Fine Quality Mineral Specimens for Sale
Alphabetical Mineral Species List:
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A…Am |
An |
Ao…Az |
Ba…Bh |
Bi…Bz |
Ca |
Cb…Ch |
Ci…Cz |
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E |
F |
Ga…Gn |
Go |
Gp…Gz |
H–I–J |
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K–L |
Ma…Mi |
Mj…Mz–N |
O–Pa…Po |
Pp…Pz |
Q–R |
Sa…Sh |
Si…Sm |
Sn…Sz |
T |
U–V |
W |
X–Y–Z |
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Olivenite
Olivenite, as a sparkling dark olive-green micro-crystalline druse of individual blades; from Cap Garonne, Var, France, collected pre-1979. Beautiful and aesthetic, the druse is growing on limonite over micro-quartz crystals on matrix. This specimen measures about 5 cm x 2.3 cm x 1.7 cm. The crystals are about 3 mm x 5 mm. Olivenite # 291 – Price: $US 150. |
Omphacite
Green, massive Omphacite, as part of eclogite rock type, from Verperreset, Nordfjord, Norway; collected pre-1976. Accessories of this attractive specimen include almandine-pyrope series garnet, muscovite var. phengite and kyanite. Includes original museum label. Saw cut on bottom. This specimen measures about 10.0 cm x 5.3 cm x 3.9 cm. |
Orthoclase
Nice Orthoclase in the Carlsbad-law twin habit, from West Maroon Creek, Gothic, Colorado, USA. The crystal measures about 4.4 cm x 2.7 cm x 1.5 cm. Orthoclase # 501 – Price: $US 35. |
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Pectolite
Handsome, colorless Pectolite crystals to about 1.5 cm; from the classic Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada. Collected 1976. On albite. This specimen measures about 5.7 cm x 4.3 cm x 3.2 cm. Pectolite # 394 – Price: $US 275. |
Pectolite
Colorless Pectolite crystals to about 0.9 cm; from the classic Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada. Collected 1976. Accessory calcite, on albite. This specimen measures about 8.4 cm x 4.5 cm x 3.5 cm. Pectolite # 536 – Price: $US 125. |
Phenakite
Nice old matrix specimen of Phenakite, in quartz, topaz, albite var clevelandite and black ?; from the Tangen Quarry, Kragerø, Telemark, Norway; collected in November 1921. Includes original museum label. This specimen measures about 4.2 cm x 3.1 cm x 2 cm. Phenakite # 293 – Price: $US 375. |
Phosphosiderite (or Metastrengite)
Attractive 4.5 mm pink Phosphosiderite crystal in a vug with accessory barbosalite and black tavorite (micro crystals); from the Bull Moose Mine, Custer, South Dakota, USA; collected before 1978. Includes original South Dakota School of Mines museum label. This specimen measures about 5.0 cm x 3.2 cm x 2 cm. Phosphosiderite (Metastrengite) # 461 – |
Pinakiolite
Pinakiolite as black striated prisms to ca. 8 mm in dolomite. Accessories include hausmanite. From Långban, Värmland, Sweden. Collected 1977. This specimen measures about 6.4 cm x 2.5 cm x 1.3 cm. Pinakiolite # 582 – Price: $US 40. |
Pinakiolite
Pinakiolite as black plates to ca. 3 mm in dolomite. Accessories include hausmanite. From Långban, Värmland, Sweden. Collected 1977. This specimen measures about 4.5 cm x 4.4 cm x 1.5 cm. Pinakiolite # 581 – Price: $US 30. |
Plagioclase
Plagioclase family, pseudomorph after scapolite. Accessories include an amphibole, titanite, quartz and allanite. This is an older specimen, collected in 1972 by the GSC from a loam-filled crevice, Highway 41 road cut, five miles west of Dacre, Ontario, Canada; obtained from Gary Ansell GSC February 1978. This specimen measures about 6.5 cm x 6.0 cm x 4.0 cm. Plagioclase # 498 – Price: $US 125. |
Plancheite
