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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Sodalite
Sodalite, as pale blue crystals in albite matrix, really a sodalite porphyry! From the amazing De Mix Quarry, Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, collected 1974, BRH. This specimen measures about 6.0 cm x 4.2 cm x 3.0 cm. Sodalite # 500 – Price: $US 80. |
Sodalite
Sodalite, as pale blue crystals in albite matrix, really a sodalite porphyry! From the amazing De Mix Quarry, Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada, collected 1974, BRH. This specimen measures about 11.7 cm x 6.5 cm x 3.7 cm. Sodalite # 381 – Price: $US 130. |
Sorensenite
Sorensenite, as delicate pink glassy crystal laths in matrix from the type locality, Kvanefjeld, Ilímaussaq, Greenland, collected ca. 1970 by the Mineralogical and Geological Museum of the University of Denmark and includes their label. The crystals are up to 2.2 cm long — a fine example of this single-locality mineral. This specimen measures about 4.1 cm x 2.3 cm x 1.6 cm. Sorensenite # 198 – Price: $US 130. |
Sorensenite
Sorensenite, as pink crystal laths (no matrix) from the type locality, Kvanefjeld, Ilímaussaq, Greenland, collected ca. 1970. The crystals are up to 26 mm long — a good example of this color of this single-locality mineral. This specimen measures about 11 mm x 10 mm x 2 mm. Sorensenite # 199 – Price: $US 50. |
Sorensenite
Sorensenite, as glassy, nearly white crystal laths, without matrix, from the type locality, Kvanefjeld, Ilímaussaq, Greenland, collected ca. 1970. The crystals are up to 2.7 cm long — an interesting color variation example of this single-locality mineral. This specimen measures about 2.7 cm x 10 mm x 3 mm. Sorensenite # 200 – Price: $US 80. |
Sorensenite
Sorensenite, as muted grayish-pink crystal laths, free of matrix, from the type locality, Kvanefjeld, Ilímaussaq, Greenland, collected ca. 1970. The crystals are up to 2.2 cm long — another variation of this single-locality mineral. This specimen measures about 2.2 cm x 8 mm x 3 mm. Sorensenite # 201 – Price: $US 60. |
Sorensenite
Sorensenite, as whitish crystal laths without matrix from the type locality, Kvanefjeld, Ilímaussaq, Greenland, collected ca. 1970. The crystals are up to 1.9 cm long — another form and a fine example of this single-locality mineral. This specimen measures about 18 mm x 18 mm x 4 mm. Sorensenite # 202 – Price: $US 90. |
Sperrylite
Sperrylite from the INCO Vermilion Mine, Whitefish, (SW of Sudbury), Ontario, Canada. Collected May, 1975. Includes a sperrylite cube, an octahedron and broken crystals in chalcopyrite with accessory native gold. The old dumps are long gone as they were removed for processing for platinum. This specimen measures about 6.5 cm x 4.5 cm x 2.5 cm. The largest crystal is about 1.5 mm cubed. Sperrylite # 062 – Price: $US 350. |
Spinel
Nice grey-purple Spinel octahedral crystals, the largest about 9 mm, in quartz. From the Des Cedres Dam, Notre Dame du Laus, Quebec, Canada. Collected before 1979. This specimen measures about 7 cm x 3.8 cm x 2 cm. Spinel # 270 – Price: $US 45. |
Spodumene
Light green Spodumene cleavages to 7 cm. From the Tantalum Mining Corp. of Canada, Bernic Lake, Manitoba, Canada. Collected before 1976. Accessories include lepidolite, tantalite, pollucite, dolomite, zinnwaldite and albite. This specimen measures about 7.2 cm x 4.7 cm x 4.2 cm. Spodumene # 429 – Price: $US 75. |
Stewartite
Honey-colored stewartite, with accessory beige foggite (type locality), dark blue vivianite, brown triplite and more, from Palermo #1 Mine pegmatite, near North groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA. Collected before 1972. This specimen measures about 3.9 cm x 4.3 cm x 2.4 cm. Stewartite # 527 – Price: $US 35. |
