| Principal Mineral(s) | Formula |  |
Locality | When Collected | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | Comments | Reference # | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
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| Agate | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Locality | Acquired 2003 from Aleta's Rock Shop 'going out of business basement sale' | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | Comments | 1750 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Quartz Geode | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Mexico | left in my stocking by an elf, Christmas, 2004 | Matrix | Secondary Minerals unidentified | The label from "GeoCentral, Discover The Wonders Of Our World" reads, "Break-Your-Own Geodes!" and adds "90% of these geodes have hollow centers with crystals. Take a chance! You might be lucky. Geodes are formed from fluids wich crystallize in cavities within the rounded rock or nodule. They are found in many parts of the world. These geodes come from Mexico. HOW TO BREAK OPEN YOUR OWN GEODE I would suggest it is more fun to whack the sock onto a steel plate on the floor than hit it with a hammer. The best way to break geodes is to tape two triangle files to the faces of a large vise. Put the geode betwen the points of the files and close the vise. The geode will crack on a line between the two file points. Wear safety glasses; expect the two halves to fly. |
1751 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Quartz Geode | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Mexico | left in my stocking by an elf, Christmas, 2004 | Matrix | Secondary Minerals unidentified | The label from "GeoCentral, Discover The Wonders Of Our World" reads, "Break-Your-Own Geodes!" and adds "90% of these geodes have hollow centers with crystals. Take a chance! You might be lucky. Geodes are formed from fluids wich crystallize in cavities within the rounded rock or nodule. They are found in many parts of the world. These geodes come from Mexico. HOW TO BREAK OPEN YOUR OWN GEODE I would suggest it is more fun to whack the sock onto a steel plate on the floor than hit it with a hammer. The best way to break geodes is to tape two triangle files to the faces of a large vise. Put the geode betwen the points of the files and close the vise. The geode will crack on a line between the two file points. Wear safety glasses; expect the two halves to fly. |
1752 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Malachite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Keweenaw District, Michigan | Acquired 2003 from Aleta's Rock Shop 'going out of business basement sale' | Quartz | Azurite after Malachite, Chalcocite after Malachite, Cuprite, Prehnite, and a couple I have not been able to identify (but also after malachite) -- and copper is still possible, but more likely has become a pseudomorph. | Comments | 1753 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Jackson Mine Slag | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Locality | Acquired 2003 from Aleta's Rock Shop 'going out of business basement sale' | Matrix | Secondary Mineral appears to have a limestone origin | One edge has a lip impression showing it was probably broken off handling equipment after hardening. | 1754 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Quartz Geode | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Iowa | acquired 2004 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Ed Krzeminski. This was an IMRMC Silent Auction item. | 1755 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Stellerite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India | acquired 2004 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of John Betts, #29042; label notes "From my personal collection". | 1756 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Opal var. Precious Opal | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | New South Wales, Australia | acquired 2004 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of John Betts, #27592. From the collection of A. Lincoln Sherk, MD. (1890s-1969). From the collection of M. Biernbaum Baldwin. The original label was included and lists "Coll. of M. G. Biernbaum". Biernbaum changed his name to Baldwin. |
1757 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Duftite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otavi-Bergland District, Nambia | acquired 2004 | Calcite | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of John Betts, #23647. From the collection of John Rumble (South Africa). | 1758 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Hydrocerussite | Formula | 1759a | Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otavi-Bergland District, Nambia | acquired 2004 | Cerussite | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of John Betts, #23688. From the collection of John Rumble (South Africa). | 1759 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Tetra-ferri-annite var Lepidomelane | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Silver Crater Mine, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada | collected 7/13/1977, acquired 2005 | Betafite | Apatite, Hornblende, possible Cyrtolite | From the collection of Dan Zabriske. Collected by Ray Haskell. The original name was Ferri-annite. Betafite has a distinct smell. | 1760 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Betafite | (Ca,Na,U)2(Ti,Nb,Ta)2O6(OH) | /Images/picture.jpg | Silver Crater Mine, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada | collected 7/13/1977, acquired 2005 | Matrix | Apatite, probable Hornblende, possible Cyrtolite | From the collection of Dan Zabriske. Collected by Ray Haskell. Betafite has a distinct smell. | 1761 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Betafite | (Ca,Na,U)2(Ti,Nb,Ta)2O6(OH) | /Images/picture.jpg | Silver Crater Mine, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada | collected 7/13/1977, acquired 2005 | Matrix | Apatite, probable Hornblende, possible Cyrtolite | From the collection of Dan Zabriske. Collected by Ray Haskell. Betafite has a distinct smell. | 1762 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Betafite | (Ca,Na,U)2(Ti,Nb,Ta)2O6(OH) | /Images/picture.jpg | Silver Crater Mine, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada | collected 7/13/1977, acquired 2005 | Matrix | Apatite, probable Hornblende, possible Cyrtolite | From the collection of Dan Zabriske. Collected by Ray Haskell. Betafite has a distinct smell. | 1763 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Amber | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Columbia | acquired 2004 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | IMRMC Christmas Gift arranged by Ed Benjamin; from the collection of Kurt Patzlaff (www.amber-werx.com). This is young amber that is only about a million years old. Tree bark cast mold, but no insects. | 1764 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Garnet var. Spessartine | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Xsian Sung, China | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Wild About Rocks, #110969. | 1765 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Garnet var. Pyrope | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Xsian Sung, China | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Wild About Rocks, #111186. | 1766 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Garnet var. Hessonite (a gemmy var. of Grossular) | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Xsian Sung, China | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Wild About Rocks, #110969. | 1767 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Hematite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Tessemer Farm, Chubb Lake, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York [now closed to collecting] | acquired 2005 | Smoky Quartz | [transparent] di-pyramidal quartz crystals (aka, Cumberland habit), some with included hematite. | From the collection of John Betts, #29272; label notes "From my personal collection". Bottom has been sawn flat. John's description noted it was hard to photograph; in person it is awesome. | 1768 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Pyrite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | road cut near Lyman, Grafton County, New Hampshire | acquired 2005 | slate schist [greenish] | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of John Betts, #29245; label notes "From my personal collection, #284". | 1769 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Vanadinite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Mibladen, Atlas Mountains, Morocco | When Collected | Matrix | Aragonite [colorless] | From the collection of John Betts, #24931. | 1770 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Gypsum var. Lenticular Selenite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | England | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of John Betts, #29196. From the collection of A. Lincoln Sherk, MD. (1890s-1969). From the collection of Reuben Haines, #D746; label notes #28.3.1.1 (which I assume is Dana). From the collection of D. Conrad (not sure of first initial on label); Conrad was probably between Sherk and Haines. Reuben, a noted early Quaker mineral collector and a founding member of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Pennsylvania, lived in Germantown. The specimen was probably collected in the late 1700s or early 1800s. The three parts of this specimen (1771, 1772, 1773) fit together to make a 'lenticular crystal of gypsum' as noted on Conrad's label. |
1771 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Gypsum var. Lenticular Selenite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | England | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of John Betts, #29196. From the collection of A. Lincoln Sherk, MD. (1890s-1969). From the collection of Reuben Haines, #D746; label notes #28.3.1.1 (which I assume is Dana). From the collection of D. Conrad (not sure of first initial on label); Conrad was probably between Sherk and Haines. Reuben, a noted early Quaker mineral collector and a founding member of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Pennsylvania, lived in Germantown. The specimen was probably collected in the late 1700s or early 1800s. The three parts of this specimen (1771, 1772, 1773) fit together to make a 'lenticular crystal of gypsum' as noted on Conrad's label. |
1772 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Gypsum var. Lenticular Selenite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | England | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of John Betts, #29196. From the collection of A. Lincoln Sherk, MD. (1890s-1969). From the collection of Reuben Haines, #D746; label also notes #28.3.1.1 (which I assume is Dana). From the collection of D. Conrad (not sure of first initial on label); Conrad was probably between Sherk and Haines. Reuben, a noted early Quaker mineral collector and a founding member of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Pennsylvania, lived in Germantown. The specimen was probably collected in the late 1700s or early 1800s. The three parts of this specimen (1771, 1772, 1773) fit together to make a 'lenticular crystal of gypsum' as noted on Conrad's label. |
