Minerals for Sale
Mineral Matters Sales #53
Mineral Matters Sales #53 includes the following specimens (there are still a few unsold in the last listing):
SOLD MMS 53-1 Dioptase, Shattuckite, Quartz, Kakoveld, Namibia
MMS 53-2 Malachite, Meretrice Mine, Diahot, New Caledonia, France
SOLD MMS 53-3 Hydromagnesite, "Deweylite", I-278 Road Cut, Staten Island, New York, USA
MMS 53-4 Goethite, Siderite, Mascot Mine, Gorham, Coos Co., New Hampshire, USA
MMS 53-5 Wavellite, Moore's Hill, Mount Holly Springs, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania, USA
MMS 53-6 Wulfenite, Pyromorphite, Southwest Chester County Mine, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA
SOLD MMS 53-7 Quartz, Chamosite, Biggenden Mine, Mount Biggenden, North Burnett Region, Queensland
SOLD MMS 53-8 Fluorapatite, Stilpnomelane, Albite, Byssolite, Fort Lee, Bergen Co., New Jersey, USA
SOLD MMS 53-9 Bertrandite, Pit 1, Area 1, Martin Pocket of 27-10-2024, Emmons Pegmatite, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
MMS 53-10 Hemimorphite, Passaic Pit, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA
MMS 53-11 Quartz, Spring Street Outcrop, Staten Island, New York, USA
SOLD MMS 53-12 Panunzite, Trento, Pilcante, Italy
SOLD MMS 53-13 Bertrandite, Pit 1, Area 1, Martin Pocket of 27-10-2024, Emmons Pegmatite, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
SOLD MMS 53-14 Ferroactinolite, Goyomatsu Mine, Horakawa, Nara Prefecture, Japan
SOLD MMS 53-15 Fornacite, Wulfenite, Blue Bell Mine, Soda Mountains, Baker, San Bernadino Co., California, USA
MMS 53-16 Stilbite, Calcite, Snake Hill (Laurel Hill), Secaucus, New Jersey, USA
SOLD MMS 53-17 Ferroactinolite, Calcite, Goyomatsu Mine, Horakawa, Nara Prefecture, Japan
MMS 53-18 Lazulite, Siderite, Quartz, Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada
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Code: MMS 53-1 Dioptase, Shattuckite, Quartz, Kakoveld, Namibia
Status: SOLD
Price: $25
Description: Typical green dioptase with blue shattuckite and quartz. Specimen is mounted in a Perky box. Close up photo width is 9mm.
Below: Dioptase, Shattuckite, Quartz, Kakoveld, Namibia.
Code: MMS 53-2 Malachite, Meretrice Mine, Diahot, New Caledonia, France
Status: Available
Price: $6
Description: Green malachite from an unusual location. Specimen comes in a micro box. Close up photo width is 9mm.
Below: Malachite, Meretrice Mine, Diahot, New Caledonia, France.
Code: MMS 53-3 Hydromagnesite, "Deweylite", I-278 Road Cut, Staten Island, New York, USA
Status: SOLD
Price: $15
Description: See the description of deweylite in Mineral Matters #742. White silky hydromagnesite on brown deweylite. Specimen is permanently mounted in a micro box. Close up photo width is 9mm.
Below: Hydromagnesite, "Deweylite", I-278 Road Cut, Staten Island, New York, USA.
Code: MMS 53-4 Goethite, Siderite, Mascot Mine, Gorham, Coos Co., New Hampshire, USA
Status: Available
Price: $4
Description: Brown goethite on tan siderite rhombs. Collected by Alan Plante. Specimen is mounted in a micro box. Close up photo width is 9mm.
Below: Goethite, Siderite, Mascot Mine, Gorham, Coos Co., New Hampshire, USA.
Code: MMS 53-5 Wavellite, Moore's Hill, Mount Holly Springs, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Status: Available
Price: $8
Description: Well-terminated crystals of wavellite. Specimen is permanently mounted in a micro box. Close up photo width is 9mm.
Below: Wavellite, Moore's Hill, Mount Holly Springs, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania, USA.
Code: MMS 53-6 Wulfenite, Pyromorphite, Southwest Chester County Mine, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA
Status: Available
Price: $15
Description: A few orange wulfenite crystals with green pyromorphite. Specimen is permanently mounted in a micro box. Close up photo width is 9mm.
Below: Wulfenite, Pyromorphite, Southwest Chester County Mine, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, USA.
Code: MMS 53-7 Quartz, Chamosite, Biggenden Mine, Mount Biggenden, North Burnett Region, Queensland
Status: SOLD
Price: $6
Description: Quartz crystals with interesting surface textures on pseudohexagonal chamosite. Ex Margaret Brown Collection. Specimen is permanently mounted in a micro box. Close up photo width is 9mm.
