#73075, Quartz (parallel growth)and Cookeite over Milky Quartz, Tamminen Quarry, Maine (c) $65

#72807, Siderite var. Sphaerosiderite, Baia Mare, Romania (c) $125

#73479, Apophyllite, Natrolite, Calcite over Datolite, Erie Railroad Cut, Jersey City, New Jersey (c) $225

#69200, Azurite (twinned crystals), Tsumeb Mine, Easter Pocket, Namibia (t) $175

#72922, Copper crystals on Dolomite with minor Malachite and Tennantite, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia (c) $175

#74774, Germanite with Tennantite, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia (Type Locality for Germanite) (m) $95

#73168, Prehnite epimorphs over unknown with Calcite, Boyleston Quarry, Barrhead, Scotland (c) $125

#73073, Quartz var. Smoky Quartz, Tamminen Quarry, Maine (m) $95

#75107, Epidote, Knappenwand, Austria (t) $225

#73382, Barite, Jedová Hora (Giftberg), Czech Republic (m) $65

#72861, Calcite with Quartz overgrowth, Steeden, Germany (c) $85

#75045, Cerussite (sixling-twinned crystals) on Tennantite, Tsumeb Mine, 3rd Oxide Zone, Namibia (t) $175

#75402, Brazilianite, Lavra do Corrego Frio, Linópolis, Brazil (Type Locality for Brazilianite) (t) $150

#74572, Quartz var. Rose Quartz Crystals with Albite, Plumbago Mountain, Maine (m) $45

#75388, Galena, Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey (m) $35

#75418, Fluorapatite (Hebron-habit) with Cookeite, Mount Rubellite, Hebron, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite) (t) $225

#75103, Quartz var. Amethyst Quartz, Amelia Courthouse, Virginia (m) $48

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

#74561, Quartz var. Rose Quartz Crystals, Plumbago Mountain, Maine (m) $32

#73350, Pyromorphite, Bunker Hill Mine, 9th Level, Jersey Vein, Idaho (c) $400

#75242, Malachite pseudomorphs after Azurite, Tsumeb Mine, 1st Oxide Zone, Upper Level, Namibia (m) $475

#73353, Pyromorphite, Bunker Hill Mine, 9th Level, Jersey Vein, Idaho (c) $450

#72983, Artinite, Clear Creek Area, New Idria District, California (lc) $750

#71967, Dioptase with scepter-shaped Calcite, Christmas Mine, Arizona (lc) $250

#73163, Brucite, Texas (Wood's Chrome Mine), Pennsylvania (lc) $350

#74728, Azurite (contact-twinned crystals), Tsumeb Mine, Easter Pocket, Namibia (m) $750

#72914, Datolite nodules with Hematite and Copper inclusions (plus 3 cabochons), Michigan (c) $400

#73925, Dioptase over Calcite, Tsumeb Mine, 2nd Oxide Zone, Namibia (m) $425

#73316, Calcite, Railroad tunnel, east shore of Hudson River, Anthony's Nose, New York (lc) $650

#73443, Azurite (twinned crystals) with minor Cerussite, Tsumeb Mine, Easter Pocket, Namibia (m) $400

#73436, Epidote (complexly twinned crystals), Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Pakistan (c) $450

#73315, Stilbite with Calcite, Moore's Station, New Jersey (lc) $550

#72184, Azurite, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia (c) $450

#38269, Stilbite with Calcite and Pyrite, Moore's Station, New Jersey (lc) $325

Two fluorite clusters 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. The mineral below is from this old find.

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

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