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Mereheadite

$150

Torr Works Quarry, England

Mereheadite is a rare lead oxychloride incorporating barium and this specimen is from its type locality at

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Tellurantimony

$150

Golden Mile Mines, Western Australia

Two micromount-size flakes of metallic silver Tellurantimony from the Golden Mile mines of Kalgoorlie-Boulder

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Marshite

$3,500

Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, New South Wales

The very rare mineral Marshite is one of the must-have Broken Hill classics but is seldom available and then

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Calaverite

$450

Kalgoorlie-Boulder Shire, Western Australia

A rich 1.2 x 0.7 cm patch of metallic buttery-silver Calaverite invests a small sliver of milky Quartz from

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Kutnohorite

$800

Broken Hill, Australia

Kutnohorite is another classic mineral from the Broken Hill suite and this very fine specimen is an excellent

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Alabandite

$2,500

Zinc Corporation Mine, Australia

A terrific specimen of the rare manganese sulphide Alabandite from the Zinc Corporation mine at Broken Hill,

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Anglesite var. Green Anglesite

$2,000

MMM Mine, Australia

One part-gemmy, brilliant equant limey-apple-green Anglesite crystal is perched at the edge / top of a dark

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Marshite with Cerussite and Malachite

$7,500

Broken Hill, Australia

A sublime Marshite specimen, one of the essential Broken Hill classics, but very rarely obtainable with such a

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Bannisterite

$2,500

Zinc Corporation Mine, Australia

Bannisterite is a black mica-like mineral and a rare phyllosilicate. A 5.0 x 3.0+ cm area of platy

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Stolzite

$3,500

Sainte-Lucie Mine, Occitanie

Although Stolzite is a relatively rare mineral it is well known from a number of famous localities worldwide,

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Cryolite

$3,500

Ivigtut Cryolite Deposit, Greenland

A superb, good-sized cabinet specimen of the sodium hexafluoroaluminate mineral Cryolite, from perhaps its

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Miargyrite

$8,500

Neue Hoffnung Gottes Mine, Germany

Crystals of the rare silver-antimony sulphide Miargyrite are developed in this very fine specimen up to 7 mm

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Mellite

$950

Artern, Thuringia

An excellent deep golden-honey to deep butterscotch skewed octagonal crystal of Mellite from Artern in the

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Plagionite on Galena

$4,000

Pfannenberger Einigkeit Mine, North Rhine-Westphalia

Grey-black metallic globular clusters of the very rare mineral Plagionite are richly distributed over a

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Mellite

$300

Artern, Thuringia

Mellite is an very unusual organic compound, an aluminium benzene hexacarboxylate hydrate. This deep

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Whewellite

$900

Schacht 38 Mine, Germany

Whewellite is a relatively rare organic mineral, a hydrated calcium oxalate. This is a near-perfect,

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Siegenite

$450

Stahlberg Mine (Schwabengrube), Germany

Excellent crystals of dark steel-blue Siegenite with an attractive iridescence from its type locality at

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Harmotome

$450

St Andreasberg, Germany

A large plate of Quartz-rich matrix is covered on both faces with glassy, translucent milky-white Harmotome

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Connellite with Malachite and Chalcophyllite

$2,500

Wheal Unity, Cornwall

An absolutely superb specimen of the hydrous copper chloro-sulphate Connellite from the enigmatic Wheal Unity

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Nasonite in Datolite and Goethite

$300

Torr Works Quarry, England

Nasonite is one of the Holy Grails from the rare oxychloride suite occasionally found in Torr Works quarry at

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Mendipite

$1,000

Torr Works Quarry, England

A first-class specimen of delicate pink Mendipite with an outer crust of sooty black manganese oxides from the

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Boracite

$750

Boulby Mine, England

Boracite, magnesium borate, occurs sporadically in the Permian potash beds in Boulby mine at Loftus near the

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Harmotome

$250

Strontian, North West Highlands

Harmotome is one of the rarer zeolites, but is found as excellent crystal from around the mines at Strontian,

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Otavite on Malachite with Cerussite

$1,200

Tsumeb Mine, Namibia

An old-time specimen dating back to the very early days of mining at Tsumeb, the extremely rare mineral

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Indite with Dzhalindite (Specimen & Polished Mount)

$500

Dzhalinda Sn Deposit, Far-Eastern Region

Minerals incorporating the element Indium (In) are far from common and these two specimens, a small sawn slice

