2796 Iodargyrite, Capitana Mine, Copiapo Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Colourless crystals.
South America
2774 Caledonite, Quartz, Dos Adriana Mine, Zapallar district, Copiap¢ Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Typical blue crystals with cerussite(?) on quartz.
2775 Perroudite, Capitana Mine, Copiapo Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Red acicular crystals.
2754 Dioptase, Fluorapatite, Miraflores Mine, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapo Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Green sprays of dioptase with white apatite. This mine not mentioned in this district in Mindat (Jan 2015).
6041 Mimetite (Bellite), Diaboleite, Schwartzembergite, Gypsum, La Poderosa Mine, Caracoles, Antofagasta Region, Chile
Orange prismatic bellite, blue diaboleite, yellow schwartzembergite
6031 Studtite, Phosphuranylite, Saleeite, Almerindo mine, Linapolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Pale yellow fibres of studtite on matrix with bright yellow crusts made up of a mixture of phosphuranylite and saleeite. Studtite is a very unusual uranium species because it is the only known mineral that contains the peroxide radical (you only encounter this radical in the form of hydrogen peroxide...
6027 Gratonite, Excelsior Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Peru
Vintage micromount: A superb 4x3mm display face specimen of Gratonite from its type locality, Cerro do Pasco, Peru. It was once a duplicate in the collection (later bequeathed the Smithsonian) of the late Neal Yedlin. In 1975, the late Micromount Hall of Fame member Marcelle Weber acquired it as noted...
6023 Elbaite, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Dark pink crystal (rubellite). Ex Wright’s Rockshop. Chris Wright has since passed.
6016 Hureaulite, Cigana claim (Jocao claim), Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Pink crystals. Ex Hawthorneden thumbnail
6011 Rruffite, Jote Mine, Pampa Larga district, Tierra Amarilla, Copiapo Province, Atacama Region, Chile
Type locality. Sky blue crystals
6001 Pertlikite, Krausite, Coquimbite, Alcaparrosa Mine, Cerritos Bayos, Calama, Chile
Described as pertlikite-(Zn) as yellow cubes. Krausite as colourless or white prismatic crystals. Coquimbite as lilac crystals and matrix.
5294 Hematite, Payun volcano, Altiplano de Payun Matru, Mendoza, Argentina (pseudo after magnetite)
Purchased at my first Tucson show for $4.00.
Deaccessioned 5096 Magnetite, Totora, Potosi, Bolivia
Kerry Banks Collection
1229 Vauxite, Paravauxite, Siglo Veinte Mine (Siglo XX Mine; Llallagua Mine; Catavi), Llallagua, Rafael Bustillo Province (Bustillos Province), Potosi Department, Bolivia
Type Locality for both species. Light blue vauxite and aqua green paravauxite. Ex Trevor Boyd Collection.
1065 Beryl (Aquamarine), Mendes Pimentel, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Single pale greenish rounded thumbnail crystal. Acquired from Cyril Kovac at the 2013 Waverley Show.
0979 Emerald, Muzo Mine, Mun. de Muzo, Vasquez-Yacopi Mining District, Boyaca Department, Colombia
Trapiche emerald Type 2 star ~3mm across
0535 Chenevixite, Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, Chile
Listed as simply from Chile, but likely the famous Chuquicamata Mine. Rich with yellowish green chrystline material. Also has a few specks of dark green crystals.
0482 Quartz, Barite, Palomo Mine, Castrovirreyna Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
A quartz pseudomorph after barite. Purchased at the 2013 Ballarat Gem Show.
0351 Rodalquilarite, Poughite, Wendy open pit, Tambo Mine, El Indio deposit, Elqui Province, Coquimbo Region, Chile
Green crystals of rodalquilarite, partly encrusted with and embedded in crystalline yellow poughite
0345 Fluorapatite, Sapo mine, Ferruginha, Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Small dark green crystals
0328 Stanleyite, Minasragrite, Patronite, Ragra Mine (Minasragra), Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru
Capsule with small brown fragment composed of a blue stanleyite on gray mixture of minasragrite and patronite. Type locality for all three species.
0153 Platinum, Antioquia, Brazil
Multiple small nuggets on small (5mm) disk on balsa pedastal. Ex Delbert L. Oswald. Ex Carnegie Museum #12324. Note that Antioquia is in Colombia, nowhere near Brazil, and with no record of platinum.
0155 Platinum, Antioquia, Brazil
Multiple small nuggets on small (5mm) disk on balsa pedastal. Ex Delbert L. Oswald. Ex Carnegie Museum #12324. Note that Antioquia is in Colombia, nowhere near Brazil, and with no record of platinum.
2959 Dioptase, Malpaso Quarry, Cordoba, Argentina
Green dioptase crystals from the Malpaso Quarry (Esperanza Quarry), Dumesnil, Colón Department, Córdoba, Argentina.
6079 Edingtonite, Natrolite, Jacupiranga mine, Cajati, São Paulo, Brazil
Colourless edingtonite with white natrolite from the Jacupiranga mine, Cajati, São Paulo, Brazil.