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6987 Azurite, Malachite, Selenite Morenci Mine, Greenlee Co., Arizona 9.4 x 8.1 x 3.5 cm SOLD	6986 Wulfenite Glove Mine, Cottonwood Canyon, Tyndall Mining Dist., Santa Cruz Co., Arizona Ex. E. Morales from Harris Precht, Tucson, 1983 4.3 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm $75	6984 Double Terminated Smoky Quartz Mt. Malosa, Zomba, Malawi 8 x 5 x 3.4 cm $150
6983 Quartz Pseudomorph after Calcite with Quartz Crystals stained with Iron Oxides Barstow area, San Bernardino Co., California Ex. E. Morales from J. Minnette, Nov. 1983 3.9 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm $100	6978 Amethyst crystals on skeletal Galena and semi gemmy Sphalerite Commodore Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado 4.8 x 4.2 x 3.5 cm $75	6977 Hubeite (TL) and Inesite on Quartz Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China Type Location Ca₂Mn²⁺Fe³⁺Si₄O₁₂(OH)·2H₂O Ex. S. Pullman 8 x 4.9 x 5.8 cm $50
6976 Plombierite on Vesuvianite variety: Idocrase Crestmore Quarries, Crestmore, Riverside Co., California [Ca₄Si₆O₁₆(OH)₂·2H₂O]·(Ca·5H₂O) Ex. Wolfgang Henkel 5.9 x 4.4 x 4.5 cm $35	6973 Magnesioferrite Ohrberg Quarry, Ohrberg - Badberg area, Schelingen, Vogtsburg im Kaiserstuhl, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Freiburg Region, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany MgFe³⁺₂O₄ Ex. Wolfgang Henkel 5.2 x 3.8 x 1.8 cm SOLD	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
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	6970 Allargentum and likely Native Arsenic Shaft 371, Hartenstein, Zwickau District, Saxony, Germany (Ag_1-xSb_x) Ex. Wolfgang Henkel 4.9 x 3.5 x 0.9 cm $150	6967 Orpiment Mina Quiruvilca, Quiruvilca Dist., Santiago de Chuco Prov., La Libertad, Peru Ex. E. Morales from Crystal Resources, 1980 4 x 2.8 x 3.4 cm $75
6965 Hubnerite, Quartz, Fluorite and possible Muscovite Mina Huayllapon, Pasto Bueno, Pampas, Pallasca, Ancash, Peru Ex. E. Morales from Crystal Resources, 1980 5.7 x 2.1 x 2 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	6961 Chalcopyrite on Barite Dreislar Mine, Dreislar, Medebach, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Ex. E. Morales from A. Burkert, Munich show, Oct. 1983 6 x 2.5 x 3.3 cm $75
6959 Fluorapophyllite on Prehnite Pseudomorphs after Laumontite Poona, India Ex. E. Morales from Ro-Me-India, Munich Show, Oct. 1980 5.1 x 4.1 x 3.2 cm $75	6958 Galena in Gangue Harz Mountains, Germany Ex. University of Michigan Geology Department #5824, Lederer collection, prior to 1841 7 x 6.7 x 4.4 cm $35	6957 Aegerine with minor Astrophyllite in Nepheline Syenite Matrix Barkevikskjaer, Langesundsfjorden, Larvik, Vestfold og Telemark, Norway Type Location (K,Na,Ca)_7.5(Mn,Mg)₄₉ Si₇₂O₁₆₈(OH)₅₀·nH₂O Ex. Steve Pullman 5.1 x 3.5 x 2.2 cm $25
6955 Sphalerite, Quartz, Calcite Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia 3.9 x 3.5 x 3.2 cm Sphalerite crystal is 2.4 cm across at the widest. $100	6953 Cinnabar, Druze Quartz, likely Metacinnabar, possible Idrialite Culver-Baer Mine, North Fork Little Sulphur Creek, Cloverdale, Sonoma County, California Ex. S. Pullman from California Academy of Sciences 4.9 x 4 x 3.4 cm $45	6952 Double Terminated Quartz Crystal with Included Tourmaline at Base of Elbaite Tourmaline Crystal Mina Chia, San Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil Ex. Luiz Menezes 7 x 1.5 x 1.6 cm Main Tourmaline crystal measures 7.0 x 0.9 x 0.6 $200
