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ArgentumAuctioneers: Catalogues: Carnegie Auction 2002 

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No. Name: Description:
12 Acanthite Pseudomorph After Argentite - 2.5 x 2.0 x 0.75 inches (6.35 x 5.08 x 1.91 cm). Sharp xls. (to 0.375 inches (10 mm)) on matrix. Freiberg, Germany. Ex. Cummings Coll.


($75 - $125).
40 Agate - 2.5 x 2.0 x 0.5 inches (6.35 x 5.08 x 1.27 cm). "Eye in Eye" Polished Agate. Brazil. Rare! Ex. Cummings Coll. ($100 - $200).
48 Agate - 3.0 x 2.5 x 1.5 inches (7.62 x 6.35 x 3.8 cm). A choice, polished, "Double Eye" agate. Brazil. Ex. Cummings Coll. ($300 - $500).
49 Agate - 3.0 x 2.0 x 1.0 inches (7.62 x 5.08 x 2.54 cm). A polished "Single Eye" Agate. Ex. Cummings Coll. ($150 - $250).


24 Altaite - 3.5 x 3.0 x 2.5 inches (8.89 x 7.62 x 6.35 cm). A rare Lead Telluride rich in matrix. Dona Ana County, NM. Ex. R. B. Gage and Trudell Coll. ($75 - $125).


82 Aquamarine Beryl - 3.0 x 2.5 x 2.0 inches (8.89 x 6.35 x 5.08 cm). Unusual tapered green xls. (to 1.75 inches (4.45 cm)) on matrix. Mimoso do Sul Mine, Espirito Santo, Brazil.Refer to The Mineralogical Record Vol. 27, Number 6, p. 450.($750 -


$1 250).
75 Aragonite - 7.0 x 5.0 x 4.0 inches (17.78 x 12.7 x 10. 16 cm). Sharp pseudohexagonal xls. (to 1 inch (2.54 cm)) with minor Sulfur on matrix. Girgenti, Sicily, Italy. Ex Trudell Coll.($250 - $500).
81 Arsenopyrite - 4.0 x 3.5 x 1.5 inches (10.16 x 8.89 x 3.8 cm). Lustrous xl. aggregate on Mica. Panasqueira, Portugal. ($250 - $400).
59 Axinite - 3.0 x 3.0 x 1.0 inches (7.62 x 7.62 x 2.54 cm). Sharp xls. to 1.0 inch (2.54 cm) on matrix. Le Bourg d'Oisans, Dauphine, France. Ex. Cummings Coll. ($150 - $250).
62 Azurite - 4.0 x 3.0 x 2.0 inches (10.16 x 7.62 x 5.08 cm). Sparkling drusy xls. on Limonite. Bisbee, Cochise County, AZ. Ex Cummings Coll. ($100 - $200).
70 Azurite - 3.25 x 3.0 x 1.5 inches (8.26 x 7.62 x 3.8 cm). An extra fine group of blocky xls. to 1 inch (2.54 cm). Chessy, France. A choice European Classic!!! Ex. Cummings Coll. ($2 500 - $3 500).
100 AZURITE - 3.5 X 1.75 X 0.75 inches (8.89 x 4.5 x 1.91 cm). D.T. xl. partially altered to Malachite. A fine old Classic! Tsumeb Mine, Namibia. ($400 - $600).
42 Azurite - lot of 2 - 1.5 x 0.75 x 0.5 inches (3.8 x 1.91 x 1.27 cm). A single xl. 2.0 x 1.5 x 1.5 inches (5.08 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm). D.T. xls. on matrix. Both specimens are from Tsumeb Mine, Namibia. Ex. Sams' Coll. ($100 - $200).
37 Barite - 6.0 x 4.0 x 3.0 (15.2 x 10.16 x 7.62 cm). Large xls. (to 4.0 inches (10.16)) on matrix. Socorro County, NM. (Repaired). A fine classic. ($200 - $300).
1 Bergen Hill Suite - Lot of 14 - 2.0 x 1.5 x 1.0 inches (5.08 x 3.8 x 2.54 cm) to 5.0 x 3.0 x 2.0 (12.7 x 7.62 x 5.08 mm). Including: Natrolite, Datolite, Scolecite, Pectolite, Apophyllite, Mesolite, Calcite, Okenite, Prehnite, and Gmelinite. Ex. Cummings Coll. ($200 - $400).


