#73923, Celestine, Bell's Mill, Bellwood, Pennsylvania (Type Locality for Celestine) (m) $250

#73884, Cerussite with minor Dolomite, Chantier des Dalles, Mibladen, Morocco (m) $85

#72039, Conichalcite and Calcite over Chrysocolla, Gold Hill Mine, Utah (m) $65

#73798, Fluorite over Siderite, (West Pastures Mine), Weardale District, England (c) $125

#72038, Conichalcite and Calcite over Chrysocolla, Gold Hill Mine, Utah (m) $55

#72111, Calcite on Gaudefroyite, N'Chwaning II Mine, South Africa (m) $150

#72979, Rhodochrosite over Quartz and Pyrite, Emma Mine, Butte District, Montana (m) $150

#73794, Hematite, Congonhas do Campo, Brazil (c) $225

#73659, Wulfenite with minor Mimetite, Sierra de Los Lamentos, Mexico (m) $325

#73435, Quartz var. Smoky-Amethyst Quartz, Broken Hill, Australia (c) $395

#75272, Quartz var. Rose Quartz Crystals with Albite, Lavra da Ilha, Taquaral, Brazil (c) $150

#73734, Topaz (gem-grade) with Schorl Tourmaline inclusions, Teofilo Otoni, Brazil (m) $225

#73764, Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline, Himalaya Mine, California (t) $45

#75367, Hydrozincite and Wulfenite, Sierra de Los Lamentos, Mexico (m) $95

#75639, Rutile, Graves Mountain, Georgia (t) $95

#73692, Fluorite with Chalcopyrite inclusions, Seata Mine, Aysgarth, England (c) $195

#71851, Quartz, Calcite, Sphalerite, West Cumberland Iron Mining District, England (c) $175

#75045, Cerussite (sixling-twinned crystals) on Tennantite, Tsumeb Mine, 3rd Oxide Zone, Namibia (t) $175

#74733, Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline, Himalaya Mine, California (t) $175

#75268, Dioptase over Calcite with Duftite, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia (Type Locality for Duftite) (m) $275

#75273, Malachite (polished slice of concentric growth malachite), Kolwezi District, Democratic Republic of the Congo (c) $85

#72371, Copper (naturally crystallized native copper), Emke Mine, Onganja, Namibia (m) $55

#73513, Grossular Garnet, Jeffrey Mine, Canada (t) $95

#70821, Datolite, Heulandite, Laumontite, Prospect Park Quarry, New Jersey (t) $40

#75401, Shigaite on Rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning II Mine, South Africa (t) $225

#70939, Copper (naturally crystallized native copper), Bisbee, Warren District, Arizona (m) $65

#73383, Franckeite, Mina San José, Bolivia (c) $165

#72779, Cuprite on Chrysocolla, L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Democratic Republic of the Congo (m) $75

#73680, Fluorite with Chalcopyrite inclusions plus minor Calcite, Seata Mine, Aysgarth, England (c) $275

#70810, Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline, Cruzeiro Mine, Brazil (t) $150

#75264, Calcite with minor Fluorite, Denton Mine, Illinois (c) $150

#73494, Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) - formerly Apophyllite-(KOH), N'Chwaning Mine, South Africa (m) $70

#72541, Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline, Cruziero Mine, Brazil (t) $85

#73795, Dioptase on Calcite with Hematite inclusions, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia (c) $325

#72808, Bournonite and Sphalerite with Boulangerite and Pyrite, Baia Mare, Romania (c) $125

#74572, Quartz var. Rose Quartz Crystals with Albite, Plumbago Mountain, Maine (m) $45

#71923, Calcite with Fluorite and Pyrite, Villabona District, Spain (c) $38

#73347, Quartz with Chlorite on Calcite, Naica District, Mexico (c) $325

#75505, Fluorite, Middle Mountain, New Hampshire (m) $175

#72998, Calcite with Duftite, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia (c) $175

#73756, Copper (naturally crystallized native copper crystals), Tsumeb Mine, Namibia (t) $65

#73479, Apophyllite, Natrolite, Calcite over Datolite, Erie Railroad Cut, Jersey City, New Jersey (c) $225

#73944, Azurite with minor Mimetite, Touissit Mine, Morocco (t) $65

#73950, Elbaite Tourmaline, Mount Mica, Pocket #28, Maine (t) $350

#75260, Quartz var. Amethyst (with phantom-growth zones), Reel Mine, Iron Station, North Carolina (m) $150

#74072, Gaudefroyite and Andradite Garnet, N'Chwaning Mines, South Africa (m) $325

#74100, Calcite over Marcasite and Sphalerite, Shullsburg District, Wisconsin (c) $95

#73970, Metaswitzerite (altered Switzerite), Foote Mine, Kings Mountain, North Carolina (Type Locality for Metaswitzerite and Switzerite) (c) $225

#75383, Wendwilsonite, Aghbar Mine, Bou Azzer District, Morocco (Type Locality for Wendwilsonite) (m) $150

#72111, Calcite on Gaudefroyite, N'Chwaning II Mine, South Africa (m) $150

#70615, Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with Lepidolite, Himalaya Mine, California (t) $75

