Abbreviations - Used in Catalog below
| CAB | cabinet @ 4" | peg. | pegmatite | |
| Co. | County | SC | small cabinet @ 3" | |
| Dell. Co. | Delaware County (PA) | sm. | small | |
| ex | from (the collection of) | TN | thumbnail @ 1" | |
| fl. | fluorescent | Twp. | Township (PA) | |
| l.s. | limestone | w/ | with (association) | |
| LG CAB | large cabinet, over 4" | xl | crystal | |
| lg. | large | xled | crystaled | |
| loc. | location | xline | crystalline | |
| med. | medium | xls | crystals | |
| MIN | miniature @ 2" |
Lot ID Item;
Location;
Description;
Size;
Quality
1 Group
Total Valuation $80 to $120
1374 Strontium-Calcite;
Winfield qy., PA; Orange xls of so-called strontium-calcite, strongly phosphorescent; LG
CAB; Display
2 Group
Total Valuation $144 to $216;
113 Galena;
Brookdale mine, PA; Gray, cubic cleavages & xls on quartz; CAB; Display
147 Pyromorphite;
Brookdale mine, PA; Shining, green, xline coating on quartz; CAB; Display
355 Barite;
Brookdale mine, PA; White cleavages w/minor pyromorphite; CAB; Reference
405 Cerussite;
Brookdale, PA; Xled, white aggregate, on quartz w/pyromorphite; MIN; Display
572 Quartz;
Brookdale mine, PA; Compact aggregate of radial xls; CAB; Display
3 Group
Total Valuation $136 to $204;
996 Corundum;
Statesville, Haywood Co., NC; Nodule sections & polished slice of rose-red xls in
margarite; MIN; Display
1096 Quartz; Governador
Valadares, M.G., Brazil; Limpid xl w/polished face & fluid incl.; MIN; Display
1103 Malachite; Bisbee, AZ;
Polished, green, banded mass; SC; Display
1154 Quartz (Rutilated);
Japan; Polished xl section w/rutile incls.; MIN; Reference
1171 Rhodochrosite;
Argentina; Polished, rose-red stalactitic column; MIN; Display
1220 Andalusite
(Chiastolite); Lancaster, MA; Three polished xl sections; MIN; Reference
4 Group
Total Valuation $152 to $228;
1
Hemimorphite; Friedensville zinc
mine, PA; Drusy xls on matrix; CAB; Display
46 Columbite;
Steidler's pegmatite, PA; Small, black xl-sections w/mica on beryl; CAB; Reference
145 Malachite;
King of Prussia, PA; Green, xline crust, lining cavities in rock; CAB; Display
335 Calcite;
Eureka qy., PA; Smoke-gray, tabular xls on matrix; CAB; Display
346 Serpentine;
Wood's mine, PA; Fibrous, green chrysotile in matrix; CAB; Display
501 Dolomite
(Ferroan); Phoenixville Tunnel, PA; Rusty-brown rhombs w/equant, smoky quartz; CAB;
Display
504 Quartz; Glen
Mills qy., Del. Co., PA; Drusy xls on rock; CAB; Reference
684 Antigorite
(Picrolite); Cedar Hill qy., PA; Green, columnar, hard-fiber picrolite; CAB; Display
722 Calcite;
Winfield qy., PA; Scalenohedral xls on l.s.; CAB; Display
734 Dolomite;
Binkley & Ober qy., PA; Shining, pink, curved, rhombic xls; CAB; Display
901 Albite;
Devault, PA; Transparent, tabular xls on quartz; CAB; Display
908 Magnesiochromite;
Red Pit, Lancaster Co., PA; Banded, black mass in serpentine; CAB; Display
5 Group
Total Valuation $84 to $126;
339 Quartz;
Willow Hill, PA; White, mammillary mass; CAB; Display
749 Garnet;
Teeter qy. (Gettysburg), PA; Glistening, green xls on skarn; SC; Display
897 Stilbite;
Teeter qy. (Gettysburg), PA; Flesh-colored, prismatic xls; CAB; Display
917 Copper; West
Ridge qy., Adams Co., PA; Red, metallic mass w/cuprite; CAB; Display
920 Calcite;
Hanover qy., PA; Translucent, yellow xls in parallel growth; CAB; Display
6 Group
Total Valuation $48 to $72;
1054 Almandine; Oetztal,
Tyrol, Austria; Lg. red-brown dodecahedrons; CAB; Display
7 Group
Total Valuation $84 to $126;
927 Pyromorphite;
Wa Du, Guang Xi Prov. China; Acicular xls on matrix; SC; Display
929 Pyromorphite;
Les Farges mine, Messif, Central France; Sparse xls on matrix; SC; Display
965 Pyromorphite;
Zschokan, Saxony, Germany; Green xls w/quartz xls (ex David New, et. al.); MIN; Display
1067 Pyromorphite
(Polysphaerite); Midnight mine, Coeur d'Alene dist., Shoshone Co., ID; Slender, wood-brown
xls on matrix; SC; Display
8 Group
Total Valuation $48 to $72;
911 Stilbite;
Teeter qy. (Gettysburg), PA; Stalactitic clusters of radiated, flesh-colored xls; CAB;
Display
9 Group
Total Valuation $80 to $120;
953 Pyromorphite;
Plynlimon, Cardiganshire, Wales; Green crust on limonite; MIN; Reference
962 Pyromorphite;
Shoshone Co., ID; Green druse on limonite gossan; MIN; Reference
971 Pyromorphite;
Broken Hill, N.S.W., Australia; Green druse on quartz (ex Ken Fisher Coll.); MIN;
Reference
1009 Natrolite; Wasson's
Bluff, Nova Scotia, Canada; Xls on matrix; MIN; Display
1018 Fluorite; Westmorland,
NH; Cleaved octahedron; MIN; Display
1077 Calcite; Niacia,
Mexico; Iceland Spar cleavage; MIN; Reference
1078 Sulfur (Native);
Sulfaterra Crater, Naples, Italy; Yellowish, globular mass; MIN; Reference
1090 Phenakite; Lord Hill,
ME; Druse on quartz xl; MIN; Reference
1091 Elbaite; Mt. Mica,
Paris, ME; Green xl sections in mica; MIN; Reference
1124 Variscite; Penci Bluff,
AR; Drusy xls w/wavellite; MIN; Reference
1125 Tantalite; Gillete qy.,
Haddam, CT; Sm., brown xl on feldspar; MIN; Reference
1145 Quartz (Smoky); Racoon
Mtn., Ossipee, NH; Terminated xl; MN; Reference
1152 Dolomite; Picher, OK;
Pink rhombs w/chalcopyrite xls; MIN; Display
1172 Variscite; Boxelder
Co., UT; Green mass in matrix; MIN; Reference
1219 Staurolite; Pilar, New
Mexico; Stubby, 60 deg. twin xl; MIN; Display
1341 Quartz; Location
Unknown; Xls w/molybdenite; MIN; Reference
1413 Quartz (Chalcedony);
Black Mtn., Graham Co., AZ; Translucent geode; MIN; Display
1440 Quartz; Mt. Ida, AR;
Rock crystal on matrix; MIN; Display
1443 Bixbyite; Thomas Mtns.
UT; Sm., black xl on matrix; MIN; Display
1446 Galena; Baxter Springs,
KS; Xls w/sphalerite on chert; MIN; Display
10 Group Total
Valuation $76 to $114;
357 Stolzite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Reddish-brown druse, likely descloizite; MIN; Reference
412 Sphalerite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Resinous, brown xls on xled quartz; MIN; Display
419 Pyromorphite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Shining, dark-green xls; MIN; Display
422 Ankerite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Brown cleavages w/galena (ex Allen Heyl); MIN; Reference
433 Cerussite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Pearly, white, tabular xls on gossan ; SC; Display
467 Galena;
Wheatley mine, PA; Cubo-octahedral xls on quartz; MIN; Display
11 Group Total
Valuation $176 to $264;
1241 Mimetite; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Drusy, yellow xls on dark-green mottramite crust, on calcite cleavage; SC;
Display
1280 Dioptase; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Emerald-green xls on matrix--1967; SC; Display
1287 Smithsonite; Tsumeb,
SWA (Namibia); Green xls lining cavity in matrix--1967; SC; Display
12 Group Total
Valuation $40 to $60;
1292 Apophyllite; Poonah,
India; White & pale-green xls w/stilbite groups; LG CAB; Display
13 Group Total
Valuation $108 to $162;
1132 Brazilianite; Corrego
Frio, Galileia, M.G., Brazil; Stubby, greenish-yellow xl; MIN; Display
1151 Beryl (Morganite);
Verdinho mine, Itatiaia, M.G., Brazil; Clear, colorless equant xl w/green elbaite; MIN;
Display
1170 Elbaite; Governador
Valadares, M.G., Brazil; Long, slender, green xl encased in lepidolite; SC; Display
1305 Quartz (Tourmalinated);
Aracuai, MG, Brazil; Doubly terminated, water-clear xls w/elbaite incls.; CAB; Display
14 Group Total
Valuation $54 to $81;
30 Pyrite;
Phoenixville Tunnel, PA; Minute xls on calcite; MIN; Reference
38 Calcite;
Phoenixville Tunnel, PA; Small xls on dolomite; MIN; Reference
68 Cacoxenite;
Moore's Mill, PA; Minute yellow xls on matrix; MIN; Reference
69 Pyrite;
Blue Ball qy., PA; Xls on calcite w/dolomite; MIN; Reference
75 Wavellite;
Wharton mine, PA; Xline veins in cryptomelane; MIN; Reference
251 Quartz;
Black Horse, Del. Co., PA; Stalactitic mass; MIN; Reference
300 Cryptomelane;
Moore's Mill, PA; Mammillary, black mass; MIN; Reference
701 Opal; John
T. Dyer qy., PA; Botryoidal, blue to white coating on hornfels; MIN; Display
702 Tetrahedrite;
Billmyer qy., PA; Three, sm. samples w/grey copper; MIN; Reference
711 Celestine;
Bellwood, Blair Co. (Type Locality), PA; Thin, fibrous, blue plate; MIN; Reference
745 Gibbsite;
Cumberland Co., PA; Earthy, white, pisolitic nodules as bauxite; MIN; Reference
756 Allanite;
Allentown, PA; Black masses in serpentine, ex Brubaker Coll.; MIN; Reference
757 Aragonite;
Mont Clare, Montgo. Co., PA; Drusy, white xls; MIN; Reference
765 Phosphuranylite;
Steidler prospect, PA; Sm., yellow coating w/columbite; MIN; Reference
768 Dickite; St.
Clair, PA; Powdery, white mass on drusy quartz, ex Brubaker Coll.; MIN; Reference
780 Stilbite;
Kibblehouse qy., PA; White xls on hornfels; MIN; Display
786 Cobaltite;
Kibblehouse qy., PA; Silvery grains on hornfels; MIN; Reference
788 Natrolite;
Kibblehouse qy., PA; Compact, white, fibrous aggregate; MIN; Display
809 Heulandite;
John T. Dyer qy., PA; Very sm., drusy xls; MIN; Reference
810 Sillimanite;
Easton, PA; Xline coating on gneiss, ex Brubaker Coll.; MIN; Reference
813 Tourmaline;
Morgan Station, Del. Co., PA; Sm., black xls in quartz w/ilmenite; MIN; Reference
815 Malachite;
King of Prussia, PA; Copper staining on sm. quartz xls; MIN; Reference
817 Prehnite;
Rock Hill qy., PA; Pale-green, platy mass; MIN; Reference
824 Clinochlore;
Cedar Hill qy., PA; Sm., emerald-green xls; MIN; Reference
825 Garnet;
French Creek mines, PA; Xline druse on skarn; MIN; Reference
15 Group Total
Valuation $96 to $144;
154 Sphalerite;
Chester County mine, PA; Resinous, brown xls w/drusy quartz on ore; CAB; Display
16 Group Total
Valuation $92 to $138;
314 Wavellite;
Lime Ridge, PA; Yellow-green spherules on gray matrix; SC; Display
528 Wavellite;
Moores's Mill, PA; White, xline coating on limonite; MIN; Display
608 Quartz
(Chalcedony); Mt. Holly Springs, PA; Oval concretion w/light-gray bands; CAB; Display
844 Turquoise;
Moore's Mill, PA; Thin, bluish-green seam on clay; MIN; Reference
850 Wavellite;
Moore's Mill (Dana locality), PA; Sm., white, radiated xls on clay; CAB; Display
17 Group Total
Valuation $40 to $60;
1300 Vanadinite; Djebel
Mahseur, Oudjha, Morocco; Lt. brown, hexagonal xls on matrix; LG CAB; Display
18 Group Total
Valuation $80 to $120;
2
Calcite; Winfield qy., PA; Transparent xls on l.s.; CAB; Display
340 Sphalerite;
Winfield qy., PA; Reddish-brown xls w/etched calcite on l.s.; CAB; Display
500 Strontianite;
Winfield qy., PA; Spherical clusters of white, acicular xls on l.s. ; CAB; Display
899 Celestine;
Winfield qy., PA; Tapering, pale-blue xls w/calcite xls; CAB; Display
19 Group Total
Valuation $112 to $168;
153 Galena;
Phoenixville district, PA; Lead-gray cls on quartz; CAB; Display
361 Stolzite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Yellowish-gray pyramidal xls; SC; Reference
399 Cerussite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Sm. tabular xls on quartz; SC; Display
421 Pyromorphite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Shining, dark-green xls on quartz; MIN; Display
450 Quartz;
Wheatley mine, PA; Radiated, acicular xls covering massive quartz; SC; Display
20 Group Total
Valuation $160 to $240;
1298 Calcite; Poonah, India;
Transparent, wine-yellow xls; LG CAB; Display
21 Group Total
Valuation $66 to $99;
13 Microcline;
Poorhouse qy., PA; Chesterlite xls on calcite; MIN; Reference
21 Dolomite
(Ferroan); Phoenixville Tunnel, PA; Sparse xls on matrix; MIN; Reference
35 Calcite;
Phoenixville Tunnel, PA; Xls w/pyrite on matrix; MIN; Reference
80 Tremolite;
Chadds Ford, PA; Greenish xls on schist; MIN; Reference
84 Stilpnomelane;
French Creek mines, PA; Minute flakes on orthoclase w/garnet ; MIN; Reference
88 Wavellite;
General Trimble's mine, PA; Stalactitic mass on quartz; MIN; Reference
242 Hydromagnesite;
Cedar Hill qy., PA; Druse of shining, white xls on matrix; MIN; Display
243 Goethite;
Vera Cruz, PA; Mammillary, black mass; MIN; Display
247 Mica; C.K.
Williams qy., PA; Eastonite, as two intergrown columnar xls; MIN; Display
283 Quartz;
Bevan's orchard, Chester Co., PA; Cluster of transparent xls; MIN; Reference
337 Quartz;
Willow Hill, PA; White, mammillary mass; MIN;
Reference
554 Clinochlore;
Chester Co., PA; Foliated, brown vermiculate, ex Brubaker Coll.; MIN; Display
557 Kaolinite;
Moore's Mill, PA; Dull-white, globular mass, ex Brubaker Coll. ; MIN; Reference
558 Goethite;
Safe Harbor, Lancaster Co., PA; Brown mass, ex Brubaker Coll. ; MIN; Reference
563 Antigorite
(Picrolite); Texas, PA; Massive, green hard-fiber picrolite; MIN; Reference
598 Calcite;
Mont Clare, Montgo. Co., PA; White xls on limonite; MIN; Reference
639 Graphite;
Vanartsdalen's qy., PA; Lead-gray flakes w/phlogopite; MIN; Reference
652 Calcite;
John T. Dyer qy., PA; Drusy xls on diabase; MIN; Reference
660 Metatorbernite;
Glen Mills qy., Del. Co., PA; Sm., green crust on pegmatite; MIN; Reference
670 Calcite;
East Whiteland Twp., Chester Co., PA; Tabular xl on cleavage plate; MIN; Reference
691 Aragonite;
Berks Co., PA; Stalactitic zline cluster; MIN; Display
699 Thorianite;
C.K. Williams qy., PA; Grains in serpentine; MIN; Reference
703 Natrolite;
Kibblehouse qy., PA; Botryoidal mass w/calcite & corrensite; MIN; Display
740 Gibbsite;
Cumberland Co., PA; Earthy, white, pisolitic nodules as bauxite; MIN; Reference
769 Cobaltite;
Kibblehouse qy., PA; Silvery grains on hornfels; MIN; Reference
22 Group Total
Valuation $104 to $156;
33 Quartz
(Smoky); Phoenixville Tunnel, PA; Large, grayish xls on ferroan dolomite xls; CAB; Display
224 Goethite;
Devault qy., PA; Pseudomorphs after pyrite; MIN; Display
681 Chromium
Clinochlore; Oxford, PA; Deep-purple, foliated xls on talc, ex Brubaker Coll.; CAB;
Display
877 Pyrolusite;
Malvern, PA; Steel-gray, drusy coating interior of limonite geode; CAB; Display
23 Group Total
Valuation $72 to $108;
471 Pyromorphite;
Phoenixville district, PA; Green druse on gneiss (old Foote label); SC; Display
24 Group Total
Valuation $80 to $120;
1344 Apophyllite; Orissa,
India; Xls w/stilbite; LG CAB; Display
25 Group Total
Valuation $96 to $144;
503 Quartz
(Amethyst); Collegeville, PA; Lg. pale-violet, parallel xls
; CAB; Display
26 Group Total
Valuation $48 to $72;
