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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
7106 Fluorapophyllite-(K), Thaumasite, Zeilberg Quarry, Maroldsweisach, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7105 Nukundamite, Undu mine (Udu mine), Nukundamu, Vanua Levu, Fiji
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7102 Tridymite, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7098 Proustite, Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region (Oshikoto), Namibia
Proustite at Tsumeb not listed in Mindat. ex Joan Lamond Collection
7091 Andradite, Rothenberg, Bell, Mendig, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7089 Magnetite, Fornovo Val di Taro, Taro Valley, Parma Province, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
ex Joan Lamond Collection
7086 Sulphur, Tangkubanparahu, Bandung, Jawa Barat Province, Jawa Island, Indonesia
ex Joan Lamond Collection
8192 Valentinite, Sulphur, Wet Swine Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8164 Rutile, Chalcopyrite, Carrock Mine, Carrock Fell, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8163 Susannite, Caledonite, Short Grain, Deer Hills, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8157 Senarmontite, Tourmaline, Wet Swine Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8145 Joseite, Carrock Mine, Carrock Fell, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8138 Leadhillite, Linarite, Short Grain, Deer Hills, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8126 Senarmontite, Wet Swine Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
8110 Kermesite, Metastibnite, Wet Swine Gill, Coombe Height, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England
ex Bernie and Margaret Day Collection
30039 Cinnabar, Quartz, Red Hill claim, Mayacmas Mts, Sonoma Co., California, USA
Old Foote specimen with Foote label on the back. Labelled as Sonoma Co.” but based on the crystal habit (divergent sprays of red crystals) and the matrix
20018 Gold, Ferberite, Julcani District, Angaraes Province, Huancavelica Department, Peru
Small amount of gold with wolframite.
20017 Gold, Stannite, Quartz, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia
Many patches of gold in crystaline quartz with a few stannite crystals.
10073 Amethyst, Rhodochrosite, Pyrite, Santa Eulalia District, Mun. de Aquiles Serdan, Chihuahua, Mexico
Rhodochrosite inclusions in amethyst.
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.
10059 Sphalerite, Galena, Quartz, Madan ore field, Rhodope Mts, Smolyan Oblast, Bulgaria
Sharp crystals of sphalerite and galena. Purchased at Keystone, priced at $24.
10054 Barite, Jebel Ouichane, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Cluster of pale blue barite crystals. Purchased at Keystone, priced at $40.
10053 Barite, Jebel Ouichane, Beni Bou Ifrour, Nador, Nador Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Cluster of pale blue barite crystals.
10050 Barite, Crich Quarry, Crich, Derbyshire, England
Large plate of cockscomb barite. Ex Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd. Similar to Mindat photo 260605. A specimen of baryte, bearing an old adhesive paper label reading: ‘Cockscomb Baryties, from Crich…’, in old white card tray,...
10048 Barite, Mowbray Mine, Frizington, West Cumberland Iron Field, Cumbria, England
Single large colourless crystal with brown zoned phantom zone. Label suggests it is from about 1900.
10042 Topaz, Quartz, Arsenopyrite, Muscovite, Fluorite, Babu District, Hezhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Two bluish green topaz crystals on a quartz matrix. Minor arsenopyrite, muscovite and purple fluorite. 45x45x30mm. #520679.
10041 Fluorite, Quartz, Babu District, Hezhou Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
Purple cubes of fluorite on double quartz crystals. 57x35x22mm. #500640.
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,...
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...
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...
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)
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)
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)
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).
4657 Scarbroite, South Bay, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England
Type Locality. Chalky white mass. Ex Raymond Hodgson Collection (2943), ex Richard Tayler Minerals.
4656 Preobrazhenskite, Inder B deposit and salt dome, Atyrau (Gur’yev), Atyrau Province (Atyrau Oblysy; Atyrau Oblast’), Kazakhstan
Type Locality. White fragments in a capsule. Ex Andrew Hodgson Collection (1686).
4655 Dolomite, Lake Arthur, Chaves Co., New Mexico, USA
Single crystal, no matrix. Ex University of Arizona Mineral Museum. Donor Carl Richardson.
4653 Zircon, Hurricane Mountain localities, North Conway, Conway, Carroll Co., New Hampshire, USA
Sharp brown crystals. Strong fluorescence under SWUV. Ex A M Munger.
4652 Sidwillite, Lake Como, San Juan Co., Colorado, USA
Type Locality. Tiny yellow patches on matrix. Ex Wolfgang Henkel.
4651 Oxycalciopyrochlore, Magnetite, Schelingen, Kaiserstuhl, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
Reddish-brown loose crystals. Ex Dennis McMurdie, ex Minerals Unlimited. Originally called koppite.
4650 Kombatite, Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia
Type Locality. Tiny piece with yellow kombatite, hausmannite and andradite(?). Ex Dan Weinrich, Ralph Merrill.
4649 Goethite after pyrite, Mill Lane Farms, Valley Store, East Whiteland Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Single crystal pseudomorph of goethite after pyrite.
4648 Quartz, Petroleum, Balochistan (Baluchistan), Pakistan
Small doubly-terminated quartz crystal with petroleum inclusions, many with bubbles (enhydros).