#72591, Hematite, Casa de Pedra, Brazil (t) $28

#74745, Smithsonite with minor matrix, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia (t) $185

#70811, Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline (with internal gem nodule), Himalaya Mine, California (t) $175

#72759, Fluorite (color zoned crystals) with Pyrite inclusions, Mina Emilio, Loroñe, Spain (c) $225

#73006, Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline, Alto Ligonha District, Mozambique (t) $250

#75783, Barite and Cerussite on Galena, Mibladen, Morocco (m) $75

#75036, Ferberite with overgrowth of Siderite, Fluorapatite, Pyrite, Panasqueira Mine, Portugal (c) $250

#72376, Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline, Cruziero Mine, Brazil (t) $42

#72375, Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline, Cruziero Mine, Brazil (t) $55

#75214, Malachite (polished slice of concentric-growth malachite), Kolwezi District, Democratic Republic of the Congo (c) $225

#75037, Quartz var. Amethyst (scepter-shaped crystals), Goboboseb Mountains, Namibia (c) $275

#74767, Bultfonteinite and Olmiite, N'Chwaning II Mine, South Africa (Type Locality for Olmiite) (c) $115

#75048, Cerussite and Malachite, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia (m) $150

#73666, Magnetite (rare cubic and tetrahexahedral crystal form) with minor Sphalerite, ZCA Mine No. 4, Fowler Ore Body, 2500' Level, New York (c) $250

#75271, Pyromorphite over Quartz, Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville District, Pennsylvania (c) $50

#72539, Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline, Cruziero Mine, Brazil (t) $95

#75447, Hematite, near Bouse, Buckskin Mountains, Arizona (t) $38

#75441, Mimetite var. Campylite on Quartz, Drygill, Caldbeck Fells, England (t) $75

#72038, Conichalcite, Calcite, Chrysocolla, Gold Hill Mine, Utah (m) $55

#75836, Albite (Pericline-Habit with Adularia-Habit overgrowth), Epidote, Chlorite, Acushnet Quarry, Massachusetts (c) $55

#75419, Fluorapatite on Albite with Goethite, Whitlockite, Dunton Mine, Newry, Maine (m) $40

#75433, Mimetite var. Campylite with Psilomelane on Barite, Drygill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, England (t) $65

#75536, Fluorite (zoned crystals), Middle Mountain, New Hampshire (c) $165

#75583, Quartz var. Amethyst on Calcite and Dolomite, Capurru Quarry, Osilo, Italy (c) $385

#75734, Epidote, Lane's Quarry, Massachusetts (m) $350

#72009, Dioptase on Calcite, Christmas Mine, Arizona (t) $55

#75789, Barite, Bergwerk Pöhla, Germany (m) $36

#73949, Cerussite (trilling-twinned crystals) with Duftite and Malachite, Tsumeb Mine, 3rd Oxide Zone, Namibia (t) $225

#75733, Sphalerite (complexly twinned crystals), Logansport, Indiana (m) $250

#72922, Copper crystals on Dolomite with Malachite and Tennantite, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia (c) $165

#72537, Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline, Cruziero Mine, Brazil (t) $36

#72919, Azurite with minor Malachite, Touissit Mine, Morocco (c) $275

#72613, Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline, Alto Ligonha District, Mozambique (t) $105

#72013, Chrysocolla, Ray Mine, Arizona (c) $85

#74989, Copper (naturally crystallized native copper), Tsumeb Mine, Namibia (t) $32

#72015, Dioptase, Christmas Mine, Arizona (c) $225

#72622, Elbaite Tourmaline, Havey Quarry, Maine (t) $175

#75809, Malachite on Quartz, Manhan Lead Mines, Loudville District, Massachusetts (t) $8

#74988, Copper (naturally crystallized native copper), Tsumeb Mine, Namibia (t) $35

#75058, Cerussite and Descloizite over Galena, Mežica District, Slovenia (m) $28

#75787, Rhodochrosite with Pyrite, Santa Eulalia District, Mexico (m) $55

#75897, Actinolite-Tremolite in Aragonite-Calcite, Verdolite Quarry, north of Easton, Pennsylvania (c) $55

#75838, Wulfenite on Mimetite, Mina Ojuela, Mexico (c) $85

#75853, Galena, Cerussite, Sphalerite, Trzebionka Mine, Poland (c) $48

#73968, Pyrite on Hematite, Miniera di Rio Marina, Isola d'Elba, Italy (m) $125

#73469, Azurite on sulfide-rich matrix, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia (c) $550

#73350, Pyromorphite, Bunker Hill Mine, 9th Level, Jersey Vein, Idaho (c) $400

#75128, Calcite on Fluorite, Boltsburn Mine, West Side, near the forehead, England (c) $850

#73942, Gold (naturally crystallized native gold), Eugene Mountains, Nevada (t) $495

#73945, Beryl var. Heliodor (gem-grade), Volodarsk-Volynskii, Ukraine (m) $1750

#75106, Rhodochrosite, Uchucchaqua Mine, Peru (t) $950

#73670, Azurite (compound crystal), Tsumeb Mine, Namibia (m) $325

#73315, Stilbite with Calcite, Moore's Station, New Jersey (lc) $550

#74728, Azurite (contact-twinned crystals), Tsumeb Mine, Easter Pocket, Namibia (m) $750