11 Calcite - 10.0 x 6.0 x 4.0 inches (25.4 x 15.2 x 10.16 cm). A large xl. cluster partially red due to included Hematite. Egremont, Cumbria, England.


($100 - $150).
26 Calcite - 8.0 x 3.0 x 3.0 inches (20.32 x 7.62 x 7.62 cm). Tabular xls. with Stilbite xls. on matrix. Moore's Station, New Jersey. Ex. Trudell Coll. ($75 - $100).


32 Calcite - 5.0 x 5.0 x 4.5 inches (12.7 x 12.7 x 11.43 cm). Manganocalcite xl. to 2.5 inches (6.25 cm) on Quartz xls. with Pyrite xls. Pachapaqui, Peru. ($200 - $300).
71 Calcite - 9.0 x 5.0 x 2.0 inches (22.86 x 12.7 x 5.08 cm). "Nailhead xls. (to 0.5 inch (1.27 cm)), cluster. St. Andreasberg, Harz, Germany. Ex Trudell Coll. ($150 - $300).


85 Calcite - 4.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 inches (11.43 x 8.89 x 6.35 cm). Fine xls. (to 3.5 inches (8.89 cm)) on matrix. Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico. ($250 - $350).
97 Calcite - 5.0 x 4.5 x 3.0 inches (12.7 x 12.06 x 7.62 cm). Twin xls. (to 2.5 inches (6.35 cm)) on matrix. York, PA. ($200 - $300).


92 Cassiterite - 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 inches (6.35 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm). Single terminated xl. Chukotka, Magadan Oblast, East Siberia, Russia. ($175 - $375).
25 Cerussite - 2.0 x 1.5 x 1.0 inches (5.08 x 3.8 x 2.54 cm). A very fine "Jackstraw Cluster." Leadville, CO. Ex. Trudell Coll. ($50 - $75).
80 Cerussite - 5.0 x 3.0 x 2.5 inches (12.7 x 7.62 x 6.35 cm). Extra fine "Jackstraw" cluster of xls. (to 1.5 inches (3.8 cm)). Iglesias, Sardinia, Italy. ($500 - $750).
9 Chalcocite - 1.75 x 1.5 x 1.0 inches (4.45 x 3.8 x 2.54 cm). A cluster of sharp xls. to 0.5 inches (1.27 cm). Bristol, CT. Ex. Cummings Coll.($150 - $250).
58 Chalcocite - 3.0 x 2.0 x 2.0 inches (7.62 x 5.08 x 5.08 cm). Pseudohexagonal xls. (to 0.25 inches (0.635cm)) on matirx. Redruth, Cornwall, England. Ex. Cummings Coll. ($150 - $250).
28 Childrenite - Eosphorite - 3.0 x 2.5 x 2.0 inches (7.62 x 6.35 x 5.08 cm). A huge terminated xl. (1.75 inches (4.45 cm)) in matrix. Minas Gerais, Brazil.($100 - $200).


89 Chrysocolla - 6.0 x 6.0 x 4.0 inches (15.2 x 15.2 x 10.16 cm). Botryoidal in a Malachite vug. Mashamba, Zaire. ($150 - $250).


