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6353 Quartz Pseuodomorph after Anhydrite Danialo Mine, Sao Gabriel, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Ex. E. Morales, purchased from Aurora Minerals, New York Show, Nov. 1981 6.1 x 3.8 x 3.3 cm $75	6345 Twinned Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Ferberite and Minor Muscovite on Quartz Crystal Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China 10.3 x 6.5 x 5.2 cm $250	6342 Multi Generational Calcite Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 15.5 x 10.5 x 9.8 cm $250
6340 Multi Generational Calcite Mushroom Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 6.7 x 4.8 x 4.1 cm $100	6312 Two Generation Calcite Fengjiashan Mine, Daye Co., Huangshi, Hubei, China 10.2 x 8.7 x 8.6 cm Height is the 1st dimension $45	6309 Axinite-(Fe), Quartz, Epidote New Melones Dam, Calaveras Co., California 8.7 x 5.8 x 9.1 cm $75
6308 Quartz, Axinite-(Fe), Epidote New Melones Dam, Calaveras Co., California 6.6 x 3.5 x 4 cm $50	6302 Phantom Quartz Rutilated and Partially Amethsyt Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil 4.8 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm $75	6300 Microlite Crystals on Wodginite Crystals Itatia Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil A_2-mTa₂X_6-wZ_-n on Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈ 10.1 x 7.4 x 6.5 cm $500
6288 Fluorapophyllite Crystals on Scolecite Crystals Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India 8.9 x 1.6 x 2.6 cm The 3rd dimension includes the side crystal. The width of the specimen without the side crystal is 1 cm and the main crystal is 0.5 cm in thickness. $35	6285 Heliodor (Beryl) Padre Paraiso, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil 5.8 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm $250	6283 Priday Red and Green Plume Thunderegg Richardson Ranch (Priday Ranch), Madras, Jefferson Co., Oregon 11.1 x 10.4 x 4.5 cm $100
6273 Calcite Coated with Hematite Pea Ridge Mine, Sullivan, Washington Co., Missouri 9.2 x 6.3 x 4 cm $75	6269 Cassiterite Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil 3.8 x 3.5 x 2.9 cm $250	6265 Pyrite and Dolomite on White Quartz on Amethyst Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico 1970s 8.8 x 4.2 x 6 cm $25
6242 Stalactitic Amethyst, Clear/White Quartz, Celadonite Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 7.1 x 4.4 x 4.3 cm $45	6241 Star Muscovite Jenipapo District, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil 7.9 x 5.5 x 1.8 cm $30	6239 Prehnite with minor Epidote Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia 6 x 3.7 x 2.8 cm $200
6215 Druze Quartz on Iridescent Pyrite on Galena Sweetwater Mine, Ellington, Viburnum Trend Dist., Reynolds Co., Missouri Ex. Steve Pullman 4 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm $25	6213 Wulfenite, Calcite Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico 7.1 x 4.8 x 3.8 cm $35	6200 Calcite Crystals with Small Casts Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico 1970s 14.1 x 12.2 x 7.1 cm SOLD
6196 Chocolate Calcite and Selenite Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico 1970s 7.1 x 4.1 x 4 cm $40	6188 Melanite Garnet (Titanium Rich Andradite) New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California 9.4 x 7.3 x 3.6 cm $75	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
6178 Tennnantite, Chalcopyrite, Quartz Mina El Cobre, Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico 1970s 12.8 x 10 x 6 cm SOLD	6177 Botryoidal Stalactic Pyrite Black Jack Mine, Galena, Jo Daviess Co., Illinois circa 1960 8 x 5.7 x 5.3 cm $150	6175 Stellerite Ritter Hot Springs, Ritter, Grant Co., Oregon Ex. Paul Eglsaer, Ex. The Thurstons, 1960s 7.8 x 4.2 x 1.6 cm $45
