United States
1568 Rosickýite, Unspecified offshore drill hole (Pacific Ocean), Ventura Co., California, USA
Tiny yellow crystals. Width of view 11.5mm. Stack of 35 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
1453 Gold, California, USA
11 well-formed gold crystals. Ex Hugh Ford. Ex Eugene Carmichael, number 1401.
1240 Cuprite, Copper Queen Mine (Halero Mine), Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Copper crystals showing dissolution features. Ex Arthur L Flagg Collection, 1937. Ex Trevor Boyd Collection.
1224 Gold, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Gold in matrix, 10x5mm. Ex Roland Fogg MM Collection, 1971. Ex Trevor Boyd Collection.
1219 Calcite, after Aragonite, Fort Collins area, Larimer Co., Colorado, USA
Pseudomorph. Labelled as calcite ps hanksite, Larimer Co., California. Described as rarely seen pseudomorph with label indication that it was in the American Museum Natural History and dated 12/11/78. Diameter is 2.5 cm. There are two issues with this. Firstly, it is calcite after aragonite. Secondly, Larimer Co. is in...
1221 Silver, McMillanville (McMillanville District), Globe Hills, Globe Hills District, Globe-Miami District, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
A dense aggregate of native silver wires, 9x6mm. Ex Roland Fogg MM Collection, 1967. Ex Trevor Boyd Collection.
1073 Chlorapatite, South Dakota, USA
ex H.Worner Collection #63
1061 Copper, Bisbee, Arizona
A mass of solid copper, whose crystallization is mostly crude. However a few distinct crystals reaching 1.1 cm are present. This specimen is almost completely free of green patina. Weighs 164 grams. 6.1×5.0x 3.3cm from the Walter G. Hubbard collection and Jim Parrish collection. They were rescued from an old...
1062 Copper, Bisbee, Warren District, Cochise County, Arizona
A mass of solid copper, whose crystallization is mostly crude. However a few distinct crystals reaching 1.1 cm are present. This specimen is almost completely free of green patina. Weighs 164 grams. 6.1×5.0x 3.3cm from the Walter G. Hubbard collection and Jim Parrish collection. They were rescued from an old...
1016 Gold, Second Broad river, Rutherford Co., North Carolina, USA
Four gold nuggets panned by Charles Willett in Second Broad River, Near Marion,, Rutherford Co., mounted on cork post (standard micromount support).
1013 Gold, Dahlonega, Lumpkin Co., Georgia, USA
Gold nugget panned by E Lee Wood. Mounted by Charles Willett on a cactus needle.
0806 Halotrichite, Flux Mine (Goshen Mine), Flux Gulch, Alum Gulch, Harshaw District, Patagonia Mts, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, USA
A vintage David Shannon (with label) thumbnail with a 32x22mm display face. It makes for a prize-worthy halotrichite thumbnail in its own right.
0803 Metatorbernite, Heulandite, Ray Mine, Scott Mountain area, Mineral Creek District (Ray District), Dripping Spring Mts, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Said to be uncommon at the Ray Mine, this metatorbernite is beautiful and hardly even looks hydrated enough to be metatorbernite. Perched upon a bed of clear white heulandite crystals, this all makes for a glorious micromount. It’s flat on the surface of a chunk of wood or cork resting...