Hackmanite, scapolite and feldspar, from Myanmar
Small but really nice specimen, consisting of sodalite var. hackmanite, along with scapolite and feldspar. The hackmanite shows deep...
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Hackmanite, scapolite, johachidolite, feldspar, etc, from Myanmar
Shown here is a very nice specimen of super deeply tenebrescent sodalite var. hackmanite, from the Mogok Township, Pyin-Oo-Lwin District,...
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Baryte and calcite crystals from Puttapa, Australia
While not as colorful as the typical material from the Beltana Mine in Puttapa, South Australia, this specimen is definitely out of the...
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Willemite, calcite, etc; Puttapa, Australia
Small but brighter than average specimen of the typical calcite-willemite assemblage from the Beltana Mine, Puttapa, Leigh Creek, North...
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Willemite, calcite, etc; Puttapa, Australia
Small but brighter than average specimen of the typical calcite-willemite assemblage from the Beltana Mine, Puttapa, Leigh Creek, North...
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Willemite, calcite, etc; Puttapa, Australia
Very nice, large specimen from the Beltana Mine, Puttapa, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia. One of my...
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Willemite, calcite, etc; Puttapa, Australia
Very nice, large specimen from the Beltana Mine, Puttapa, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia. One of my...
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Willemite, calcite, etc; Puttapa, Australia
Shown here is a modest sized but fantastic calcite and willemite specimen from the Beltana Mine, Puttapa, Leigh Creek, North Flinders...
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Willemite, calcite, etc; Puttapa, Australia
Very nice, large specimen from the Beltana Mine, Puttapa, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia. One of my...
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Willemite, calcite, etc; Puttapa, Australia
Very nice, large specimen from the Beltana Mine, Puttapa, Leigh Creek, North Flinders Ranges, Flinders Ranges, South Australia. One of my...
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Hokkaidoite in opal from Shikaribetsu Lake, Japan
Very nice, recently acquired specimen consisting of very brightly fluorescing hokkaidoite, in opal, from the Shikaribetsu Lake, Shikaoi,...
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Hokkaidoite in opal from Shikaribetsu Lake, Japan
Very nice, recently acquired specimen consisting of very brightly fluorescing hokkaidoite, in opal, from the Shikaribetsu Lake, Shikaoi,...
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Hokkaidoite in opal from Shikaribetsu Lake, Japan
Very nice, recently acquired specimen consisting of very brightly fluorescing hokkaidoite, in opal, from the Shikaribetsu Lake, Shikaoi,...
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Hyalite-Coated Chalcedony and Fluorite, SK Star Claim #2, Juab Co., Utah
This interesting and unique fluorescent specimen looks like something you'd expect to find in an underwater coral reef. Collected from...
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Selenite Flower, Sheridan County, Wyoming
At first glace, this looks like a classic selenite rosette from the Red River Floodway, Manitoba, Canada. But no, guess again! This...
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Barite, Skunk Pocket, Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Iowa
This large and aesthetic barite specimen was collected from the Linwood Mine, Buffalo, Scott Co., Iowa from a find made in November 2019...
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Multi-Colored Sphalerite, Balmat No. 4 Mine, Balmat, New York
Featured here are two specimens consisting of sphalerite/zinc ore from the ZCA Mine No. 4 (now called the Empire State No. 4 Mine),...
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Tiffany Stone, Brush Wellman Mine, Delta, Utah
Tiffany stone is a complex rock composed of opalized fluorite with bands and veins of chalcedony, manganese oxide and bertrandite. The...
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Multi-Colored Sphalerite, Balmat No. 4 Mine, Balmat, New York
Large, triangular-shaped piece of metallic grey colored sphalerite/zinc ore with brassy grains of an unidentified sulfide mineral (pyrite...
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Sodalite (Hackmanite) with Chkalovite, Phosphorescent Greenland
Greenland offers up some of the most interesting pieces of hackmanite, usually with the brightest fluorescence. This piece checks all the...
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