1051 Silver (Native);
Location Unknown; Metallic wires w/sulfides; MIN; Reference
1194 Gold (Native); nr.
Jamestown, Tuolumne Co., CA; Visible gold-yellow metal on quartz; MIN; Display
1210 Gold (Native); Little
Planese mine, Esmeralda Co., NV; Sparse grains & flakes on limonite; SC; Reference
1250 Silver (Native);
Cobalt, Ontario, Canada; Silvery metallic leaf, w/cobalt bloom (ex J. Kenneth Fisher
Coll.); 0; 0
27 Group Total
Valuation $112 to $168;
225 Stilbite;
Traprock Station, PA; Sm., gray, bladed xls w/laumontite; MIN; Reference
245 Stilbite;
Traprock Station, PA; Abundant, white, bladed xls covering matrix; SC; Display
305 Stilbite;
Traprock Station, PA; White, stellate rosettes ; SC; Reference
309 Natrolite;
Traprock Station, PA; Thick mat of acicular, white xls on matrix; CAB; Display
28 Group Total
Valuation $122 to $183;
265 Stilbite
(Stellarite); Kibblehouse qy., PA; Golden, prismatic xls w/calcite xls; SC; Display
591 Chabazite;
Kibblehouse qy., PA; Rhombic xls coated w/ash-gray corrensite; MIN; Display
596 Calcite;
Kibblehouse qy., PA; Xls coated w/corrensite and copper staining; SC; Reference
603 Epidote;
Kibblehouse qy., PA; Sm., pistachio-green xled mass w/pyrite & garnet; MIN; Display
671 Calcite;
Kibblehouse qy., PA; Water-clear, wine-yellow modified rhombs; CAB; Display
707 Natrolite;
Kibblehouse qy., PA; Botryoidal mass w/calcite & corrensite; SC; Display
710 Stilbite;
Kibblehouse qy., PA; Sm., straw-yellow xls w/white calcite; SC; Display
712 Cobaltite;
Kibblehouse qy., PA; Sm., silvery octahedron on hornfels; MIN; Reference
725 Stilbite;
Kibblehouse qy., PA; Compact aggregate of glistening, white, tabular xls w/minute pyrite
xls; CAB; Display
777 Stilbite;
Kibblehouse qy., PA; Drusy, brown xls; CAB; Display
798 Natrolite;
Kibblehouse qy., PA; Radiated, white, fibrous aggregate; SC; Display
29 Group Total
Valuation $116 to $174;
311 Calcite;
Blue Ball qy., PA; Scalenohedra w/dolomite & strontianite; SC; Display
332 Quartz; Blue
Ball qy., PA; Xls w/calcite & dolomite; SC; Reference
597 Strontianite;
Blue Ball qy., PA; Tiny, white tufts on calcite; MIN; Reference
865 Pyrite; Blue
Ball qy., PA; Brass-yellow, cube on phyllite; SC; Display
890 Dolomite;
Blue Ball qy., PA; Pearly, pink, curved rhombs w/calcite xls; CAB; Display
892 Analcime;
Blue Ball qy., PA; Sm., white, equant xls; MIN; Reference
895 Celestine;
Blue Ball qy., PA; Sm. glistening, yellow prisms w/calcite on l.s.; MIN; Display
896 Sphalerite;
Blue Ball qy., PA; Glistening, brown xls on dolomite; MIN; Display
30 Group Total
Valuation $100 to $150;
479 Quartz;
Phoenixville Tunnel, PA; Lg. parallel xls on tan xls of ferroan dolomite; CAB; Display
31 Group Total
Valuation $52 to $78;
14 Stilbite;
John T. Dyer qy., PA; White druse on quartz; SC; Reference
37 Calcite;
Phoenixville Tunnel, PA; Stalactitic drip stone; SC; Reference
61 Microcline;
Poorhouse qy., PA; Small xls on calcite; SC; Reference
600 Deweylite;
West Chester, PA; Greenish-yellow to brown, waxy mass; SC; Display
623 Tourmaline;
Morgan Station, Del. Co., PA; Sm., black xl sections in quartz; SC; Reference
696 Albite;
Black Horse, Del. Co., PA; Greenish-white, sm. xls & cleavages; SC; Reference
762 Dravite;
Atglen, PA; Sm. xls in schist, ex Brubaker Coll.; SC; Reference
767 Stilbite;
Kibblehouse qy., PA; White xls coated w/pyrite; SC; Reference
770 Hydromagnesite;
Cedar Hill qy., PA; Sm. xline sprays on magnesite; SC; Display
772 Copper
(Native); West Ridge qy., PA; Metal leaf w/malachite; SC; Display
773 Celestine;
Winfield qy., PA; Bluish-white xl w/calcite; SC; Display
774 Calcite;
Mont Clare, PA; Sparse xls w/chalcopyrite; SC; Reference
779 Pyrite; Blue
Ball qy., PA; Xls on phyllite; SC; Reference
781 Erythrite;
French Creek mines, PA; Earthy, pink crust on calcite & pyrite; SC; Reference
797 Sulfur
(Native); Pine Creek qy., Lycoming Co., PA; Sm., yellow masses on calcite w/fluorite; SC;
Reference
828 Dravite;
Safe Harbor qy., PA; Micro xls on phyllite; SC; Reference
848 Strontianite;
Winfield qy., PA; Spherical, xline cluster; SC; Display
913 Muscovite;
Chester Co., PA; Lg. foliated, xline book; SC; Display
32 Group Total
Valuation $128 to $192;
1058 Calcite; West Side
mine, Treece, KS; Lg. scalenohedral xls; CAB; Display
1066 Pyrite; Haunzala, Peru;
Splendent, brass-yellow xls; SC; Display
1110 Beryl (Emerald); Muzo,
Columbia; Sm. green prisms on albite (ex David New); CAB; Display
1223 Jamesonite; Pribram,
Bohemia; Dark-gray, finely fibrous, matted mass; SC; Display
1338 Smithsonite; Kelly
mine, Magdelena, Socorro Co., NM; Botryoidal, blue coating on matrix; SC; Display
33 Group Total
Valuation $123 to $184;
98 Vanadinite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Drusy brown xls on rock; CAB; Reference
363 Descloizite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Drusy, brown xline aggregate; MIN; Reference
368 Hemimorphite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Druse on galena & sphalerite; SC; Reference
379 Wulfenite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Minute, yellow xls on barite casts; CAB; Reference
380 Wulfenite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Minute, yellow xls on barite casts; CAB; Reference
428 Hematite; SW
(New) Chester County mine, PA; Reddish-brown, micaceous mass; SC; Reference
441 Serpierite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Pale-blue, earthy crust on quartz gossan; SC; Reference
463 Goethite; SW
(New) Chester County mine, PA; Sm. pyritohedrons pseudo. after pyrite; MIN; Reference
472 Vanadinite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Drusy surface on matrix; MIN; Reference
580 Linarite; SW
(New) Chester County mine, PA; Blue micro xls on cerussite & quartz; MIN; Reference
610 Descloizite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Dark, xline crust on rock w/vanadinite; CAB; Display
637 Quartz; SW
(New) Chester County mine, PA; Intergrown, doubly terminated xls; SC; Display
34 Group Total
Valuation $100 to $150;
985 Pyromorphite;
Silver Hill mine, Davidson Co., NC; Minute, green xls on limonite; MIN; Reference
988 Garnet;
Tweedy garnet mine, Burke Co., NC; Two, lg., loose, reddish-brown xls.; MIN; Display
989 Tourmaline;
Grassy Creek pegmatite, Mitchell Co., NC; Black columns & xl sections; SC; Display
991 Muscovite;
Sinkhole mine, Mitchell Co., NC; Foliated, hexagonal xls on feldspar; SC; Display
993 Quartz;
Hiddenite, Alexander Co., NC; Water-clear xl w/mud inculsions; MIN; Display
994 Kyanite;
Black Mountain, NC; Two, deep-blue loose xls and one, xls in matrix; MIN; Display
1002 Corundum; Webster,
Jackson Co., NC; Two, loose, rose-red, rough xls; MIN; Display
1003 Rutile; Hiddenite,
Alexander Co., NC; Sm., slender, reddish-brown xl sections (mounted in Riker Mount); MIN;
Display
1384 Corundum; Chunky Gal,
Clay Co., NC; Coarse, xline ruby in foliated amphibole; LG CAB; Reference
35 Group Total
Valuation $140 to $210;
870 Chalcopyrite;
French Creek mines, PA; Tarnished, sphenoid xls on magnetite; CAB; Extraordinary
36 Group Total
Valuation $104 to $156;
961 Pyromorphite;
Charlestown mine, Cochise Co., AZ; Sparse green xls, w/sm. orange wulfenite; MIN;
Reference
1039 Malachite; Copper Queen
mine, Bisbee, AZ; Green, mammillary mass; CAB; Display
1072 Cerussite; Flux mine,
Patagonia Mtns., Santa Cruz Co., AZ; Aggregate of compact, pearly-white, acicular xls; SC;
Display
1111 Hemimorphite;
79 mine, Hayden, AZ; Blue-gray, botryoidal mass; SC; Display
1422 Azurite; Morenci, AZ;
Bright blue, xled mass; SC; Display
37 Group Total
Valuation $89 to $134;
31 Calcite;
Phoenixville Tunnel, PA; Small xls on matrix; MIN; Reference
67 Hydrozincite;
80' stope, Ecton mine, PA; White, drusy crust on rock; MIN; Reference
604 Calcite;
John T. Dyer qy., PA; Pale-brown xls on trap; MIN; Display
653 Stilbite;
Kibblehouse qy., PA; Stalactitic, xline aggregate; MIN; Display
654 Calcite;
Phoenixville Tunnel, PA; Sm. xls w/inclusions; MIN; Reference
661 Aragonite;
Berks Co., PA; Stalactitic, xline clusters; MIN; Display
679 Tourmaline;
Coatesville pegmatite, PA; Schorl xl on quartz; MIN; Display
695 Microcline;
Morton, Del. Co., PA; Flesh-colored xl; MIN; Display
700 Calcite;
John T. Dyer qy., PA; Sm., honey-yellow rhombs on white tabular xls; MIN; Display
704 Chalcopyrite;
King of Prussia, PA; Brass-yellow blebs w/malachite; MIN; Reference
705 Kyanite;
Cope's Bridge, PA; Coarse, black, bladed xl; MIN; Display
714 Albite;
Sylmar, Chester Co., PA; White, translucent cleavage; MIN; Display
736 Quartz;
Mechanicsburg, PA; Colloform, milky rosettes; MIN; Display
738 Quartz;
Mechanicsburg, PA; Colloform, milky rosettes; MIN; Display
739 Stilbite;
John T. Dyer qy., PA; Clusters of sm., gray-white, radiated xls; MIN; Display
766 Strontianite;
Winfield qy., PA; Clusters of sm., white radiated xls; MIN; Display
783 Calcite;
Phoenixville Tunnel, PA; Sm. xls w/inclusions; MIN; Display
785 Kyanite;
Springfield, Del. Co., PA; Broad, blue blades on pegmatite; MIN; Display
791 Goethite;
New Holland, PA; Limonite after pyrite xls; MIN; Display
793 Sphalerite;
Doan's mine, PA; Resinous, brown cleavage; MIN; Reference
805 Chromite;
Low's mine, PA; Black mass; MIN; Reference
820 Celestine;
McAllisterville (East Salem qy.), PA; Light-blue, tapering xls; MIN; Display
826 Analcime;
Cornwall mines, PA; Sm., white equant xls; MIN; Display
852 Cacoxenite;
Moore's Mill, PA; Radial clusters of yellow microcrystals; MIN; Reference
866 Graphite;
Chester Springs, PA; Foliated, gray mass; MIN; Display
38 Group Total
Valuation $100 to $150;
196 Azurite;
Cornwall mines, PA; Blue coating on limonite; MIN; Display
274 Copper
(Native); Cornwall mines, PA; Dendritic xls w/cuprite (repaired); MIN; Display
280 Stilbite;
Cornwall mines, PA; Radiated, white blades coated w/pyrite; MIN; Display
288 Apophyllite;
Cornwall mines, PA; Rosettes of tabular xls; MIN; Display
291 Malachite;
Cornwall mines, PA; Botryidal, green xline aggregate; MIN; Display
292 Andradite;
Cornwall mines, PA; Lg. brown-olive xl on l.s.; MIN; Display
39 Group Total
Valuation $40 to $60;
1381 Quartz (Smoky); Minas
Gerais, Brazil; Multiple, brown, transparent xls; LG CAB; Display
40 Group Total
Valuation $200 to $300;
1400 Beryl; Hu-Ya mine,
Ping-Wu Country, Sichuan, China ; Limpid, ice-blue, tabular xls w/mica & feldspar xls;
CAB; Display
41 Group Total
Valuation $136 to $204;
1021 Sulfur; La Crasta mine,
Agrigento, Sicily, Italy; Single, greenish-yellow xl (ex Mineralogical Research Co.); MIN;
Display
1176 Anglesite; Montponi,
Sardinia, Italy; Colorless, prismatic xls on galena; MIN; Display
1177 Hematite; Cantierg
Bacino, Rio Marina, Elba, Italy; Group of shining, stubby, black xls; SC; Display
1184 Pyrite; Cantierg
Bacino, Rio Marina, Elba, Italy; Lg., pyritohedral xl w/hematite; MIN; Display
42 Group Total
Valuation $88 to $132;
11 Malachite;
McCoy qy., Montgo. Co., PA; Green coating on quartz xls; CAB; Reference
141 Malachite;
Whim Shaft, Audubon, PA; Sparse, acicular, green xls w/barite on matrix; SC; Reference
155 Quartz
(Agate); Moogetown (Norristown), PA; Drusy quartz around an agatized vug; MIN; Reference
219 Calcite;
Lock 60 Dam, Montgo. Co., PA; Blocky xls on shale; SC; Display
345 Pyrite;
Perkiomen mine, Audubon, PA; Brass-yellow mass w/galena cleavages; CAB; Display
585 Sphalerite;
Mont Clare, Montgo. Co., PA; Flattened, yellow xls w/calcite & dolomite; SC; Reference
605 Anthophyllite;
Lafayette, PA; Fibrous, white mass; MIN; Display
612 Bornite;
Young's mine, Montgo. Co., PA; Iridescent grains in thin calcite seam; SC; Reference
760 Aragonite;
Mont Clare, PA; Tufts of sm., white xls; SC; Reference
821 Cerussite;
Perkiomen mine, PA; White xline filling in quartz gossan w/galena, ex Scalisi Coll.; MIN;
Display
43 Group Total
Valuation $120 to $180;
1296 Barite; Cumberland,
England; Tabular, gray to bluish white xls as a 12 plate; LG CAB; Display
44 Group Total
Valuation $108 to $162;
990 Corundum;
Presley mine, Haywood Co., NC; Rough, bluish-gray xl w/sm. xircon xls; MIN; Reference
992 Corundum;
Presley mine, Haywood Co., NC; Dark-gray xls in micaceous matrix; MIN; Display
995 Corundum;
Wood's Creek mine, Haywood Co., NC; Blue-gray xl sections on albite; MIN; Display
998 Corundum;
Wood's Creek mine, Haywood Co., NC; Two, grayish-blue, rough xls; MIN; Display
999 Corundum;
Wood's Creek mine, Haywood Co., NC; Rough, Prussian-blue xl; MIN; Display
1000 Corundum; Wood's Creek
mine, Haywood Co., NC; Stout, pale, gray-blue xl w/color bands on basal plane; MIN;
Display
1001 Corundum; Wood's Creek
mine, Haywood Co., NC; Dark-gray xl section w/polished surface; MIN; Display
45 Group Total
Valuation $100 to $150;
434 Pyromorphite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Greenish-yellow, hexagonal xls on quartz; MIN; Display
46 Group Total
Valuation $84 to $126;
1232 Quartz; Kulu, Himalayan
Range, India; Lg., clear, rock crystal w/smaller, attached xls; SC; Display
1293 Calcite; India; Stacked
groups of pale-pink (hematite incls.) sharp, clear rhombs; CAB; Display
1302 Prehnite; Poonah,
India; Drusy, pale green xls in divergent aggregates; CAB; Display
1304 Apophyllite; India;
White, pseudo-cubic xls on matrix; CAB; Display
47 Group Total
Valuation $76 to $114;
34 Dolomite
(Ferroan); Phoenixville Tunnel, PA; Xls on matrix; MIN; Display
39 Quartz;
Phoenixville Tunnel, PA; Xls w/calcite & dolomite; MIN; Reference
44 Garnet;
Avondale, Chester Co., PA; Coarse, reddish-brown xl; MIN; Reference
65 Chalcopyrite;
French Creek mines, PA; Small, brass-yelow xls w/actinolite; MIN; Reference
70 Celestine;
Winfield qy., PA; Pale-blue prisms on l.s.; MIN; Reference
79 Deweylite;
West Chester, PA; Waxy, orange mass; MIN; Reference
83 Beryl;
Morton Homestead, Del. Co., PA; Greenish xl section on quartz; MIN; Reference
163 Calcite;
French Creek mines, PA; Cleavage section; MIN; Reference
164 Calcite;
French Creek mines, PA; Pale-yellow cleavage; MIN; Reference
189 Cryptomelane;
White Rocks, PA; Black, mammillary mass; MIN; Display
215 Scapolite;
Chandlers Mill Rd., Chester Co., PA; Minute,
white xls w/chabazite on gneiss; MIN; Reference
228 Actinolite;
Cornog, PA; Fibrous byssolite w/adularia xls ; MIN; Display
229 Limonite;
Cedar Hollow, PA; Loose xls after pyrite; MIN; Reference
235 Magnesite;
Cedar Hill qy., PA; Drusy, white coating; MIN; Reference
236 Talc; Cedar
Hill qy., PA; Green, foliated aggregate; MIN; Display
237 Kyanite;
Prospect Park, PA; Blue, bladed xls on matrix; MIN; Display
250 Garnet; Crum
Creek, Del. Co., PA; Red xl on schist; TN; Display
261 Calcite;
Kibblehouse qy., PA; Brown, rhombs & massive; MIN; Reference
289 Quartz;
Freeland, PA; Clear, colorless xls; MIN; Display
48 Group Total
Valuation $136 to $204;
950 Pyromorphite;
Wu Du, Guang Xi Prov., China; Glistening, apple-green xls covering matrix; MIN; Display
1193 Beryl; Hu-Ya mine, Ping
Wu Country, Sichuan Prov., China; Ice-blue, prismatic xls; MIN; Display
1209 Vesuvianite; He Bri,
China; Equant, flattened, brown xl; MIN; Display
49 Group Total
Valuation $93 to $140;
112 Gahnite;
Rose Tree, Del. Co., PA; Sm., dark-green xls in pegmatite ; CAB; Display
181 Andalusite;
Leiperville, Del. Co., PA; Polished xl section; MIN; Display
184 Beryl;
Springfield, Del. Co., PA; Xl section on quartz; MIN; Reference
191 Zoisite
(Thulite); Leiperville, Del. Co., PA; Pink xled mass on matrix; MIN; Display
327 Anthophyllite;
Castle Rock, Del. Co., PA; Fibrous, brownish-green aggregate; CAB; Display
328 Calcite;
Glen Mills qy., Del. Co., PA; Translucent, tabular xls on rock; CAB; Display
858 Tourmaline;
Trainer's farm, Del. Co., PA; Columnar, black schorl in smoky quartz; SC; Display
50 Group Total
Valuation $80 to $120;
1385 Pyromorphite; Burke,
ID; Drusy, olive-green xls on rock; LG CAB; Display
51 Group Total
Valuation $152 to $228;
1256 Anglesite; Morocco;
Clear xls w/cerussite, chalcopyrite & galena; CAB; Display
52 Group Total
Valuation $144 to $216;
385 Pyromorphite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Drusy, yellow-green xls lining cavity; SC; Display
396 Cerussite;
Wheatley mine, PA; White, tabular xls on galena; SC; Display
426 Sphalerite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Resinous, brown xls on quartz; SC; Display
829 Galena;
Wheatley mine, PA; Glistening, lead-gray cleavages & sls w/sm. sphalerite xls, ex Jay
L. Lininger ; SC; Display
53 Group Total
Valuation $65 to $98;
936 Pyromorphite;
Braubach, Germany; Sm. green xls on limonite; MIN; Display
943 Pyromorphite;
Puy de Dome, France; Bright-green, branching xl groups; MIN; Display
1083 Bismuth (Native);
Schneeburg, Saxony, Germany; Silvery-gray mass; MIN; Display
1427 Quartz (Smoky);
Chamonix, France; Limpid xls w/adularia; SC; Display
1460 Malachite; Chessy,
France; Silky, green, xline pseudos after cuprite; MIN; Display
54 Group Total
Valuation $92 to $138;
301 Rutile;
Parkesburg, PA; Shining, dark-red, geniculated twin xl; MIN; Display
507 Rutile;
Devault, PA; Sm., black needles in quartz & calcite; MIN; Reference
618 Rutile;
Parkesburg, PA; Reddish-brown xl sections on quartz; MIN; Display
55 Group Total
Valuation $40 to $60;
1062 Calcite; Winfield qy.;
Lg. cavity lined w/doubly terminated, white xls; LG CAB; Display
56 Group Total
Valuation $48 to $72;
