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6777 Epidote on and Included in Quartz Fazenda Rubin Pimenta Mine, Capelinha, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil Ex. Luiz Menezes 10 x 8 x 3.3 cm $175	6776 Agrellite, Eudialyte, Albite, Calcium Kipawa alkaline complex, Les Lacs-du-Temiscamingue, Temiscamingue RCM, Abitibi-Temiscamingue, Quebec, Canada Type Location Ex. Roy Virtue 9 x 6.2 x 4.6 cm $75	6775 Cerussite, Barite, Galena, Manganese Oxides Mibladen, Morocco 7.4 x 5.7 x 4.5 cm $75
6774 Hornblende, Fluorapatite, minor Mica Gibson Road, Tory Hill, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada 14 x 6.7 x 5 cm $75	6772 Specular Hematite with Almaden Garnet Slab Epoxy Coated Cahmpion Mine, Champion, Marquette Co., Michigan 18.5 x 11 x 1 cm $35	6765 Chatoyant Malachite Psuedomorph after Azurite Tsumeb, Namibia 4.2 x 3.5 x 2.4 cm $175
6764 Chalcocite, Pyrite Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk Co., Wisconsin 6.9 x 3.2 x 3 cm $75	6763 Fluorite, Pyrite 2nd Sovetskii Mine (Vtoroi Sovietskiy Mine), Dal'negorsk , Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 9.7 x 9 x 6.6 cm $200	6760 Tourmaline (Elbaite) Resplendor, Minas Gerais, Brazil 5.8 x 0.3 x 0.3 cm $150
6759 Smithsonite on Quartz Pseudomorphs Philadelphia Mine, Rush, Rush Creek District, Marion Co., Arkansas 6.5 x 6.4 x 3.2 cm $100	6755 Microcline variety: Amazonite, Albite, Smoky Quartz Kashale Village, 20 km S. of Konso, Ethiopia 7.5 x 6.5 x 4.5 cm $75	6752 Barite PAGA Mine, Cartersville Mining Dist., Bartow Co., Georgia Ex. A. E. Seaman Museum, Furatena of Ann Arbor, Michigan 8.9 x 6.6 x 5.2 cm $50
6748 Quartz and Micro Pyrite on Galena Buick Mine, Iron Co., Missouri 10.6 x 9.2 x 4 cm $100	6744 Dioptase, Plancheite Bonanza Mine (Harquahala Mine), Martin Peak, Salome, La Paz County, Arizona Ex. Steve Pullman 6 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm $50	6743 llvaite, Quartz, Hedenbergite Laxey Mine, Ex. Steve Pullman 3.6 x 2.6 x 2.4 cm $45
6741 Pyrite Niccioleta Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Prov., Tuscany, Italy Ex. H. R. McBroom from trade with Lorenzo Garbetlo, 1985 5.2 x 3.4 x 2.4 cm $35	6738 Red Uvite, Magnesite Brumado, Bahia, Brazil Ex. Luiz Menezes 7.3 x 4.4 x 4.3 cm $75	6737 Fluorite Hilton Mine, Scordale, Murton, Eden, Cumbria, England Ex. H. R. McBroom from Sam Weller, 1985 10.2 x 7.7 x 5.6 cm $150
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	6732 Wulfenite on Tennanitite Tsumeb, Namibia Ex. E. Morales from E. Schlepp, Detroit Show, Oct. 1981 6.8 x 5 x 3.7 cm Longest crystal 12 mm long. $250	6730 Second Generation Druze Quartz and Pyrite on Quartz Crystals Nikolaevskiy, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 6.4 x 4.1 x 6.2 cm $75
6724 Pyrolusite Pseudomorph after Manganite Gremmelsbach, Triberg im Schwarzwald (Black Forest), Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany Ex. George Balogh 4.5 x 2.3 x 2 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	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
