| Below is a gallery of high quality classic mineral specimens from closed
or lost localities known for great mineral specimens acquired from old
collections available for sale from John Betts - Fine Minerals in New York
City, NY. To purchase mineral specimens, go to the
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Sizes: (t) = Thumbnail, (m) = Miniature, (c) = Cabinet, (lc) = Large Cabinet

#43569, Calcite, Berry Materials Quarry,
Indiana (m) $125 |

#37813, Hematite, Isola d'Elba, Italy
(m) $45 |

#44104, Smithsonite, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia
(c) $225 |

#44538, Uvite Tourmaline, Power's Farm,
Pierrepont, New York (c) $325 |

#43569, Calcite, Berry Materials Quarry,
Indiana (m) $125 |

#44007, Cerussite with Smithsonite, Tsumeb
Mine, Namibia (t) $90 |

#43401, Elbaite var. Rubellite
Tourmaline, Himalaya Mine, California (t) $350 |

#41747, Azurite with Malachite, Bisbee,
Arizona (m) $350 |

#43239, Cassiterite (twinned crystals),
Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Czech Republic (c) $350 |

#44389, Azurite, Franklin, New Jersey
(m) $75 |

#43974, Uvarovite Garnet, Saranovskoye
Mine, Russia *Type Locality (c) $250 |

#42818, Plumboferrite* and Jacobsite*,
Jakobsberg Mine, Sweden *Type Locality (t) $125 |

#41750, Barite, Cartersville District,
Georgia (c) $250 |

#25283, Cerussite on Galena, Tsumeb Mine,
Namibia (m) $42 |

#42249, Stibnite, Baia Sprie (formerly
Felsobanya), Romania (m) $175 |

#42033, Wulfenite, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia
(m) $95 |

#36948, Rutile in Pyrophyllite, Champion
Mine, California (m) $55 |

#44678, Analcime, Sowerbutt Quarry, New
Jersey (m) $55 |

#43379, Calcite (twinned crystals),
Sokolovskiy-Sarbaiskiy Mine, Kazakhstan (m) $150 |

#44466, Galena with Fluorite, Freiberg
District, Germany (c) $350 |

#27511, Celestine on Sulfur, Girgenti,
Italy (c) $125 |

#42555, Hematite, Novo Horizonte, Brazil
(m) $195 |

#42845, Vanadinite on Fe-Mn-oxide, Taouz,
Morocco (c) $75 |

#43147, Fluorite, Cave-in-Rock District,
Illinois (c) $55 |

#24777, Fluorite, La Viesca Mine, Spain
(m) $125 |

#40903, Galena with Cerussite coating,
Masson Hill Mine, England (m) $40 |

#42568, Wulfenite, Red Cloud Mine, Arizona
(m) $350 |

#39238, Galena, Tri-State Lead Mining
District, Missouri (c) $125 |

#41999, Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with
Quartz, Himalaya Mine, California (m) $250 |

#41821, Barite on Malachite, Shangulowe
Copper Mine, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (m) $350 |

#42171, Barite, Meikle Mine, Nevada
(m) $395 |

#37114, Calcite with Palygorskite, Pend
Oreille Mine, Washington (m) $55 |

#28935, Witherite, Alston Moor, England
*Type Locality (c) $175 |

#43221, Andradite var. Melanite Garnet,
New Idria District, California (c) $40 |

#44740, Zircon var. Cyrtolite, (Kinkel
Quarry?), Bedford, New York (c) $250 |

#43108, Orthoclase var. Adularia Twins,
Val Cristallina, Switzerland (c) $55 |

#43438, Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with
Lepidolite, Himalaya Mine, California (m) $300 |

#43253, Cerussite, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia
(t) $85 |

#44611, Uvite Tourmaline, Power's Farm,
Pierrepont, New York (m) $195 |

#43551, Gold and Quartz, Porcupine, Timmins
District, Canada (t) $350 |

#43497, Wulfenite, Red Cloud Mine, Arizona
(m) $195 |

#43510, Sulfur with Bitumen, Cozzodisi
Mine, Italy (m) $250 |

#43276, Beryl var. Aquamarine, Erongo
Mountains, Namibia (m) $125 |

#43610, Mimetite, San Antonio Mine, Santa
Eulalia District, Mexico (m) $55 |

#42318, Silver and Barite, Molly Gibson
Mine, Aspen, Colorado (t) $75 |

#43685, Elbaite var. Rubellite
Tourmaline, Himalaya Mine, California (m) $350 |

#44642, Quartz var. Amethyst, North Carolina
(m) $95 |

#43543, Gold (fine wire crystals), Olinghouse
Mine, 6030 bench, 813 pit, Nevada (t) $250 |

