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JWHITE-56 - Colusite - $ 200 SOLD West Colusa Mine, Butte, Silverbow Co., Montana, USA miniature, 4.9 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm ex. John White
Colusite is a very complex, unusual species with copper, vanadium, arsenic, tin, antimony. This is a substantial chunk of rock, with lots of bronzy colusite on the surface. It ismost not crystalline, but some is. And it is rich in material, from this type locality for the species
MD-169840 - Colusite, Pyrite - - Archived West Colusa Mine, Butte, Butte District, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA small cabinet, 5.7 x 4.8 x 3.1 cm.
5.7 x 4.8 x 3.1 cm. This is an incredibly rich specimen for this rare species. It comes from the collection of Colorado Bureau of Mines geologist Stanley Korozel via dealer Josef Vajdak, who was until recently on his retirement one of the more noted dealers in rarities. This was said to have been collected in the 1960's. Lustrous, metallic, gray crystals of colusite, to .8 cm in length, are associated with brassy crystals of pyrite, of similar size. Colusite is a rare copper, vanadium, arsenic, tin, antimony sulfide. The entire knob wrapping around the top is SOLID, crystallized colusite with a crystallized region of over 3 x 3 cm.
MD-179436 - Colusite - - Archived East Colusa Mine, Butte, Butte District, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA miniature, 4.0 x 3.7 x2.0 cm.
4.0 x 3.7 x2.0 cm. Well-developed crystals of colusite are rare to uncommon, at best, from the famous mines at Butte, for which the East Colusa Mine is the Type Locality. This excellent specimen features large for the species, reasonably well-developed, bronze-colored colusite crystals to 1.7 cm richly scattered in massive colusite ore. Colusite is a rare copper, vanadium sulfosalt and this piece was collected before 1966.
MD-249782 - Colusite - - Archived West Colusa Mine, Butte, Butte District, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA miniature, 4.9 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm.
4.9 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm. Colusite is a very complex, unusual species with copper, vanadium, arsenic, tin, and antimony. This is a substantial chunk of rock, with lots of bronzy colusite on the surface. It is mostly not crystalline, but some is. And it is rich in material. Ex. John White Collection.
MD-65545 - Colusite - - Archived Butte, Butte District, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA thumbnail, 4 x 3 x 2 mm
For the rare sulfosalt colusite, this is really a good-sized crystal (4 mm), and it actually has some faces on it! From the TYPE LOCALITY in Butte, Montana. Came out of the collection of Erberto Tealdi. 4 x 3 x 2 mm
RARE08-01 - Colusite on Pyrite - $ 4000 SOLD West Colusa Mine, Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana, USA small cabinet, 5.7 x 4.8 x 3.1 cm
This is an incredibly rich specimen for this rare species, the richest I know of in fact. It comes from the collection of Colorado Bureau of Mines geologist Stanley Korozel via dealer Josef Vajdak, who was until recently on his retirement one of the more noted dealers in rarities. This was said to have been collected in the 1960's. Lustrous, metallic, gray crystals of colusite, to .8 cm in length, are associated with brassy crystals of pyrite, of similar size. Colusite is a rare copper, vanadium, arsenic, tin, antimony, sulfide. The entire knob wrapping around the top is SOLID, crystallized colusite with a crystallized region of over 3 x 3 cm. All Content and Design ©1996-2010 The ArkenstonePowered by http://mineralwebsites.comBy-species Galleries | ||||||||||||||
