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RARE-09-10 - KOVDORSKITE - SOLD
Kovdor Iron Mine, Kovdor, Kola Peninsula, Russia (TYPE LOCALITY)
thumbnail, 2.2 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm
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KOVDORSKITE from Kovdor Iron Mine, Kovdor, Kola Peninsula, Russia (TYPE LOCALITY) [db_pics/pics/rare-09-10c.jpg]

This crystal cluster has a slightly pink hue to it, and came out shortly after the species type find here, I would guess from remembering when these came to market. The crystals are sharp and lustrous and the cluster is complete all around. For a thumbnail example of this species, that isn't just a single cystal, I find this a surpisingly elegant piece.(TYPE LOCALITY)

RARE-09-09 - KOVDORSKITE - SOLD
Kovdor Iron Mine, Kovdor, Kola Peninsula, Russia (TYPE LOCALITY)
thumbnail, 2.7 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm
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This crystal cluster has a slightly pink hue to it, and came out shortly after the species type find here, I would guess from remembering when these came to market. The crystals are sharp and lustrous and the cluster is complete all around. (TYPE LOCALITY)

RARE-09-07 - CHALCOPHYLLITE - SOLD
Wheal Gorland, Cornwall, England
miniature, 4.2 x 3.1 x 2.4 cm
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ex.  Dr. Mark Feinglos

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CHALCOPHYLLITE from Wheal Gorland, Cornwall, England [db_pics/pics/rare-09-07b.jpg]

A beautiful, classic crystal of rather large size (fully 1 cm!), from these famous mines circa mid to late 1800s. This crystal has the sharp hexagonal form and riveting blue color for which Cornwall became famously known. Such fine examples, all more than 100 years old, are hard to come by. This is a superb specimen for crystal size , well displayed on matrix. They don't make them like this from other mines, still to this day. ex. Mark Feinglos Collection

RARE-09-41 - MROSEITE with TELLURITE - SOLD
Bambolla Mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico (TYPE LOCALITY)
cabinet, 10.7 x 7.6 x 4.0 cm
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MROSEITE with TELLURITE from Bambolla Mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico (TYPE LOCALITY) [db_pics/pics/rare-09-41a.jpg]
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MROSEITE with TELLURITE from Bambolla Mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico (TYPE LOCALITY) [db_pics/pics/rare-09-41c.jpg]

This large specimen features numerous fat tellurite crystal clusters to 5-6mm perched on the edges of a protected vug,lined with drusy quartz - a beautiful and unusually rich specimen. Though there is some damage, there is a lot of material here to make up for that. Moreover, this piece is rich in the rarer species Mroseite, which is present as white cleavage fragments all over the lefthand side of the specimen (per Bill Pinch, Mark Feinglos, and Marcus Origlieri by visual inspection). One of the surprises of 2007 for rarities was the reworking of the famous old Bambolla mine in the Moctezuma tellurium complex for specimens, by several European-led collecting teams. Many specimens were then sold at Munich 2008 and this year in Tucson.

RARE-09-03 - DENNINGITE with TELLURITE - SOLD
Bambolla Mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico (TYPE LOCALITY)
miniature, 5.5 x 4.3 x 2.2 cm
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DENNINGITE with TELLURITE from Bambolla Mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico (TYPE LOCALITY) [db_pics/pics/rare-09-03c.jpg]

Denningite is found ONLY at this mine, the type locality for the species recognized in 1961 from material found in the 1940s-1950s. One of the surprises of 2007 for rarities was the reworking of the famous old Bambolla mine in the Moctezuma tellurium complex for specimens, by several European-led collecting teams. Many specimens were then sold at Munich 2008 and this year in Tucson. This is a very rich specimen with vitreous, very nice yellow, elongated crystals of denningite admixed with microcrystalline or acrystalline yellow tellurite. It is rich and colorful throughout the display face. I am told that mixed with the denningite is often spiroffite, and the two are often mislabelled one way or the other, but this has not been determined for this specimen. (TYPE LOCALITY)

RARE-09-01 - POUGHITE - SOLD
Bambolla Mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico (TYPE LOCALITY)
small cabinet, 5.8 x 4.7 x 2.0 cm
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One of the surprises of 2007 for rarities was the reworking of the famous old Bambolla mine in the Moctezuma tellurium complex for specimens, by several European-led collecting teams. Many specimens were then sold at Munich 2008 and this year in Tucson. This is a very rich specimen with microcrystalline yellow poughite and perhaps other telluride minerals as well. Although more colorful on front, there is poughite on both sides of the specimen, and it can be broken up easily into many study or trading samples. VERY RARE in such quality! (TYPE LOCALITY)

RARE-09-20 - BIXBYITE on TOPAZ - SOLD
Solar Wind Claim, Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA
thumbnail, 2.6 x 1.7 x 1.1 cm
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BIXBYITE on TOPAZ from Solar Wind Claim, Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA [db_pics/pics/rare-09-20b.jpg]

This is a remarkable floating cluster , complete all around, of a 1 cm bixbyite perched astride two doubly-terminated topaz crystals! Obtained from the collector, John Holfert, approx. 10 years ago.


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