Interesting, attractive, sky-blue radiating micro crystal aggregates of Plancheite; from the Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Accessories include dioptase, quartz, native copper as several wires, and probably ten other minerals. Mineralization on all sides, different associations but all interesting, especially under the microscope. This is an older specimen, obtained from Prosper Williams October, 1978. This specimen measures about 6.3 cm x 3.5 cm x 2.9 cm. Plancheite # 328 – Price: $US 125. |
Plattnerite
Cabinet specimen of Plattnerite coating calcite on limonite, from the Ojuela Mine, Mapini, Durango, Mexico; collected before 1979. Other accessories include colorless hemimorphite and black acicular unidentified. This specimen measures about 12.5 cm x 8.5 cm x 5 cm. Plattnerite # 244 – Price: $US 125. |
Plattnerite
Plattnerite coating calcite on limonite, from the Ojuela Mine, Mapini, Durango, Mexico; collected before 1979. Other accessories include colorless hemimorphite and black acicular unidentified. This specimen measures about 7 cm x 4 cm x 3.4 cm. Plattnerite # 519 – Price: $US 75. |
Plattnerite
Plattnerite coating calcite on limonite, from the Ojuela Mine, Mapini, Durango, Mexico; collected before 1979. Other accessories include colorless hemimorphite. This specimen measures about 4 cm x 3.2 cm x 1.8 cm. Plattnerite # 518 – Price: $US 50. |
Plattnerite
Plattnerite coating calcite on limonite, from the Ojuela Mine, Mapini, Durango, Mexico; collected before 1979. Other accessories include colorless hemimorphite. This specimen measures about 5.5 cm x 4 cm x 3 cm. Plattnerite # 517 – Price: $US 50. |
Plattnerite
Plattnerite coating calcite on limonite, from the Ojuela Mine, Mapini, Durango, Mexico; collected before 1979. Other accessories include colorless hemimorphite. This specimen measures about 2 cm x 2 cm x 2 cm. Plattnerite # 516 – Price: $US 25. |
Plattnerite
Plattnerite coating calcite on limonite, from the Ojuela Mine, Mapini, Durango, Mexico; collected before 1979. Other accessories include colorless hemimorphite. This specimen measures about 2 cm x 2 cm x 1.5 cm. Plattnerite # 515 – Price: $US 25. |
Pollucite
Massive pollucite, from the Tantalum Mining Corp. Mine, Bernic Lake, Manitoba, Canada; collected before 1979. This specimen measures about 3.5 cm x 3.5 cm x 1.5 cm. Pollucite # 533 – Price: $US 25. |
Pollucite
Massive pollucite, from the Tantalum Mining Corp. Mine, Bernic Lake, Manitoba, Canada; collected before 1979. This specimen measures about 4.5 cm x 2.5 cm x 1.7 cm. Pollucite # 590 – Price: $US 25. |
Pollucite
Massive pollucite, from the Tantalum Mining Corp. Mine, Bernic Lake, Manitoba, Canada; collected before 1979. This specimen measures about 4.2 cm x 2.5 cm x 1.2 cm. Pollucite # 589 – Price: $US 25. |
Pollucite
Massive pollucite, from the Tantalum Mining Corp. Mine, Bernic Lake, Manitoba, Canada; collected before 1979. This specimen measures about 3 cm x 2 cm x 1.2 cm. Pollucite # 588 – Price: $US 20. |
Posnjakite
Posnjakite occurs as a delicate, robins egg blue to grey coating, together with white devilline, also as a coating. This specimen is from Canada's first copper mine, the Capleton Mine, 5 miles SW of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Collected 1974 by GSC. Includes their original label. This specimen measures about 8.3 cm x 4.5 cm x 7 cm. Posnjakite # 264 – Price: $US 140. |
Powellite
Powellite, from the Champlain Lookout, Gatineau Park, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, collected 1977. Powellite occurs as a coating on molybdenite, fluoresces a deep yellow under short-wave UV. Accessory amphibole, quartz. This specimen measures about 3.5 cm x 2.6 cm x 0.8 cm. Powellite # 082 – Price: $US 20. |
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