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 |
D |
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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Quartz
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
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
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
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
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
Fascinating complex quartz crystals to about 5.5 cm, with accessory apatite-(CaF) (formerly 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 var. Amethyst
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. |
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Rammelsbergite
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
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 crystals, 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
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. |
Rhodonite
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
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 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. |
Rosasite
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
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. |
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