1773 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Lazulite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Crosscut Creek (Km 32), Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of John Betts, #25265. From the collection of Dr. David H. Garske, #3410; label is noted C190 and has a 45.00 sticker. | 1774 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Cuprosklodowskite [metallic green] | Formula | Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi, Western area, Shaba Cu belt, Shaba (Katanga), Congo (Zaire) | collected 1970s (per Rob Lavinsky), acquired 2005 | Matrix unidentified | Metatorbernite [dark green] | From the collection of The Arkenstone (Rob Lavinsky), #T106. This is probably a Type Locality specimen for Cuprosklodowskite as the Musonoi Mine appears to have worked the Kolongwe deposit. Rob loaded a picture of this specimen to MinDat before selling it to me. | 1775 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) | |
| Basalt var Phonolite | Formula | 
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Ancient Hawaiian Adz Quarry, around 12000 ft level of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, Hawaii | August 2003 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | Mauna Kea Adz Quarry Other cataloged specimens include #1785. | 1776 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Jeremejevite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | NE corner of Ameib Farm, between Tubussis and Usakos, Erongo Mountains, Namibia | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. | 1777 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Villiaumite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Kvanefjeld, Ilimaussaq, Greenland | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. | 1778 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Libethenite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | L'ubietova (Libethen), near Banska, Bystrica, Slovakia | acquired 2005 | Matrix unidentified | Pseudomalachite | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. This is a Type Locality specimen. | 1779 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Andorite [silver] | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | San Jose Mine, Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Zinkenite [grey/white] | From the collection of Rob Lavinsky, #A-145. From the collection of Bolovian Mineral Classics Ltd. | 1780 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Potosiite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | San Jose Mine, Oruro, Cercado Province, Oruro Department, Bolivia | acquired 2005 | Unidentified Matrix appears composed of four different minerals | Franckeite | From the collection of Rob Lavinsky, #PST-5. From the collection of Bolovian Mineral Classics Ltd. | 1781 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Gypsum var. Selenite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | near Gui Lin, Guangxi Province, China | acquired 2005 | Shale | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collecion of Rob Lavinsky, #T49. | 1782 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Neotocite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Taylor Site, Baraga County, Michigan | acquired 2005 | Hematite | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. | 1783 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Franklinite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Franklin Furnace, New Jersey | acquired 2005 | Calcite (Kalkspar) | Willemite var. Troostite (per Smithsonian label) | From the collection of Rob Lavinski, #T100. From the Carl Bosch collection at the U.S. National Museum, Divison of Mineralogy, #B12350. From the collection of Staatl. Mineralien-Niederlage, #14198. From the collection of Sanco Global Resources. From The John F. Barlow Mineral Collection, #1728. Specimen was "Restored" per label on specimen that appears identical to the Barlow # near it. | 1784 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Basalt var Phonolite | Formula |
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Ancient Hawaiian Adz Quarry, around 12000 ft level of Mauna Kea, Hawaii, Hawaii | August 2003 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | Mauna Kea Adz Quarry Other cataloged specimens include #1776. | 1785 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Bieberite [red] | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Buick Mine, Iron County, Missouri | acquired 2005 | Pyrite and Dolomite and Quartz | Siegenite [metallic lustre; grey, violet] | From the collection of Kevin Conroy. | 1786 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Siegenite [metallic lustre; grey, violet] | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Buick Mine, Iron County, Missouri | acquired 2005 | Pyrite and Dolomite and Quartz | Bieberite [red] | From the collection of Kevin Conroy. | 1787 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Bieberite [red] | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Buick Mine, Iron County, Missouri | acquired 2005 | Pyrite and Dolomite and Quartz | Siegenite [metallic lustre; grey, violet] | From the collection of Kevin Conroy. | 1788 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Uranophane | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Faraday Mine, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada | acquired 2995 | Matrix unidentified | Secondary Minerals unidentified | From the collection of Kevin Conroy. | 1789 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Honessite pseudomorph after Millerite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Antire Road, Saint Louis County, Missouri | acquired 2005 | Quartz Geode in Limestone matrix | Secondary Mineral inidentified | From the collection of Kevin Conroy. | 1790 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Zircon var. Cyrtolite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Silver Crater Mine, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada | collected 7/13/1977, acquired 2005 | Betafite | Apatite, Hornblende | From the collection of Dan Zabriske. Collected by Ray Haskell. Small rounded crystals. Betafite has a distinct smell. | 1791 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Kottigite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Adamite [yellow], Adamite var. Cuprian Adamite [blue] | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. | 1792 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Motukoreaite [clear, tabular] | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Brown's Island, within Waitemata Harbor, New Zealand | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. This is a Type Locality specimen. | 1793 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Gillespite [red] | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | La Madrelena Mine, Tres Pozos, Baja California, Mexico | acqyured 2005 | Matrix | Sanbornite [orange/yellow/white] | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. | 1794 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Valleriite [bronze/grey, metallic] | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Little Chief Mine, near Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Bornite [blue/purple], Magnetite [black/silver] | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. | 1795 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Rauvite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Monument #2 Mine, Apache Co., Arizona | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. | 1796 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Beyerite [white to yellow] | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Heraklion Mine, Laurium, Greece | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Kettnerite [brown], Adamite [yellow/green] | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. | 1797 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Caysichite-(Y) | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Evans-Lou Mine, St-Pierre0de-Wakefield, Portland Township, Papineau Co., Quebec, Canada | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. This is a Type Locality specimen. | 1798 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Brownmillerite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Bellerberg, Ettringen, Laacher See, Eifel, Germany | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. This is a Type Locality specimen. | 1799 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Takovite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Sounion, Laurium, Greece | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. | 1800 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Stibiotantalite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Greenbushes (Sn placers), Tinfield, Western Australia | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. This is a Type Locality specimen. | 1801 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Quadridavyne [clear] | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Bellerberg, Ettringen, Saacher See, Eifel, Germany | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. | 1802 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Monohydrocalcite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | South Maricopa Mountains, Maricopa Co., Arizona | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. | 1803 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Margaritasite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Margaritas Uranium Deposit, Pena Blanca District, Chihuahua, Mexico | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. This is a Type Locality specimen. | 1804 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Kulanite [blue/black] | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Rapid Creek area, 120 km west of Inuvik, Richardson Mountains, Yukon Territory, Canada | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Brazilianite {yellow/green], Fluorapatite, Aragonite | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. This is a Type Locality specimen for Kulanite. | 1805 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Valentinite [black] | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Lac Nicolet Antimony Mine, Ham Sud Toiwnship, Wolfe County, Quebec, Canada | acquired 2005 | Stibnite | Antimony, Kermesite [red] | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. | 1806 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Suolunite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Black Lake Mine, Thetford, Colrain Township, Quebec | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. | 1807 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Vanadinite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Mibladen, Atlas Mountains, Morocco | acquired 2005 | Barite | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of John Betts, #29889. Shipping damage (appears to have been from thermal stress) resulted in a minature (#1839) and three