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Mineral Specimen Size Chart

 Thumbnail = about 1" x 1" (or 2.5 cm x 2.5 cm) or less
Miniature = about 2" x 2" (or 5 cm x 5 cm)
Small Cabinet = about 3" x 3" (or 7.5 cm x 7.5 cm)
Cabinet = about 4" x 4" (or 10 cm x 10 cm) or up

 

Mineral Species S-U

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Specimen:

BAS-131

Schorl 

variety of Tourmaline

Price: 

$13

Location: 

McGraw Ford, Georgia

Description:

A 6.7 x 6 x 3.8 cm specimen with crystals of black Schorl up to 6.8 cm in length in a matrix of white Orthoclase and Quartz.

Schorl, McGraw Ford, Georgia

Specimen:

BAS-140

Dravite variety of Tourmaline


Price: 

$22

Location: 

Yinnietherra Station

West Australia
Description:

A 5.5 x 4.6 x 4.3 cm specimen with numerous brown Dravite tourmaline crystals up to 3 cm in length in a white Muscovite matrix.

Dravite cluster, Winnietherra Station, West Australia

Specimen:

BAS-132

Selenite

variety of Gypsum

Price: 

$13

Location: 

Red River Floodway

Winnipeg

Manitoba, Canada

Description:

A 5 x 4 x 3 cm cluster of orange Selenite blades making the specimen appear half circular in shape.

Selenite, Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Specimen:

BAS-133

Selenite

variety of Gypsum

Price: 

$10

Location: 

Red River Floodway

Winnipeg

Manitoba, Canada

Description:

A 5.5 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm cluster of orange Selenite with a series of terminations making the specimen appear elliptical in shape.

Specimen:

BAS-126

Schorl 

Variety of Tourmaline

Price: 

$25

Location: 

Erongo Mountains, Namibia

Description:

A 5.5 x 4.3 x 4 cm Schorl crystal.

Schorl Tourmaline, Erongo Mountains, Namibia

 

Specimen:

BAS-127

Selenite

Variety of Gypsum

Price: 

$10

Location: 

Red River Floodway

Winnipeg

Manitoba, Canada

Description:

A 3 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm cluster of dark orange bladed Selenite.

Selenite, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

 

Specimen:

BAS-113

Schorl and Smoky Quartz

Price: 

$60

Location: 

Cahuilla Mountain District

Riverside County, California

Description:

A 10.5 x 7 x 5.5 cm plate of Schorl Tourmaline and Smoky Quartz with Schorl crystals up to 5 cm in length.

Schorl and Smoky Quartz, Riverside County, California

Specimen:

BAS-107

Stilbite

Price: 

$8

Location: 

Martin Marietta Quarry

Hickory, North Carolina

Description:

A 6 x 3 x 2.5 cm plate of cream Stilbite.

Stilbite, Martin Marietta Quarry, Hickory, North Carolina

Specimen:

BTJ-69

Sphalerite on Dolomite

Price: 

$20

Location: 

Z.C.A. Corp., Hyatt Mine

Talcville, New York

Description:

A 5.5 x 4.5 x 2.6 cm specimen with butterscotch Sphalerite crystals clustered on a matrix of gray Dolomite.

Sphalerite on Dolomite, Talcville, New York

Sphalerite on Dolomite (Backside of Specimen BTJ-69)

Specimen:

BTJ-70

Selenite

variety of Gypsum

Price: 

$5

Location: 

Plattsburg, Virginia

Description:

A 6 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm cluster of gray Selenite with blades up to 2.5 cm in length.

Selenite, Plattsburg, Virginia

Specimen:

BTJ-71

Smoky Quartz

Price: 

$10

Location: 

The Gulch

Center Ossipee

New Hampshire

Description:

A 3.6 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm specimen of Smoky Quartz exhibiting parallel faces.

Smoky Quartz, Center Ossipee, New Hampshire

Specimen:

BTJ-58

Smoky Quartz

Price: 

$11

Location: 

"The Gulch"

Center Ossipee

New Hampshire

Description:

A 5.6 x 3.7 x 2.5 cm Smoky Quartz crystal.

Smoky Quartz, Ossipee, New Hampshire

Specimen:

BAS-92

Spessartine Garnet and 

Smoky Quartz on 

Microcline

Price: 

$10

Location: 

Zhangzhou

Fujian Province, China

Description:

A 4 x 4 x 3 cm specimen with a 3.2 cm smoky Quartz crystal and dark reddish-orange Spessartine Garnet on tan Microcline.

Spessartine Garnet and Smoky Quartz, Zhangzhou, China

Spessartine Garnet and Smoky Quartz, Zhangzhou, China

Specimen:

BAS-90

Siderite with 

minor Muscovite

Price: 

$15

Location: 

Rist Mine

Hiddenite, North Carolina

Description:

A 5.4 x 4.5 x 2 cm cluster of two rhombohedrons clear to translucent Siderite with minor Muscovite and green Chlorite.

Siderite, Rist Mine, Hiddenite, North Carolina

Specimen:

BTJ-9

Stilbite with

minor Chabazite

Price: 

$10

Location: 

Wasson Bluff

Nova Scotia, Canada

Description:

A 4.8 x 4.6 x 3.3 cm specimen of white Stilbite with minor amounts of Chabazite on backside of specimen.

Stilbite with minor Chabazite, Wasson Bluff, Nova Scotia

Specimen:

BTJ-60

Tourmaline with Cookeite

Price: 

$20

Location: 

Minas Gerais, Brazil

Description:

A 5 x 3 x 1.5 cm specimen with green Tourmaline crystals up to 1.6 cm in length with minor Cookeite and Quartz.

Tourmaline with Cookeite, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Specimen:

BTJ-37

Tourmaline with Quartz

Price: 

$20

Location: 

Nuristan, Afghanistan

Description:

A 3 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm cluster of green and pink Tourmaline with Quartz.

Tourmaline and Quartz, Nuristan, Afghanistan

Tourmaline, Nuristan, Afghanistan

Specimen:

BAS-93

Spessartine Garnet and 

Muscovite on Microcline

Price: 

$20

Location: 

Zhangzhou

Fujian Province, China

Description:

An 8 x 7 x 2.8 cm specimen with bright orange Spessartine Garnets and minor Muscovite on a tan Microcline matrix.

Spessartine Garnet on Microcline, Zhangzhou, China

Spessartine Garnet on Microcline, Underside of Specimen

Specimen:

BTJ-50

Uvite variety of

Tourmaline in Marble

Price: 

$18

Location: 

Bush Farms

Richville, New York

Description:

A 2.9 x 2.1 x 2.1 cm specimen with a terminated 8 mm brown Uvite crystal in a matrix of white marble.

Uvite in Calcite, Bush Farms, Richville, New York

 

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