31 Cinnabar - Lot of 2 - 2.0 x 1.0 x 1.0 inches (5.08 x 2.54 x 2.54 cm). A large twin to 1.0 inch (2.54 cm) on Dolomite, Hunan, China. - 4.0 x 5.0 x 2.0 inches (10.16 x 12.7 x 5.08 cm). With xls. to 0.625 inches (1.6 cm). Almaden, Spain. Ex. Sams' Coll. ($250 - $350).
63 Cornwall Classics - Suite of 26 - 1.0 x 1.0 x 0.25 inches (2.54 x 2.54 x 0.635 cm) to 4.0 x 3.5 x 1.0 inches (10.16 x 8.89 x 2.54 cm). An excellent collection of Cornish Classics!! Includes: Liroconite, Clinoclase, Fluellite (Kreuzbergite), Pyromorphite, Goethite, Woodwardite, Cuprite, etc. Ex. Cummings Coll. ($1 000 - $2 000).
43 Cryptocrystalline Quartz Coll. - lot of 15 - 3.0 x 2.0 x 1.0 inches (7.62 x 5.08 x 2.54 cm) to 6.0 x 4.0 x 2.0 inches (15.2 x 10.16 x5.08 cm). Agate - (Brazil). 9 specimens. 2.0 x 1.0 x 0.5 inches (5.08 x 2.54 x 1.27 cm). Ribbon Jasper (polished) (Siberia). 1.5 x 1.0 x 0.75 inches (3.8 x 2.54 x 1.91 cm). Bloodstone (India). 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.0 inches (6.35 x 3.8 x 2.54 cm).Heliotrope (Siberia). 3.0 x 3.0 x 1.5 inches (7.62 x 7.62 x3.8 cm).


Plasma (India). 2.0 x 2.0 x 1.0 (5.08 x 5.08 x 2.54 cm).Chloropal Hungary. Ex. Cummings Coll. ($100 - $300).


84 Dolomite - 8.0 x 5.5 x 3.0 inches (20.32 x 13.97 x 7.62 cm). Twin xls. (to 3.0 inches (7.62 cm)) on matrix. Eugui, Spain.


($300 - $500).
83 Elbaite - 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 inches (6.35 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm). Bi-color terminated xl. (to 1.75 inches (4.45 cm)) in Feldspar. Staknala, Pakistan. ($250 - $350).
6 English Classics - 1.5 x 1.0 x 1.0 inches (3.8 x 2.54 x 2.54 cm) to 4.0 x 2.5 x 1.5 inches (10.16 x 6.35 x 3.8 cm). Includes: Siderite (Cornwall), Campylite (Cumbria), Galena (Cumbria), Calcite (Matlock), Sphalerite (Cumbria), Barite (Hexham) and Vanadinite (Leadhills). Ex. Trudell Collection. ($125 - $225).
4 English Suite - - 1.5 x 1.5 x 0.5 inches (3.8 x. 3.8 x 1.27 cm) to 6.0 x 4.5 x 2.0 inches (15.2 x 11.43 x 5.08 cm): Including: 3 Fluorites, 2 Barites, Witherite, 2 Calcites, Hematite, Galena, Linarite, Sphalerite, and Barytocalcite. A very nice lot of English Classics. Ex. Cummings Coll. ($400 - $600).
35 European Classics - Lot of 4 - 1.75 x 1.5 x 0.75 inches (4.45 x 3.8 x 1.91 cm), Wolframite (Zinnwald), 3.0 x 1.5 x 1.5 inches (7.62 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm), Bournonite (Cornwall), 3.0 x 2.0 x 1.5 inches (7.62 x 5.08 x 3.8 cm), Manganite (Ilfeld),3.5 x 2.0 x 1.0 inches (8.89 x 5.08 x 2.54 cm), Tetrahedrite (Cavnic). ($125 - $225).
5 European Suite - - 3.0 x 1.5 x 1.5 inches (7.62 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm) to 6.0 x 5.0 x 3.0 inches (15.2 x 12.7 x 7.62 cm). Includes: Sulfur (Italy), Manganite (Ilfeld), Pericline (Tyrol), Stibnite (Wolfsberg),"Flos Ferri" (Austria), etc. Ex. Cummings Coll. ($225-$325).
56 European Suite - lot of 17 - 1.0 x 1.0 x 1.0 (2.54 x 2.54 x 2.54 cm) to 4.0 x 3.0 x 1.0 inches (10.16 x 7.62 x 2.54 cm). Includes: Hyalite Opal (Bohemia), Kyanite (Tyrol), Sanidine (Germany), Smaltite (Schneeberg), Native Arsenic (Harz), Geocronite, (Sweden), etc. Ex. Cummings Coll. ($300 - $500).
54 European Suite - lot of 24 - 1.0 x 1.0 x 1.0 (2.54 x 2.54 x 2.54 cm) to 5.0 x 3.0 x 1.0 inches (12.7 x 7.62 x 2.54 cm). Includes: Azurite (Chessy), Scheelite (Bohemia), Pseudomalachite (Prussia), Glaucodot (Sweden), Barite (Pribram), Proustite (Harz), Topaz (Saxony), etc. Ex Cummings Coll. ($600 - $800).
55 European Suite - lot of 25 - 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.0 inches (3.8 x 3.8 x 2.54 cm) to 5.0 x 2.5 x 1.0 inches (12.7 x 6.35 x 2.54 cm). Includes: Wagnerite (Austria), Crocoite (Urals), Hedyphane (Sweden), Brookite (Wales), Hausmanite (Limenau), Mimetite (Bohemia) etc. Ex. Cummings Coll. ($400 - $600).
33 Fluorite - 5.0 x 4.0 x 1.0 (12.7 x 10.16 x 2.54 cm). Very fine deep green cubic xls. to 0.5 inch (1.27 cm) on matrix. Weardale, Durham, England. Ex. Trudell Coll. ($200 - $300).