6712 Cinnabar in Calcite King Mine, Fresno Co., California Ex. University of Michigan Geology Department, #UM5929 from C. A. Noren, 1963 or older 7.2 x 7 x 5.8 cm $35	6711 Double Terminated Yellow Topaz on Oorthoclase Klein Spitzkoppe, Spitzkopje Area, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia 4.8 x 3.4 x 2 cm $75	6704 Tantalite-(Mn), Quartz, Muscovite Quixaba Mine, Frei Martiho, Paraiba, Brazil Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆ Ex. Luiz Menezes 3.6 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm $60
6701 Tourmaline Malkhan, Krasnyi Chikoy, Chitinskaya Oblast', Transbaikalia, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia 4.1 x 0.6 x 0.3 cm 2.0 g $150	6700 Double-Terminated Bi-Color Tourmaline (Elbaite) Minas Gerais, Brazil 1970s 3.6 x 1 x 0.6 cm $200	6695 Quartz with Included Tourmaline, Druze Quartz and Quartz Crystals Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil Ex. Luiz Menezes 10.8 x 5 x 5 cm $150
6694 Calcite with Psuedomorphic Casts Hardin Co., Illinois Ex. A. Neely, 1960s 11.4 x 7.8 x 5 cm $45	6691 Pyrite Bars Butterstick Pocket, 1250 foot level, Buick Mine, Iron Co., Missouri 1974 find, Ex. Norm Woods 3.7 x 1.1 x 1.8 cm $70	6687 Copper Crystals with attached Barite and Nonesuch Shale White Pine Mine, White Pine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan 29.6 x 17 x 3.8 cm $350
6682 Druze Quartz on Galena, Chalcopyrite Naica, Municipio de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico Ex. E. Morales from Crystal Resources, 1980 6.4 x 5.4 x 4 cm $100	6681 Prehnite Pseudomorphs after Anhydrite, Stilbite, Calcite Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey Ex. E. Morales from ALW Collections, 1996 4.8 x 4 x 3.6 cm $30	6673 Fluorite with Marcasite (labeled as Pyrite) Var, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France (likely Fonsante Mine) Ex. Norm Woods 19.3 x 10.8 x 6 cm $375
6671 Molybdenite Crystals on Quartz Wolfram Camp, Dimbulah, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia Ex. Norm Woods 11.6 x 6.9 x 7.7 cm $400	6666 Hematite Crystals Floater with Olmiite Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa CaMn²⁺[SiO₃(OH)](OH) 7.7 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm $100	6664 Calcite with Unidentified Orange crystals (Olmiite?) and White Species Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa 8 x 5 x 4.1 cm $45
6660 Stellerite Tambar Springs, Pottinger Co., New South Wales, Australia Ex. Norm Woods 6.7 x 6.6 x 6 cm $40	6659 Hematite Pseudomorph after Magnetite (Martite) Payun Martu, Altiplano de Payun Matru, Malargue Dept., Mendoza Prov., Argentina Ex. Norm Woods 6.5 x 6 x 4 cm $60	6654 Acanthite Mina San Rayas, Guanajuato,Municipio de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico Ex. Norm Woods 2.5 x 2 x 1.1 cm $75
6652 Wulfenite San Juan Poniente, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Municipio de Mapimi, Durango, Mexico 12 x 10.7 x 5.6 cm $100	6650 Chalcocite Lucky Friday Pocket, 402-1000 Level, Ladysmith Mine, Flambeau, Rusk Co., Wisconsin Ex. Norm Woods, Collected by Casey Jones, Oct. 13, 1995 3 x 1.8 x 2.5 cm $100	6648 Wulfenite, Calcite, minor Mimetite Mina San Carlos, San Carlos, Mun. de Manuel Benavides, Chihuahua, Mexico Ex. Norm Woods 9.5 x 5.5 x 6.8 cm SOLD
6647 Topaz with Included Rutile Jaral de Berrios, Municipio de San Diego da la Union, Guanajuato, Mexico 3.6 x 1.9 x 1.4 cm The main crystal measures 3.6 x 1.2 x 0.7 cm $50	6640 Smoky Quartz, Schorl Tourmaline, Fluorescent Hyaline Opal Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia 15.2 x 11.5 x 6.3 cm $350	6636 Spessartine Garnet on Microcline Tongbei, Fujian, China 12.8 x 6.7 x 4 cm $150