thumbnails (#1808-1810). | 1808 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Vanadinite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Mibladen, Atlas Mountains, Morocco | acquired 2005 | Barite | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of John Betts, #29889. Shipping damage (appears to have been from thermal stress) resulted in a minature (#1839) and three thumbnails (#1808-1810). | 1809 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Vanadinite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Mibladen, Atlas Mountains, Morocco | acquired 2005 | Barite | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of John Betts, #29889. Shipping damage (appears to have been from thermal stress) resulted in a minature (#1839) and three thumbnails (#1808-1810). | 1810 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Dickthomssenite [pale green] | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Vanadium Queen Mine, Paradox Valley, San Juan County, Utah | acquired 2005 | Sandstone | probable (minor) Sherwoodite [black], probable (minor) Tyuyamunite [bright yellow-yellow/green], both based on crystal, habit, and association -- and at least two other minerals based on color [ (minor) darker green, reddish brown/magenta] that remain unidentified. | From the collection of Rob Lavinsky. | 1811 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Agrellite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Sheffield Lake complex, Kipawa River, Villedieu Township, Temiskaming County, Quebec, Canada | acquired 2005 | Agrellite | With the agrellite is red eudialyte, black amphibole, white feldspar, and a little greenish mosandrite. Under SW you'll also see a lot of brilliant green fluorescing due to a thin film of what is most likely opal/hyalite. | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. This is a Type Locality specimen for Agrellite. | 1812 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Beryllonite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Telirio Mine, near Corregio Frio, Minas Gerais, Brazil | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. | 1813 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Paravauxite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Bustillos Province, Potosi Department, Bolivia | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. This is a Type Locality specimen. | 1814 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Poldervaartite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Section 58, N'Chwaning Mine, near Kuruman, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. | 1815 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Mountkeithite [white to pink] | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Clear Creek Canyon, San Benito Mountains,m California | acquired 2005 | bleached Serpentine | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. | 1816 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Aschamalmite [grey] | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | near Ascham Alm (s/b Alp), Untersulzbachtal (valley), (Hohe Tauem Mts, Salzburg,) Austria | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. This is a Type Locality specimen. | 1817 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Sideronatrite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Chuquicamata, Antofagasta, Chile | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. | 1818 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Libethenite [light to dark green] | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Mindola Open Pit, Rokana Mine, near Kitwe, Zambia | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. | 1819 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Gustavite [steel gray] | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Rotgulden Mine, Langau, Salzburg Province, Austria | acquired 2005 | Pyrite | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. | 1820 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Lavendulan | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Hilarion Stollen, Agios Konstantinos (St. Constantine, Lavrion District), Attika (Prefecture), Griechenland (Greece) | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. | 1821 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Jasmundite [brownish green] | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Bellerberg, Ettringen, Laacher See, Eifel, Germany | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. This is a Type Locality specimen. | 1822 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Feitknechtite [brown] | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Noda-Tamagawa Mine, Iwate Prefecture, Japan | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Tim Jokela, Jr. | 1823 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Sillimanite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | North Carolina | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Craig Croner (The Christopher Collection). | 1824 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Triphylite | LiFePO4 | /Images/picture.jpg | New Hampshire | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Craig Croner (The Christopher Collection). | 1825 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Amblygonite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Maine | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Craig Croner (The Christopher Collection). | 1826 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Witherite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Illinois | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Craig Croner (The Christopher Collection). | 1827 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Lorenzenite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Lowozero massif, Kola Peninsula, Russsia | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of John Betts, #17229. | 1828 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Liddicoatite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Luc Yen, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of The Arkenstone (Rob Lavinsky), #B23; invoice listed 'B23 Mogok lidds'. | 1829 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Bournonite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Yaogangxran Mine, Hunan Prov., China | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of The Arkenstone (Rob Lavinsky), #tch55; label on specimen was 'itch55'. | 1830 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Euchroite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Lubietova (Libethen), Banska Bystrica (Neushol), Banskobystricky Kraj, Slovak Republic | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) unidentified | From the collection of The Arkenstone (Rob Lavinsky), #MU81. This is a Type Locality specimen. | 1831 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Cinnabar | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Tongren, Euizhou Prov., China | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Calcite, Quartz | From the collection of The Arkenstone (Rob Lavinsky), #tch91; label on specimen was 'itch91'. | 1832 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Carrollite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Kamoye Mine, Kambowe, Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) | acquired 2005 | Calcite | Secondary Minerals unidentified | From the collection of John Betts, #29534. | 1833 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Corundum var. Ruby | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Maswingo, Zimbabwe | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of the Grand Valley State University Geology Club. | 1834 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Fayalite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Roadside rock exposure between Copper Harbor and Estavant Pines, Keweenaw County, Michigan | Collected 1998 | Fayalite | Bornite, Limonite, probable Jarosite | This specimen had been bothering me for years and I finally sent it to Excalibur Mineral Corporation for analysis so I could give it a name. See also #1836. | 1835 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Fayalite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Roadside rock exposure between Copper Harbor and Estavant Pines, Keweenaw County, Michigan | Collected 1998 | Fayalite | Bornite, Limonite, probable Jarosite | This specimen had been bothering me for years and I finally sent it to Excalibur Mineral Corporation for analysis so I could give it a name. See also #1835. | 1836 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Borax | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | California | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | IMRMC Silent Auction item donated by Ed Krzeminski. | 1837 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Zincite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Passaic Pit, Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, NJ | acquired 2005 | Franklinite | Calcite | IMRMC Silent Auction item donated by Keith Hayes. This is a Type Locality specimen. | 1838 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Vanadinite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Mibladen, Atlas Mountains, Morocco | acquired 2005 | Barite | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of John Betts, #29889. Shipping damage (appears to have been from thermal stress) resulted in a minature (#1839) and three thumbnails (#1808-1810). | 1839 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Mattagamite [violet] | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Mattagami Lake Mine, Galinee, near Mattagami, Quebec, Canada | acquired 2005 | Pyrrhotite | Altaite [tin white to bronze yellow], Tellurantomony [pink, cream] | From the collection of John Betts, #29675. This is a Type Locality specimen for Mattagamite and Tellurantimony. | 1840 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Dycrasite | Ag3Sb | /Images/picture.jpg | St. Andreasberg, Harz, Germany | acquired 2005 | Native Arsenic | (probably) Calcite | From the collection of John Betts, #29651. The label indicates this is a Type Locality specimen; I have checked several reputable sources and now have four type localities (they all appear to be near each other). | 1841 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Sugilite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Iwagi Islet (island), Ochi Gun, Ehime Prefecture, Shikoku Island, Japan | acquired 2005 | Baratovite var. Katayamalite | Sugilite | From the collection of John Betts, #29698. This is a Type Locality specimen for both minerals. | 1842 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Mohawkite | (Cu, As) | /Images/picture.jpg | Mohawk Mine, Mohawk, Keweenaw Co., Michigan | collected early 1980s, acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | This is from the Type Locality; date and location were confirmed verbally. From the collection of Craig Croner (The Christopher Collection). | 1843 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Chalcanthite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Santa Cruz Co., Arizona | collected 1995, acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Kevin Ponzio. | 1844 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Zircon | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Saranac, Ontario, Canada | collected 1993, acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Kevin Ponzio. | 1845 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Pumpellyte-(Mg) var. Chlorastrolite var. Isle Royal Greenstone | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | I was told this was collected at the Copper Falls Mine in the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan | collected 1970s, acquired 2005 | Basalt | Secondary Mineral(s) | This is The State Gem of Michigan from the Type Locality. From the collection of Craig Croner (The Christopher Collection). | 1846 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Pumpellyte-(Mg) var. Chlorastrolite var. Isle Royal Greenstone | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | I was told this was collected at the Copper Falls Mine in the Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan | collected 1970s, acquired 2005 | Basalt | Secondary Mineral(s) | This is The State Gem of Michigan from the Type Locality. From the collection of Craig Croner (The Christopher Collection). | 1847 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Scapolite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Otter Lake, Quebec, Canada | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Keith Hayes. From the collection of IMRMC. Scapolite is a synonym for the Marialite-Meionite Series, and is usually considered to be a mix of Marialite, Wernerite, and Meiolite. The label notes it glows under SW. |
1848 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Sugilite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | labeled Africa, probably Wessels Mine, North Cape, Republic of South Africa | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Kevin Ponzio. | 1849 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Sugilite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Wessels Mine, North Cape, Republic of South Africa | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Keith Hayes. From the collection of IMRMC. | 1850 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Barian Celestine var. Barytocelestite [white] | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Hampstead Farm Quarry, Chipping Sodbury District, Gloucestershire, England, UK | acquired 2005 | Sphalerite | Secondary Mineral(s) unidentified | From tke collection of Kevin Ponzio. | 1851 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Titanite var. Sphene | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Ontario Canada | collected 1900s, acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Craig Croner (The Christopher Collection). | 1852 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Boulangerite | Pb5Sb4S11 | /Images/picture.jpg | Noche Buena Mine, near Mazapic Zacatecas, Mexico | collected 1970s, acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Kevin Ponzio. | 1853 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | monoclinic, acicular |
| Melanite [black] | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | San Bernito Mtns., California | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Minerals unidentified | From the collection of IMRMC. From the collection of Keith Hayes. | 1854 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Muscovite var. Phengite var. Mariposite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | California | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Craig Croner (The Christopher Collection). | 1855 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Schorl Tourmaline | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Champion, (U.P.) Michigan | acquired 2005 | Matrix unidentified | Quartz, other Secondary Mineral(s) unidentified | From the collection of IMRMC. | 1856 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Schorl Tourmaline | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Champion, (U.P.) Michigan | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of IMRMC. | 1857 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Iridescent Basalt | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | east of Mauna Ulu, just beyond the Park boundary, Puna district, Hawai'i Island, Hawai'i | collected 2005, received 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Minerals unidentified | Collected by Kitty & Bill Heacox; received as a gift. | 1858 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Basalt 'stalactite' drip | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | east of Mauna Ulu, just beyond the Park boundary, Puna district, Hawai'i Island, Hawai'i | collected 2005, received 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Minerals unidentified | Collected by Kitty & Bill Heacox; received as a gift. There are two overlapping, dripping, flows in this specimen; the broken base of both flows is iridescent. | 1859 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Pele's Tears | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | east of Mauna Ulu, just beyond the Park boundary, Puna district, Hawai'i Island, Hawai'i | collected 2005, received 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Minerals unidentified | Collected by Kitty & Bill Heacox; received as a gift. Some with brown spots, some with iridescent spots; see #1680, 1581, and 1682. | 1860 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Pele's Tears | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | east of Mauna Ulu, just beyond the Park boundary, Puna district, Hawai'i Island, Hawai'i | collected 2005, received 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Minerals unidentified | Collected by Kitty & Bill Heacox; received as a gift. Some with brown spots, some with iridescent spots; see #1680, 1581, and 1682. | 1861 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Pele's Tears | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | east of Mauna Ulu, just beyond the Park boundary, Puna district, Hawai'i Island, Hawai'i | collected 2005, received 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Minerals unidentified | Collected by Kitty & Bill Heacox; received as a gift. Some with brown spots, some with iridescent spots; see #1680, 1581, and 1682. | 1862 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Olivinite var. Olivine | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Jas Glover Quarry, Hilo, Hawai'i Island, Hawai'i | probably collected 2004, received 2005 | Basalt | Secondary Minerals unidentified | Collected by Kitty & Bill Heacox; received as a gift. | 1863 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Reticulite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | east of Mauna Ulu, just beyond the Park boundary, Puna district, Hawai'i Island, Hawai'i | collected 2005, received 2005 | Basalt | Pumice | Collected by Kitty & Bill Heacox; received as a gift. Expected shipping damage on something this fragile produced two fine minatures (#1865, 1866), a great thumbnail (#1854), and many excellent micros (traded/gifted, not cataloged). | 1864 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Reticulite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | east of Mauna Ulu, just beyond the Park boundary, Puna district, Hawai'i Island, Hawai'i | collected 2005, received 2005 | Basalt | Pumice | Collected by Kitty & Bill Heacox; received as a gift. Expected shipping damage on something this fragile produced two fine minatures (#1865, 1866), a great thumbnail (#1854), and many excellent micros (traded/gifted, not cataloged). | 1865 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Reticulite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | east of Mauna Ulu, just beyond the Park boundary, Puna district, Hawai'i Island, Hawai'i | collected 2005, received 2005 | Basalt | Pumice | Collected by Kitty & Bill Heacox; received as a gift. Expected shipping damage on something this fragile produced two fine minatures (#1865, 1866), a great thumbnail (#1854), and many excellent micros (traded/gifted, not cataloged). | 1866 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Glauberite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Camp Verde, AZ | collected 1987, acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Kevin Ponzio. The label indicated Glauconite (pseudo). | 1867 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Ruby | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Tanzania | collected 2004, acquired 2005 | Zoisite | Ruby | From the collection of Kevin Ponzio. | 1868 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Quartz var. Faden Quartz | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Arkansas | collected 1994, acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Kevin Ponzio. | 1869 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Quartz var. fan quartz | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | A. Lydberg Mine, Negaunee, MI | collected 2004, acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Kevin Ponzio. Kevin told me there were only 32 known specimens of this 'fan' quartz. | 1870 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Allanite-(Ce) [brown] | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Jeffrey Quarry, Asbestos, Shipton Township, Richmond Co., Quebec, Canada | acquired 2005 | Diopside [lightr green] | Grossular [dark green] | From the collection of IMRMC. From the collection of Keith Hayes. | 1871 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Copper Crystal | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Michigan UP | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of IMRMC; silent auction item. | 1872 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Malachite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Michigan UP | acquired 2005 | Quartz | Azurite, Chrysocolla, native copper, native silver, and several other unidentified minerals | From the collection of IMRMC. | 1873 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | acicular |
| Beryl, var. Goshenite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Resplendor, Minas Gerias, Brazil | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Kevin Ponzio. | 1874 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Fossils | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Rock exposure on US2 between Garden Corners and Thompson, U.P., Michgan | 2003 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | Comments | 1875 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Aventurine | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Locality lost (Nebraska possible) | acquired 2003 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From Aleta's Rock Shop gone out of business basement sale by the landlord. | 1876 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Chalcopyrite [gold] | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Brushy Creek Mine, Reynolds Co., MO | collected 2005, acquired 2005 | Dolomite [white] | Covellite pseudomorph after Chalcopyrite [blue], Bornite pseudomorph after Chalcopyrite [purple] | From the collection of Kevin Ponzio. | 1877 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Staurolite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Keivy, Kola Peninsula, Russia | acquired 2005 | Schist | Mica, Quartz | From the collection of Jim Below (Blue Chip Minerals). | 1878 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Petoskey Stone colony | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Petoskey, MI area assummed | acquired 2005 | limestone | Single shell (cerastoderma?) attached to underside of colony. | From the collection of IMRMC. | 1879 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Ematite (Italian for Hematite) | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Elba Island, Livorno, Italy | acquired 2005 | gangue minerals not identified | Pyrite | From the collection of IMRMC. From the collection of Keith Hayes. From the collection of Alessandro Genazzani. Under 'Alessandro Genazzani' the label notes 'Via G. Jervis, 3, Tel. (055) 453.900, C.A.P. 50141 (FIRENZE)'. Some of the Hematite exhibits iridescence. | 1880 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| 'Halfbreed' Copper Silver Crystal | Cu, Ag | /Images/picture.jpg | Mohawk Mine, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan | collected probably 1980, acquired 2005 | Copper | Silver | From the collection of Craig Croner (The Christopher Collection). Collection information provided verbally by Craig, who remembered collecting them with his Father, Kenneth. | 1881 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| 'Halfbreed' Copper Silver Crystal | Cu, Ag | /Images/picture.jpg | Mohawk Mine, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan | collected probably 1980, acquired 2005 | Copper | Silver | From the collection of Craig Croner (The Christopher Collection). Collection information provided verbally by Craig, who remembered collecting them with his Father, Kenneth. | 1882 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Black Magnetic Sand | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Kiritehere Beach, North Island, New Zealand | collected 2004, received 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | Collected by Kitty & Bill Heacox; received as a gift. | 1883 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Kaimu New Black Sand | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | New Kaimu Beach, Puna district, Hawai'i Island, Hawai'i | collected 2004, received 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | Collected by Kitty & Bill Heacox; received as a gift. This is new, unweathered, volcanic sand. | 1884 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Green Olivine Sand | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Green Sand Beach, South Point, Hawai'i Island, Hawai'i | collected 2004, received 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | Collected by Kitty & Bill Heacox; received as a gift. There are a few magnetic particles in this sand. South Point is the southernmost point in the United States. | 1885 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Brown New Sand | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | east of Mauna Ulu, just beyond the Park boundary, Puna district, Hawai'i Island, Hawai'i | collected 2005, received 2005 | Basalt | Pumice | Collected by Kitty & Bill Heacox; received as a gift. This is composed of wind consolidated bits of Pele's Tears, Pele's Hair, and broken Reticulite. | 1886 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Black Sand | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Hilo Bay, Hilo, Hawai'i Island, Hawai'i | collected 2005, received 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | Collected by Kitty & Bill Heacox; received as a gift. This sand is weakly magnetic. | 1887 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Colemanite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Little Biddy Mine, Ryan, Furnace Creek District, Inyo County, California | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of John Betts, #30460. From the collection of Jay Lininger (1939-2004) California reference collection. This is a Type Locality specimen. | 1888 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Coalingite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | San Benito County, California | acquired 2005 | Serpentine | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of John Betts, #30461. From the collection of Jay Lininger (1939-2004) California reference collection. This is a Type Locality specimen. Label on specimen is "16.2-B". | 1889 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Hanksite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Searles Lake, San Bernadino County, California | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of John Betts, #39451. From the collection of Jay Lininger (1939-2004) California reference collection. This is a Type Locality specimen. | 1890 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Oil-Filled Geode | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Niota, IL | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | IMRMC Silent Auction item. From the collection of Ed Krzeminski. | 1891 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Linarite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Mex-Tex Mine, Bingham, New Mexico | acquired 2005 | Quartz | Spangolite, Brochantite, probable pseudomalachite, possible pyromorphite | IMRMC Silent Auction item. From the collection of Keith Hayes. | 1892 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Wulfenite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Rowley Mine, Theba Area, Maricopa Co., AZ | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | IMRMC Silent Auction item. From the collection of Keith Hayes. | 1893 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Tungsten | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Locality | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Craig Croner (The Christopher Collection). This appears to be a tungsten ore, but I have not identified it yet. | 1894 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Phyllite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | RI, PN, NC | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Craig Croner (The Christopher Collection). | 1895 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Kimberlite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Arkansas | acquired 2005 | Kimberlite | Diamond [good lens, light source, required] | From the collection of Craig Croner (The Christopher Collection). | 1896 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Novaculite, a var. of Diatomaceous Earth | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Arkansas | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Craig Croner (The Christopher Collection). | 1897 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Rutile | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of The Arkenstone (Rob Lavinsky), #RUT22. | 1898 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Calcite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Irai, Rio Grande, do Sul, Brazil | acquired 2005 | Amethyst | Malachite | From the collection of The Arkenstone (Rob Lavinsky), #Braz7. | 1899 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Copper Crystal | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Michigan UP | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of IMRMC; silent auction item. | 1900 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Copper Crystal | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Michigan UP | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of IMRMC; silent auction item. | 1901 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Copper Crystal | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Michigan UP | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of IMRMC; silent auction item. | 1902 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Copper Crystal | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Michigan UP | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of IMRMC; silent auction item. | 1903 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Borax | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | California | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | IMRMC Silent Auction Item donated by Ed Krzeminski | 1904 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Borax | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | California | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | IMRMC Silent Auction Item donated by Ed Krzeminski | 1905 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Borax | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | California | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | IMRMC Silent Auction Item donated by Ed Krzeminski | 1906 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Borax | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | California | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | IMRMC Silent Auction Item donated by Ed Krzeminski | 1907 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Borax | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | California | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | IMRMC Silent Auction Item donated by Ed Krzeminski | 1908 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Borax | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | California | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | IMRMC Silent Auction Item donated by Ed Krzeminski | 1909 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Borax | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | California | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | IMRMC Silent Auction Item donated by Ed Krzeminski | 1910 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Borax | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | California | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | IMRMC Silent Auction Item donated by Ed Krzeminski | 1911 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Borax | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | California | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | IMRMC Silent Auction Item donated by Ed Krzeminski | 1912 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Concretion | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Cascade Gravel Pit, Cascade at 28th Street, Grand Rapids, MI | Collected 1964 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | This was a 'saddle' stone in a stream, and bears the indentations from the stone sitting on it, and the stone under it. | 1913 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Gypsum var. Honey Selenite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Alabastine Mine, Wyoming, MI | Collected 1965 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | Comments | 1914 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Gypsum var. Honey Selenite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Alabastine Mine, Wyoming, MI | Collected 1965 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | Comments | 1915 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Native Selenium | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | "Burning culm bank" (per Lininger label), Glenn Lyon, Newport Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania | Collected 1972 (per Lininger hanwritten label), acquired 2005 | burned Shale | other Secondary Minerals not identified | From the collection of John Betts, #30423. From the collection of Jay Lininger (1939-2004) Pennsylvania Mineral Collection, #PM-045; auction lot 253, item no. 01229. From the collection of Bryon Brookmyer, who collected it. Betts label notes Lininger # as P-045, and date collected as 1974. Back of Lininger label notes: 1 3/4 x 2 3/4"; front notes "Superb crystallized specimen". The selenium crystals formed when a coal culm bank burned, causing the selenium to precipitate. It was reported as having been started by lightning, so this is a native element. | 1916 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Howieite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Longvale Quarry (which appears to be the Laytonville Quarry), Mendocino County, California | acquired 2005 | Mica Schist | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of John Betts, #30445. From the collection of Jay Lininger (1939-2004) California reference collection. This may be a Type Locality specimen (if Laytonville Quarry is correct). | 1917 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Desautelsite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | New Idrea District, San Benito County, California | acquired 2005 | Serpentine | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of John Betts, #30445. From the collection of Jay Lininger (1939-2004) California reference collection. | 1918 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Inesite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Hale Creek Mine, Trinity County, California | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of John Betts, #30443. From the collection of Jay Lininger (1939-2004) California reference collection. | 1919 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Diabase | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Nello Teer Quarry (later Hansen's Aggregates), end of Deerfield Street (SR 1641), near Mill Grove, in the town of Durham, Durham Co., NC (Northwest Durham 7.5 minute quadrangle). | Collected June 15, 2005 | Diabase | Plagioclase, other Secondary Minerals unidentified | From a trade with Kenny Gay, who collected it. This is an extremely fine grained dike diabase from near the upper surface. The diabase is Juriassic in age; the dike at the quarry is still a concordant sill; the Triassic sediments that overlay the diabase are baked to a black shale like rock. | 1920 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Diabase | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Nello Teer Quarry (later Hansen's Aggregates), end of Deerfield Street (SR 1641), near Mill Grove, in the town of Durham, Durham Co., NC (Northwest Durham 7.5 minute quadrangle). | Collected June 15, 2005 | Diabase | Plagioclase, other Secondary Minerals unidentified | From a trade with Kenny Gay, who collected it. This is an extremely fine grained dike diabase from near the upper surface. The diabase is Juriassic in age; the dike at the quarry is still a concordant sill; the Triassic sediments that overlay the diabase are baked to a black shale like rock. | 1921 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Diabase | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Nello Teer Quarry (later Hansen's Aggregates), end of Deerfield Street (SR 1641), near Mill Grove, in the town of Durham, Durham Co., NC (Northwest Durham 7.5 minute quadrangle). | Collected June 15, 2005 | Diabase | Plagioclase, other Secondary Minerals unidentified | From a trade with Kenny Gay, who collected it. This is an atypical dike diabase with extremely large grain. The diabase is Juriassic in age; the dike at the quarry is still a concordant sill; the Triassic sediments that overlay the diabase are baked to a black shale like rock. | 1922 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Diabase | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Cates Creek, about 100 yards north of US/70/NC86 highway (36.06895 79.08730) in the town of Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina | When Collected | Diabase | Plagioclase, other Secondary Minerals unidentified | From a trade with Kenny Gay, who collected it. This is a typical dike diabase. Specimen is numbered 2495. | 1923 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Goethite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | E. Haven, CT | acquired 2005 | Basalt | Goethite in/on Calcite and Quartz | From the collection of Larry Rush. See related specimens, #1924-1929. Some of the Goethite sprays start as inclusions; outstanding micro. | 1924 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Goethite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | E. Haven, CT | acquired 2005 | Basalt | Goethite in/on Calcite and Quartz | From the collection of Larry Rush. See related specimens, #1924-1929. Some of the Goethite sprays start as inclusions; outstanding micro. | 1925 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Goethite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | E. Haven, CT | acquired 2005 | Basalt | Goethite in/on Calcite and Quartz | From the collection of Larry Rush. See related specimens, #1924-1929. Some of the Goethite sprays start as inclusions; outstanding micro. | 1926 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Goethite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | E. Haven, CT | acquired 2005 | Basalt | Goethite in/on Calcite and Quartz | From the collection of Larry Rush. See related specimens, #1924-1929. Some of the Goethite sprays start as inclusions; outstanding micro. | 1927 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Goethite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | E. Haven, CT | acquired 2005 | Basalt | Goethite in/on Calcite and Quartz | From the collection of Larry Rush. See related specimens, #1924-1929. Some of the Goethite sprays start as inclusions; outstanding micro. | 1928 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Goethite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | E. Haven, CT | acquired 2005 | Basalt | Goethite in/on Calcite and Quartz | From the collection of Larry Rush. See related specimens, #1924-1929. Some of the Goethite sprays start as inclusions; outstanding micro. | 1929 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Artinite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Sprint Street sewer excavation, Staten Island, New York City, New York | acquired 2005 | Serpentine | Hydromagnesite | From the collection of John Betts, #30525. Label notes "From my personal collection". | 1930 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Melanterite var. Cuprian Melanterite var. Pisanite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Placer County, California | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of John Betts, #30544. From the collection of Jay Lininger (1939-2004) California Reference Collection, #753. | 1931 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Clinochlore | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Putnam County, New York | acquired 2005 | Calcite | Chondrodite | From the collection of John Betts, #27735. From the collection of A. Lincoln Sherk, MD. (1890s-1969). | 1932 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Betafite | (Ca,Na,U)2(Ti,Nb,Ta)2O6(OH) | /Images/picture.jpg | Silver Crater Mine, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada | collected 7/13/1977, acquired 2005 | Matrix | Apatite, probable Hornblende, possible Cyrtolite | From the collection of Dan Zabriske. Collected by Ray Haskell. Betafite has a distinct smell. | 1933 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Betafite | (Ca,Na,U)2(Ti,Nb,Ta)2O6(OH) | /Images/picture.jpg | Silver Crater Mine, Bancroft, Ontario, Canada | collected 7/13/1977, acquired 2005 | Matrix | Apatite | From the collection of Dan Zabriske. Collected by Ray Haskell. Betafite has a distinct smell. | 1934 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Borax | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | California | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | IMRMC Silent Auction Item donated by Ed Krzeminski | 1935 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Quartz var. Amethyst, with included water bubble | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Oaxaca, Mexico | acquired 2005 | Amethyst | bubble of paleowater | From the collection of Rob Lavinsky (The Arkenstone), #TN10. From the collection of Marilyn Dodge, #323. | 1936 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Crinoid Fossil, var. Agaricocrinus splendens | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Borden Group, Edwardsville Formation, Mississippian Period, Montgomery County, Indiana | acquired 2005 | Limestone | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of James P. Below (Blue Chip Minerals), EZWW#51. | 1937 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Peruvian Blue Opal | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Peru | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Burnie's Rock Shop. | 1938 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Clinochlore var. Seraphinite | (Mg, Fe, Al)6(Si, Al)4O10(OH)8 | /Images/picture.jpg | Bratsk Region, Siberia, Russia (northeast of Lake Baikal) | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Burnie's Rock Shop. This is the only known location for this variety. | 1939 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Ocean Jasper | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Marovato, Madagascar | acquired 2005 | silicated rhyolite flow | Quartz druze, Opal | From the collection of Alex and Darlene Fagotti (Prospector's Paradise). From the collection of Eugene Mueller (The Gem Shop). From the collection of Paul Obenich (Madagascar Minerals). | 1940 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Ocean Jasper | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Marovato, Madagascar | acquired 2005 | silicated rhyolite flow | Quartz druze, Rhyolite | From the collection of Alex and Darlene Fagotti (Prospector's Paradise). From the collection of Eugene Mueller (The Gem Shop). From the collection of Paul Obenich (Madagascar Minerals). | 1941 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Ocean Jasper | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Marovato, Madagascar | acquired 2005 | silicated rhyolite flow | Quartz druze, Opal | From the collection of Alex and Darlene Fagotti (Prospector's Paradise). From the collection of Eugene Mueller (The Gem Shop). From the collection of Paul Obenich (Madagascar Minerals). | 1942 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Ocean Jasper | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Marovato, Madagascar | acquired 2005 | silicated rhyolite flow | Quartz druze, Opal | From the collection of Alex and Darlene Fagotti (Prospector's Paradise). From