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J11-53 - Linarite - $ 4800 Reward Mine, Inyo Mountains, Inyo County, California, USA miniature, 5.5 x 2.4 x 0.9 cm
This is a riveting, INTENSE blue color the likes of which you will seldom see in the mineral kingdom. The thin plate of matrix is host to overlaying linarites, some flat and some sticking up at an angle, that are glassy, transparent. It is an important example of the species from a US locality and so far as I have seen (in several years of watching these trickle out in dribs), the best larger specimen from the locality on the market. It compares favorably with other worldwide finds of this species, which are few and far between. Maybe there are others, but I have not seen them and I got this from the collector a year ago in Tucson. They are so blue that you have to reset your parameters for the color - really, not hyperbole, its that crazy freaky blue. So although this seems expensive, in person if you could see it would look dirt cheap compared to prices asked typically for the Grand Reef or old English material, and its a lot sexier too... Joe Budd photos
JWHITE-23 - Linarite - $ 450 Grand Reef Mine, Laurel Canyon, Graham County, Arizona, USA thumbnail, 1.7 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm ex. John White
A rather large, showy linarite crystal, with electric blue color, from the best find in Arizona . Specimens from this deposit are very rare now, and this is an excellent thumbnail example
LGC-35 - Linarite ex. Bement collection - $ 2750 SOLD Roughton Gill, Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, Cumbria, England small cabinet, 7.7 x 5.0 x 4.6 cm ex. Lindsay Greenbank
Linarite is one of the most intensely colored members of the mineral kingdom and a highly desired species from these old English locales. This specimen features a cluster of glassy and gemmy, deep blue linarite crystals, to 7 mm in length. All this is on an attractive, copper-stained quartz matrix. Importantly, the provenance of this Roughton Gill specimen is incredible: originally in the collection of Dr. C. Hintze of Strasbourg, then to Clarence Bement of Philadelphia in 1875 (note the price of $7.50 on the label - which could have bought a horse at the time and represents the huge significance attached to owning such a piece of this new species!) . Finally this specimen went to J. Pierpont Morgan in 1900 who presented it to The American Museum of Natural History with the rest of the Bement collection in 1910. From the museum itwas exchanged out to Ralph Sutcliffe in 1991, some 80 years later. The AMNH accession card has been copied, showing the original Hintze label and Bement's notes from his collection catalogue. All in all, for sharp quality of the crystals, historical import, and interesting provenance, this seems a special linarite specimen.
LINARITE - Linarite - $ 750 Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England thumbnail, 2.5 x 2.0 x 1.2 cm
Thumbnail, 2.7 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm A significant UK thumbnail, with brilliant blue linarite crystals to 1.3 cm, in matrix! It is not perfect, as the crystals show some damage at the base , but it is a beautiful and historic specimen. One of Carl's older pieces, purchased from Ward's long ago.
MD-118181 - Linarite - - Archived Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia small cabinet, 7.3 x 5.1 x 4.5 cm.
7.3 x 5.1 x 4.5 cm. A RICH and showy specimen of azure-blue linarite blades to 1.0 cm on matrix from Tsumeb. These are LARGE linarite blades for Tsumeb and the malachite is a nice compliment. Old and choice material clearly from the early first oxidation zone mining. Ex. George Elling Collection.
MD-119981 - Linarite, Leadhillite - - Archived Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine (Mammoth-St Anthony Mine; Mammoth Mine; St. Anthony Mine), St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA miniature, 4.5 x 4.1 x 3.5 cm.
4.5 x 4.1 x 3.5 cm. A beautiful, 1.2 cm, electric-blue cluster of linarite crystals surrounded by tiny, glassy leadhillite crystals aesthetically set on the sharp point of matrix from Arizona. In fact, the matrix is NEARLY SOLID, glassy leadhillite! The piece is hefty for its size - heavy lead. Ex. John Baum and George Elling Collections.
MD-130099 - Linarite - - Archived Darwin, Darwin District, Inyo Co., California, USA small cabinet, 6.8 x 5.2 x 2.8 cm.