1390 Quartz (Amethyst);
Bolivia; Group of pale-violet to colorless xls on matrix; LG CAB; Display
57 Group Total
Valuation $156 to $234;
329
Galena; Pequea mine, PA; Cleavages filling vein in quartz;
CAB; Display
347 Dolomite;
Binkley & Ober qy., PA; Pearly, pink xls; CAB; Display
551 Brucite;
Cedar Hill qy., PA; Tabular, white xls w/magnesite, ex Brubaker Coll.; CAB; Display
615 Actinolite;
Silver Hill qy., PA; Intergrown aggregate w/albite, orthoclase & quartz; CAB; Display
616 Calcite;
Blue Ball qy., PA; Sharp, translucent scalenohedra w/pink dolomite rhombs; CAB; Display
1376 Calcite (Helictite);
Paxtang, PA; Stalactitic formation; CAB; Display
58 Group Total
Valuation $124 to $186;
924 Pyromorphite;
Xiangxi, Hunan Prov., China; Xls on matrix; CAB; Display
925 Pyromorphite;
Xiangxi, Hunan Prov., China; Xls on matrix; CAB; Display
1297 Stibnite; Xi Kuang-Shan
mine, Len Shui Jiang, Hunan Prov. China; Group of glistening, steel-gray, slender,
terminated xls; Cab; Display
1425 Fluorite; Hunan, China;
Green xls on matrix; CAB; Display
59 Group Total
Valuation $88 to $132;
933 Mimetite;
Bilbao mine, Ojo Caliente, Zacatecas, Mexico; Botryoidal clusters of glistening, dense,
drusy, brown xls; CAB; Display
960 Wulfenite;
Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico; Orange xls w/mimetite; SC; Display
1459 Quartz (Chalcedony);
Rancho Trancas, Mexico; Two translucent geodes; MIN; Display
60 Group Total
Valuation $96 to $144;
1294
Beryl; New Hampshire; Blue-green, partially transparent, columnar xl--7-1/2 x
3-1/4; LG CAB; Display
61 Group Total
Valuation $60 to $90;
1387
Calcite; Russia; Group of lg., white, twinned xls on matrix; LG CAB; Display
62 Group Total
Valuation $129 to $194;
10
Calcite; Eureka qy., PA; Tabular xls on
matrix; CAB; Display
48 Francevillite;
Packerton Jct., PA; Greenish-yellow, xline crust on conglomerate; SC; Display
85 Titanite;
Vanartsdalen's qy., PA; Brown, tabular xl w/graphite on matrix; SC; Display
344 Sphalerite;
Doan's mine, New Galena, PA; Brown cleavage w/galena & minor cerussite; CAB; Display
540 Molybdenite;
Chestnut Hill, Easton, PA; Blue-gray flakes on serpentine; SC; Display
593 Quartz
(Smoky); Eureka qy., PA; Sm., clear, gray xls on calcite; MIN; Display
594 Quartz
(Smoky); Eureka qy., PA; Sm., clear, gray xls on calcite; MIN; Display
63 Group Total
Valuation $128 to $192;
20
Quartz (Smoky); Phoenixville Tunnel, PA; Gray
xls w/ferroan dolomite; CAB; Display
27 Dolomite
(Ferroan); Phoenixville Tunnel, PA; Iron-stained xls on matrix; CAB; Reference
28 Quartz;
Phoenixville Tunnel, PA; Small xls w/dolomite; CAB; Reference
29 Dolomite
(Ferroan); Phoenixville Tunnel, PA; Plate of large, rhombic xls; CAB; Display
32 Quartz
(Smoky); Phoenixville Tunnel, PA; Large, grayish xls on dolomite xls; CAB; Display
1394 Dolomite (Ferroan);
Phoenixville Tunnel, PA; Iron-stained xls on matrix; LG CAB; Display
64 Group Total
Valuation $76 to $114;
3
Calcite; Hanover qy., PA; Yellow
xls on matrix; CAB; Display
680 Copper
(Native); West Ridge qy., Adams Co., PA; Six sawn slabs w/red metal & chlorite in
quartz; CAB; Display
919 Copper
(Native); West Ridge qy., Adams Co., PA; Arborescent mass of red metal; CAB; Display
65 Group Total
Valuation $120 to $180;
298
Brucite; Cedar Hill qy., PA; Plate of pearly, white xls
& flakes; CAB; Display
66 Group Total
Valuation $100 to $150;
923 Pyromorphite;
Xiangxi, Hunan Prov., China; Xls on matrix; CAB; Display
926 Pyromorphite;
West Fell, Caldbeck Fells, England; Druse on barite, col. by John Marshall; CAB; Display
976 Pyromorphite;
Hardshell mine, Santa Cruz Co., AZ; Drusy xls on quartz w/galena (ex John Marshall); SC;
Display
978 Pyromorphite;
Moyie, British Columbia, Canada; Lustrous, acicular xls on matrix; SC; Display
67 Group Total
Valuation $96 to $144;
110
Clinochlore (Pennite); Wood's mine, PA; Dark-green,
micaceous xls on chromite, Hugh Ford label; CAB; Display
544 Hydromagnesite;
Cedar Hill qy., PA; Clear, tabular xl sprays on magnesite; CAB; Display
687 Chromium
Clinochlore; Wood's mine, PA; Reddish-violet, xline plates on chromite; SC; Display
719 Pyromorphite;
Pequea silver mine, PA; Pale-green crust on quartz w/galena cleavage; CAB; Reference
68 Group Total
Valuation $120 to $180;
307
Rutile; Parkesburg, PA; Lg., weathered, reddish-brown xl
section; SC; Display
69 Group Total
Valuation $128 to $192;
1236
Tennantite; Tsumeb, SWA (Namibia); Gray, tetrahedral xls w/quartz xls on matrix;
CAB; Display
1267 Malachite; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Sm., radiate clusters on clear calcite xls--1967; CAB; Display
1286 Calcite; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Milky, rhombic xls--1967; CAB; Display
70 Group Total
Valuation $85 to $128;
188
Andradite; St. Mary's, Chester Co., PA; Reddish-brown,
coarse xl; MIN; Display
221 Almandine;
Avondale, Chester Co., PA; Coarse, reddish-brown xl; MIN; Display
533 Dolomite;
Devault, PA; Sharp, flesh rhombs w/calcite xls; SC; Display
879 Wavellite;
General Trimble's mine, PA; Stalactitic clustes of white xls on limonite; SC; Display
1380 Calcite (Helictite);
Paxtang, PA; Stalactitic formation, 3 pcs.; SC; Display
71 Group Total
Valuation $84 to $126;
1363 Quartz; Jessiville, AR;
Lg., stout, water-clear xls; CAB; Display
1397 Wavellite; Magnet Cove,
AR; Yellow-green, radial xline clusters on rock; SC; Display
1403 Variscite; Montgomery
Co., AR; Green druse on rock; SC; Display
72 Group Total
Valuation $49 to $74;
1122 Cerussite; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Yellowish-gray xl; TN; Reference
1130 Azurite; Tyngha,
Galway, Ireland; Dark blue xls on matrix; TN; Reference
1131 Rhodonite; Franklin,
NJ; Single rose-pink xl; TN; Reference
1139 Titanite; Madagascar;
Twinned, green xl; TN; Reference
1142 Corundum; Tanzania;
Yellow-green xl; TN; Reference
1143 Beryl; Minas Gerais,
Brazil; Yellow-green xl section; TN; Reference
1144 Beryl (Morganite); Pala
Queen mine, San Diego Co., CA; Clear, pink xl section; TN; Reference
1156 Apatite; Cerro Mercado,
Durango, Mexico; Clear, yellow xl; TN; Reference
73 Group Total
Valuation $69 to $104;
208
Celestine; East Salem qy, PA; Clear, blue xls in vug; MIN;
Display
213 Variscite;
Waggoner's Gap, PA; Radial, fibrous aggregates on quartzite; SC; Reference
313 Fluorite;
New Paris qy., PA; Green & violet cleavages on calcite; CAB; Display
629 Celestine;
Bellwood, Blair Co. (Type Locality), PA; Thick, fibrous, blue-gray aggregate; MIN; Display
723 Calcite;
Winfield qy., PA; Scalenohedral xls on l.s.; CAB; Display
74 Group Total
Valuation $156 to $234;
1035 Barite; Frizington,
Cumberland England; Multiple, terminated xls; CAB; Display
1109 Hematite; Cumberland,
England; Shining, reddish, steel-gray botryoidal mass; SC; Display
1367 Fluorite; Weardale,
England; Transparent, green xls on matrix-fluorescent; CAB; Display
75 Group Total
Valuation $240 to $360;
1026 Quartz (Rose);
Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Curtain of pink xls on milky quartz (ex
Sapucaia pegmatite find); CAB; Extraordinary
76 Group Total
Valuation $72 to $108;
7
Calcite; Jersey Shore, Qy. A, PA ; Transparent xls on l.s.; SC; Reference
205 Meta-Bentonite;
Roaring Spring qy., PA; Altered, volcanic ash; SC; Reference
206 Wavellite;
Cumberland Co., PA; Radial clusters of white needles; MIN; Display
317 Halite;
Ickesburg, PA; Casts of cubic salt xls on l.s.; CAB; Display
613 Azurite;
Rossville roadcut, PA; Bright-blue, bubbly coating on hornfels; MIN; Display
776 Piemontite;
Charmian, PA; Deep-red xline coatings; CAB; Reference
880 Copper
(Native); West Ridge qy., Adams Co., PA; Red, metallic leaves in in calcite; SC; Display
77 Group Total
Valuation $88 to $132;
1388 Sphalerite; Joplin, MO;
Dark-brown xls encrusting rock; LG CAB; Display
1392 Sphalerite; Location
Unknown; Lg., brownish-black xls with calcite & rhodocrocite on matrix; LG CAB;
Display
78 Group Total
Valuation $72 to $108;
107 Quartz;
Brookdale qy., PA; Vug lined w/colorless, terminated xls; SC; Display
115 Galena;
Brookdale mine, PA; Gray, cubic cleavages & xls on quartz; SC; Display
394 Goethite;
Brookdale mine, PA; Black, stalactitic mass; CAB; Display
402 Hydrozincite;
Brookdale mine, PA; Chalk-like incrustation; CAB; Display
578 Pyromorphite;
Brookdale mine, PA; Shining, drusy xls on quartz xls; SC; Display
79 Group Total
Valuation $60 to $90;
940 Pyromorphite;
Jeanette Taunas, Germany; Light-green xls on matrix (ex A.L. McGuinness Coll.); MIN;
Display
941 Pyromorphite;
Santa Eufenia, Cordoba, Spain; Green druse on quartz; MIN; Display
946 Pyromorphite;
Broken Hill, N.S.W., Australia; Drusy, green & brown xls, ex Hollowell Minerals; MIN;
Display
952 Pyromorphite;
Plynlimon, Cardiganshire, Wales; Dense group of green xls on quartz; MIN; Display
955 Pyromorphite;
Cumberland, England; Bright-green, radiated xls, w/old label; MIN; Display
957 Pyromorphite;
Germany; Dark-green xls covering matrix, ex old coll.; MIN; Display
80 Group Total
Valuation $144 to $216;
867 Garnet;
Deshong's qy., Del. Co., PA; Two, lg. red xls in pegmatite; SC; Display
81 Group Total
Valuation $104 to $156;
1356 Apophyllite; Orissa,
India; Clear, glassy xls w/pink stilbite; CAB; Display
1358 Heulandite; Deccan
Trap, India; Pearly, flesh-colored xls w/acicular natrolite; CAB; Display
1437 Calcite; Aurangebad,
India; Lg., clear, colorless xl; CAB; Display
82 Group Total
Valuation $40 to $60;
1061 Pyromorphite; Chester
County mine, PA; Drusy, green xls on weathered gneiss; LG CAB; Display
83 Group Total
Valuation $88 to $132;
86 Titanite;
Vanartsdalen's qy., PA; Brown xl fragment on matrix; MIN; Reference
214 Boltwoodite;
C.K. Williams qy., PA; Yellow coating on serpentine, ex Allen V. Heyl Coll.; MIN;
Reference
636 Diopside;
Vanartsdalen's qy., PA; Green coccolite in calcite; MIN; Display
638 Titanite;
Vanartsdalen's qy., PA; Sm., brown xls w/graphite flakes; MIN; Display
677 Metanovacekite;
C.K. Williams qy., PA; micro sample on pale-green serpentine, ex Allen V. Heyl Coll.; MIN;
Reference
733 Graphite;
Vanartsdalen's qy., PA; Iron-gray, foliated masses & flakes w/tabular, brown titanite
xls; CAB; Display
752 Thorianite;
C.K. Williams qy., PA; Dark grains and blebs w/reddish thorite; MIN; Display
784 Molybdenite;
C.K. Williams qy., PA; Metallic, foliated scales; MIN; Display
84 Group Total
Valuation $44 to $66;
1349 Calcite; Cave-in-Rock,
IL; Pale-yellow, sharp pointed xls on matrix; LG CAB; Display
1436 Fluorite;
Ozark-Mahoning mine, Cave-in-Rock, IL; Sub-transparent, violet cubic xls; CAB; Display
85 Group Total
Valuation $80 to $120;
1382 Calcite; Joplin, MO;
Lg., yellowish, doubly-terminated xl w/dolomite; LG CAB; Display
1393 Sphalerite; Joplin, MO;
Brownish-black xls covering matrix; LG CAB; Display
86 Group Total
Valuation $120 to $180;
26
Dolomite (Ferroan); Phoenixville Tunnel, PA;
Tan xls on matrix; SC; Display
331 Clinozoisite;
Cornog, PA; Coulmnar, green xls on quartz; CAB; Display
775 Wavellite;
General Trimble's mine, PA; Drusy, colorless xls in stalactitic masses; CAB; Display
914 Tourmaline;
Chester Co., PA; Columnar, black schorl xl on feldspar; CAB; Display
1377 Calcite (Helictite);
Paxtang, PA; Stalactitic formation; CAB; Display
87 Group Total
Valuation $160 to $240;
1248 Silver (Native); Lawson
mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada; Plumose, silvery-gray, metallic veins in calcite
w/cobaltite--sawn end (ex J. Kenneth Fisher Coll.); CAB; Extraordinary
88 Group Total
Valuation $78 to $117;
1076 Quartz; Hargrito mine,
Ciserno, Mexico; Tapering, water-clear, negative xl w/incl.; SC; Display
1229 Wulfenite; Villa
Ahumada, Sierra Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico; Tabular, orange xls on matrix; CAB;
Display
1319 Stibiconite; San Luis
Potosi, Mexico; Slender, brown xls; SC; Display
1323 Hemimorphite; Mapimi,
Mina Ojuela, Durango, Mexico; Colorless, bladed xls on limonite; CAB; Display
1405 Danburite; Mina San
Sebastian, Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico; Lg. briliant, transparent xl w/sm. calcite
xls; SC; Display
89 Group Total
Valuation $128 to $192;
148 Cerussite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Compact, pearly, white xls lining quartz vug; SC;
Display
383 Quartz; SW
(New) Chester County mine, PA; Lg., equant xl w/minor pyromorphite; SC; Display
401 Pyromorphite;
Chester County mine, PA; Dense covering of green xls on quartz; SC; Display
409 Wulfenite;
Chester County mine, PA; Glistening, xline, orange surface w/pyromorphite; MIN; Display
416 Malachite;
Chester County mine, PA; Green, acicular xls on gossan; MIN; Reference
90 Group Total
Valuation $67 to $100;
542 Brochantite;
80' stope, Ecton mine, PA; Greenish crust on gossan; MIN; Reference
1037 Barite; Frizington,
Cumberland England; Sm., single xl; MIN; Display
1080 Aragonite; Frizington,
Cumberland, England; Cluster of acute, gray pyramids; MIN; Display
1128 Fluorite; Blue Circle
qy., Weardale, England; Cubic, green xls on matrix; MIN; Display
1129 Pseudomalachite; Old
Gunnislake mine, Cornwall, England; Blue-green, botryoidal coating; MIN; Reference
1134 Bornite; Pennance
Consols, Cornwall, England; Tarnished, black mass; MIN; Reference
1135 Libethenite; Cornwall,
England; Botryoidal green druse (Walker's Minerals, NYC); MIN; Reference
1136 Barite; Cumberland,
England; Clear xls w/hematite; MIN; Reference
1140 Calcite; Stank mine,
Cumberland, England; Water-clear xls on matrix; MIN; Display
1141 Fluorite; Height's qy.,
Eastgate, Weardale, England; Clear, green, intergrown xls; MIN; Display
1146 Calcite; Stank mine,
Cumberland, England; Cluster of clear, colorless xls; MIN; Display
1147 Galena; Cumberland,
England; Lead-gray cleavage w/purple fluorite (John S. Albanese label); MIN; Reference
1153 Calcite; Cumberland,
England; Clear xls on botryoidal hematite (ex Walter's Minerals); MIN; Display
1189 Calcite; Cumberland,
England; Pointed scalenohedra w/pyrite; MIN; Display
91 Group Total
Valuation $108 to $162;
106 Calcite; Old
McCoy qy., Bridgeport, PA; Tabular white xls on drusy, clear plate; CAB; Display
299 Quartz
(Amethyst); Collegeville, PA; Lg., irregular xls w/pale-purple terminations; CAB; Display
341 Aurichalcite;
McCoy qy., Bridgeport, PA; Lt.-blue xls on dolomite; MIN; Display
724 Quartz;
McCoy qy., Bridgeport, PA; Colorless, acicular xls on white calcite rhombs; CAB; Display
730 Malachite;
McCoy qy., Bridgeport, PA; Sm., dark-green xls & clusters on quartz xls; SC; Display
92 Group Total
Valuation $140 to $210;
109 Pyromorphite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Shining, dark-green xls, covering matrix; SC; Display
93 Group Total
Valuation $104 to $156;
1104 Quartz; Otomezaka,
Yamanashi Pref., Japan; Clear, colorless xls w/cubic pyrite xls; SC; Display
1317 Quartz; Uri,
Switzerland; Rock crystal w/pale-pink fluorite xls on termination; MIN; Display
1331 Almandine; Oetztal,
Tyrol, Austria; Lg., well-formed, red-brown xls on schist; CAB; Display
1429 Quartz (Smoky);
Chamonix, France; Dark, clear xl on matrix; SC; Display
94 Group Total
Valuation $60 to $90;
1291 Cerussite; Rum Jungle,
Australia; White, bladed xls on massive green malachite; LG CAB; Display
95 Group Total
Valuation $64 to $96;
140 Serpierite;
80' stope, Ecton mine, PA; Robin's egg-blue xline coating on galena; SC; Display
439 Pyromorphite;
Morris mine, PA; Green coating on hornfels; SC; Reference
459 Chrysocolla;
Morris mine, PA; Earthy, blue-green crust; MIN; Reference
488 Malachite;
Morris mine, PA; Botryoidal, green mass on limonite; CAB; Display
644 Pyromorphite;
80' stope, Ecton mine, PA; Yellowish-green crust on limonite gossan; MIN; Display
834 Linarite;
80' stope, Ecton mine, PA; Earthy, blue crust w/white globular hemimorphite; CAB;
Reference
96 Group Total
Valuation $100 to $150;
100 Chalcopyrite;
French Creek mines, PA; Lg. tarnished tetrahedrons on magnetite; CAB; Display
97 Group Total
Valuation $20 to $30;
1371 Calcite; Winfield qy.,
PA; Clear, doubly terminated xls lining vug in l.s.; LG CAB; Display
98 Group Total
Valuation $132 to $198;
178 Brucite;
Wood's mine, PA; Pearly white, broad, tabular xl; Min; Display
204 Aragonite;
Wood's mine, PA; Radiated needles on rock; MIN; Display
211 Actinolite;
Wood's mine, PA; Green, fibrous xls; MIN; Reference
324 Clinochlore;
Wood's mine, PA; Penninite as dense mass of scaly, green xls; CAB; Display
685 Antigorite
(Williamsite); Wood's mine, PA; Translucent, emerald-green williamsite w/chromite; SC;
Display
686 Zaratite;
Wood's mine, PA; Emerald-green, xline coating on chromite; CAB; Display
846 Antigorite
(Chrome); Wood's mine, PA; Purplish-red, lamellar mass; SC; Display
99 Group Total
Valuation $72 to $108;
945 Pyromorphite;
Granby, Newton Co., MO; Green crust on quartz; MIN; Display
969 Pyromorphite;
Patagonia, Argentina; Acicular xls on matrix; MIN; Reference
970 Pyromorphite;
Bad Ems, Germany; Group of tan xls; MIN; Display
972 Pyromorphite;
Xiangxi, Hunan Prov., China; Xls on limonite; MIN; Display
986 Pyromorphite;
Wicklow, Ireland; Group of dark-green, glistening xls; MIN; Display
100 Group Total Valuation $400
to $600;
1249 Gold (Native);
Hollinger mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada; Rich metallic, gold-yellow veins in rock (ex J.
