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5859 Opalized Green Petrified Wood Hell's Canyon, Oregon/Idaho border area 8.5 x 7.1 x 5.9 cm $35	5853 Datolite and Quartz with Casts after Calcite Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 10.8 x 8.5 x 4.3 cm $450	5846 Quartz with Included Chlorite Vara Superiori, Liguria, Italy Ex. Renaud Vochten, purchased in 1979 10.6 x 3.6 x 4.9 cm The longest crystal is 2 cm long. $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	5843 Skutterudite Crystals Aghbar Mine, Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Quarzazate, Morocco (Co,Fe,Ni)As_2-3 5.5 x 4.4 x 6.1 cm The first dimension is the height of the specimen and the third is the depth of the specimen. $75	5840 Barite Cartersville, Bartow Co., Georgia 6.1 x 4.7 x 3.1 cm $50
5537 Calcite Pervy Sovetskiy Mine (1st Sovetskii Mine), Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 3.7 x 2 x 0.7 cm $50	5530 Andradite Garnet,Calcite, Epidote, Smoky Quartz Aeroplane Mine, Tungsten Hills, West Bishop, Bishop Dist., Inyo Co., California Ex. Steve Pullman from trade with California Academy of Sciences, Jan. 2006, Collected by William J. Keith USGS, April, 1996 8.4 x 5.7 x 2.8 cm Largest Andradite crystal is 3.5 mm across. $75	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
5509 Calcite Mexico Ex. Don Langham, 1975 or earlier 5.2 x 4 x 4.4 cm $30	5503 Stalactic Quartz Pune District, Mahashatra, India 11.2 x 5.4 x 3.9 cm $75	5497 Calcite Epitaxial Growth on Calcite Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri 6.6 x 4.6 x 4.3 cm $30
5495 Calcite Joplin Field, Tri-State District, Jasper Co., Missouri 7 x 7.3 x 4.6 cm $30	5492 Barite Jebel Ouichane, Saganane (Beni Bou Ifrour), Nador, L'oriental Region, Morocco 6.4 x 6.6 x 5.7 cm $150	5490 Smoky Quartz Pseudomorph Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 7.8 x 4 x 2.8 cm $150
5476 Fluorite, Quartz, Calcite, Galena, Sphalerite W. Davis-Deardorff Mine, Cave-In-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois 5.8 x 5.3 x 2.2 cm $45	5475 Smithsonite Berg Aukas Mine, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia 4.2 x 4.3 x 1.4 cm $50	5471 Quartz, Albite variety: Pericline, Muscovite, minor Hematite and Chlorite Tyrol, Austria 7.6 x 4.8 x 5.7 cm $30
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	5452 Marcasite, Calcite Ives Quarry, Racine, Racine Co., Wisconsin 5.2 x 3.9 x 3.6 cm $40	5449 Calcite, Pyrite Tarstinkal, Caffiers, Guines, Pas de Calais, Haust-de-France, France Ex. Renaud Vochten, purchased in 1974 3.8 x 3.3 x 1.5 cm $35
5405 Calcite Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico 8.8 x 5.1 x 3 cm $25	5390 Natrolite, Analcime, Prehnite, Pumpellyite, Datolite?, Calcite, Hematite? Rauschermuhle Quarry, Niederkirchen, Otterberg, Palatinate, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Ex. Wolfgang Henkel 6.3 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm $35	5368 Ilvaite, Andradite Garnet on Two Generations of Quartz Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 3.2 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm $60
5352 Twinned Calcite Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 7 x 4.7 x 2.3 cm $75	5351 Wulfenite, Calcite Jianshan Mine, Ruoqiang Co., Bayin'gholin Auton. Pref., Xinjiang Auton. Region, China 4.2 x 3.2 x 2.4 cm $50	5350 Hollow Malachite Stalactite "Finger" Katanga, Dem. Rep. of Congo 5.3 x 3.1 x 1.3 cm $50
5339 Green Quartz (Unidentified Inclusions) Chihuahua, Mexico Ex. A. Neely, 1960s 6 x 6.3 x 3.1 cm $75	5330 Limonite Pseudomorph after Marcasite and Spahlerite with Dolomite and Calcite Fairdale Quarry (I-39 Quarry), Rochelle, Ogle Co., Illinois 5.1 x 5.2 x 4.9 cm Largest crystal measures 1.2 cm across. $45	5327 Boulangerite, Pyrite Noche Buena Mine, Noche Buena, Mun. de Mazapil, Zacatecas, Mexico Ex. A. Neely, 1960s 7.5 x 6.4 x 3.8 cm $25
