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Mineral Categories
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Colorado Minerals
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Mixed Colorado Specimens
Obviously, Colorado minerals
are one of my specialties, but more importantly one of
my passions. Colorado is one of the greatest states in
the country for a boy to grow up in when it comes to
minerals, because of the variety. I have assembled a
nice page of some fine Colorado specimens from
various localities for your enjoyment. Please click here if you wish to view
these pieces.
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Colorado Rhodochrosite
One of the first species that
most collectors think of when they hear the word
Colorado is Rhodochrosite, especially from the
world famous Home Sweet Home mine. These pages
will show more than Sweet Home Rhodochrosite,
especially because there are a lot of people who aren't
aware of the numerous localities which Rhodochrosite
occurs in Colorado. Enjoy !!
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Minerals of the Pikes Peak Batholith
(Lake George, Crystal Peak, Glen Cove, Devil's Head
etc.)
Excellent specimens from the various pegmatites in the
Pikes Peak Batholith. These pages will eventually have
a great selection of species, including some of the best
Amazonite specimens collected by Richard Kosnar.
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Bolivian Minerals
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Bolivian
Valentinites
Valentinite is Antimony Oxide (Sb2O3) and was named in
1845 after the mythical monk and alchemist Basilius
Valentinus. Some of these are "textbook", tabular,
monoclinic examples of Valentinite crystals as
illustrated in Atlas der Krystallformen by Victor
Goldschmidt. The luster and gemminess of these
crystals are superb. Not all the specimens have great
aesthetics or crystal size, but this is a rare mineral, and
with rare minerals come some good and some bad,
like all minerals. The only difference is that there are a
lot less of these in the world than a lot of other species.
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Bolivian
Magnetites
Some of the best
Magnetite crystals that I have ever seen from anywhere.
They truly rival the best Magnetite crystals found at the
famous Binntal in Switzerland over 50+ years ago !
Keep in mind that most of the pieces from the Binntal
were also isolated single crystals, not large plates like
these phenomenal pieces from Bolivia.
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The
Super Rare Phosphate Nikischerite
One specimen
remains of the new phosphate Nikischerite, I
personally acquired this specimen at the mine at
Huanuni. I knew when I bought this specimen that it
was a new species, but unfortunately was not quick
enough to get it described and named before
somebody else (Tony Nikischer). It is the iron analog of
the manganese species Shigaite.
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Large
Cabinet Ferberites
Four fantastic,
large cabinet, matrix Ferberites that were just recently
mined and which I received directly from Bolivia. All four
pieces have large, sharp, lustrous bladed crystals and
two
pieces have twinned crystals. In addition, I have
also received a nice lot of Ferberite "rosettes" from
Tasna. These are very attractive, sharp, lustrous
specimens of which I have seen nothing similar.
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Mixed
Bolivian Minerals
This is simply a
page of assorted specimens from various Bolivian
localities. Most of them are the only piece of a certain
type of specimen that I have for sale and they all
seemed to fall into the same category together.
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Ludlamites
from Huanuni
These are some
of the best Ludlamites to ever come out of Huanuni.
There are specimens from "thumbnails" to "cabinets",
some pieces have associations, but all pieces are high
quality and choice collectors specimens.
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Bournonites
from Machacamarca
The best of the
best to come out of the recent find at Machacamarca. I
have more of these specimens than any other dealer in
the country. Most specimens are on matrix, and are
some of the finest Bournonites that I have ever offered
for sale.
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World Wide Minerals
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European Minerals
This is a page of some "classic" and some
contemporary minerals from Europe. A great mix from
all over the continent. Please click here if you wish to view
these pieces".
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North Carolina and
Arkansas
Admittedly there is only piece from Arkansas on this
page, but I didn't have another place to put it. I hope
that you enjoy looking at these American "Classics".
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Chinese Azurites
In the beginning of 1980, my parents acquired a lot of
approximately 100 Azurite "rosette" specimens from
China. The name of the locality is the Yang Chweng
mine in the Guangdong Province. Over the years they
sold every piece, excluding four specimens which my
father kept in his collection. He recently decided to sell
these pieces and I've placed them on the website for
your indulgence. Let it be noted that these four
specimens were the four best from a lot of
approximately 100 pieces. I personally love these
specimens and consider them to be some of the
greatest Azurites I've ever had for sale.
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Greenockite from
Scotland
Greenockite is Cadmium Sulfide (CdS), and is
dimorphous with Hawleyite. The difference is that
Greenockite is hexagonal, and Hawleyite is cubic.
Greenockite is by no means common in the world. It is
probably most well known in this country for the
occurrences in the New Jersey Trap Rocks. Please
clickhere if you wish to
view these pieces.
These three specimens are not from New Jersey, but
rather great old classic Greenockite crystals from
Bishopton, Scotland which is the type locality.
This rare and beautiful species was first found when a
railroad tunnel was cut at Bishopton, near Paisley,
Renfrewshire, Scotland. The first crystals were found
circa 1810 and were originally thought to be Sphalerite.
The species was named after Lord Greenock, now
referred to as Earl Cathcart who first noticed it.
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World Wide Secondary
Ore Minerals
There are some fine new specimens from the various
localities around the world that produce secondary ore
minerals. There are specimens from Africa (Tsumeb &
Morocco) plus specimens from Arizona. Please click here if you wish to
view these pieces.
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The Leigh Price Mineral
Collection
The Leigh Price Collection is now ready for
viewing. Come see the pieces that didn't make it to
the shows. Click here to
view these pieces.
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European Minerals
A great selection of minerals from all over Europe, some
specimens dating over 100 years. Just click here to take a look at all
these great pieces from well-known and obscure
localities.
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Brazilian Minerals
These are simply some specimens from new finds and
old finds from all over Brazil. Click here for the Brazilian
minerals page.
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Mixed World Wide
Minerals
With all the specimens that I have for sale, not
everything can be easily fitted into these "suites"
that I like to put together, so this is a page of world-wide
minerals. There are specimens from the United
States, Asia, Africa etc. Please click here and have fun
looking at the world-wide mix.
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Minerals of the Western
United States
I've decided to take specimens from some of the more
recognizable localities in the western United States
and fit them together into yet another one of those
"suites" that I like to assemble. Please click here if you would like to
view these specimens. One day I hope to eventually
put together a selection of minerals from the more
historic east coast localities as well, so stay tuned.
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Mexican Amethyst
This is a great page of Mexican Amethyst crystals from
various collections. Click here for the Amethyst page.
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