1251 Pharmacosiderite, Copper Stope, Majuba Hill, Pershing Co, Nevada, USA
Green cubes of pharmacosiderite. Width of view 3mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
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ncat JP2-24-2 A2105 Creedite, Hall Molybdenum Mine, San Antone District, Nye Co., Nevada, USA
Closeup of a single creedite crystal. Ex Jo Price Collection. Height of view 6mm. Stack of 30 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat RAM4 CW38 5123 Realgar, Stibnite, Orpiment, Sulphur, Quartz, Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Potosi Mining District, Osgood Mountains, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA
Red realgar with orange orpiment, silver stibnite, pale yellow sulphur, tiny colourless quartz crystals, and some unknowns. Ex Charles Willett Collection. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 100 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
ncat JLMAR01 JL1691 Hewettite, Variscite, Gold Quarry Mine, Maggie Creek Mining Subdistrict, Carlin Trend, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA
Reddish-brown fibres of hewettite with bubbly grey variscite balls and unknown lime green mineral (vésigniéite? maybe). Ex Joan Lamond Collection. Width of view 7.75mm. Stack of 70 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2289 Mixite, Adamite (Cuprian), Simon Mine (Nevada Mine), Bell Mining District, Mineral County, Nevada, USA
Labelled as mixite and cuprian adamite. Is it mixite or agardite? Cuprian adamite or zincolivenite? Mindat lists all. Width of view 6mm. Stack of 50 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
2023 Goudeyite, Olivenite, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
Type Locality for goudeyite. Green patches of botryoidal goudeyite and tiny needles visible under higher magnification, with pale-coloured prismatic olivenite crystals. Ex Richard Grant Collection. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 47 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4507 Searlesite, Esmeralda Formation, Silver Peak Range, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA
Colourless prismatic crystals. Ex Jim Ferraiolo. Width of view 2.5mm. Stack of 51 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
0064 Chalcophyllite, Majuba Hill Mine, Antelope Mining District, Pershing County, Nevada, USA
Bluish-green platy crystals of chalcophyllite. Ex John Sobolewski. Width of view 5mm. Stack of 40 images. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
4070 Pottsite, Clinobisvanite, Linka Mine, Potts, Lander Co., Nevada, USA
Yellow pottsite and small areas of orange clinobisvanite. Specimen is 6mm wide. Type Locality for pottsite. Acquired from Jim Ferraiolo 6/2005. Click on the image below for a higher resolution version.
5501 Iranite, Singer Mine, Goodsprings District, Spring Mts, Clark Co., Nevada, USA
Ex John Sobolewski, Matt Gibbs
5518 Lipscombite, Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Iron Point District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
Ex John Sobolewski, Matt Gibbs
5519 Hornesite, Lavendulan, Nickel mine, Bolivia, Cottonwood Canyon, Table Mountain District, Churchill Co., Nevada, USA
Hornesite is colourless/white. Ex John Sobolewski, Matt Gibbs
4742 Libethenite, Carson Hill, Mason Pass, Yerington, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA
Walstrom Mineral Enterprises, Carson City, Nevada
30005 Smoky Quartz, Spessartine, Searchlight, Nevada
Spessartine Garnet included in Smoky Quartz from Searchlight Nevada. Quartz crystal with included red gem garnets. You can see about 4 garnets in here. The largest one fills up one subcrystal. Sharp and perfect, except for said sub-crystal with the big garnet. Could have been another garnet growing in the...
10032 Curetonite, Redhouse Barite Mine, Potosi District, Osgood Mts, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
Minute, pale green masses and aggregates of this rare, one-locality species very sparsely scattered on matrix. From the original find by Forrest Cureton. A label signed by Forrest included. The last of the stock! Locality on label near Golconda, Humboldt Co. Nevada.
10017 Lonecreekite, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
From a rare species collection. Two pieces
4033 Barnesite, The Fish, Eureka Co., Nevada, USA
Jim Ferraiolo 6/2005
6093 Arthurite, Majuba Hill Mine (Mylar Mine), Antelope District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA
1.5 cm x 1.2 cm vintage micromount mounted on a pedestal by the renowned late Bill Meinert. Meinert was the past Chairman of the Arthur Roe Memorial Micromount Symposium, held each year by the Tucson Gem and Mineral Society in the Convention Center at the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show....
6033 Richelsdorfite, Burrus Mine, Pyramid District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA
Bright blue plates on matrix.
7024 JL1290, Riebeckite, Quartz, Alamo, Lincoln Co., Nevada, USA
ex Joan Lamond Collection
0362 Iodargyrite, Belmont mine, Belmont District, Nye Co., Nevada, USA
Microcrystals in silicified rhyolite. Ex John L Baum. Ex Franklin Mineral Museum
0213 Millerite, Calcite, Grays Quarry, Hamilton, Hancock Co., Illinois
Millerite inclusions in calcite. Ex G. Tribbey, ex Delbert L. Oswald Coll.
1363 Realgar, Orpiment, Getchell Mine, Adam Peak, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
Red realgar and yellow orpiment from the Getchell Mine (North Pit; Center pit; South pit), Adam Peak, Potosi District, Osgood Mts, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA. Interesting to see the crystallisation of each species seemingly oriented at 90 degrees to one another.
5534 Cacoxenite, Mason Pass, Yerington, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA
Fibrous to acicular crystals of cacoxenite from Mason Pass, Yerington, Yerington District, Singatse Range, Lyon Co., Nevada, USA. Ex Hatfield Goudey (of goudeyite fame). Ex John Lewis Collection.