6635 Epidote Included in Double Terminated Quartz Fazenda Rubin Pimenta Mine, Capelinha, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil 11.8 x 5.1 x 4 cm The main Quartz crystal is approximately 3 cm in width. $150	6634 Blue Tinted Quartz with Included Tourmaline and white Phantom Mina Velho Jaoa, Jenipapo dist., Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil 8.5 x 4.6 x 3 cm $50	6633 Curved Axinite-(Fe) Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 5.4 x 5.2 x 3.4 cm $150
6631 Uvite Tourmaline, Quartz with Uvite Included, Magnesite Brumado, Bahia, Brazil 4.6 x 4.1 x 2.5 cm $100	6624 Astrophyllite and Aegerine in Nepheline Syenite Matrix Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia Ex. Norm Woods 9.3 x 7.3 x 5.2 cm $75	6623 Quartz variety: Prase (Included with Hedenbergite), Andradite Garnet Sinerechenskoe, Kavalerovo mining district, Primorsky Krai, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 8.5 x 7.7 x 5.3 cm $250
6620 Calcite on Dolomite Shannon Co., Missouri Ex. Norm Woods 7.8 x 5.1 x 4.2 cm $45	6615 Creedite Mina Navidad, Abasolo, Durango, Mexico Ex. Norm Woods 12.3 x 10.4 x 10.1 cm $100	6610 Calcite Heavily Included with Hematite Bigrigg Mine, Bigrigg, Egremont, Copeland, Cumbria, England Ex. Chicago Field Museum from Wards Scientific, circa 1895 12.8 x 14.2 x 16.4 cm The largest crystals are better than 10 cm in length. $500
6603 Calcite Colored with Hematite Porthoustock (likely West of England Quarry), St Keverne, Lizard Penninsula, Cornwall, England Ex. Norm Woods 10 x 7.1 x 4.7 cm $75	6602 Sartorite variety: Scleroclase, Sphalerite, Pyrite, Quartz Legenbach Quarry, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland Type Location PbAs₂S₄ Ex. John Melhase prior to 1938, Ex. California Academy of Sciences, Ex. Steve Pullman 4 x 3.8 x 1.8 cm The two entact Sartorite crystals are approximately 2 mm long. $75	6598 Epidote Floater Crystal Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Ketchikan Dist., Prince of Wales - Outer Ketchikan Borough, Alaska Ex. Norm Woods 2.6 x 2.7 x 0.9 cm $50
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	6586 Barite Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois Ex. Norm Woods 12.1 x 6.8 x 4.7 cm $75	6581 Andradite Garnet, Quartz Mina El Mochito, Mochito, Honduras 6 x 4.4 x 3.3 cm $30
6576 Iridescent Hematite Crystals with Quartz Crystals Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy 10.4 x 8 x 6.6 cm $75	6575 Azurite Psuedomorphing to Malachite with Aragonite Tsumeb, Namibia Ex. Norm Woods 11.8 x 9.8 x 8.1 cm $150	6573 Wulfenite Mina Ahumada, Sierra Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico 7.6 x 6.3 x 5.7 cm $80
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	6557 Kenotobermorite (labeled as Tobermorite) The aggregate is one of the largest crystals available. Type Location [Ca₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·2H₂O]·3H₂O Ex. Wolfgang Henkel 4 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm $150	6556 Strontian Barite on Ruby Jack Sphalerite Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tenessee 7.4 x 6.8 x 4.8 cm $35
