Quartz


Mineral # 057 Available

Quartz from Greeley, Ontario, collected 1981. These were first discovered in pockets in limestone when a pipeline trench was being dug. This is a very aesthetic, large, superb, sharp, lightly smokey quartz specimen, showing parallel growth and skeletal habit — and then there is the clear, colorless, sharp crystal growing out from one of the faces — a welcome addition to any collection.

This specimen measures about 5.5 cm x 3.5 cm x 4.2 cm.

Quartz # 057 – Price: $US 350.

Quartz var Ferruginous (Red) Quartz

Mineral # 056 Available

Ferruginous Quartz from Villabona, Teruel, Spain, one larger double-terminated and micro crystals on matrix (gypsum?), plus UK prismatic Xx, collected before 1980.

This specimen measures about 5 cm x 4 cm x 2 cm. The largest crystal is 1.6 cm long.

Ferruginous Quartz # 056 – Price: $US 25.

Quartz, scepter habit

Mineral # 079 Available

Scepter Quartz from Smyth County, Virginia, USA; collected pre-1978. This doubly-sceptered specimen is a delight! Has a dark inclusion of ???.

This crystal is about 1.7 cm long x 5-6 mm wide.

Quartz # 079 – Price: $US 30.

Quartz

Mineral # 499 Available

Especially of interest to the serious Francon Quarry collector – very unusual milky Quartz as a complex parallel growth – essentially a single crystal with hundreds of faces, about 3 cm long. Accessory minerals include: weloganite and calcite crystals. From the Francon Quarry, St. Michel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Collected 1973 from a sill cutting Devonian limestone. The specimen has a saw cut on the bottom.

This specimen measures about 8.2 cm x 3.2 cm x 2.5 cm.

Quartz # 499 – Price: $US 100.

Quartz


Mineral # 494 Available

Especially of interest to the Jeffrey mine specialist, etched Quartz crystals to about 1.5 cm – quartz was very unusual from the Jeffrey Mine. Accessory minerals include apophyllite, plagioclase and chlorite. From the Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada. Collected 1978.

This specimen measures about 8.2 cm x 3.2 cm x 2.5 cm.

Quartz # 494 – Price: $US 100.

Quartz

Mineral # 297 Available

Fascinating complex quartz crystals to about 5.5 cm, with accessory fluorapatite, siderite and augelite; GR 270063, Crosscut Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada; collected pre-1980.

This specimen measures about 5.5 cm x 2.3 cm x 1.7 cm.

Quartz # 297 – Price: $US 50.

Quartz var. Amethyst

Mineral # 298 Available

Fine small cabinet Amethyst Quartz with slight hematite phantoms (made up of dots), mostly near the tips; sharp, crisp crystals to about 1 cm; from the Diamond Willow Mine, Pearl, Ontario, Canada, collected pre-1981. An attractive and pretty specimen.

This specimen measures about 11.2 cm x 5 cm x 3.5 cm.

Quartz var. Amethyst # 298 – Price: $US 250.

Ralstonite

Mineral # 374 SOLD

Ralstonite, as a white coating, from the Eureka Mine, St. Peters Dome, El Paso County, Colorado, USA. Accessory weberite.

This specimen is about 4.7 cm x 3.2 cm x 2.2 cm.

Rammelsbergite

Mineral # 183 Available

Massive rammelsbergite, from Echo Bay Mines, Great Bear Lake, North-West Territories, Canada; collected pre-1978. Accessory niccoline (niccolite), annabergite.

This specimen is about 5.5 cm x 5.6 cm x 3.7 cm.

Rammelsbergite # 183 – Price: $US 75.

Rhodochrosite


Mineral # 197 Available

Stunning, perfect, deep wine-red rhodochrosite scalenohedral crystals to 2.0 to 2.5 cm, from the N'Chwaning Mine, near Kuruman, Black Rock district, North Cape Province, South Africa. Collected before May 1981. A wonderful specimen, with a light selective dusting of micro quartz xtals, plus traces of a jet black micro manganite.

This very desirable specimen measures about 2.2 cm x 1.7 cm x 2.4 cm.

Rhodochrosite # 197 – Price: $US 1750.

Rhodochrosite



Mineral # 134 Available

Unusual deep red or brown plates of rhodochrosite to 8 mm, from the DeMix Quarry, Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Collected April 1981 from the second serandite "Glory Hole". Accessory aegerine, natrolite, and polylithionite. A very rich specimen — the crystals are stacked, best seen in the third photo, taken with flash.

This specimen measures about 4.6 cm x 3 cm x 2.5 cm.

Rhodochrosite # 134 – Price: $US 125.

Rhodochrosite

Mineral # 454 SOLD

Attractive pink rhodochrosite rhombs to 3.5 mm in vugs, from East Gilman, Colorado, USA. Collected before 1979. Attractive, it has accessory quartz crystals.

This specimen measures about 4.0 cm x 3 cm x 2 cm and comes in a 2" plastic box.

Rhodonite

Mineral # 329 Available

Rhodonite, brick-red massive; from Gunnislake, Callington Dist., Co. Cornwall, England. Collected before 1977.

This specimen measures about 5.6 cm x 3.2 cm x 1.9 cm.

Rhodonite # 329 – Price: $US 35.

Riebeckite

Mineral # 428 Available

Of interest to the Jeffrey mine specialist, asbestosform crystals of Riebeckite in a vein about 1.5 cm wide and nodules. Accessory Biotite, in serpentine slickensides. From the now closed famous Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada. Collected 1976.

This specimen measures about 10.3 cm x 5.5 cm x 5.2 cm.

Riebeckite # 428 – Price: $US 75.

Rockbridgeite

Mineral # 455 Available

Radiating deep olive green botryoidal masses of Rockbridgeite crystals. Accessory minor limonite. From Shady, Polk County, Arkansas, USA. Collected before 1978.

This rich specimen measures about 6 cm x 4 cm x 2.8 cm.

Rockbridgeite # 455 – Price: $US 75.

Rosasite

Mineral # 184 Available

Attractive acicular turquoise druse to 5 mm, from Mapini, Durango, Mexico; collected pre-1979.

This specimen is about 4.3 cm x 3.2 cm x 1.2 cm.

Rosasite # 184 – Price: $US 20.

Rosenbuschite



Mineral # 108 Available

Radiating rosenbuschite, from Barkevikskjærne (Barkevik skarn), Langesundsfjord, Norway. Collected before 1972. Accessory wöhlerite and others.

This specimen measures about 6.5 cm x 8 cm x 6.4 cm.

Rosenbuschite # 108 – Price: $US 150.