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Hubeite with Quartz, Pyrite and Calcite

$5,000

Fengjiashan Mine (Daye copper mine), Hubei Province

Hubeite is a rare Ca-Mn-Fe sorosilicate and was only named in 2001 after Hubei Province in China. This

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Henmilite on Olshanskyite

$1,700

Fuka Mine, Japan

Equant azure to deep inky-blue crystals of the Ca-Cu borate Henmilite are scattered over the surface of

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Väyrynenite

$5,000

Shengus, Gilgit-Baltistan

A stunning and wonderful specimen of the very rare Mn-Be phosphate Väyrynenite from the complex granitic

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Nikischerite with Vivianite and Pyrite

$2,500

Huanuni mine, Bolivia

An ugly but excellent specimen of the very rare Na-Fe-Al sulphate Nikischerite from its type locality at the

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Tantalite-(Mn)

$750

Nazareno, Brazil

A choice double terminated crystal of Tantalite-(Mn) from the São João del Rei pegmatite province of Nazareno

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Tantalite-(Mn)

$850

Nazareno, Brazil

An excellent orthorhombic crystal of Tantalite-(Mn) from the São João del Rei pegmatite province of Nazareno

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Lemanskiite

$200

Abundancia Mine, Antofagasta Region

A rich miniature specimen of turquoise blue rare Lemanskiite with lighter blue possible Lavendulan from the

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Whewellite

$650

Pribram, Czech Republic

A sharp, single crystal of Whewellite measuring to 2.9 cm, with a very apparent steep termination from

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Tyrrellite with Umangite and Klockmannite

$150

Eagle Claims U-Cu-Se occurrence, Saskatchewan

A small miniature displaying three rare selenide species from the remote Eagle Claims U-Cu-Se occurrence in

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Nagyágite with Rhodochrosite

$2,600

Sacarimb (Nagyag), Romania

The Archduke Stephan Collection contained many rare mineral species, including this excellent specimen of the

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Ludlockite with Schneiderhöhnite

$2,000

Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region (Otjikoto Region)

A terrific combination of a number of rare mineral species from the Tsumeb mine in Namibia. A roughly

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Malachite pseudomorph after Azurite with Gartrellite

$1,500

Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region (Otjikoto Region)

A gorgeous small cabinet specimen of velvet textured, deep emerald-green Malachite pseudomorphs replacing

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Lanthanite-(Ce) and Malachite

$850

Sneyd’s Level, Wales

Lanthanite-(Ce) is a rare cerium-lanthanum-neodymium carbonate whose type locality is the Britannia mine,

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Native Silver with Dyscrasite

$700

Pribram, Czech Republic

A granular, milky quartz matrix is richly impregnated and coated with pinkish-silver Native Silver in hackly

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Dyscrasite

$1,500

Gnade Gottes Mine, Lower Saxony

A tabular milky Quartz matrix is very richly shot-through with silvery-steel-grey Dyscrasite, a silver

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Bournonite with Quartz

$8,500

Herodsfoot Mine, England

A first-class specimen of classic ‘cog-wheel’ ore, the lead-copper antimoniate, Bournonite, from Herodsfoot

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Liroconite

$800

Wheal Gorland, England

A granular, large thumbnail matrix of iron-stained milky Quartz, is richly coated with intergrown blades of

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Paravauxite with Childrenite

$250

Llallagua, Bolivia

An excellent specimen of the rare hydrated iron-aluminium phosphate hydroxide Paravauxite as very pale-yellow

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Jadeite (Emerald Jade)

$5,000

Uru Fluss, Myanmar (Burma)

Of the two types of jade, Nephrite and Jadeite, Jadeite is by far the most precious and sought-after species.

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Kostovite

$1,000

Chelopech Au-Cu Mine, Sofiya Oblast

A thumbnail fragment of the very rare copper-gold telluride species Kostovite from its type locality of the

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Steverustite

$350

Frongoch Mine, Wales

An excellent and rich micromount of the very rare lead thiosulphate, Steverustite, from its type locality at

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Barytocalcite

$1,250

Nentsberry Haggs Mine, England

A very fine cabinet specimen of the rare barium-calcium carbonate, Barytocalcite, from Nentsberry Haggs mine

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Leiteite

$500

Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region (Otjikoto Region)

A very rich thumbnail specimen of the rare mineral Leiteite displaying the characteristic