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Xonotlite

Mineral # 397 Available

A nice very pale pink asbestosform Xonotlite from the now closed Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada; collected August 1980. Accessories include diopside and clinochlore.

This specimen measures about 6.3 cm x 1.4 cm. x 1.2 cm.

Xonotlite # 397 – Price: $US 45.

Xonotlite

Mineral # 402 Available

Interesting white asbestosform Xonotlite to about 2 cm, cutting a sepentinized rock, from Winter House Brook, Bonne Bay, Newfoundland, Canada; collected 1977.

This specimen measures about 6.5 cm x 3.8 cm. x 2.5 cm.

Xonotlite # 402 – Price: $US 35.


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Zinkenite

Mineral # 111 Available

Zinkenite from the 270 level, Herminia Mine, Julcani District, Angaraes Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru, in 1973. An incredibly rich example of this rare acicular lead sulfosalt. This specimen is 18 mm long and appears to be made up completely of felted acicular zinkenite.

Zinkenite # 111 – Price: $US 30.

Zircon

Mineral # 337 Available

Brown glassy distorted tetragonal pyramid about 8 mm across, in albite and accessory aegerine Xx. From the De Mix Quarry, Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Collected October 1975.

This specimen measures about 4 cm x 3.5 cm x 1.3 cm.

Zircon # 337 – Price: $US 20.

Zircon


Mineral # 409 Available

A mass of brown glassy sharp tetragonal pyramid crystals, each up to about 5 mm across; from the De Mix Quarry, Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Collected 1970.

This specimen measures about 1.4 cm x 1.2 cm x 0.8 cm.

Zircon # 409 – Price: $US 100.

Zircon
Mineral # 410 Available

Five "pairs" of brown glassy sharp tetragonal pyramid crystals, perhaps twins, ranging between about 3 mm to 5 mm across; from the De Mix Quarry, Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada. Collected 1970. Part of the find of zircon #409 above.

Zircon # 410 – Price: $US 100.
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Zircon Var. Cyrtolite


Mineral # 338 Available

Sharp, glassy, nearly black Zircon crystals to about 1.3 cm in rotten quartz. From the Saranac Mine, Tory Hill, Ontario, Canada. Collected before 1980.

This specimen measures about 7.7 cm x 5.5 cm x 2.2 cm. and also includes a loose cute micro twin that fell off the specimen!

Zircon Var. Cyrtolite # 338 – Price: $US 45.

Zoisite

Mineral # 421 Available

An attractive mass of colorless striated Zoisite crystals to about 1.0 cm from the now closed Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada; collected before 1980. Accessories include grossular, albite and a hydrocarbon.

This specimen measures about 2.6 cm x 2.5 cm x 1.6 cm.

Zoisite # 421 – Price: $US 75.

Zwieselite

Mineral # 469 Available

Clove-brown massive Zwieselite from near Rabenstein, near Zwiesel, Hagendorf, Bavaria, Germany; collected May 1976. Accessories include grossular, albite and a hydrocarbon.

This specimen measures about 2.6 cm x 2.5 cm x 1.6 cm.

Zwieselite # 469 – Price: $US 35.