Kenneth Fisher Coll. 1965); SC; Extraordinary
101 Group Total Valuation $57
to $86;
74 Smithsonite;
Friedensville zinc mines, PA; Xline crust on matrix; MIN; Reference
253 Sphalerite;
Friedensville zinc mines, PA; Drusy xls on l.s. with calcite; SC; Display
318 Greenockite;
Friedensville zinc mines, PA; Thin, greenish-yellow crust on l.s.; MIN; Reference
750 Hemimorphite;
Friedensville zinc mine, PA; Drusy xls as stalactitic aggregates; SC; Display
803 Sauconite;
Friedensville zinc mine, PA; Three, sm., Type Locality samples, ex Allen V. Heyl; MIN;
Reference
102 Group Total Valuation $112
to $168;
1347 Wulfenite; Villa
Ahumada, Sierra Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico; Square, orange xls matrix; LG CAB;
Display
1348 Adamite; Mexico;
Yellow-green, radiate clusters on limonite; LG CAB; Display
1355 Mimetite; Mina Ojuela,
Mapimi, Durango, Mexico; Yellow-green globular w/sm., tabular wulfenite; LG CAB; Display
103 Group Total Valuation $52
to $78;
1332 Calcite; Joplin, MO;
Doubly terminated, yellow xl w/sm. xls; CAB; Display
1464 Galena; Joplin, MO;
Cubic xls w/dolomite & pyrite on chert (ex John A Albanese); CAB; Display
104 Group Total Valuation $96
to $144;
117 Pyromorphite;
Phoenixville district, PA; Shining, dark-green xls on quartz w/minor cerussite (old
labels); SC; Display
105 Group Total Valuation $80
to $120;
1005 Epidote; nr. Sulzer,
Prince of Wales Is., AK; Single xl; SC; Display
1008 Apophyllite; Wasson's
Bluff, Nova Scotia, Canada; Green xls on matrix; CAB; Display
1046 Epidote; Location
Unknown; Green, terminated xls; SC; Display
106 Group Total Valuation $149
to $224;
4
Andradite; French Creek mines, PA; Red-brown xls on calcite; SC; Reference
15 Calcite;
French Creek mines, PA; Gray cleavage w/actinolite; SC; Reference
47 Erythrite;
French Creek mines, PA; Pinkish crust on pyrite; CAB; Reference
59 Pyrite;
French Creek mines, PA; Brass-yellow, cubic xls w/rounded faces ; CAB; Display
165 Calcite;
French Creek mines, PA; Clear xl w/pyrite; MIN; Display
187 Pyrite;
French Creek mines, PA; Compound, cubic xl on magnetite; MIN; Display
190 Magnetite;
French Creek mines, PA; Drusy black xls on ore; MIN; Display
252 Stilpnomelane;
French Creek mines, PA; Bronze-yellow scales on feldspar; SC; Display
304 Aragonite;
French Creek mines, PA; Translucent, radiated xls on magnetite; SC; Display
325 Gypsum;
French Creek mines, PA; Iron-stained druse ; SC; Reference
818 Chalcopyrite;
French Creek mines, PA; Brass-yellow, xled mass; MIN; Display
107 Group Total Valuation $40
to $60;
918 Copper
(Native); West Ridge qy., Adams Co., PA; Massive, metallic leaves in calcite w/chlorite;
CAB; Display
108 Group Total Valuation $160
to $240;
1266 Dioptase; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Drusy, emerald-green xls on white calcite xls; CAB; Display
109 Group Total Valuation $40
to $60;
1025 Quartz; Middleville,
NY; Herkimer Diamonds multiple xls; CAB; Display
110 Group Total Valuation $132
to $198;
89 Wulfenite;
Chester County mine, PA; Minute orange xls on gneiss; CAB; Display
131 Malachite;
Chester County mine, PA; Sparse, radiated xls on chalcopyrite & galena; SC; Reference
356 Cerussite;
Chester County mine, PA; Drusy xls in vug w/galena; CAB; Display
400 Pyromorphite;
Chester County mine, PA; Glistening, green xline surface on gneiss; SC; Display
411 Pyromorphite;
Chester County mine, PA; Bright, green druse on limonite; MIN; Display
413 Wulfenite;
Chester County mine, PA; Minute orange xls on drusy pyromorphite; MIN; Reference
425 Quartz;
Chester County mine, PA; Doubly terminated xl; SC; Display
430 Azurite;
Chester County mine, PA; Blue incrustation, w/malachite; SC; Reference
461 Sphalerite;
Chester County mine, PA; Brown, xled aggregate; MIN; Display
111 Group Total Valuation $40
to $60;
1353 Malachite; Morenci,
Greenlee Co., AZ; Banded, green, botryoidal mass on limonite; LG CAB; Display
112 Group Total Valuation $101
to $152;
161 Gold
(placer); York County, PA; Vial of gold-yellow flakes & grains w/black sand; MIN;
Reference
522 Greenockite;
York Stone qy., PA; Yellow coating on sphalerite; MIN; Reference
651 Quartz;
Kline's qy., PA; Limpid xl w/albite & calcite; MIN; Display
656 Ilmenite;
Accomac, York Co., PA; Flat, black plate on quartz w/malachite; MIN; Display
113 Group Total Valuation $72
to $108;
118 Pyromorphite;
Brookdale mine, PA; Green, moss-like aggregates on quartz xls; CAB; Display
114 Group Total Valuation $44
to $66;
1059 Hemimorphite; Mina
Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico; Drusy xls on matrix; LG CAB; Display
1391 Fluorite; Location
Unknown; Lt. green, octahedral xls coated w/quartz on rock; LG CAB; Display
115 Group Total Valuation $48
to $72;
948 Pyromorphite;
Burke, ID; Light-green xls on quartz & galena; MIN; Display
973 Pyromorphite;
Nevada; Druse on quartz; MIN; Display
987 Pyromorphite;
Silverton, CO; Sm., green xls on galena; MIN; Display
116 Group Total Valuation $140
to $210;
1345 Quartz (Amethyst);
Collegeville, PA; Lg. scepter xl (10) w/purple zoning & smaller intergrown xls; LG
CAB; Display
117 Group Total Valuation $64
to $96;
1043 Franklinite; Franklin,
NJ; Lg., black xl on calcite; MIN; Display
1098 Franklinite; Franklin,
NJ; Black xls in calcite w/willemite; SC; Display
1255 Willemite; Sterling
Hill mine, Sussex Co., NJ; Massive w/andradite & mcgovernite; CAB; Display
1461 Chondrodite; New
Jersey; Massive w/norbergite & calcite; CAB; Reference
118 Group Total Valuation $76
to $115;
177 Titanite;
Vanartsdalen's qy., PA; Brown, tabular xls w/pyroxene; CAB; Display
342 Actinolite;
Rock Hill qy.,, PA; Compact, bladed xls; CAB; Display
550 Calcite;
Cherry Valley, PA; Drusy, yellowish-brown xls on matrix; SC; Display
884 Calcite;
Kutztown, PA; Drusy xls lining geode; MIN; Display
119 Group Total Valuation $74
to $111;
255
Clinozoisite; Cornog, PA; Green, columnar xls on chlorite;
SC; Display
282 Axinite;
Cornog, PA; Sm. tabular xls on matrix; MIN; Display
552 Quartz;
Cornog, PA; Drusy xls w/chlorite (possible ancyclite), ex Brubaker Coll; CAB; Reference
633 Actinolite;
Cornog, PA; Green, fibrous mat covered w/sm. prehnite xls; MIN; Display
634 Albite;
Cornog, PA; Sm., glistening xls on byssolite; MIN; Display
742 Prehnite;
Cornog, PA; Sm., tabular xls on calcite cleavage; MIN; Display
794 Allanite;
Cornog, PA; Rough, black, tabular xls in quartz; MIN; Display
120 Group Total Valuation $120
to $180;
1275 Cerussite; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Lg., coarse, milky xl w/pyromorphite--1967; SC; Display
121 Group Total Valuation $32
to $48;
125 Corundum;
Shimersville, PA; High-dome, polished cabochon (1/2); TN; Display
516 Corundum;
Shimersville, PA; Lg. rough, barrel-shaped xl; MIN; Display
122 Group Total Valuation $72
to $108;
1085 Vanadinite; Adehuoual,
Milbladen, Morocco; Shining, orange-brown xls on barite (Frazier's Minerals); MIN; Display
1257 Quartz (Chalcedony);
Sidl Rahl, High Atlas Mtns., Morocco; Brick-red, stalactitic geode; SC; Display
1260 Cerussite; Mibladen,
Morocco; Lg., grayish-white xls; SC; Display
1264 Anglesite; Toussit
mine, Morocco; Yellowish xl section on galena; SC; Reference
123 Group Total Valuation $132
to $198;
932 Pyromorphite;
Sherman mine, Burke, Idaho; Drusy xls densely covering matrix; CAB; Display
959 Pyromorphite;
Villa Ahumada, Sierra Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico; Lustrous, green to brown xls on
matrix; CAB; Display
124 Group Total Valuation $52
to $78;
77 Microcline;
Shaw & Esrey's qy, Del. Co., PA; Flesh-colored, terminated xl w/small garnet; SC;
Display
232 Biotite;
Boothwyn, Del. Co. PA; Foliated mass; SC; Display
1462 Tourmaline; Dutton's
Mill, Del. Co., PA; Columnar, black schorl xls on quartz; CAB; Display
125 Group Total Valuation $120
to $180;
1279 Smithsonite; Tsumeb,
SWA (Namibia); Stalactitic group of drusy, brown xls on tennantite; CAB; Display
126 Group Total Valuation $117
to $176;
1015 Vivianite; Richmond, VA; Xls on matrix; CAB; Display
1017 Muscovite; Grafton, NH;
Xls on matrix; CAB; Display
1030 Azurite; Location
Unknown; Xls on matrix; SC; Display
1048 Tremolite; Location
Unknown; White columnar xls; CAB; Display
1049 Pyrolusite; New Mexico;
Black-powdery fibers ; CAB; Reference
1050 Galena; Location
Unknown; Cubo-octahedrons w/fluorite; CAB; Display
1057 Aurichalcite; Location
Unknown; Xls on matrix; CAB; Display
1228 Calcite; Joplin, MO;
White scalenohedra w/galena octahedrons; CAB; Display
1303 Apophyllite; Poonah,
India; Pale green xls on matrix; CAB; Display
1337 Orpiment; Location
Unknown; Yellow xls on matrix; CAB; Reference
1340 Realgar; Location
Unknown; Red xls on etched calcite; CAB; Reference
1423 Quartz (Smoky); Racoon
Mtn., Ossipee, NH; Stubby, dark xls w/tan microcline xls w/mica; CAB; Display
127 Group Total Valuation $60
to $90;
1306 Quartz; Jessieville,
AR; Clear, colorless xls; SC; Display
1307 Quartz; Arkansas;
Clear, colorless xls; CAB; Display
1419 Quartz (Amethyst);
Antreville, SC; Pale purple xls on matrix; SC; Display
1420 Quartz (Amethyst);
Antreville, SC; Purple xl on quartz matrix; SC; Display
128 Group Total Valuation $116
to $174;
369
Hemimorphite; SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Sparse,
drusy surfaces w/sphalerite; SC; Reference
371 Hemimorphite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; White, mammillary aggregates over matrix; SC; Display
378 Wulfenite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Minute, yellow xls on barite casts; SC; Reference
403 Wulfenite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Scattering of minute, orange xls on gneiss; CAB; Display
418 Pyromorphite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Green druse on matrix; MIN; Reference
440 Cerussite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Druse on quartz gossan; MIN; Reference
476 Vanadinite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Drusy surface on matrix; MIN; Reference
641 Dolomite
(Ferroan); SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Tan, rhombic xls w/pyrite; MIN; Display
129 Group Total Valuation $76
to $114;
1022 Fluorite; Westmorland,
NH; Weathered, green mass; SC; Research
1149 Axinite; Location
Unknown; Two, brown, parallel xls; MIN; Display
1186 Columbite; Haddam, CT;
Black, metallic xl; MIN; Display
1190 Diopside; Pitcairn, NY;
Sm., dark-green xls on white albite xls; MIN; Display
1196 Almandine; Roxbury, CT;
Sharp, reddish-brown xl on schist; MIN; Display
1316 Quartz; Middleton,
Herkimer Co., NY; Herkimer Diamond in matrix; MIN; Display
1414 Sillimanite
(Fibrolite); New Castle, DE; White xline (w/old label); CAB; Reference
1444 Rubellite; Portland,
CT; Rose-red xls on matrix; MIN; Display
130 Group Total Valuation $160
to $240;
1069 Beryl (Aquamarine);
Kunar Prov., Afghanistan; Stout, transparent, blue-green prism on mica; SC; Display
131 Group Total Valuation $80
to $120;
57 Chalcopyrite;
Whim shaft, Audubon, PA; Brass-yellow mass w/brochantite & galena; CAB; Reference
111 Corundum;
Shimersville, PA; Coarse, pearl-gray, equant xl w/hercynite ; MIN; Display
179 Barite; King
of Prussia, PA; Sm., white, radiated xls on quartz xls; MIN; Display
754 Goethite;
Oreland, PA; Metallic, black, mammillary mass; CAB; Display
839 Pyrite;
Audubon, PA; Greenish, xled mass; MIN; Display
132 Group Total Valuation $64
to $96;
1173 Aragonite; Molina,
Guedalajara Prov., Spain; Elongated, pseudohexagonal twin xl; SC; Display
1215 Arsenopyrite; Freiberg,
Saxony, Germany; Tarnished, prismatic xls w/tabular siderite xls; MIN; Display
1216 Wulfenite; Mies,
Yugoslavia ; Tabular, resinous, yellow-orange xls; MIN; Display
1407 Celestine; Sicily;
Radiated, clear, sharp xls ; SC; Display
1421 Arsenic (Native);
Saxony, Germany; Gray masses in calcite; SC; Display
133 Group Total Valuation $60
to $90;
1357 Calcite; Deccan Trap,
India; Doubly-terminated, yellow xl on quartz lined cavity; CAB; Display
1359 Stilbite; Deccan Trap,
India; Radiating, cream xls in knob-like clusters ; LG CAB; Display
134 Group Total Valuation $68
to $102;
1063 Galena; Joplin,
Missouri; Lg. bright xls on rock; SC; Display
1092 Fluorite; Cave-in-Rock,
IL; Dark-yellow xl on matrix; MIN; Display
1309 Quartz; Mt. Ida, AR;
Clear, colorless xls; SC; Display
1327 Fluorite; Ozark
Mahoning mine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., IL; Cubic, yellow & violet xl; MIN; Display
1434 Sphalerite; Ballard
mine, Baxter Springs, KS; Lg. iridescent xls on chert; CAB; Display
1450 Fluorite; Cave-in-Rock,
IL; Yellow xls w/sphalerite; MIN; Display
135 Group Total Valuation $112
to $168;
102 Pyromorphite;
Brookdale mine, PA; Dark-green xls encrusting quartz xls (ex Carter Rich); MIN; Display
136 Group Total Valuation $69
to $104;
1013 Tourmaline; Pierrepont,
NY; Dravite xls on quartz; SC; Display
1071 Quartz; Herkimer, NY;
Doubly terminated, clear, colorless single xl (3); SC; Display
1073 Prehnite; Upper New
Street qy., Paterson, NJ; Lt. green, botryoidal mass; MIN; Display
1087 Quartz; KOA Campground,
Herkimer, NY ; Cluster of three, limpid xls; MIN; Display
1100 Stilbite; New Street
qy., Paterson, NJ; Pearly, yellow-brown, sheaf-like xls on matrix; CAB; Display
137 Group Total Valuation $96
to $144;
1339 Smithsonite; Kelly
mine, Magdelena, Socorro Co., NM; Botryoidal, blue coating on matrix; SC; Display
1346 Copper (Native); Santa
Rita, NM; Copper-red metal sheet; CAB; Display
1395 Azurite; Graphic mines,
Kelly, NM; Dark blue, well-formed xls on limonite; SC; Display
138 Group Total Valuation $88
to $132;
360
Stolzite; Wheatley mine, PA; Yellowish-gray pyramidal xls;
MIN; Reference
374 Cerrusite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Gray & black druse on galena; MIN; Reference
407 Pyromorphite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Shining, dark-green xls in high relief; MIN; Display
448 Chrysocolla;
Morris mine, PA; Sm. blue-green patch; MIN; Display
451 Anglesite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Grayish-white xls filling cavity in galena; MIN; Display
464 Galena;
Wheatley mine, PA; Shining cleavages w/cerussite; MIN; Display
473 Chalcopyrite;
Chester County mine, PA; Two halves of massive nodule; MIN; Reference
837 Calcite;
Charlestown mine, PA; Grayish-white xls & cleavages; MIN; Display
139 Group Total Valuation $160
to $240;
1288 Mimetite; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Druzy, light-brown xls on white calcite xls; CAB; Display
140 Group Total Valuation $120
to $180;
979 Mimetite;
Chihuahua, Mexico; Drusy xls on limonite; MIN; Display
1074 Grossular; Rancho San
Juan, Xalostoc, Mexico; Pale pink dodecahedrons; MIN; Display
1075 Silver (Native);
Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico; Dendritic, xline aggregate w/calcite (ex Frazier's
Minerals); MIN; Display
1138 Quartz (Amethyst);
Santa Margarita, Guerrero, Mexico; Pale lilac, scepter xl; MIN; Display
1442 Adamite; Mapimi,
Mexico; Yellow xls on limonite; MIN; Display
141 Group Total Valuation $74
to $111;
137 Bronchantite;
80' stope, Ecton mine, PA; Bluish-green coating on galena w/serpierite; SC; Display
142 Smithsonite;
80' stope, Ecton mine, PA; Sm., blue, botryoidal mass on quartz; MIN; Reference
266 Malachite;
80' stope, Ecton mine, PA; Mossy, green crust; MIN; Display
543 Galena; 80'
stope, Ecton mine, PA; Lead-gray cleavage w/secondaries; MIN; Display
546 Pseudomalachite;
80' stope, Ecton mine, PA; Dark, bluish-green, botryoidal crust on quartz; MIN; Display
547 Pyromorphite;
80' stope, Ecton mine, PA; Pale-green, botryoidal crust on quartz; MIN; Display
822 Linarite;
80' stope, Ecton mine, PA; Earthy, blue crust; MIN; Display
142 Group Total Valuation $38
to $57;
66 Microcline;
Glen Mills qy., Del. Co., PA; Grayish-white cleavage in pegmatite; SC; Reference
81 Kyanite;
Morton Homestead, Del. Co., PA; Blue blades on quartz; SC; Reference
200 Amphibole;
Mineral Hill, Del.Co., PA; Yellow-white, columnar xl sections; SC; Reference
263 Orthoclase;
Johnson's qy., Del. Co., PA; Curved, lamellar mass; SC; Display
512 Pyroxene;
Rose Tree, Del. Co., PA; Fibrous, dark-green mass; MIN; Reference
601 Clinochlore;
Lenni Station, Del. Co., PA; Emerald-green, scaly mass of penninite; SC; Display
602 Clinochlore;
Lenni Station, Del. Co., PA; Emerald-green, scaly mass of penninite; SC; Display
606 Anthophyllite;
Mineral Hill, Del.Co., PA; Four, fibrous, white columnar masses; MIN; Display
620 Tourmaline;
Trainer's farm, Del. Co., PA; Slender, black inclusions in quartz; MIN; Display
143 Group Total Valuation $56
to $84;
1019 Quartz (Smoky);
Ossipee, NH; Xls on microcline; SC; Display
1089 Quartz (Smoky); Racoon
Mtn., Ossipee, NH; Dark xl section w/inter- grown, colorless topaz xl; MIN; Reference
1155 Quartz (Smoky); Racoon
Mtn., Ossipee, NH; Doubly terminated xl on feldspar; MIN; Display
1398 Lazulite; Charles Davis
mine, Grafton, NH; Blue masses w/mica; SC; Display
1458 Quartz (Smoky); Moat Mtn., NH; Lg., black morian xl; SC; Display
144 Group Total Valuation $100
to $150;
963 Pyromorphite;
Pribram, CSSR; Well-formed, yellow-green xls on matrix; MIN; Extraordinary
145 Group Total Valuation $72
to $108;
392
Pyromorphite; Wheatley mine, PA; Glistening, olive-green
xls on matrix; CAB; Display
146 Group Total Valuation $96
to $144;
1016 Elbaite; Kunar Prov.,
Afghanistan; Pink & green elbaite xls w/smoky quartz & cleavelandite; SC; Display
1064 Elbaite; Kunar Prov.,
Afghanistan; Green xl section on quartz; MIN; Display
1165 Lazurite; Badakhshan,
Kascha Valley, Afghanistan; Dark-blue xl in metamorphosed l.s.; SC; Display
1168 Lazurite; Badakhshan,
Kascha Valley, Afghanistan; Dark-blue mass in metamorphosed l.s.; MIN; Reference
147 Group Total Valuation $172
to $258;
1231 Danburite; Mina San
Sebastian, Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico; Lg., clear, prismatic, terminated xl; SC;
Display
1321 Gypsum (Selenite);
Naica, Mexico; Transparent, slender xls; CAB; Display
1336 Smithsonite; Sinaloa,
Mexico; Pearly, pink, botryoidal xline aggregate (7); CAB; Display
1361 Wulfenite; Villa
Ahumada, Sierra Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico; Tabular, orange xls on matrix; CAB;
Display
148 Group Total Valuation $100
to $150;
1160 Conichalcite; Gold
Hill, UT; Green reniform crusts; MIN; Display
1174 Chrysocolla; Morenci
mine, AZ; Botryoidal blue mass covered w/drusy quartz; MIN; Display
1206 Coral (Precious);
Mediterranean Sea; Branch on matrix (ex N.A. Wintringham); SC; Display
1214 Vesuvianite; Elser,
Norway; Sm. olive-green prisms; MIN; Reference
1225 Wolframite; Chung Ju,
Korea; Glistening, black blades w/quartz xls; MIN; Display
1227 Apophyllite; Poona,
India; Clear, greenish, cubelike xls on trap rock; SC; Display
1233 Microcline; Racoon Mtn,
Ossipee, NH; Lg., terminated xl w/smoky quartz xls; SC; Display
1330 Crocoite; Dundas dist.,
Tasmania; Orange xls on limonite; SC; Display
1410 Chabazite; Melbourne,
Australia; Clear xls on basalt; MIN; Display
1430 Stilbite; Jalgaen,
India; Pearly white radiated xls; MIN; Display
149 Group Total Valuation $180
to $270;
93 Pyromorphite;
Perkiomen mine, Audubon, PA; Pale-green, acicular xls covering quartz (ex Doris Biggs, via
Lininger auction); CAB; Extraordinary
150 Group Total Valuation $400
to $600;
1253 Silver (Native); Hi Ho
mine, Glen Lake, Coleman Twp., Timishaming dist., Ontario, Canada; Tarnished, gray
metallic mass in veins w/cobaltite--4lbs.(ex J. Kenneth Fisher Coll.); CAB; Extraordinary
151 Group Total Valuation $56
to $84;
1113 Magnetite; Magnetite
Cove, AR; Brown mass (Foote label); SC; Reference
1114 Orthoclase; Vesuvius,
Italy; White, granular & xline Rhycolite (Foote label); SC; Reference
1116 Quartz; Hot Springs,
AR; Acicular xls on matrix (Foote label); MIN; Reference
1118 Nephline; Magnet Cove, AR; Glassy grains in rock (Foote label); SC;
Reference
1119 Orthoclase; Pikes Peak,
CO; Cleavage section (Foote label); SC; Reference
1120 Magnetite; Egersund,
Norway; Black mass (Foote label); SC; Reference
1121 Natrolite; Wasson's
Bluff, Nova Scotia, Canada; White xline aggregate (Foote label); MIN; Reference
1207 Nepheline; Capo di
Bove, Italy; Granular mass (Foote label); MIN; Reference
1411 Calcite (Siliceous);
Shannon Co., SD; Gray xls enclosing sand (attached Foote label); CAB; Display
152 Group Total Valuation $128
to $192;
1014 Sulfur; Ciangiana,
Sicily, Italy; Xls on matrix; MIN; Display
1081 Stibnite; Tuscany,
Italy; Steel-gray, acicular xls on calcite; MIN; Display
1102 Sphalerite;
Montevecchio, Sardinia, Italy; Brown, xled mass w/quartz ; CAB; Display
1175 Pyrite; Elba, Italy;
Compact, xline mass; MIN; Display
1178 Cerussite;
Montevecchio, Sardinia, Italy; Slender, white xls in close bundles; MIN; Display
1179 Quartz; Tuscany, Italy;
Colorless, intergrown scepter xls; MIN; Display
1180 Hessonite; Ala Valley,
Ponta Ciarva, Piedmont, Italy; Glistening, cinnamon-brown xls; MIN; Display
1182 Pyrite; Cantierg
Bacino, Rio Marina, Elba, Italy; Brass-yellow xls w/specular hematite; MIN; Display
1185 Gypsum (Selenite);
Tuscany, Italy; Lg., clear, tabular xls; MIN; Display
1224 Brookite; Bugauto
Unjumn, Italy; Minute, hair-brown xls; MIN; Reference
1417 Quartz; Val di
Castello, Tuscany, Italy; Xls w/chlorite incls. on matrix; SC; Display
153 Group Total Valuation $52
to $78;
905 Calcite;
Jersey Shore, Qy. A , PA; Translucent, grayish-white rhombs on l.s.; CAB; Display
1378 Calcite (Helictite);
Paxtang, PA; Stalactitic formation; CAB; Display
154 Group Total Valuation $92
to $138;
1158 Jamesonite; Mina Noche
Buena, Mazapil, Mexico; Dark-gray, acicular xls and blades ; SC; Display
1313 Quartz (Amethyst);
Santa Margarita, Guerrero, Mexico; Pale-violet xls on drusy quartz; SC; Display
1366 Wulfenite; Villa
Ahumada, Sierra Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico; Tabular, orange xls on limonite; CAB;
Display
155 Group Total Valuation $40
to $60;
1320 Quartz; Peru; Slender,
clear xls w/pyrite & calcite; SC; Display
1433 Pyrite; Huanzala, Peru;
Shining, brass-yellow xls; CAB; Display
156 Group Total Valuation $100
to $150;
921 Pyromorphite;
Phoenix mine, PA; Light-green, barrel-shaped xls on quartz breccia; CAB; Display
157 Group Total Valuation $80
to $120;
482 Quartz;
Wheatley mine, PA; Lg. terminated, skeletal xls--cathedral quartz; SC; Extraordinary
158 Group Total Valuation $39
to $58;
336
Celestine; Blue Ball qy., PA; Sm., pale-blue xls on
quartz; CAB; Reference
509 Celestine;
Bellwood, Blair Co. (Type Locality), PA; Fibrous, blue seam in l.s.; MIN; Display
510 Celestine;
McAllisterville (East Salem qy.), PA; Med.-blue, equant xl on l.s.; MIN; Display
678 Celestine;
Meckley's qy., PA; Glistening, pale-blue xls; MIN; Display
808 Celestine;
Jersey Shore (Qy. A), PA; Med.-blue, tapering xls; MIN; Display
159 Group Total Valuation $80
to $120;
103 Sphalerite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Lg., dark-brown xls w/hemimorphite & quartz on galena; SC; Display
160 Group Total Valuation $78
to $117;
186 Copper
(Native); West Ridge qy., Adams Co., PA; Native metal on quartz; SC; Display
515 Calcite;
Hanover qy., PA; Clear, twinned scalenohedron on l.s.; MIN; Display
708 Stilbite;
Teeter's qy., Gettysburg, PA; Globular, xline aggregate w/orthoclase & epidote; MIN;
Display
716 Epidote;
Teeter's qy., Gettysburg, PA; Dark-green, prismatic xls on skarn; CAB; Display
800 Calcite;
Hanover Co., PA; Equant, colorless xls; MIN; Display
161 Group Total Valuation $40
to $60;
1024 Quartz; Middleville,
NY; Herkimer Diamonds multiple xls; MIN; Display
1197 Quartz; Herkimer, NY;
Equant, transparent xls w/mud incls.; MIN; Display
1312 Quartz; Schrader's
Farm, Herkimer, NY; Herkimer Diamond in matrix; CAB; Display
162 Group Total Valuation $160
to $240;
1251 Silver (Native); Glen
Lake mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada; Solid, tarnished gray to black metallic plate (ex J.