51 Fluorite - 4.5 x 3.0 x 1.5 inches (11.43 x 7.62 x 3.8 cm). A choice group of yellow xls. (to 0.5 inch (1.27 cm)) on matrix. Freiberg, Saxony, Germany. A fine German Classic!! Ex. Cummings Coll. ($250 - $450).
95 Fluorite - 2.0 x 1.5 x 1.5 inches (5.08 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm). Penetration twin purple xl. Weardale, County Durham, England. ($100 - $200).
99 Fluorite - 5.0 x 4.0 x 3.5 inches (12.7 x 10.16 x 8.89 cm). A large zoned xl. with minor Chalcopyrite. Cave-in-Rock, Illinois. ($300 - $500).
52 Galena & Tetrahedrite - 4.0 x 3.0 x 2.0 inches (10.16 x 7.62 x 5.08 cm). Choice Galena xls. with Chalcopyrite coated Tetrahedrite xls. on Quartz. Herodsfoot Mine, Lanreath, Cornwall, England. Iridescent! A Great Classic!! Ex. Cummings Coll. ($250 - $400).
50 Galena pseudomorph after pyromorphite - 2.0 x 1.0 x 1.0 inches (5.08 x 2.54 x 2.54 cm). A cluster of diverging xls. to 0.625 inches (1.6 cm). A choice miniature. Rare Classic!! Wheal Hope, Cornwall, England. Ex. Trudell Coll. #3267. ($200 - $400).
47 German Classics - Suite of 3 - 4.5 x 4.0 x 2.0 inches (11.43 x 10.16 x 5.08 cm),


Galena, Siderite, & Sphalerite (Neudorf, Saxony).


4.0 x 4.0 x 3.0 inches (10.16 x 10.16 x 7.62 cm),


Tetrahedrite, Chalcopyrite coated on Siderite. Clausthal.


