Closed Out Minerals for Sale

Mineral Matters Sales #48

Steve Sorrell

Apr 23, 2025

There are still some items available from Mineral Matters Sales #47.

Mineral Matters Sales #48 includes the following specimens:

SOLD MMS 48-1 Copper in Basalt, Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA
SOLD MMS 48-2 Jarosite, Hurum, Asker, Akershus, Norway
SOLD MMS 48-3 Halite, Heringen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany
MMS 48-4 Barite, Quartz, Goethite, Hematite, Atlas Mountains, Morocco
SOLD MMS 48-5 Cylindrite, Poopó, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia
MMS 48-6 Zircon, Mont St Hilaire, Canada
SOLD MMS 48-7 Jeremejevite, Tourmaline, Mile 72, Cape Cross area, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia
MMS 48-8 Smithsonite, Lead mines, Obernberg am Brenner, Innsbruck-Land District, Tyrol, Austria
SOLD MMS 48-9 Wad, Limberg Quarries, Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl, Emmendingen, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
MMS 48-10 Calcite, Tsumeb, Namibia
SOLD MMS 48-11 Scheelite, Comstock Lode Mine (Cohen Mine), Teviston Mining District, Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA
SOLD MMS 48-12 Hemimorphite, Glücksrad Mine, Oberschulenberg, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
MMS 48-13 Mimetite, Clara Mine, Wolfach, Germany
MMS 48-14 Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA
SOLD MMS 48-15 Beraunite, Hagendorf, Germany
MMS 48-16 Gypsum, Amelal, Morocco
SOLD MMS 48-17 Calcite, Kyogle, New South Wales
SOLD MMS 48-18 Stichtite, Aragonite, Nevada Creek, Tasmania
MMS 48-19 Hematite, Leadville, New South Wales
SOLD MMS 48-20 Copper, Girilambone, New South Wales

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Code: MMS 48-1 Copper in Basalt, Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA

Status: SOLD

Price: $120

Description: A specimen of basalt with lots of native copper included. One face has been coated to stop the copper from tarnishing. Specimen measures 85x50x26mm.

Below: Copper in Basalt, Caledonia Mine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA.

Code: MMS 48-2 Jarosite, Hurum, Asker, Akershus, Norway

Status: SOLD

Price: $1

Description: Brown jarosite crystals on matrix. Specimen comes in a micro box. Closeup photo width 3mm.

Below: Jarosite, Hurum, Asker, Akershus, Norway.

Code: MMS MMS 48-3 Halite, Heringen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany

Status: SOLD

Price: $5

Description: A cube of halite without matrix. It fluoresces orang-red under shortwave UV. Specimen comes in a micro box.

Below: Halite, Heringen, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Kassel Region, Hesse, Germany.

Code: MMS 48-4 Barite, Quartz, Goethite, Hematite, Atlas Mountains, Morocco

Status: Available

Price: $80

Description: Needle-like sprays of goethite and black discs of hematite in colourless quartz and colourless barite. The inclusions appear in both. Ex Dan Weinrich. Specimen measures 55x55x48mm. Closeup photo width 6mm.

Below: Barite, Quartz, Goethite, Hematite, Atlas Mountains, Morocco.

Code: MMS 48-5 Cylindrite, Poopó, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia

Status: SOLD

Price: $15

Description: Tubular crystals of cylindrite making up most of the specimen. Specimen comes in a micro box. Closeup photo width 6mm.

Below: Cylindrite, Poopó, Poopó Province, Oruro, Bolivia.

Code: MMS 48-6 Zircon, Mont St Hilaire, Canada

Status: Available

Price: $65

Description: A brown zircon that fluoresces yellow, but not strongly. Ex Ernie Schlichter, Massachusetts (The Show Case). Specimen measures 44x35x22mm. Closeup photo width 9mm.

Below: Zircon, Mont St Hilaire, Canada.

Code: MMS 48-7 Jeremejevite, Tourmaline, Mile 72, Cape Cross area, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia

Status: SOLD

Price: $10

Description: A pale blue prismatic jeremejevite crystal (first photo) and a coloured tourmaline group, exact species not known (second photo). The tourmalines fluor-schorl, schorl and foitite are listed at this locality. Specimen comes in a micro box. Closeup photo width 6mm.

