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Calcite
Well defined golden-yellow single X, 3.3 cm high, on dolostone
matrix
11x10cm
Elmwood mine, Tennessee. Usa
Specimen n.436
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Calcite
Prismatic XX of yellowish calcite, up to 3.1 cm long
8x4cm
Elmwood mine, Tennessee. Usa
Specimen n.1444 |

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Fluorite
Pale purple cubic XX, edge up to 3.6cm, on black sphalerite
10x7.5cm
Elmwood mine, Tennessee. USA
Specimen n.581
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Fluorite
Pale purple cubic XX, edge up to 2cm, on ruby dark sphalerite,
a classic piece
5.5x5cm
Elmwood mine, Tennessee. USA
Specimen n.675
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Illinois |
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Fluorite
Cubic XX, max edge 3.5cm, on a complex of calcite growing XX,
terminated. The fluorite X in evidence
has a 2.8cm edge and is very well defined. This is a specimen from the fluorspar
mine which was closed in
1996
20x9cm
Minerva mine n.1, Cave-in-Rock District, llinois. USA
Specimen n.432
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Fluorite
Cubic intergrown XX, max edge
5.1cm. The combination of yellow and dark purple is very fine
9x8cm
minerva mine n.1, Cave-in-Rock District, Illinois. USA
Specimen n.429
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Fluorite
Transparent cubic X, 2 cm edge,
matrix based. The X shows a clear phantom inside, the external part of the
crystal is purple tinged.
8x6cm
Annabel Lee mine, Illinois. USA
Specimen n.353
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Indiana |
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Calcite
Yellow semitransparent XX, up to 7.7 cm
long, with some betumen on limestone
10x12cm
Meshberger stone co. quarry, Columbus,
Indiana. USA
Specimen n.1309
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Missouri |
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Calcite
XX up to 3xm, some double terminated, on matrix covered by dolomite and
chalcopyrite in small XX
8x8cm
Sweetwater mine, Viburnum Trend District, Missouri. USA
Specimen n.639
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Galena
Single cube, edge max is 5.8. A typical sample from Viburnum
10x8.5cm
Miliken mine, Viburnum Trend District, Missouri. USA
Specimen n.321
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Sphalerite
Large XX of black sphalerite, on a matrix covered by a lot of small
red semistransparent sphalerite XX
12x12cm
Joplin Field, Jasper Co., Missouri. USA
Specimen n.327
Another photo:
entire piece
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Arizona |
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Fluorite
Group of octahedral XX, edge up to 0.9 cm. The XX, white opaque, are
covered by a coating of oxides, I suppose copper oxides
9x5.5cm
Monarch mine, Yavapai Co., Arizona. USA
Specimen n.444
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Glauberite
Characteristic steep bipyramidal floating crystal, slightly
striated, of this uncommon mineral (maybe it is a pseudomorphosis of calcite
after glauberite; more common to find empty cast or pseudomorphs in
localities where little or no glauberite currently exists. It forms in
evaporite and clay deposits and it is soluble in water). Twinned with a
little crystal. From the most famous occurrence
6x3cm
Camp Verde, Yavapai Co., Arizona. USA
Specimen n.220
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Wulfenite
Well defined tabular X, elongated, 1.2cm tall, on matrix. Color is brownish-red and X is very bright
7x6cm
Red Cloud mine, La Paz Country, Arizona. USA
Specimen n.775
Another photo: entire
piece
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Wulfenite
Parallel XX 2.8x1.2cm wide, bright and semitransparent, on matrix. The
crystallized area of the photo is 1.2x1.5cm (one side of the specimen,
with XX on both sides). This mine is famous for these red wulfenite XX
2.7x5cm
Red Cloud mine, La Paz Country, Arizona. USA
Specimen n.389
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California |
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Andradite var melanite
Some bright and
well formed XX, edge up to 0.7cm
9x8cm
San Benito Co, California. USA
Specimen
n.405
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New
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Smithsonite
Green grains and botryoidal masses, on mineralized matrix
7.5x6cm
Kelly mine, Magdalena District, New Mexico. USA
Specimen n.659
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Smithsonite
Lilac-purple botryoidal mass
8x7cm
Kelly mine, Magdalena District, New Mexico. USA
Specimen n.658
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