5324 Copper, Cuprite Tsumeb, Namibia Ex. Steve Pullman 5.1 x 2.3 x 1.1 cm $25	5313 Dolomite and Hematite on Barite Egremont, West Cumberland Iron Field, Cumbria, England 11 x 10.3 x 8.7 cm $250	5307 Segements (9) of Septarian Nodule with Quartz variety: Mirabeau Diamanten and Druze Calcite Le Mardaric ravine septaria occurrence, Sisteron, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France Ex. Steve Pullman Grid is 1 cm $30
5293 Yellow Smithsonite with Greenockite Wenshan, Yunan Province, China 7.7 x 6.3 x 3.8 cm $175	5254 Quartz Specimen with Unusual Parallel Conjoined Thin Crystals with Unidentified Inclusions Minas Gerais, Brazil 7.2 x 4 x 3 cm $100	5245 Amethyst Coated with Druze Quartz Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico 5.6 x 4.7 x 3 cm $30
5241 Calcite variety: Sinters Schmiedestollen dump, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Black Forest, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany 8.3 x 5.8 x 2.9 cm Calcite is between 2 and 3.5 mm in thickness. $50	5235 Lime Chrysoprase Australia Ex. Vivian Randall 7.7 x 4.9 x 4.8 cm $75	5224 Pink Topaz on Quartz with Included Hematite Brumado, Bahia, Brazil 5.1 x 4.2 x 4.8 cm Largest Topaz crystal is 6 mm long and 1 mm in diameter. $150
5221 Quartz variety: Lodolite, Unidentified Inclusions Minas Gerais, Brazil 6.8 x 6 x 4.7 cm $50	5214 Mimetite on Quartz Conglomerate Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona 5.7 x 4.9 x 3 cm $40	5208 Gold in Quartz with Sulfides Alaska Ex. Vivian Randall 4.8 x 3.8 x 0.3 cm $75
5204 Hematite and Calcite on Quartz with Hopper Growth Galena and Sphalerite Zacatecas, Mexico Ex. A. Neely, 1960s 5 x 4.2 x 3.8 cm $50	5195 Double Terminated Rutilated Smoky Quartz Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil 8.8 x 4.7 x 2.3 cm $200	5194 Semi Gemmy Sphalerite with Amethyst Commodore Mine, Creede Mining District, Mineral County, Colorado 4.4 x 3.1 x 2.3 cm $50
5192 Sodalite Crystals, Hornblende Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy Ex. University of Michigan - 1933, Ex. Cureton Mineral Co., Ex. Southwest Mineral Co., Ex. Carnegie Museum - White collection 5.7 x 4.7 x 3.8 cm $50	5189 Manganoan Calcite, Albite, Quartz, Pyrite Schonbrunn, Oelsnitz, Vogtland, Saxony, Germany Ex. Wolfgang Henkel 6.4 x 4.5 x 3.9 cm $50	5168 Polished Variscite Lucin District, Pilot Range, Box Elder Co., Utah Polished by Vivan Randall 7 x 3.2 x 0.8 cm $75
5150 Natrolite, Analcime Cairns Bay, Flinders area, Victoria, Australia Ex. Steve Pullman 7.4 x 4.8 x 4.5 cm $25	5140 Chalcocite Crystals Cornwall, England Ex. Michigan School of Mines (now Michigan Tecnological University), Pre 1927 8.4 x 6.5 x 3.3 cm $250	5135 Marcasite Rensselaer Quarry, Pleasant Ridge, Jasper Co., Indiana 1967 or older, Ex. Steve Pullman 7.3 x 4.3 x 2.4 cm $25
5130 Hemimorphite on Aurichalcite Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico 6.2 x 6 x 4.7 cm $85	5127 Fluorapophyllite, Stilbite Nasik, Maharastra, India 12.5 x 7.8 x 6 cm $75	5091 Montroydite, Quartz with Unidentified Yellow Species Sonoma Co., California (likely Socrates Mine) HgO 5.5 x 4.4 x 3.5 cm $45
5080 Waterworn Topaz Crystals Jos Plateau, Plateau State, Nigeria 2.2 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm 17grams $70	5073 Double Terminated Manganoan Calcite, Quartz, Sphalerite, Chalcopyrite Mina Aurora, Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico 8.2 x 4.6 x 3.2 cm $75	5071 Phantom Amethyst Scepter on White Quartz with Included Hematite Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Erongo Region, Namibia 6.9 x 4.5 x 3.7 cm $75
