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Azurite, Malachite, Rhodochrosite, Aurichalcite, Benstonite, Smithsonite, Dolomite, Kutnohorite and others

minerals in alphabetical order by first letter only

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A

6992 Aragonite Jeffrey Quarry and Mill, Parma, Jackson Co., Michigan Ex. Kirk Valuet 6 x 5.1 x 2.7 cm $35	6987 Azurite, Malachite, Selenite Morenci Mine, Greenlee Co., Arizona 9.4 x 8.1 x 3.5 cm SOLD	6858 Azurite Rosette of Tabular Crystals Shilu Mine, Yangchun Co., Yangjiang, Guangdong, China Ex. E. Morales from Kristalle, Pasadena Show, Nov. 1983 3.3 x 3.3 x 2.5 cm $250
6837 Azurite on Malachite Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona Ex. A. Neely, 1960s 7 x 4.6 x 4.4 cm $50	6575 Azurite Psuedomorphing to Malachite with Aragonite Tsumeb, Namibia Ex. Norm Woods 11.8 x 9.8 x 8.1 cm $150	6385 Azurite variety: Chessylite Chessy copper mines, Chessy-les-Mines, Villefranche, Rhone, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France Type Location Ex. Robert Gannon, 1960s 5.1 x 4.2 x 4 cm $85
6035 Aurichalcite 79 Mine, Hayden, Gila Co, Arizona 7.3 x 5.8 x 2.3 cm $250	5879 Azurite Crystals, Malachite on Sulfide Matrix Arizona Ex. A. Neely, 1960s 6.4 x 5.8 x 5.1 cm $35	5130 Hemimorphite on Aurichalcite Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico 6.2 x 6 x 4.7 cm $85
4568 Rosasite, Calcite Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico Ex. A. Neely, 1960s 7.2 x 5.5 x 2.9 cm $45	4529 Ferroan Magnesite Brosso Mine, Calea, Lessolo, Canavese District, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy 4.6 x 4.1 x 2.5 cm SOLD	4202 Aragonite Laurion, Attica, Greece 5.4 x 1.7 x 2.3 cm curved stalactite rises 1.5 cm above matrix $45
3991 Azurite and Cerussite Tsumeb, Namibia Ex. Gunther Pietsch, Ex. A. C. Moretta #655, Ex. A. E. Seaman Museum 3.5 x 3.5 x 1.2 cm $250	2633 Aragonite Chihuahua, Mexico 10.5 x 10 x 7.3 cm SOLD	2602 Azurite, Malachite Location unknown 8.6 x 6 x 6.8 cm $35

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6993 Benstonite on Calcite

Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois
Ba₆Ca₆Mg(CO₃)₁₃
6.7 x 5 x 4 cm
$75

C

6845 Cerussite with Unidentified Inclusions Tsumeb, Namibia Ex. Norm Woods 4 x 3 x 1.9 cm $45	6775 Cerussite, Barite, Galena, Manganese Oxides Mibladen, Morocco UV Fluorescent 7.4 x 5.7 x 4.5 cm $75	6723 Calcite with Included Malachite on Copper Sulfide (likely Bornite) Copper Queen Mine, Queen Hill, Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona 9.7 x 8 x 5 cm $50
6620 Calcite on Dolomite Shannon Co., Missouri Ex. Norm Woods 7.8 x 5.1 x 4.2 cm $45	6151 Calcite and Pyrite Crystals on Dolomite on Manganoan Calcite Mina El Cobre, Zacatecas, Mexico circa 1960 12.2 x 9.5 x 8.8 cm $80	5916 Cerussite Pseudomorh after Galena, Linarite, Brochantite, Quartz Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico 5.7 x 4.4 x 3.1 cm $75
4672 Cerussite, Mixed, Unidentified Lead Oxides Silver Bell Mine, Mineral Mountain, Silver Bell District, Silver Bell Mts, Pima Co.,Arizona UV Fluorescent Ex. John Melhase prior to 1938, Ex. California Academy of Sciences, Ex. Steve Pullman 3.8 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm $45	4204 Cerussite Twin Tsumeb Mine, Namibia Ex. Hoisington Collection 4.4 x 1.7 x 2.5 cm largest XL is 6 mm in thickness $50	3675 Malachite on Cerussite Brown's Prospect, Rum Jungle, Batchelor, Coomalie Shire, Northern Territory, Australia Ex. Steve Pullman, 1970s 3.5 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm SOLD
2107 Fluorescent Calcite and Opalite Mix Nye Co., Nevada, USA UV Fluorescent Prior to 1975 9 x 7.2 x 3.7 cm $35

