The Miner's Lunchbox - Selected Specimens

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ML00045 - Silver
Keeley Frontier Mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada
miniature - 3.4 x 0.9 x 0.6 cm
$ 225.00

The Cobalt area is better known for masses of herringbone twin crystals frozen in calcite. It is unusual to get wires from this locality.

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Silver from Keeley Frontier Mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada [db_pics/update3/ML00045.jpg]

ML00046 - Silver
Elura Mine, Cobar, New South Wales, Australia
miniature - 4.0 x 3.0 x 0.5 cm
$ 250.00

A classic spinel twinned wire from the Elura Mine.

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Silver from Elura Mine, Cobar, New South Wales, Australia [db_pics/update3/ML00046.jpg]

ML00048 - Copper
Itauz Mine, 60 km from Dzhezkazgan City, Dzhezkazgan Oblast, Kazakhstan
small cabinet - 8.0 x 1.0 x 0.2 cm
$ 500.00

8 cm long spinel twin Copper crystal with well developed herringbone textures growing off the central twin.

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Copper from Itauz Mine, 60 km from Dzhezkazgan City, Dzhezkazgan Oblast, Kazakhstan [db_pics/update3/ML00048.jpg]

ML00049 - Copper
Ajo Mine, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona, USA
small cabinet - 5.3 x 4.0 x 0.7 cm
$ 100.00

An arborescent spray of Copper crystals typical of the Ajo Mine.

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Copper from Ajo Mine, Ajo, Pima County, Arizona, USA [db_pics/update3/ML00049.jpg]

ML00050 - Copper & Cuprite
Mountain City, Elko County, Nevada, USA
miniature - 4.5 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm
$ 100.00

Lusterous Cuprite coated Copper crystals from this now defunct mining district in Nevada.

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Copper & Cuprite from Mountain City, Elko County, Nevada, USA [db_pics/update3/ML00050.jpg]

ML00051 - Copper
Houghton County, Michigan, USA
miniature - 4.4 x 3.9 x 1.9 cm
$ 300.00

A nice radiating group of spinel law twined Copper crytals.

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Copper from Houghton County, Michigan, USA [db_pics/update3/ML00051.jpg]

ML00052 - Copper
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
small cabinet - 6.2 x 1.8 x 0.9 cm
$ 120.00

A 6.2 cm spinel twin copper crystal with a greenish petina typical of Broken Hill

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Copper from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia [db_pics/update3/ML00052a.jpg]

ML00055 - Vesuvianite
Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
small cabinet - 5.7 x 4.6 x 3.3 cm
$ 1250.00

A nice example of the rarest color of Vesuvianite. The purple and red color comes from trace amounts of Manganese present.

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Vesuvianite from Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada [db_pics/update3/ML00055.jpg]

ML00057 - Beryl var. Heliodor
Volodarsk-Volynskii, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine
small cabinet - 6.3 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
$ 1800.00

A naturally etched 6.3 cm Heliodor.

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Beryl var. Heliodor from Volodarsk-Volynskii, Zhytomyr Oblast, Ukraine [db_pics/update3/ML00057.jpg]

ML00058 - Rhodochrosite on Barite
Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
miniature - 4.9 x 2.9 x 2.8 cm
$ 1250.00

A most unusual specimen from the Kalahari. This is the only Rhodochrosite I have ever seen on a well crystalized Barite. A great association for a Kalahari collector.

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Rhodochrosite on Barite from Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa [db_pics/update3/ML00058.jpg]

Rhodochrosite on Barite from Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa [db_pics/update3/ML00058.jpg]

ML00059 - Elbaite & Quartz
Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California, USA
miniature - 3.5 x 2.6 x 2.5 cm
$ 625.00

A thumbnail collectors dream. A double terminated Elbaite on a double terminated quartz crystal from the famous Himalaya mine.

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Elbaite & Quartz from Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California, USA [db_pics/update3/ML00059a.jpg]

Elbaite & Quartz from Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California, USA [db_pics/update3/ML00059a.jpg]

Elbaite & Quartz from Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California, USA [db_pics/update3/ML00059b.jpg]

ex. Jack Halpern

ML00061 - Wulfenite
Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
miniature - 4.1 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm
$ 2500.00

A choice miniature with blocky caramel colored Wulfenite crystals. This speciemn was purchased from Jack Halpern when he wanted to sell a few minerals to fund his "playboy lifestyle" at the ripe young age of 90.

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Wulfenite from Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico [db_pics/update3/ML00061.jpg]

ML00064 - Turquoise psuedo Apatite
La Caridad Mine, Nacozari, Sonora, Mexico
thumbnail - 2.8 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm
$ 100.00

One rarely finds turqiose in crystal form, which is why these psuedomorphs after Apatite are so special.

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Turquoise psuedo Apatite from La Caridad Mine, Nacozari, Sonora, Mexico [db_pics/update3/ML00064.jpg]

ML00063 - Copper
Itauz Mine, 60 km from Dzezkazgon City, Karaganda Oblast, Central Kazakhstan
small cabinet - 8.6 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm
$ 450.00

A long feathery Herringbone twinned crystal group.

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Copper from Itauz Mine, 60 km from Dzezkazgon City, Karaganda Oblast, Central Kazakhstan [db_pics/update3/ML00063.jpg]

ML00065 - Mimetite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
thumbnail - 3.1 x 2.1 x 1.0 cm
$ 750.00

Large well formed Mimetite from Tsumeb. One broken crystal in the rear of the specimen.

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Mimetite from Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia [db_pics/update3/ML00065.jpg]

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