#81319, Scholzite, Reaphook Hill, Australia (lc) $185
Ex. S. Kelland collection; originally acquired from Bill Metropolis.

#81567, Gold (native gold), Bald Mountain, Sonora District, California (m) $5975
Ex. Claude Huber Collection.

#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).

#81569, Dioptase and Chrysocolla with Quartz, Milpillas Mine, Mexico (m) $400
Originally acquired from Marshall Sussman; collected in 2019.

#81990, Pyromorphite, Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (c) $575
Ex. John H. Marshall (1931-2008) collection #2439; ex. Hingham Geologic Collection No. 59D.

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

#81279, Ludlockite, Mina Ojuela, Mexico (m) $450
Ex. Marshall Sussman; new find in 2021.

#80449, Apophyllite on Prehnite, Mumbai District, India (lc) $150
Ex. Miller #M2527; acquired from Wright's Rock Shop; originally collected in 2013.

#80880, Wulfenite on Calcite, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia (m) $400
Ex. Arnold Goldstein (1941-2020).

#81554, Wulfenite with Mimetite overgrowth, Mina La Morita, Mexico (c) $795
Originally acquired from Marshall Sussman in 2020; collected in 2019.

#81535, Braunite-II and Calcite, N'Chwaning II Mine, South Africa (m) $675
Ex. Marshall Sussman private collection.

#81632, Natrolite with Apophyllite overgrowth, Millington Quarry, New Jersey (t) $45
Collected by J. Zigras (namesake of Zigrasite) ca. 2005.

#81014, Colemanite on Calcite, Kramer Deposit, Boron, California (c) $150
Ex. Miller #M1379; originally acquired from Chris Wright (1946-2014); collected in 1976 by Jim Minette (1936-2002).

#81631, Datolite with minor Heulandite, Prospect Park Quarry, New Jersey (m) $48
Collected by J. Zigras (namesake of Zigrasite) ca. 2005.

#81616, Datolite, Upper New Street Quarry, New Jersey (c) $42
Ex. Chet Lemanski (namesake of Lemanskiite) collection #17172CL.

#81202, Sphalerite (lamellar twinned) with minor Calcite, Mid-Continent Mine, Kansas (m) $65
Fratto collection #236; ex. Harry Sering (1924-2000).

#80897, Quartz var. Smoky Quartz with Muscovite, Berry Quarry, Maine (m) $45
Ex. Miller #M285; collected in 2003 by Steve Welsh.

#80623, Ferberite, Yaogangxian Mine, China (c) $175
Ex. Miller #M1487; ex. Jim Minette (1936-2002) private collection.

#81378, Vanadinite on Mottramite, Touissit Mine, Morocco (c) $325
Collected ca. 1975. Probably ex. Victor Yount

#82052, Azurite, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia (t) $175 Ex. Fred Pough

#81723, Stilbite, (Upper New Street Quarry), Paterson, New Jersey (c) $85
Ex. John H. Marshall (1931-2008) collection #1880.

#81608, Heulandite, Upper New Street Quarry, New Jersey (c) $45
Ex. Chet Lemanski (namesake of Lemanskiite) collection #17240CL.

#81560, Bixbyite, N'Chwaning II Mine, South Africa (m) $195
Originally acquired from Marshall Sussman in 2016; collected in 2014.

#80768, Wulfenite coated with Quartz, Jianshan Mine, Kuruktag Mountains, 300 km southeast of Ürümqi, China (c) $225
Originally acquired from B. Metropolis.
Overall size: 8.5x5.5x3 cm.

#81471, Datolite with Quartz, Dalnegorsk, Russia (t) $12
Ex. S. Kelland collection; acquired in 2002; ex. Betts #16161a.

#80786, Wulfenite on Quartz, Manhan Lead Mines, Loudville District, Massachusetts (m) $75
Ex. Miller #M1737; collected August 1999 by E. Greene.

#82485, Topaz, Agnus Dei Claim, Tribute Pocket, Colorado (t) $225

#81603, Heulandite, Upper New Street Quarry, New Jersey (c) $48
Ex. Chet Lemanski (namesake of Lemanskiite) collection #17239CL.

#80468, Apophyllite over Thomsonite with Stilbite, Rahuri, Nagar District, India (m) $325
Ex. Miller #M2985; ex. Betts #54509 in 2015, from a one-time find in 2011.

#81334, Datolite pseudomorphs after Glauberite (epimorphs), Prospect Park Quarry, New Jersey (c) $85
Ex. Rutgers University Geology Museum in 2001.

#81650, Fluorapatite with Cookeite, Mount Rubellite, Hebron, Maine (Type Locality for Cookeite) (t) $75
Ex. Larry Rush collection #570.

#81466, Pickeringite, Libros, Spain (c) $65
Ex. Ronald Sloto (author of The Mines and Minerals of Chester County, Pennsylvania).

#81163, Colemanite, Kramer Deposit, Boron, California (m) $48
Ex. Miller #M663; collected ca. 1970.

#81570, Calcite (internally zoned), Dalnegorsk, Russia (m) $550
Ex. Rock Currier (1940-2015)

#81668, Hambergite, Little Three Mine, Ramona District, California (m) $295
Ex. John Sinkankas (1915-2002), ex. Rock Currier (1940-2015)

#80156, Stilbite (bow-tie-shaped formations), Jalgaon, India (lc) $150
Ex. Jack Troy (1930-2016) collection #W57, originally acquired ca. 1990.

#80158, Stilbite (bow-tie-shaped formations), Jalgaon, India (lc) $150
Ex. Jack Troy (1930-2016) collection, originally acquired ca. 1990.

#80153, Heulandite, Jalgaon, India (lc) $150
Ex. Jack Troy (1930-2016) collection #X79, originally acquired ca. 1990.

#80186, Babingtonite, Okenite, Calcite, Quartz, Mumbai District, India (c) $55
Ex. Jack Troy (1930-2016)

#80175, Calcite with Quartz overgrowth, Droujba Mine, Bulgaria (c) $55
Ex. Jack Troy (1930-2016)

#80179, Quartz var. Chalcedony stalactitic formations, Solo River, Indonesia (c) $85
Ex. Jack Troy (1930-2016)

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

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

#72982, Mesolite over Stilbite, Pune District, India (lc) $2750
From my personal collection

#81703, Calcite (with internal phantom zone), Linwood Mine, Iowa (c) $475

#81514, Fluorite (stalactitic formation that formed over Stibnite), Weishan, Dali Autonomous Prefecture, China (c) $400

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

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