7099 Ardaite, Galena, Gruvasen mines, Persberg district, Filipstad, Varmland, Sweden
ex Joan Lamond Collection
Europe
7076 Wellsite, Hrubsice, Oslavany, Brno-Country District, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic
Wellsite was discredited in 1997 – it is either barian Phillipsite-Ca or calcian Harmotome. ex Joan Lamond Collection
7083 Cuprite, Nasbinals, Lozere, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Chalcotrichite. ex Joan Lamond Collection
7087 Uranopilite, Morran, Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7163 Analcime, Calcite, Road Cut SW, Avhellero (Avdhellero), Larnaca District (Larnaka District; İskele District), Cyprus
ex Joan Lamond Collection. Specimen acquired from Dutch collector, hence Oost Troodos.
20006 Azurite, Moldova Nou? (Neumoldowa), Moldova Nou?-Sasca Cu-Mo ore field, Banat Mts, Cara?-Severin Co., Romania
Labelled simply as Moldowa, Bannat. Very similar to Mindat photo 459649. Ex Dr A. Kranz in Bonn, number 35470. Ex Michigan Mining School Collection, number 35470 crossed out, new number 6033. Ex Michigan College of Mines Collection, number 6033. Ex A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum Collection, number DM14252. Ex Eugene Carmichael...
20001 Elbaite, Malkhan pegmatite field (Malchan; Malechansk), Krasnyi Chikoy, Chitinskaya Oblast’, Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
A single rubellite crystal, typical pink, 25x5x5mm.
10066 Calcite, Pau, Pyrenees-Atlantiques, Aquitaine, France
Colourless calcite crystals. Won at Tucson Show Dinner Auction (first Tucson trip). Priced at $220.
10046 Quartz, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal’negorsk (Dalnegorsk; Tetyukhe; Tjetjuche; Tetjuche), Kavalerovo Mining District, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
The Rocket. Group of beta-quartz like crystals that looks like a rocket ready for lift-off.
10014 Valentinite, Galena, Pribram, Central Bohemia Region, Bohemia (Bohmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic
Orange-stained platey crystals of valentinte with other species on matrix. Ex New York State Museum, number 3463-1. Ex Kunz Collection, number 216.1 (written in red on specimen). Back of one label says prepared by Dr T Egleston, School of Mines, N.Y. (this label very fragile and in pieces). Ex Eugene...
10016 Nickelbischofite, Annaberg, Annaberg-Buchholz, Annaberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
From a rare species collection
7170 Celestine, Calcite, Ratum Quarry, Vosseveld, Winterswijk, Gelderland, Netherlands
ex Joan Lamond Collection.
7173 Mullite, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection.
7155 Cristobalite, Caspar quarry, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection. White crystals. Other species present but not identified (tridymite?, enstatite?, phlogopite?).
7157 JL2824 Hemimorphite, San Benedetto Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7106 Fluorapophyllite-(K), Thaumasite, Zeilberg Quarry, Maroldsweisach, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7109 Unnamed (Gordaite-related Ca-Zn Sulphate Chloride Hydrate), Gypsum, Herzog Julius smelter slag locality, Astfeld, Goslar, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
Namuwite erroneously reported according to Mindat (Uwe Kolitsch, 2012). It is actually Unnamed (Gordaite-related Ca-Zn Sulphate Chloride Hydrate). ex Joan Lamond Collection
7113 Cafarsite, Wanni glacier – Scherbadung area (Monte Cervandone), Kriegalp Valley (Chriegalp Valley), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland
Type Locality. ex Joan Lamond Collection
7089 Magnetite, Fornovo Val di Taro, Taro Valley, Parma Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7091 Andradite, Rothenberg, Bell, Mendig, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7102 Tridymite, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection
10059 Sphalerite, Galena, Quartz, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Sharp crystals of sphalerite and galena. Purchased at Keystone, priced at $24.
10065 Fluorapatite, Quartz, Tourmaline, Pyrite, Panasqueira Mine – Couto Mineiro da Panasqueira, Panasqueira, Covilha, Castelo Branco District, Portugal
Purple hexagonal apatite crystals on a pale smoky quartz with tourmaline inclusions and minor pyrite.