6951 Double Terminated Colemanite Crystals on Stalactic Calcite Extension 16, Boron Open Pit Mine, Boron, Kern Co., California Ex. E. Morales from J. Minette (mine manager at the time), November 1983 4.5 x 2.8 x 2.2 cm $100	6949 Twinned Calcite Crystals Berry Materials Corp. Quarry, North Vernon, Jennings Co., Indiana Ex. Don Langham prior to 1975 6.7 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm $80	6948 Variscite Lucin District, Pilot Range, Box Elder Co., Utah Ex. Vivian Randall 4 x 3 x 2.6 cm $100
6947 Etrriginite, Gaudefroyite, Barite, Quartz N'Chwaning Mines, Northern Cape, South Africa 6.5 x 4.7 x 4.2 cm $100	6946 Spherical Concretions of Quartz Sand Cemented Together with Calcite with Micro Glauconite Inclusions Juda, Green Co., Wisconsin Collected by Jim Defoe 5.6 x 4.7 x 1 cm $40	6943 Prehnite Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey Ex. John Melhase prior to 1938, Ex. California Academy of Sciences, Ex. Steve Pullman 4.1 x 3 x 2.8 cm $35
6942 Myrickite - Cinnabar Included in Quartz Gold Gulch district, Beatty, Nye Co., Nevada Ex. John Melhase prior to 1938, Ex. California Academy of Sciences, Ex. Steve Pullman 3.7 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm $35	6941 Spherical Calcite Campomorto Quarry, Pietra Massa Locality, Montalto di Castro, Viterbo Province, Lazio, Italy Ex. E. Morales from Crystal Resources, Feb. 1981 5.2 x 4.4 x 2.6 cm largest sphere is 1 cm across $75	6939 Mimetite variety: Campylite Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England Ex. H. R. McBroom from trade with Sam Weller, 1982 5.8 x 4.7 x 3.5 cm $75
6937 Molybdenite Climax Mine, Climax, Lake Co., Colorado Ex. Norm Woods 6.1 x 5.4 x 3.2 cm $30	6936 Siderite Calumet and Arizona Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona Ex. Steve Pullman 9.4 x 6.6 x 5.3 cm $50	6934 Chromium Grossular Garnet, Calcite, Diopside, Chromite Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Quebec, Canada 1960s 11.1 x 7.6 x 5 cm $45
6933 Celestine, Calcite Maybee, Monroe Co., Michigan 1960s 9 x 7 x 4.9 cm The largest two Celestine crystals are approximately 2.5 cm across. $50	6932 Calcite with minor Fluorite and Sphalerite Hardin Co., Illinois Ex. A. Neely, 1960s 8 x 5.9 x 4 cm $35	6931 Iridescent Turgite (Goethite/Hematite) over Kyanite Graves Mountain, Lincoln Co., Georgia Ex. A. Neely, 1960s 8.8 x 7.5 x 5.3 cm $75
6930 Fluorite, Calcite Rosiclare Mine, Rosiclare, Hardin Co., Illinois Ex. Norm Woods 8 x 7.9 x 4.9 cm $45	6929 Barite Lamb Mine, Morgan Co., Missouri Ex. Norm Woods 6.4 x 5.3 x 3.5 cm $75	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
6927 Pyritized Marine Burrow Ross Co., Ohio Collected by John Medici 8.7 x 7.7 x 7 cm $50	6926 Sphalerite - Large Black and Small Rubyjack Crystals on Chert Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma Ex. A. Neely, 1960s 6.7 x 6 x 4.9 cm $45	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
