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Mineral Oddities and Unusual Minerals
Phantoms, Faden, Twins, Gwindels, Enhydros, Scepters , Radioactive Minerals

Below is a gallery of mineral oddities and unusual minerals (Bent Crystals, Phantoms, Faden, Twins, Gwindels, Enhydros, Scepters, radioactive, meteorites, epitaxial, doubly-terminated) for sale from John Betts - Fine Minerals in New York City, NY.

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Calcite (twinned crystals) from Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
#42341, Calcite (twinned crystals), Elmwood Mine, Tennessee (m) $48

Uraninite from Swamp No. 1 Quarry (Trebilcock locality), Topsham, Sagadahoc County, Maine
#40869, Uraninite, Swamp No. 1 Quarry (Trebilcock locality), Maine (t) $125

Rutile (twinned crystals) from Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania
#41017, Rutile (twinned crystals), Parkesburg, Pennsylvania (m) $295

Cerussite (twinned crystals) from Tsumeb Mine, Otavi-Bergland District, Oshikoto, Namibia
#41080, Cerussite (twinned crystals), Tsumeb Mine, Namibia (m) $225

Calcite (twinned crystals on Quartz) from Nasik, Maharashtra, India
#40165, Calcite (twinned crystals on Quartz), Nasik, India (c) $125

Cerussite from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
#39829, Cerussite, Broken Hill, Australia (m) $125

Albite var. Adularia-Twins from Morro Redondo Mine, Colonel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
#40465, Albite var. Adularia-Twins, Morro Redondo Mine, Brazil (c) $125

Calcite (twinned crystals) from Leiping, Hunan, China
#41955, Calcite (twinned crystals), Leiping, China (m) $150

Rutile (twinned crystals) from Parkesburg, Chester County, Pennsylvania
#41020, Rutile (twinned crystals), Parkesburg, Pennsylvania (t) $165

Rutile and Hematite from Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
#34901, Rutile and Hematite, Novo Horizonte, Brazil (m) $125

Hematite var. Eisenrose from Prosa, St. Gotthard, Kanton Uri, Switzerland
#41956, Hematite var. Eisenrose, Prosa, St. Gotthard, Switzerland (t) $250

Pyrite from Jing Chen Jiang, Liu Zhu City, Guangxi, China
#41940, Pyrite, Jing Chen Jiang, China (c) $50

Quartz var. Japan-law Twin from Narushima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
#41724, Quartz var. Japan-law Twin, Narushima Island, Japan (t) $42

Calcite on Calcite from De'an Mine, Wushan, Jiangxi, China
#40209, Calcite on Calcite, De'an Mine, China (m) $195

Quartz (Japan-law twinned) from Mundo Nuevo Mine, Pasto Bueno District, Pallasca Province, Peru
#40611, Quartz (Japan-law twinned), Mundo Nuevo Mine, Peru (m) $135

Quartz var. Japan-law Twin from Narushima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
#41728, Quartz var. Japan-law Twin, Narushima Island, Japan (t) $42

Cassiterite (twinned crystals) from Viloco Mine (Araca mine), Loayza Province, La Paz Department, Bolivia
#41975, Cassiterite (twinned crystals), Viloco Mine (Araca mine), Bolivia (m) $175

Calcite on Calcite from De'an Mine, Wushan, Jiangxi, China
#40291, Calcite on Calcite, De'an Mine, China (m) $175

Calcite (twinned crystals) from Prospect Park Quarry, Haledon, New Jersey
#20395, Calcite (twinned crystals), Prospect Park Quarry, New Jersey (m) $45

Quartz var. Japan-law Twin from Narushima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
#41725, Quartz var. Japan-law Twin, Narushima Island, Japan (t) $40

Quartz var. Amethyst stalactite from Rio de la Plata, Artigas, Uruguay
#42210, Quartz var. Amethyst stalactite, Rio de la Plata, Uruguay (c) $200

Rutile and Hematite from Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
#41953, Rutile and Hematite, Novo Horizonte, Brazil (t) $95

Quartz var. Smoky-Amethyst Scepter with bubble inclusion from Tafelkop, Goboseb Mountains, Namibia
#42261, Quartz var. Smoky-Amethyst Scepter with bubble inclusion, Tafelkop, Namibia (m) $150

Calcite (twinned crystals) from Leiping, Hunan, China
#41926, Calcite (twinned crystals), Leiping, China (c) $150

Calcite (twinned crystals) from Leiping, Hunan, China
#42209, Calcite (twinned crystals), Leiping, China (m) $75

Quartz with Pyrite inclusions from Casapalca District, Huarochiri Province, Peru
#41811, Quartz with Pyrite inclusions, Casapalca District, Peru (lc) $150

Quartz var. Gwindel-habit from Val Giuv, Kanton Graubnden, Switzerland
#42141, Quartz var. Gwindel-habit, Val Giuv, Switzerland (m) $275

Calcite (twinned crystals) from Leiping, Hunan, China
#42240, Calcite (twinned crystals), Leiping, China (m) $40

Xenotime-(Y) with Euxenite-(Y) from Tuftane, Frikstad, Iveland, Aust-Agder, Norway
#42446, Xenotime-(Y) with Euxenite-(Y), Tuftane, Norway (m) $150

Quartz var. Amethyst scepter-shaped crystal from Tong-kol Mine, Eonyang, Ul-ju Gun, Gyeong Sang Nam Do, Korea
#42140, Quartz var. Amethyst scepter-shaped crystal, Tong-kol Mine, Korea (m) $250

Diamond (9.02 carat spherical Ballas crystal) from Paraguassu River District, Bahia, Brazil
#41297, Diamond (9.02 carat spherical Ballas crystal), Paraguassu River District, Brazil (t) $2180

Diamond (6.66 carat green-brown intergrown octahedral crystals) from Mbuji-Mayi (Miba), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire)
#41299, Diamond (6.66 carat green-brown intergrown octahedral crystals), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (t) $1465

Diamond (3.98 carat yellow intergrown macle crystals) from Northern Cape Province, South Africa
#41304, Diamond (3.98 carat yellow intergrown macle crystals), South Africa (t) $2185

Diamond (1.31 carat yellow-brown elongated dodecahedral crystal) from Ippy, northeast of Banghi (Bangui), Central African Republic
#41300, Diamond (1.31 carat yellow-brown elongated dodecahedral crystal), Ippy, Central African Republic (t) $1475

Diamond (2.72 carat yellow intergrown macle and octahedral crystals) from Northern Cape Province, South Africa
#41303, Diamond (2.72 carat yellow intergrown macle and octahedral crystals), South Africa (t) $1495

Calcite (twinned crystals) from Bigrigg Mine, Egremont, Cumbria, England
#41778, Calcite (twinned crystals), Bigrigg Mine, England (c) $2500

Calcite (twinned crystals) from Sokolovskiy-Sarbaiskiy Mine, Rudnyy, Kustanay Oblast, Kazakhstan
#42156, Calcite (twinned crystals), Sokolovskiy-Sarbaiskiy Mine, Kazakhstan (c) $500

Calcite from Shullsburg District, Lafayette County, Wisconsin
#41812, Calcite, Shullsburg District, Wisconsin (lc) $650

Elbaite Tourmaline in Quartz from Madagascar
#42196, Elbaite Tourmaline in Quartz, Madagascar (lc) $2500

Calcite with Pyrite inclusions from Faraday Mine, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada
#42203, Calcite with Pyrite inclusions, Faraday Mine, Canada (c) $550

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