T1177) Acanthite - Freiberg, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Size: 2.3 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm (thumbnail) Price: $ 325 ex. Dawn and Jim Minette
A 2.3 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm matrix of crystallized colorless calcite is hosting an attractive and aesthetic grouping of lustrous metallic stacked cubic crystals of acanthite to 0.3 cm in size. The crystals are sharply formed and completely undamaged; the luster is excellent. Overall this one is very attractive and excellent for this classic old German silver mining district! Ex Dawn and Jim Minette collection #T1177 with data card. Previously in the collection of Willard Perkin #22401 and carries his personal label. T1179) Acanthite - San Juan de Rayas Mine (Rayas Mine; Reyes Mine), Guanajuato, Mun. de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico Size: 28 x 14 x 7 mm (thumbnail) Price: $ 300 ex. Dawn and Jim Minette
A superbly crystalized lustrous metallic "tree" of dendritic crystallized acanthite. No damage. An excellent thumbnail for this species - more bright and lustrous than as shown in the photo. Ex Dawn and Jim Minette collection #T1179. Previously in the collection of Willard Perkin with his personal label. T1182) Acanthite - San Juan de Rayas Mine (Rayas Mine; Reyes Mine), Guanajuato, Mun. de Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico Size: 17 x 13 x 23 mm (thumbnail) Price: $ 400 ex. Dawn and Jim Minette
A superb well crystallized thumbnail for acanthite! Three prominent cubic faces, lustrous and black, are standing straight up from a small crystallized grouping of acanthite. Measures 17 x 13 x 23 mm in size and is complete all around 360 degrees. No damage. Ex Dawn and Jim Minette collection #T1182 with data card; previously in the personal collection of Willard Perkin and comes with his personal label. Ref.: Rocks & Minerals: 14:309. 1020504) Adamite - Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Mun. de Mapimí, Durango, Mexico Size: 10.3 x 5.2 x 3.2 cm (cabinet) Price: $ 350 ex. Dawn and Jim Minette
A 10.3 x 5.2 x 3.2 cm matrix, the top covered by sparkling gorgeous yellow to yellowish-green adamite crystals. The crystals are undamaged and average 0.4 cm in size; the crystals are translucent and very glassy. This is a fine and choice attractive piece. Ex Dawn and Jim Minette collection #WW504. The Mineralogical Record, 34(5), 1-91. A1020151) Adamite - Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mun. de Mapimi, Durango, Mexico Size: 11.6 x 5.8 x 4.2 cm (cabinet) Price: $ 650 ex. Dawn and Jim Minette
A beautiful and colorful cabinet piece consisting of a 11.6 x 5.8 x 4.2 cm limonite matrix, the top mostly covered by pretty sparkling yellowish-green crystals of adamite. The adamite crystals form spherical shaped groupings to almost 2.0 cm in diameter. The individual crystals are small but very glassy and translucent. Overall very clean of damage. The color and luster is great. Ex Dawn and Jim Minette collection #WW151. Ref: The Mineralogical Record, 34(5), 1-91. WW028) Apophyllite-(KF) with Stilbite - Nasik District, Maharashtra, India Size: 12.6 x 11.5 x 10.6 c (cabinet) Price: $ 250 ex. Dawn and Jim Minette
A showy large cabinet piece with light peach colored terminated crystals of stilbite to almost 4 cm in size covering all sides of matrix. Scattered throughout are glassy near transparent colorless large pseudocubic crystals of apophyllite-(KF) to 3.2 cm on edge. In oustanding shape damage-wise; very clean of chipping and dings. Pretty! Ex Dawn and Jim Minette collection #WW028. Ref: The Mineralogical Record: 34: 3-82. T0378) Azurite - 200 level, Copper Queen Mine (Halero Mine), Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA Size: 22 x 20 x 24 mm (thumbnail) Price: $ 3500 ex. Dawn and Jim Minette
This is a "killer" thumbnail specimen for Bisbee! Superb blue lustrous bladed crystals of azurite, sharply formed and free-standing, measuring to 21 mm in size are set aesthetically upon a small amount of matrix. The crystals are good 360 degrees around. One microscopic chip to the most minor crystal on the specimen, and this on the back of the piece, is the only blemish. The specimen is razor sharp and extremely clean and free of damage. Size: 22 x 20 x 24 mm. Ex Dawn and Jim Minette collection #T0378 with data card. The card notes that at first Jim and Dawn thought that the specimen was from Chessy. They had Dick Graeme confirm the location as the 200 level in the Copper Queen Mine, circa 1885. Ref: The Mineralogical Record: 12: 256-319. 1020431) Azurite - Boomerang Mine Mt Maggie Mine), Mount Kelly, Gunpowder District, Mt Isa - Cloncurry area, Queensland, Australia Size: 9.8 x 9.2 x 5.6 cm (cabinet) Price: $ 10000 ex. Dawn and Jim Minette
This mine has produced some of Australia's finest azurite specimens. Clusters of crystals were found in a kaolinite; these were mostly treated as ore and few specimens survived. The mine closed in 1972. This specimen consists of a large rosette spherical aggregate of beautiful sparkling deep blue azurite crystals measuring 9.8 x 9.2 x 5.6 cm in size overall. Very richly crystallized on the front side and clean of damage and chipping. Not crystallized on the back side of the piece as shown in the photos. This is about as large in size as these azurite specimens attained, and of excellent quality. Ex Dawn and Jim Minette collection #WW431. Their data card notes that this was previously in the Demetrius Pohl collection, and that he collected the specimen off the ore pile just before it was to go to the smelter. Ref: The Mineralogical Record, 19; 486-487. 1021154) Azurite - Chessy-les-Mines, Rhône, Rhône-Alpes, France Size: 3.2 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm (thumbnail) Price: $ 450 ex. Dawn and Jim Minette
