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Worldwide Minerals New Minerals On-Line March 10th
NSMW9410 COPPER PRICE: $200. ITAUZ MINE, DZHEZKAZGAN, KAZAKHSTAN (Small/medium cabinet) Arborescent branching group of copper crystals with fine patina of tenorite and cuprite. Combination of these two copper oxides is really quite rare. In great condition. Mined 2009. Nice associated matrix. 2.5 x 6 x 10.5 cm.
NSMW9409 STILBITE PRICE: $200. FIRST SOVIETSKIY MINE, DAL'NEGORSK, PRIMORSKIY KRAY, RUSSIA (Small cabinet) Ivory white stilbite crystals grown in a fan-like form over matrix. It appears that the specimen is a pseudomorph after calcite and there are relict impressions on the reverse that line up with this shape. From new mining in 2009. In great condition. 4.5 x 5 x 6.5 cm.
New Minerals On-Line March 5th
NSMW9392 CALCITE ON SIDERITE PRICE: $300. ALLEVARD, ISERE, FRANCE (Small cabinet) Mounded group of lustrous, brown siderite with a preferential druse of calcite. Classic European location for the species. In great condition. Ray Ryder Collection RR81 (Acquired from Western Minerals Jan. 8th, 1973). 4.5 x 6 x 8 cm.
NSMW9391 TARNOWITZITE ON CALCITE PRICE: $450. TSUMEB MINE, NAIMIBIA (Small cabinet) Creamy white tarnowitzite on reddish/brown calcite with associated duftite (?) and smithsonite on reverse. In great condition. Ray Ryder Collection RR64 (Acquired from Prosper Williams April 1973 with labels). 3.5 x 7.5 x 8 cm.
NSMW9390 QUARTZ ON DANBURITE PRICE: $350. CHARCAS, SAN LUIS POTOSI, MEXICO (Small cabinet) Group of bladed danburite crystals with a light sugary druse of quartz that coats about 3/4 of the surface with the bottom 1/4 quartz free. The effect is that the specimen looks like it was dipped in a quartz bath. Mined c. 1973. Label included. In great condition. 4.5 x 7 x 7 cm. Ray Ryder Collection RR140 (From Western Minerals May 11, 1973.)
New Minerals On-Line March 4th
NSMW9365 QUARTZ var. PRASE PRICE: $250. SINERECHENSKOE, KAVALEROVO, PRIMORSKIY KRAY, RUSSIA (Small cabinet) Rich gray/green, glassy group of quartz with just a hint of matrix on the base that indicates the crystals are very complete. Very sharp terminations and a nice aesthetic specimen in great condition. Collected ca. 2008. 2.8 x 3 x 6.3 cm.
NSMW9364 CASSITERITE PRICE: $45. MEREK, KHABAROVSKY, MAGADAN OBLAST, RUSSIA (TN) High luster, sharp chocolate brown cassiterite complete on all sides with small contact point on reverse. This location is one of the best for the species and fine specimens have been coming to the market from here for years making it a contemporary classic. Tiny nick on top towards the back. Collected ca. 2008. 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm.
NSMW9363 PYRITE ON CALCITE PRICE: $125. NIKOLAEVSKIY MINE, DAL'NEGORSK, PRIMORSKIY KRAY, RUSSIA (Miniature) Single crystal of calcite terminated with a group of pyrites running up the side. Unique in my experience. Good pyrites are actually very uncommon from Dal'negorsk and this is a particularly aesthetic specimen. In great condition. Mined 2008. 2 x 2.5 x 6.2 cm.
NSMW9362 CALCITE PRICE: $350. NIKOLAEVSKIY MINE, DAL'NEGORSK, PRIMORSKIY KRAY, RUSSIA (Medium cabinet) Creamy white with a hint of pink, lustrous calcite group just barely attached on base. The crystals are bunched together in divergent sprays that flare out toward the tops. Crystallized on all sides and in great condition. Mined c. 1990s. 6 x 9 x 10 cm.
New Minerals On-Line December 9th
NSMW9321 FLUORITE ON CALCITE PRICE: $125. DIENTE DE PERRO, WEST CAMP, SANTA EULALIA, CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO (Miniature) Cluster of scalenohedral calcites complete on all sides and with a fine dusting of reddish/brown fluorite that gives it a lustrous sheen. Upon close examination there are several fine little creamy/tan barite sprays on the back side. In great condition and a choice miniature from mining in 2005. 3.5 x 5.5 x 6.5 cm.
