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Apatite Group, Turquoise, Wavellite, Vanadinite, Brazilianite, Vivianite, Pyromorphite, Lazulite (Lapis Lazuli) and others

minerals in alphabetical order by first letter only

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6142 Augelite and Probable Minor Scorzalite

Champion Mine, White Mountain, Laws, White Mts, Mono Co., California, USA
Al₂PO₄(OH)₃
Ex. California Academy of Sciences
6.2 x 5.3 x 5.4 cm
$40

1141 Blue Apatite in Calcite

Gracefield, La Vallee-de-la-Gatineau RCM, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada
6.7 x 4.3 x 3.8 cm
$45

C

6560 Collinsite, Hydroxylapatite (Var: Carbonate-rich Hydroxylapatite), Wurtzilite (Asphaltum)

Francois Lake, Omenica Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada
Ca₂Mg(PO₄)₂ · 2H₂O
Ex. Wolfgang Henkel
6.6 x 4.7 x 4.9 cm
$50

E

5849 Endlichite (Arsenatian Vanadinite), Descloizite, Wulfenite

Erupcion Mine (Ahumada Mine), Sierra de Los Lamentos, Mun. de Ahumada, Chihuahua, Mexico
Ex. Philip Eglsaer
10.9 x 10.2 x 7.7 cm
Crystals up to 1 cm in length.
$150

F

6851 Fluorapatite partially coated with Hematite and Calcite Pea Ridge Mine, Sullivan, Washington Co., Missouri 3.7 x 2 x 1.9 cm $45	6031 Bicolor Fluorapatite, Albite Golconda district, Governador Valadares, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil 4.8 x 3.5 x 2.9 cm $125	4930 Fluorapatite, Albite variety Cleavelandite Golconda pegmatite, Golconda district, Governador Valadares, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil 7.7 x 6 x 3.4 cm $85
4507 Gemmy Fluorapatite in Calcite Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia 4.7 x 3.5 x 2.6 cm $75

H

4587 Fluorapatite variety Francolite (carbonate rich)

Levant Mine, Pendeen, Penwith, Cornwall, England
Ex. H. R. McBroom, purchased from Sam Weller,1985
8.9 x 6.9 x 3.6 cm
$75

L

6968 Lazulite, Siderite, Quartz

Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon, Canada
Ex. E. Morales from Univ. of British Columbia, Washington Mineral Symposium, Sept. 1982
3.9 x 3.5 x 1.8 cm
$150

P

6972 Pyromorphite

Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Ussel, Correze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Ex. E. Morales from C. Boton, Brussels Mineral show, Sept. 1981
5.1 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
$350

3555 Paravauxite

Siglo Veinte Mine, Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Prov., Potosi Dept., Bolivia
Type Location
Fe³⁺Al₂(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·7H₂O
Ex. Philadelphia Academy of Sciences #21139, 1929-1930 Vaux Expedition
8.7 x 5 x 4.9 cm
longest XL 1cm
$250

R

6860 Rockbridgeite, Psuedomophs Casts after Unknown Crystals

Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ex. Luiz Menezes
7 x 4.4 x 1.6 cm
The primary Albite crystal is 1.5 cm thick.
$35

S

6848 Strengite, other Phosphates, Muscovite

Stewart Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain, Pala, San Diego Co., California
Ex. John Melhase, pre 1938, Ex. California Academy of Sciences, Ex. Steve Pullman
4.8 x 4.7 x 4 cm
$45

6153 Strengite, Sicklerite and other Phosphates

Stewart Mine, Tourmaline Queen Mountain, Pala, San Diego Co., California
Ex. John Melhase, pre 1938, Ex. California Academy of Sciences, Ex. Steve Pullman
6.3 x 5 x 4.2 cm
$45

T

6500 Torbernite/Metatorbernite

Mina Santa Cruze, Villa Matamoros, Chihuahua, Mexico
11.5 x 5.8 x 3 cm
$50

V

6948 Variscite Lucin District, Pilot Range, Box Elder Co., Utah Ex. Vivian Randall 4 x 3 x 2.6 cm $100	6106 Vanandinite variety: Endlichite (Arsenian), Descloizite, Calcite Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico 12.6 x 5.4 x 7.2 cm $75	5995 Vanadinite, Descloizite on Barite Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico 5.6 x 4.7 x 3.9 cm $45
5168 Polished Variscite Lucin District, Pilot Range, Box Elder Co., Utah Polished by Vivan Randall 7 x 3.2 x 0.8 cm $75	5030 Variscite (coated with lacquer) Lucin District, Pilot Range, Box Elder Co., Utah Ex. Robert Gannon 7.4 x 7.5 x 3.3 cm $45	4704 Vivianite Vivianite locality, Richmond (City), Virginia Ex. Vivian Randall 6.1 x 5.1 x 3.8 cm $45
3640 Tumbled Variscite Nodule Lucin District, Pilot Range, Box Elder Co., Utah 6.3 x 4.2 x 4 cm $30	2118 Vanadanite Mounted on Custom Pewter Stand Apache Mine (Defiance Mine), Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA Ex. Steve Pullman 9.1 x 7.1 x 3 cm $20

Z

6971 Zanazziite on Double Terminated, Gemmy Tourmaline

Ponte do Piaui claim, Piaui valley, Taquaral, Itinga, Jequitinhona Valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Ca₂Mg₅Be₄(PO₄)₆(OH)₄·6H₂O
Ex. Luiz Menezes
6.6 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm
Note: the third dimension does not include the spherical concretion of Zanazziite which protrubes out another 0.3 cm.
$350

Specimens which have this class of minerals as an associated mineral

6866 Carlhintzeite, Phosphosiderite, Bermanite Serra Branca Pegmatite, Pedra Lavadra, Paraiba, Brazil Ca₂[AlF₆]F·H₂O Ex. Luiz Menezes 7.8 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm $100	5176 Twin Calcite Crystals, minor Duftite Tsumeb, Namibia 9.1 x 5.5 x 4.1 cm The largest crystal is 3.2 cm across. $50	5039 Descloisizite Coating Wulfenite Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico Ex. Robert Gannon 6.5 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm $50
6891 Fluorapatite, Muscovite and Arsenopyrite on Ferberite Panasqueira Mines, Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal 5.3 x 2.7 x 0.5 cm largest Apatite crystal is 4 mm across at it's widest $100	5467 Fluorite on and within Quartz Pseudomorphs after Calcite Coated with Montromite Prospectors Delight Mine (Black Knife Mine), Cuchillo Negro Dist., Sierra Cuchillo, Sierra Co., New Mexico Ex. Wright's Rock Shop 10.8 x 7.2 x 6.5 cm $100	6774 Hornblende, Fluorapatite, minor Mica Gibson Road, Tory Hill, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada 14 x 6.7 x 5 cm $75
6964 Monticellite, Apatite, Calcite Magnet Cove, Hot Spring Co., Arkansas: labeled Calag Mine, likely Kimzey Calcite Quarry CaMgSiO₄ Ex. Steve Pullman 6 x 5.2 x 3.9 cm $50	6187 Magnesioferrite, Pyrochlore group variety: Koppite, Apatite variety: Cerapatite Orberg Quarry, Schelingen, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany MgFe³⁺₂O₄ Ex. Steve Pullman, M. Leonardi collection 6.1 x 4.8 x 4.3 cm $35

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