Below: Quartz, Chamosite, Biggenden Mine, Mount Biggenden, North Burnett Region, Queensland.
Code: MMS 53-8 Fluorapatite, Stilpnomelane, Albite, Byssolite, Fort Lee, Bergen Co., New Jersey, USA
Status: SOLD
Price: $10
Description: A very busy specimen. Long crystals of colourless fluorapatite on white block albite, with brown mica-like stilpnomelane, and a small amount of fibrous white byssolite. Specimen is permanently mounted in a micro box. Close up photo width is 9mm.
Below: Fluorapatite, Stilpnomelane, Albite, Byssolite, Fort Lee, Bergen Co., New Jersey, USA.
Code: MMS 53-9 Bertrandite, Pit 1, Area 1, Martin Pocket of 27-10-2024, Emmons Pegmatite, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Status: SOLD
Price: $15
Description: Platy colourless crystals of bertrandite. Specimen comes in a micro box. Close up photo width is 9mm.
Below: Bertrandite, Pit 1, Area 1, Martin Pocket of 27-10-2024, Emmons Pegmatite, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA.
Code: MMS 53-10 Hemimorphite, Passaic Pit, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA
Status: Available
Price: $15
Description: Lovely sprays of well-terminated hemimorphite. Specimen is permanently mounted in a micro box. Close up photo width is 9mm.
Below: Hemimorphite, Passaic Pit, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, USA.
Code: MMS 53-11 Quartz, Spring Street Outcrop, Staten Island, New York, USA
Status: Available
Price: $8
Description: Greenish quartz crystals. The area is known for serpentine minerals, so possibly the source of the colour. Specimen is permanently mounted in a micro box. Close up photo width is 9mm.
Below: Quartz, Spring Street Outcrop, Staten Island, New York, USA.
Code: MMS 53-12 Panunzite, Trento, Pilcante, Italy
Status: SOLD
Price: $45
Description: A red arrow points to the panunzite. Ex Cureton Mineral Co. Specimen comes in a micro box. Close up photo width is 9mm.
Below: Panunzite, Trento, Pilcante, Italy.
Code: MMS 53-13 Bertrandite, Pit 1, Area 1, Martin Pocket of 27-10-2024, Emmons Pegmatite, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Status: SOLD
Price: $15
Description: Platy colourless crystals of bertrandite. Specimen comes in a micro box. Close up photo width is 9mm.
Below: Bertrandite, Pit 1, Area 1, Martin Pocket of 27-10-2024, Emmons Pegmatite, Uncle Tom Mountain, Greenwood, Oxford Co., Maine, USA.
Code: MMS 53-14 Ferroactinolite, Goyomatsu Mine, Horakawa, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Status: SOLD
Price: $10
Description: Bluish-green fibrous ferroactinolite. Specimen comes in a micro box. Close up photo width is 9mm.
Below: Ferroactinolite, Goyomatsu Mine, Horakawa, Nara Prefecture, Japan.
Code: MMS 53-15 Fornacite, Wulfenite, Blue Bell Mine, Soda Mountains, Baker, San Bernadino Co., California, USA
Status: SOLD
Price: $25
Description: Olive green fornacite with a little orange wulfenite. Specimen comes in a micro box. Close up photo width is 9mm.
Below: Fornacite, Wulfenite, Blue Bell Mine, Soda Mountains, Baker, San Bernadino Co., California, USA.
Code: MMS 53-16 Stilbite, Calcite, Snake Hill (Laurel Hill), Secaucus, New Jersey, USA
Status: Available
Price: $6
Description: Crystals of stilbite (likely stilbite-Ca) with complex terminations. The underlying calcite fluoresces pink under longwave. Se Mineral Matters #741 for information about the locality. Specimen is permanently mounted in a micro box. Close up photo width is 9mm.
Below: Stilbite, Calcite, Snake Hill (Laurel Hill), Secaucus, New Jersey, USA.
Code: MMS 53-17 Ferroactinolite, Calcite, Goyomatsu Mine, Horakawa, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Status: SOLD
Price: $10
Description: Bluish-green fibrous ferroactinolite. The underlying calcite fluoresces red under longwave. Specimen comes in a micro box. Close up photo width is 9mm.
Below: Ferroactinolite, Calcite, Goyomatsu Mine, Horakawa, Nara Prefecture, Japan.
Code: MMS 53-18 Lazulite, Siderite, Quartz, Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada
Status: Available
Price: $45
Description: Blue crystals of lazulite with some green zones, brown siderite and colourless quartz. This was labelled as Mont St Hilaire, but is clearly from Rapid Creek. Specimen is permanently mounted in a micro box. Close up photo width is 9mm.
Below: Lazulite, Siderite, Quartz, Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada.