D

6893 Dolomite, Calcite

Missouri highway 34 roadcut, Wayne Co., Missouri
10.6 x 8.4 x 8.2 cm
$35

6108 Dolomite Pseudomorph/Epimorph after Calcite

Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico
1960s
9.5 x 5.8 x 3.5 cm
The Dolomite is approximately 2 mm thick.
$70

6018 Twinned Dolomite, Magnesite, Hematite

Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
9.6 x 7.4 x 8.8 cm
SOLD

4655 Dresserite, Weloganite

Francon Quarry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Type Location
BaAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O and Sr₃Na₂Zr(CO₃)₆·3H₂O with BaAl₂(CO₃)₂(OH)₄·H₂O
7.8 x 4.7 x 4.9 cm
$100

G

4600 Aragonite on Basalt

Nickenicher Sattel, Nickenich, Andernach, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
9.4 x 4.8 x 4.8 cm
$50

K

2298 Aragonite Dyed with Copper Sulfate

Minglanilla, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Ex. Steve Pullman
10.4 x 7.3 x 3 cm
$30

M

7004 Malachite, Partially Coated with Calcite, Goethite

Southwest Mine, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona
8.5 x 6.1 x 5.5 cm
$75

6855 Malachite Pseudomorph after Azurite

Sacramento pit, Sacramento Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona
Early 1900s
3.4 x 1.8 x 1 cm
SOLD

6765 Chatoyant Malachite Psuedomorph after Azurite

Tsumeb, Namibia
4.2 x 3.5 x 2.4 cm
$175

6370 Malachite, Conichalcite, Calcite

Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
9.5 x 7.8 x 6.3 cm
$45

5920 Malachite and Malachite Pseudomorh after Azurite

Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona
4.8 x 3.8 x 3.9 cm
$35

5350 Hollow Malachite Stalactite "Finger"

Katanga, Dem. Rep. of Congo
5.3 x 3.1 x 1.3 cm
$50

5027 Malachite on Quartz with Casts after Calcite, Minor Chalcopyrite

Mina El Cobre, Zacatecas, Mexico
Ex. Robert Gannon
7.8 x 6.3 x 4.2 cm
$45

4629 Malachite Pseudomorph after Azurite

Tsumeb, Namibia
5.2 x 2.8 x 1.6 cm
$150

Q

4701 Malachite on Quartz with Hematite

Mun. de Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
Ex. A. E. Seaman Museum (no museum label)
4.4 x 4 x 3.4 cm
$35

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6924 Rhodochrosite, Elpidite, Leifite, Calcite, Albite Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada Elpidite - Na₂ZrSi₆O₁₅·3H₂O, Leifite - Na₇Be₂(Si₁₅Al₃)O₃₉(F,OH)₂ 5.2 x 5.8 x 4.4 cm largest rhodochrosite crystals is 5 mm on longest edge $75	6094 Rhodochrosite, Manganite, Andradite Garnet Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa 6.1 x 3.4 x 2.7 cm $100	6062 Rhodochrosite on Manganite N'Chwaning I Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa 5 x 4.6 x 4.7 cm $100
6038 Rhodochrosite, Elpidite, Leifite, Calcite, Albite Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada Elpidite - Na₂ZrSi₆O₁₅·3H₂O, Leifite - Na₇Be₂(Si₁₅Al₃)O₃₉(F,OH)₂ 5.1 x 4.4 x 4.4 cm $150	4726 Rhodochrosite Andalgala Department, Catamarca, Argentina 8.4 x 7.2 x 4.4 cm $35	4483 Spherical Rosasite, Calcite Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico 6.7 x 3.9 x 2.1 cm largest sphere is 5 mm across $50
3664 Rosasite Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico 5.2 x 5.2 x 4.5 cm $35	3436 Rhodochrosite N'Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa 4.7 x 4 x 3.7 cm $250	3146 Rhodochrosite Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa 7.6 x 5.9 x 1.8 cm $100

