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      Calcite Point
      From Hunan, China. 7 1/2" long.
      $
      350.00    
      Spinel in Calcite Marble Matrix
      From Mogok,Burma. (Myanmar). 7" tall by 5" wide.
      $
      400.00    
      Banded Tiger Iron slab
      From Western Australia.8" wide by 4" tall. 1/4" thick.Jasper,Hematite and Golden Tiger eye.
      $
      72.00    
      Larimar (Pectolite)
      From Dominican Republic. This piece is cutting stock. I have polished this face.The Blue measures 3" across.
      $
      300.00    
      Arsenopyrite
      2.5 cm x 1.5 cm. From Llallagua ,      Potosi Dept. -
      Bolivia
      Old Scott Williams Tag.
      $
      95.00    
      Cassiterite
      6 ½” x 3 ½”. From Peng Wu Mine, Shicun Prov., China
      $
      900.00    
      Campo De Ceilo Meteorite slice
      3 1/2" x 3 1/2", 177 gr. From Gran Chaco Gualamba, Argentina
      $
      179.00    
       Sikhote-Alin  Meteorite
      9.1 gr. 1 1/4" x 7/8". From Sikhote-Alin Mountains in eastern Siberia.
      $
      20.50    
      Enargite with Pyrite
      4 cm x 2 cm. From Butte, Montana
      $
      32.00    
      Apophylllite on Prehnite
      4 cm x 4 cm. From Fairfax, Virginia
      $
      42.00    
      Quartz with Pyrite
      3 cm x 2.75 cm. From Butte, Montana
      $
      34.00    
      Topaz, Albite and Microcline
      2 1/4" x  2 1/4". Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
      $
      350.00    
      Oregon Opal Carving of Scorpians.
      4" x  1 1/2". From Opal Butte, Oregon.
      $
      450.00    
      Quartz after Malachite
      4 cm x 4 cm. Arizona ?
      $
      80.00    
      Cerrusite
      5 cm x 3 cm. From Tsumeb, Namibia

      $
      450.00    
      Heliodor, Golden Beryl
      2 1/2" long, 7/8" across. Southeastern Vietnam

      $
      1,600.00    
      Obsidian w Christobilite pockets
      4 " x 3 1/2". From Coso Hot Springs, Coso District (New Coso District), Inyo Co., California,
      $
      40.00    
      Fluorite
      7" x 6". From Jiangxi, Xinjiang,China.
      $
      160.00    
      Quartz and Calcite
      12" x 20".From Mahodari Quarry, Near Nasik,
      Maharashtra Prov.,  India

      $
      1,200.00    
      Stibnite
      6 1/2" long.From the Xikuangxian Mine, Lengshuijang, Hunan Province,
      China
      $
      90.00    
      Peacock Copper
      6 cm x 4 cm x 2.5 cm.
      From Goodsprings, Nevada
      $
      24.00    
      Adamite
      4 cm x 2 cm. Var. Cuprian. Level 5 Mina La Ojuela. Mapimi. Durango. Mexico
      $
      60.00    
      Cerrusite
      4 cm x 2 cm. Flux Mine (Goshen Mine), Flux Gulch, Alum Gulch, Harshaw District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA
      $
      105.00    
      Cerrusite
      3.5 cm x 4.5 cm. From Tsumeb, South Africa
      $
      100.00    
      Malachite brain
      5" across. Zaire.  28 ozs.
      $
      175.00    
      Appatite
      3 " across. Madagascar 1/4" thick slice.
      $
      98.00    
      Amazonite
      2 " across. Colorado
      $
      120.00    
      Lepidolite and Tourmaline
      From San Diego, Ca
      $
      650.00    
      Perovskite
      2 cm x 2 cm. From San Benito co. CA
      $
      35.00    
      Perovskite
      5 cm x 3 cm. From San Benito co. CA
      $
      85.00    
      Galena,Quartz, Chalcopyrite
      3 cm x 3 cm. Butte, Montana
      $
      45.00    
      Cerrusite
      3 cm x 2.5 cm. From Tsumeb, Africa
      $
      100.00    
      Garnet
      1.5 x 2.5  From Little Three Mine, Ramona, CA.  A San Diego garnet, most likely dating to the Louis Spalding Sr. era of mining when the best all came out of this small mine in remote San Diego County.