NSMW9131 DIOPSTASE PRICE: $280. ALTYN-TYUBE, KARAGANDA, KAZAKHSTAN (Small cabinet) Deep emerald green, lustrous dioptase on matrix. A very fine small cabinet specimen from mining c. early 1990s. In great condition. 3 x 4.5 x 6 cm.
NSMW9130 RHODOCHROSITE PRICE: $SOLD UCCHUCHAQUA MINE, ANCASH, PERU (Small cabinet) Gemmy, transparent rhodochrosite crystals richly grouped over matrix. Bright and attractive specimen from mining c. early 1990s. In great condition. 4 x 5 x 7 cm.
NSMW9127 DIOPSTASE PRICE: $250. ALTYN-TYUBE, KARAGANDA, KAZAKHSTAN (Small Cabinet) Rich emerald green lustrous dioptase on matrix. The specimen has a very fine open vug of crystals and displays from any angle. Largest single crystal is 1.5 cm (lower photo). In great condition. Mined c. early 1990s. 6 x 7 x 8.5 cm.
NSMW9122 AXINITE PRICE: $SOLD PUYVA, SUB POLAR URALS, TYUMENSKAYA OBLAST, RUSSIA (Small Cabinet) Purplish/brown, semi-transparent, vitreous bladed axinite crystals on matrix. There were a number of these great axinites produced in the late 1980s and 1990s but they have largely disappeared from the marketplace. Overall the specimen is in very good condition except there is a small broken edge on one of the main crystals (see lower photo on left side of center crystal). Also, there is a broken crystal on the very right side of the specimen (see upper photo). Impressive when displayed but with faults. Mined c. 1980s-1990s. 4.5 x 7 x 9.5 cm.
NSMW9121 ALMANDINE PRICE: $125. SOLD MAINE (Medium Cabinet) Dodecahedral almandine crystal (3.5 x 4.5 cm) in medium grade mica schist. Nice display specimen and in great condition. I cannot be more definitive other than Maine as the location but perhaps there are tell tale signs on the matrix and the color of the garnet to pinpoint a locality. 6 x 11 x 14 cm.
NSMW9120 HALITE PRICE: $125. P.C.S. RICABVUKKE, ROCANVILLE, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA (Medium/Large Cabinet) Doubly terminated floater group of cubic halite. Great aesthetics and in top condition. Mined c. 1980s-early 1990s. 5 x 5.5 x 17 cm.
NSMW9119 AMETHYST PRICE: $280. LAS VIGAS, VERA CRUZ, MEXICO (Medium Cabinet) Transparent amethyst crystals on drusy quartz matrix. The amethysts reach 5.5 cm in length and are well separated on matrix and display very well. Mined c. early 1990s. In great condition. 4.5 x 12 x 12 cm.
NSMW9118 FLUORITE AND GALENA WITH CALCITE PRICE: $SOLD FRAZERS HUSH MINE, ROOKHOPE, WEARDALE DISTRICT, COUNTY DURHAM, ENGLAND (Medium/Large Cabinet) Group of lavender purple fluorites with light preferential druse of calcite and a nice and bright silvery metallic galena perched right in front. On point of attachment as there is a light druse of calcite on the reverse. Great fluorescence and in excellent condition. 5 x 10 x 16 cm.
NSMW9112 SMITHSONITE PRICE: $280. TSUMEB MINE, TSUMEB, NAMIBIA (Medium Cabinet) Waxy lustered smithsonite crystals richly scattered over matrix. There are two other species present as druses, one is a creamy white resinous lustered phase which may be another stage of smithonite and the second species is a light pale orange with good luster and slightly prismatic crystals which may be mimetite. In top condition and mined c. 1980s. 5 x 10 x 12 cm.
NSMW9110 GMELINITE PRICE: $225. SOKOLOVSKIY-SARABAISKIY MINE, RUDNYY, KUSTANAY OBLAST, KAZAKHSTAN (Medium Cabinet) Salmon orange rhombic ghemlinite crystals richly covering matrix. These used to be all over the market but have delcined a good deal in terms of availability in the last few years. In top condition and a well balanced and choice example from mining c. late 1990s. 5 x 8 x 9 cm.