6.8 x 5.2 x 2.8 cm. Linarite (Lead Copper Sulfate Hydroxide) is rare from anywhere. They are probably best-known from the Blanchard Mine in New Mexico, but from time to time, you still see an even rare California specimen turn up on the market. This is a very shallow pocket full of gemmy crystals of an intense cobalt blue. The pocket measures 3 cm in length.
MD-135010 - Linarite, Galena - - Archived Blanchard Mine (Portalas-Blanchard Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA thumbnail, 2.7 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm.
2.7 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm. If you have been lucky enough to be a "friend of Ray" who has mined at the Blanchard, you will know that these are the true rare prizes people hope to find there, but rarely do (the fluorites are much better known, of course). Crystallized linarites are rare from anywhere. This one, as is often the case, features the intense blue acicular crystals on a euhedral galena crystal (actually, on a layer of cerussite that formed on the surface of the galena). Nicely framed by quartz crystals.
MD-137442 - Linarite - - Archived Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA cabinet, 11.7 x 6.9 x 3.4 cm.
11.7 x 6.9 x 3.4 cm. This is a large and incredibly rich specimen of a very rare mineral. You just do not see this much linarite in one place very often! This is a seam in which the linarite has formed flattened crystals (the usual form) in a dense mat. Collectors at the Blanchard and other New Mexico localities are happy to find even small specimens with a fraction of the linarite you see here. Ex. Roman Gaufman collection.
MD-149540 - Linarite, Anglesite, Galena - - Archived Blanchard Mine (Portalas-Blanchard Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA thumbnail, 2.6 x 2.1 x 2 cm.
2.6 x 2.1 x 2 cm. The true holy grail of the famous Blanchard Mine is the highly sought-after Linarite. The world’s greatest find of Linarite came from there in 1980, and it is been a target ever since. This Galena cube has a very rich coating of deep-blue Linarite on two of its faces, and one crystal is about .2-.3 cm in length. A lovely and choice thumbnail.
MD-149564 - Linarite, Galena - - Archived Blanchard Mine (Portalas-Blanchard Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA small cabinet, 6 x 5.5 x 3.8 cm.
6 x 5.5 x 3.8 cm. Linarite on Galena from the superb 2007 find at the Blanchard Mine in New Mexico. The aesthetics are excellent, and the camera cannot quite capture the overall beauty of this piece. A very good specimen.
MD-162465 - Linarite - - Archived Blanchard Mine (Portalas-Blanchard Mine), Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA small cabinet, 5.6 x 4.4 x 4.4 cm.
5.6 x 4.4 x 4.4 cm. The Blanchard Mine is famous for its fluorites, but if you talk to collectors there, what they most prize are the hard-to-find specimens of bright blue (and very RARE) linarite ((Lead Copper Sulfate Hydroxide). Typically, as here, linarite forms in thin plates (or sometimes dendritic, flattened crystals) on the surface of quartz, or on galena pseudomorphed on its surface to cerussite. There is a lot of linarite here! Accompanied by a label from English dealer Ralph Sutcliffe.
MD-173905 - Malachite, Linarite, Cerussite - - Archived Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia miniature, 3.6 x 3.2 x 1.6 cm.
3.6 x 3.2 x 1.6 cm. A really unusual cerussite, as it has a rich coating ingrained into the surface of microcrystalline malachite and linarite (and possibly other minerals) that give it a rich blue-green color! Ex. Willy Israel Collection.
MD-173906 - Linarite, Cerussite - - Archived Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia small cabinet, 5.5 x 5 x 2.5 cm.
5.5 x 5 x 2.5 cm. A really unusual cerussite specimen, as it has a rich coating ingrained into the surface of microcrystalline linarite (and possibly other minerals) that give it a rich blue-green color! Ex. Willy Israel Collection.
MD-174221 - Cerussite, Linarite, Posnjakite - - Archived Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia miniature, 3.5 x 3.2 x 0.4 cm.
3.5 x 3.2 x 0.4 cm. This specimen is a floater, sharp and complete all around. The thin cerussite crystal is coated front and back with sparkling, twinkling blue mineralization that is a combination of several copper minerals, from what we can tell. Ex. Willy Israel Collection.
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