      $
      80.00    
      Grossular Garnet with Phenikite
      5 cm x 7 cm. From Brazil
      $
      60.00    
      Rose Quartz
      3.5 cm x2.5 cm. From San Diego County.
      $
      60.00    
      Gypsum
      4 cm x 2 cm. From Las Salinas De Paracas, Paracas Pisco, Peru
      $
      60.00    
       Fluorite on Quartz   
      Jiangxi Prov., China. Specimen 3  7/8" across.
      $
      145.00    
      Aquamarine, Beryl (polished Terminations)
      From Pakistan.4 " long,1 1/2" across.
      $
      194.00    








      Quartz and Feldspar
      From  ? 3.5 cm x 3 cm
      $
      25.00    
      Creedite
      Abasolo Mine, Navidad, Durango, Mexico
      sold
      $
      0.00    
      Malachite  after Azurite
      From Bisbee,Arizona. 1 1/4" across
      $
      45.00    
      Pyrite
      3 cm x 4 cm. Butte, Montana
      $
      36.00    
      Molybenum    
      8 cm x 6 cm. From Utah
      $
      45.00    
      Vivanite
      From Black Bird Mine, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA    ?
      $
      90.00    
      Fluorite
       4" x 3" From Mina Navidad, Mexico 
      $
      36.00    
      Halite
      It comes from the Detroit Salt Mine. It has been mined since the early 1920's and it lies directly below the city of Detroit,Michigan.2 3/4" across.
      $
      60.00    
      Azurite
      4" across. From Bisbee, Arizona
      $
      100.00    
      Appophlite and Stillbite
      From India. Overall specimen size 5" x 3".
      $
      185.00    
      Cuprite on Copper
      7 cm x 6 cm.From Arizona
      $
      85.00    
      Copper with Malachite
      8 cm x 6 cm. From Arizona, ?
      $
      125.00    
      Barite after Fluorite
      8 cm x 5 cm. From Namibia, South Africa
      $
      110.00    
      Flat Quartz Crystal with
      Montmorillonite
      10 cm x 7 cm. White Queen Mine, Pala, CA.
      $
      165.00    
      Copper
      16 cm x 14 cm.From Arizona
      $
      250.00    
      Anhydrite
      14 cm x 6 cm.From Mexico
      $
      135.00    
      Rose Quartz
      6 cm x 4 cm. From San Diego Co.
      $
      95.00    
      Black Tourmaline
      5 cm x 4 cm. From Black Hills , South Dakota
      $
      30.00    
      Azurite NSW Australia
      5.4 x 4.2 cm  From Great Cobar Mine, Cobar, N.S.W. Fine examples of azurite, native copper and, particularly, malachite were recovered during early mining of the deposits, notably at the Great Cobar and CSA mines. Recent studies of the new Cobar orebody have revealed an exotic assemblage of secondary lead and copper arsenates on which is superimposed a later malachite-azurite assemblage. This proably came out of the ground between 1930 - 1952.
      $
      175.00    
      Tourmaline
      This is a natural tricolor tourmaline crystal from Paprok, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan.  This crystal is dark green at the base which grades into a lighter green center section with a pink cap!  (The base may appear black in the photo, it just darker green at the base not black).  This type of tourmaline is often called watermelon, but this is not technically correct.  This crystal measures about 1 3/8" by 1 1/4" by 3/8".  This crystal has a very interesting, complex single termimation and is intact!  About 30% of this crystal is pink and 70% is green.  It is gemmy and has moderate clarity.
      $
      475.00    
      San Diego Watermelon (Bicolor) Tourmaline Crystal
      This is a natural bicolor tourmaline crystal from the Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California.  This type of tourmaline is often called watermelon, but this is not technically correct.  This crystal measures about 1 1/4" by 7/8" by 1/2". 19.4 gr. This crystal has a very interesting, complex  single termimation and is intact.  About 30% of this crystal is pink and 70% is green.  It is very gemmy and has moderate clarity.