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6936 Siderite Calumet and Arizona Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona Ex. Steve Pullman 9.4 x 6.6 x 5.3 cm $50	6912 Septarian Concretion - Calcite/Aragonite Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco 4.5 x 4.4 x 0.5 and 4.7 x 4.5 x 0.7 cm $35	6885 Siderite, Sphalerite variety: Marmatite Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle Co., Colorado Ex. Robert Gannon 7.9 x 7.2 x 6.7 cm $75
6759 Smithsonite on Quartz Pseudomorphs Philadelphia Mine, Rush, Rush Creek District, Marion Co., Arkansas 6.5 x 6.4 x 3.2 cm $100	6531 Smithsonite Pseudomorh after Calcite Mina San Antonio, East Camp, Santa Eulalia Dist., Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico 7.6 x 6 x 4.2 cm $75	6390 Smithsonite Tsumeb, Namibia Ex. E. Morales purchased from P.J. Williams, Tuscon 1981 show 7.4 x 5.2 x 3.7 cm $250
6083 Green and Brown Siderite Crystals, Muscovite, Albite, Quartz Nello Teer Crabtree Creek Quarry, Raleigh, Wake Co., North Carolina Ex. A. Neely, 1960s 4.5 x 3.8 x 1.9 cm $25	6039 Spherical Siderite, Pyrite, Calcite Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 6.6 x 5.2 x 4.5 cm $50	6036 Pyrrhotite covered with Siderite and Sphalerite and Twinned Calcite and Quartz Trepca complex, Trepca valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, District of Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo 12 x 9.7 x 7.5 cm $175
5937 Dolomite and Siderite on Sphalerite with Minor Pyrite Trepca Complex, Kosovska Municipality, Kosovo 6.8 x 5.9 x 5 cm $100	5912 Yellow/Orange Smithsonite variety Turkey Fat (with Included Greenockite) Philadelphia Mine, Rush, Rush Creek District, Marion Co., Arkansas 10.2 x 8.4 x 1.5 cm $80	5475 Smithsonite Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia 4.2 x 4.3 x 1.4 cm $50
5293 Yellow Smithsonite with Greenockite Wenshan, Yunan Province, China 7.7 x 6.3 x 3.8 cm $175	4691 Cuprian Smithsonite Tsumeb, Namibia 6.7 x 4.5 x 2.9 cm $85	4429 Siderite Grenoble, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France Ex. H. R. McBroom from trade with Lorenzo Garbero, 1988 4.2 x 3 x 2.7 cm $25
4316 Siderite, Quartz Alice Glory Hole, Alice Mine, Alice District, Clear Creek Co., Colorado Ex. H. R. McBroom, from trade with Eric Otty, 1983 3.5 x 3.4 x 3.7 cm $50	4103 Smithsonite Rice Crystals Chihuahua, Mexico Ex. A. Neely 1960s 4.4 x 3.8 x 3.1 cm $75	3821 Smithsonite Tsumeb, Namibia 4.8 x 3.5 x 2.9 cm $150
3093 Siderite, Dolomite in Quartz Geode Uffhofen, Alzey, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Ex. Wolfgang Henkel 6 x 5 x 3 cm $35

W

5020 Witherite, Fluorite, Sphalerite, Alstonite

Hardin Co., Illinois
Ex. A. Neely, 1960s
9.4 x 6.5 x 7.6 cm
$250

3227 Hopper Growth Witherite on Barite with Alstonite and Fluorite

Minerva No. 1 Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Hardin Co.., Illinois
UV Fluorescent
14.4 x 3.9 x 3.2 cm
Largest XL 1.6 x 1.5 x 1.2
$100

