Below is a gallery of mineral specimens from the type locality where
they were first discovered, available for sale from John Betts - Fine Minerals
in New York City, NY. The type locality is where samples were acquired for
a new mineral find, that provided the crystallographic analysis of the new
mineral and becomes the baseline reference for that mineral species. Some
old minerals do not have a type locality, because there existence predates
early analysis techniques. These are "grandfathered" minerals. But most minerals
do have a type locality and some collectors choose to collect only specimens
of minerals from the type locality because that is the "purest" reference.
The best reference for the type localities of mineral species is Fleischer's
Glossary of Mineral Species 2008 which lists mineral formula, crystal system,
and type locality for each mineral species.
Sizes: (t) = Thumbnail, (m) = Miniature, (c) = Cabinet, (lc) = Large
Cabinet
#53454, Cornetite with Pseudomalachite,
L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (Type Locality
for Cornetite) (c) $55 |
#51839, Zoisite var. Tanzanite, Karo
Mine, Merelani Hills, Tanzania (Type Locality for Tanzanite) (t) $375 |
#50745, Dioptase, Altyn-Tyube, Kazakhstan
(Type Locality for Dioptase) (c) $225 |
#52247, Haynesite, Repete Mine, Utah
(Type Locality for Haynesite) (m) $36 |
#53037, Franklinite and Willemite in
Calcite, Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey (Type Locality for
Franklinite) (c) $175 |
#53225, Uvarovite Garnet, Saranovskoye
Mine, Russia (Type Locality for Uvarovite) (m) $115 |
#51762, Liddicoatite Tourmaline, Alakamisy
Itenina, south of Antsirabé, Madagascar (Type Locality for Liddicoatite)
(m) $150 |
#50300, Boleite, Boleo District, Mexico
(Type Locality for Boleite) (t) $150 |
#42324, Hydroxywagnerite (IMA 2004-009) on
Pyrophyllite, Doria Maira Massif, Italy (Type Locality for
Hydroxywagnerite) (t) $110 |
#43532, Liberite, Bromellite on
Phlogopite, Xianghualing Mine, China (Type Locality for Liberite)
(t) $95 |
#50807, Aragonite (pseudohexagonal
crystals), Molina de Aragon, Spain (Type Locality for Aragonite)
(t) $18 |
#42816, Yushkinite, Dolgozhdannyi Waterfall,
Russia (Type Locality for Yushkinite) (t) $85 |
#48799, Althausite with Magnesite,
Tingelstadtjern Quarry, Norway (Type Locality for Althausite) (t) $36 |
#44726, Erythrite, Schneeberg District,
Germany (Type Locality for Erythrite) (m) $45 |
#52245, Haynesite, Repete Mine, Utah
(Type Locality for Haynesite) (m) $45 |
#53453, Cornetite, L'Etoile du Congo
Mine, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (Type Locality for Cornetite)
(c) $30 |
#53447, Cornetite with Pseudomalachite,
L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (Type Locality
for Cornetite) (t) $15 |
#53329, Dioptase, Altyn-Tyube, Kazakhstan
(Type Locality for Dioptase) (c) $225 |
#53451, Cornetite, L'Etoile du Congo
Mine, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (Type Locality for Cornetite)
(c) $45 |
#53444, Cornetite, L'Etoile du Congo
Mine, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (Type Locality for Cornetite)
(t) $16 |
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#53994, Axinite-(Fe), La Rampe des
Commères, Bourg d'Oisans, France (Type Locality for Axinite-(Fe))
(t) $95 |
#53590, Inderite var. Lesserite, Jenifer
Mine, California (Type Locality for Lesserite) (m) $30 |
#53445, Cornetite, L'Etoile du Congo
Mine, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (Type Locality for Cornetite)
(m) $22 |
#53446, Cornetite, L'Etoile du Congo
Mine, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (Type Locality for Cornetite)
(t) $20 |
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#52921, Zoisite var. Tanzanite, Karo
Mine, Merelani Hills, Tanzania (Type Locality for Tanzanite) (m) $7250 |
#53133, Erythrite, Bou Azzer District,
Morocco (Type Locality for Erythrite) (lc) $250 |
#52923, Zoisite var. Tanzanite, Karo
Mine, Merelani Hills, Tanzania (Type Locality for Tanzanite) (m) $9500 |
#51781, Liddicoatite Tourmaline, Alakamisy
Itenina, south of Antsirabé, Madagascar (Type Locality for Liddicoatite)
(m) $450 |
#50298, Boleite, Amelia Mine, Boleo District,
Mexico (Type Locality for Boleite) (t) $400 |
#44459, Bismuth, Schneeberg District,
Germany (Type Locality for Bismuth) (m) $475 |