Kenneth Fisher Coll. 1966); SC; Extraordinary
163 Group Total Valuation $72
to $108;
930 Pyromorphite;
Stribro, (Mies) western Bohemia; ca 1900, brownish druse on galena (ex Pequea Rare
Minerals); SC; Display
977 Pyromorphite;
Pribram, Bohemia; Sm. xls on limonite (old German labels); SC; Display
164 Group Total Valuation $92
to $138;
375
Sphalerite; SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Resinous,
brown xl on quartz, surrounded by dolomite xls; SC; Display
468 Pyromorphite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Drusy, botryoidal aggregate; MIN; Display
831 Vanadinite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Minute, resinous, brown xls in rounded forms
w/descloizite; MIN; Reference
165 Group Total Valuation $96
to $144;
909 Dolomite;
Binkley & Ober qy., PA; Pearly, pale-pink, curved xls; CAB; Display
166 Group Total Valuation $60
to $90;
1101 Malachite; Zaire;
Fibrous, green xls w/chrysocolla; SC; Display
1150 Orthoclase; Mrongay,
Madagascar; Gemmy, yellow xl; TN; Reference
1441 Dioptase; Mendouli,
Congo; Emerald-green xls; MIN; Display
167 Group Total Valuation $100
to $150;
1065 Almandine; Oetztal,
Tyrol, Austria; Lg. red-brown dodecahedrons; SC; Display
1362 Almandine; Oetztal,
Tyrol, Austria; Lg., well-formed, red-brown xls on schist; CAB; Display
1455 Almandine; Oetztal,
Tyrol, Austria; Deep-red xls on schist; MIN; Display
168 Group Total Valuation $120
to $180;
1368 Hematite; Rio Marina,
Elba Is., Livorno Prov., Tuscany, Italy; Shining, metallic, black xls on matrix (ex Dan
Weinrich Minerals); LG CAB; Display
169 Group Total Valuation $97
to $146;
17 Magnetite;
Grace mine, PA; Black xls on ore; MIN; Display
162 Chalcopyrite;
French Creek mines, PA; Tarnished, tetragonal xls; MIN; Display
180 Apophyllite;
Grace mine, PA; Pearly, square prisms on prehnite; MIN; Display
244 Magnetite;
French Creek mines, PA; Plate of shining, black octahedral xls; SC; Display
273 Malachite;
Jones mine, PA; Mossy, green crust on pyrite, chalcopyrite & magnetite; MIN; Display
284 Pyrite;
Grace mine, PA; 3 loose, octrahedral xls; MIN; Reference
659 Tochilinite;
Grace mine, PA; Minute, platy, black xls; MIN; Reference
873 Apophyllite;
Grace mine, PA; Sm., white, tabular xls lining vug; CAB; Display
170 Group Total Valuation $36
to $54;
201
Millerite; Gap nickel mine, PA; Sm. group of radiated,
tarnished xls on matrix; MIN; Display
171 Group Total Valuation $136
to $204;
373
Cerussite; Wheatley mine, PA; White, xline aggregate on
vug in galena; SC; Display
435 Pyromorphite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Yellow-green, drusy xls on gossan; MIN; Display
487 Galena;
Wheatley mine, PA; Shining, lead-gray cleavages on quartz w/fluorite; CAB; Display
495 Calcite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Slender scalenohedra in vug; CAB; Display
172 Group Total Valuation $40
to $60;
562 Antigorite
(Williamsite); Texas, PA; Emerald-green, translucent, polished mass; CAB; Display
173 Group Total Valuation $88
to $132;
1243 Calcite; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Xls w/minor malachite; MIN; Display
1281 Azurite; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Dark-blue xls lining vug w/malachite; MIN; Display
1284 Brochantite; Tsumeb,
SWA (Namibia); Green incls. in calcite xls; MIN; Display
1448 Malachite; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Green druse w/calcite; MIN; Display
1449 Wulfenite; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Tabular xls w/malachite; MIN; Display
174 Group Total Valuation $105
to $158;
227
Pyrite; Blue Ball qy., PA; Brass-yellow xls, loose &
on phyllite; MIN; Display
296 Dolomite;
Blue Ball qy., PA; Shining, pink rhombs; SC; Display
560 Antigorite
(Chrome); Texas, PA; Reddish-violet, columnar aggregate w/apple-green deweylite; SC;
Display
617 Pyromorphite;
Pequea silver mine, PA; Thin, pale-green coating on quartz; CAB; Reference
726 Apatite-(CaF);
Silver Hill qy., PA; Greenish-white, hexagonal prisms w/lg. actinolite blades; SC; Display
741 Galena;
Burnt Mills, Lancaster Co., PA; Shiny, lead-gray cleavage mass; SC; Display
792 Celestine;
Blue Ball qy., PA; Drusy, pale-yellow xls w/minute pyrite; SC; Display
175 Group Total Valuation $220
to $330;
124 Anglesite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Colorless, prismatic xls in cavity in galena (ex Ernie Schlicter); CAB;
Display
176 Group Total Valuation $64
to $96;
1082 Quartz (Smoky); Uri,
Switzerland; Limpid xls w/feldspar; MIN; Display
1094 Quartz; Brazil; Xl
w/fluid inclusions; MIN; Display
1438 Quartz (Smoky); Val
Strins, Graubundan, Switzerland; Limpid Gwindel xl; SC; Display
1451 Quartz (Tourmalinated);
Governador Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Limpid xl w/black tourmaline incls.; MIN;
Display
177 Group Total Valuation $60
to $90;
1060 Tourmaline; Trainer's
farm, Del. Co., PA; Lg., black, columnar xl on quartz; LG CAB; Display
178 Group Total Valuation $84
to $126;
1258 Quartz (Amethyst); Sidl
Rahl, High Atlas Mtns., Morocco; Pale-violet, drusy xls in stalactitic clusters; MIN;
Display
1259 Vanadinite; Djebel
Mahseur, Oudjha, Morocco; Orange xls on matrix; CAB; Display
1261 Azurite; Toussit,
Morocco; Dark-blue xls on xl altered to malachite; MIN; Display
1262 Cerussite; Mibladen,
Morocco; Lg., grayish-white xl w/dolomite on galena; SC; Display
1406 Galena; Atlas Mtns.,
Morocco; Two geode halves lined w/gray, metallic xls; SC; Display
179 Group Total Valuation $128
to $192;
9
Pyrolusite; Malvern, PA; Druse on goethite vug; SC; Display
185 Malachite;
Jones mine, PA; Green mass w/magnetite; MIN; Display
194 Azurite;
Jones mine, PA; Blue coating on limonite; SC; Display
199 Aragonite;
Jones mine, PA; Acicular, white xls between magnetite; SC; Display
264 Natrolite;
Jones mine, PA; Xls & botryoidal masses; SC; Display
269 Aragonite;
Jones mine, PA; Compact xls as vein filling, w/dolomite; SC; Display
297 Aurichalcite;
Jones mine, PA; Mossy, green crust; MIN; Reference
326 Goethite;
Malvern, PA; Iridescent, stalactitic mass lining geode; SC; Display
518 Goethite;
Knickerbocker qy., PA; Limonite pseudomorph after pyrite; MIN; Display
619 Pyrolusite;
Knickerbocker qy., PA; Iron-black, reniform crust on goethite; MIN; Display
180 Group Total Valuation $100
to $150;
1273 Wulfenite; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Tabular, resinous, yellowish-brown xl (ex Ed Wolf Coll. 1967); MIN; Display
1277 Tennantite; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Black, metallic pseudos. after azurite xls w/cerussite--1967; MIN; Display
181 Group Total Valuation $112
to $168;
404 Pyromorphite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Glistening, green xls covering matrix; MIN; Display
424 Cerussite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Platy, reticulated aggregate in quartz vug; MIN; Display
469 Sphalerite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Resinous, brown xls on massive ore; MIN; Display
474 Sphalerite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Sm. brown xls on dolomite; MIN; Display
478 Wulfenite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Sm. orange, glistening xls on quartz; MIN; Display
576 Stolzite; SW
(New) Chester County mine, PA; Sm., implanted, yellowish-gray xls on quartz w/galena; MIN;
Display
182 Group Total Valuation $102
to $153;
226
Thorite; Shanesville, PA; Black masses w/thorogumite, ex
Allen V. Heyl Coll.; MIN; Reference
349 Stilbite;
Monocacy qy., Berks Co., PA; Pearly, white, prismatic xls on diabase (ex Thomas Coll.
1940); CAB; Display
648 Powellite;
Antietam Reservoir, PA; Pearly, gray scales after molybdenite on feldspar; MIN; Reference
655 Aragonite;
Berks Co., PA; Stalactitic, xline cluster; MIN; Display
664 Andradite;
Shillington, PA; Sm., black xls on skarn; MIN; Display
672 Opal; John
T. Dyer qy., PA; Blue, colloidal coating on hornfels; CAB; Display
183 Group Total Valuation $45
to $68;
1200 Barite; Cumberland,
England; Clear, colorless, terminated xl; MIN; Display
1203 Hematite; Cumberland,
England; Metallic, black, botryoidal mass; MIN; Display
1218 Fluorite; Weardale,
Cumberland, England; Pale violet, intergrown xls; MIN; Reference
184 Group Total Valuation $85
to $128;
497 Calcite;
Kibblehouse qy., PA; Lg. white, prismatic xls; CAB; Display
498 Calcite;
Kibblehouse qy., PA; Tabular xls w/drusy stilbite; CAB; Display
529 Chabazite;
Kibblehouse qy., PA; Flesh-colored rhombs w/stilbite; MIN; Display
532 Cobaltite;
Kibblehouse qy., PA; Sm., silvery xls in hornfels; MIN; Reference
658 Cobaltite;
Kibblehouse qy., PA; Silvery grains in hornfels w/erythrite; MIN; Reference
663 Stilbite;
Kibblehouse qy., PA; Plate of chalk-white xls w/pyrite; MIN; Display
698 Chabazite;
Kibblehouse qy., PA; Orange rhombs; SC; Display
898 Natrolite;
Kibblehouse qy., PA; Tufts of white, acicular xls; CAB; Display
185 Group Total Valuation $160
to $240;
1245 Silver (Native); Lawson
mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada; Silvery, metallic veins & stringers in calcite (ex J.
Kenneth Fisher Coll. 1967); CAB; Extraordinary
186 Group Total Valuation $80
to $120;
1084 Galena; Sweetwater
mine, Viburnum Trend, S.E. MO; Shining, xline cluster w/dolomite & chalcopyrite (ex
Coll. of Allen V. Heyl); MIN; Reference
1093 Witherite; Rosiclare,
IL; White xls on fluorite; MIN; Display
1230 Celestine; Indiana;
Colorless, tabular xls; CAB; Display
1326 Galena; Joplin, MO;
Octahedral xls on pink dolomite; CAB; Display
1328 Calcite; Joplin, MO;
Stacked, yellow xls on xled, brown sphalerite; CAB; Display
1333 Pyrite; Illinois;
Thrree circular concretions Suns--to 3-1/2; SC; Display
1452 Fluorite; Cave-in-Rock,
IL; Dark purple xls on matrix; SC; Display
187 Group Total Valuation $84
to $126;
146 Barite; 80'
stope, Ecton mine, PA; Limonite stained, tabular xls w/quartz on breccia; CAB; Display
535 Quartz;
Ecton mine, PA; Polished section vein w/galena & sphalerite; SC; Display
538 Brochantite;
80' stope, Ecton mine, PA; Emerald-green coating w/azurite; MIN; Display
1373 Malachite; 80' stope,
Ecton mine, PA; Green encrustation on rock; LG CAB; Reference
188 Group Total Valuation $40
to $60;
1031 Stibnite; Felsobanya,
Romania; Shining, slender, steel-black xls on matrix; SC; Display
189 Group Total Valuation $44
to $66;
384
Quartz; SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Lg. scepter xl;
CAB; Display
502 Quartz;
Silver Hill qy., PA; Compact, equant xls on actinolite; CAB; Display
190 Group Total Valuation $160
to $240;
938 Pyromorphite;
Burke, Idaho; Dense aggregate of intergrown, yellow-green xls; MIN; Display
980 Pyromorphite;
Bunker Hill mine, Kellogg, ID; Shining, yellow-green xls on matrix (ex Hollowell
Minerals); MIN; Display
191 Group Total Valuation $76
to $114;
1342 Rhodochrosite;
Silverton, San Juan Co., CO; Frosted, pink xls on matrix; MIN; Display
1343 Rhodochrosite; Sweet
Home mine, Alma, CO; Rose-red xl sections on tetrahedrite; CAB; Display
192 Group Total Valuation $33
to $50;
290
Garnet; St. Mary's, Chester Co., PA; Dark andradite xls;
MIN; Reference
669 Quartz
(Smoky); Coatesville, PA; Multiple, equant xls; MIN; Display
675 Chlorite;
Sparvetta, PA; Sheridanite as a sm. rosettes on feldspar; MIN; Display
823 Beryl;
Coatesville, PA; Wax-yellow xl section (ex Brubaker Coll.); MIN; Display
912 Muscovite;
Chester Co., PA; Lg. foliated, xline book; CAB; Display
193 Group Total Valuation $136
to $204;
904 Almandine;
Avondale, Del. Co., PA; Lg., deep-red xl in pegmatite, ex J.N. Trainer, Brewster, N.Y.;
SC; Display
194 Group Total Valuation $80
to $120;
120 Cerussite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Glistening, translucent xls w/pyromorphite on quartz (ex Abe Rosenzweig
Coll.) ; MIN; Display
195 Group Total Valuation $120
to $180;
1270 Cerussite; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Grayish-white xls, partially coated w/drusy, green, pyromorphite--1967; CAB;
Display
196 Group Total Valuation $172
to $258;
95 Cerussite;
Chester County mine, PA; Translucent, white xls w/galena on quartz; SC; Display
398 Pyrite;
Chester County mine, PA; Two halves of a nodule, w/erythrite; CAB; Reference
406 Galena;
Chester County mine, PA; Black cleavages w/chalcopyrite, azurite & malachite; MIN;
Reference
408 Wulfenite;
Chester County mine, PA; Sm. tabular, orange xls on drusy pyromorphite; MIN; Display
830 Vanadinite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Minute, resinous, brown xls in rounded forms
w/descloizite; SC; Reference
922 Pyromorphite;
Chester County mine, PA; Drusy, light-green crust on quartz; CAB; Display
197 Group Total Valuation $80
to $120;
910 Quartz;
Freeland, PA; Group of water-clear, colorless xls; CAB; Display
198 Group Total Valuation $104
to $156;
944 Pyromorphite;
Hardshell mine, Santa Cruz Co., AZ; Shining druse on quartz, ex George Stevens minerals;
MIN; Display
1112 Azurite; Cole shaft,
Bisbee, AZ; Plate of dark-blue xls; MIN; Display
1318 Vanadinite; Rowley
mine, Theba, Maricopa Co., AZ; Slender, brown xls on matrix; SC; Display
1351 Cerussite; Grand Reef
mine, Klondyke, Graham Co., AZ; White, twinned xls lining vug (ex Geo. Stevens Minerals);
CAB; Display
199 Group Total Valuation $101
to $152;
320
Hydromagnesite; Cedar Hill qy., PA; Dense aggregate of
silky, bladed xls w/magnesite; CAB; Display
728 Apatite-(CaF);
Silver Hill qy., PA; Greenish-white, hexagonal prisms w/lg. actinolite blades; MIN;
Display
735 Dolomite;
Binkley & Ober qy., PA; Shining, pink, curved, rhombic xls; CAB; Display
751 Brucite;
Cedar Hill qy., PA; Pearly, white foliated xline mass; SC; Display
758 Talc; Cedar
Hill qy., PA; Foliated, apple-green to silvery-white mass; SC; Display
845 Antigorite;
Cedar Hill qy., PA; Green, hard-fiber picrolite; CAB; Display
200 Group Total Valuation $400
to $600;
907 Magnetite;
Grace mine, PA; Lg., metallic, iron-black xls; CAB; Display
201 Group Total Valuation $73
to $110;
1086 Azurite; Bisbee,
Arizona; Powdery, blue xls on matrix; MIN; Display
1163 Quartz; Oatman, AZ;
Drusy xls around milky chalcedony; MIN; Display
1188 Fergusonite; Bluffton,
Llano Co., TX; Dense, black mass; SC; Reference
1208 Malachite; Bisbee, AZ;
Polished, banded masses in matrix; MIN; Display
1212 Andradite; Washington
Camp, AZ; Red-brown xls on massive; MIN; Display
1221 Vanadinite; Globe, Gila
Co., AZ; Drusy, reddish-orange xls; MIN; Display
202 Group Total Valuation $64
to $96;
197 Wavellite;
Lime Ridge, PA; Apple-green xline spheres ; MIN; Display
548 Fluorite;
New Paris qy., PA; Blue-gray to green cleavages; CAB; Display
665 Calcite;
Harrisburg, PA; Three helectites; MIN; Display
693 Calcite;
Jersey Shore, Qy. A , PA; Cluster of grayish-white, rhombic xls; MIN; Display
796 Sulfur
(Native); Pine Creek qy., Lycoming Co., PA; Sm., yellow masses on calcite; SC; Reference
806 Celestine;
McAllisterville (East Salem qy.), PA; Light-blue, tapering xls; SC; Display
906 Calcite;
Thomasvile qy., PA; Lg., yellowish, modified scalenohedron; CAB; Display
203 Group Total Valuation $80
to $120;
121 Descloizite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Brownish-red, xline crusts on quartz, verified by XRD;
SC; Display
417 Pyromorphite;
Chester County mine, PA; Botryoidal clusters of yellow-green xls; MIN; Display
204 Group Total Valuation $64
to $96;
1117 Apatite; Durango,
Mexico; Yellow xl on matrix; MIN; Display
1263 Quartz; Sidl Rahl, High
Atlas Mtns., Morocco; Drusy xls in stalactitic aggregates w/hematite; CAB; Display
1445 Anatase; Inyo Co., CA;
Black xls on matrix; MIN; Display
1453 Spessartine; Little
Three mine, Ramona, CA; Cinnamon garnet xls w/schorl & cleavelandite; SC; Display
205 Group Total Valuation $48
to $72;
138 Malachite;
Whim Shaft, Audubon, PA; Sm., stalactitic, green mass in quartz vug; SC; Display
453 Malachite;
Morris mine, PA; Fibrous, green patches on gossan; MIN; Display
457 Pyromorphite;
Morris mine, PA; Botryoidal green mass w/minute wulfenite; MIN; Reference
458 Chrysocolla;
Morris mine, PA; Earthy, blue-green crust; MIN; Reference
460 Pyromorphite;
Morris mine, PA; Botryoidal green mass; MIN; Reference
545 Pyromorphite;
Whim shaft, PA; Sm., green, globular cluster on quartz gossan; MIN; Display
206 Group Total Valuation $69
to $104;
6
Hemimorphite; Friedensville zinc mines, PA; Drusy xls on matrix; CAB; Reference
12 Hemimorphite;
Friedensville zinc mines, PA; Druse on sphalerite ore; SC; Reference
238 Limonite;
Cedar Hollow, PA; Xls after pyrite; MIN; Display
256 Actinolite;
Rock Hill qy., PA; Compact, xled aggregate; MIN; Display
351 Deweylite;
Brinton's qy., PA; Reddish-brown mass w/polished surface; MIN; Display
589 Quartz;
Freeland, PA; Five, water-clear xls; MIN; Display
627 Carnotite;
Mauch Chunk, PA; Ocher-yellow coating on conglomerate; MIN; Display
694 Safflorite-(Fe);
Huff's Church, PA; Tin-white, metallic blebs
in ore; MIN; Reference
709 Allanite;
Pricetown, PA; Black mass in matrix; MIN; Display
812 Powellite;
Antietam Reservoir, PA; Pearly, gray scales after molybdenite; MIN; Display
207 Group Total Valuation $80
to $120;
1282 Smithsonite; Tsumeb,
SWA (Namibia); Pink to grayish-white xls covering tennantite--1967; SC; Display
208 Group Total Valuation $48
to $72;
1038 Calcite; Copper Queen
mine, Bisbee, AZ; White, plumose, xline aggregate; CAB; Display
1041 Azurite; Copper Queen
mine, Bisbee, AZ; Blue, mammillary mass; CAB; Display
209 Group Total Valuation $81
to $122;
338 Pyrite; Blue
Ball qy., PA; Lg., brass-yellow, cubes on phyllite ; CAB; Display
621 Celestine;
Blue Ball qy., PA; Sm., colorless xls coated w/pyrite; MIN; Display
697 Talc; Cedar
Hill qy., PA; Apple-green to silvery-white, foliated mass; MIN; Display
715 Goethite;
New Providence, Lancaster Co., PA; Two, fibrous, brown, reniform masses; MIN; Display
720 Pyromorphite;
Pequea silver mine, PA; Pale-green crust on quartz w/galena cleavage; CAB; Reference
727 Apatite-(CaF);
Silver Hill qy., PA; Greenish-white, hexagonal prisms w/lg. actinolite blades; SC; Display
732 Dolomite;
Binkley & Ober qy., PA; Shining, pink, curved, rhombic xls; SC; Display
210 Group Total Valuation $200
to $300;
494 Fluorite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Colorless xls on brown, xline sphalerite; CAB; Display
211 Group Total Valuation $36
to $54;
22
Quartz (Smoky); Phoenixville Tunnel, PA;
Large, gray xls w/ tan, ferroan dolomite xls; CAB; Display
212 Group Total Valuation $149
to $224;
928 Pyromorphite;
Friedrichssegen, Hesse, Nassau, Germany; Brown xls on matrix; SC; Display
931 Pyromorphite;
Pribram, Czechoslovakia; Green druse on quartzite (ex David New + old label); SC; Display
937 Pyromorphite;
Chihuahua, Mexico; Drusy xls on matrix (ex Frazier's Minerals); SC; Display
956 Pyromorphite;
Kamikoa mine, Yoshikigun, Gifu Prov., Japan; Lustrous green xls on limonite (ex Jimmy
& Hisami McNeil); SC; Display
968 Pyromorphite;
Minas San Andreas, Spain; Dense, yellow-green xls on quartz; SC; Display
1099 Pyromorphite
(Polysphaerite); Midnight mine, Coeur d'Alene dist., Shoshone Co., ID; Slender, wood-brown
xls on matrix; SC; Display
213 Group Total Valuation $48
to $72;
1360 Aragonite; Agrigento,
Sicily; Groups of twinned xls on sulfur; LG CAB; Display
214 Group Total Valuation $80
to $120;
136 Pyromorphite;
Phoenixville district, PA; Shining, dark-green xls filling vein in quartz; CAB; Display
215 Group Total Valuation $88
to $132;
1283 Dioptase; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Emerald-green xls (3/8) on matrix (ex Ed Wolf Coll. 1968); MIN; Display
216 Group Total Valuation $56
to $84;
1408 Gahnite; Charlemont,
MA; Greenish-black xls; SC; Display
1418 Pyromorphite;
Loudville, MA; Botryoidal, green druse w/minute wulfenite xls; CAB; Display
217 Group Total Valuation $80
to $120;
1045 Pyromorphite; Les
Farges, Correze, France; Lg., olive-green xls on barite (repaired); CAB; Display
218 Group Total Valuation $68
to $102;
1415 Almandine; Oetztal,
Tyrol, Austria; Sharp, reddish-brown xls on schist; LG CAB; Display
219 Group Total Valuation $96
to $144;
1079 Dioptase; Tsumeb,
S.W.A. (Namibia); Emerald-green, xline aggregate on matrix (ex Baskin & Sons, Inc.);
MIN; Display
1213 Mimetite; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Drusy, yellow-brown, rounded xline aggregates; SC; Display
1272 Azurite; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Sharp, dark-blue xls lining vug; MIN; Display
1447 Calcite; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Pale-yellow, twinned xls ; MIN; Display
220 Group Total Valuation $116
to $174;
174 Quartz
(Smoky); Overbrook, Philadelphia, PA; Equant, limpid xl w/rutile inclusions; MIN; Display
230 Leucoxene;
Lafayette College, Easton, PA; Straw-yellow, after titanite xl, ex Allen V. Heyl Coll.;
MIN; Display
302 Rutile;
Parkesburg, PA; Shining, dark-red, geniculated twin xl; MIN; Display
221 Group Total Valuation $120
to $180;
1246 Argentite (Acanthite);
Texas Gulf Sulfur mine, Kidd Twp., Timmins, Ontario, Canada; Massive, lead-gray bands in
sawn slab w/chalcopyrite & galena; SC; Extraordinary
222 Group Total Valuation $60
to $90;
1428 Tourmaline; Mt.
Rushmore, SD; Group of stout, black xls; SC; Display
223 Group Total Valuation $60
to $90;
19 Apophyllite;
Cornwall mines, PA; Translucent xls on matrix; SC; Reference
218 Andradite;
Cornwall mines, PA; Brown xls on recrystallized l.s.; MIN; Display
270 Analcime;
Cornwall mines, PA; White, equant xls, w/natrolite; MIN; Display
272 Stilbite;
Cornwall mines, PA; Radiated, white blades coated w/pyrite; MIN; Display
275 Calcite;
Cornwall mines, PA; Transparent xl on skarn; MIN; Display
224 Group Total Valuation $52
to $78;
49 Quartz
(Amethyst); Collegeville, PA; Xls to 2, w/lavender terminations; CAB; Display
225 Group Total Valuation $280
to $420;
1295 Elbaite; Urubu Aracuai
mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Lg., columnar, green xls w/rubellite xls in pegmatite matrix;
LG CAB; Display
226 Group Total Valuation $84
to $126;
386
Calcite; Wheatley mine, PA; Compact aggregate of white xls
w/minor fluorite; MIN; Reference
420 Pyromorphite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Well-defined, dark-green xls; MIN; Display
493 Cerussite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Gray-white, tabular xls on limonite-quartz gossan; CAB; Display
227 Group Total Valuation $96
to $144;
609 Quartz;
Phoenixville Tunnel, PA; Water-clear & translucent xls w/chlorite; CAB; Display
690 Quartz;
Freeland, PA; Clear, colorless xls in parallel growth on matrix; SC; Display
889 Quartz;
Freeland, PA; Clear, colorless, doubly terminated xl; SC; Display
903 Quartz;
White Haven, PA; Plate of water-clear xls; CAB; Display
228 Group Total Valuation $160
to $240;
382
Fluorite; Wheatley mine, PA; Clear, colorless, cubic xls
covering calcite on sphalerite; CAB; Display
229 Group Total Valuation $96
to $144;
169 Quartz
(Smoky); Overbrook, Philadelphia, PA; Limpid, tapered, terminated xl; MIN; Display
262 Staurolite;
Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA; Brown prisms on schist; SC; Display
843 Anthophyllite;
Faimount Park, Philadelphia, PA; Brownish-green, radiated, fibrous mass; SC; Display
230 Group Total Valuation $60
to $90;
1020 Fluorite; Blue Circle
qy., Weardale, England; Green, cubic xls on matrix; SC; Display
1033 Calcite; Cumberland,
England; Clear, colorless xl; MIN; Display
1202 Witherite;
Northumberland, England; Twinned, white xls; SC; Display
1204 Wolframite; Cornwall,
England; Black blades & cleavages (John S. Albanese label); MIN; Reference
231 Group Total Valuation $80
to $120;
303
Rutile; Parkesburg, PA; Shining, dark-red, geniculated
twin xl; MIN; Display
306 Rutile;
Parkesburg, PA; Reddish-brown, slender xls on quartz; MIN; Display
232 Group Total Valuation $140
to $210;
129 Cerussite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Sm., white, twinned xls on botryoidal pyromorphite; CAB; Display
233 Group Total Valuation $96
to $144;
295
Uraninite; C.K. Williams qy., PA; Brown, thorian var. on
serpentine, ex Allen V. Heyl Coll.; MIN; Display
323 Titaninte;
C.K. Williams qy., PA; Brown xls on serpentine; SC; Display
662 Diopside;
C.K. Williams qy., PA; Lg., relic xls altered to serpentine; MIN; Display
668 Zircon; C.K.
Williams qy., PA; Single, gray-brown xl on matrix; MIN; Display
234 Group Total Valuation $68
to $102;
271
Rutile; Parkesburg, PA; Geniculated, twin xl on quartz;
MIN; Display
587 Brookite;
Kline's qy., PA; Intergrown w/anatase, replacing ilmenite; MIN; Reference
674 Rutile;
Constitution, PA; Blackish-brown, geniculated twin xl; MIN; Display
235 Group Total Valuation $48
to $72;
233
Clinochlore; Brinton's qy., PA; Pale-pinkish rosettes
covering serpentine; SC; Display
537 Clinochlore;
Brinton's qy., PA; Brown, xl section of jefferisite, w/W.W. Jefferis label; SC; Display
657 Amphibole;
Brinton's qy., PA; Hard fibers w/clinochlore; MIN; Display
236 Group Total Valuation $60
to $90;
1006 Natrolite; Wasson's
Bluff, Nova Scotia, Canada; Xls on matrix; MIN; Display
1088 Diopside; Hybla,
Ontario, Canada; Grayish-green, terminated xl; MIN; Display
1187 Titanite; Eganville,
Renfrew Co., Ontario, Canada; Dark-brown, wedge-shaped xl; MIN; Display
1402 Apatite; Renfrew Co.,
Ontario, Canada; Green to brown xl (ex Schortmann's Minerals); SC; Display
1409 Scapolite; Greenville,
Quebec, Canada; Gray xl group w/pyroxene; CAB; Display
237 Group Total Valuation $176
to $264;
389
Cerussite; Wheatley mine, PA; Xled aggregate lining cavity
in galena; MIN; Display
410 Pyromorphite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Shining, dark-green xls; MIN; Display
431 Sphalerite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Resinous, brown xled mass w/calcite xls; MIN; Display
442 Galena;
Wheatley mine, PA; Cubic xl cleavage w/minor cerussite; MIN; Display
447 Stolzite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Glistening, minute, yellow xls; MIN; Display
483 Malachite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Dark-green, xline druse on quartz; MIN; Display
568 Galena;
Brookdale mine, PA; Single, cubic xl; MIN; Display
570 Cerussite;
Brookdale mine, PA; Sm., twinned xls w/galena on quartz gossan; MIN; Display
582 Cerussite;
Brookdale mine, PA; Sm., clear, colorless xls on quartz vug; MIN; Display
238 Group Total Valuation $41
to $62;
260
Oligoclase; Mineral Hill, Del.Co., PA; Pearly, moonstone
cleavage; SC; Display
333 Gahnite;
Crum Creek, Del. Co., PA; Sm. green xls on mica; CAB; Display
721 Amazonite;
Mineral Hill, Del.Co., PA; Green, cleavage mass; CAB; Display
239 Group Total Valuation $60
to $90;
942 Pyromorphite;
Kaffi Kraal, Cape Prov., South Africa; Dark-green xls on matrix; MIN; Display
947 Pyromorphite;
Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico; Olive-green xls on white calcite xls; MIN; Display
958 Pyromorphite;
South Africa; Drusy, green to brown xls on quartz (ex Larry Introna, Cape Town); CAB;
Reference
974 Pyromorphite;
Trevinnick mine, St. Kew, Cornwall, England; Green druse on gossan; MIN; Display
240 Group Total Valuation $60
to $90;
1004 Tourmaline; Little
Three mine, Ramona, San Diego Co., CA; Xls, with cleavelandite and spessartine, on matrix;
MIN; Display
1157 Kunzite; Pala Queen
mine, Dan Diego Co., CA; Pink xl section; MIN; Reference
1161 Barite; Sterling, Weld
Co., CO; Tabular, clear, blue xls; MIN; Display
1191 Analcime; Golden, CO;
Equant, colorless xls ; SC; Display
1426 Sphalerite; Gilman, CO;
Shining, yellow-green xls; SC; Display
241 Group Total Valuation $80
to $120;
915 Kyanite;
Springfield, Del. Co., PA; Broad, blue, elongated xls on quartz w mica; CAB; Extraordinary
242 Group Total Valuation $140
to $210;
128 Pyromorphite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Shining, grass-green xls in quartz vein (ex G. Gauthier); MIN; Display
243 Group Total Valuation $109
to $164;
1007 Dravite; Yinnietharra,
Australia; Doubly terminated xl; MIN; Display
1148 Hiddenite; Brazil; Pale
green xl section; MIN; Reference
1166 Topaz; Alabaschka,
Russia; Clear, colorless, terminated xl; MIN; Display
1167 Beryl; Topsham qy., ME;
Translucent, blue xl section; MIN; Reference
1211 Beryl; Minas Gerais,
Brazil; Flattened, clear, yellowish xl section; MIN; Display
1454 Rubellite; Pala, CA;
Rose xl section on quartz; MIN; Display
244 Group Total Valuation $72
to $108;
5
Titanite; Black Horse, Del. Co., PA; Green xls on albite; SC; Display
183 Garnet;
Black Horse, Del. Co., PA; Deep-red xl on feldspar; SC; Display
315 Gahnite;
Black Horse, Del. Co., PA; Dark-green xls on microcline; SC; Display
645 Torbernite;
Black Horse, Del. Co., PA; Sm., green scales on quartz; MIN; Reference
649 Tourmaline;
Black Horse, Del. Co., PA; Needle-like schorl xls on albite; MIN; Display
789 Corundum;
Black Horse, Del. Co., PA; Dark-gray xls in matrix; MIN; Display
245 Group Total Valuation $72
to $108;
1335 Rhodochrosite; Serbia;
Rose-red, botryoidal mass on pyrite; CAB; Display
246 Group Total Valuation $108
to $162;
241
Staurolite; Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA; Slender,
brown, prismatic xls on schist; CAB; Display
321 Kyanite;
Prospect Park, Del. Co., PA; Dense mass of slender, blue blades on quartz; CAB; Display
864 Garnet;
Embreeville, PA; Dark-red, vitreous xl on granular, gray quartz; CAB; Display
900 Andalusite;
Black Horse, Del. Co., PA; Rough, columnar xls in nodular group; SC; Display
247 Group Total Valuation $80
to $120;
1234 Smithsonite; Tsumeb,
SWA (Namibia); Plate of grayish-green rhombs on calcite; CAB; Display
248 Group Total Valuation $56
to $84;
1044 Quartz (Rutilated);
Bahia, M.G., Brazil; Smoky xl w/rutile sprays; CAB; Display
249 Group Total Valuation $73
to $110;
362
Descloizite; SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Drusy,
brown xline aggregate; SC; Display
414 Barite; SW
(New) Chester County mine, PA; Radiated, sm.white xls perched on quartz xls; MIN; Display
477 Pyromorphite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Glistening, green druse on quartz; MIN; Display
513 Quartz; S.W.
(New) Chester County mine, PA; Scepter xl; SC; Display
575 Wulfenite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Minute, orange xls w/pyromorphite; MIN; Display
579 Cerussite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Coarse, xline aggregate on quartz gossan; MIN; Reference
833 Vanadinite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Minute, resinous, brown xls in rounded forms
w/descloizite; SC; Reference
250 Group Total Valuation $96
to $144;
72 Apatite
(CaF); Silver Hill qy., PA; Translucent, terminated xl on actinolite blades; MIN; Display
176 Quartz;
Selinecks farm, PA; Water-clear xl w/phantoms; MIN; Display
555 Goethite;
Conestoga, Lancaster Co., PA; Dark-brown botryoidal mass, ex Brubaker Coll. ; MIN;
Reference
778 Hydromagnesite;
Cedar Hill qy., PA; Silky, white acicular xls in tufted groups; CAB; Display
1301 Dolomite; Binkley &
Ober qy., PA; Shining, pink, curved, rhombic xls; CAB; Display
251 Group Total Valuation $76
to $114;
1325 Galena; Joplin, MO;
Octahedral xls on sphalerite; CAB; Display
1329 Fluorite; Cave-in-Rock
dist., IL; Pale-violet xls w/galena; SC; Display
1399 Galena; Picher, Ottawa
Co., OK; Lead-gray, cubic xls on pyrite; CAB; Display
1424 Galena; 13th of
September mine, Bulgaria; Modified cubes w/sphalerite (ex Ernest Schlichter); CAB; Display
252 Group Total Valuation $60
to $91;
63 Beryl;
Coatesville pegmatite, PA; Off-white, xl section on quartz; MIN; Display
76 Columbite;
Steidler's pegmatite, PA; Small black xls on beryl; SC; Display
353 Tourmaline;
Embreeville, PA; Columnar schorl xl on pegmatite; CAB; Display
530 Pyrrhotite;
Coatesville, PA; Bronze-yellow mass w/quartz; MIN; Display
763 Goethite;
Devault, PA; Limonite pseudomorph after pyrite; MIN; Display
801 Quartz;
Devault, PA; Grayish-white xl; MIN; Display
253 Group Total Valuation $76
to $114;
1369 Copper (Native);
Keweenaw Peninsula, MI; Metallic xls & mass lining cavity w/calcite (old Ward's
label); LG CAB; Display
1396 Copper (Native); Lake
Superior dist., N.MI; Xl group free of matrix; CAB; Display
254 Group Total Valuation $56
to $84;
156 Pyrite; Blue
Ball qy., PA; Brass-yellow xl in phyllite; SC; Display
508 Celestine;
Blue Ball qy., PA; Sm., straw-yellow xls on l.s.; MIN; Display
647 Talc; Cedar
Hill qy., PA; Translucent, pale-green, foliated aggregate; MIN; Display
667 Calcite;
H.R. Miller qy., PA; Modified xls w/overgrowths; MIN; Display
748 Goethite;
Lancaster, PA; Sharp, brown, cubic xl after pyrite; MIN; Display
764 Brucite;
Cedar Hill qy., PA; Pearly, white foliated mass; MIN; Display
836 Nakauriite;
Cedar Hill qy., PA; Sm. aggregates of fibrous, blue xls on serpentine; MIN; Display
255 Group Total Valuation $100
to $150;
1159 Quartz; Hiddenite,
Alexander Co., NC; Lg., limpid, xls in parallel growth on muscovite; CAB; Display
256 Group Total Valuation $64
to $96;
122 Wulfenite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Minute orange xls on pyromorphite; SC; Reference
397 Pyromorphite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Glistening, green druse on quartz; MIN; Display
423 Ankerite; SW
(New) Chester County mine, PA; Curved, rhombohedral dolomite xls; SC; Display
573 Quartz; SW
(New) Chester County mine, PA; Cavity of compact, clear, colorless xls; CAB; Display
257 Group Total Valuation $76
to $114;
1040 Malachite; Copper Queen
mine, Bisbee, AZ; Green, mammillary mass; CAB; Display
258 Group Total Valuation $108
to $162;
133 Vanadinite;
Montgomery mine, PA; Tiny, slender, gray-brown xls on matrix; SC; Reference
429 Azurite;
Morris mine, PA; Blue incrustation w/malachite; SC; Reference
446 Pyromorphite;
Morris mine, PA; Light-green mass; MIN; Reference
452 Malachite;
Morris mine, PA; Bright-green coating on calcite; MIN; Display
454 Cerussite;
Morris mine, PA; Xline aggregate, w/galena; MIN; Display
455 Chrysocolla;
Morris mine, PA; Blue-green crust on weathered pyromorphite; MIN; Reference
456 Hemimorphite;
Morris mine, PA; Fibrous coating w/galena; MIN; Reference
466 Pyromorphite;
Montgomery mine, PA; Glistening, green druse on quartz; MIN; Display
259 Group Total Valuation $56
to $84;
1011 Corundum (Ruby);
Matabatu Mtns., Tanganyika; Opaque, intergrown, tabular xls; MIN; Display
1199 Smithsonite; Algeria;
Porous, blue-gray mass; MIN; Reference
1226 Epidote; Prince of
Wales Is., AK; Shining dark-green xl on matrix; MIN; Display
1401 Molybdenite; York Pen.,
S. Australia; Foliated, metallic masses; CAB; Display
260 Group Total Valuation $180
to $270;
126 Pyromorphite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Shining, dark-green prisms, lining quartz vug (ex Williams Minerals);
CAB; Display
261 Group Total Valuation $60
to $90;
1222 Stibnite; Xi-Kuang-Shan
mine, Len-Shui-Jiang, Hunan Prov. China; Divergent, bright, metallic xls, partially
encrusted, on quartz; SC; Display
262 Group Total Valuation $40
to $60;
1352 Celestine; Agrigento,
Sicily; Clusters of terminated xls on massive sulfur; LG CAB; Display
263 Group Total Valuation $96
to $144;
1290 Mimetite; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Yellowish-brown xls on matrix ; SC; Display
264 Group Total Valuation $45
to $68;
18 Quartz
(Smoky); Phoenixville Tunnel, PA; Gray xls w/ferroan dolomite; SC; Reference
23 Dolomite
(Ferroan); Phoenixville Tunnel, PA; Sparse xls on matrix; CAB; Reference
25 Pyrite;
Phoenixville Tunnel, PA; Drusy xls w/calcite xls; SC; Reference
36 Dolomite
(Ferroan); Phoenixville Tunnel, PA; Xls on matrix; MIN; Reference
40 Dolomite
(Ferroan); Phoenixville Tunnel, PA; Xls on matrix; MIN; Reference
223 Quartz;
Phoenixville Tunnel, PA; Colorless xls on dolomite; MIN; Display
816 Calcite;
Phoenixville Tunnel, PA; Clear, tan, apering xls; SC; Display
265 Group Total Valuation $136
to $204;
1095 Quartx (Rutilated); Bahia, M.G.,
Brazil; Limpid xl w/abundant rutile inclusions; SC; Display
1205 Beryl (Aquamarine);
Minas Gerais, Brazil; Transparent, pale-green xl; SC; Display
1463 Quartz; Chia mine,
M.G., Brazil; Lg., xl surrounded by sm. xls in parallel growth; CAB; Display
266 Group Total Valuation $124
to $187;
108 Quartz;
Phoenix mine, PA; Lg. equant xl on xled vug; SC; Display
367 Cerussite;
Montgomery mine, PA; Pearly, white, twinned xls w/pyromorphite; CAB; Display
381 Pyromorphite;
Phoenix mine, PA; Green xls in vug; SC; Display
427 Epidote;
Phoenix mine, PA; Stubby, gray-green xls on quartz; SC; Display
470 Pyromorphite;
Montgomery mine, PA; Glistening, green druse on quartz; MIN; Display
481 Malachite;
Montgomery mine, PA; Acicular xls on quartz w/anglesite; MIN; Display
642 Quartz;
Phoenix mine, PA; Shining, clear, equant xl; MIN; Display
643 Galena;
Phoenix mine, PA; Shining, cubic cleavages on quartz; SC; Display
1023 Albite; Virgem de Lapa,
M.G., Brazil; White xls w/elbaite; SC; Display
267 Group Total Valuation $40
to $60;
1036 Harmotome; Strontian,
Scotland; Group of white xls (John S. Albanese label); MIN; Display
1201 Cerussite; Leadhills,
Scotland; Network of sm., white, twinned xls on Galena (John S. Albanese label); MIN;
Display
268 Group Total Valuation $60
to $90;
330
Quartz; Overbrook, Philadelphia, PA; Lg. clear, colorless
xl w/phantom; CAB; Display
269 Group Total Valuation $120
to $180;
376
Pyromorphite; Wheatley mine, PA; Shining, dark-green xls
over matrix; MIN; Display
270 Group Total Valuation $84
to $126;
52 Copper
(Native); West Ridge qy., Adams Co., PA; Massive metal on greenstone; CAB; Display
322 Strontianite;
Winfield qy., PA; Radial clusters on calcite; CAB; Display
354 Calcite;
Winfield qy., PA; Transparent scalenohedra on l.s.; CAB; Display
807 Sr-Calcite;
Winfield qy., PA; Steep, orange xls (fl.); MIN; Display
883 Wavellite;
Moore's Mill, PA; Globular clusters of white xls on cryptomelane; MIN; Display
271 Group Total Valuation $72
to $108;
216
Apatite; C.K. Williams qy., PA; Greenish-blue, hexagonal
prism on gneiss; MIN; Display
729 Apatite-(CaF);
Silver Hill qy., PA; Greenish-white, hexagonal prisms w/lg. actinolite blades; MIN;
Display
272 Group Total Valuation $80
to $120;
1404 Rhodochrosite; American
Tunnel, Sunnyside mine, Silverton, CO; Intergrown, pink xls on drusy milky quartz xls;
CAB; Display
273 Group Total Valuation $97
to $146;
24 Quartz
(Smoky); Phoenixville Tunnel, PA; Gray xls w/ferroan dolomite; MIN; Display
370 Quartz;
Brookdale mine, PA; Lg., doubly terminated xls on xl clusters; SC; Display
449 Galena;
Brookdale mine, PA; Lead-gray cleavages on quartz; MIN; Display
506 Quartz
(Amethyst); Mt. Pleasant, PA; Cluster of pale-violet xls; MIN; Display
520 Quartz; T.
Eachus qy., Chester Co., PA; Slender xls w/calcite overgrowths, Jefferis loc.; MIN;
Reference
614 Quartz
(Smoky); Mt. Pleasant, PA; Cluster of equant, morian xls; SC; Display
737 Quartz;
Mechanicsburg, PA; Colloform, milky rosettes; MIN; Display
1372 Quartz; Phoenixville
dist., PA; Lg. plate of xls; LG CAB; Display
274 Group Total Valuation $76
to $114;
350 Beryl;
Steidler's pegmatite, PA; Irregular xl section w/columbite; CAB; Display
539 Rutile;
Parkesburg, PA; Shining, brown xl section in quartz; MIN; Display
556 Goethite;
Johnson farm, Oxford, PA; Blackish-brown, fibrous mass, ex Brubaker Coll. ; MIN; Display
559 Clinochlore;
Oxford, PA; Scaly, deep-purple xls w/talc, ex Brubaker Coll.; MIN; Display
583 Gibbsite;
General Trimble's mine, PA; Pearly, white crust on limonite; MIN; Reference
790 Corundum;
Corundum Hill, PA; Gray-brown, bipyramidal xl; MIN; Display
799 Columbite;
Steidler's pegmatite, PA; Short, black, prismatic xls in pegmatite; MIN; Display
275 Group Total Valuation $240
to $360;
391
Cerussite; Wheatley mine, PA; Lg. transparent xl in quartz
vug (ex Peter Zodac Coll. via J. Lininger); CAB; Extraordinary
276 Group Total Valuation $80
to $120;
954 Pyromorphite;
Mapimi, Durango, Mexico; Sm. xls on calcite w/wulfenite; MIN; Display
1127 Grossular; Sierra
Mojada, Coahuila, Mexico; Rose-red dodecahedrons; MIN; Display
1310 Quartz (Amethyst);
Santa Margarita, Guerrero, Mexico; Two, lilac-colored scepter xls; MIN; Display
1334 Apatite; Durango,
Mexico; Pale, yellow xls on matrix; MIN; Display
277 Group Total Valuation $96
to $144;
939 Pyromorphite;
Berizoiff, Urals, Russia; Dense aggregate of light-green xls; MIN; Display
949 Pyromorphite;
Plynlimon, Cardiganshire, Wales; Dense group of green xls on quartz; MIN; Display
981 Pyromorphite;
Zschokan, Saxony, Germany; Lg., yellow-green xls on gossan; MIN; Display
983 Pyromorphite;
Cumberland, England; Yellow-green, rounded aggregate (old label); MIN; Display
984 Pyromorphite;
Shoshone Co., ID; Lt.-green xls on matrix; MIN; Display
278 Group Total Valuation $56
to $84;
239
Malachite; King of Prussia, PA; Green acicular xls on
drusy quartz; MIN; Display
860 Quartz
(Amethyst); Collegeville, PA; Violet-gray, Columnar xl; SC; Display
869 Goethite;
Oreland, PA; Brownish-black, metallic mass; CAB; Display
279 Group Total Valuation $96
to $144;
170 Quartz
(Amethyst); Lenape, PA; Group of clear, purple, equant, terminated xls; MIN; Display
280 Group Total Valuation $64
to $96;
45 Garnet;
Avondale, Chester Co., PA; Coarse, reddish-brown xl; MIN; Reference
534 Wavellite;
Moore's Mill, PA; Radial clusters of white needles; MIN; Display
584 Cryptomelane;
White Rocks, PA; Black, mammillary mass; MIN; Display
586 Calcite;
Jersey Shore, Qy. A, PA; Blocky, wine-yellow xls; MIN; Display
588 Copper
(Native); West Ridge qy., Adams Co., PA; Metal leaves on quartz; MIN; Display
595 Wavellite;
General Trimble's mine, PA; Sparse, white needles on limonite; MIN; Reference
611 Quartz
(Chalcedony); Mt. Holly Springs, PA; Semi-banded, oval concretion; MIN; Display
626 Quartz
(Amethyst); Mt. Pleasant, PA; Equant, violet-gray xl; MIN; Display
628 Goethite;
Devault, PA; Two, limonite pseudos after pyrite; MIN; Display
630 Chloropal;
Mountainville, PA; Pistachio-green, waxy mass; MIN; Display
631 Quartz;
Bevan's orchard, Chester Co., PA; Translucent, doubly terminated xl; MIN; Display
632 Actinolite;
Cornog, PA; Green, fibrous mat w/minute pyrite xls; MIN; Display
650 Nakauriite;
Cedar Hill qy., PA; Fibrous, blue surface on serpentine; MIN; Reference
281 Group Total Valuation $52
to $78;
1056 Danburite; Mina San
Sebastian, Charcas, San Luis Potosi, Mexico; White prisms w/calcite; SC; Display
1097 Lepidolite; Governador
Valadares, M.G., Brazil; Rose mica replacing green tourmaline xls; MIN; Display
1105 Molybdenite; Copper
Mine Point, Virgin Gorda, British West Indies; Metallic, lead-gray, foliated mass on
quartz (ex J.H. Marshall, Jr.); CAB; Reference
1137 Elbaite; Minas Gerais,
Brazil; Slender, dark-green xl on matrix; MIN; Display
282 Group Total Valuation $92
to $138;
1107 Mimetite; Dry Gill
mine, Cumberland, England; Yellow-brown, rounded, xline aggregate on matrix; SC; Display
1108 Witherite; Alston Moor,
Cumberland, England; Grayish-white, xline pyramids on matrix; SC; Display
1115 Hematite; Cumberland,
England; Reddish-gray Pencil ore (ex Harold Arndt, Ward's label); SC; Reference
283 Group Total Valuation $140
to $210;
863 Quartz
(Amethyst); Media, Del. Co., PA; Stout xl w/clear, purple termination; SC; Display
284 Group Total Valuation $68
to $103;
60 Quartz
(Amethyst); Mt. Pleasant, PA; Equant, pale-purple, terminated xls on quartz; MIN; Display
62 Brucite;
Cedar Hill qy., Lancaster Co., PA; Translucent, white, tabular xls on matrix; MIN; Display
682 Antigorite
(Williamsite); Wood's mine, PA; Four, sm., polished slabs of green williamsite; MIN;
Display
689 Antigorite
(Chrome); Wood's mine, PA; Fibrous, purple, compact, xline aggregate w/chromite; SC;
Display
713 Pyrite; Blue
Ball qy., PA; Five, brass-yellow, cubic xls; MIN; Display
862 Quartz
(Smoky); Mt. Pleasant, PA; Equant, brownish-black, zoned xl; MIN; Display
885 Talc; Cedar
Hill qy., PA; Foliated, silvery-green mases w/magnesite; SC; Display
285 Group Total Valuation $32
to $48;
144 Anglesite;
Wetherill mine, Audubon, PA; Coarse xline, black to gray coating on galena (old label);
MIN; Display
286 Group Total Valuation $80
to $120;
1164 Azurite; Copper Queen
mine, Bisbee, AZ; Glistening, dark-blue, tabular prisms, partially replaced by malachite;
SC; Display
1169 Malachite; Bisbee, AZ;
Globular, greeen mass; SC; Display
287 Group Total Valuation $120
to $180;
1247 Silver (Native); Hi Ho
mine, Glen Lake, Coleman Twp., Timishaming dist., Ontario, Canada; Silvery, metallic,
granular veins in rock (ex J. Kenneth Fisher Coll.); CAB; Extraordinary
288 Group Total Valuation $108
to $162;
387
Anglesite; Wheatley mine, PA; Gray, xled group,
w/cerussite in galena vug; MIN; Display
465 Wulfenite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Orange, pyramidal xls on limonite gossan; MIN; Display
475 Pyromorphite;
Phoenixville district, PA; Drusy xls on quartz vug (ex Oldach Coll.); SC; Display
289 Group Total Valuation $68
to $102;
997 Corundum;
Wood's Creek mine, Haywood Co., NC; Blue-gray xl and polished xl section; MIN; Display
1192 Corundum; Propst Farm,
Maiden, NC; Stubby, columbine-red xl; MIN; Display
1439 Rutile; Shelby, NC;
Red-brown xls on mica; MIN; Display
1456 Muscovite; Shelby, NC;
Mica xls w/rutile incls; MIN; Reference
290 Group Total Valuation $140
to $210;
55 Quartz
(Smoky); Overbrook, Philadelphia, PA; Large terminated xl w/small xls attached; CAB;
Display
291 Group Total Valuation $76
to $114;
258
Pyroaurite; Cedar Hill qy., PA; Silky, white xls
w/magnesite; SC; Display
343 Brucite;
Cedar Hill qy., PA; Lg. white, xled mass; CAB; Display
718 Apatite-(CaF);
Silver Hill qy., PA; Polished slab of flesh xls in green, bladed actinolite (repaired);
CAB; Display
1375 Actinolite; Silver Hill
qy., PA; Lg. green xline blades w/calcite & hematite; LG CAB; Display
292 Group Total Valuation $89
to $134;
1047 Wavellite; Montgomery
Co., AR; Gray-green sunbrusts & hemispheres on matrix; CAB; Display
1123 Quartz; Mt. Ida, AR;
Water-clear xls w/incls.; MIN; Display
1162 Wavellite; Pencil
Bluff, Montgomery Co., AR; Radiate, green xline clusters; MIN; Display
1314 Quartz; Mt. Ida, AR;
Clear, colorless xls; CAB; Display
1431 Quartz; Mt Ida, AR;
Japan-Law twin xl; MIN; Display
293 Group Total Valuation $156
to $234;
1012 Tourmaline; Kunar
Prov., Afghanistan; Pink & green elbaite xls w/smoky quartz & cleavelandite; SC;
Display
1126 Topaz; Nuristan Region,
Afghanistan; Straw-yellow, limpid, terminated xl; MIN; Display
1133 Beryl (Aquamarine); Gur
Salak, Kunar Prov., Afghanistan; Limpid, ice-blue xl on cleavelandite xls; MIN; Display
1195 Elbaite; Kunar Prov.,
Afghanistan; Blue-green, columnar xl embayed in smoky qartz; MIN; Display
294 Group Total Valuation $64
to $96;
888 Quartz;
Freeland, Carbon Co., PA; Lg., water-clear, right-handed xl; CAB; Display
295 Group Total Valuation $140
to $210;
1271 Cerussite; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Tabular, brown to gray-white xlspartially coated w/drusy, green,
pyromorphite--1967; CAB; Display
296 Group Total Valuation $100
to $150;
143 Hemimorphite;
Friedensville zinc mines, PA; Drusy, sheaf-like xls in cavities; CAB; Display
517 Galena; New
Galena, PA; Two, shining, metallic cleavages in matrix ; MIN; Reference
521 Goethite;
Hellertown, PA; Shining, mammillary, black mass; MIN; Display
549 Aragonite;
Ziegenfuss qy., PA; Stalactitic, white, xline mass, ex Allen V. Heyl; SC; Display
666 Galena; New
Galena, PA; Glistening, lead-gray cleavage; MIN; Display
759 Corundum;
Shimersville, PA; Barrel-shaped xl section; MIN; Display
819 Zinc-Oxide;
Palmerton, PA; Drusy, yellowish-white surface, product of NJZ smelter (Fl.); SC; Display
849 Chloropal;
Mountainville, PA; Yellowish, earthy mass; MIN; Display
297 Group Total Valuation $100
to $150;
56 Andradite;
Shillington, PA; Dark brown xls on skarn; CAB; Display
209 Aragonite;
Kutztown, PA; Radiated, snow-white xls; MIN; Display
240 Calcite;
Harrisburg, PA; Transparent, icicle-shaped xl; MIN; Display
278 Nesquehonite;
Nesquehoning, PA; Compact aggregate of radiated, gray xls; MIN; Display
590 Dickite; St.
Clair,PA; Granular, bone-white coating on quartz; MIN; Display
692 Quartz;
Freeland, PA; Cluster of sm., clear, colorless xls; MIN; Display
847 Quartz;
Wadesville colliery, PA; Water-clear xl w/chlorite; MIN; Display
298 Group Total Valuation $96
to $144;
101 Fluorite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Sm. colorless, cubic xls covering matrix; SC; Display
299 Group Total Valuation $128
to $192;
1010 Celestine; Ciangiana,
Sicily, Italy; Xls, w/sulfur, on matrix ; CAB;
Display
1181 Hematite; Cantierg
Bacino, Rio Marina, Elba, Italy; Group of shining, stubby, black xls; MIN; Display
1183 Pyrite; Niccioleta,
Massa Maratina, Gaverraro, Italy; Group of striated, cubic xls; SC; Display
300 Group Total Valuation $400
to $600;
116 Pyromorphite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Green, acicular xls covering quartz (ex Robert Hesse Coll.); CAB;
Extraordinary
301 Group Total Valuation $124
to $186;
1237 Tennantite; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Dense aggregate of sharp, black to frosty xls; CAB; Display
1239 Willemite; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Gray-brown, rounded xline aggregate; CAB; Display
1265 Calcite; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Plate of pale, clove-brown rhombic xls; CAB; Display
302 Group Total Valuation $132
to $198;
1053 Arsenopyrite; Hidalgo
de Parrel, Chihuahua, Mexico; Group of lg., silvery-gray xls; CAB; Display
1315 Quartz (Amethyst);
Santa Margarita, Guerrero, Mexico; Pale-violet xls on drusy quartz; CAB; Display
1322 Gypsum (Selenite);
Naica, Mexico; Transparent, elongated single xl; CAB; Display
1365 Vanadinite; Sierra Los
Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico; Yellow-brown xls w/descloizite on matrix; CAB; Display
303 Group Total Valuation $40
to $60;
1379 Calcite (Helictite);
Paxtang, PA; Stalactitic formation; LG CAB; Display
304 Group Total Valuation $120
to $180;
855 Rutile;
Pequea sliver mine, PA; Reddish-brown prisms w/quartz, calcite & mica; CAB; Display
305 Group Total Valuation $104
to $156;
268
Brucite; Cornwall mines, PA; Pearly, white xls &
cleavages on matrix; MIN; Display
287 Analcime;
Cornwall mines, PA; Trapezohedrons w/laumontite; SC; Display
706 Andradite;
Cornwall mines, PA; Sm., glistening, brown xls ; MIN; Display
753 Natrolite;
Cornwall mines, PA; Globular, white, fibrous aggregates; CAB; Display
804 Apophyllite;
Cornwall mines, PA; Clear, colorless, tabular xls; MIN; Display
306 Group Total Valuation $217
to $326;
934 Pyromorphite;
Mt. Isa, Queensland, Australia; Lg., yellowish xls on matrix, w/old label; MIN; Display
935 Pyromorphite;
San Andreas mine, Villavicosa de Cordoba, Cordoba Prov., Spain; Yellowish-green xls on
matrix (ex Bob Jenkins); MIN; Display
951 Pyromorphite;
Wu Du, Guang Xi Prov., China; Glistening, apple-green xls covering matrix; MIN; Display
966 Pyromorphite;
Charlestown dist., San Pedro River, AZ; Drusy green xls w/orange wulfenite; MIN; Display
967 Pyromorphite;
Grube Rosenberg, Braubach, Germany; Glistening group of pale-brown to gray-white xls; MIN;
Display
982 Pyromorphite;
Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico; Olive-green xls on dolomite; MIN; Display
307 Group Total Valuation $112
to $168;
1354 Azurite; Morenci,
Greenlee Co., AZ; Drusy, blue, stalactitic groups w/malachite; CAB; Display
1465 Azurite; Helvetia
dist., Sierrita Mtns. Pima Co., AZ; Bright blue xls and masses w/malachite; CAB; Display
308 Group Total Valuation $62
to $93;
8
Garnet; Cornwall mines, PA; Dark xl on skarn; SC; Display
16 Magnetite;
French Creek mines, PA; Black xls w/calcite; SC; Reference
41 Calcite;
Phoenixville Tunnel, PA; Xls on matrix; SC; Reference
82 Chondrodite;
Harvey's qy., PA; Honey-yellow grains in marble; SC; Reference
87 Columbite;
Steidler's pegmatite, PA; Black xl sections on matrix; SC; Reference
246 Amphibole;
Rock Hill qy., PA; Compact aggregate of slender, green, bladed xls; SC; Display
259 Kyanite;
Darby, Del. Co., PA; Blue blades on quartz; SC; Display
286 Limonite;
Hellertown, PA; Stalactitic mass; SC; Display
599 Deweylite;
West Chester, PA; Greenish-yellow to brown, waxy mass; SC; Display
761 Brookite;
Kline's qy., PA; Intergrown w/anatase replacing ilmenite plates; SC; Reference
851 Antigorite
(Chrome); Wood's mine, PA; Compact, purplish-red, fibrous mass on chromite; SC; Display
309 Group Total Valuation $180
to $270;
856 Rutile;
Parkesburg, PA; Lg., reddish-brown, geniculated twin xl; MIN; Extraordinary
310 Group Total Valuation $260
to $390;
1244 Silver (Native);
Athabasca mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada; Tarnished, gray mass in ore--2+ lbs. (ex J.
