Mineral Matters Sales #54 includes the following specimens previously unsold (16 are free! Refer to the original listings for photos):
SOLD MMS 39-18 Tetrahedrite, Großkogel, St Gertraudi, Brixlegg, Kufstein District, Tyrol, Austria - Now Free
MMS 44-11 Unidentified Copper Selenide, El Dragon Mine, Bolivia - Now $15.00 (Was $30.00)
SOLD MMS 44-18 Phillipsite, La Palma, Canary Islands - Now Free (Was $1.00)
SOLD MMS 44-19 Muscovite, Kleiner Mörchner, Mayrhofen, Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria - Now Free
SOLD MMS 44-8 Beudantite, Tsumeb, Namibia - Now Free (Was $1.00)
SOLD MMS 44-9 Beudantite, Tsumeb, Namibia - Now Free (Was $1.00)
MMS 45-10 Mimetite, Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK - Now $12.50 (Was $25.00)
SOLD MMS 45-11 Wollastonite, Usakos wollastonite mine, Usakos, Karibib Constituency, Erongo Region, Namibia - Now Free (Was $2.00)
SOLD MMS 45-12 Sanidine, Tridymite, Titanite, Pyroxene, Wingertsberg, Mendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany - Now Free (Was $2.00)
SOLD MMS 45-20 Sphalerite, Dolomite, Pyrite, Phlogopite, Lengenbach Quarry, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland - Now Free
MMS 46-12 Goethite after Marcasite, Adamsfield, Tasmania - Now $2.00 (Was $5.00)
SOLD MMS 46-13 Siderite, Quartz, Glückauf Mine, Hütschen valley, Harz, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany - Now Free
MMS 46-9 Calcite, Ardglen, New South Wales - Now $15.00 (Was $30.00)
MMS 47-14 Metacinnabar, Cinnabar, Siderite, Styrian Erzberg, Eisenerz, Leoben District, Styria, Austria - Now $3.00 (Was $7.00)
SOLD MMS 47-19 Azurite, Adamite, Malachite, Jean Baptiste Mine, Kamariza Mines (Kamareza Mines), Agios Konstantinos (Kamariza), Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece - Now $5.00 (Was $10.00)
SOLD MMS 47-4 Pyrolusite, Orno Mount Mine, Vignola-Falesina, Trento Province (Trentino), Trentino-Alto Adige (Trentino-South Tyrol), Italy - Now Free (Was $1.00)
MMS 47-7 Marcasite, Quartz, Rohdenhaus Quarry (incl. Krieger Quarry), Rohdenhaus, Wülfrath, Mettmann, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany - Now $2.00 (Was $5.00)
SOLD MMS 47-8 Magnetite, Stubach valley, Zell am See district, Salzburg, Austria - Now Free
SOLD MMS 48-10 Calcite, Tsumeb, Namibia - Now Free (Was $1.00)
SOLD MMS 48-14 Titanite, Kramer Borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California, USA - Now $7.50 (Was $15.00)
SOLD MMS 48-6 Zircon, Mont St Hilaire, Canada - Now $15.00 (Was $30.00)
SOLD MMS 48-8 Smithsonite, Lead mines, Obernberg am Brenner, Innsbruck-Land District, Tyrol, Austria - Now Free (Was $1.00)
MMS 49-12 Smoky Quartz, Topaz, Skardu, Pakistan - Now $15.00 (Was $30.00)
SOLD MMS 49-13 Pyromorphite, Szűzvár Mill, Pátka, Székesfehérvár District, Fejér County, Hungary - Now Free
MMS 49-14 Rhönite, Hematite, Amphibole (Kaersutite?), Sodalite?, Nickenicher Sattel, Nickenich, Pellenz, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany - Now $5.00 (Was $10.00)
MMS 49-17 Pseudomalachite, Silberbrünnle Mine, Gengenbach, Gengenbach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany - Now $2.00 (Was $5.00)
MMS 49-2 Sanidine, Pseudobrookite, Wannenköpfe Quarry, Ochtendung, Maifeld, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany - Now $3.00 (Was $6.00)
MMS 49-5 Quartz, Baluchistan, Pakistan - Now $5.00 (Was $10.00)
MMS 49-8 Calcite, Red Dome Mine, Chillagoe, Queensland - Now $7.00 (Was $15.00)
MMS 51-11 Pyromorphite, Black Star Open Cut, Mount Isa, Queensland - Now $7.50 (Was $15.00)
MMS 51-4 Anglesite on Cerussite, Blackwood Open Cut, MMM Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales - Now $22.50 (Was $45.00)
SOLD MMS 51-8 Erythrite, Mansfieldite, Heterogenite, Mount Cobalt Mine, Selwyn District, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland - Now $15.00 (Was $30.00)
MMS 52-1 Malachite after Azurite, Chrysocolla, Whim Creek, Western Australia - Now $17.50 (Was $35.00)
MMS 52-10 Topaz, Wannenköpfe Quarry, Ochtendung, Maifeld, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany - Now $4.00 (Was $8.00)
MMS 52-3 Stannite, Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Muscovite, Yaogangxian Mine, Yaogangxian W-Sn ore field, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China - Now $60.00 (Was $120.00)
MMS 52-6 Mimetite, Dry Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK - Now $5.00 (Was $10.00)
SOLD MMS 52-8 Rutile, Dolomite, Grimsel area, Bern, Switzerland - Now Free (Was $4.00)
MMS 53-10 Hemimorphite, Passaic Pit, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA - Now $7.50 (Was $15.00)
MMS 53-11 Quartz, Spring Street Outcrop, Staten Island, New York, USA - Now $4.00 (Was $8.00)
