North and Central Americas
2880 Gold, Quartz, Turkey Track Mine, Union Hills, Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA
Small bright gold nestled amongst quartz crystals.
2845 Gold, Mottramite, Vanadinite, Shelby Mine, Gold Basin District, White Hills, Cerbat Mts (Cerbat Range), Mohave Co., Arizona, USA
2 or 3 patches of gold on green mottramite and red vanadinite.
2831 Mooihoekite, Stillwater Mine, Nye, Stillwater Co., Montana, USA
Pale brass-yellow metallic mooihoekite associated with some dark brass-yellow chalcopyrite.
6097 Azurite, Malachite, Copper Queen Mine (Halero Mine), Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Vintage micromount that once belonged to the late micromounter, the Rev. Robert Jacoby. Mounted on old time cork pedestals in the kind of vintage cardboard cases that were favored by the top micromounters in this...
6098 Azurite, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Vintage micromount that once belonged to the late micromounter, the Rev. Robert Jacoby. Mounted on old time cork pedestals in the kind of vintage cardboard cases that were favored by the top micromounters in this...
6099 Malachite, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Vintage micromount that once belonged to the late micromounter, the Rev. Robert Jacoby. Mounted on old time cork pedestals in the kind of vintage cardboard cases that were favored by the top micromounters in this...
6094 Autunite, Bedford, Westchester Co., New York, USA
Brilliant yellow tabs on a matrix with display face of approximately 2 cm x 1.7 cm. Vintage micromount specimen was mounted by the late master, Neal Yedlin, on a pedestal in a vintage cardboard box...
6095 Kupletskite, Big Rock Quarry (3M quarry; Arch Street Pike quarry), Granite Mountain area, Little Rock, Pulaski Co., Arkansas, USA
Vintage micromount mounted on Jan. 15, 1986 by Micromount Hall of Famer Marcelle Weber and later acquired by J.W. Grandy, this is as dazzling, showy, and attractive a kupletskite as you’ll ever find from a...
6096 Caledonite, Linarite, Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine (Mammoth-St Anthony Mine; Mammoth Mine; St. Anthony Mine), St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA
Neal Yedlin to J.W.Grandy Caledonite: Vintage Micromount. This specimen is from the the Mammoth MIne’s Collins Vein. Specimen display face measures 2 cm. x 1.7 cm. Mounted by the late famous Neal Yedlin apparently on...
6088 Dioptase, Harquahala Mine, Harquahala Mountains, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA
Mounted in 1981 by Emilie Kendig. Labelled as Yuma Co. Now known as the Bonanza Mine and is in La Paz (County boundaries since changed)
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...
6070 Wulfenite, Mimetite, Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mun. de Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Ex Mike Knew Collection. Mike Knew is the owner of Top Gem Minerals in Tucson, Arizona.
6071 Fluorite, Esperanza Mine, Melchor Mezquiz, Mun. de Melchor Mezquiz, Coahuila, Mexico
A bright specimen of fluorite with stair-stepped formation. It has very nice dark orchid purple colour. The crystals are translucent with dark phantoms inside. Ex Mike Knew Collection. Mike Knew is the owner of Top...
6069 Barite, Quartz, Gibraltar Mine, Naica, Mun. de Saucillo, Chihuahua, Mexico
Bright large translucent yellow barite crystals growing on very sparkly quartz crystal matrix. Barite is uncommon at this locality. Ex Mike Knew Collection. Mike Knew is the owner of Top Gem Minerals in Tucson, Arizona.
6049 Vinogradovite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Small colourless prismatic crystals
6044 Augelite, Rapid Creek, Dawson Mining District, Yukon Territory, Canada
Pale green crystals. Ex Al Ordway Collection, ex Bill Muller
6040 Diopside, Prehnite, Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada
Good prismatic crystals of colourless prehnite with green diopside. Ex Brian Shelton Collection.
6032 Laurentianite, Pyrite, Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Tiny white and clear slim elongated prisms with red-brown coating on pyrite. Only a small quantity of this material was collected by one collector and very little of it was saved.
6033 Richelsdorfite, Burrus Mine, Pyramid District, Washoe Co., Nevada, USA
Bright blue plates on matrix.
6028 Pyrolusite, Teny Cape, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ex Michigan Tech collection specimen 4191 with label (an older label referring to the institution by its older name, Michigan College of Mines, used up to 1925). Also has a Seaman Museum label on the...
6022 Elbaite, Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Pink crystal (rubellite). Ex Harold A. Noble Collection, ex SD Gems(?). Harold Noble was part owner of Anita Mine in 1958 see http://www.mindat.org/loc-55919.html
6018 Elbaite, Pala Chief Mine, Pala, San Diego Co., California, USA
Ex Al Ordway. Blue-capped pink crystal. Repaired
6019 Silver, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazan Department, Honduras
Arborescent silver group, no matrix
6015 Vanadinite, Wulfenite, Rowley Mine, Theba, Painted Rock District, Painted Rock Mts, Maricopa Co., Arizona
Vanadinite pseudo (epimorph) after wulfenite. Collected ca 1978
6007 Titanowodginite, Muscovite, Tanco Mine, Bernic Lake, Manitoba, Canada
Type locality. Black-brown crystals in mica matrix
6003 Sylvanite, Cripple Creek, Teller Co., Colorado, USA
Loose crystal aggregate. Bought at Tucson 2012
6005 Kidwellite, Beraunite, Coon Creek Mine, Shady, Polk Co., Arkansas, USA
Pale green tufts on spheres. Ex Al Kidwell
5483 Prehnite, Thomsonite, Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, New Jersey, USA
Epimorph after laumontite. John Geiges. Collected by Eric Stanchich in 2007
5351 Pyrite, Damon Mound, Damon, Brazoria Co., Texas
Collected by Al Kidwell
5048 Pollucite, Analcime, Tanco Mine, Bernic Lake, Manitoba, Canada
Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences
ncat JP1759, Offretite, Black Hill, Graham Co., Arizona, USA
Resembles specimen from Unspecified roadcut, San Francisco River area, Clifton, Copper Mountain District (Clifton-Morenci District), Shannon Mts, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA
ncat JP1713, Vanadinite, Lake Valley, Sierra Co., New Mexico, USA
Only sanidine listed in Mindat