NSMW9108 TRILOBITE PRICE: $125. PHACOPS rana crassituberculata, SILICA SHALE FORMATION, MIDDLE DEVONIAN, SYLVANIA, OHIO (Small/Medium Cabinet) Complete trilobite (2 x 2.5 x 3 cm) on limestone matrix. The specimen is curled up for defense and the preparation is first rate with no chips of excessive abrasions. A classic Ohio trilobite from collecting c. early 1990s. In top condition. 5 x 6.5 x 10 cm.
NSMW8864 HUBNERITE ON QUARTZ PRICE: $1600. MUNDO NUEVO MINE, LABOR, JAQUI, HUMACHUCO, LA LIBERTAD, PERU (Medium Cabinet) Mounded group of transparent quartz with associated black, high luster hubnerite crystals. Crystallized to all edges and in great condition. From the new finds in 2008. Medium cabinet 8 x 8 x 12 cm.
NSMW8863 QUARTZ WITH CALCITE PRICE: $1800. STARI TRG MINE, TREPCA, KOSOVO (Medium Cabinet) Divergent sprays of prismatic quartz with a light druse of calcite. There is just a hint of attachment at the base of each group which are independently crystallized and just joined near the middle of the specimen. This is the finest Trepca quartz I have acquired. It was in the collection of Olive Konczner of Austria. In great condition and displays from any angle. Excellent piece. 6.5 x 11.5 x 12 cm.
NSMW8716 PYRITE PRICE: $280. NAVAJUN, SPAIN (Medium Cabinet) Perfect, sharp pyrites to 2.6 cm on edge in matrix. In great condition. 6 x 7 x 9 cm.
NSMW8695 FLUORAPATITE PRICE: $225. PANASQUEIRA DISTRICT, BEIRA BAIXA,. PORTUGAL (Small Cabinet) Glassy, prismatic smoky gray fluorapatites to 1.2 cm on matrix. Fine small cabinet mined 2008 in great condition. 1.5 x 3.5 x 4 cm.
NSMW8694 FLUORAPATITE PRICE: $200. PANASQUEIRA DISTRICT, BEIRA BAIXA,. PORTUGAL (Miniature) Glassy, prismatic smoky gray fluorapatites to 1.5 cm on matrix. Fine small cabinet mined 2008 in great condition. 3.5 x 3.5 x 4 cm.
NSMW8693 BARITE PRICE: $150. CERRO WARIHUYN, MIRAFLORES, HUAMALIAS, HUANUCO, PERU (Miniature) Glassy, transparent smoky gray barite 3 x 3 cm on matrix. Very choice small cabinet mined 2008 in great condition. 2 x 3 x 4 cm.
NSMW8692 BARITE PRICE: $250. CERRO WARIHUYN, MIRAFLORES, HUAMALIAS, HUANUCO, PERU (Small Cabinet) Glassy, transparent smoky gray barites 3.5 x 4.2 cm on matrix. Very choice small cabinet mined 2008 in great condition. 3 x 4 x 6 cm.
NSMW8689 BARITE PRICE: $225. CERRO WARIHUYN, MIRAFLORES, HUAMALIAS, HUANUCO, PERU (Miniature) Glassy, transparent rich brown/yellow barite 2.5 x 3.5 cm on matrix. Choice small cabinet mined 2008 in great condition. 2.5 x 3 x 4 cm.
NSMW8690 BARITE PRICE: $SOLD CERRO WARIHUYN, MIRAFLORES, HUAMALIAS, HUANUCO, PERU (Miniature) Glassy, transparent rich brown/yellow barite 3.2 x 3.2 cm on matrix. Choice small cabinet mined 2008 in great condition. 3 x 3 x 4 cm.
NSMW8689 BARITE PRICE: $225. CERRO WARIHUYN, MIRAFLORES, HUAMALIAS, HUANUCO, PERU (Miniature) Glassy, transparent rich brown/yellow barite 2.5 x 4 cm on matrix. Choice small cabinet mined 2008 in great condition. 2 x 3 x 4.2 cm.
NSMW8688 BARITE PRICE: $125. CERRO WARIHUYN, MIRAFLORES, HUAMALIAS, HUANUCO, PERU (Miniature) Glassy, transparent rich brown/yellow barite 2 x 2.8 cm on matrix. Choice small cabinet mined 2008. Has one tiny nick on the small back crystal off to the side. 2 x 3 x 3 cm.
NSMW8673 CALCITE PRICE: $380. STARI TRG MINE, TREPCA, KOSOVO (Small Cabinet) Group of rhombic calcites with no point of attachment and in great condition. Exceptionally fine small/medium cabinet from mining c. 1980s. Displays from any angle. 4.5 x 6.5 x 8.5 cm.