MMS 53-16 Stilbite, Calcite, Snake Hill (Laurel Hill), Secaucus, New Jersey, USA - Now $3.00 (Was $6.00)
MMS 53-18 Lazulite, Siderite, Quartz, Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada - Now $22.50 (Was $45.00)
SOLD MMS 53-2 Malachite, Meretrice Mine, Diahot, New Caledonia, France - Now $3.00 (Was $6.00)
SOLD MMS 53-4 Goethite, Siderite, Mascot Mine, Gorham, Coos Co., New Hampshire, USA - Now Free (Was $4.00)
MMS 53-5 Wavellite, Moore's Hill, Mount Holly Springs, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania, USA - Now $4.00 (Was $8.00)
MMS 53-6 Wulfenite, Pyromorphite, Southwest Chester County Mine, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA - Now $7.50 (Was $15.00)
Mineral Matters Sales #54 includes the following new specimens:
SOLD MMS 54-1 Serpierite, Glücksrad Mine, Oberschulenberg, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
MMS 54-2 Cerussite, Pyromorphite, Bastenberg Mine, Ramsbeck, Bestwig, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
MMS 54-3 Prehnite, Prehnitinsel, Kratzenberg, Bramberg am Wildkogel, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
SOLD MMS 54-4 Pyrite, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
SOLD MMS 54-5 Tellurite, Tellurium, Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
SOLD MMS 54-6 Hübnerite, American Tunnel Mine, Sunnyside Mine group, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
SOLD MMS 54-7 Melanotekite, Långban Mine, Långban Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
SOLD MMS 54-8 Minium, Wulfenite, Mimetite, Anarak District, Nain County, Isfahan Province, Iran
SOLD MMS 54-9 Hyalite Opal, Zinster Kuppe, Kulmain, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
MMS 54-10 Natrolite, Großer Teichelberg (Teichelberg; Teichlberg), Pechbrunn, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
MMS 54-11 Chalcedony, Siderite, Hüttenberg, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
MMS 54-12 Serpierite, Friedrichssegen Mine, Friedrichssegen, Lahnstein, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
SOLD MMS 54-13 Siderite, Hüttenberg, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
MMS 54-14 Olivenite, Cornwallite, Tennantite?, Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
SOLD MMS 54-15 Malachite, Letmathe, Iserlohn, Märkischer Kreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
MMS 54-16 Analcime, East Fork Gila River, Alum Mountain Mining District (Alum Mining District), Grant County, New Mexico, USA
SOLD MMS 54-17 Ilmenorutile, Luftenberg quarries, Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
MMS 54-18 Aurichalcite, Westenfeld ber Sundern, Saurland, Germany
SOLD MMS 54-19 Zeunerite, Schmiedestollen dump, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Rottweil, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
MMS 54-20 Ankerite, Schmitt dolomite quarry, Altenmittlau, Freigericht, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
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Code: MMS 54-1 Serpierite, Glücksrad Mine, Oberschulenberg, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany
Status: SOLD
Price: $12
Description: Pale blue serpierite with green brochantite, and blue langite(?) from a mine abandoned in 1931. Specimen comes is a micro box. Closeup photo width 10.5mm.
Below: Serpierite, Glücksrad Mine, Oberschulenberg, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany.
Code: MMS 54-2 Cerussite, Pyromorphite, Bastenberg Mine, Ramsbeck, Bestwig, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Status: Available
Price: $1
Description: Tiny crystals in cavity just below left of the centre in the photo. Specimen comes is a micro box.
Below: Cerussite, Pyromorphite, Bastenberg Mine, Ramsbeck, Bestwig, Hochsauerlandkreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Code: MMS 54-3 Prehnite, Prehnitinsel, Kratzenberg, Bramberg am Wildkogel, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Status: Available
Price: $5
Description: Nicely crystallised prehnite plate. Specimen comes is a micro box.
Below: Prehnite, Prehnitinsel, Kratzenberg, Bramberg am Wildkogel, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria.
Code: MMS 54-4 Pyrite, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy
Status: SOLD
Price: $4
Description: Pyritohedral crystals of pyrite from a famous locality. Specimen comes is a micro box.
Below: Pyrite, Elba Island, Livorno Province, Tuscany, Italy.
Code: MMS 54-5 Tellurite, Tellurium, Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico
Status: SOLD
Price: $4
Description: Silvery tellurium and yellow tellurite. Specimen comes is a micro box.
Below: Tellurite, Tellurium, Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico.