4647 Fluorapophyllite-(K), Pumpellyite, Laumontite, Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA
Single quite large apophyllite crystal with minor white laumontite and greenish pumpellyite.
4646 Langite, Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Wales
Blocky crystals. Possible other species.
4645 Langite, Meadowfoot Smelter slag locality, Wanlockhead, Scotland
Elongated crystals. Other species present.
4643 Bechecerite, Namuite, Hemimorphite, Cerussite, Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Wales
Sky blue platey namuite with tiny bluish-green prismatic bechererite.
4642 Caledonite, Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Scotland
Blocky pale blue crystals.
4641 Creaseyite, Chrysocolla, Pyromorphite, Whytes Cleuch, Wanlockhead, Scotland
Pale green creaseyite crystals.
4640 Caledonite, Susannite, Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Wales
Blue acicular caledonite crystals with pale yellow susannite.
4639 Pyromorphite, Cerussite, Anglesite, Hopeful Vein, Wanlock Dod, Leadhills, Scotland
Green and yellow/orange pyromorphite.
4638 Susannite, Anglesite, Caledonite, Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Wales
Yellow hexagonal crystals of susannite.
4637 Schulenbergite, Linarite, Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Wales
Pale blue crystals.
4636 Steverustite, Anglesite, Aurichalcite, Frongoch Mine, Pontrhydygroes, Wales
Type Locality. White acicular crystals of steverustite.
4634 Stewartite, Mitridatite, Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA
A small pocket in matrix filled with golden Stewartite crystals and olive-green mitridatite. This specimen was part of a Micromount mineral collection purchased from the estate of Anne-Marie Scholz Deal of New Jersey and Pennsylvania....
4633 Whitmoreite, Strunzite, Rockbridgeite, Siderite, Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA
Type Locality. Named for Robert (Bob) William Whitmore, a mineral collector and previous owner of the Palermo No.1 mine. This specimen was part of a Micromount mineral collection purchased from the estate of Anne-Marie Scholz...
4631 Quartz, Orthoclase, Cape Lime Company’s Dolomite Quarry, Vredendal, West Coast District, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Collected by Pierre Joubert. Vredendal is pronounced with an F” sound.”
4630 Rutile, Quartz, Orthoclase, Cape Lime Company’s Dolomite Quarry, Vredendal, West Coast District, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Collected by Pierre Joubert. Vredendal is pronounced with an F” sound.”
4629 Quartz, Ceres, Cape Winelands District, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Clear quartz crystal with inclusions collected by Pierre Joubert on a friend’s farm near Ceres.
4628 Dioptase, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region, Namibia
Cluster of emerald-green crystals
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.
4612 Fluorite, Smoky Quartz, Unidentified Species, Glenrowan, Victoria
Purple octahedral fluorite. Tan coloured pancaked” feldspar?”
4610 Sabugalite, Torbernite, Wheal Edward, Wheal Owles, Botallack, St Just, St Just District, Cornwall, England
Bright yellow crusts of sabugalite with pale-green tabular torbernite (or zeunerite?). Ex Sid Williams (Globo de Plomom). The sabugalite exhibits strong fluorescence under SWUV. Note: labelled as sabugalite, but not confirmed. Rick Turner: I have...
4608 Childrenite, Linapolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Single orange crystal, no matrix. Ex Dave Shannon.
4607 Reyerite, Alit Coir’ a’ Ghobhainn, near Drynock, Isle of Skye, North West Highlands, Scotland
Colourless/white micaceous crystals.
4605 Yoshimuraite, Taguchi mine, Shidara-cho, Kita-Shidara-gun, Aichi Prefecture, Chubu Region, Honshu Island, Japan
Tiny orange crystals embedded in matrix.
4603 Boleite, Santa Rosalia (El Boleo), Boleo District, Mun. de Mulege, Baja California Sur (BC Sur), Mexico
Type Locality. Single blue cube, no matrix. Ex John Melhase (pre 1938), ex California Academy of Sciences, ex Steve Pullman.
4601 Hessite, Red Cloud Mine (Chicago; Colorado Occurrence), Gold Hill District, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA
ex John Muntyan – Colorado School of Mines Geology Museum :92C3
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.
4588 Sinkankasite, Barker-Ferguson Mine, Pennington Co., South Dakota, USA
Dakota Matrix/ex Grenier Collection
4576 Bobierrite, Wodgina, Western Australia
Excalibur Minerals
4569 Cacoxenite, La Lande quarry, Plumelin, Morbihan, Brittany, France
Jean-Vincent Coureau
4567 Sphalerite, Dolomite, Treves, Gard, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Jean-Vincent Coureau
4412 Millerite, St Mary’s Bay, Brixham, Devon, England
Richard Bell 2007
4410 Olmiite, N’Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman Hills, North Cape Province, South Africa
Danny Jones Firebird Minerals
4406 Pseudolaueite, Hagendorf South (Hagendorf Sud) Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Bavaria, Germany
Jim Daly 11/2007 (Roy I. Grim coll’n)
4405 Schoonerite, Hagendorf South (Hagendorf Sud) Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Bavaria, Germany
Jim Daly 11/2007 (Roy I. Grim coll’n)