      $
      595.00    
       Arizona Red Cloud Wulfenite
      This is a very nice large thumbnail sized specimen of wulfenite from the world famous Red Cloud Mine in the Trigo Mountains, La Paz County, Arizona.This specimen measures about 1 1/16" by 3/4" by 3/8" (including a bit of  attached matrix).  The color of this crystal is a vivid, gemmy red-orange  color!  This specimen is worthy of a mineral magazine cover!
      $
      250.00    
      Prehnite
      This is a 100% natural botryoidal crystal cluster of prehnite from the Kayes Region, Mali.  This specimen measures about 2 1/2" by 1 7/8" by 1 3/4".  This cluster has very nice minty green spheres!  This has beautiful color and is very translucent!  Prehnite usually forms by hydrothermal deposition in basaltic rocks.
      $
      0.00    
      Baker  Egg Ranch New Mexico Agate Geode
      This is a beautiful geode half filled with agate from the famous Baker Egg 
      Ranch, Carrizalillo District, Luna County, New Mexico.  This specimen measures about 3 x 2 3/4" x 1 3/4" inches or 75 x 70 x 45 mm and has a nice high luster polish on it!  This one even has a double pocket in it with brownish-red agate in one pocket and quartz in the other!
      $
      25.00    
      Phantom Quartz
      This is a nice polished smokey quartz crystal with several phantoms in it from 
      Brazil.  This crystal is a lovely smokey color and has two large, dark phantom 
      bands in it with several fainter phantoms in between!  This crystal measures about 1 3/4" x 1 1/4" x 1 1/8" or 44 x 31 x 28 mm.  This specimen weighs 66.5 grams or about 2 1/4 ounces.  This crystal is polished on all faces.
      $
      40.00    
      Amethyst over clear Quartz
      From Santa Nino Mine, Washington Camp, Santa Cruz Co, Arizona      4" x 2 1/2".  From the Herb and Mary Walters Collection.  
      $
      200.00    
      Ilvaite in Quartz
      3 cm x 4 cm  From Sovietsky #1 mine, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far eastern Russia. Purchased from Brad Van Scriver in1994.The First Sovietsky mine was opened in 1934 and closed in 1965.
      $
      125.00    
      Smoky Quartz, Microcline Feldspar
      This is a natural crystal cluster of smoky quartz, microcline feldspar and 
      albite feldspar from Papachacra, Belen Department, Catamarca, Argentina.   This specimen measures about 2 1/2" by 2" by 1 3/4".  The smoky quartz  crystal is nicely perched on the microcline and albite along with a smaller  smoky crystal! All the crystals are in good condition.  The microcline does  show some natural surface etching.  Please note:  The color of the feldspars may  vary on different computers.  This was shot on different colored backgrounds so  you can get a better idea of the color.
      $
      80.00    
      Amethyst  Scepter
      3 1/2" x 3 1/2"
      $
      200.00    
      Amethyst with Hematite
      3" x 3".  From Four Peaks, Maricopa co, Arizona.  From the Herb and Mary Walters Collection.
      $
      250.00    
      Quartz with iron oxide coating
      From Santa Euklia, Mexico  
      2" x 2 1/2"  From the Herb and Mary Walters Collection.1956
      $
      140.00    
      Double terminated intersecting Quartz w a few Rutile on surface
      8" x 6"  From Rhodesia, Africa (Zimbabwe)
      Bancroft to  the Herb and Mary Walters Collection.1964   
      $
      460.00    
      Scapolite
      1" long  From Lapis Valley, Afghanistan              
      $
      145.00    
      Quartz Caverous Multiple Crystal
      10" long   From Porretto, Bologna, Italy
      From the Herb and Mary Walters Collection.
      $
      1,500.00    
       Quartz w Tourmaline inclusions  
      16 cm x 10 cm  From Lyon co., Nevada
      From the Herb and Mary Walters Collection.
      $
      300.00    
      Quartz  (broken & rehealed) Crystal
       4 1/2" Tall  From Sichuan Province, China
      From the Herb and Mary Walters Collection.