6155 Quartz and Chalcopyrite Crystals on Sphalerite Picher Field, Tri-State District, Ottawa Co., Oklahoma 8.5 x 6.4 x 4.5 cm $50	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	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
6150 Pyrite Isle of Elba, Livorno Prov., Tuscany, Itlay Ex. H. R. McBroom, obtained in 1960 5.7 x 4.6 x 3.8 cm $40	6149 Hemimorphite, Calcite Chihuahua, Mexico Ex. Don Langham, Prior to 1975 6.2 x 5 x 4.6 cm $35	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
6137 Hematite varieties: Specularite and Bortyoidal, Quartz with Included Hematite Florence Mine, Cumberland, England Ex. H.R. McBroom, purchased from Sam Weller, 1987 9 x 6.6 x 3.1 cm $75	6130 Barite Baia Sprie mine (Felsobanya mine), Baia Sprie (Felsobanya), Maramures Co., Romania circa 1960 10.3 x 6.5 x 4.1 cm $60	6125 K-Feldspar variety: Valencianite, Milarite, Quartz Mina Valenciana, Guanajuato, Mun. de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico 1970s 9.4 x 8.7 x 3.5 cm $70
6109 Solution Quartz Jeffrey Quarry, Jeffery, Pulaski Co., Arkansas 11.1 x 5.5 x 3.7 cm $100	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	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
6105 Quartz Pseudomorph/Epimorph after Hemimorphite Mapimi, Durango, Mexico 1970s 12.6 x 9.6 x 4.7 cm $100	6094 Rhodochrosite, Manganite, Andradite Garnet Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa 6.1 x 3.4 x 2.7 cm $100	6089 Andradite Garnet on Hematite N'Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa 5.3 x 4.8 x 5 cm $75
6085 Bismuthinite partially pseudomorphed to Bismutite Gjellebekk Mine, Gjellebekk, Lierskogen, Lier, Buskerud, Norway Bi₂S₃ , Bi₂O₂(CO₃) Ex.Wolfgang Henkel 7.6 x 7 x 5 cm $50	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	6064 Ilvaite coated with Hedenbergite, Arsenopyrite Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China 4.5 x 3.8 x 3.2 cm $35
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	6049 Datolite with Epidote and Native Copper Ridge Mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan 4.2 x 1.7 x 1 cm $50	6048 Yellow and Purple Fluorite with Calcite Hardin Co., Illinois Ex. A. Neely, wrapped in 1967 Hardin County Independent from 1967 6 x 5.3 x 6.1 cm $80
6040 Smoky Quartz, Microcline Teller Co., Colorado 12 x 6.7 x 7.7 cm $75	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	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
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 $150	6035 Aurichalcite 79 Mine, Hayden, Gila Co, Arizona 7.3 x 5.8 x 2.3 cm $250	6032 Pyrite on Galena Tri State District, Joplin, Missouri 11.4 x 9.2 x 8.2 cm $200
6031 Bicolor Fluorapatite, Albite Golconda district, Governador Valadares, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil 4.8 x 3.5 x 2.9 cm $125	6029 Elpidite, Manganoan Calcite Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Monteregie, Quebec, Canada Na₂ZrSi₆O₁₅·3H₂O 4.5 x 4.2 x 4.6 cm $75	6027 Phantom Amethyst/Smoky Quartz with Included Hematite Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia 4.1 x 1.2 x 1.3 cm $125
6021 Datolite Crystals and Smoky Quartz with Pseudomorphic Casts after Calcite Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 12.2 x 7.5 x 4.7 cm $150	6020 Epidote Hachupa Epidote Locality, Hachupa, Shigar Valley, Skardu Dist., Baltistan, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan 5.2 x 3.2 x 0.5 cm $75	6014 Quartz Coated with Hematite Tinejdad, Er Rachidia Province (Errachidia Province), Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco 8.8 x 7.7 x 2.7 cm $50
