The Miner's Lunchbox - Selected Specimens

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ML00142 - Silver
Schneeberg District, Ergebirge, Saxony, Germany
small cabinet - 8.3 x 6.3 x 3.1 cm
$ 25000.00

This is a large an exceptionally large and well formed mass of wires from Schneeberg.

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Silver from Schneeberg District, Ergebirge, Saxony, Germany [db_pics/update4/ML00142a.jpg]

Silver from Schneeberg District, Ergebirge, Saxony, Germany [db_pics/update4/ML00142b.jpg]

Silver from Schneeberg District, Ergebirge, Saxony, Germany [db_pics/update4/ML00142c.jpg]

Silver from Schneeberg District, Ergebirge, Saxony, Germany [db_pics/update4/ML00142d.jpg]

ML00143 - Gold
Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA
miniature - 3.6 x 2.5 x 0.8 cm
$ 4200.00

This spoecimen is a densely packed mass of crystals, all in optical continuity, as a result of twinning off of a heavy single leaf.

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Gold from Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00143a.jpg]

Gold from Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00143b.jpg]

ML00144 - Silver
Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico
small cabinet - 9.0 x 3.2 x 1.5 cm
$ 2500.00

An asthetic geometric pattern due to the twinned herringbone textures.

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Silver from Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico [db_pics/update4/ML00144a.jpg]

Silver from Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico [db_pics/update4/ML00144b.jpg]

ML00145 - Rhodochrosite & Quartz
Cash Flow Pocket, Main Stope, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA
miniature - 4.7 x 2.6 x 1.5 cm
$ 2000.00

An isolated rhodochrosite rhombohedral on thin needle quartz matrix.

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Rhodochrosite & Quartz from Cash Flow Pocket, Main Stope, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00145a.jpg]

Rhodochrosite & Quartz from Cash Flow Pocket, Main Stope, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00145a.jpg]

Rhodochrosite & Quartz from Cash Flow Pocket, Main Stope, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00145b.jpg]

Rhodochrosite & Quartz from Cash Flow Pocket, Main Stope, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Park County, Colorado, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00145c.jpg]

ML00146 - Malachite pseudo. Azurite
Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia
cabinet - 9.7 x 3.5 x 2.2 cm
$ 1000.00

This is a single 9.7 cm crystal of malachite pseudomorphed after azurite.

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Malachite pseudo. Azurite from Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia [db_pics/update4/ML00146a.jpg]

Malachite pseudo. Azurite from Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia [db_pics/update4/ML00146b.jpg]

ML00147 - Cobaltoan Calcite
Agoudal Mine, Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco
cabinet - 12.1 x 6.5 x 5.1 cm
$ 400.00

Most cobaltoan clacites from Morocco have a pink color. This specimen has a more purple or lilac hue to it.

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Cobaltoan Calcite from Agoudal Mine, Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco [db_pics/update4/ML00147a.jpg]

Cobaltoan Calcite from Agoudal Mine, Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco [db_pics/update4/ML00147b.jpg]

ML00148 - Gold
Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA
small cabinet - 6.4 x 1.6 x 1.0 cm
$ 3500.00

A very heavy leaf with trigons on one side and cuve octoheadral crystals on the other.

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Gold from Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00148a.jpg]

Gold from Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00148b.jpg]

Gold from Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00148c.jpg]

ML00149 - Gold
Belshazzer Mine, Boise Basin District, Boise County, Idaho, USA
thumbnail - 2.8 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm
$ 525.00

A compact mass of cuboctahedral crystals and wires with tiny quartz crystals.

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Gold from Belshazzer Mine, Boise Basin District, Boise County, Idaho, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00149a.jpg]

Gold from Belshazzer Mine, Boise Basin District, Boise County, Idaho, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00149b.jpg]

Gold from Belshazzer Mine, Boise Basin District, Boise County, Idaho, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00149c.jpg]

ML00150 - Gold
Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA
small cabinet - 6.0 x 1.6 x 0.4 cm
$ 2500.00

This herringbone texture gives the impression of wires. The backside has twinned cubic crystals growing along the leaf.

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Gold from Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00150a.jpg]

Gold from Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00150b.jpg]

Gold from Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00150c.jpg]

ML00151 - Gold
Mockingbird Mine, Mariposa County, California, USA
miniature - 4.8 x 3.4 x 3.3 cm
$ 4000.00

Classic bright yellow California gold.

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Gold from Mockingbird Mine, Mariposa County, California, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00151a.jpg]

Gold from Mockingbird Mine, Mariposa County, California, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00151b.jpg]

Gold from Mockingbird Mine, Mariposa County, California, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00151c.jpg]

ML00152 - Gold
Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA
miniature - 3.8 x 2.6 x 1.0 cm
$ 3500.00

Spinel twinned crystals as well as twinned octahedral crystals.

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Gold from Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00152a.jpg]

Gold from Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00152b.jpg]

ML00153 - Gold
Harvard Mine, Jamestown, Tuolumne County, California, USA
miniature - 3.3 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm
$ 1500.00

A classic leaf gold typical of the Jamestown district.

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Gold from Harvard Mine, Jamestown, Tuolumne County, California, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00153a.jpg]

Gold from Harvard Mine, Jamestown, Tuolumne County, California, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00153b.jpg]

Gold from Harvard Mine, Jamestown, Tuolumne County, California, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00153c.jpg]

ML00154 - Gold
Lokel Mine, Pershing, County, Nevada, USA
miniature - 3.7 x 2.4 x 1.8 cm
$ 4500.00

Hoppered gold crystals in quartz vein. Found by metal detecting at the surface.

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Gold from Lokel Mine, Pershing, County, Nevada, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00154a.jpg]

Gold from Lokel Mine, Pershing, County, Nevada, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00154b.jpg]

Gold from Lokel Mine, Pershing, County, Nevada, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00154c.jpg]

ML00155 - Gold
Dixie Mine, Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado, USA
miniature - 4.3 x 2.9 x 1.5 cm
$ 3500.00

Crystalline leaves typical of the Dixie Mine.

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Gold from Dixie Mine, Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00155a.jpg]

Gold from Dixie Mine, Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00155b.jpg]

Gold from Dixie Mine, Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00155c.jpg]

ML00156 - Gold
Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA
miniature - 3.5 x 3.2 x 1.5 cm
$ 2600.00

Elongate spinel twins with complex crystals growing to the side of the twin.

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Gold from Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00156a.jpg]

Gold from Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA [db_pics/update4/ML00156b.jpg]

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