Assorted Fine Minerals
PREMIERING a new release of old specimens from the Dr. Vasco Trancoso Collection (Lisbon) and also large cabinet specimens from a private Kalahari dealer's collection. Offerings this week include a wide-ranging set of classics, rarities, and new finds plus large specimens from well-known collections, including Hefendehl, Trancoso, Owen, and other recent collection purchases.
Highlights:
1. Arkansas WAVELLITE (rare color)
2. Large Erongo SCHORL with AQUAMARINE
3. FLUOR-BUERGERITE from the Type Locality
4. Orange-red OLMIITE
5. Large HYDROXYLAPOPHYLLITE and classic DUFTITE on CALCITE specimens
- Okenite on Gyrolite (old)
- Malad Quarry, Malad, Mumbai Suburban dist., Maharashtra, India
- Ex. Rock Currier
- 5.7 x 5.0 x 4.3 cm
- Malachite & Chrysocolla
- Copper Crescent, DR Congo
- Ex. Vasco Trancoso
- 15.4 x 11.5 x 6.5 cm
- Baryte on Stibnite (rare style)
- Baia Sprie, Maramureș Co., Romania
- 7.7 x 6.0 x 4.6 cm
- Hydroxylapatite on Microcline (2005-2006 finds)
- Sapo mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Ex. Vasco Trancoso
- 5.8 x 5.2 x 3.2 cm
- Smithsonite ps. Calcite (classic locale)
- 8th Level, San Antonio Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico
- Ex. Dr. Peter Megaw
- 15.2 x 7.5 x 6.7 cm
- Pyrite (classic locale)
- Gavorrano Mine, Gavorrano, Grosseto Prov., Tuscany, Italy
- 12.2 x 7.8 x 5.2 cm
- Turquoise in Quartz (rare locale)
- Tiffany Mines, Los Cerrillos Mtns, Santa Fe Co., New Mexico, USA
- Ex. A. L. Kidwell
- 9.2 x 4.9 x 3.8 cm
- Apophyllite gem stalactite
- Aurangabad Dist., Maharashtra, India
- Ex. Rock Currier
- 9.0 x 4.9 x 3.2 cm
- Fluor-buergerite (Type Locality)
- Mexquitic de Carmona Mun., San Luis Potosí, Mexico
- Ex. Bill & Anne Cook
- 4.1 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm
- Pink Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) (RARE)
- N'Chwaning II Mine, Kuruman, KMF, Northern Cape, South Africa
- Ex. Colin & Helga Owen
- 3.4 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
- Brenham Pallasite Meteorite
- Haviland, Kiowa Co., Kansas, USA
- Ex. Ron Pellar
- 4.3 x 2.8 x 0.4 cm, 9 grams
- large Calcite w/ phantom
- Sweetwater Mine, Viburnum Trend, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA
- Ex. Chet Lemanski
- 18.7 x 9.8 x 9.3 cm
- Iridescent botryoidal Goethite
- Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
- Ex. Tim Sherburn
- 13.0 x 8.8 x 3.3 cm
- Doubly-terminated, floater Schorl
- Golconda pegmatite field, Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Ex. Bill & Anne Cook
- 6.9 x 5.4 x 3.8 cm
- Wavellite (RARE color)
- de Linde Pits, Dug Hill, Avant, Garland Co., Arkansas, USA
- Ex. James Zigras
- 13.0 x 9.0 x 5.5 cm
- Datolite Nodule
- Mandan Mine, Mandan, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA
- 3.6 x 3.0 x 1.2 cm
- Sulfur (rare locale)
- Lake Taupo, Taupo Dist., Waikato Region, New Zealand
- Ex. A. L. Kidwell
- 2.6 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm
- large Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)
- Wessels Mine, Hotazel, KMF, Northern Cape, South Africa
- Ex. Colin & Helga Owen
- 18.0 x 15.0 x 12.0 cm
- Carlsbad-twin Orthoclase (historic, Type Locality for the twin law)
- Karlovy Vary Dist., Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic
- Ex. Vasco Trancoso
- 4.8 x 3.2 x 1.7 cm
- Papagoite on Calcite (RARE)
- Sinclair Mine, Karas Region, Namibia
- Ex. Charlie Key; Vasco Trancoso
- 5.9 x 3.2 x 2.0 cm
- Reichenbachite (rare)
- Miguel Vacas Mine, Vila Viçosa, Évora, Portugal
- Ex. Vasco Trancoso
- 4.0 x 2.8 x 1.4 cm
- Rose Quartz
- Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Ex. Vasco Trancoso
- 4.9 x 4.1 x 2.2 cm
- Red Quartz (included by Hematite)
- 2nd Sovetskii Mine, Dalnegorsk, Primorsky Krai, Russia
- Ex. Vasco Trancoso
- 3.8 x 1.2 x 0.6 cm
- Khaidarkanite (Ultra Rare - Type Locality)
- Khaidarkan Sb-Hg deposit, Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan
- Ex. Vasco Trancoso
- 3.0 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm
- Clinoptilolite-Na
- Richardson Ranch, Madras, Jefferson Co., Oregon, USA
- Ex. Vasco Trancoso
- 10.3 x 8.6 x 5.6 cm
- Crocoite
- Red Lead Mine, Zeehan dist., Tasmania, Australia
- Ex. Vasco Trancoso
- 11.0 x 8.8 x 6.5 cm
- Calcite (highly fluorescent)
- Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- Ex. Vasco Trancoso
- 8.5 x 7.4 x 7.0 cm
- Amethyst "flower" w/ Calcite (RARE style)
- Irai, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
- 8.6 x 8.1 x 4.7 cm
- Fluorite (2 generations)
- Xianghualing Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China
- Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
- 7.8 x 7.0 x 6.6 cm
- large Selenite incl. w/ Hematite (RARE combination)
- Qinglong Mine, Dachang Sb ore field, Guizhou, China
- Ex. Dr. Bob Byers
- 23.6 x 2.6 x 1.5 cm