NSMW8541 VANADINITE WITH CALCITE PRICE: $380.
NSMW8535 MALACHITE AFTER AZURITE PRICE: $350.
NSMW8220 COPPER PRICE: $220.
NSMW7916 COPPER PRICE: $120. ITAUZ MINE, DZHEZKAZGAN, KARAGANDA OBLAST, KAZAKHSTAN (Miniature) The Itauz Mine has produced some of the world's finest spinel coppers. These are readily available on today's market and the choices and price ranges will probably never be better. This is a miniature with typical branching forms and hoppered termination showing spinel twins. No faults and fine chocolate brown patina. Mined 2005. 0.8 x 1 x 4.5 cm.
NSMW7775 CERUSSITE PRICE: $220. TSUMEB MINE, TSUMCORP, NAMIBIA (Miniature) Pearly lustered cerussite with very small attachment point on base. The crystals are semi-transparent with classic blocky habit. Mined c. 1960s. Roy Smith Collection. With Ward's label and original purchase price of $25.00 glued on base. In top condition. 3 x 3.2 x 4.6 cm.
NSMW7677 COPPER PRICE: $400. ITAUZ MINE, DZHEZKAZGAN, KAZAKHSTAN (Miniature) Superb copper miniature from the great new finds being made in the Itauz Mine. Rich tenorite luster with fantastic spinel forms resembling teeth on a rip saw. An absolute dandy from new mining in late 2007. No faults. No attachment point. 0.9 x 1.0 x 4.2 cm.
NSMW7676 COPPER PRICE: $450. ITAUZ MINE, DZHEZKAZGAN, KAZAKHSTAN (Miniature) Superb copper miniature from the great new finds being made in the Itauz Mine. Rich red/brown cuprite luster with fantastic spinel forms and tiny set of second generation arborescent crystals. A great miniature from new mining in late 2007. No faults. No attachment point. 0.7 x 1.0 x 6.0 cm.
NSMW7675 COPPER PRICE: $350. ITAUZ MINE, DZHEZKAZGAN, KAZAKHSTAN (Miniature) Superb copper miniature from the great new finds being made in the Itauz Mine. Rich coppery/brown cuprite luster with fantastic spinel forms and second generation arborescent crystals. An absolute dandy from new mining in late 2007. No faults. No attachment point. 1.2 x 2.6 x 4.5 cm.
NSMW7659 MANGANOAN CALCITE ON CALCITE PRICE: $140. FIRST SOVIETSKIY MINE, DAL'NEGORSK, PRIMORSKIY KRAY, RUSSIA (Miniature) A combination of light pink manganoan calcites and bright white calcite matrix. The manganoan crystals are flattened disks while the white matrix appears to be similar in texture to kutnahorite or may in fact be a pseudomorph due to the irregular surface. An attractive small cabinet specimen from new mining in late 2007. No damage and the best of the lot that I acquired. 4 x 5 x 6 cm.
NSMW7612 COPPER PRICE: $250. ONGANJA MINE, NAMIBIA (Miniature) Sharp group of deep reddish/brown copper crystals displaying classic arborescent, branching forms with perfect unaltered patina. The Onganja Mine is one of the classic African localities for native coppers. This specimen was mined c. early 1970s. No faults. Note: blue color on reverse is putty not alteration. 1.2 x 2.2 x 4.8 cm.
NSMW7508 CERUSSITE PRICE: $220. TSUMEB MINE, TSUMEB, NAMIBIA (Miniature) Deep smoky gray, almost black, cerussite with associated micro balls of what appear to be malachite on the reverse. A very fine specimen from mining c. 1970s and an uncommon color from the mine. Fine luster and a choice TN @ 1.5 x 2 x 2.5 cm.
NSMW6949 ACANTHITE PRICE: $280. LINQIU COUNTY, SHANXI PROVINCE, CHINA (Miniature) This locality in China is producing some of the finest acanthites in the world. Fantastic specimens have been coming out in the in last few years. This is a sharp miniature with cubic form topping a spike-like stem with gun-metal gray patina. No faults. Displays from any angle. 1.3 x 2.2 x 2.5 cm.
NSMW6843 RHODONITE PRICE: $280. ST. MARTIN MINE, CHIUROCO, HUANZALA, HUANUCO, PERU (Miniature) Bright pink rosette of bladed rhodonite on galena and quartz matrix. The rhodonite is lustrous and perfect all the way around and in top condition. Mined from the new finds of late 2006. Excellent miniature. 2.6 x 2.8 x 3.8 cm.
