-brown, hexagonal crystals in a noticeable display piece. Dimensions are 4 3/4" x 4" x 2 3/8", with largest crystal being nearly 1 1/4" across (see quarter in lower left for approximate size). Condition is very good. $1,725.
	Item PS18 - TOURMALINE ("Watermelon") - Minas Gerais, Brazil; (thumbnail) a "watermelon" tourmaline crystal, with the facing portion missing to show the green wrapping around the pink core. Specimen is roughly 5/8" tall and 3/8" wide. $35.
	Item PS19 - LAZULITE - Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada; deep blue-black crystals - sharp and lustrous - of this rare phosphate cover the front surface of a 1 1/4" x 1 3/4" matrix. Specimen is mounted (removeable) on a thick, clear plastic base for best orientation. Condition is very good. $155.
	Item PS20 - TSAVORITE GARNET - Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania; a fine specimen of gemmy green tsavorites on a matrix of dark, silvery graphite (contrast is great when these are on matrix!). I'd picked up shelf of these in Tucson a number of years ago, and this is one of the remaining. Dimensions are 1 3/8" x 7/8" x 1". $800.
	Item PS21 - CALCITE - Drift 12-S-2, Cumberland Mine, Smith County, Tennessee; a sparkling specimen of calcites on quartz, from the infamous "Elmwood Mines" (actually, Elmwood is a group of mines. Often times miners don't differentiate (or dealers don't know), forcing the generalized "Elmwood" designation). Measurements are 2" x 1 3/4" x 1 1/2", and condition is very good. $35.
	Item PS22 - AZURITE - La Sal, Utah; one of the larger La Sal pieces I've seen (most are noticeably smaller, and frequently left in the malachite they grew in). Measurements are 3" x 2" x 1 3/8", and condition is good. $120.
	Item PS23 - SMITHSONITE - Tsumeb, Namibia; sharp, tan, rhombohedral crystals of smithsonite wrap partially around a small piece of matrix. Crystals are translucent, with specimen measuring 1 1/4" x 1" x 1 1/8". Condition is very good. $110.
	Item PS24 - FLUORAPATITE - Foote Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina; a dozen or so hexagonal, purple fluorapatites grow on a 1 3/4" x 1 1/2" x 1" matrix. Specimen is in very good shape, and I purchased this from Blake Barnett Fine Minerals (Blake's label accompanies piece, and he had it priced at $900). $470.
	Item PS25 - AMETHYST - Enigma Mine, Hiddenite, Alexander County, North Carolina; a sceptred growth of doubly-terminated amethyst crystals over a smoky quartz base. As many quartz crystals come out of Hiddenite, there's relatively few that are amethyst. Measurements are 1 3/4" x 1 1/2" x 1 1/2", and condition is good. $100.
	Item PS26 - SPHEROCOBALTITE - Kakanda North Mine, Lubudi, Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo; dozens of deep-pink crystals of this (cobaltocalcite) have grown on the top surface of a 3 1/4" x 1 1/2" x 1" matrix piece. Ex Kenny Gay Collection piece, and he got it from Russ Holshouser (in 2016), who obtained it from Bill Wall. Condition is good. $78.
	Item PS27 - FLUORITE with BARITE and CALCITE- Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois; a cabinet-sized specimen of purple fluorite cubes as a secondary growth on top of yellow fluorite, with white barite, galena, and calcite associations. (the back is covered with the calcites). Dimensions are 6" x 2 1/2" x 6", and condition is fair. $155.
	Item PS28 - BROCHANTITE - Goulmina, Errachidia, Morocco; sprays of acicular "needles" of brochantite fill the numerous vugs in a copper-rich matrix. Measurements are 3 1/2" x 2 1/2" x 2 1/2", and specimen is in good shape. $140.
	Item PS29 - AMETHYST - Reel Mine, Lincoln County, North Carolina; a grouping of roughly a dozen amethyst crystals with good purple color, on a small quartz matrix piece. Specimen measures 2 3/4" x 1 3/4" x 2 3/4", and condition is good. $160.
	Item PS30 - BARITE - Jebel Ouichane, Nadour Province, Morocco; light-blue, gemmy barite crystals have grown on an open seam in a 1 3/4" x 7/8" x 2 1/2" matrix. Barite spans roughly 1" x 3/4", and condition is very good. $98.
	Item PS31 - MAGNETITE with CLINOCHLORE- Karzemkhul, Kazakhstan; a band of jet-black, octahedral magnetite crystals runs all of the way across the top/front of a clinochlore matrix. There's also hexagonal clinochlore crystals, up to 1/4" in diameter. Dimensions are 2 1/2" x 1" x 2", and the magnetite have great lustre. Condition is fine. $120.
	Item PS32 - RHODOCROSITE - American Tunnel, Silverton, Colorado; a rolling mass of rounded rhodocrosite - light-pink in color, and with no matrix behind it. Dimensions are 1 5/8" x 1 1/8" x 1/2", and condition is good. $75.
	Item PS33 - GARNET - River Valley, Dana Township, Ontario, Canada; deep-red almandine garnets are set on the top of a 3 1/4" x 2 1/4" x 2 1/2" garnet-rich matrix (actually, the entire piece is primarily garnet). Condition is fair. $78.