      $
      85.00    
      Quartz , Smokey Faden from Minas Geraes, Brazil
      3 3/4" across. From the Herb and Mary Walters Collection.
      $
      200.00    
      Quartz Crystal Group with Wulframite 
      6 1/2" x 3 1/2"  from Beira Beixa Province,
      (Panesquiera), Portugal.From the Herb and Mary Walters Collection, purchased 1970
      $
      300.00    
      Quartz  , Pyrite & Cosalite inclusions 
      3 1/2" tall  From Kara-Oba, Dzezkazgan,
      Oblast, Kazakhstan Republic
      From the Herb and Mary Walters Collection.
      $
      175.00    
      Large Pink Etched Xl of Montmorillonite
      16" x 7"  , White Queen Mine, Pala, CA  
      Dawsons to the Herb and Mary Walters Collection. Purchased 1959
      $
      400.00    
      Quartz   Beta-Quartz Crystal   
      4 cm x 3 cm   From Dalnegorsk, Russia
      From the Herb and Mary Walters Collection.
      $
      180.00    
      Multiple Double Termanated Quartz  
      3'' across From Val D'illiez Valis (Wallis) ,Switzerland
      From the Herb and Mary Walters Collection.
      $
      350.00    
       Quartz with Light Smokey  Phantoms
      8 cm x 5 cm From Crystal Park ,Montana  
      Purchased from P Walker 1953 to the Herb and Mary Walters Collection.
      $
      50.00    
      Smokey Quartz
      13 cm x 9 cm   From Puj Va, Jamgorodola, Ural Mtns, Russia
      From the Herb and Mary Walters Collection.
      $
      225.00    
      Quartz var. Smokey grouping
      12 cm x 14 cm  From Conselhiera Pena, Minas Gerias, Brazil
       Purchased from M. Tovar 1993 to the Herb and Mary Walters Collection.
      $
      150.00    
      Amethyst
      8 cm x 7 cm  From Red Feather Lakes,  Larime co., Colorado
      Purchased from Bob Roots 1951 to  the Herb and Mary Walters Collection.
      $
      90.00    
      Quartz var., Amethyst over Smokey
      19 cm x 14 cm From Kyongsang Namado, South Korea.
      From the Herb and Mary Walters Collection.
      $
      1,000.00    
      Phantom Quartz w/ Actinolite inclusions
      From Puj Va , Samgorodah, Ural, Russia.
      6 3/4" x 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches.
      $
      1,500.00    
      Smokey Quartz with Amethyst
      7.5 cm x 9 cm From Jefferson Co.,Tiffany mine, Montana
      From the Herb and Mary Walters Collection.
      $
      250.00    
      Agate after Gypsum
      5 cm x 5 cm  From Cisco, Utah
      From the Herb and Mary Walters Collection.
      $
      45.00    
      Fluorite Octahedrals
      small.$8.00,med $12.00,large $16.00
      $
      0.00    
      Black Tourmaline
      Black Tourmaline (schorl) is a mineral that is a complex borosilicate and hydroxide of aluminum containing iron and magnesium and calcium and lithium and sodium; it is usually black but occurs in transparent colored forms that are used as gemstones.
      $
      20.00    
      Septarian Nodule
      Septarians formed between 50 to 70 million years ago. As a result of volcanic eruptions, dead sea life was chemically attracted to the sediment around them, forming mud balls. As the ocean receded, the balls dried and cracked. Due to their bentonite content they also shrank in size, creating the cracks inside. As decomposed shells seeped down into the cracks in the mud balls, calcite crystals formed. The outer thin walls of calcite then transformed into aragonite. The name Septarian comes from the Latin word "septem", meaning seven, because the mud balls had a tendency to crack in 7 points in every direction, thereby creating the distinctive pattern these nodules exhibit. Septarians are composed of Calcite (The Yellow Centers), Aragonite (The Brown Lines), and the outer grey rock is Limestone.

      $
      30.00    
      Various Gem Bottles    
      $5.00 to $20.00
      $
      0.00