Mineral Specimens with Bustamite

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MD-112594 - Bustamite - - Archived
Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
small cabinet, 6.2 x 1.7 x 0.9 cm
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Bustamite from Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia [db_pics/mdpics/MD-112594a.jpg]

This is a superb bustamite crystal not just for size, but for the sharp and complete termination. Usually these crystals are contacted or incomplete. This one, however, is complete all around (except for what may be a slight cleave on one narrow back edge) and shows an exemplary termination 6.2 x 1.7 x 0.9 cm

MD-215493 - Bustamite - - Archived
Wessels Mine (Wessel's Mine), Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
small cabinet, 9.4 x 5.3 x 4.5 cm.
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Bustamite from Wessels Mine (Wessel's Mine), Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa [db_pics/mdpics/MD-215493a.jpg]

9.4 x 5.3 x 4.5 cm. Bustamite is actually fairly uncommon for the Kalahari district, and this is a rich specimen, with intense color. The soft pink hue is not pale…it’s actually quite strongly colored for a pastel hue. Charlie rated this highly, and said it was an unusually thick piece with the kind of color treasured for lapidary use, carvings and such. Ex. Charlie Key.

MD-229905 - Bustamite - - Archived
Wessels Mine (Wessel's Mine), Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
small cabinet, 6.5 x 5.7 x 3.4 cm.
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Bustamite from Wessels Mine (Wessel's Mine), Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa [db_pics/mdpics/MD-229905b.jpg]

6.5 x 5.7 x 3.4 cm. Bustamite is rare for the Kalahari district, and this is a rich specimen, with intense color. The soft pink hue is not pale…it’s actually quite strongly colored for a pastel hue. The color is very similar to the rich pink Bustamite from the Franklin Mine, and the habit is a cross between Franklin's blocky crystals and the ''hairy'' Bustamite from Broken Hill, Australia. Good fluorescence. Ex. Charlie Key Collection.

MD-23741 - Bustamite - - Archived
Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
miniature, 4 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm
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Bustamite from Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia [db_pics/mdpics/MD-23741a.jpg]

A FINE, terminated bustamite crystal rising from sparing matrix, showing deep salmon-brown color, pretty good lustre for the species, and complete all around. Not at all common in this quality – a really good mini of this old and classic material from BH. These are just not around! 4 x 2.2 x 1.1 cm

MD-252657 - Bustamite, Galena, Calcite - - Archived
Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
small cabinet, 9.1 x 7.8 x 5.7 cm.
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Bustamite, Galena, Calcite from Broken Hill, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia [db_pics/mdpics/MD-252657a.jpg]

9.1 x 7.8 x 5.7 cm. Intergrown calcite and massive bustamite are the matrix for prismatic, flesh colored crystals to 7 cm across, and the piece weighs about 500 grams. Bustamite is an uncommon mineral species in crystal form known best from this locality (old workings, though) and from Franklin in New Jersey. Specimens from each appear similar. The calcite even fluoresces in each case. Here, though, the galena crystals embedded in the calcite matrix give it away as Broken Hill material.

MD-261601 - Gold, Bustamite, Ferrobustamite - - Archived
Idarado Mine, Telluride, Ouray District (Uncompahgre District), San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA
small cabinet, 7.6 x 5.7 x 2.2 cm.
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Gold, Bustamite, Ferrobustamite from Idarado Mine, Telluride, Ouray District (Uncompahgre District), San Miguel Co., Colorado, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-261601b.jpg]

7.6 x 5.7 x 2.2 cm. A very rare polished specimen of classic "Dust Gold" associated with pinkish-brown Bustamite and Ferrobustamite set into massive white Quartz from the Idarado mine near Telluride. This specimen was analyzed by the late great mineralogist Gene Foord back in the early 1980s, and remains one of the only specimens of Bustamite/Ferrobustamite that I have seen from this mine. Ex. Richard Kosnar Collection.

MD-266442 - Bustamite - - Archived
Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
small cabinet, 6.6 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm.
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Bustamite from Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-266442a.jpg]

6.6 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm. Bustamite is one of the few colorful minerals from Franklin that is found in reasonably good sized display specimens. This piece features several rather lustrous, thick, blocky, attractive pink colored crystals of Bustamite which are associated with blue Apatite and minor Calcite. The largest Bustamite crystal measures 2.7 cm long. These specimens are among some of the most easily recognizable and classic minerals from all of Franklin.

MRZ168 - Bustamite - SOLD
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
small cabinet, 6.2 x 1.7 x 0.9 cm
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ex.  Martin Zinn

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Bustamite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia [db_pics/pics/mrz168a.jpg]

This is a superb bustamite crystal not just for size, but for the sharp and complete termination. Usually these crystals are contacted or incomplete. This one, however, is complete all around (except for what may be a slight cleave on one narrow back edge) and shows an exemplary termination


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