	Item PS34 - ANATASE - Nausherwani Mine, Zard Mountains, Balochistan, Paskistan; over a half-dozen black anatase crystals - some truncated - are perched on the surface of a 3 3/4" x 3" x 1 1/4" matrix. Largest crystal is approximately 1/4" high, and condition is good. $84.
	Item PS35 - AZURITE and MALACHITE - Kogel, Tyrol, Austria; a good combination piece of these copper carbonates, from a location that I hadn't encountered before. This is a (colorful) specimen of crystals running along a 2" x 1" open seam, where the total measurements are slightly bigger. Condition is very good. $165.
	Item PS36 - AMETHYST - Reel Mine, Lincoln County, North Carolina; a specimen of stacked, terminated NC amethyst crystals, exhibiting good form and color. Piece is mounted (removeable) on a thick plastic base, and measures 1 5/8" x 1 7/8" x 2 1/2". Condition is good. $120.
	Item PS37 - CORNETITE - Starr Mine, Katenga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo; a layer of blue cornetite is spread across the surface of a 2 1/4" x 1 3/4" x 1 1/2" matrix. There's also a secondary coating of malachite peppered across it. Note: blue coloration in picture is more vibrant than actual piece. Not sure of why, but I took and re-took this to try to get (what I perceive to be) the actual color (it seems "darker and warmer" to me). Specimen was previously in the inventory of D and M Rock and Gem (out of Vista, California), and they had it priced at $150 some years back. Condition is good. $160.
	Item PS38 - CHRYSOCOLLA - Pozo San Enrique, Mina Los Amigos, La Cruz, Linares, Jaen Province, Spain; another specimen I obtained when I bought Kenny Gay's Collection. This is a specimen that was collected Nov 20, 2011, and he bought from Fabre Minerals (for $116 in 2012). It's a layer of vibrant, light-blue crystalline chrysocolla on a 2 1/2" x 1 1/2" x 1" matrix section. Condition is very good. $120.
	Item PS39 - AZURITE - Touissit, Morocco; a deep-blue, terminated azurite crystal grows up out of a 1 3/4" x 1 1/8" matrix. Azurite itself is a little over 3/8" long and exhibits a fine lustre. Condition is good. $70.
	Item PS40 - ENDLICHITE - Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico; a fine grouping of elongated, tapering (hexagonal) crystals of this arsenic-rich vanadinite variety. Dimensions are 2" x 1 1/4" x 1 1/2", and piece is mounted on a thick plastic base for optimum presentation. $120.
	Item PS41 - FAIRFIELDITE - Foote Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina; dozens of off-white crystals of fairfieldite project from a 1 1/4" x 1 1/4" x 1 1/2" matrix piece. A specimen I obtained a few years back (when these were reasonably-priced). $78.
	Item PS42 - CASSITERITE - Huanuni, Oruro, Bolivia; (thumbnail) a cluster of lustrous, prismatic, jet-black cassiterite crystals. Terminations are nice, and condition is good. $60.
	Item PS43 - RUTILE on HEMATITE - Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil; golden rutile needles are spread across the jet-black, chrome-finish hematite plates in this piece. Dimensions are 2 1/8" x 1 3/4" x 1 3/4", and condition is good. $200.
	Item PS44 - WULFENITE - Red Cloud Mine, La Paz County, Arizona; tabular, beveled, orange "wafers" of wulfenite are spread across the top of a 2" x 1 1/2" x 1 1/4" matrix piece. There's also an association of mimetite between some of the wulfenites, adding to the vibrance of orange color. Condition is very good. $200.
	Item PS45 - AQUAMARINE - Nigeria, Africa; (thumbnail) a single, terminated, light-blue aquamarine crystal; one I obtained with the purchase of some of Dot Bliss' inventory (Little Bear Rock Shop). Crystal is fairly transparant, roughly 3/4" high and 3/8" wide. Condition is good. $42.
	Item PS46 - ENARGITE - Quiruvilca District, La Libertad Department, Peru; black, tabular, striated crystals of enargite form a 2 1/4" x 1 1/2" x 3/4" cluster in this piece. Lustre is nice, and condition is good. $90.
	Item PS47 - AZURITE - La Sal, Utah; a deep-blue azuite sphere ("rosette") sits on a green malachite base. Azurite is roughly 1/2" in diameter, with full specimen measurements at 2 1/2" x 3/4" x 1 3/4". Specimen is in good shape. $80.
	Item PS48 - DIOPTASE - Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of the Congo; a band of deep-green dioptase crystals runs along the top of a ridge on a 2" x 2" matrix piece. Condition is good. $85.
	Item PS49 - SVANBERGITE - Mt. Brussilof Mine, Radium, British Columbia, Canada; (thumbnail) orange-brown, rhombohedral crystals of svanbergite sit on a white (crystallized) magnesite matrix. This piece came from the aluminum-rich deposits near Radium (Canada), and it's a good sample from this locale. $90.
	Item PS50 - STILBITE - Nasik, India; two "bowtie" formations of stilbite cross in a "V" pattern in this specimen. Stilbite has a satin finish and nice lustre, and measurements are 4" x 2 3/4" x 2 3/4". Condition is very good. $130.