6004 Tourmaline Included in Quartz Minas Gerais, Brazil 5.4 x 4 x 2.5 cm $45	6000 Rutile Epitaxial Growth on Hematite Included in Quartz (Rutialted Quartz) Svetlinskoe quartz deposit, Kochkar' Dist., Plast, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia 5.4 x 3 x 2.7 cm $150	5997 Palygorskite, Calcite with Included Hematite Kristiansand, Vest-Agder, Norway Ex. Steve Pullman 7.1 x 3.4 x 1.5 cm $50
5995 Vanadinite, Descloizite on Barite Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico 5.6 x 4.7 x 3.9 cm $45	5989 Plumboan Crichtonite on Quartz Fazenda Guariba, Presidente Kubitschek, Minas Gerais, Brazil Sr(Mn,Y,U)Fe₂(Ti,Fe,Cr,V)₁₈(O,OH)₃₈ 4.5 x 3.6 x 2.4 cm $75	5983 Muscovite, Titanite, Albite, Chlorite, Hematite Cavagnoli glacier area, Bavona Valley, Maggia Valley, Ticino (Tessin), Switzerland Ex. Wolfgang Henkel 5.2 x 4.4 x 2.8 cm $30
5977 Hematite Pseudomorph after Epidote with Quartz Bessemer Claim, Bessemer Ridge, Green Mountain, North Bend, King Co., Washington Ex. Steve Pullman, Ex. David Shannon 6.8 x 3.8 x 2 cm $50	5969 Bismuthinite, Scheelite, probable Bismutite and Siderite Costabonne Mines, Prats-de-Mollo-la Preste, Pyrenees-Orientales, Occitanie, France Ex. Steve Pullman 7 x 6.1 x 3.3 cm $45	5958 Hemisphere of Andradite Garnet Crystals Partially Covered with Low Temperature Quartz Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 5.7 x 5.1 x 4.2 cm $250
5949 Sulfur Crystals Coated with Metastibnite, Gypsum Steamboat Springs District, Washoe Co., Nevada Type Location Sb₂S₃ Ex. Steve Pullman 7.4 x 7.3 x 4.3 cm $75	5943 Gemmy Diaspore Crystals Mugla Province, Turkey Ex. Josie Middleton, Ex, Graeber & Hines 3.2 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm $375	5942 Fluorescent Hyaline Opal with Included Uranium Compounds Mina el Padre (Mina Esperanza), Mapimi, Durango, Mexico 11.1 x 7.7 x 4.5 cm $150
5941 Wulfenite Partially Coated with Calcite, Unidentified Botryoidal Material Jianshan Mine, Ruoqiang Co., Bayin'gholin Auton. Pref., Xinjiang Auton. Region, China 4.8 x 4.5 x 2.7 cm $75	5937 Dolomite and Siderite on Sphalerite with Minor Pyrite Trepca Complex, Kosovska Municipality, Kosovo 6.8 x 5.9 x 5 cm $100	5933 Chalcopyrite Epitaxial Growth on Rubyjack Sphalerite, MarcasiteCrystals, Micro Pyrite Crystals, Druze Quartz Tri State Disctrict, Joplin, Missouri Ex. A. Neely, 1960s 2.8 x 2.2 x 2 cm $30
5928 Gemmy Bicolor Tourmaline Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil 2.7 x 1.4 x 1.3 cm approximately 5.4 g $200	5921 Barite Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois 6 x 5.3 x 4.6 cm $50	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
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	5915 Quartz Epimorph after Fluorite Silverton, San Juan Co., Colorado from Rock & Minerals Denver Auction, Ex. George Witters 11.1 x 6.8 x 4.2 cm $75	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
5910 Agate with Quartz/Amethyst Crystals Dryhead Agate Mine, Bighorn River area, Pryor Mts, Carbon Co., Montana 6 x 4.8 x 3.3 cm $35	5901 Hemimorphite Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico 4 x 3.5 x 3.7 cm $35	5893 Botryoidal Hematite Beckermet Mine, Egremont, West Cumberland, Cumbria, England Ex. H. R. McBroom, from trade with Eric Otty, 1979 5 x 4.5 x 3.9 cm $45
5891 Cylindrite San Francisco mine, Poopo town, Poopo Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia FePb₃Sn₄Sb₂S₁₄ 7.2 x 3.7 x 3.6 cm $50	5888 Tourmaline Included in Quartz Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil 11.5 x 7.3 x 4.4 cm $50	5878 Chalcocite Crystals on Massive Chaclcocite with Cast Wheal Pendarves, Killivose, Camborne, Cornwall, England 4.4 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm $100