Case 4

Lake Superior Agates

Carlton County Minnesota Gorgeous pair of face-polished "lakers". 5.6 x 3.7cm & 4.0 x 2.5cm     $60.00 both     TM54-1203     

Calcite Crystals

Denton mine Hardin County Illinois A superb multi-layered group of scalenohedrons that I acquired from Ross Lillie in the early 1990s when he was living in Houghton Michigan, and has resided in our collection since. Truly a top-shelf specimen with gorgeous color and great eye appeal. If you like calcites, take a good look at this one, it's worth every penny of the price. 10.0 x 6.0 x 6.0cm     SOLD    TM54-1204

Barite Crystals

Montreal mine Iron County Wisconsin Excellent plate of barite crystals that also has some rods tucked in among the blades. I have seen these rods on several other Montreal pieces, but not sure what they are - perhaps rhodochrosite? 9.8 x 6.4 x 3.5cm     SOLD   TM85-717

Silver Wires

Bulldog mine mineral County Colorado Very fine small cabinet specimen with several "nests" of silver wires, acanthite, galena, quartz, & barite crystals in an amethyst matrix. Acquired in 1988 from the Columbine mineral Shop in Ouray, Colorado. 8.4 x 5.3 x 4.2cm SOLD   TM54-1205

Copper Crystals

Bisbee Arizonia Excellent miniature with blades of copper crystals that were etched from calcite. 5.4 x 4.4 x 2.1cm SOLD TM54-1206

Calcite

Hiawatha mine Stambaugh Michigan Fine miniature consisting of 4 spheres of calcite. The spheres are made up of smaller individual calcite crystals. 4.0 x 3.4 x 2.8cm     SOLD    TM85-718

Fluorite

Berbes Spain Beautiful color in this fine miniature made up of clear glassy cubes. 5.5 x 3.5 x 3.2cm SOLD TM54-1207

Chalcopyrite/Quartz

Suior mine Cavnic Romania Gorgeous plate of chalcopyrite crystals sitting among a bed of quartz crystals. Complex pyrite crystals are also present. 8.7 x 7.2 x 2.3cm SOLD TM54-1208