Specimens which have this class of minerals as an associated mineral

6988 Anilite with minor Azurite and Malachite Surface Vein deposit, Painesdale, Adams Twp., Marquette Co., Michigan Cu₇S₄ Collected by Jim Defoe 8.7 x 4.9 x 3.5 cm $50	6506 Atacamite over Malachite Cattle Grid deposit, Mount Gunson Copper mines, Pernatty Lagoon, Stuart Shelf, South Australia, Australia 6.7 x 6 x 2.2 cm SOLD	6928 Native Bismuth in Dolomite Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada Ex. Norm Woods 6.8 x 6.4 x 3.8 cm $50
5313 Dolomite and Hematite on Barite Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, Cumbria, England 11 x 10.3 x 8.7 cm $300	5512 Charlesite, Hematite, Sturmanite N'Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa Ca₆(Al,Si)₂(SO₄)₂[B(OH)₄](OH,O)₁₂·26H₂O Ex. Steve Pullman 3.3 x 2.6 x 1.7 cm $75	4630 Chalcocite, Quartz, Siderite Cook's Kitchen Mine, Carn Brea, Camborne - Redruth - St Day District, Cornwall, England 1800s, Ex. H. R. Mc Broom, purchased from Sam Weller, 1985 9.2 x 8.5 x 2.8 cm crystals to 5 mm $1000
4405 Two Generations Calcite (Aragonite on Calcite) Tri State District, Joplin, Missouri Ex. A. Neely, 1960s 8.3 x 5.8 x 3.2 cm $25	3228 Calcite on Gaudefroyite and Andradite Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field, Northern Cape Prov., South Africa 7.3 x 5.6 x 3.2 cm $50	1580 Chromian Uvite on Magnesite Brumado. Bahia, Brazil 5.3 x 4.2 x 3.6 cm $75
1418 Double Terminated Dravite with Magnesite Brumado, Bahia, Brazil 1.5 x 1 x 1.2 cm $100	6859 Goethite and Quartz on Maganesite Brumado, Bahia, Brazil Ex. Luiz Menezes 4.6 x 3.7 x 2.5 cm Goethite spheres are approximately 1 mm in diameter $35	6714 Stalactic Galena with Marcasite and Dolomite Buick Mine, Iron Co., Missouri Ex. Norm Woods 3.9 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm $50
5844 Kinoite Included in Calcite, Orange Prehnite Knife River, St. Luois Co., Minnesota Ca₂Cu₂Si₃O₁₀·2H₂O 8.1 x 6.6 x 4.7 cm $75	6809 Pyrite Psuedomorph after Marcasite, Quartz, Dolomite, Calcite Pilot Mine, Nanisivik Mine, Nanisivik, Baffin Island, Nunavut Territory, Canada 20.6 x 15 x 7.2 cm $250	6735 Quartz and Dolomite in Vugs in Specular Hematite Republic Mine, Republic, Marquette Co., Michigan Ex. A. E. Seaman Museum, Collected 1999 6 x 5.8 x 5.6 cm $45
6265 Pyrite and Dolomite on White Quartz on Amethyst Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico 1970s 8.8 x 4.2 x 6 cm $25	6224 Japan Law Twin Quartz, Hematite, Dolomite, Calcite Fengjiashan Mine (Daye copper mine), Daye Co., Huangshi Pref., Hubei Prov., China 8.5 x 6 x 2.7 cm $750	6998 Sphalerite, Dolomite, Calcite Thorold area, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada Ex. Kirk Valuet 10 x 7.9 x 4.5 cm SOLD
6589 Stibnite, Quartz, Siderite Baia Sprie mine (Felsobanya mine), Baia Sprie (Felsobanya), Maramures Co., Romania Ex. Norm Woods 11.4 x 11.2 x 2.5 cm $90	5972 Shigaite, Caryopilite, Rhodochrosite, Barite N'Chwaning I Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa Shigaite: Mn₆Al₃(OH)₁₈[Na(H₂O)₆](SO₄)₂·6H₂O , Caryopilite: Mn²⁺₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄ 6.8 x 5.7 x 4.2 cm The largest Shigaite crystal is 4 mm across. $200	4484 Silver, Dolomite, Skutterudite variety: Smaltite, Erthyrite, possible Cobaltite, minor Chalcopyrite Nipissing 407 Mine, Coleman Twp., Cobalt area, Cobalt-Gowganda region, Timiskaming Dist., Ontario, Canada 9.3 x 6.4 x 4.3 cm $100
3466 Ruby Jack Sphalerite, Calcite, Dolomite, Chalcopyrite Tri State District, Joplin, Missouri 5.9 x 5.2 x 3.5 cm $45	2986 Sphalerite on Dolomite Frontier Dolomite Quarry, Lockport, Niagra Co., New York 5 x 4.8 x 3 cm $75	6738 Red Uvite, Magnesite Brumado, Bahia, Brazil Ex. Luiz Menezes 7.3 x 4.4 x 4.3 cm SOLD
6631 Uvite Tourmaline, Quartz with Uvite Included, Magnesite Brumado, Bahia, Brazil 4.6 x 4.1 x 2.5 cm $100	4776 Pleochoric Uvite, Magnesite Brumado, Bahia, Brazil 8.5 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm $150	3836 Chromian Uvite Tourmaline on Magnesite Brumado, Bahia, Brazil 4.2 x 3.6 x 2.3 cm $55

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