NSMW6762 COPPER PRICE: $120. ITAUZ MINE, DZHEZKAZGAN, KAZAKHSTAN (Miniature) A perfect group of spinel twinned coppers with no point of attachment. The coppers start out as small crystals at the base and become better formed and wider toward the top. These are really wonderful coppers that are coming out of this locality. Sharp, great patina and dramatic morphology. They are certain to be classics for the species. No faults. 0.5 x 0.6 x 4.2 cm.
NSMW6761 ACANTHITE PRICE: $180. LINQIU COUNTY, SHANXI PROVINCE, CHINA (Miniature) This locality in China is producing some of the finest acanthites in the world. Fantastic specimens have been coming out in the in last few years. This is a sharp miniature with typical complex crystal form and gun-metal gray patina. No faults. Displays from any angle. 1 x 1.5 x 3 cm.
NSMW6760 COPPER PRICE: $280. ITAUZ MINE, DZHEZKAZGAN, KAZAKHSTAN (Miniature) A perfect crystal of spinel twinned copper with no point of attachment. These are really wonderful coppers that are coming out of this locality. Sharp, great patina and dramatic morphology. They are certain to be classics for the species. No faults. An excellent miniature 6 x 12 x 55 mm.
NSMW6722 COPPER PRICE: $120. ITAUZ MINE, DZHEZKAZGAN, KAZAKHSTAN (Miniature) A perfect crystal of spinel twinned copper with no point of attachment. These are really wonderful coppers that are coming out of this locality. Sharp, great patina and dramatic morphology. They are certain to be classics for the species. No faults. An excellent TN. 1.2 x 1.5 x 3 cm.
NSMW6718 AZURITE PRICE: $380. YANG QUENG MINE, GUANGDONG PROVINCE, CHINA (Miniature) Superb azurite rosettes have been coming out of this locality for some time. When one stops and thinks about locations that are actively producing secondary carbonates like azurites the numbers are very small. In fact, it is really amazing that there are any near-surface ore bodies with well crystallized secondary copper carbonates left in the 21st century. China is certainly a fantastic opportunity. This is a complete and high quality miniature with no point of attachment. Great color and fine blocky crystals. Mined 2006. 3.5 x 4 x 5 cm.
NSMW6696 SPHALERITE AND CALCITE PRICE: $4800. NIKOLAEVSKIY MINE, DAL'NEGORSK, PRIMORSKIY KRAY, RUSSIA The Nikolaevskiy Mine is one of the most famous and productive operations in Dal'negorsk. Superb specimens have been produced for years from this classic skarn-type deposit and they are still coming out from active mining. This is a great museum cabinet specimen from mining c. 2004. The sphalerites are exceptionally sharp and lustrous with a light druse of iridescent chalcopyrite that contrast perfectly with the calcite matrix. Beautiful and dramatic display specimen in all regards. In top condition. 10 x 19 x 29 cm.
NSMW6677 HEMATITE PRICE: $320. SAPHOZ, VOGESEN, FRANCE (Miniature) A mound-like group of bladed hematite on hematite matrix. The crystals, upon close examination, are book-like aggregates with some well crystallized prism faces that reflect light. A great miniature from this rare locality. 2.2 x 4.5 x 6.5 cm.
NSMW6187 SELENITE PRICE: $SOLD CHIHUAHUA, MEXICO (Small Cabinet) Bright white selenite with associated micro fluorites. The selenite is a classic curved group of crystals that resembles sea horses or perhaps octopus tentacles. This came form an old collection in the Midwest and it was indeed nick-named 'octopus'. Exceptionally aesthetic and displayable specimen from mining c. late 1960s. No faults. 6 x 6 x 8.5 cm.
NSMW5050 CALCITE AND ARAGONITE PRICE: $120. 135 METER LEVEL, SECOND SOVIETSKIY MINE, DAL'NEGORSK, PRIMORSKIY KRAY, RUSSIA (Small Cabinet) A group of creamy/white calcite scalenohedrons with a hint of pink in combination with elongated light tan aragonite crystals. The aragonite formed first and then was encapsulated by the calcites. A rare combination from mining in September 2003. Fine small cabinet. two cleaved crystals but otherwise in top condition. 4 x 6 x 7 cm.
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