Code: MMS 54-6 Hübnerite, American Tunnel Mine, Sunnyside Mine group, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA
Status: SOLD
Price: $4
Description: Tiny reddish thin bladed hübnerite crystals. Specimen comes is a micro box.
Below: Hübnerite, American Tunnel Mine, Sunnyside Mine group, Bonita Peak, Gladstone, Eureka Mining District, San Juan County, Colorado, USA.
Code: MMS 54-7 Melanotekite, Långban Mine, Långban Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden
Status: SOLD
Price: $10
Description: Black metallic crystals in a mica matrix. Specimen comes is a micro box. Type Locality.
Below: Melanotekite, Långban Mine, Långban Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden.
Code: MMS 54-8 Minium, Wulfenite, Mimetite, Anarak District, Nain County, Isfahan Province, Iran
Status: SOLD
Price: $10
Description: Orange and yellow plates of wulfenite with yellow-orange hexagonal crystals of mimetite with patches of red minium (on label as “mennige”). Specimen comes is a micro box.
Below: Minium, Wulfenite, Mimetite, Anarak District, Nain County, Isfahan Province, Iran.
Code: MMS 54-9 Hyalite Opal, Zinster Kuppe, Kulmain, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Status: SOLD
Price: $5
Description: Bubbly hyalite opal (opal-AN). Specimen comes is a micro box.
Below: Hyalite Opal, Zinster Kuppe, Kulmain, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany.
Code: MMS 54-10 Natrolite, Großer Teichelberg (Teichelberg; Teichlberg), Pechbrunn, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany
Status: Available
Price: $5
Description: White prismatic crystals. Specimen comes is a micro box.
Below: Natrolite, Großer Teichelberg (Teichelberg; Teichlberg), Pechbrunn, Tirschenreuth District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany.
Code: MMS 54-11 Chalcedony, Siderite, Hüttenberg, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
Status: Available
Price: $4
Description: Botryoidal chalcedony covering siderite. Specimen comes is a micro box.
Below: Chalcedony, Siderite, Hüttenberg, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria.
Code: MMS 54-12 Serpierite, Friedrichssegen Mine, Friedrichssegen, Lahnstein, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Status: Available
Price: $6
Description: Pale blue thin bladed radiating crystals of serpierite, with minor green brochantite. Specimen comes is a micro box.
Below: Serpierite, Friedrichssegen Mine, Friedrichssegen, Lahnstein, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
Code: MMS 54-13 Siderite, Hüttenberg, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria
Status: SOLD
Price: Free
Description: Brown crystals of siderite. Locality piece. Specimen comes is a micro box.
Below: Siderite, Hüttenberg, Sankt Veit an der Glan District, Carinthia, Austria.
Code: MMS 54-14 Olivenite, Cornwallite, Tennantite, Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Status: Available
Price: $15
Description: Prismatic olive-green olivenite with blue-green crystalline balls of cornwallite. Black tennantite crystals behind, one with a different unknown blue mineral attached. Specimen comes is a micro box. Closeup photo width 14mm.
Below: Olivenite, Cornwallite, Tennantite, Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Code: MMS 54-15 Malachite, Letmathe, Iserlohn, Märkischer Kreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Status: SOLD
Price: Free
Description: Green malachite sprays. Locality piece. Specimen comes is a micro box.
Below: Malachite, Letmathe, Iserlohn, Märkischer Kreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Code: MMS 54-16 Analcime, East Fork Gila River, Alum Mountain Mining District (Alum Mining District), Grant County, New Mexico, USA
Status: Available
Price: $4
Description: Colourless crystals of analcime. Specimen comes is a micro box.
Below: Analcime, East Fork Gila River, Alum Mountain Mining District (Alum Mining District), Grant County, New Mexico, USA.
Code: MMS 54-17 Ilmenorutile, Luftenberg quarries, Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria
Status: SOLD
Price: $4
Description: A niobium-bearing variety of rutile. Specimen comes is a micro box.
Below: Ilmenorutile, Luftenberg quarries, Luftenberg an der Donau, Perg District, Upper Austria, Austria.
Code: MMS 54-18 Aurichalcite, Westenfeld ber Sundern, Saurland, Germany
Status: Available
Price: $8
Description: Sprays of pale blue aurichalcite. Specimen comes is a micro box.
Below: Aurichalcite, Westenfeld ber Sundern, Saurland, Germany.
Code: MMS 54-19 Zeunerite, Schmiedestollen dump, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Rottweil, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Status: SOLD
Price: $2
Description: Tiny pale yellowish-green tabular crystals (towards the top of the specimen in the photo). Specimen comes is a micro box.
Below: Zeunerite, Schmiedestollen dump, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Rottweil, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Code: MMS 54-20 Ankerite, Schmitt dolomite quarry, Altenmittlau, Freigericht, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
Status: Available
Price: $1
Description: Although labelled as ankerite, this could be dolomite (ankerite is not listed in Mindat). It would probably need to be analysed. Specimen comes is a micro box.
Below: Ankerite, Schmitt dolomite quarry, Altenmittlau, Freigericht, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany.