ML00648 - Rhodochrosite
N'Chwaning III Mine, Kuruman, Cape Province, South Africa
small cabinet - 9.2 x 4.9 x 4.8 cm
$ 750.00
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![Rhodochrosite from N'Chwaning III Mine, Kuruman, Cape Province, South Africa [db_pics/update7/ML00648a.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00648a.jpg)
![Rhodochrosite from N'Chwaning III Mine, Kuruman, Cape Province, South Africa [db_pics/update7/ML00648b.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00648b.jpg)
![Rhodochrosite from N'Chwaning III Mine, Kuruman, Cape Province, South Africa [db_pics/update7/ML00648c.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00648c.jpg)
![Rhodochrosite from N'Chwaning III Mine, Kuruman, Cape Province, South Africa [db_pics/update7/ML00648d.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00648d.jpg)
ML00649 - Smithsonite (Cobaltoan)
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
small cabinet - 5.1 x 3.4 x 3.2 cm
$ 500.00
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![Smithsonite (Cobaltoan) from Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia [db_pics/update7/ML00649a.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00649a.jpg)
![Smithsonite (Cobaltoan) from Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia [db_pics/update7/ML00649b.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00649b.jpg)
![Smithsonite (Cobaltoan) from Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia [db_pics/update7/ML00649c.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00649c.jpg)
ML00650 - Gold
Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado, USA
thumbnail - 2.2 x 1.8 x 0.7 cm
$ 650.00
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5.1 grams
ex. Sherry Kramer Collection
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![Gold from Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado, USA [db_pics/update7/ML00650a.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00650a.jpg)
![Gold from Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado, USA [db_pics/update7/ML00650b.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00650b.jpg)
ML00656 - Fluorite
American Tunnel, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
small cabinet - 6.4 x 5.3 x 3.6 cm
$ 900.00
Complexly modified octahedral fluorite crystals with the typical greenish hue well known from the American Tunnel Mine. Associations of rhodochrosite and several sulfides provide contrast
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ex. Scott Werschky Collection
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![Fluorite from American Tunnel, San Juan County, Colorado, USA [db_pics/update7/ML00656a.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00656a.jpg)
![Fluorite from American Tunnel, San Juan County, Colorado, USA [db_pics/update7/ML00656b.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00656b.jpg)
![Fluorite from American Tunnel, San Juan County, Colorado, USA [db_pics/update7/ML00656c.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00656c.jpg)
![Fluorite from American Tunnel, San Juan County, Colorado, USA [db_pics/update7/ML00656d.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00656d.jpg)
ML00657 - Fluorite
Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
small cabinet - 8.2 x 6.0 x 4.1 cm
$ 400.00
A group of four intergrown, razor sharp fluorite octahedrons perched on a quartz matrix.
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![Fluorite from Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape Province, South Africa [db_pics/update7/ML00657a.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00657a.jpg)
![Fluorite from Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape Province, South Africa [db_pics/update7/ML00657b.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00657b.jpg)
![Fluorite from Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape Province, South Africa [db_pics/update7/ML00657c.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00657c.jpg)
![Fluorite from Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape Province, South Africa [db_pics/update7/ML00657d.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00657d.jpg)
ML00658 - Cuprite on Chrysocolla
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo
cabinet - 10.0 x 7.6 x 5.5 cm
$ 825.00
This is an old specimen from Mashamba West. Several sharp octahedrons of cuprite occur in a vug lined with pale green chrysocolla.
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ex Gilbert Gauthier
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![Cuprite on Chrysocolla from Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo [db_pics/update7/ML00658a.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00658a.jpg)
![Cuprite on Chrysocolla from Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo [db_pics/update7/ML00658b.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00658b.jpg)
![Cuprite on Chrysocolla from Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo [db_pics/update7/ML00658c.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00658c.jpg)
![Cuprite on Chrysocolla from Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo [db_pics/update7/ML00658d.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00658d.jpg)
ML00659 - Malachite
Red Dome Mine, Chillagoe, Queensland, Australia
small cabinet - 7.2 x 5.1 x 3.4 cm
$ 200.00
Densely packed fibrous malachite displaying a vibrant chatoyance when rotated.
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ex Lloyd & Lynne Staunton Collection
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![Malachite from Red Dome Mine, Chillagoe, Queensland, Australia [db_pics/update7/ML00659a.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00659a.jpg)
![Malachite from Red Dome Mine, Chillagoe, Queensland, Australia [db_pics/update7/ML00659b.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00659b.jpg)
![Malachite from Red Dome Mine, Chillagoe, Queensland, Australia [db_pics/update7/ML00659c.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00659c.jpg)
![Malachite from Red Dome Mine, Chillagoe, Queensland, Australia [db_pics/update7/ML00659d.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00659d.jpg)
ML00660 - Copper
Itauz Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan
miniature - 4.7 x 1.1 x 0.3 cm
$ 150.00
A long spinel law twin capped by cube-octahedral crystals, with associations of cuprite along the edge.
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![Copper from Itauz Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan [db_pics/update7/ML00660a.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00660a.jpg)
![Copper from Itauz Mine, Dzhezkazgan, Karaganda Oblast, Kazakhstan [db_pics/update7/ML00660b.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00660b.jpg)
ML00661 - Smithsonite
Kelly Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA
cabinet - 10.0 x 6.3 x 3.8 cm
$ 1200.00
An interesting two-tone smithsonite from one of the species' most desirable localities. The base layer is a blue-grey which is coated by a second generation of more greenish and larger botryoidal masses.
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![Smithsonite from Kelly Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA [db_pics/update7/ML00661a.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00661a.jpg)
![Smithsonite from Kelly Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA [db_pics/update7/ML00661b.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00661b.jpg)
![Smithsonite from Kelly Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA [db_pics/update7/ML00661c.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00661c.jpg)
![Smithsonite from Kelly Mine, Magdalena District, Socorro County, New Mexico, USA [db_pics/update7/ML00661d.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00661d.jpg)
ML00662 - Fluorite
Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
small cabinet - 9.3 x 5.2 x 3.3 cm
$ 325.00
A bi-color fluorite cube with a pale turquoise center and well defined purple picture frame zones. The fluorite sits on a matrix of quartz druse and tiny muscovite balls.
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![Fluorite from Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China [db_pics/update7/ML00662a.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00662a.jpg)
![Fluorite from Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China [db_pics/update7/ML00662b.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00662b.jpg)
![Fluorite from Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China [db_pics/update7/ML00662c.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00662c.jpg)
![Fluorite from Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China [db_pics/update7/ML00662d.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00662d.jpg)
ML00663 - Mimetite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
small cabinet - 5.6 x 3.8 x 2.2 cm
$ 275.00
Group of complexly crystallised mimetites yeilding an almost drusy look. A few wulfenite crystals with nearly the exact same color are camouflaged in amongst the mimetites.
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![Mimetite from Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico [db_pics/update7/ML00663a.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00663a.jpg)
![Mimetite from Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico [db_pics/update7/ML00663b.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00663b.jpg)
![Mimetite from Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico [db_pics/update7/ML00663c.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00663c.jpg)
ML00665 - Axinite (Fe) & Schorl
Molletambo, Pisco Province, Ica Dept., Peru
small cabinet - 8.6 x 6.9 x 6.0 cm
$ 150.00
Numerous small skarn deposits are known in southern Peru. Many of them are unimpressive but a few have quite interesting geology. This axinite specimen came from a small lot of minerals that was purchased in Lima nearly 20 years ago.
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![Axinite (Fe) & Schorl from Molletambo, Pisco Province, Ica Dept., Peru [db_pics/update7/ML00665a.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00665a.jpg)
![Axinite (Fe) & Schorl from Molletambo, Pisco Province, Ica Dept., Peru [db_pics/update7/ML00665b.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00665b.jpg)
![Axinite (Fe) & Schorl from Molletambo, Pisco Province, Ica Dept., Peru [db_pics/update7/ML00665c.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00665c.jpg)
![Axinite (Fe) & Schorl from Molletambo, Pisco Province, Ica Dept., Peru [db_pics/update7/ML00665d.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00665d.jpg)
ML00666 - Rhodochrosite
Sunnyside Mine, Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
miniature - 4.2 x 3.0 x 2.2 cm
$ 600.00
An interesting group of rhodochrosite rhombohedrons selectively coated by tiny quartz crystals, giving the rhodo a paler pink appearance.
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![Rhodochrosite from Sunnyside Mine, Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado, USA [db_pics/update7/ML00666a.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00666a.jpg)
![Rhodochrosite from Sunnyside Mine, Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado, USA [db_pics/update7/ML00666b.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00666b.jpg)
![Rhodochrosite from Sunnyside Mine, Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado, USA [db_pics/update7/ML00666c.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00666c.jpg)
![Rhodochrosite from Sunnyside Mine, Silverton, San Juan County, Colorado, USA [db_pics/update7/ML00666d.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00666d.jpg)
ML00667 - Vanadanite
ACF Mine, Mibladen, Morocco
small cabinet - 7.3 x 4.8 x 2.2 cm
$ 280.00
A group of brownish yellow vanadinite crystals with an unusual form. The crystals appear to have replaced a delicate gossanous stalactitic structure.
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![Vanadanite from ACF Mine, Mibladen, Morocco [db_pics/update7/ML00667a.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00667a.jpg)
![Vanadanite from ACF Mine, Mibladen, Morocco [db_pics/update7/ML00667b.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00667b.jpg)
![Vanadanite from ACF Mine, Mibladen, Morocco [db_pics/update7/ML00667c.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00667c.jpg)
ML00668 - Galena & Sphalerite
Krushev Dol Mine, Madan, Rhodope Mtns, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
cabinet - 9.9 x 6.7 x 4.7 cm
$ 175.00
An unusual assemblage of cube-octahedral galena and sphalerite on a matrix of tiny quartz crystals and dark green balls of mica.
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![Galena & Sphalerite from Krushev Dol Mine, Madan, Rhodope Mtns, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria [db_pics/update7/ML00668a.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00668a.jpg)
![Galena & Sphalerite from Krushev Dol Mine, Madan, Rhodope Mtns, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria [db_pics/update7/ML00668b.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00668b.jpg)
![Galena & Sphalerite from Krushev Dol Mine, Madan, Rhodope Mtns, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria [db_pics/update7/ML00668c.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00668c.jpg)
![Galena & Sphalerite from Krushev Dol Mine, Madan, Rhodope Mtns, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria [db_pics/update7/ML00668d.jpg]](db_pics/update7/m/ML00668d.jpg)
