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Analcime



Mineral # 485 Available

Analcime, a nice paragenesis piece, several large Analcime Xtals, some perforated with aegerine, plus accessory albite (including some tiny crystals attached to the aegerine needles), natrolite and others! This specimen is from the DeMix Quarry, Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Collected 1977 JvV.

This specimen measures about 8.1 cm x 6.5 cm x 3.7 cm.

Analcime # 485 – Price: $US 85.

Anapaite


Mineral # 467 Available

Anapaite crystal druse growing in vugs in a sediment from Valdarno, Tuscany, Italy.

This specimen measures 3.7 cm x 2.7 cm x 2.3 cm.

Anapaite # 467 – Price: $US 30.

Anapaite


Mineral # 475 Available

A druse of anapaite crystals growing in a vuggy nodule from Larida, Spain.

This specimen measures 5.3 cm x 3.4 cm x 3.0 cm.

Anapaite # 475 – Price: $US 45.

Anatase

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Mineral # 003 Available

This fine anatase is from hydrothermal veins in alpine fissures, Hardangervidda, Norway. Pictures don't do justice to these polished-steel colored anatase crystals perched on clear to lightly smokey quartz. The green tinge is from grass color picked up in the photograph.

This specimen measures 1.7 cm x 1.7 cm x 5.2 cm . The largest crystal is 8 mm long.

Anatase # 003 – Price: $US 450.

Anatase

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Anatase-on-quartz
Mineral # 004 Available

Anatase from hydrothermal veins in alpine fissures, Hardangervidda, Norway. Pictures don't do justice to these polished-steel colored anatase crystals perched on clear or lightly smokey quartz. The green tinge on the first picture is outdoor grass color picked up in the photograph.

This specimen measures 2.2 cm x 2.0 cm x 4.5 cm . The largest crystal is 7 mm long.

Anatase # 004 – Price: $US 375.

Ancylite-(Ce)

Ancylite
Ancylite
Mineral # 133 Available

Ancylite-(Ce), a large druse of prismatic orthorhombic crystals collected in 1973 from Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada; these crystals appear pinkish in incandescent light and in daylight (both pictures), while under fluorescent light, they appear as a gray-green color (which for some reason my camera won't reproduce and we don't color-adjust our images). An aesthetic, rare, superb example for the Mont St. Hilaire collector. Accessory natrolite, tetranatrolite, aegerine and an unknown fluorescent coating. Traded from Dr. Bob Gait, The Royal Ontario Museum Collection in 1976.

This specimen measures about 7.2 cm x 3.7 cm x 6.7 cm.

Ancylite-(Ce) # 133 – Price: $US 450.

Ancylite-(Ce)

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Mineral # 585 Available

Ancylite, as radiating reddish-green grey crystals, collected in November 1975 from Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. An unusual specimen for the Mont St. Hilaire collector. Accessory aegerine, hackmanite and possible horneblende. Confirmed XRD G.C. Carleton U 4/76 (anal. incl). Saw cut on back.

This specimen measures about 5.5 cm x 4.5 cm x 1.4 cm.

Ancylite-(Ce) # 585 – Price: $US 50.

Ancylite-(Ce)

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Mineral # 586 Available

Ancylite, several opaque pinkish prismatic orthorhombic crystals to 2 mm, collected November 1975 from Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. An interesting example for the Mont St. Hilaire collector. Accessory aegerine, astrophyllite, catapleiite, analcime. Confirmed XRD G.C. Carleton U 4/76 (anal. incl).

This specimen measures about 3.3 cm x 4.3 cm x 2.7 cm.

Ancylite-(Ce) # 586 – Price: $US 50.

Ancylite-(Ce)

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Mineral # 627 Available

Ancylite-(Ce), as a crystalline mass yellowish-brown green color, collected in July 1975 from Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. An unusual specimen for the Mont St. Hilaire collector. Accessory albite, catapleiite, a Mn oxide, mica and amphibole. Confirmed XRD G.C. Carleton U 4/76 (anal. incl).

This specimen measures about 7.2 cm x 3.7 cm x 6.7 cm.

Ancylite-(Ce) # 627 – Price: $US 40.

Andersonite

Andersonite
Mineral # 580 Available

A rich andersonite example, as yellow-green coating on sandstone. From the Snyder Mine, Cane Creek, San Juan Co., Utah, USA. Collected before 1979.

This specimen measures 5.6 cm x 4.0 cm x 3.4 cm. n.b. This specimen is radioactive and may require special shipping at extra cost to some countries.

Andersonite # 580 – Price: $US 75.

Andradite var. Topazolite


Mineral # 503 Available

These attractive sharp crystals seem to have grown with only a small point of attachment and are free of matrix. From the famous Stanley Butte occurrence, Graham County, Arizona, USA. Collected before 1977. Several loose crystals are included as well.

This specimen measures 3.0 cm x 2.5 cm x 1.4 cm . The largest crystal is about 5 mm across.

Andradite var Topazolite # 503 – Price: $US 125.

Anhydrite

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Mineral # 568 Available

White massive from the Canada Gypsum Mine, 3 miles south of Albert, New Brunswick, Canada. Collected July 1974.

This specimen measures 5.5 cm x 3.0 cm x 3.0 cm.

Anhydrite # 568 – Price: $US 12.50

Ankerite


Mineral # 459 Available

This yellow ankerite crystal rhomb is in a vug from an intrusive sill cutting Ordovician limestone. From the now-inaccessible famous Francon Quarry, St. Michel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Collected 1975. Verified by XRD by A.S. at the GSC 12/1975.

This specimen measures 6.5 cm x 4.2 cm x 2.5 cm . The largest crystal is about 3.5 mm across.

Ankerite # 459 – Price: $US 50.

Ankerite

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Mineral # 550 Available

The surface of this attractive specimen is a druse of ankerite rhombs, together with quartz and pyrite crystals. From the Brosso Mine, near Ivrea, Italy. Collected August 1978 M.C.

This specimen measures 8.5 cm x 4.5 cm x 2.5 cm . The largest crystal is about 3.5 mm across.

Ankerite # 550 – Price: $US 40.