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