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Mineral Specimens

All sizes and weights are approximate.

QUARTZ 

Beautiful cluster of clear xls with "blue" manganese phantoms. Location: Wegner's Mine, Mt. Ida, Arkansas. Size: 2 3/4"x 2 1/4"x 1 3/4" Weight: 2.75 ozs. Price: $15.

Unique clear xl with pyrite inclusions which cause a phantom throughout entire xl faces. I've been collecting in Arkansas for many years and have seen this combination only once, and this is my last piece. Some damage. Location: Coleman"s Mine, Hot Springs, Arkansas. Size: 2 1/2"x 1 7/8"x 1 1/4" Weight: 4.5 ozs. Price: $20

Truly amazing! This clear xl has a smaller xl imbedded in its base and both points have green and brown chlorite phantoms. Wow! Location: Collier Springs, Arkansas. Size: 2 1/2"x 5/8"x 5/8" Weight: 1 oz. Price: $20

Pretty little cluster of small clear xls with chlorite phantoms. Location: Jessieville, Arkansas Size:3 1/2"x 2 3/8"x 1 1/2" Weight: 5 ozs. Price: $18.

"Coon-tail" smokey xls with a host of small brookite xls covering the bottom. Location: Magnet Cove, Arkansas. Size: 2 3/8"x 1 5/8"x 1 1/2" Weight: 2.5 ozs. Price: $75

Small smokey xls interspersed between microcline xls. Really nice! Location: Lake George, Colorado. Size: 3"x 2 1/4"x 2 1/8" Weight: 8 ozs. Price: $20

Single smokey xl, double-terminated, some damage. Location: Hallelujah Junction, Ca. Size: 2 5?8"x 1 1/2"x 1 1/8" Weight: 3.5 ozs. Price: $15

Double-terminated amethyst xl. Location: Montana Size: 1 1/2"x 1 1/4"x 1 1/8" Weight: 1.5 ozs. Price: $15

Geode lined with small, sparkling, pale amethyst xls. Location: Somewhere in Georgia (I'd like to find out exactly where so I could acquire more!) Size: 3 3/8"x 2 1/4"x 2 7/8" Weight: 11.25 ozs. Price: $15

Drusy pale rose quartz. Interesting, they call this "strawberry quartz" in N.C. Location: North Carolina Size: 3 3/4"x 2 1/4"x 1 3/4" Weight: 4.25 ozs. Price: $12

Juicy rose quartz. We have larger and smaller pieces of this material available. Location: Mica Lode Mine, Canon City, Colorado. Size: 4 1/2"x 3 1/8"x 1 1/2" Weight: 13.25ozs. Price: $4.50Sale Pending

Small clear xls from Arkansas. Price: $15 per pound.

CALCITE

1) Large drusy white xls in one really bizarre piece. I never saw calcite like this before! It'a kind of ugly but makes up for it in sheer weirdness. Location: Unknown Size: 5 1/4"x 4 1/2"x 1 3/4" Weight: 1lb. 1oz. Price:$25

2) Beautiful honey-colored, lusterous, solid piece with no matrix, and good dogtooth xls, flouresces yellow. Location: Florida Size: 2 7/8"x 2 1/2"x 2" Weight: 6.5ozs. Price: $50.

3) Large plate of broken, ugly brown xls. Great for a beginning collector! Location: Texas Creek, Colorado. Size: 7 3/8"x 5 1/2"x 3" Weight: 2lbs. 5.5ozs. Price: $10.

4) Single xls in good shape colors range from clear thru yellow to tan. We have several of these in stock. Location: Ouray, Colorado. Size: Varies-2"3" long. Price: $2 each.

5) Very small dogtooth xls in limestone vugs, flouresces yellow. Location: Lucky Strike Mine, Ogelsby, Illinois. Size: 4 3/4"x 2 7/8"x 2" Weight: 1lb. Price: $12.

6) Fantastic golden xl with a well defined phantom and marcasite imbedded in base. Truly beautiful!!! Location: Hardin County, Il. Size: 3 3/4"x 2 1/8"x 2 1/8" Weight: 7.75ozs. Price: $50.

7) Great cluster of off-white dogtooth xls with small amounts of fluorite and sphalerite. Location: Hardin County, Il. Size:4 1/2"x 4 1/2"x 2 1/8" Weight: 1lb. 7ozs. Price: $55

FRANKLIN, N.J.FLUORESCENTS

1) Brown Willemite Size: 2 3/8"x 2"x 1 1/2" Weight: 8.5ozs. Price: $10.

2) Dirty red willemite with chrysocolla stain. Size: 3 5/8"x 2"x 1 1/2" Weight: 8ozs. Price: $12

3) Zincite Size: 3 1/8"x 2 1/8"x 2 1/2" Weight: 14.5ozs. Price:$25.

4) Freidelite, one side has been sawn. Size: 2 7/8"x 1 7/8"x 2" Weight: 6.5ozs. Price: $25.

5) Large granite-like specimen composed of white calcite, Brown willemite, franklinite and really juicy streak of zincite over the top. Nice cabinet specimen! Size: 6 1/2"x 3 1/2"x 2 3/8" Weight: 2lbs. 5ozs. Price: $70.

GOETHITE

We just brought back about 50lbs. of excellent goethite in either boitroidal formations or as a sparkling irridescent crust, from Turret, Colorado. We have specimens ranging from $5 to $50, just e-mail us with your inquiries.

MISCELLANEOUS

1) Actinolite/tremolite. Large specimen clearly showing radiating patterns. Location: Calumet Iron Mine, Salida, Colorado. Size:6 1/2"x 4 7/8" 3 1/8" Weight: 3lbs. 9ozs. Price:$40

2) Datolite. Nice xl cluster speicemen, it's hard for me to part with this one. Location: Patterson, New Jersey. Size:2 1/4"x 1"x 7/8" Weight: 1.17ozs. Price:$20

3) Hemimorphite. beautiful, sparkling xl cluster with a reddish/brown tint. Some of the nicest I've seen. Location: Mexico Size: 2 5/8"x 1 1/8"x 5/8" Weight: 1.5ozs. Price: $7

4) Lepidolite. Nice purple xl cluster. Location" Afganistan Size: 2"x 1 3/4"x 1 1/4" Weight: 2.5ozs. Price:$35

5) Marcasite, nice shiny piece from an unusual location. Location: Lone Star Quarry, Ogelsby, Illinois. Size: 2 1/2"x 2"x 1 1/2" Weight: 6.75ozs. Price: $5.

6) Prehnite. Nice boitroidal plate with good color. Location: Patterson, New Jersey. Size: 3 1/8"x 2"x 3/8" Weight: 2.5ozs. Price: $20.

7) Sphalerite. Large piece with purple flourite and very small (1-2mm) calcite xls. Location: Hardin County, Illinois. Size: 5"x 3 1/8"x 2 1/8" Weight: 1lb. 7ozs. Price: $18

8) Spessartine garnet. Small (2 to 3mm), gemmy xls on matrix. Just collected these so I have several specimens with one or two xls on each piece. Location: Ruby Mt. Nathrop, Colorado. Size: varies Weight: varies Price: $5 each

9) Barite. Small (1/2" to 1"), opaque blue xls. I have a lot of these! Location: Stoneham, Colorado. Size: varies Weight: varies Price: $1 each or $10 dozen.

We have a host of other specimens not listed here, for more information or specific requests email at address below.


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