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ML00005 - Cobaltoan Calcite
Agoudal Mine, Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco
small cabinet - 7.5 x 5.5 x 4.3 cm
$ 275.00

Nice pink Cobaltoan calcite with good color saturation. Similar specimens were common at Bou Azzer 10 years ago but have become much more rare.

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Cobaltoan Calcite from Agoudal Mine, Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco [db_pics/update3/ML00005.jpg]

ML00006 - Apatite & Muscovite
Ping Wu Mine, Sichuan Province, China
miniature - 3.5 x 2.6 x 2.4
$ 125.00

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Apatite & Muscovite from Ping Wu Mine, Sichuan Province, China [db_pics/update3/ML00006.jpg]

ML00022 - Hematite & Adularia
Piz Lucendro, Canton Tessin, Switzerland
miniature - 4.1 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm
~~$ 125.00~~ DISCOUNTED 40.00% OFF TO $ 75.00

Lustrous thick barrel shaped hematite crystals.

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Hematite & Adularia from Piz Lucendro, Canton Tessin, Switzerland [db_pics/update3/ML00022a.jpg]

Hematite & Adularia from Piz Lucendro, Canton Tessin, Switzerland [db_pics/update3/ML00022b.jpg]

ML00023 - Lorandite & Orpiment
Mercur Mine, Oquirrh Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, USA
miniature - 4.2 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm
$ 500.00

2 mm Lorandite crystals associated with Orpiment and calcite. This specimen was purchased approximately 15 years ago when a small lot of Lorandites from Utah hit the market.

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Lorandite & Orpiment from Mercur Mine, Oquirrh Mountains, Tooele County, Utah, USA [db_pics/update3/ML00023.jpg]

ML00025 - Wulfenite
Red Cloud Mine, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
miniature - 3.5 x 2.1 x 0.8 cm
$ 150.00

2.4 cm Wulfenite crystal from classic Red Cloud locality.

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Wulfenite from Red Cloud Mine, Yuma County, Arizona, USA [db_pics/update3/ML00025.jpg]

ML00028 - Pyromorphite
Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Corrèze, Limousin, France
miniature - 3.9 x 3.5 x 2.1 cm
~~$ 500.00~~ DISCOUNTED 30.00% OFF TO $ 350.00

Well formed yellow Pyromorphite on Quartz from the classic French location.

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Pyromorphite from Les Farges Mine, Ussel, Corrèze, Limousin, France [db_pics/update3/ML00028.jpg]

ML00030 - Pyrargyrite
St. Andreasberg, Harz Mountains, Lower Saxony, Germany
thumbnail - 3.1 x 2.0 x 1.7 cm
~~$ 425.00~~ DISCOUNTED 30.00% OFF TO $ 297.50

1.9 cm Pyrargyrite associated with typical mammilary mass of Arsenic.

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Pyrargyrite from St. Andreasberg, Harz Mountains, Lower Saxony, Germany [db_pics/update3/ML00030.jpg]

ML00033 - Chlorargyrite
Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Region II, Chile
small cabinet - 5.1 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm
$ 200.00

Well formed small chlorargyrite crystals on this historic piece from northern Chile.

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Chlorargyrite from Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Region II, Chile [db_pics/update3/ML00033.jpg]

ML00045 - Silver
Keeley Frontier Mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada
miniature - 3.4 x 0.9 x 0.6 cm
~~$ 225.00~~ DISCOUNTED 30.00% OFF TO $ 157.50

The Cobalt area is better known for masses of herringbone twin crystals frozen in calcite. It is unusual to get wires from this locality.

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Silver from Keeley Frontier Mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada [db_pics/update3/ML00045.jpg]

ML00046 - Silver
Elura Mine, Cobar, New South Wales, Australia
miniature - 4.0 x 3.0 x 0.5 cm
$ 250.00

A classic spinel twinned wire from the Elura Mine.

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Silver from Elura Mine, Cobar, New South Wales, Australia [db_pics/update3/ML00046.jpg]

ML00048 - Copper
Itauz Mine, 60 km from Dzhezkazgan City, Dzhezkazgan Oblast, Kazakhstan
small cabinet - 8.0 x 1.0 x 0.2 cm
~~$ 500.00~~ DISCOUNTED 30.00% OFF TO $ 350.00

8 cm long spinel twin Copper crystal with well developed herringbone textures growing off the central twin.

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Copper from Itauz Mine, 60 km from Dzhezkazgan City, Dzhezkazgan Oblast, Kazakhstan [db_pics/update3/ML00048.jpg]

ML00051 - Copper
Houghton County, Michigan, USA
miniature - 4.4 x 3.9 x 1.9 cm
~~$ 300.00~~ DISCOUNTED 35.00% OFF TO $ 195.00

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A nice radiating group of spinel law twined copper crytals.

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Copper from Houghton County, Michigan, USA [db_pics/update3/ML00051.jpg]

ML00052 - Copper
Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, New South Wales, Australia
small cabinet - 6.2 x 1.8 x 0.9 cm
$ 120.00

A 6.2 cm spinel twin copper crystal with a greenish patina typical of Broken Hill.

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Copper from Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, New South Wales, Australia [db_pics/update3/ML00052a.jpg]

ML00080 - Xenotime-(Y), Rutile & Quartz
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
small cabinet - 6.3 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm
$ 500.00

An unusual association of Rutilated Quartz with Xenotime.

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Xenotime-(Y), Rutile & Quartz from Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil [db_pics/update3/ML00080a.jpg]

Xenotime-(Y), Rutile & Quartz from Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil [db_pics/update3/ML00080b.jpg]

ML00081 - Pyrite
Niccioleta Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy
small cabinet - 7.2 x 6.5 x 3.7 cm
~~$ 325.00~~ DISCOUNTED 30.00% OFF TO $ 227.50

Well formed and heavily striated, this is a prime example of pyrite from this region.

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Pyrite from Niccioleta Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy [db_pics/update3/ML00081a.jpg]

Pyrite from Niccioleta Mine, Massa Marittima, Grosseto Province, Tuscany, Italy [db_pics/update3/ML00081b.jpg]

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