Below is a gallery of high quality classic mineral specimens from closed
or lost localities known for great mineral specimens acquired from old
collections available for sale from John Betts - Fine Minerals in New York
City, NY. To purchase mineral specimens, go to the
Online order form.
Sizes: (t) = Thumbnail, (m) = Miniature, (c) = Cabinet, (lc) = Large Cabinet

#75639, Rutile, Graves Mountain, Georgia
(t) $125 |

#81438, Wulfenite, Ahumada Mine, Sierra
de Los Lamentos, Mexico (c) $325 |

#81361, Buergerite (Fluor-buergerite)
Tourmaline, near Mexquitic, Mexico (Type Locality for Buergerite)
(m) $125 |

#81509, Fluorite (yellow), Hilton Mine,
Scordale, England (c) $295 |

#80826, Mesolite-Natrolite, Nashik District,
India (m) $75 |

#70811, Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with
gem nodule, Himalaya Mine, California (t) $165 |

#81275, Kinoite with minor Apophyllite,
Christmas Mine, Arizona (m) $85 |

#80722, Fluorite, Hilton Mine, Scordale,
England (m) $150 |

#81512, Rutile, Onganja Mine, Namibia
(t) $250 |

#81107, Quartz var. Smoky-Amethyst
Quartz, Intergalactic Pit, Deer Hill, Maine (m) $24 |

#80824, Calcite over Colemanite, Kramer
Deposit, Boron, California (c) $175 |

#73006, Elbaite var. Rubellite
Tourmaline, Alto Ligonha District, Mozambique (t) $225 |

#80381, Andorite, Mina San José,
Bolivia (t) $95 |

#80922, Bournonite (cogwheel twins),
Viboras Mine, Machacamarca, Bolivia (m) $325 |

#81515, Barite (zoned crystals), Magma
Mine, Arizona (m) $175 |

#80396, Vanadinite on Fe-Mn-oxide, Taouz,
Er Rachidia, Morocco (m) $225 |

#81250, Dioptase on Calcite, Christmas
Mine, Arizona (c) $225 |

#80484, Elbaite Tourmaline (bi-colored),
Pederneira Mine, Brazil (m) $135 |

#80359, Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline in
Microcline, Himalaya Mine, California (m) $150 |

#81202, Sphalerite (lamellar twinned) with minor
Calcite, Mid-Continent Mine, Kansas (m) $65 |

#80562, Manganite on Quartz, Caland Mine,
Atikokan, Canada (c) $225 |

#80683, Colemanite, Kramer Deposit, Boron,
California (c) $250 |

#81342, Sphalerite (lamellar twinned
crystals), Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District, Missouri (m) $45 |

#81378, Vanadinite on Mottramite, Touissit
Mine, Morocco (c) $325 |

#80622, Copper (naturally crystallized native
copper) with Malachite-Chrysocolla, Bisbee, Arizona (c) $150 |

#81412, Mimetite var. Campylite with Psilomelane
and Quartz, Drygill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, England (c) $36 |

#80773, Clinochrysotile, Thetford Mines,
Canada (m) $28 |
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#81008, Quartz var. Scepter-Growth
Quartz, William Wise Mine, New Hampshire (c) $55 |

#81334, Datolite pseudomorphs after Glauberite
(epimorphs), Prospect Park Quarry, New Jersey (c) $85 |

#80757, Brazilianite, Linópolis,
Divino das Laranjeras, Brazil (Type Locality for Brazilianite) (c) $850 |

#81210, Elbaite var. Bi-colored
Tourmaline, Cruzeiro Mine, Brazil (t) $995 |

#81187, Wulfenite, Hilltop Mine, 2.4
km NNW of Shaw Peak, Arizona (c) $650 |

#81405, Kinoite with Apophyllite, Christmas
Mine, Arizona (lc) $250 |

#78304, Analcime with Calcite, Cape Split,
Blomidon Peninsula, Canada (lc) $85 |

#80843, Quartz var. Rose Quartz Crystals,
Alto da Pitorra, Laranjeiras, Brazil (c) $400 |

#80143, Datolite, Danburite, Quartz on
Sphalerite, Charcas, Mexico (lc) $550 |

#81313, Natrolite, Mariánská
Horo Hill, Ústí nad Labem (Aussig), Czech Republic (lc) $250 |

#80640, Fluorite, Felix Mine, Azusa,
California (c) $400 |

#80880, Wulfenite on Calcite, Tsumeb
Mine, Namibia (m) $400 |

#81178, Chabazite with minor Heulandite,
Wasson's Bluff, Parrsboro, Canada (c) $400 |

#78725, Hambergite, Little Three Mine,
Ramona District, California (m) $325 ex. John Sinkankas |

#70948, Diamond (2.02 carat cuttable fancy-green
octahedral uncut diamond), Mirny, Russia (t) $3885 |

#78663, Buergerite (Fluor-buergerite)
Tourmaline, near Mexquitic, Mexico (Type Locality for Buergerite)
(m) $195 |

#81459, Pseudomalachite, Schuyler Copper
Mine, New Jersey (lc) $175 |

#81243, Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz,
Piedra Parada, near Las Vigas, Mexico (c) $400 |

#81504, Malachite pseudomorphs after
Azurite, 1st Oxide Zone, Upper Level, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia (m) $425 |

#81456, Margarite, Chester Emery Mines,
Massachusetts (lc) $150 |
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#81074, Fluorite with Barite, Rosiclare
District, Illinois (lc) $150 |
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