5.0 x 4.0 x 2.0 inches (12.7 x 10.16 x5.08 cm),


Calcite (Burk Saxony). Ex. Trudell Coll. ($200 - $400).
41 German Suite - lot of 4 - 2.0 x 2.0 x 0.5 inches (5.08 x 5.08 x 1.27 cm). Native Arsenic (Freiberg). 2.5 x 2.0 x 1.0 inches (6.35 x 5.08 x 2.54 cm). Barite (Freiberg). 2.0 x 1.5 x 1.5 inches (5.08 x 3.8 x 3.8 cm). Erythrite (Schneeberg). 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.0 inches (3.8 x 3.8 x 2.54 cm). Pyromorphite (Ems). ($75 - $150).
19 Graphite - 2.0 x 1.0 x 0.75 inches (5.08 x 2.54 x 1.91 cm). Lustrous columnar aggregate, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Ex. Trudell Coll. ($25 - $50).
13 Greenland Classics - Lot of 2 - 3.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 inches (8.89 x 8.89 x 3.8 cm) Pachnolite and 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 (8.89 x. 6.35 x 3.8 cm) Hagemannite (Thomsenolite). Both from Ivigtut. Rare! Ex. Cummings Coll. ($50 - $75).
2 Hematite - 2.5 x 1.75 x 1.5 inches (6.35 x 4.45 x 3.8 cm). Lustrous "Iron Roses" (to 0.375 inches (1.0 cm)) encrusting a single Adularia xl. St. Gotthard, Switzerland. Ex. Cummings Coll. # 158. ($50 - $75).
39 Hematite - 1.75 x 1.0 x 0.25 inches (4.45 x 2.54 x 0.635 cm). Excellent, lustrous tabular xls. Ascension Island. (Dana Locale). A rare classic! ($150 - $250).


61 Hematite var. "kidney ore" - 3.5 x 2.5 x 2.0 inches (8.89 x 6.35 x 5.08 cm). Ulverstone, Lancashire, England. Ex. Cummings Coll. ($50 - $100).


86 Hemimorphite - 5.5 x 3.0 x 1.0 inches (13.97 x 7.62 x 2.54 cm). Lovely botryoidal blue aggregates on matrix. Santo Nino Mine, Durango, Mexico. ($350 - $550).
34 Herderite - 7.0 x 4.0 x 3.0 inches (17.78 x 10.16 x 7.62 cm). Twin xls. to 1.0 inch (2.54 cm) on Feldspar. Brazil. Ex. Jefferis Coll. ($100 - $200).
73 Herodsfoot mine classics - lot of 2 - Bournonite xls. (to 0.75 inch (1.91 cm)) on Quartz. Tetrahedrite & Galena xls. (to 0.5 inch (1.27 cm)) on Quartz. Lanreath, near Liskeard, Cornwall, England. Ex. Trudell Coll. ($200 - $300).
67 Huebnerite - 7.0 x 5.0 x 4.0 inches (17.78 x 12.7 x 10.16 cm). Deep reddish brown drusy xls. on matrix. Silverton District, San Juan County, CO. Ex. Museum display specimen. (Harvard University #107074). ($150 - $250). .
46 Ilfeld Suite - lot of 2 - 4.0 x 3.5 x 2.5 inches (10.16 x8.89 x 6.35 cm). Manganite. 4.0 x 3.0 x 1.0 inches (10.16 x 7.62 x 2.54 cm). Pyrolusite. Both Ilfeld, Harz, Germany. Ex. Trudell Coll. ($150 - $250).


38 Marcasite - 2.0 x 2.0 x 1.0 (5.08 x 5.08 x 2.54 cm). Superb xls. (to 1.0 inch (2.54 cm)) on matrix. Folkstone, Kent, England. A fine classic. Ex. Cummings Coll. ($150 - $250).
36 Misc. - Lot of 3 - 1.0 x 1.0 x .05 inches (2.54 x 2.54 x 1.27 cm). Phenacite (Minas Gerais, Brazil). M. Ehrman Coll. 4.0 x 2.0 x 1.0 inches (10.16 x 5.08 x 2.54 cm). Calcite on Amethyst (Guanajuato, Mexico). 4.0 x 3.0 x 3.0 inches (10.16 x 7.62 x 7.62 cm). Calcite on Amethyst (Guanajuato, Mexico). Ex. Trudell Coll. ($50 - $100).
8 Misc. Suite - - 4.5 x 1.5 x 1.0 inches (11.43 x 3.8 x 2.54 cm),Amethyst, Cripple Creek, Colorado.3.0 x 3.0 x 1.5 inches (7.62 x 7.62 x 3.8 cm), Calcite, Treece, Kansas.2.5 x 2.0 x 1.0 inches (6.35 x 5.08 x 2.54 cm), Pyrite, Bingham, Utah.3 x 1.5 x 1.0 inches (7.62 x 3.8 x 2.54 cm). Vivianite, Bingham, Utah. A. E. Seaman Museum. ($75 - $150).
7 Native Copper - - 4.0 x 3.0 x 1.5 inches (10.16 x 7.62 x 3.8 cm) and 2.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 inches (6.35 x 1.27 x 1.27 cm). Xled. Groups. Both are from the Keweenaw Peninsula, Lake Superior District, Michigan. A. E. Seamam Museum. ($100 - $200).