10012 Quartz, Barite, Hungary
Quartz pseudomorph after barite. Ex Brother Juan Salvador, FMS, a volunteer at the AMNH in the 1880s. His card apparently read One of the great treasures of my collection, 16/7/1884. Ex American Museum of Natural History. Ex British Museum Collection, number 68. Ex Eugene Carmichael Collection, number 266. Specimen has...
10013 Calcite, Millerite, Hematite, St Andreasberg, St Andreasberg District, Harz, Lower Saxony, Germany
Flat topped colourless prisms of calcite on matrix. The underside has acicular millerite (rare at this location) and hematite. Ex Aug Kranz hand-written label carbonate of lime. Ex A. Kranz in Bonn, Oct 23. Ex Pequa Minerals. Ex Joe Cilen Collection number 16,251. Joe noted pink fluorescence under short wave...
10033 Protochabourneite, Arsiccioite, Pyrite, Monte Arsiccio Mine, Sant’Anna di Stazzema, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy
Type Locality for both species. This relatively NEW SPECIES was approved in 2011 but has only recently reached the mineral market (October 2014). Protochabourneite occurs as black micro granular aggregates sparely scattered in quartz/pyrite matrix, a complex triclinic thallium-lead-antimony sulfosalt. Also present, minute deep red micro granules of arsiccioite.
4662 Azoproite, Tazheranskii Massif (Tazheran Massif), Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast’, Prebaikalia (Pribaikal’e), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Type Locality. Small shiny black crystalline masses and grains of this unusual borate in white brucite marble. Analysed material, obtained in 2001. Ex Raymond Hodgson Collection (3828)
4658 Kamchatkite, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast’, Far-Eastern Region, Russia
Type Locality. Tiny green chip in capsule. Alters in air. Ex Raymond Hodgson Collection (3839).
4659 Type Locality. Fedorovskite, Solongo B deposit, Vitim Plateau, Buriatia Republic (Buryatia), Transbaikalia (Zabaykalye), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia
Small capsule of brown fibrous material of this rare manganese borate mineral. Obtained in 1997. Ex Raymond Hodgson Collection (3345)
4661 Arctite, Koashva Open Pit, Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast’, Northern Region, Russia
Small, glassy colourless inclusions (fluorescent blue in SW UV) in natrolite. A very rare sodium-calcium-barium phosphate, obtained in 2008 (at some cost!). Ex Raymond Hodgson Collection (4408)
4651 Oxycalciopyrochlore, Magnetite, Schelingen, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Reddish-brown loose crystals. Ex Dennis McMurdie, ex Minerals Unlimited. Originally called koppite.
4627 Cortesognoite, Molinello Mine, Graveglia Valley, Ne, Genova Province, Liguria, Italy
Type Locality. Tan crystals on matrix. Approved 2014.
4626 Tavagnascoite, Esperance superiore tunnel, Tavagnasco Mine, Tavagnasco, Canavese District, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy
Type Locality. A couple of tiny white crystals on matrix. Approved 2015.
4600 Uvarovite, Saranovskii Mine (Saranovskoe), Saranovskaya Village (Sarany), Gornozavodskii area, Permskaya Oblast’, Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia
Type Locality. Rich green uvarovite crystals to 1mm on every side.
4567 Sphalerite, Dolomite, Treves, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Jean-Vincent Coureau
4569 Cacoxenite, La Lande quarry, Plumelin, Morbihan, Brittany, France
Jean-Vincent Coureau
4405 Schoonerite, Hagendorf South (Hagendorf Sud) Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Bavaria, Germany
Jim Daly 11/2007 (Roy I. Grim coll’n)
4406 Pseudolaueite, Hagendorf South (Hagendorf Sud) Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Bavaria, Germany
Jim Daly 11/2007 (Roy I. Grim coll’n)
4290 Lemmleinite-Mg, Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine (Iron Mine), Kovdor Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia
Sauktown 6/2006. Likely Lemmleinite-Ba (no such mineral as Lemmleinite-Mg)
4136 Smithsonite, Sheshodonnell Mine, Castletown, Co. Clare, Eire
Richard Bell 9/2005