Below: Jeremejevite, Tourmaline, Mile 72, Cape Cross area, Arandis Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia.

Code: MMS 48-8 Smithsonite, Lead mines, Obernberg am Brenner, Innsbruck-Land District, Tyrol, Austria

Status: Available

Price: $5

Description: Yellow globular smithsonite in a small vugh. Some tiny pyritohedral pyrite crystals also present as can be seen in the closeup photo. Specimen comes in a micro box. Closeup photo width 6mm.

Below: Smithsonite, Lead mines, Obernberg am Brenner, Innsbruck-Land District, Tyrol, Austria.

Code: MMS 48-9 Wad, Limberg Quarries, Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl, Emmendingen, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Status: SOLD

Price: $4

Description: Wad is a term applied to grey or black, often manganese, oxides or hydroxides. Here it occurs as dendrites coated with perhaps a silica mineral. Specimen comes in a micro box. Closeup photo width 6mm.

Below: Wad, Limberg Quarries, Sasbach am Kaiserstuhl, Emmendingen, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Code: MMS 48-10 Calcite, Tsumeb, Namibia

Status: Available

Price: $4

Description: Orange rhombohedral calcite crystals with specks of a sulphide. Specimen comes in a micro box. Closeup photo width 6mm.

Below: Calcite, Tsumeb, Namibia.

Code: MMS 48-11 Scheelite, Comstock Lode Mine (Cohen Mine), Teviston Mining District, Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA

Status: SOLD

Price: $80

Description: Orange-brown scheelite crystals that fluoresce yellow under all wavelengths. The fluorescent response of the matrix is interesting (partially fluorite). Ex Shaffer Minerals. Specimen measures 35x28x25mm.

Below: Scheelite, Comstock Lode Mine (Cohen Mine), Teviston Mining District, Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA.

Code: MMS 48-12 Hemimorphite, Glücksrad Mine, Oberschulenberg, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany

Status: SOLD

Price: $6

Description: Hemimorphite stalactites. Specimen comes in a micro box. Closeup photo width 6mm.

Below: Hemimorphite, Glücksrad Mine, Oberschulenberg, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany.

Code: MMS 48-13 Mimetite, Clara Mine, Wolfach, Germany

Status: Available

Price: $6

Description: Lustrous greenish-yellow prismatic crystals of mimetite from this famous locality. Specimen comes in a micro box. Closeup photo width 3mm.

Below: Mimetite, Clara Mine, Wolfach, Germany.

Code: MMS 48-14 Titanite, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA

Status: Available

Price: $30

Description: An opaque yellow titanite crystal in granite. Much of the matrix fluoresces red under shortwave UV (likely albite). Red arrows on second photo show where the titanite crystal is. Ex Dawn and Jim Minette. Specimen measures 48x35x28mm. Closeup photo width 9mm.

Below: Titanite, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA.

Code: MMS 48-15 Beraunite, Hagendorf, Germany

Status: SOLD

Price: $8

Description: Green beraunite on a darker mineral. Specimen comes in a micro box. Closeup photo width 6mm.

Below: Beraunite, Hagendorf, Germany.

Code: MMS 48-16 Gypsum, Amelal, Morocco

Status: Available

Price: $35

Description: A gypsum sand rose. Specimen measures 68x66x60mm.

Below: Gypsum, Amelal, Morocco. Two views of the same specimen.

Code: MMS 48-17 Calcite, Kyogle, New South Wales

Status: SOLD

Price: $10

Description: A classic crystalline ball from this old locality. Collected in the early 1980s. Specimen comes in a micro box.

Below: Calcite, Kyogle, New South Wales.

Code: MMS 48-18 Stichtite, Aragonite, Nevada Creek, Tasmania

Status: SOLD

Price: $4

Description: Purple stichtite with colourless aragonite and translucent green serpentine. There are some unidentified dendrites too. Specimen comes in a micro box. Closeup photo width 6mm.

Below: Stichtite, Aragonite, Nevada Creek, Tasmania.