23 Native Gold - 1.5 x 1.25 x 0.625 inches (3.8 x 3.18 x 0.2 cm). A very fine plate spinkled over by Sphalerite xls. Verespatak, Transylvania, Romania. Ex. Houston Museum. ($300 - $500).
57 Native Silver - 1.5 x 1.5 x 0.5 inches (3.8 x 3.8 x 1.27 cm) wires on and in Calcite. Kongsberg, Norway. A fine miniature! Ex. Trudell Coll. ($350 - $500).
10 Native Silver & Native Copper - 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.0 (6.35 x 3.8 c 2.54 cm). "Half Breed" consisting of crude Silver xls. to 0.5 inches (1.27 cm) with Copper on matrix. Keweenaw County, Lake Superior District, Michigan. Ex. Cummings Coll.


($175 - $275).
20 Olivenite - 2.5 x 2.0 x 1.0 inches (6.35 x 5.08 x 2.54 cm). A rich xl. druse on matrix. Cornwall, England. Ex. Trudell Coll. ($75 - $125).
30 Opal - 1.5 x 1.0 x 0.5 inches (3.8 x 2.54 x 1.27 cm). A very fine carving of the "Head of Socrates." Coober Pedy, South Australia. Carnegie #25807. ($200 - $300).


45 Opal - 2.0 x 1.5 x 0.5 (5.08 x 3.8 x 1.27 cm). A carving of a classical female head. Coober Pedy, South Australia. Carnegie #25755. ($250 - $350).
69 Opal - 2.0 x 1.5 x 0.75 inches (5.08 x 3.8 x 1.91 cm). A carving of a Chinese "Immortal' with Carp". Coober Pedy, South Australia. (Carnegie#26985)


($300 - $500).
53 Pennsylvania Suite - Lot of 14 - 2.0 x 1.0 x 0.5 inches (5.08 x 2.54 x 1.27 cm) to 4.0 x 2.0 x 1.5 inches (10.16 x 5.08 x 3.8 cm). Includes: Azurite (Cornwall), Calamine (Wheatley Mine), Autunite (Philadelphia), Brucite (Texas), Pyromorphite (Wheatley Mine), White Fluorite (Chester County), etc. Ex. Cummings Coll. ($150 - $350).
15 Pennsylvania Suite - Lot of 9 - 1.5 x 1.0 x 1.0 inches (3.8 x 2.54 x 2.54 cm) to 4.0 x 2.5 x 1.0 inches (10.16 x 6.35 x 2.54 cm). Includes: Anglesite & Cerussite (Wheatley Mine), Clinochlore (Westtown), Magnetite (Hopewell), Almandine (Avondale), Coeruleolactite (Chester, County from Sam Gordon); etc. Ex. Trudell Coll. ($100 - $200).