#43247, Sphalerite, Elmwood Mine, Tennessee
(c) $75 |

#43259, Pyromorphite, Bunker Hill Mine,
Idaho (t) $95 |

#43583, Calcite, Berry Materials Quarry,
Indiana (m) $65 |

#44010, Smithsonite var. Cuprian, Tsumeb
Mine, Namibia (m) $150 |

#43339, Topaz, Smoky Quartz, Albite,
Moat Mountain, New Hampshire (m) $95 |

#43581, Calcite with Sphalerite, Tri-State
Lead Mining District, Missouri (m) $85 |

#42065, Pyromorphite, Bunker Hill Mine,
9th Level, Jersey Vein, Idaho (m) $325 |

#43828, Clinoclase, Majuba Hill, Nevada
(c) $300 |

#40934, Elbaite Tourmaline, Mount Mica,
Maine (t) $75 |

#43853, Clinoclase, Cornubite,
Cornwallite, Majuba Hill, Nevada (m) $165 |

#43690, Elbaite var. Rubellite
Tourmaline, Himalaya Mine, California (t) $295 |

#44645, Beryl var. Aquamarine, Mount
Antero, Colorado (m) $135 |

#40315, Acanthite, Imiter Mine, Morocco
(m) $250 |

#45124, Dioptase, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia
(m) $350 |

#43689, Elbaite var. Rubellite
Tourmaline, Himalaya Mine, California (t) $350 |

#44609, Epidote with Quartz, Copper Mountain,
Alaska (m) $125 |

#43743, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Galena, Quartz,
Calcite, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Russia (m) $75 |

#44342, Microcline var. Amazonite,
Florissant, Colorado (m) $45 |

#39689, Howlite, Sterling Borax Mine,
California (c) $55 |

#41502, Malachite, Copper Queen Mine,
Bisbee, Arizona (m) $75 |

#43756, Arsenopyrite with Calcite, Minas
do Panasqueira, Portugal (c) $75 |

#40660, Hemimorphite with Calcite, Santa
Eulalia District, Mexico (c) $65 |

#44012, Calcite var. Manganocalcite,
Wessels Mine, South Africa (m) $45 |

#43850, Clinoclase and Cornwallite, Majuba
Hill, Nevada (c) $195 |

#44348, Spodumene var. Kunzite, Pala
District, California *Type Locality (m) $65 |

#43835, Sphalerite (Spinel-law twinned),
Commodore Mine, Colorado (c) $65 |

#40719, Calcite (twinned crystals) on
Marcasite, Shullsburg District, Wisconsin (m) $40 |

#44794, Chalcocite, England (m) $95 |

#44238, Topaz on rhyolite, Topaz Mountain,
Utah (c) $150 |

#44300, Elbaite Tourmaline with
Cookeite*, Mount Mica, Maine *Type Locality (t) $55 |

#44308, Sphalerite (twinned crystals),
Logansport, Indiana (m) $40 |

#44298, Elbaite Tourmaline, Mount Mica,
Maine (t) $75 |

#43074, Topaz with Bixbyite*, Thomas
Range, Utah *Type Locality (t) $90 |

#42094, Quartz var. Amethyst, Amatitlan,
Mexico (m) $185 |

#44413, Rutile, Hiddenite, North Carolina
(c) $40 |

#44297, Elbaite Tourmaline, Mount Mica,
Maine (t) $75 |

#44303, Datolite with Quartz, Dalnegorsk,
Russia (c) $95 |

#44524, Chalcopyrite on Magnetite, French
Creek Iron Mines, Pennsylvania (c) $250 |

#44460, Enargite, Butte Mining District,
Montana (m) $250 |

#44671, Pyromorphite, Bunker Hill Mine,
Idaho (t) $85 |

#43851, Clinoclase and Cornubite, Majuba
Hill, Nevada (c) $325 |

#42087, Calcite var. Manganoan (twinned crystals)
with Quartz, Huaron District, Peru (m) $250 |

#44474, Schorl Tourmaline, Single Rose
Clay Works, England (c) $325 |

#39892, Vanadinite on Fe-Mn-oxide, Taouz,
Morocco (c) $150 |

#44456, Calcite, Príbram, Czech
Republic (m) $225 |

#44522, Fluorite with Siderite, Boltsburn
Mine, England (c) $225 |

#44565, Gmelinite pseudomorphs after Chabazite
with Analcime, Pinnacle Island, Canada (c) $165 |
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#44559, Gmelinite pseudomorphs after
Chabazite, Pinnacle Island, Canada (c) $250 |
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#41859, Calcite with internal
phantom-growths, Sweetwater Mine, Missouri (lc) $500 |

