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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

 

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Specimen:

BAS-170

Smoky Quartz

Price: 

$75

Location: 

Diamond Hill

Antreville, South Carolina

Description:

An 11 x 9.5 x 9 cm cluster of dark Smoky Quartz with the largest crystal up to 5 cm in size.

Smoky Quartz, Antreville, South Carolina

Smoky Quartz (Reverse View)

Specimen:

BAS-169

Calcite and Marcasite

in Limestone

Price: 

$35

Location: 

Basic Materials

Corporation Quarry

Waterloo, Iowa

Description:

A 19 x 12.5 x 12 cm specimen with clear scalenohedral Calcite crystals up to 3.5 cm with associated Marcasite in a tan-gray limestone matrix.

Calcite and Marcasite, Waterloo, Iowa

Calcite and Marcasite, Waterloo, Iowa

Specimen:

BAS-171

Quartz Field Diamond

Price: 

$8

Location: 

Mosheim

Greene County, Tennessee

Description:

A 45 x 6 mm Quartz field diamond.

Quartz Field Diamond, Mosheim, Tennessee

 

Specimen:

BAS-172

Quartz Geode

Price: 

$45

Location: 

Chestnut Mound

Smith County, Tennessee

Description:

An 18.5 x 15 x 15 cm geode with two hollow interior halves with glittering Quartz crystals.

Quartz Geode, Chestnut Mound, Tennessee

Quartz Geode, Chestnut Mound, Tennessee (other half)

 

Specimen:

BAS-173

Heulandite and Mordenite

Price: 

$50

Location: 

Rat's Nest Claim

Custer County,  Idaho

Description:

An 8.5 x 6 x 4.5 cm cluster of pink Heulandite crystals up to 2 cm in length on a bed of fuzzy white Mordenite giving the specimen a look that belongs in a candy shop.

Heulandite on Mordenite, Custer County, Idaho

Specimen:

BAS-174

Quartz and Fluorite

Price: 

$10

Location: 

Eureka Prospect

Marion

Crittenden County,  Kentucky

Description:

An 11 x 7 x 3.5 cm plate of purple Fluorite cubes to 6 mm in size with small gemmy Quartz crystals.

Fluorite and Quartz, Eureka Prospect, Marion, Kentucky

Specimen:

BAS-175

Agatized Coral

Price: 

$8

Location: 

Paris River, Florida

Description:

A 6.5 x 5 x 1 cm agatized coral geode half with yellow agate.

Agatized Coral, Paris River, Florida

Specimen:

BAS-176

Calcite in Limestone

Price: 

$13

Location: 

Owingsville

Bath County,  Kentucky

Description:

A 12 x 7.5 x 7 cm specimen of gray limestone with an 8 x 5 cm vug of brown crystalline Calcite with a clear second generation of clear Calcite scalenohedrons up to 1 cm in size.

Calcite in Limestone, Bath County, Kentucky

Specimen:

BAS-177

Almandite Garnet and Staurolite

in Schist

Price: 

$13

Location: 

Green's Farm

Southbury

New Haven County,  Connecticut

Description:

An 8.5 x 5 x 2.5 cm specimen with purple-red Almandite garnets up to 1.5 cm in size and brown Staurolite crystals to 7 mm in a silvery Schist matrix.

Almandite Garnet and Staurolite, Southbury, Connecticut

 

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