5064 Quartz and Hematite Pseudomorph after Epidote Bessemer Claim, Bessemer Ridge, Green Mountain, North Bend, King Co., Washington Ex. Steve Pullman 7.7 x 3.8 x 2.2 cm $50	5053 Cactus Calcite Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada Ex. Steve Pullman 5.8 x 3.8 x 3.4 cm $25	5039 Descloisizite Coating Wulfenite Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico Ex. Robert Gannon 6.5 x 5.3 x 4.2 cm $50
5033 Thunder Egg with Tube Agate Structures Richardson Ranch (Priday Ranch), Madras, Jefferson Co., Oregon 10.7 x 8.8 x 2.9 cm $45	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	5020 Witherite, Fluorite, Sphalerite, Alstonite Hardin Co., Illinois Ex. A. Neely, 1960s 9.4 x 6.5 x 7.6 cm $200
5015 Quartz with Unidentified Inclusions and Unidentified White Crystals Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 4.1 x 4.5 x 2.2 cm $75	5014 Datolite, Quartz Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 9.3 x 8.1 x 5.5 cm Largest crystal is 4.5 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm $250	5009 Star Muscovite, Quartz Rodinha Mine, Jenipapo Dist., Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil 6 x 5.6 x 5.7 cm $75
5008 Goethite Eiserfeld, Westphalia, Germany 6.3 x 4.7 x 2.6 cm $25	4987 Sphalerite variety: Marmatite Vtoroy Sovietsky Mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia 3.9 x 2.8 x 1.3 cm $45	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
4903 Smoky Quartz on Danburite Mina Aurora, Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico 8.2 x 4.2 x 4.5 cm Danburite crystal measures 7.3 x3.0 x 1.9 cm $100	4888 Rutialted Quartz with Hematite and Kaolinite Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil 5 x 3 x 2.4 cm $100	4878 Sphalerite Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith Co., Tenessee 1990s 7.7 x 6.2 x 4.2 cm $75
4877 Rutile Epitaxial Growth on Hematite Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil 6.5 x 5.1 x 0.5 cm $75	4876 Sphalerite Lincoln (Nelson Aggregate) Quarry, Beamsville, Clinton Twp., Lincon Co., Ontario, Canada 4.6 x 2.7 x 1.3 cm $25	4870 Pyrite Pseudomorph Pilot Knob Mine, Pilot Knob, Iron Co., Missouri Mine was active from 1968 to 1980. 9.8 x 6 x 4 cm The average width of the fin like structures is approximately 0.7. cm $50
4851 Pyrite on and Included in Calcite Chihuahua, Mexico Ex. Don Langham Prior to 1975 8.3 x 5.6 x 4.3 cm $45	4841 Twinned Calcite, Pyrite Raid Quarry, Dallas City, Hancock Co., Illinois 4.9 x 5.3 x 3 cm $75	4840 Wulfenite, Calcite, minor Duftite Tsumeb, Namibia 7.5 x 4.6 x 4.4 cm largest Wulfenite crystal measures 12 x 7 x 1 mm $200
4806 Hematite Bouse. Plomosa District. Plomosa Mts. La Paz Co.. Arizona 5.6 x 3.4 x 1.5 cm $30	4802 Faden Quartz Wana, South Waziristan, Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Pakistan 7 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm $25	4799 Galena Septemvri mine, Madan, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria 9.5 x 5.6 x 4.9 cm $100
4795 Vanadinite, Calcite Mina San Carlos, San Carlos, Mun. de Manuel Benavides, Chihuahua, Mexico 6.5 x 5.4 x 4.7 cm $30	4786 Bicolor Adamite, Goethite Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico 5.3 x 4.8 x 4.1 cm $30	4779 Star Muscovite Rodinha Mine, Jenipapo Dist., Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil 5.4 x 4.9 x 3.6 cm $35
4776 Pleochoric Uvite, Magnesite Brumado, Bahia, Brazil 8.5 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm $150	4737 Amazonite, Albite Jefferson Co., Colorado 5.3 x 4.5 x 5 cm $50	4726 Rhodochrosite Andalgala Department, Catamarca, Argentina 8.4 x 7.2 x 4.4 cm $35