#41253, Copper (crystallized), Quincy
Mine, Michigan (c) $1750 |

#29367, Malachite with Cerussite, Brown's
Prospect, Australia (lc) $225 |

#41777, Barite with Hematite inclusions,
Frizington, England (c) $2500 |

#25060, Ferberite, Minas do Panasqueira,
Portugal (lc) $400 |

#41778, Calcite (twinned crystals), Bigrigg
Mine, England (c) $2500 |

#42000, Azurite and Malachite, Touissit
Mine, Morocco (m) $400 |

#44489, Apatite-(CaF), Ehrenfriedersdorf,
Germany *Type Locality (c) $650 |

#43392, Copper (crystallized), Osceola
Mine, Michigan (c) $650 |

#43871, Liddicoatite Tourmaline, Alakamisy,
Madagascar *Type Locality (c) $1100 |

#41796, Dioptase on Calcite, Tsumeb Mine,
Namibia (m) $2500 |

#38279, Stilbite, Moore's Station, New
Jersey (lc) $950 |

#39092, Sturmanite on Hematite with
Celestine, N'Chwaning Mine, South Africa (lc) $325 |

#43391, Elbaite var. Rubellite
Tourmaline, Himalaya Mine, California (c) $1200 |

#43015, Barite with Calcite, Elmwood
Mine, Tennessee (lc) $75 |

#41797, Ilvaite and Quartz, Second Sovietisky
Mine, Russia (lc) $450 |

#41818, Pyrrhotite on Quartz, Dalnegorsk,
Russia (c) $425 |

#43031, Hausmannite with Calcite, Wessels
Mine, South Africa (c) $450 |

#41755, Calcite var. Poker Chip-habit,
Charcas District, Mexico (c) $575 |

#36213, Magnetite, Val Malenco, Italy
(lc) $450 |

#41793, Datolite on Quartz, Dalnegorsk,
Russia (c) $400 |

#42762, Grossular Garnet with Apophyllite, Albite,
Diopside, Pyrrhotite, Jeffrey Mine, Canada (lc) $175 |

#41865, Fluorite, Cave-in-Rock District,
Illinois (lc) $175 |

#42760, Vesuvianite, Jeffrey Mine, Canada
(lc) $350 |

#42132, Dioptase on Calcite, Tsumeb Mine,
Namibia (m) $1250 |

#43557, Fluorite, Hill-Ledford Mine,
Illinois (lc) $750 |

#41835, Calcite, Egremont, England
(lc) $400 |

#42004, Cuprite with Malachite coating,
Onganja Mine, Namibia (m) $750 |

#43707, Quartz var. Laguna Agate, Ojo
Laguna, Mexico (c) $450 |

#36384, Benstonite, Minerva #1 Mine,
Illinois (lc) $950 |

#43368, Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with
Lepidolite, Himalaya Mine, California (m) $750 |

#43400, Cerussite with Malachite, Tsumeb
Mine, Namibia (m) $475 |

#43350, Rhodochrosite on Quartz, Ouray
District, Colorado (lc) $225 |

#43415, Calcite, Goethite, Malachite,
Copper Queen Mine, Arizona (c) $225 |

#43474, Quartz var. Smoky, Crystal Peak
District, Colorado (lc) $375 |

#23591, Calcite with Dioptase and
Duftite, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia (lc) $450 |

#41832, Barite on Calcite and Dolomite,
Frizington, England (lc) $3500 |

#43691, Elbaite var. Rubellite
Tourmaline, Himalaya Mine, California (m) $400 |

#41855, Smithsonite and Cerussite, Tsumeb
Mine, Namibia (lc) $4000 |

#41983, Chalcocite with Bornite coating,
Flambeau Mine, Wisconsin (m) $1000 |

#43560, Brazilianite, Corrego Frio, Brazil
*Type Locality (lc) $3500 |

#43721, Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with
Lepidolite, Himalaya Mine, California (m) $400 |

#42088, Barite with Dolomite, Frizington,
England (m) $450 |

#43774, Calcite (twinned crystals) with native
Copper, England (m) $550 |

#43561, Wulfenite with Mimetite, San
Francisco Mine, Mexico (c) $575 |

#43719, Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with
Stilbite, Himalaya Mine, California (m) $400 |

#44552, Sulfur with Celestine, Girgenti,
Italy (lc) $1500 |

#42019, Gold (crystallized), Eagle's
Nest Mine, California (m) $1500 |

#43829, Clinoclase, Cornubite,
Cornwallite, Majuba Hill, Nevada (lc) $650 |

#43874, Liddicoatite Tourmaline, Alakamisy,
Madagascar *Type Locality (c) $1450 |

