FROM MY PRIVATE COLLECTION

This specimen of Famatinite is one the ten best Famatinite specimens found in a one-time find at the Quiruvilca Mine, Peru.

It was in my private collection for the last 10 years and is from the collection of Georg Gebhard, who was the co-author of "Die Weltbesten Kristalle von Famatinit und Luzonit," 1998 in Lapis, vol. 23, No. 9, pp. 35-37. The title of the article translates as, "The World's Finest Crystals of Famatinite and Luzonite." This article documents the find and describes the exceptional quality of the Famatinite specimens.

#82444, Famatinite with Tennantite on Pyrite, Quiruvilca Mine, Peru (c) $4500

#81888, Fluorite, Hilton Mine, Scordale, England (t) $35

#81378, Vanadinite on Mottramite, Touissit Mine, Morocco (c) $325

#82235, Cyanotrichite, Grandview Mine, Arizona (t) $18

#81947, Azurite, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia (t) $325

#80594, Ferberite (V-twinned crystals), Cerro Tazna, Bolivia (m) $95

#80396, Vanadinite on Fe-Mn-oxide, Taouz, Er Rachidia, Morocco (m) $225

#81595, Chalcocite with Chalcopyrite-Bornite coating, Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Wisconsin (t) $48

#81289, Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline, Cruzeiro Mine, Brazil (t) $165

#80534, Topaz, Mimosa do Sul, Brazil (m) $325

#81014, Colemanite on Calcite, Kramer Deposit, Boron, California (c) $150

#81202, Sphalerite (lamellar twinned) with minor Calcite, Mid-Continent Mine, Kansas (m) $65

#81679, Stilbite, Upper New Street Quarry, New Jersey (m) $38

#81588, Chalcocite with Chalcopyrite-Bornite coating, Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Wisconsin (t) $55

#81334, Datolite pseudomorphs after Glauberite (epimorphs), Prospect Park Quarry, New Jersey (c) $85

#81659, Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with facet-grade gem nodule, Himalaya Mine, California (t) $150

#80786, Wulfenite on Quartz, Manhan Lead Mines, Loudville District, Massachusetts (m) $75

#81650, Fluorapatite with Cookeite, Mount Rubellite, Hebron, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite) (t) $75

#81584, Chalcocite with Chalcopyrite-Bornite coating, Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Wisconsin (t) $65

#82648, Epidote, Knappenwand, Austria (t) $35

#81533, Rutile (V-twinned crystals), Graves Mountain (Kyanite Mine), Georgia (m) $295

#81559, Acanthite, Mina la Sirena (La Sirena Mine), Mexico (t) $125

#82231, Barite with Kaolinite inclusions, Book Cliffs, north of Grand Junction, Colorado (t) $22

#80562, Manganite, Caland Mine, Atikokan, Canada (c) $195

#82316, Rhodochrosite, Foote Mine, King's Mountain, North Carolina (t) $30

#80968, Calcite, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia (c) $75

#81863, Elbaite Tourmaline, Mount Mica Quarry, Maine (t) $65

#81753, Ramsdellite, Mistake Mine, 9 km north of Wickenburg, Arizona (t) $36

#81780, Spodumene var. Kunzite, Mawi Pegmatite, Afghanistan (t) $55

#82170, Cassiterite (twinned crystals), Horní Slavkov (Schlaggenwald), Czech Republic (t) $115

#81803, Wulfenite, Mibladen, Haute Moulouya Basin, Morocco (t) $35

#81879, Legrandite, Mina Ojuela, Mexico (t) $85

#81997, Pyromorphite, Mine des Farges, France (m) $250

#81870, Shigaite on Calcite, N'Chwaning II Mine, South Africa (t) $275

#82034, Phosphophyllite, Cerro Rico, Bolivia (t) $175

#81895, Fluor-buergerite Tourmaline (formerly Buergerite), near Mexquitic, Mexico (Type Locality for Fluor-buergerite Tourmaline (formerly Buergerite)) (t) $42

#82053, Elbaite var Watermelon Tourmaline, Himalaya Mine, California (t) $125

#82237, Cyanotrichite, Grandview Mine, Arizona (t) $15

#81953, Azurite, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia (t) $125

#82266, Wulfenite on Calcite, Sierra de Los Lamentos, Mexico (t) $30

#80880, Wulfenite on Calcite, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia (m) $400

#81504, Malachite pseudomorphs after Azurite, 1st Oxide Zone, Upper Level, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia (m) $425
Ex. Georg Gebhard (author of Tsumeb I and Tsumeb II, the definitive reference books on the Tsumeb Mine).

#81074, Fluorite with Barite, Rosiclare District, Illinois (lc) $150

#81668, Hambergite, Little Three Mine, Ramona District, California (m) $295

#75727, Cerussite and Quartz in Galena solution cavity, Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville District, Pennsylvania (lc) $1450

#81567, Gold (native gold), Bald Mountain, Sonora District, California (m) $5975

#81566, Gold (native gold) on Quartz, Mother Lode Belt, California (m) $1750

#81565, Gold (native gold), Coulterville-Mariposa region, Mother Lode Belt, California (m) $2325

#81661, Pyrite with minor Calcite, Bull's Ferry Road condominium construction site, New Jersey (lc) $350

#81547, Bournonite (doubly terminated cyclic twinned crystals), Yaogangxian Mine, China (t) $325

#81291, Mimetite, Mina San Antonio, Santa Eulalia District, Mexico (c) $400

#81550, Bournonite (twinned crystals), Yaogangxian Mine, China (t) $150

#81555, Fluorite (zoned crystals) with Quartz, Boltsburn West Level, south side of Rookhopeburn, England (c) $875

#81243, Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz, Piedra Parada, near Las Vigas, Mexico (c) $400

#81526, Fluorite, Firestone Level, Skears Mine, England (lc) $750

#78084, Gold (crystallized native gold), Coulterville-Mariposa region, Mother Lode Belt, California (t) $1950

#81528, Ferberite, Siderite, Fluorapatite, Pyrite, Panasqueira Mine, Portugal (c) $400

#81319, Scholzite, Reaphook Hill, Australia (lc) $185

#81212, Elbaite var. Bi-colored Tourmaline, Cruzeiro Mine, Brazil (t) $475

#81990, Pyromorphite, Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (c) $575

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