91 PHOSGENITE - 3.0 X 1.5 X 0.5 inches (7.62 x 3.8 x 1.27 cm). Elongated terminated tabular xl. Monti Poni, Sardinia, Italy. ($200 - $400).
21 Plagionite (Zinkenite ?) - 2.5 x 2.0 x 1.5 inches (6.35 x 5.08 x 3.8 cm). Radiating in a Quartz matrix. Wolfsberg, Harz, Germany.Ex. Trudell Coll. ($25 - $50).
79 Prehnite - 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 inches (8.89 x 6.35 x 3.8 cm). Globular xl clusters (to 1.5 inches (3.8 cm)) on Quartz xls. Brandberg, Namibia. ($200 - $300).
72 Quartz - 6.0 x 4.0 x 3.0 inches (15.2 x 10.16 x 7.62 cm). Casts after Fluorite xls. Beeralston, Devonshire, England. Ex. Trudell Coll. ($75 - $150).
77 Quartz - 9.0 x 6.0 x 5.0 inches (22.86 x 15.2 x 12.7 cm). A group of D.T. Amethystine xls. (to 1.25 inches (3.18 cm)) on matrix. Alexander County, NC. Ex. Trudell Coll. ($150 - $350).
68 Quartz & Hematite - 5.0 x 3.0 x 1.5 inches (12.7 x 7.62 x 3.8 cm). Bipyramidal Quartz xls. with specular Hematite xls. Cumbria, England. A choice classic!! Ex. Cummings. Coll.($300 - $500).
18 Quartz on Chrysocolla - 2.75 x 2.0 x 1.0 inches (7.0 x 5.08 x 2.54 cm). A lovely blue color in matrix. Globe, AZ. Ex. Trudell Coll. ($50 - $75).


64 Quartz, var 'herkimer Diamond' - Lot of 2 - 3.0 x 2.0 x 1.5 inches (7.62 x 5.08 x 3.8 cm) & 3.0 x 2.0 x 1.0 inches (7.62 x 5.08 x 2.54 cm). Both are sharp D.T. xls. Herkimer County, NY. Ex. Cummings Coll. ($75 - $150).


78 Rhodonite - 7.0 x 4.0 x 4.0 inches (17.78 x 10.16 x 10.16 cm). Xls. (to 1.0 inch (2.54 cm)) with minor Franklinite, etched out of Calcite. Franklin, NJ. Ex. Trudell Coll.($250 - $500).


93 Rutile - 4.0 x 3.5 x 2.5 inches (10.16 x 8.89 x 6.35 cm). A fine multiply twinned xl. Graves Mountain, GA. ($300 - $500).


96 Rutile - 6.0 x 4.0 x 3.0 inches (15.2 x 10.16 x 7.62 cm). Single twin xl. (4.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 inches (11.43 x 8.89 x 6.35 cm)) on matrix. Graves Mountain, GA. ($300 - $500).


98 Rutile - 2.5 x 1.75 x 1.25 inches (6.35 x 4.45 x 3.18 cm). Multiply twinned xl. Parksburg, PA. A fine American Classic!! ($250 - $450).
101 Rutile - 2.0 x 1.5 x 1.0 inches (5.08 x 3.8 x 2.54 cm). Excellent reddish twinned xl. Pfitsch, Tyrol, Austria. ($300 - $500).


76 Scheelite - 7.0 x 6.0 x 3.0 inches (17.78 x 15.2 x 7.62 cm) xls. to 0.75 inch (1.91 cm), with Ferberite on Quartz. Taewha Mine, Neungam-ri, North Chungchung, South Korea. Ex. Dr. Webster & Ex. Harvard Un. (#126647). ($100 - $200).
65 Schorl Tourmaline - 4.0 x 2.5 x 2.5 inches (10.16 x 6.35 x 6.35 cm). Lustrous xls. (to 1.25 inches (3.18 cm)) on matrix. Pierrepont, NY. Ex. Trudell Coll. ($75 - $100).
27 Scotland Suite - - 1.0 x 1.0 x 1.5 inches (2.54 x 2.54 x 3.8 cm) to 3.0 x 3.0 x 1.5 inches (7.62 x 7.62 x 2.8 cm). Red Heulandite (Dunbarton), red Stilbite (Dunbarton), and Vanadinite (Leadhills). An unusual and scarce group! Ex. Cummings Coll.