6923 Quartz Pseudomorph after Calcite Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico Ex. E. Morales from the Mineral Cabinet, Seton Hall show, Aug. 1982 7 x 5.8 x 4.1 cm $150	6919 Irridescent Sphalerite, Micro Calcite Crystals Standard Slag Quarry, Adams Co., Ohio From C. Stefano from H. Precht 5.6 x 4.6 x 2.9 cm largest Sphalerite crystal 7 mm $50	6916 Wulfenite - 2 generatiions Jianshan Mine, Ruoqiang Co., Bayin'gholin Auton. Pref., Xinjiang Auton. Region, China 6 x 4.2 x 3.1 cm $35
6914 Black Quartz with Included Pyrobitumen (aka Anthraxolite) Ace of Diamonds Mine, Middleville, Town of Newport, Herkimer Co., New York Collected in 1967. 5.7 x 4.1 x 2.5 cm SOLD	6913 Crocoite on Goethite Red Lead Mine, Dundas, Tasmania, Australia 13.2 x 9.7 x 5.5 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
6911 Wulfenite, Calcite, Manganese Oxides Jianshan Mine, Ruoqiang Co., Bayin'gholin Auton. Pref., Xinjiang Auton. Region, China 6.4 x 4.2 x 2.7 cm $45	6909 Scheelite, Beryl variety: Goshenite, Quartz Mount Little Xuebaoding, Pingwu Co., Mianyang, Sichuan, China labeld as Mount Xuebaoding, Songpan Co., Ngawa Auto. Pref., Sichuan, China 14.7 x 11.5 x 5.6 cm $200	6908 Calcite, Fluorite, Willemite Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona 9.8 x 9.2 x 7.6 cm $75
6907 Willemite, Calcite, Zincite, Franklinite(TL) Frankin, Sussex Co., New Jersey Type Location 11.9 x 10.2 x 8.9 cm $75	6905 Hardystonite (TL), Clinohedrite(TL), Willemite, Franklinite(TL) Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey Type Location Ca₂Zn[Si₂O₇], CaZn(SiO₄)·H₂O Ex. Steve Pullman 7.6 x 4 x 3.7 cm $75	6903 Calcite, Willemite, Zincite, Franklinite (TL) Frankin, Sussex Co., New Jersey Type Location 6.5 x 6 x 5 cm $25
6902 Sodalite variety Hackmanite Ilimaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland Ex. CBWARD Fluorescent Minerals 5 x 3.8 x 3.4 cm $75	6901 Orthocrysotile (a polytype of Chrysotile), Willemite, Calcite, Franklinite Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey Ex. Steve Pullman from Sid Williams Feb. 1997 5 x 3.9 x 1.3 cm $75	6899 Tourmaline Gem Grade Minas Gerais, Brazil Ex. Jim Defoe 1.5 x 1 x 0.7 cm 13.7 g $75
6895 Selenite on Sponge Copper 3400 G level, Copper Queen Mine, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona Ex. Steve Pullman 7.6 x 3.8 x 2.1 cm $75	6893 Dolomite, Calcite Missouri highway 34 roadcut, Wayne Co., Missouri 10.6 x 8.4 x 8.2 cm $35	6892 Mordenite, Saponite Wolf Creek Pass, Mineral Co., Colorado Ex. Gary Beaman from Dakota Matrix 6.2 x 4.6 x 4.2 cm $75
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	6886 Quartz variety: Chalcedony pseudomorph after Aragonite Valle de las Plumas (Valle de los Martires), Las Plumas, Martires Dept., Chubut Prov., Argentina Ex. Norm Woods 7.2 x 6.3 x 5.6 cm $75	6885 Siderite, Sphalerite variety: Marmatite Eagle Mine, Gilman, Eagle Co., Colorado Ex. Robert Gannon 7.9 x 7.2 x 6.7 cm $75
6884 Hydrozincite, Sphalerite Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining Dist., Sussex Co., New Jersey Ex. Seaman Mineral Museum, Dean collection, 1965 5.8 x 5 x 4.6 cm $45	6882 Calcite Butterfly Twin Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Kavalerovo Mining Dist., Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 7.3 x 4.9 x 2 cm $75	6880 Myrickite - Cinnabar Included in Opal - 2 pieces Beaty, Bare Mountain, Nye Co., Nevada Ex. Universirty of Michigan Geological Dept. #5893 9.0 x 6.0 x 5.7 and 9.1 x 7.4 x 5.4 cm $75
