Newly Listed Minerals - Page 4 - Minerals Added March 27

#75200, Vanadinite, Mibladen, Morocco (t) $8

#75197, Vanadinite, Mibladen, Morocco (t) $10

#75404, Stilbite, Upper New Street Quarry, New Jersey (t) $12

#72639, Fluorite, William Wise Mine, New Hampshire (c) $42

#71297, Quartz var. Smoky Quartz on Albite, North Moat Mountain, New Hampshire (m) $26

#74504, Prehnite on Albite, Interstate 80 road cut, Paterson, New Jersey (c) $26

#75199, Vanadinite, Mibladen, Morocco (t) $18

#72577, Sphalerite, Fluorite, Pyrite over Dolomite, Dodds Pocket, Smallcleugh Mine, England (c) $40

#75486, Pyrite with partial coating of Chalcocite-Djurleite-Bornite, Milpillas Mine, Mexico (m) $40

#75414, Chabazite var. Phacolite Twins, Gads Hill, Australia (t) $15

#74507, Prehnite on Albite, Interstate 80 road cut, Paterson, New Jersey (c) $24

#70808, Copper (naturally crystallized native copper) with Calcite, Keweenaw Peninsula Copper District, Michigan (c) $28

#72074, Calcite var. Manganoan Calcite on Quartz, Montreal Mine, Wisconsin (c) $55

#74506, Prehnite on Albite, Interstate 80 road cut, Paterson, New Jersey (c) $30

#74505, Prehnite on Albite, Interstate 80 road cut, Paterson, New Jersey (c) $24

#71870, Sphalerite and Quartz, Shuikoushan Mine, China (m) $32

#72443, Quartz var. Milky Quartz, Withey Hill, Moosup, Connecticut (c) $25

#72183, Vanadinite, Mibladen, Morocco (m) $165

#72414, Quartz var. Smoky Quartz on Albite-Microcline, North Moat Mountain, New Hampshire (c) $25

#75196, Vanadinite on Barite, Mibladen, Morocco (t) $25

#75481, Cuprite, Milpillas Mine, Mexico (c) $195

#71698, Malachite (polished slice of concentric growth malachite), Kolwezi District, Democratic Republic of the Congo (m) $55

#75484, Azurite, Milpillas Mine, Mexico (m) $250

#71906, Calcite, Sphalerite, Quartz, Krushev Dol Mine, Bulgaria (c) $135

#75498, Azurite on Dickite-coated matrix, Milpillas Mine, Mexico (m) $115

#75490, Cuprite with minor Native Copper, Milpillas Mine, Mexico (m) $85

#75413, Powellite with Goethite, Nasik District, India (t) $150

#75479, Malachite pseudomorphs after Azurite, Milpillas Mine, Mexico (c) $65

#71851, Quartz, Calcite, Sphalerite, West Cumberland Iron Mining District, England (c) $175

#75488, Cuprite with Native Copper, Milpillas Mine, Mexico (m) $150

#70743, Pyromorphite, Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville District, Pennsylvania (lc) $115

#72514, Pectolite (pink) with Apophyllite, Millington Quarry, State Pit, New Jersey (lc) $250

#72636, Fluorite with Pyrite, Moscona Mine, Solis, Spain (lc) $275

#72191, Gold (naturally crystallized native gold) on Quartz, Mother Lode District, California (m) $1850

Fluorite cluster found wrapped in newspaper dated July 25, 1937

Two collectors were in this old mine a few years ago and found a box of mineral specimens wrapped in decaying newspaper. They were probably stashed by a miner or foreman looking to supplement his income by selling minerals to a local dealer or collector at the end of his shift. Or possibly a collector was in the mine surreptitiously and stashed the minerals in hope of recovering them in the near future. Sadly the newspaper was too fragile to save as it crumbled at the slightest touch. The image above is all that remains.

#75128, Calcite on Fluorite, Boltsburn Mine, West Side, near the forehead, England (c) $850

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