the collection of Eugene Mueller (The Gem Shop). From the collection of Paul Obenich (Madagascar Minerals). | 1943 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Ocean Jasper | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Marovato, Madagascar | acquired 2005 | silicated rhyolite flow | Quartz | From the collection of Alex and Darlene Fagotti (Prospector's Paradise). From the collection of Eugene Mueller (The Gem Shop). From the collection of Paul Obenich (Madagascar Minerals). | 1944 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Datolite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Clark Mine, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Alex and Darlene Fagotti (Prospector's Paradise). | 1945 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Hematite 'Needle Ore' | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Negaunee, Michigan | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Alex and Darlene Fagotti (Prospector's Paradise). From the collection of Blue Chip Minerals. | 1946 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Chalcocite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, WI | Collected 1997 or 1998, shortly before the mine closed, acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Swede's (formerly Keweenaw Minerals), #R-731. | 1947 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Diabase | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Nello Teer Quarry (later Hansen's Aggregates), end of Deerfield Street (SR 1641), near Mill Grove, in the town of Durham, Durham Co., NC (Northwest Durham 7.5 minute quadrangle). | Collected June 15, 2005 | Diabase | Plagioclase, other Secondary Minerals unidentified | From a trade with Kenny Gay, who collected it. This is a typical dike diabase from this quarry, but the grain is a little larger than a typical dike diabase. The diabase is Juriassic in age; the dike at the quarry is still a concordant sill; the Triassic sediments that overlay the diabase are baked to a black shale like rock. | 1948 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Diabase | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Nello Teer Quarry (later Hansen's Aggregates), end of Deerfield Street (SR 1641), near Mill Grove, in the town of Durham, Durham Co., NC (Northwest Durham 7.5 minute quadrangle). | Collected June 15, 2005 | Diabase | Plagioclase, other Secondary Minerals unidentified | From a trade with Kenny Gay, who collected it. This is a typical dike diabase from this quarry, but the grain is a little larger than a typical dike diabase. The diabase is Juriassic in age; the dike at the quarry is still a concordant sill; the Triassic sediments that overlay the diabase are baked to a black shale like rock. | 1949 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Diabase | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Nello Teer Quarry (later Hansen's Aggregates), end of Deerfield Street (SR 1641), near Mill Grove, in the town of Durham, Durham Co., NC (Northwest Durham 7.5 minute quadrangle). | Collected June 15, 2005 | Diabase | Plagioclase, other Secondary Minerals unidentified | From a trade with Kenny Gay, who collected it. This is a typical dike diabase from this quarry, but the grain is a little larger than a typical dike diabase. The diabase is Juriassic in age; the dike at the quarry is still a concordant sill; the Triassic sediments that overlay the diabase are baked to a black shale like rock. | 1950 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Diabase | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Nello Teer Quarry (later Hansen's Aggregates), end of Deerfield Street (SR 1641), near Mill Grove, in the town of Durham, Durham Co., NC (Northwest Durham 7.5 minute quadrangle). | Collected June 15, 2005 | Diabase | Plagioclase, other Secondary Minerals unidentified | From a trade with Kenny Gay, who collected it. This is a typical dike diabase from this quarry, but the grain is a little larger than a typical dike diabase. The diabase is Juriassic in age; the dike at the quarry is still a concordant sill; the Triassic sediments that overlay the diabase are baked to a black shale like rock. | 1951 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Ilmenite Crystal | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Chester, MA | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-01390-ILMENI. From the collection of Roy Haskell, #959. From the collection of M. Bugbee, 5/1/83, per Haskell catalog. | 1952 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Kolwezite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Kolwezi, Congo | acquired 2005 | Cobaltian Calcite | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-01362-KO. This is a Type Locality specimen. | 1953 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Botallackite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Copiapo, Chile | acquired 2005 | Atacamite | Secondary Mineral(s) possible | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-00635-ATAC. | 1954 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Cornetite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Likasi, Shaba Prov., Congo | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-01426-CORNET. | 1955 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Ferro-Axinite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Calaveras Co., CA | acquired 2005 | Quartz | Secondary Mineral(s) unidentified | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-01956-AXINI. From the collection of Pathfinder Minerals, #MADP_136. | 1956 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Papagoite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | New Cornelia Mine (Ajo Mine), Ajo, Ajo District, Little Ajo Mts., Pima Co., Arizona | acquired 2005 | Matrix complex | Secondary Mineral(s) possible | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-01192-PAP. | 1957 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Witherite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Minerva #1 Mine, Cave-In-Rock, IL | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-739. | 1958 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Jamesonite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Zacataecas, Mexico | acquired 2005 | sphalerite | pyrite | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-01227-JAMESO. | 1959 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Austinite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Mina Oejuala, Mapimi, Mexico | acquired 2005 | Matrix unidentified | Secondary Mineral(s) possible | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-01641-AU. | 1960 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Uralite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Calumet Mine, Salida, Colorado | acquired 2005 | Uralite | Secondary Minerals not identified | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-01314-URALIT. Uralite is a hornblende group mineral, usually actinolite, pseudomorph after a pyroxine group mineral, usually augite. This specimen appears to be actinolite pseudomorph after jadeite. | 1961 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Clinopyroxine | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Bear Lake diggings, Tory Hill, Monmouth Township, Haliburton Co., Ontario, Canada | acquired 2005 | Garnet var. Grossular | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-00156-GR. Clino-pyroxine is a subgroup of the Pyroxine group and contains minerals including Aegirine, Clinoenstatite, Clinoferrosilite, Diopside, Essenite, Hedenbergite, Jadeite, Jewrvisite, Johannseite, Kosmochlor, Kanoite, Namansukutem Natalyite, Petedunnite, Pigeonite, and Spodumene. | 1962 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Chlorargyrite [brown] | AgCl | /Images/picture.jpg | Gold Hill Mine, Utah | Acquired 2005 | Quartz | Malachite, Azurite | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-01508-CA | 1963 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Ludlamite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Rob Lavinsky (The Arkenstone), #TN54. From an old collection by a thumbnail/micromounter in Kansas, #334. | 1964 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Anorthoclase | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Daichi cho, Wakayama, Pref., Japan | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Rob Lavinsky (The Arkenstone), #TN23. From an old collection by a thumbnail/micromounter in Kansas, #109. | 1965 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Fossil Fern | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Pit II, Ill. | acquired 2005 | concretion | Secondary Mineral(s) | This is a split concretion with the leaf pattern showing on both halves (see #1967 for other half) from an almost perfect split. From the collection of Craig Croner (The Christopher Collection). | 1966 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Fossil Fern | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Pit II, Ill. | acquired 2005 | concretion | Secondary Mineral(s) | This is a split concretion with the leaf pattern showing on both halves (see #1966 for other half) from an almost perfect split. From the collection of Craig Croner (The Christopher Collection). | 1967 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Herderite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Waisanen Quarry, Greenwood, Maine | acquired 2005 | Quartz | Secondary Mineral(s) unidentified | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-01609. | 1968 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Inderite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Boron, California | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-00691-INDERI. From the collection of Melvyn Machin, #PDXT0807. | 1969 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Asphaltum var. Albertite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Albert, New Brunswick, Canada | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-02020-ALBE. | 1970 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Erythrite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Mt. Cobalt, Queensland, Australia | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-00964-ERY. | 1971 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Kulanite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Cross Cut Creek, Yukon, Canada | acqwuired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-1722 (was SMP-1322). From the collection of S. C. Chamberlain, #9756. | 1972 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Margarite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | "Old Mine", Chester, MA | acquired 2005 | Matrix unidentified, possibly talc | Secondary Mineral(s) possible | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets). | 1973 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Klebelsbergite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Pereta Mine, Groselto, Italy | acquired 2005 | Stibnite | Secondary Mineral(s) unidentified | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-01515-KLE; label gives location as Tuscany, Italy and notes it is