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MD-148091 - Quartz, Stibnite, Cervantite - - Archived Trinity Mts, Lovelock, Antelope District, Pershing Co., Nevada, USA miniature, 4.4 x 4.4 x 4.1 cm.
4.4 x 4.4 x 4.1 cm. This is a quite a rare U.S. quartz specimen, a polished crystal of quartz shot through with acicular stibnite and cervantite crystals, from the Trinity Mountains in Nevada. Here is what is on the back side of the old label: "Bought on Feb. 17, 1950. An exceptional example of a rare, hard-to-get item, the exact locality of which no one seems to know and which has been kept a deep secret)." Love this description! Later it appears the question was answered (on the other side of the label - which shows the specimen to have first been in the collection of Mitch Gunnell, and then passed to a collector named Robert Roote, author of the quote above). Anyway, a fascinating specimen that even most quartz collectors probably do not have in their collections! Richard Hauck Quartz Collection specimen.
MD-213068 - Valentinite, Cervantite, Stibnite - - Archived Xikuangshan Sb deposit, Lengshuijiang Co., Loudi Prefecture, Hunan Province, China large cabinet, 16.1 x 5.0 x 3.0 cm.
16.1 x 5.0 x 3.0 cm. An imposing, trident-like, large cabinet pseudomorph of ochre valentinite and cervantite after sharply terminated stibnite crystals. This specimen is from recent finds at the Xikuangshan Mine of China, the world’s largest antimony mine. This is an extremely large, damage--free specimen. The front side is extremely sharp and the back looks like it is lightly resorbed or very lightly contacted, but no damage, per se.
MD-242333 - Andorite, Zinkenite, Cervantite - - Archived San José Mine, Oruro City, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia miniature, 4.7 x 3.8 x 1.0 cm.
4.7 x 3.8 x 1.0 cm. From the new find in November 2004. Andorite is lead, silver, antimony sulfosalt and was named for the Hungarian mineral collector Andor von Semsey (1833-1923), who holds a remarkable distinction for having two mineral species named after him (andorite and semseyite). This mine at Oruro dates Spanish mining as far back as the year 1595 and was mined by Incan Indians for several centuries prior. In all the years of mining, these are undoubtedly, the worlds finest Andorites extant. These specimens were extracted from the same vein system worked by the father of Bolivian mineralogy, Federico Ahlfeld. Ahlfeld worked the San Jose mine and Itos mine (the other significant andorite locality at the same mountain in Oruro) when the mines were used predominantly as a major sources of tin to the United States during WWII. The best examples of the species have come from Bolivia. This specimen consists of layered, steel-grey, lustrous crystals of the rare lead, silver, antimony sulfosalt Andorite. The piece is associated with minor prismatic Zinkenite and yellow-brown color Cervantite. I'm told that the part of the mine which produced these specimens is finished. All Content and Design ©1996-2010 The ArkenstonePowered by http://mineralwebsites.comBy-species Galleries | ||||||||
