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ch08 - Strengite - $ 250 SOLD Stewart Mine, Pala, San Diego County, California, USA miniature, 5.8 x 5.3 x 4.5 cm ex. Chuck Houser
An unusual and actually pretty example, very rich for the County, of this phosphate!
MD-112576 - Kidwellite, Strengite - - Archived Coon Creek Mine (York Mine), Shady, Polk Co., Arkansas, USA small cabinet, 5.4 x 3 x 2.5 cm
A beautiful 7mm green sphere of kidwellite, the rare phosphate from Arkansas. This is a REALLY good kidwellite! Rarely do you get them so nice and isolated, instead of just as a crust on matrix. This is an old specimen, obtained fro Al Kidwell in all likelihood back when Marty lived in Texas as well. 5.4 x 3 x 2.5 cm
MD-112592 - Strengite, Rockbridgeite - - Archived Leveäniemi Mine, Svappavaara, Kiruna district, Lappland, Sweden miniature, 3.5 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm
A gorgeous miniature with high quality and good relief both - a rare combination. The strengite (purple) is of extremely high quality and size for the material (to 6 mm). The rockbridgeite though, is probably even better all things considered as this species is usually just the associated mineral and not so dominant in its own crystallization that it stands out so nicely as here. 3.5 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm
MD-173724 - Strengite, Rockbridgeite - - Archived Leveäniemi Mine, Svappavaara, Kiruna district, Lappland, Sweden miniature, 4.1 x 4.1 x 2.5 cm.
4.1 x 4.1 x 2.5 cm. A showy combination specimen of phosphates from the famous Leveaniemi Iron Mine of Sweden. Lustrous, lavender strengite spheres to 3 mm are aesthetically and richly scattered with sea-foam green spheres of rockbridgeite to 4 mm in a 3-dimensional vug atop massive hematite matrix. These specimens were collected in the mid-1980s and the mine is now closed. Ex. George Elling Collection. This Photo was Mindat.org Photo of the Day - 8th Aug 2008
MD-247906 - Strengite, Beraunite - - Archived Leveäniemi Mine, Svappavaara, Kiruna district, Lappland, Sweden small cabinet, 5.7 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm.
5.7 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm. Material collected here in the 1960s-1970s is now hard to obtain, but is desirable for its beautiful purple strengites associated with other rare phosphate species. Here we have strengite balls to 4 mm associated with beraunite and likely other species as well. Excellent reference material for this now defunct locale. Ex. Harold Urish Collection.
MD-259970 - Strengite - - Archived Stewart Mine (MS 6162; Stewart Lithia), Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala; Queen), Pala District, San Diego Co., California, USA small cabinet, 5.8 x 5.3 x 4.5 cm.
5.8 x 5.3 x 4.5 cm. An unusual and actually pretty example, very rich for the county, of this phosphate. Ex. Chuck Houser Collection.
MD-270097 - Strengite, Rockbridgeite - - Archived Leveäniemi Mine, Svappavaara, Kiruna district, Lappland, Sweden small cabinet, 6.3 x 3.9 x 3 cm.
6.3 x 3.9 x 3 cm. Beautiful purple spheres of strengite to 3 mm and green spheres of normally-brown Rockbridgeite to 4mm make this a beautiful and highly representative specimen from this classic locale. Ex. Martin Zinn Collection.
MD-283260 - Strengite, Beraunite - - Archived Leveäniemi Mine, Svappavaara, Kiruna district, Lappland, Sweden small cabinet, 5.1 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm.
5.1 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm. A reference example of microcrystallized purple strengite arranged in ball-like clusters, associated with fibrous white beraunite. Traded from well-known collector Peter Lyckberg in 1992. Ex. Harold Urish and Peter Lyckberg Collections.
MD-67995 - Strengite, Beraunite, Hematite - - Archived Leveäniemi Mine, Svappavaara, Kiruna district, Lappland, Sweden small cabinet, 5.5 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm
Lustrous, lavender spheres to 3 mm of the uncommon phosphate strengite are scattered in a vug atop massive hematite along with radial rosettes of beraunite from the Leveaniemi iron mine of Sweden. These specimens were collected in the mid-1980s and the mine is now closed. See the Mineralogical Record article in Vol. 20, No. 5, 1989. 5.5 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm
MRZ161 - Kidwellite with Strengite - $ 150 SOLD Coon Creek, Polk Co., Arkansas, USA miniature, 5.4 x 3 x 2.5 cm ex. Martin Zinn
A beautiful 7mm green sphere of kidwellite, the rare phosphate from Arkansas. This is a REALLY good kidwellite! Rarely do you get them so nice and isolated, instead of just as a crust on matrix. This is an old specimen, obtained fro Al Kidwell in all likelihood back when Marty lived in Texas as well.
MRZ163 - Strengite and Rockbridgeite - $ 500 SOLD Leveaniemi Mine, Svappavaara, Sweden miniature, 3.5 x 2.8 x 2.6 cm ex. Martin Zinn
A gorgeous miniature with high quality and good relief both - a rare combination. The strengite (purple) is of extremely high quality and size for the material (to 6 mm). The rockbridgeite though, is probably even better all things considered as this species is usually just the associated mineral and not so dominant in its own crystallization that it stands out so nicely as here.
MRZ261 - Strengite with Rockbridgeite - $ 200 SOLD Suappavaara, Sweden small cabinet, 6.3 x 3.9 x 3 cm ex. Martin Zinn
Beautiful purple spheres of strengite to 3 mm and green spheres of normally-brown Rockbridgeite to 4mm, make this a beautiful and highly representative specimen from this classic locale. All Content and Design ©1996-2010 The ArkenstonePowered by http://mineralwebsites.comBy-species Galleries | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
