DZ0705 - Pyromorphite
Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA
small cabinet - 6.3 x 3.9 x 3.8 cm
$ 2000.00

Large (2.3cm) bi-colored pyromorphite crystals sit on a matrix of smaller pyromorphite. The crystals are greenish at the center and grade out to a more yellowish hue. Specimen has high luster and great presentation.

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DZ0511 - Cassiterite
Viloca Mine, La Paz, Bolivia
miniature - 4.1 x 3.5 x 2.0 cm
$ 500.00

A small group of super lustrous crystals associated with a few quartz crystals.

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DZ0503 - Silver
New Nevada Mine, Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico
small cabinet - 6.0 x 2.1 x 1.4 cm
$ 450.00

This is a typical silver from Batopilas showing long spinel twins and distinct herringbone structures.

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DZ0506 - Cobaltoan Calcite
Mupine Mine, Shaba, Zaire
small cabinet - 7.3 x 6.3 x 4.6 cm
$ 600.00

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DZ0504 - Azurite
La Sal, Utah USA
miniature - 4.7 x 4.4 x 3.6 cm
$ 400.00

An unusually clean and lustrous azurite from La Sal with nice blue color and a small tab of matrix which significantly aids the display.

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DZ0508 - Microcline
Laggo Maggiore, Braveno, Italy
small cabinet - 6.9 x 6.0 x 3.9 cm
$ 125.00

Large twinned microclines in a matrix of small albites and quartz.

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DZ0510 - Brucite
Woods Chrome Mine, Texas, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania USA
miniature - 4.1 x 3.5 x 1.1 cm
$ 500.00

This brucite crystal is surprisingly large and transparent. I do not normally think of transparency when with Brucite but one can actually read print through this crystal.

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DZ4603 - Barite
England?
miniature - 3.8 x 3.0 x 2.4 cm
$ 100.00

Pale blue transparent to translucent barite crystals with a small amount of gossenous material at the base. Very likely from England.

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DZ4608 - Pectolite on Datolite
Millington, New Jersey USA
small cabinet - 8.7 x 7.4 x 3.0 cm
$ 50.00

Two spherical pectolite balls perched on datolite.

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DZ4605 - Variscite
Lucin, Utah
large cabinet - 15.9 x 8.4 x 2.9 cm
$ 300.00

A large polished slab with good green color. Slightly rounded breccia fragments give a texture one could imagine belonging on dinosaur skin. 

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DZ4607 - Franklinite, Willamite & Zincite
Franklin, New Jersey USA
small cabinet - 7.7 x 6.5 x 3.3 cm
$ 500.00

Three principle octahedrons of franklinite occur in a matrix with numerous smaller franklinites, pink calcite, and a large willamite. A small vug in the willamite has a well formed 4mm zincite crystal.

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DZ4604 - Topaz
Shigar Valley, Gilgit Division, Pakistan
small cabinet - 5.3 x 3.4 x 3.0 cm
$ 1000.00

A very interesting naturally etched topaz crystal. This floater is effectively terminated, but there are virtually no prism face.s It has extremely high luster and transparency.

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DZ4601 - Quartz var. Amethyst
D-Day Pocket near Gaproad, Gilpin County, Colorado USA
small cabinet - 6.8 x 4.7 x 3.5 cm
$ 200.00

Sceptered amethyst with an interesting hoppered growth, sometimes called "Fenster" quartz.

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DZ4309 - Azurite
Milpillas Mine, Municipo de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico
small cabinet - 5.9 x 3.8 x 2.3 cm
$ 2500.00

An aesthitc group consisting of four stacked crystals of top color and luster. The blue is almost electric under the right lighting.

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DZ4301 - Epidote
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska USA
small cabinet - 9.2 x 5.7 x 4.0 cm
$ 4000.00

Three large blocky intergrown epidote crystals with small quartz crystals on the top surface.

 

Collected by Arthur Montgomery in 1936 and sold to the Paterson Museum in January 1937.

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