Rare. From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #IDXT-189; label gives location as Pereta Mine, Grosetto, Italy, and back of label has #IDTT0711_189. From the collection of Melvwyn Machin, #IDXT_189; label gives location as Pereta Mine, Groselto, Italy. Original was #1974, shipping damage produced micro #1975. | 1974 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Klebelsbergite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Pereta Mine, Groselto, Italy | acquired 2005 | Stibnite | Secondary Mineral(s) unidentified | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-01515-KLE; label gives location as Tuscany, Italy and notes it is Rare. From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #IDXT-189; label gives location as Pereta Mine, Grosetto, Italy. From the collection of Melvwyn Machin, #IDXT_189; label gives location as Pereta Mine, Groselto, Italy. Original was #1974, shipping damage produced micro #1975. | 1975 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Vashegyite [chalky white] | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | VanNavSan Claim, Fish Creek Mtns, Eureka Co., NV | Collected 6/95, acquired 2005 | Matrix | Schoderite [yellow orange] | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-01706-VASHES. From the collection of DS & M.Shannon, #IDKT0909. This is a Type Locality specimen for Schoderite. | 1976 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Dumortierite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Ogilly, Imperial County, California | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-01079-DUM. From the collection of Minerals Unlimited. Zabriskie label notes "Gem Dumortierite, Ogilby, California, Good for Carving!". Minerals Unlimited label notes "Dumortierite, Basic aluminum borosilicate", and gives the longer location. | 1977 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Serendibite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Johnsburg, New York | acquired 2005 | Marble | Mica | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-01271-SEREND. | 1978 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Metastibnite | Sb2S3 | /Images/picture.jpg | Steamboat Springs, Nevada | acquired 2005 | Sulfur | Metastibnite | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-00976-METAS. This is a Type Locality specimen. | 1979 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Marialite-Meionite Series var. Scapolite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Bear Lake, Quebec, Canada | collected before 1990, acquired 2005 | Scapolite | Secondary Mineral probably Titanite | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-01041-SCA. From the Herschorn collection (Horn Minerals), #SCA-1. | 1980 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Gyrolite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Junah, Maharastra, India | collected before 1990, acquired 2005 | Basalt | Quartz, Stilbite | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-01465-GYRQ. From the Herschorn collection (Horn Minerals), #GYR-38. | 1981 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Anthraxolite included in Herkimer Diamond | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Herkimer Co., New York | acquired 2005 | Quartz | Anthraxolite | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets). Anthraxolite is a coal like carbon rich rock often associated with Herkimer Diamonds. | 1982 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Anthraxolite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Herkimer Co., New York | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets). Anthraxolite is a coal like carbon rich rock often associated with Herkimer Diamonds. | 1983 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Plattnerite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Hidden Treasure Mine, Tooele County, Utah | acquired 2005 | Smithsonite | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-206; label notes #RDMM0809_218 and the numbering supports it came to Dan from Melvyn Machin as part of a bulk lot. | 1984 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Lorenzenite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Lovozeno Massif, Northern Region, Russia | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Zircon | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-01657-LZ. | 1985 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Lindgrenite [green] | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Childs Adwinkle Mine, Pinal co., Arizona | acquired 2005 | Matrix unidentified | Secondary Mineral(s) unidentified | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-01709-LIN. | 1986 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Enstatite var. Ferroan-Enstatite var. Hypersthene | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Barton Mine, Gore Mtn., NY | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-01310-HY. | 1987 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Spurrite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Tres Hermanes, Luna Co., New Mexico, USA | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-01699; label notes 'Good Cutting Material" and places Tres Hermanes in CA. From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #ADPT05XX_129; this older label gives correct location, and the numbering supports it came to Dan from Melvyn Machin as part of a bulk lot. | 1988 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Szaibelyite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Marin Co., California | When Collected | Matrix unidentified | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-01664-SZ. From the collection of Melvyn Machin, #PDTT0810. The specimen was labeled "60" on a small paper label. | 1989 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Urananite var. Gummite | UO2 | /Images/picture.jpg | Bennett Mine, Buckfield, Maine | acquired 2005 | Beryl | Gummite is usually a mix of Urananite with Boltwoodite, Clarkeite, Curite, Kesolite, Soddyite, and/or Uranophane. | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-00101-A. From the collection of Roy Haskell, #692. | 1990 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Brucite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Cross Quarry, Wakefield, Quebec, Canada | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-00658-BRUCIT. From the collection of Roy Haskell, #818; catalog notes acquired at Wilberforce, Ontario Show 8/15/82. | 1991 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Pyrite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Locality | When Collected | Actinolite var. Byssolite | Secondary Mineral(s) unidentified | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-01762-B. From the collection of Roy Haskell, #516; catalog notes swapped at Winfield Quarry (PA) during Albany Mineralogical Club trip. | 1992 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Andalusite var. Chiastolite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Lancaster, MA | acquired 2005 | andalusite | The carbon forming the 'cross' in this polished section. | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-00840-CHIAST. From the collection of Roy Haskell, #154; catalog notes gift from Marie Osbenlighter (Osbenlighter Rock Shop, Albany, NY), 3/8/75. | 1993 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Friedelite [red, pink] | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Franklin, New Jersey | acquired 2005 | Matrix unidentified | Secondary Mineral(s) unidentified | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-01505-FRIEDE. From the collection of Melvyn Machin. | 1994 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Edenite [white, grey, green, brown] | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Wilberforce, Ontario, Canada | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Fluoro-edenite [pale, white, grey, yellow, green] | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-00609-EDEN. | 1995 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Cummingtonite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Franklin, New Jersey | acquired 2005 | Matrix unidentified | Secondary Mineral(s) unidentified | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-01070-CU. From the collection of Melvyn Machin. It is named after its type locality, Cummington, MA. | 1996 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Childrenite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Big Fish, Yukon, Canada | acquired 2005 | Wardite | Childrenite | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-01107-CHILD. | 1997 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Vlasovite [clear] | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Kipawa Complex, Sheffield Lake, Quebec, Canada | acquired 2005 | Agrellite [grey-white] | Eudlalite [red-pink], Amphibole [black], feldspar [white] | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-01524-VLASOV. From the collection of Melvyn Machin, #KODPX0807. | 1998 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Gormanite | Formula | /Images/picture.jpg | Big Fish River, Yukon, Canada | acquired 2005 | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | From the collection of Daniel & Carolyn Zabriskie (Many Facets), #SMP-01320-G. | 1999 | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
| Principal Mineral(s) | Formula |  |
Locality | When Collected | Matrix | Secondary Mineral(s) | Comments | Reference | Hardness | Streak | Specific Gravity | Crystal Form(s) |
Someday I hope to have my entire collection posted here. Until then, I hope you enjoy what I have posted so far. Come back again as I plan to update my catalog pages monthly.
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Index by Mineral Name
Index by Mineral Type
Native Elements
Sulfides, Arsenides, Tellurides
Oxides
Halides
Carbonates
Nitrates and Borates
Sulfates
Phosphates, Arsenates, Vanadates, Chromates, and Uranates
Tungstates, Wolframates, and Molybdates
Silica Group (open network)
Tectosilicates (framework structures)
Phyllosilicates (sheet structures from sharing three oxygen)
Inosilicates (chain silicates)
Cyclosilicates (a ring structure)
Sorosilicates (two tetrahedra share one oxygen)
Nesosilicates (no direct sharing between tetrahedra)
Complex Silicates (share two or more of the other forms)
Organic and Odd/Exception Minerals
Numerical Index; 0000-0249
Numerical Index; 0250-0449
Numerical Index; 0500-0749
Numerical Index; 0750-0999
Numerical Index; 1000-1249
Numerical Index; 1250-1499
Numerical Index; 1500-1749
Numerical Index; 1750-1999
Numerical Index; 2000-2249
Numerical Index; 2250-2499
Numerical Index; 2500-2749
Numerical Index; 2750-2999
Numerical Index; 3000-3249
Numerical Index; 3250-3499
Numerical Index; 3500-3749
Numerical Index; 3750-3999
Numerical Index; 4000-4249
Numerical Index; 4250-4499
Numerical Index; 4500-4749
Numerical Index; 5000-5249
Numerical Index; 5250-5499
Numerical Index; 6250-6499
Numerical Index; 8750-8999
Numerical Index; 9750-9999
Numerical Index; 12250-12499
Numerical Index; 12500-12749
Numerical Index; 13000-13249
Numerical Index; 80750-80999
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