A very fine and choice floater grouping consisting of two inter-grown deep blue semi-lustrous blocky azurite crystal groupings, together measuring 3.2 x 2.3 x 2.2 cm in size. This is complete all around 360 degrees and is damage-free. There is a little amount of attached sand on the specimen as seen in the photos. The quality is excellent for this French classic! Ex Dawn and Jim Minette collection #T1154. Ref: Le Règne Minéral, Hors Série(9), 46-85. WW093) Azurite - Copper Queen Mine (Halero Mine), Queen Hill, Bisbee, Warren District, Mule Mts, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA Size: 16 x 17.5 x 8.4 cm (cabinet) Price: $ 15000 ex. Dawn and Jim Minette 2010-09-10 04:49:59 (PDT): Warning: imagecreatefromjpeg() [function.imagecreatefromjpeg]: gd-jpeg, libjpeg: recoverable error: Premature end of JPEG file: /data/danw/html/s_common.php: line 806 2010-09-10 04:49:59 (PDT): Warning: imagecreatefromjpeg() [function.imagecreatefromjpeg]: 'db_pics/pics/l/WW093c.jpg' is not a valid JPEG file: /data/danw/html/s_common.php: line 806
A neat old-time cabinet piece from one of the world's most important mineral localities. An undulating 16 x 17.5 x 8.4 matrix, this almost like a "shell", the top completely covered by sparkling dark blue micro crystals of azurite. No damage; the back side of the piece is limonitic matrix with minor azurite and malachite. A superb large cabinet piece collected in the late 1800's. Ex Dawn and Jim Minette collection #WW093 with data card. The specimen was part of the special Memorial Exhibit at the 2002 East Coast Gem and Mineral Show; a label for this accompanies the specimen. Ref: The Mineralogical Record: 12: 256-319. A1021503) Azurite - Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Cananea, Sonora, Mexico Size: 2.8 x 2.4 x 0.5 cm (thumbnail) Price: $ 600 ex. Dawn and Jim Minette
An outstanding lustrous blue tabular sharply formed azurite crystal with very little malachite matrix. Completely crystallized all around and damage-free; the quality is outstanding! Size: 2.8 x 2.4 x 0.5 cm. Ex Dawn and Jim Minette collection #T1503. Ref: The Mineralogical Record 39(6), 25-34. A1021338) Azurite - Touissit, Touissit District, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco Size: 2.7 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm (thumbnail) Price: $ 375 ex. Dawn and Jim Minette
This locality in Morocco, now closed, has provided the world with some outstanding azurite specimens. This large thumbnail specimen is very choice, with brilliant lustrous sharply terminated lustrous mirror-like dark blue crystals to 13 mm in length aesthetically set about a 2.7 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm matrix. The crystals are free-standing, complete all around, and damage-free. I cannot find any chipping even with a 10x loupe. With strong lighting the crystals show slight translucency on the edges. The quality is very high. Ex Dawn and Jim Minette collection #T1338 with data card. WW321) Azurite - Touissit, Touissit District, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco Size: 2.9 x 2.9 x 4.7 cm (miniature) Price: $ 5000 ex. Dawn and Jim Minette
An absolutely beautiful and superb matrix-less crystal grouping of lustrous dark bluish-black terminated azurite crystals measuring 2.9 x 2.9 x 4.7 cm in size overall. Complete all around nicely 360 degrees. Just very slight chipping is present on the front side termination of the main crystal. Despite this, the quality is exceptional with great luster and very large sharply formed crystals for the species. Ex Dawn and Jim Minette collection WW321. A truly superb miniature! B1020113) Barite - Silius, Cagliari Province, Sardinia, Italy Size: 12.3 x 11.0 x 7.3 cm (cabinet) Price: $ 1200 ex. Dawn and Jim Minette
During the late 1970's a fine lot of barite arrived in the U.S. from this Sardinian locality. For background on the find see The Mineralogical Record: 9: 192-195. This cabinet sized example is attractive and quite good. Glassy lustrous deep brownish-amber transparent to translucent orthorhombic crystals of barite to 5 cm in size are coming off a flattish matrix. Minor chipping is present, but overall, considering the size of the piece, I think this in very good shape damage-wise. Measures 12.3 x 11.0 x 7.3 cm in size. This is an excellent well crystallized cabinet piece for the species/locality. Ex Dawn and Jim Minette collection #WW113 with data card. This specimen was part of the special display during the 2002 East Coast Gem and Mineral Show, Springfield, MA. There is a label from this show that accompanies the specimen. B1020081) Barite with Calcite - Frizington, West Cumberland Iron Field, Cumbria, England, UK Size: 8.5 x 8.0 x 6.0 cm (small cabinet) Price: $ 2500 ex. Dawn and Jim Minette
A superb transparent gemmy pale bluish to greenish grouping of tabular terminated barite crystals measuring to 4.9 cm in height are set aesthetically upon a 8.5 x 8.0 x 6.0 cm mounded matrix covered by tiny sparkling colorless calcite crystals. With a 10x loupe I can find tiny and very minimal chipping on some of the crystal edges; to my naked eye this is damage-free as seen in the photos. Sits nicely for display; the barite is free-standing from the matrix and complete all around 360 degrees. The quality is excellent for this old-time classic. Ex Dawn and Jim Minette collection #WW081. Comes with label from the 2002 special exhibit at the East Coast Gem and Mineral Show. Ref: Symes & Young, Minerals of Northern England (2008).
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