The Miner's Lunchbox - Small Cabinet

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ML00003 - Rhodochrosite
N'Chwaning Mine, Kuruman, Cape Province, South Africa
small cabinet - 6.0 x 4.0 x 2.0 cm
$ 4000.00 (=~ £ 3312.89)

Mammillary aggregate of rhombohedral crystals. Abundant tiny manganite crystals perched on rhodochrosite.

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Rhodochrosite from N'Chwaning Mine, Kuruman, Cape Province, South Africa [db_pics/update3/ML00003.jpg]

ML00005 - Cobaltoan Calcite
Agoudal Mine, Bou Azzer, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco
small cabinet - 7.5 x 5.5 x 4.3 cm
$ 275.00 (=~ £ 227.76)

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]

ML00033 - Chlorargyrite
Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Region II, Chile
small cabinet - 5.1 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm
$ 200.00 (=~ £ 165.64)

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]

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 (=~ £ 414.11)~~ DISCOUNTED 30.00% OFF TO $ 350.00 (=~ £ 289.88)

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]

ML00052 - Copper
Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, New South Wales, Australia
small cabinet - 6.2 x 1.8 x 0.9 cm
$ 120.00 (=~ £ 99.39)

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]

ML00072 - Anglesite
Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
small cabinet - 6.9 x 3.0 x 1.0 cm
~~$ 900.00 (=~ £ 745.40)~~ DISCOUNTED 35.00% OFF TO $ 585.00 (=~ £ 484.51)

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An unusual elongate anglesite crystal.

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Anglesite from Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia [db_pics/update3/ML00072a.jpg]

Anglesite from Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia [db_pics/update3/ML00072b.jpg]

ML00080 - Xenotime-(Y), Rutile & Quartz
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
small cabinet - 6.3 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm
$ 500.00 (=~ £ 414.11)

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 (=~ £ 269.17)~~ DISCOUNTED 30.00% OFF TO $ 227.50 (=~ £ 188.42)

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]

ML00082 - Prehnite & Epidote
Djouga Diggings, Bendoukou, Arrondissement Diakon, Cercle de Bafoulabe, Kayes Region, Mali
small cabinet - 7.5 x 6.7 x 3.5 cm
~~$ 1000.00 (=~ £ 828.22)~~ DISCOUNTED 30.00% OFF TO $ 700.00 (=~ £ 579.76)

A floater group of lustrous Epidote crystals with associated Prehnite and Stilbite.

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Prehnite & Epidote from Djouga Diggings, Bendoukou, Arrondissement Diakon, Cercle de Bafoulabe, Kayes Region, Mali [db_pics/update3/ML00082a.jpg]

Prehnite & Epidote from Djouga Diggings, Bendoukou, Arrondissement Diakon, Cercle de Bafoulabe, Kayes Region, Mali [db_pics/update3/ML00082a.jpg]

Prehnite & Epidote from Djouga Diggings, Bendoukou, Arrondissement Diakon, Cercle de Bafoulabe, Kayes Region, Mali [db_pics/update3/ML00082b.jpg]

ML00084 - Copper
Itauz Mine, Karagandy Oblast, Kazakhstan
small cabinet - 9.0 x 2.1 x 0.4 cm
$ 725.00 (=~ £ 600.46)

Well developed herringbone style twinning.

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Copper from Itauz Mine, Karagandy Oblast, Kazakhstan [db_pics/update3/ML00084.jpg]

ML00090 - Beryl var. Aquamarine, Muscovite & Albite
Shigar Tal, Gilgit Division, Pakistan
small cabinet - 6.7 x 6.4 x 5.5 cm
~~$ 2400.00 (=~ £ 1987.74)~~ DISCOUNTED 35.00% OFF TO $ 1560.00 (=~ £ 1292.03)

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Aquamarines from Pakistan are quite common these days. What sets this apart is the well formed, thick muscovite books which resemble rosettes.

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Beryl var. Aquamarine, Muscovite & Albite from Shigar Tal, Gilgit Division, Pakistan [db_pics/update3/ML00090a.jpg]

Beryl var. Aquamarine, Muscovite & Albite from Shigar Tal, Gilgit Division, Pakistan [db_pics/update3/ML00090b.jpg]

Beryl var. Aquamarine, Muscovite & Albite from Shigar Tal, Gilgit Division, Pakistan [db_pics/update3/ML00090c.jpg]

ML00091 - Ferro-Axinite
Puiva Mine, Beresovak District, Sub-Polar Urals, Tyumen Oblast, Russia
small cabinet - 8.4 x 7.5 x 4.0 cm
~~$ 875.00 (=~ £ 724.70)~~ DISCOUNTED 60.00% OFF TO $ 350.00 (=~ £ 289.88)

Once relatively common, specimens like this are rarely seen now that the mine has been closed for many years.

ex. Passaneau Collection

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Ferro-Axinite from Puiva Mine, Beresovak District, Sub-Polar Urals, Tyumen Oblast, Russia [db_pics/update3/ML00091.jpg]

ML00092 - Tourmaline, Quartz, & Muscovite
Shigar Tal, Gilgit Division, Pakistan
small cabinet - 8.1 x 6.0 x 3.9 cm
~~$ 420.00 (=~ £ 347.85)~~ DISCOUNTED 30.00% OFF TO $ 294.00 (=~ £ 243.50)

A nice association piece with quartz intergrown with tourmaline and muscovite.

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Tourmaline, Quartz, & Muscovite from Shigar Tal, Gilgit Division, Pakistan [db_pics/update3/ML00092.jpg]

ML00100 - Dravite
May Downs, Mt. Isa, Queensland, Australia
small cabinet - 5.8 x 4.8 x 4.2 cm
~~$ 200.00 (=~ £ 165.64)~~ DISCOUNTED 30.00% OFF TO $ 140.00 (=~ £ 115.95)

A perfect floater with three doubly terminated crystals stuck together.

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Dravite from May Downs, Mt. Isa, Queensland, Australia [db_pics/update3/ML00100.jpg]

ML00102 - Cerussite
Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, New South Wales, Australia
small cabinet - 8.1 x 6.1 x 5.6 cm
~~$ 1400.00 (=~ £ 1159.51)~~ DISCOUNTED 55.00% OFF TO $ 630.00 (=~ £ 521.78)

A classic example of anglesite on cerussite from Broken Hill. The cyclic twinning is well pronounced.

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Cerussite from Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, New South Wales, Australia [db_pics/update3/ML00102a.jpg]

Cerussite from Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, New South Wales, Australia [db_pics/update3/ML00102b.jpg]

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