6548 Galena Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend Dist., Reynolds Co., Missouri 5.8 x 6.8 x 5.8 cm $75	6545 Fluorite on Quartz with Pseudomorphic Casts after Fluorite Frazer's Hush Mine, Rookhope, Stanhope, County Durham, England 12 x 11.2 x 5.3 cm $250	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
6527 Brochantite coated with Clear Calcite on Barite Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico Ex. Robert Gannon 6.8 x 5.7 x 2.2 cm $45	6521 Marcasite Cast after Calcite, Galena coated with Lead and Iron Oxides Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri 9.3 x 9 x 5.9 cm $50	6515 Barite Vena Volcano, Mina San Diego, Santa Barabara, Chihuahua, Mexico 7 x 5.3 x 3.5 cm The largest crystal is 2.5 cm in length. $200
6514 Wulfenite, Calcite Jianshan Mine, Ruoqiang Co., Bayin'gholin Auton. Pref., Xinjiang Auton. Region, China 5.9 x 4 x 2.5 cm $75	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 $75	6504 Calcite, Fluorite Laurion, Attica, Greece 5.1 x 4.4 x 4.1 cm $35
6500 Torbernite/Metatorbernite Mina Santa Cruze, Villa Matamoros, Chihuahua, Mexico 11.5 x 5.8 x 3 cm $50	6475 Goethite Pseudomorph after Octahedral Pyrite North Salinas Valley, Inyo Co., California Ex. E. Morales from J. Minette, 1983 6.9 x 4.4 x 3.3 cm $75	6474 Stilbite, Calcite Upper New Street Qusrry, Paterson, Passaic Co., NeW Jersey Ex. G. Beaman 8.6 x 6 x 3.8 cm $35
6472 Corundum (Sapphire), Albite-Anorthite Series, Biotite Gallatin Co., Montana Ex. R. Gannon 10 x 7.4 x 4.9 cm $40	6471 Schorl Tourmaline, Albite, Hyaline Opal Erongo Mountain, Erongo Region, Namibia 4.4 x 3.8 x 2.3 cm $30	6470 Adamite Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico 9.2 x 6.3 x 5.1 cm $35
6469 Axinite-Fe, Glaucophane (3 specimens) Isere, Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes, France (within the former province of Dauphiny) Ex. University of Michigan Geology #6589 6.4 x 4.4 x 2.8 cm $40	6456 Datolite, Calcite Bleidacher, Obersulzbach valley, Hohe Tauern, Salzburg, Austria 8.3 x 8.1 x 5.3 cm $75	6455 Copper Crystals Central Mine, Keweenaw Co., Michigan 7.9 x 4.4 x 0.7 cm $85
6452 Amethyst Flower with Calcite Crystals, Celandonite Irai, Alto Uruguai region, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 11.9 x 10.2 x 2.5 cm $85	6444 Manganoan Poker Chip Calcite Manaoshan Mine, Dongpo ore field, Suxian District, Chenzhou, Hunan, China 14 x 11 x 6.1 cm $350	6434 Quartz with Included Hydrocarbons Ace of Diamonds Mine, Middleville, Town of Newport, Herkimer Co., New York Collected prior to 1972 8.1 x 7.8 x 4.6 cm $75
6431 Quartz with Tenantite Mina El Cobre, Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico Ex. R. Gannon, early 1970s 5.6 x 3.7 x 3 cm $100	6428 Sphalerite varierty: Rubyjack, minor Galena, Druze Quartz and Fluorite Denton Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois Early 1990s 7 x 6.8 x 3.3 cm $40	6416 Andradite Garnet variety Demantoid Diana Mine, Diego Suarez, Ambandja, Madagascar 4.2 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm $150
6410 K-Feldspar variety: Valencianite with Quartz Pseudomorph after Calcite Mina Valencia, Guanajuato, Mexico al₂PO₄(OH)₃ Ex. Robert Gannon, 1960/70s 6.7 x 5.9 x 3.3 cm $45	6407 Herkimer Diamonds with Included Hydrocarbon Herkimer, New York Prior to 1972 3.5 x 3.2 x 2.9 cm $50