($50 - $100).
66 Scotland Suite - lot of 6 - 3.0 x 2.0 x 1.0 inches (7.62 x 5.08 x 2.54 cm) to 4.0 x 3.0 x 2.0 inches (10.16 x 7.62 x 5.08 cm). Includes: Harmotone, Psilomelane, Thomsonite, and Gismondine. Excellent Scottish Classics!! Ex. Cummings Coll. ($100 - $200).
22 SIDERITE - 2.0 X 1.5 X 1.0 inches (5.08 x 3.8 x 2.54 cm). A choice group of lenticular xls. Traversella, Italy. A fine old classic. Ex. Trudell Coll. ($50 - $100).


3 Smithsonite - Lustrous xls. on matrix. 3.0 x 2.0 x 1.0 inches (7.62 x 5.08 x 2.54 cm). A.E. Seaman Museum. Tsumeb Mine, Namibia. ($50 - $100).


16 Smithsonite - 4.5 x 3.0 x 2.0 inches (11.34 x 7.62 x 5.08 cm). Excellent botryoidal form on matrix. Broken Hill, N.S.W., Australia. Ex. Trudell Coll.


($75 - $100).
17 Smithsonite - 3.0 x 2.0 x 1.5 inches (7.62 x 5.08 x 3.8 cm). A rich xled. crust on matrix. Laurion, Greece. Ex. Trudell Coll. ($100 - $150).
14 Sphalerite - 5.0 x 3.0 x 3.0 inches (12.7 x 7.62 x 7.62 cm). Chalcopyrite coated Sphalerite xls. (to 1.0 inch (2.54 cm)) on Dolomite xls. Aurora, Missouri. Ex. Trudell Coll. ($35 - $75).
87 Sphalerite - 7.0 x 6.0 x 4.0 inches (17.78 x 15.2 x 10.16 cm). Twin xls. (to 2.0 inches (5.08 cm)) with Siderite. Stari Trg Mine, Trepca, Yugoslavia. ($250 - $450).
88 Sphalerite - 4.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 inches (11.43 x 8.89 x 3.8 cm). Gemmy honey colored xls. (to 0.75 inches (1.91 cm)) with Calcite on matrix. Dal'negorsk, Russia. ($250 - $350).


90 Stibnite - 6.0 x 5.0 x 4.0 inches (15.2 x 12.7 x 10.16 cm). A cluster of splendant terminated xls. (to 2.0 inches (5.08 cm)). Baia Sprie, Romania. ($500 - $750).
60 Stilbite - 5.0 x 4.0 x 3.0 inches (12.7 x 10.16 x 7.62 cm). Xl. sheaves with Heulandite xls. on matrix. Paterson, Passaic County, NJ. ($75 - $100).
44 U.S.A. Suite - lot of 8 - 1.0 x 1.0 x 1.0 inches (2.54 x 2.54 x 2.54 cm). to 4.0 x 2.0 x 1.0 inches (10.16 x 5.08 x 2.54 cm). Including: Stibnite (Manhattan, NV), Native Silver (Leadville CO), Quartz (NC), etc. Ex. Trudell Coll. ($75 - $150).


74 Variscite - 9.0 x 5.0 x 4.0 inches (22.86 x 12.7 x 10.16 cm). A surperb, complete nodule with a polished face. Lucin, Utah. Ex. Frondel & Ex. Harvard Un. (#119812). ($300 - $500).
29 Witherite - 3.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 inches (8.89 x 6.35 x 6.35 cm). A large xled. aggregate. Minerva Mine, Cave-In-Rock, IL. A. E. Seaman Museum. ($50 - $100).
94 Wulfenite - 3.0 x 3.0 x 3.0 inches (7.62 x 7.62 x 7.62 cm). Choice tabular xls. (to 1.5 inches (3.8 cm)) on matrix. Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico. ($750 - $1 250).


102 Wulfenite - 3.5 x 3.5 x 2.0 inches (8.89 x 8.89 x 5.08 cm). A cluster of xls. (to 1.5 inches (3.8 cm)). Defiance Mine, Gleeson, AZ. ($250 - $350).
103 ZIRCON - 2.5 X 2.0 X 1.5 inches (6.35 x 5.08 x 3.8 cm). Lustrous D.T. xls. (to 1.5 inches (3.8 cm)) on matrix. Norway. ($150 - $250).


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