#51776, Liddicoatite Tourmaline, Alakamisy
Itenina, south of Antsirabé, Madagascar (Type Locality for Liddicoatite)
(c) $500 |
#51777, Liddicoatite Tourmaline, Alakamisy
Itenina, south of Antsirabé, Madagascar (Type Locality for Liddicoatite)
(c) $500 |
#51763, Liddicoatite Tourmaline, Alakamisy
Itenina, south of Antsirabé, Madagascar (Type Locality for Liddicoatite)
(c) $525 |
#51780, Liddicoatite Tourmaline, Alakamisy
Itenina, south of Antsirabé, Madagascar (Type Locality for Liddicoatite)
(m) $525 |
#51779, Liddicoatite Tourmaline, Alakamisy
Itenina, south of Antsirabé, Madagascar (Type Locality for Liddicoatite)
(m) $575 |
#40862, Zoisite var. Tanzanite, Merelani
Hills, Tanzania (Type Locality for Tanzanite) (t) $600 |
#51778, Liddicoatite Tourmaline, Alakamisy
Itenina, south of Antsirabé, Madagascar (Type Locality for Liddicoatite)
(c) $650 |
#51764, Liddicoatite Tourmaline, Alakamisy
Itenina, south of Antsirabé, Madagascar (Type Locality for Liddicoatite)
(c) $675 |
#51765, Liddicoatite Tourmaline, Alakamisy
Itenina, south of Antsirabé, Madagascar (Type Locality for Liddicoatite)
(c) $700 |
#43867, Zoisite var. Tanzanite, Merelani
Hills, Tanzania (Type Locality for Tanzanite) (t) $795 |
#43872, Liddicoatite Tourmaline, Alakamisy
Itenina, south of Antsirabé, Madagascar (Type Locality for Liddicoatite)
(c) $800 |
#51766, Liddicoatite Tourmaline, Alakamisy
Itenina, south of Antsirabé, Madagascar (Type Locality for Liddicoatite)
(c) $800 |
#51709, Liddicoatite Tourmaline, Alakamisy
Itenina, south of Antsirabé, Madagascar (Type Locality for Liddicoatite)
(c) $875 |
#51768, Liddicoatite Tourmaline, Alakamisy
Itenina, south of Antsirabé, Madagascar (Type Locality for Liddicoatite)
(c) $925 |
#51770, Liddicoatite Tourmaline, Alakamisy
Itenina, south of Antsirabé, Madagascar (Type Locality for Liddicoatite)
(c) $925 |
#51771, Liddicoatite Tourmaline, Alakamisy
Itenina, south of Antsirabé, Madagascar (Type Locality for Liddicoatite)
(c) $950 |
#51710, Liddicoatite Tourmaline, Alakamisy
Itenina, south of Antsirabé, Madagascar (Type Locality for Liddicoatite)
(c) $975 |
#51772, Liddicoatite Tourmaline, Alakamisy
Itenina, south of Antsirabé, Madagascar (Type Locality for Liddicoatite)
(c) $975 |
#51773, Liddicoatite Tourmaline, Alakamisy
Itenina, south of Antsirabé, Madagascar (Type Locality for Liddicoatite)
(c) $975 |
#51713, Liddicoatite Tourmaline, Alakamisy
Itenina, south of Antsirabé, Madagascar (Type Locality for Liddicoatite)
(c) $1050 |
#51767, Liddicoatite Tourmaline, Alakamisy
Itenina, south of Antsirabé, Madagascar (Type Locality for Liddicoatite)
(c) $1100 |
#51708, Liddicoatite Tourmaline, Alakamisy
Itenina, south of Antsirabé, Madagascar (Type Locality for Liddicoatite)
(c) $1150 |
#36962, Benitoite, Neptunite and
Natrolite, Benitoite Gem Mine, California (Type Locality for Benitoite)
(m) $1500 |
#51712, Liddicoatite Tourmaline, Alakamisy
Itenina, south of Antsirabé, Madagascar (Type Locality for Liddicoatite)
(c) $1700 |
#43864, Zoisite var. Tanzanite, Merelani
Hills, Tanzania (Type Locality for Tanzanite) (t) $1975 |
#51711, Liddicoatite Tourmaline, Alakamisy
Itenina, south of Antsirabé, Madagascar (Type Locality for Liddicoatite)
(c) $2200 |
#51707, Liddicoatite Tourmaline (set of 2 matched
polished slices from a single crystal), Alakamisy Itenina, south
of Antsirabé, Madagascar (Type Locality for Liddicoatite) (c) $2400 |
#51715, Liddicoatite Tourmaline, Alakamisy
Itenina, south of Antsirabé, Madagascar (Type Locality for Liddicoatite)
(lc) $2750 |
#46384, Manganite, Ilfeld, Germany (Type
Locality for Manganite) (lc) $3000 |
#43866, Zoisite var. Tanzanite, Merelani
Hills, Tanzania (Type Locality for Tanzanite) (m) $3200 |
#51838, Zoisite var. Tanzanite, Karo
Mine, Merelani Hills, Tanzania (Type Locality for Tanzanite) (t) $4950 |
#51718, Zoisite var. Tanzanite, Karo
Mine, Merelani Hills, Tanzania (Type Locality for Tanzanite) (m) $3250 |
#43868, Zoisite var. Tanzanite, Merelani
Hills, Tanzania (Type Locality for Tanzanite) (m) $3500 |
#51837, Zoisite var. Tanzanite, Karo
Mine, Merelani Hills, Tanzania (Type Locality for Tanzanite) (t) $2500 |
#52922, Zoisite var. Tanzanite, Karo
Mine, Merelani Hills, Tanzania (Type Locality for Tanzanite) (m) $7500 |
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