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Schedule of Upcoming Featured Minerals
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July 2008
We're always happy to be able to feature a rare mineral in a pretty color!
We'll make it two in a row from the land down under by featuring the rare
mineral Stichtite [Mg6Cr2(CO3)(OH)16∙4H2O] from Tasmania, Australia. The
stichtite forms as sprays and veins of lavender colored crystals in a green
serpentinite matrix, a very pretty combination that the miners market as "Atlantasite."
The write-up highlights all of this rare mineral's unique properties,
explains how the stichtite forms from "ingredients" found in the original
serpentinite rock it comes from, and has a special section on the American
smelting expert Robert Carl Sticht, for whom the mineral is named. We think
you'll find it fascinating! |
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August 2008 Three in a row from Australia! We have beautiful, large
polished pieces of colorful Mookaite Jasper from the remote outback of
Western Australia. Shades of red and yellow predominate. The write-up
explains how this unusual, striking jasper was formed, and delves into the
important differences between macrocrystalline and microcrystalline quartz.
Deluxe-level specimens are on the large side of what we typically send,
about 2.5" by 3.5" and larger; Junior-level specimens are also larger than
usual, consisting of a tumble polished stone. |
Mookaite Jasper, Mooka Station, near Gascoyne Junction, Gascoyne
region, Western Australia, Australia |
Smithsonite, El Refugio Mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico |
September
2008 This will be another exceptional month, as we feature Smithsonite
from El Refugio Mine, Choix, Sinaloa, Mexico. This valuable and beautiful
botryoidal material is found in shades of purple, pink, green, and blue.
Most of our specimens are purple. If you've never seen it, this will be
quite a treat! |
| October 2008 We're still working on the
Garnets from near Bishop, California, just short of having enough pieces;
we're also hoping to feature Rose Muscovite from the Harding mine, Taos
County, New Mexico, our first featured mineral from New Mexico; also,
Heulandite from India; and the Quartz-lined geodes from Morocco. |
Bookmark this page and come back
to see what
treasures we have coming up! Here are photos of some minerals we hope to
feature in the near future: |
Grossular Garnet, Coyote Front Range, near Bishop, Inyo County,
California |
Rose Muscovite, Harding mine, near Dixon, Taos County, New Mexico |
 Quartz Geode, Morocco |
Chrysoprase, Australia |
Almandine Garnet, Tyrol, Austria |
Dendrites in Limestone, Solenhofen, Germany |
Andradite Garnet, Mexico |
 Talc,
Argonaut Quarry,
Ludlow,
Windsor
Co.,
Vermont |
 Anapaite,
Spain |
Wollastonite, Nevada |
 Lazurite
(main mineral that comprises Lapis Lazuli), Afghanistan |
Aragonite, Spain |
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