Case 6

Syenite Cobble

Little Girls Point, Gogebic County, Michigan Commonly referred to as Yooperlites, these have been the rage up here along the southern beaches of Lake Superior for the past couple of years. They have been found to originate in rock on the north shore of Lake Superior near the town of Marathon, Ontario. The pics of this specimen are; the front under regular light, & front and back under long wave UV light. 4.7 x 4.5 x 2.2cm SOLD TM54-1236

Fluorite

Rossport, Ontario Great thumbnail of yellow fluorite crystals with some purple highlights, and a nice group of quartz xls perched on top; from a road cut along the north shore of Lake Superior. 2.7 x 2.4 x 1.8cm SOLD TM54-1237

Lake Superior

Agates

Carlton County, Minnesota Gorgeous set of polished "lakers". Left-5.0 x 3.1 x 2.6cm Right-5.2 x 3.1 x 2.7cm SOLD TM54-1238

Rhodochrosite

Montreal Mine, Iron County, Wisconsin The "Holy Grail" of the Montreal mine minerals. First time I have had a "rhodo" to offer from here. Acquired in an exchange with another dealer. 6.2 x 5.8 x 4.3cm SOLD TM85-725

Calcite

Shullsburg, Lafayette County, Wisconsin Very fine calcite specimen made up of "stepped" individual calcite crystals. 5.6 x 5.2 x 5.0cm SOLD TM54-1239

Aquamarine

Erongo Mountain, Omaruru District, Namibia Very aesthetic specimen of a complete, doubly terminated aquamarine crystal sitting in an albite matrix. 5.5 x 4.0 x 4.2cm SOLD TM54-1240

Chrysocolla

Mashamba West Mine, Katanga Province, DR Congo Gorgeous cabinet size specimen of botryoidal chrysocolla highlighted by sparkling malachite. 9.0 x 9.2 x 6.1cm SOLD TM54-1241

Barite

Montreal Mine, Iron County, Wisconsin Outstanding miniature of barite crystals on and in a hematite matrix. It is getting extremely difficult to find choice specimens like this from the Montreal mine. 6.6 x 4.6 x 3.2cm SOLD TM85-726