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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 SOLD	5979 Galena with Various Crystal Habits Krushev dol deposit, Krushev dol mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria Ex. Kirk Valuet 9.5 x 6.8 x 6.2 cm $75
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	5973 Bicolor Gemmy Tourmaline Barra do Salinas, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil 3.2 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm 7.5 g $350	5972 Shigaite, Caryopilite, Rhodochrosite, Barite N'Chwaning I Mine, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa Shigaite: Mn₆Al₃(OH)₁₈[Na(H₂O)₆](SO₄)₂·6H₂O , Caryopilite: Mn²⁺₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄ 6.8 x 5.7 x 4.2 cm The largest Shigaite crystal is 4 mm across. $200
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 $100	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	5911 Quartz Pseudomoph after Gypsum with Calcite Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico 9 x 8.4 x 6.8 cm $85
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	5879 Azurite Crystals, Malachite on Sulfide Matrix Arizona Ex. A. Neely, 1960s 6.4 x 5.8 x 5.1 cm $35
5878 Chalcocite Crystals on Massive Chaclcocite with Cast Wheal Pendarves, Killivose, Camborne, Cornwall, England 4.4 x 3.7 x 3.3 cm $100	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 $600
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	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	5839 Triangular Bicolor Lepidolite in Quartz and Albite Matrix Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil 8.8 x 7.3 x 9.7 cm $25
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 $250	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
5418 Quartz Pseudomorph after Goethite Stalactit Growths with Attached Flint John Nethers property, Flint Ridge, Hopewell Twp., Muskingum Co., Ohio Collected by J. Medici, 2015 10.8 x 6 x 5.5 cm $70	5392 Fluorapophyllite-(K), Pyrite on Double Terminated Quartz Bor Pit (Boron Pit), Dal'negorsk B deposit, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia 5 x 2.8 x 3.2 cm $50	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	5325 Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Calcite Trepca Stan Terg Mine, Trepca complex, Trepca valley, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo 9.5 x 8.3 x 7.8 cm $100	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 $300	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	5209 Gold in Quartz with Sulfides Alaska Ex. Vivian Randall 6.7 x 3.5 x 0.35 cm $150	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	5139 Gemmy Sphalerite Crystals on Quartz with Galena and Chalcopyrite Mogilata deposit, Septemvri mine, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria 8.6 x 7.5 x 6.7 cm $45
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	5081 Selenite Salinda, Chaffee Co., Coloraod Ex. Steve Pullman 13.8 x 8.8 x 2.3 cm SOLD	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