#43562, Wulfenite, Mimetite, Willemite,
San Francisco Mine, Mexico (c) $500 |

#43969, Wulfenite, Bad Bleiberg, Austria
*Type Locality (c) $400 |

#43826, Barite with Dolomite, Sherman
Tunnel, Colorado (lc) $95 |

#44011, Adamite var. Cuproadamite, Tsumeb
Mine, Namibia (m) $750 |

#41744, Olmiite on Calcite, N'Chwaning
II Mine, South Africa (lc) $750 |

#44069, Grossular Garnet in Quartz, Pitts
and Tenney Quarry, Maine (lc) $150 |

#44042, Pyrrhotite, Galena, Calcite, Quartz,
Siderite, Dalnegorsk, Russia (lc) $400 |

#44578, Barite, Cheshire Barytes Mine,
Connecticut (c) $550 |

#44199, Titanite var. Sphene with Orthoclase
var. Adularia, Medels, Switzerland (lc) $950 |

#44500, Epidote, Knappenwand, Austria
(c) $2500 |

#44619, Enargite with Pyrite, Butte Mining
District, Montana (m) $300 |

#44500, Epidote, Knappenwand, Austria
(c) $2500 |

#44606, Benitoite, Gem Mine, California
*Type Locality (c) $400 |

#44595, Spinel, Amity, New York
(m) $400 |

#44616, Andradite Garnet with Diopside on
Magnetite, Dognecea, Romania (c) $450 |

#44511, Hematite, Rio Marina, Italy
(c) $550 |

#44454, Hematite, Rio Marina, Italy
(lc) $400 |

#44453, Elbaite Tourmaline, Gillette
Quarry, Connecticut (m) $650 |

#44547, Microcline with Apatite-(CaF),
Alexandria Bay, New York (lc) $500 |

#44821, Diaspore, Chester Emery Mines,
Massachusetts (c) $950 |

#44820, Amesite and Magnetite, Chester
Emery Mines, Massachusetts *Type Locality (c) $400 |

#44819, Diaspore and Clinochlore, Chester
Emery Mines, Massachusetts (lc) $650 |

#37363, Quartz var. Smoky Dauphine-law
Twin, St. Gotthard, Switzerland (c) $400 |

#44814, Diaspore on Magnetite, Chester
Emery Mines, Massachusetts (c) $400 |

#44528, Dioptase on Calcite, Tsumeb Mine,
Namibia (c) $450 |

#44530, Grossular Garnet, Raymond, north
shore of Panther Pond, Maine (c) $575 |

#44525, Calcite and Chrysocolla, Bisbee,
Arizona (c) $450 |

#44815, Margarite, Chester Emery Mines,
Massachusetts (lc) $750 |

#44501, Calcite, Bigrigg Mine, England
(m) $2500 |

#44495, Wulfenite, Bennett Mine, New
Mexico (c) $750 |

#44562, Siderite on Quartz, Mine Hill,
Connecticut (c) $475 |

#44571, Hematite var. Turgite, Salisbury
Iron Mines, Connecticut (c) $550 |

#44574, Tetrahedrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena,
Quartz, Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, England (c) $450 |

#44558, Copper and Calcite, Keweenaw
Peninsula Copper District, Michigan (c) $450 |

#42056, Fluorite, Glacier d'Argentieres,
France (t) $325 |

#42184, Dioptase on Calcite, Tsumeb Mine,
Namibia (m) $400 |

#42100, Cerussite, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia
(m) $2750 |

#42188, Dioptase, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia
(c) $2750 |

#44512, Barite on Quartz, Príbram,
Czech Republic (c) $400 |

#44540, Rhodochrosite* on Quartz, Cavnic
(Kapnik) Mine, Romania *Type Locality (c) $450 |

#42159, Azurite with Malachite, Copper
Queen Mine, Arizona (c) $500 |

#44572, Andradite Garnet, Vasko, Dognecea,
Romania (c) $550 |

#42044, Azurite, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia
(m) $500 |

#44509, Arsenopyrite*, Quartz, Sphalerite,
Barite, Freiberg District, Germany *Type Locality (c) $500 |

#44568, Celestine with Sulfur, Racalmuto,
Italy (c) $450 |

#44517, Cuprite, Azurite, Malachite,
Tenorite, Copper Queen Mine, Arizona (c) $600 |

#44575, Smithsonite on Coronadite, Broken
Hill, Australia (c) $400 |

#44484, Barite with Dolomite, Freiberg
District, Germany (c) $750 |

#44488, Tetrahedrite, Sphalerite, Quartz,
North Star Mine, Sultan Mountain, Colorado (c) $500 |

#44486, Aragonite, Erzberg, Austria
(c) $400 |

#44490, Galena, Barite, Quartz, Baia
Sprie (Felsöbánya), Romania (c) $400 |

#44536, Fluorite with Calcite, (Hilton
Mine), England (c) $400 |

#45158, Vanadinite, Mibladen, Morocco
(m) $400 |

#41749, Azurite with Malachite, Bisbee,
Arizona (c) $950 |

#45159, Fluorite on Quartz, Pasto Bueno
District, Peru (lc) $450 |
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