Stewartite
Honey-colored stewartite, with accessory beige foggite (type locality), dark blue vivianite, brown triplite and more, from Palermo #1 Mine pegmatite, near North groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA. Collected before 1972. This specimen measures about 4.7 cm x 3.7 cm x 2.5 cm. Stewartite # 528 – Price: $US 45. |
Stibiconite
Stibiconite as a yellow-white micro-crystalline coating, from Lake George Antimony Mine, Lake George, New Brunswick, Canada. In a hydrothermal vein cutting graywacke. Confirmed by XRD GSC. Collected July 1974. This specimen measures about 3.3 cm x 2.5 cm x 6 mm. Stibiconite # 237 – Price: $US 35. |
Strengite
Strengite as mauve crystals in vugs, from the Bull Moose Mine, Custer, South Dakota, USA. Accessories include phosphosiderite and barbosalite. Collected before 1978. Includes original South Dakota School of Mines Museum label. This specimen measures about 5.0 cm x 3.0 cm x 2.5 cm. Strengite # 458 – Price: $US 85. |
Strontianite
Sheaf-like yellow-orange strontianite from the no-longer accessible Francon Quarry, St. Michel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The strontianite fluoresces a slight orange-yellow under SW UV. Accessory calcite fl. pink SW. ID A.S. GSC. Col. Nov 1975. This specimen measures about 4.5 cm x 3.4 cm x 1.6 cm. Strontianite # 575 – Price: $US 40. |
Strontianite
Strontianite as a white sphere (about 6 mm diameter) from the no-longer accessible Francon Quarry, St. Michel, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Accessory dawsonite and purple fluorite. Collected. Nov 1972. This specimen measures about 6.6 cm x 6.7 cm x 4 cm. It has a saw cut on one side. Strontianite # 613 – Price: $US 50. |
Sulphur
Sulphur from the mine at Girgenti, Sicily, Italy which closed in 1965. The largest crystal is 1.6 cm, with internal stress marks -- probably from being touched without gloves, but otherwise, a lovely sharp crystal. This specimen measures about 4.2 cm x 3 cm x 2 cm. Sulphur # 239 – Price: $US 90. |
Sursassite
Sursassite from The Strategic Manganese Mine, Woodstock, New Brunswick, Canada. The rare copper-colored fibrous sursassite is in veins in manganiferous shale with accessory quartz. Received in exchange from National Mineral Collection of Canada (Bob Gault) Aug. 1975. Specimen #73/36/14 and label included. This specimen measures about 7 cm x 4 cm x 3 cm. Sursassite # 064 – Price: $US 55. |
Svanbergite
Svanbergite, beige massive. This unusual phosphate is from Västanå (Westanå) Iron Mine, Skåne, Sweden. Collected before 1978. This specimen measures about 6.3 cm x 4.2 cm x 1.7 cm. Svanbergite # 187 – Price: $US 45. |
Synchysite-(Ce)
Synchysite-(Ce) crystals in vugs, from the DeMix Quarry, Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Accessories include albite, siderite and pyrite. Collected before 1977. This specimen measures about 4.4 cm x 2.5 cm x 3.2 cm. Synchysite-(Ce) # 597 – Price: $US 50. |
Synchysite-(Ce)
Synchysite-(Ce) crystals in vugs, from the DeMix Quarry, Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Accessories include albite, siderite and pyrite. Collected before 1977. This specimen measures about 3.4 cm x 2.5 cm x 1.2 cm. Synchysite-(Ce) # 598 – Price: $US 45. |
Szaibelyite
Szaibelyite, as white fibers to 2 mm, from the Brosso Mine, near Ivrea, Italy. Collected 1976 M.C. This specimen measures about 5.5 cm x 4.4 cm x 2.5 cm. Szaibelyite # 572 – Price: $US 40. |
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