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RH070901001KOVD - Carbonate-Fluorapatite, variety Staffelite - Kovdor Mine, Kovdar Massif, Kola, Russia |
| 6.5 x 6 x 3 cm; Staffelite is the botryoidal form of the phosphate mineral, Carbonate-Fluorapatite [Ca5(PO4,CO3)3F]. This piece has an eye pleasing robins egg blue color $35 |
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RH070901002FLUX - "Jackstraw" Cerussite - Flux Mine - Harshaw District, Patagonia Mtns, Santa Cruz Co., AZ |
| 7.7 x 4.5 x 3 cm; Pearly whilte haystacks of Cerussite are spread across a gossan matrix from this classic and defunct locale. $45 |
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RH070901003KOLW - Cobaltoan Dolomite - Kolwezi, Katanga (Shaba), Congo |
| 7 x 3.5 x 4 cm; As you turn this sample, the druze of pink dolomite crystals sparkle as they catch the light. $45 |
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RH070901004TSUM - Calcite - Tsumeb, Namibia |
| 6 x 5 x 3.5 cm. This unusual calcite specimen with butterfly and fan shaped arrays of stair-stepped rhombs is from the Frank Dodge Collection. Frank was a colletor who retained all the details of a specimen. He bought this specimen from The Rocksmiths and on the back of the label he noted that he purchased it on 11-18-89 at the St. Louis Mineral & Gem show for $27 after a 10% discount. Of course in 1989, specimens such as this from the world classic local were much more widely available. $75 |
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RH070901005JALG - Epistilbite - Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India. |
| .7.5 x 6.5 x 4 cm; A 1.5 cm spray of Epistilbite crystals decorates the inside of basalt vesicle. $20 |
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RH070901006SANT - Mimetite - Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico |
| 5 x 3.7 x 3.5 cm.
Pale yellow botryoidal Mimetite blooms from a gossan matrix. $15 |
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