#70401, Ruby in Zoisite (Corundum, variety Ruby), Longido, Tanzania (c) $350

#73443, Azurite (twinned crystals) with minor Cerussite, Tsumeb Mine, Easter Pocket, Namibia (m) $400

#70743, Pyromorphite, Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville District, Pennsylvania (lc) $115

#73430, Fluorite with Chalcopyrite, Calcite, Sphalerite, Ladywash Mine, England (c) $425

#75185, Beryl var. Emerald, Chivor Mine, Colombia (t) $2400

#73423, Smithsonite var. Cobaltoan Smithsonite over Tennantite, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia (lc) $400

#73186, Calcite (parallel crystal cluster), Elmwood Mine, Tennessee (lc) $550

#73029, Quartz (with two pairs of Japan-Law Twinned crystals), Llallagua Mine (Siglo XX Mine), Bolivia (c) $400

#70398, Ruby in Zoisite (Corundum, variety Ruby), Longido, Tanzania (c) $350

#73188, Fluorite with minor Calcite, Firestone Level, Skears Mine, England (lc) $750

#75034, Inesite over Calcite, N'Chwaning II Mine, South Africa (lc) $550

#75242, Malachite pseudomorphs after Azurite, Tsumeb Mine, 1st Oxide Zone, Upper Level, Namibia (m) $475

#72636, Fluorite with Pyrite, Moscona Mine, Solis, Spain (lc) $275

#73925, Dioptase over Calcite, Tsumeb Mine, 2nd Oxide Zone, Namibia (m) $425

#73353, Pyromorphite, Bunker Hill Mine, 9th Level, Jersey Vein, Idaho (c) $400

#75572, Quartz var. Smoky Quartz (Dauphiné-law Twinned), Grimsel, Switzerland (lc) $1250

#70849, Pyrite and Quartz, (Tsuchiya-Ishizaki Mine?), Japan (lc) $550

The chalcocite below, from Chimney Rock Quarry, is from my private collection

This chalcocite from the Chimney Rock Quarry is an important museum-quality mineral specimen that I acquired for my private collection many years ago. To the best of my knowledge, this is the largest and finest chalcocite specimen every collected at Chimney Rock. This quarry has not been accessible to collectors for the last 25+ years. Chalcocite, a rare mineral in New Jersey trap rock quarries, occurs at the boundary of two rock formations, where copper-rich solutions encounter impermeable layers above, causing copper minerals to precipitate, followed by late-forming calcite.

The ONLY reason I am selling this specimen is that it is too large for my display case.

I highly recommend this, without reservation, for collectors of top-quality minerals.

#73189, Chalcocite in Calcite, Chimney Rock Quarry, Bound Brook, New Jersey (lc) $3500

BOURNONITE FROM CHINA

Fifteen to twenty years ago bournonite specimens from China were readily available, yet quite expensive. The Yaogangxian Mine was producing fine specimens then, some worth up to $1 million. Bournonite is an uncommon (there are only 138 photos of bournonite from China listed on Mindat.org) sulfosalt mineral, with the formula: PbCuSbS3. Bournonite crystals are commonly complexly twinned, resulting in complex clusters of parallel twinned crystals, with parallel crystal faces, and if cyclic-twinned will exhibit the classic "cog wheel" habit.

The bournonite specimens below are from a stash that was collected in China around the 2000, and have not seen the light of day since they were collected. This is a rare opportunity to acquire this uncommon mineral in large crystals and at discounted prices compared to 15 years ago.

#75365, Bournonite (doubly terminated), Yaogangxian Mine, China (t) $85

#75044, Bournonite (tabular doubly-terminated crystal), Yaogangxian Mine, China (t) $165

#75363, Bournonite, Yaogangxian Mine, China (t) $65

#75519, Bournonite, Yaogangxian Mine, China (t) $115

#75516, Bournonite (twinned crystals), Yaogangxian Mine, China (t) $135

#75364, Bournonite (cyclic twinned crystals), Yaogangxian Mine, China (t) $135

#75518, Bournonite (twinned crystals), Yaogangxian Mine, China (m) $175

#75522, Bournonite (twinned crystals), Yaogangxian Mine, China (t) $150

#75520, Bournonite (twinned crystals), Yaogangxian Mine, China (t) $165

#75524, Bournonite (twinned crystals), Yaogangxian Mine, China (t) $165

#75497, Bournonite (complexly twinned crystals) on Quartz, Yaogangxian Mine, China (m) $275

#75525, Bournonite (twinned crystals), Yaogangxian Mine, China (t) $375

#75527, Bournonite (twinned crystals), Yaogangxian Mine, China (m) $225

#75521, Bournonite (twinned crystals), Yaogangxian Mine, China (t) $195

#75523, Bournonite (twinned crystals), Yaogangxian Mine, China (t) $225

#75249, Bournonite, Yaogangxian Mine, China (m) $375

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