6878 Colemanite U.S. Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern Co., California Ex. E. Morales from J. Minette, Washington Mineral Symposium, 1982 4.9 x 3.3 x 3.1 cm SOLD	6877 Colemanite U.S. Borax Mine, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern Co., California Ex. E. Morales from J. Minette, Washington Mineral Symposium, 1982 4.8 x 3.6 x 2.8 cm $35	6874 Mica (likely Hendricksite) Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey Type Location KZn₃(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂ 1896 or older, Ex. University of Michigan Geology Department from Peter Collier 4.5 x 3.7 x 0.5 cm $75
6870 Karibibite on Lollingite Urucum claim, Galileia, Minas Gerais, Brazil ₃(As³⁺O₂)₄(As³⁺₂O₅)(OH) Ex. Luiz Menezes 6.4 x 5.8 x 4 cm SOLD	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	6861 Albite with possible Eosphorite Minas Gerais, Brazil Ex. Luiz Menezes 7.1 x 2.9 x 2.8 cm $25
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. SOLD	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	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
6857 Erythrite Mt. Cobalt Mine, Mt. Isa, Queensland, Australia 8.9 x 4.9 x 2.9 cm SOLD	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	6851 Fluorapatite partially coated with Hematite and Calcite Pea Ridge Mine, Sullivan, Washington Co., Missouri 3.7 x 2 x 1.9 cm $45
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	6845 Cerussite with Unidentified Inclusions Tsumeb, Namibia Ex. Norm Woods 4 x 3 x 1.9 cm $45	6841 Amethyst on Fluorite Nancy Hanks Mine, Nancy Hanks Gulch, Unaweep Canyon, Unaweep Mining Dist., Mesa County, Colorado late 1990s 17 x 7.6 x 3.6 cm $85
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	6833 Fluorescent Adamite Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico Ex. E. Morales from Crystal Resources, May, 1981 5.7 x 4.8 x 4.2 cm $75	6830 Olivenite Copper Stope, Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing Co., Nevada Cu₂(AsO₄)(OH) Ex. Steve Pullman from NCMA, 9/87 7.4 x 6.4 x 2.4 cm $35
6828 Wulfenite on Calcite Erupcion Mine, Ahumada, Sierra de Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico 8.6 x 6 x 2.3 cm $35	6816 Copper Crystals Itauz Mine, Zhilandy group, Satpayev, Karaganda Region, Kazakhstan 4.4 x 4 x 1.5 cm $35	6815 Calcite Tsumeb, Namibia 4.8 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm $50
6814 Stilpnomelane variety: Ferristilpnomelane, Zussmanite (TL), Quartz Laytonville, Mendocino Co., California Type Location K(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₂₇, K(Fe,Mg,Mn)₁₃(Si,Al)₁₈O₄₂(OH)₁₄ Ex. Steve Pullman 11.2 x 9.3 x 4.8 cm $45	6811 Stilpnomelane variety: Ferristilpnomelane, Zussmanite (TL), Quartz, Pyrite Laytonville, Mendocino Co., California K(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₂₇, K(Fe,Mg,Mn)₁₃(Si,Al)₁₈O₄₂(OH)₁₄ Ex. Steve Pullman 6.8 x 4.8 x 3.2 cm $25	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
6807 Dioptase on Quartz Kakoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia 7 x 3.6 x 6.1 cm $75	6803 Rutile Epitaxial Growth on Hematite Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil 4 x 3.1 x 2.6 cm $90