Kenneth Fisher Coll.); CAB; Extraordinary
311 Group Total Valuation $61
to $92;
173 Quartz;
Overbrook, Philadelphia, PA; Flattened, terminated xl w/inclusions; MIN; Display
525 Garnet;
Sharpless' qy., Del. Co., PA; Red, flattened xls in muscovite; MIN; Display
676 Beryl;
Trainer's farm, Del. Co., PA; Green xl section; MIN; Display
755 Staurolite;
Fairmount Park, PA; Brown, prismatic xls in schist; CAB; Display
842 Microcline;
Morton, Del. Co., PA; Flesh-colored, twin xl ; MIN; Display
854 Clinochlore
(Penninite); Delaware Co., PA; Mass of emerald-green scales; CAB; Display
312 Group Total Valuation $112
to $168;
1042 Copper (Native); Copper
Queen mine, Bisbee, AZ; Freeform aggregate of knobby, masive, clusters; CAB; Display
1055 Azurite; Bisbee,
Arizona; Blue druse on limonite; CAB; Display
1068 Malachite; Bisbee, AZ;
Polished, compact, banded green mass; SC; Display
313 Group Total Valuation $148
to $222;
1032 Jamesonite; Mina Noche,
Buena Mazapil, Zacatecas, Mexico; Steel-gray, spray of xls with pyrite; SC; Display
1350 Hemimorphite; Mina
Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico; Clear, colorless blades on limonite; CAB; Display
1364 Vanadinite; Sierra Los
Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico; Yellow-brown xls w/descloizite on matrix; CAB; Display
314 Group Total Valuation $72
to $108;
210
Wavellite; Lime Ridge, PA; Apple-green, xline spheres on
rock; MIN; Display
234 Smithsonite;
Doughty mine, PA; Drusy xls, lining vug; MIN; Display
352 Calcite;
Winfield qy., PA; White scalenohedra on l.s.; CAB; Display
519 Calcite;
Jersey Shore, Qy. A, PA; Cluster of clear, colorless xls;
MIN; Display
782 Calcite;
Winfield qy., PA; Scalenohedra on l.s.; SC; Display
894 Fluorite;
New Paris qy., PA; Purple, cubic xls on calcite; SC; Display
315 Group Total Valuation $240
to $360;
393
Cerussite; Wheatley mine, PA; Lg. translucent, tabular xls
w/malachite on matrix; CAB; Extraordinary
316 Group Total Valuation $100
to $150;
1240 Mimetite; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Drusy, yellow xls on dark-green mottramite crust, on calcite cleavage; CAB;
Display
1285 Aragonite; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Bluish-green, spear-shaped xls w/matrix; CAB; Display
317 Group Total Valuation $80
to $120;
1198 Columbite; Black Hills,
SD; Metallic, black, tabular terminated, xl on feldspar; MIN; Display
318 Group Total Valuation $216
to $324;
94 Hemimorphite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Clusters of white acicular xls on quartz (ex Brubaker Coll.); MIN;
Display
358 Stolzite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Yellowish-gray pyramidal xls; MIN; Reference
432 Cerussite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Grayish-white, blocky xl on galena cleavage; MIN; Display
438 Pyromorphite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Glistening, grass-green xls on quartz gossan; MIN; Display
444 Azurite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Dark-blue, xline druse on galena; MIN; Display
319 Group Total Valuation $101
to $152;
114 Galena;
Brookdale mine, PA; Gray, cubic cleavages & xls ; MIN; Display
359 Stolzite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Yellowish-gray pyramidal xls w/pyromorphite & wulfenite; CAB;
Reference
377 Pyromorphite;
Brookdale mine, PA; Medium-green, prismatic xls & globular clusters; MIN; Display
443 Pyromorphite;
Charlestown mine, PA; Sparse, drusy xls on barite casts; SC; Reference
489 Galena;
Wheatley mine, PA; Lead-gray, xl-cleavage; SC; Display
567 Pyromorphite;
Brookdale mine, PA; Drusy, green coating on quartz; MIN; Display
581 Cerussite;
Brookdale mine, PA; Granular aggregate w/galena; MIN; Reference
320 Group Total Valuation $120
to $180;
874 Hemimorphite;
Friedensville zinc mines, PA; Xline druses in white, stalactitic aggregates; CAB;
Extraordinary
321 Group Total Valuation $156
to $234;
78 Andradite;
Warwick mine, PA; Xls on conglomerate; MIN; Display
159 Apophyllite;
French Creek mines, PA; Colorless, tabular xls; MIN; Display
182 Chalcopyrite;
French Creek mines, PA; Brass-yellow tetrahedra on magnetite; MIN; Display
193 Pyrite;
French Creek mines, PA; Single, octahedral xl; MIN; Display
222 Calcite;
French Creek mines, PA; Sub-transparent spar; MIN; Display
743 Pyrite;
French Creek mines, PA; Tarnished xls on calcite; SC; Display
795 Apophyllite;
Grace mine, PA; Shining, clear, colorless, tabular xls; MIN; Display
1235 Cerussite; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Coarse, xline network of tabular xls w/limonite; CAB; Display
322 Group Total Valuation $92
to $138;
1238 Calcite; Onganja,
Namibia (SWA); Transparent, light-brown rhombs; CAB; Display
1268 Descloisite;
Grootfontein, SWA; Well-developed, brown xl group; CAB; Display
323 Group Total Valuation $60
to $90;
1416 Almandine; Oetztal,
Tyrol, Austria; Sharp, reddish-brown xls on schist; LG CAB; Display
324 Group Total Valuation $80
to $120;
212
Calcite; Winfield qy., PA; Scalenohedra on dolomite; SC;
Display
277 Quartz;
Freeland, Carbon Co., PA; Single, transparent xl; MIN; Display
531 Clinozoisite;
Cornog, PA; Green prisms in quartz; MIN; Display
607 Calcite;
Hanover qy., PA; Single, translucent, yellowish, hexagonal xl; MIN; Display
635 Actinolite;
Cornog, PA; Green, fibrous mat w/sm. prehnite xls; MIN; Display
744 Calcite;
Thomasville qy., PA; Modified scalenohedron; SC; Display
811 Prehnite;
Cornog, PA; White, platy xls; MIN; Display
891 Quartz;
Freeland, PA; Clear, colorless xls; MIN; Display
325 Group Total Valuation $320
to $480;
267
Copper (Native); Cornwall mines, PA; Dendritic xls on
magnetite & pyrite, ex Dewey Bernard Coll. 1944; MIN; Extraordinary
326 Group Total Valuation $172
to $258;
92 Pyromorphite;
Brookdale mine, PA; Shining dark-green, drusy xls on quartz xls; SC; Display
150 Pyromorphite;
Chester County mine, PA; Green, xline crust on lg. quartz xls; CAB; Display
388 Pyromorphite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Green, xline druse around cavity w/cerussite; SC; Display
415 Chalcopyrite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Brass-yellow, platy mass w/quartz xls; SC; Display
491 Galena;
Wheatley mine, PA; Lead-gray cleavage partially covered w/pyromorphite; SC; Display
565 Pyromorphite;
Chester County mine, PA; Granular, green coating on quartz; MIN; Display
571 Pyromorphite;
Brookdale mine, PA; Sm. med.-green xls on quartz gossan; MIN; Display
327 Group Total Valuation $104
to $156;
1052 Pyrite; Cut stope,
Leadville, CO; Group of modified xls (ex Ken Fisher Coll.); CAB; Display
1252 Erythrite; Frontier
mine, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada; Earthy, crimson crust covering rock-3 pcs. (ex J. Kenneth
Fisher Coll.); MIN; Reference
1254 Scheelite; McIntyre
mine, Porcupine, Ontario, Canada; Brownish masses in quartz (ex J. Kenneth Fisher Coll.);
SC; Reference
328 Group Total Valuation $40
to $60;
1386 Goethite; Knickerbocker
qy., PA; Massive hollow concretion lined with limonite, & lepidocrocite ; LG CAB;
Display
329 Group Total Valuation $100
to $150;
90 Galena;
Phoenixville district, PA; Gray, cubic cleavages on plate of quartz xls; CAB; Display
96 Calcite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Lg. tranxparent, hexagonal xls on quartz; CAB; Display
480 Hemimorphite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Drusy crust covering quartz gossan; CAB; Display
486 Pyromorphite;
Chester County mine, PA; Botryoidal, green druse on gneiss; CAB; Display
640 Pyromorphite;
Chester County mine, PA; Drusy, green xls on weathered gneiss; MIN; Display
330 Group Total Valuation $100
to $150;
886 Quartz
(Smoky); Overbrook (Philadelphia), PA; Tapering, limpid, brown xls w/old label; SC;
Extraordinary
331 Group Total Valuation $144
to $216;
149 Clinozoisite;
Cornog, PA; Green, bladed xls on quartz; CAB; Display
312 Quartz;
Cornog, PA; Columnar, striated, green xl section w/actinolite; CAB; Display
673 Prehnite;
Cornog, PA; Dense aggregate of sharp, tabular, colorless xls; CAB; Display
746 Adularia;
Cornog, PA; Gray-white xls w/yellow-brown clinozoisite blades & fibrous actinolite;
SC; Display
332 Group Total Valuation $280
to $420;
127 Cerussite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Translucent, white xls in vug of gray galena (ex Bryon Brookmyer); SC;
Extraordinary
333 Group Total Valuation $96
to $144;
499 Hydrozincite;
Doughty mine, Sunbury, PA; White, xline druse on botryoidal calcite (fluorescent); CAB;
Display
893 Smithsonite;
Doughty mine, PA; Dull, white to gray, botryoidal xline coating; SC; Display
334 Group Total Valuation $72
to $108;
171 Quartz
(Amethyst); Lenape, PA; Clear, purple, terminated xl; MIN; Display
335 Group Total Valuation $200
to $300;
1028 Tourmaline; Cruzeiro
mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Green & rose-red xls w/pink lepidolite on quartz; CAB;
Display
336 Group Total Valuation $72
to $108;
198 Pyrite;
French Creek mines, PA; Brass-yellow, octahedral xls on magnetite; MIN; Display
881 Pyrite;
French Creek mines, PA; Brass-yellow, curved, cubic xls on magnetite xls w/calcite xls;
SC; Display
337 Group Total Valuation $60
to $90;
1299 Stibnite; Felsobanya,
Hungary; Coated, acicular xls w/tabular, grayish-white barite xls (ex George Brigham
Coll., Boston Soc. of Nat'l. His.); CAB; Display
338 Group Total Valuation $77
to $116;
172 Quartz
(Amethyst); Pocopson, PA; Doubly terminated, clear, purple xl; MIN; Display
175 Quartz
(Amethyst); Collegeville, PA; Slender, terminated xl w/smoky phantom; MIN; Display
505 Quartz
(Amethyst); Mt. Pleasant, PA; Cluster of pale-violet xls; MIN; Display
339 Group Total Valuation $68
to $102;
390
Cerussite; Wheatley mine, PA; Xled aggregate lining cavity
in galena; MIN; Display
436 Sphalerite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Dark-brown, resinous xl w/quartz xls; MIN; Display
340 Group Total Valuation $320
to $480;
1289 Pyromorphite; Tsumeb,
SWA (Namibia); Olive-green, hexagonal xls on a network of acicular xls; SC; Extraordinary
341 Group Total Valuation $40
to $60;
802 Gold;
Lancaster Co., PA; Minute, gold-yellow placer flakes in a vial; MIN; Reference
342 Group Total Valuation $132
to $198;
217
Calcite; Cornwall mines, PA; Xls & cleavages coated
w/stilbite & pyrite; MIN; Display
248 Azurite;
Cornwall mines, PA; Blue, globular crust on limonite; SC; Display
294 Magnetite;
Cornwall mines, PA; Glistening, black xls on massive ore; MIN; Display
334 Analcime;
Cornwall mines, PA; Xls in vugs w/calcite xls & magnetite ; CAB; Display
348 Apophyllite;
Cornwall mines, PA; Clear, white, blocky xls; CAB; Display
787 Andradite;
Cornwall mines, PA; Lg. olive-brown xl on l.s.; MIN; Display
343 Group Total Valuation $60
to $90;
1412 Azurite; Tynagh,
Galway, Ireland; Drusy, dark blue xls & masses w/cerussite xls; CAB; Display
344 Group Total Valuation $96
to $144;
1389 Quartz (Amethyst);
Bolivia; Group of lg., stout, pale-violet xls on matrix; LG CAB; Display
345 Group Total Valuation $172
to $258;
366
Lead; SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Lead-gray mass,
product of a melt; CAB; Reference
372 Hemimorphite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; White, mammillary aggregates over matrix; SC; Display
484 Pyromorphite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Dark-green xls on quartz w/micro wulfenite xls; SC;
Display
485 Galena; SW
(New) Chester County mine, PA; Lead-gray xls & cleavages w/sphalerite; CAB; Display
492 Cerussite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Glimmering, colorless, twinned xls on plate of quartz
gossan; CAB; Display
346 Group Total Valuation $64
to $96;
167 Quartz
(Smoky); Trainer's farm, Del. Co., PA; Clear, smoky-brown, faceted gemstone; MIN; Display
231 Beryl;
Trainer's farm, Del. Co., PA; Translucent, bluish-green xl section; MIN; Display
527 Quartz
(Smoky); Trainer's farm, Del. Co., PA; Tapered, limpid xl section; MIN; Display
902 Tourmaline;
Trainer's farm, Del. Co., PA; Columnar, black schorl xls w/quartz; CAB; Display
347 Group Total Valuation $168
to $252;
1269 Azurite; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Xl partially replaced by malachite; MIN; Display
1274 Wulfenite; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Tabular xl (1/2) on matrix; MIN; Display
1276 Cuprite; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Sm., deep-red xls on matrix--1967; MIN; Display
1457 Wolframite; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Shiny, black xl section; MIN; Display
348 Group Total Valuation $152
to $228;
158 Pyrite;
French Creek mines, PA; Cubic xls on magnetite; MIN; Display
872 Apophyllite;
French Creek mines, PA; Lg. group of tabular, greenish xls; CAB; Extraordinary
349 Group Total Valuation $76
to $114;
160 Apophyllite;
Grace mine, PA; Tabular xls w/prehnite; MIN; Display
875 Chalcopyrite;
French Creek mines, PA; Clusters of brass-yellow, tarnished sphenoids; CAB; Extraordinary
350 Group Total Valuation $480
to $720;
91 Anglesite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Large, transparent, colorless, terminated prisms on galena, (ex
Lawrence Conklin, via Lininger auction) ; CAB; Extraordinary
351 Group Total Valuation $40
to $60;
1432 Garnet; Buckwheat mine,
Franklin, NJ; Lustrous, black xl--3-1/2 (col. ca 1910-15); CAB; Display
352 Group Total Valuation $126
to $189;
53 Prehnite;
John T Dyer qy., PA; Globular mass w/fibrous white natrolite; SC; Display
54 Stilbite;
Fritz Island, Berks Co., PA; Raidiated, white xls w/white pseudocubic chabazite xls (ex
F&M College, early 1900s); SC; Display
511 Stilbite;
John T. Dyer qy., PA; Drusy, colorless prisms on diabase; SC; Reference
592 Gypsum; John
T. Dyer qy., PA; Clear plates of selenite on trap rock; MIN; Display
622 Aragonite;
Berks Co., PA; Brownish-white, globular mass; MIN; Display
624 Chabazite;
John T. Dyer qy., PA; Sm., white rhombic xls on trap rock; MIN; Display
625 Actinolite;
John T. Dyer qy., PA; Green fibrous w/orthoclase & micro sphene xls; MIN; Reference
747 Zircon;
Maiden Creek Twp., Berks Co., PA; Reddish-brown, square, terminated xls on magnetite; MIN;
Display
353 Group Total Valuation $80
to $120;
1242 Copper (Native);
Tsumeb, SWA (Namibia); Dendritic, xline aggregates as incls. & coating calcite xls;
SC; Display
354 Group Total Valuation $120
to $180;
42 Apophyllite;
French Creek mines, PA; Transparent, tabular xls ; MIN; Display
43 Chalcopyrite;
French Creek mines, PA; Small, brass-yellow xls w/ drusy pyrite, on actinolite; MIN;
Display
99 Andradite;
French Creek mines, PA; Lg. xl on garnet skarn; SC; Display
157 Pyrite;
French Creek mines, PA; Cubic xls w/curved faces; MIN; Display
207 Magnetite;
French Creek mines, PA; Octahedral xls on mass; MIN; Display
293 Aragonite;
French Creek mines, PA; Clusters of radiated xls on magnetite; SC; Display
355 Group Total Valuation $260
to $390;
104 Fluorite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Intergrown, clear, colorless, cubic xls (ex Robert Hesse Coll., #409);
CAB; Extraordinary
356 Group Total Valuation $129
to $194;
152 Prehnite;
Grace mine, PA; Globular, oil-green mass lining vug in skarn; CAB; Display
203 Heulandite;
Grace mine, PA; Pearly xls in high-relief; MIN; Display
276 Magnetite;
Grace mine, PA; Glistening dodecahedrons on massive ore; MIN; Display
285 Apophyllite;
Grace mine, PA; Pearly, square, transparent prisms w/prehnite; MIN; Display
536 Anhydrite;
Grace mine, PA; Pinkish-gray, lamellar mass; SC; Display
357 Group Total Valuation $160
to $240;
1070 Stibnite; Felsobanya,
Romania; Radiating groups of steel-gray, metallic xls on matrix (ex Richard V. Gaines
Mineral Imports); CAB; Display
1217 Cerussite; Mammoth-St.
Anthony mine, Tiger, AZ; Network of colorless, twinned xls on matrix (R.V. Gaines label);
MIN; Display
1308 Quartz (Smoky);
Governador Valadares, M.G., Brazil; Limpid xls in parallel growth (ex Richard Gaines
1967); CAB; Display
358 Group Total Valuation $85
to $128;
1027 Beryl; Governador
Valadares, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Lg., terminated, green xl; CAB; Display
1106 Elbaite; Vulture mine,
M.G., Brazil; Green xl sections intergrown w/quartz xls; CAB; Reference
1311 Quartz; Diamentera,
Brazil; Clear, colorless xls; SC; Display
359 Group Total Valuation $120
to $180;
97 Wulfenite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Minute orange xls on rock; CAB; Reference
364 Descloizite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Drusy, brown xline aggregate; CAB; Reference
490 Galena;
Wheatley mine, PA; Lg. lead-gray cleavages; CAB; Display
496 Cerussite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Lg. terminated xl w/sm. tabular xls on limonite-quartz gossan; CAB;
Display
360 Group Total Valuation $260
to $390;
1324 Beryl; Glendale qy.,
Del. Co., PA; Blue, translucent xl (8) & smaller xls on quartz w/garnet ; LG CAB;
Extraordinary
361 Group Total Valuation $108
to $162;
202
Clinochlore (Ripidolite); Texas, PA; Rose-red, tabular xls
on chromite; MIN; Display
561 Antigorite
(Williamsite); Wood's mine, PA; Translucent, dark-green mass on black chromite; SC;
Display
683 Zaratite;
Wood's mine, PA; Emerald-green coating on chromium clinochlore & chrome-antigorite;
CAB; Display
688 Antigorite
(Chrome); Wood's mine, PA; Fibrous, purple, compact, xline aggregate w/chromite; SC;
Display
362 Group Total Valuation $124
to $186;
64 Garnet;
Leiperville, Del. Co., PA; Large, deep-red, irregular xls w/small xls on schist; SC;
Display
166 Andalusite;
Leiperville, Del. Co., PA; Sillimenite after brown, prismatic xls on matrix; SC; Display
254 Corundum;
Black Horse, Del. Co., PA; Gray xls in margarite; SC; Display
523 Microcline;
Morton, Del. Co., PA; Lg., flesh-colored xl; SC; Display
771 Beryl;
Trainer's farm, Del. Co., PA; Blue-green xl section in pegmatite; SC; Display
363 Group Total Valuation $88
to $132;
168 Quartz; Blue
Hill, Del. Co., PA; green, doubly terminated xls in radiated aggregate; MIN; Display
514 Beryl;
Avondale, Del. Co., PA; Mountain-green xl section on peg. (repaired); MIN; Display
840 Microcline;
Morton, Del. Co., PA; Lg., flesh-colored, twin xl ; SC; Display
871 Kyanite;
Springfield, Del. Co., PA; Long, slender, blue blades in quartz; CAB; Display
364 Group Total Valuation $116
to $174;
975 Pyromorphite;
Penberthy Croft, St. Hillary, Cornwall, England; Lustrous, apple-green xls on gossan (ex
G.S. Camm Coll., el. al.); MIN; Display
365 Group Total Valuation $64
to $96;
51 Columbite;
Steidler's pegmatite, PA; Small, black, terminated xl on coarse xled beryl; MIN; Display
71 Beryl;
Steidler's pegmatite, PA; Yellowish xl section w/columbite xls; SC; Display
835 Garnet;
Steidler's pegmatite, PA; Dark-brown xl on pegmatite; MIN; Display
838 Columbite;
Steidler's pegmatite, PA; Sm., black xls on beryl; MIN; Display
366 Group Total Valuation $240
to $360;
130 Anglesite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Lg., colorless to white xl on galena (ex Senaamont Coll. via G.
Gauthier) ; MIN; Extraordinary
367 Group Total Valuation $160
to $240;
859 Beryl;
Coatesville, PA; Lg., green, hexagonal xl w/quartz & radiated mica; CAB; Display
368 Group Total Valuation $80
to $120;
445 Pyromorphite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Shining, green xline druse; MIN; Display
462 Pyromorphite;
Chester County mine, PA; Glimmering xls on gossan; MIN; Display
566 Pyromorphite;
Chester County mine, PA; Granular, green coating on quartz; MIN; Display
569 Pyromorphite;
Brookdale mine, PA; Globular, xline crust on quartz gossan; MIN; Display
574 Pyromorphite;
Phoenixville dist., PA; Shining, dark-green xls w/sm orange wulfenite xls; MIN; Display
577 Pyromorphite;
Charlestown mine, PA; Granular crust on gossan; SC; Reference
369 Group Total Valuation $48
to $72;
281
Nesquehonite; Nesquehoning, PA; Compact aggregate of
radiated, gray xls; SC; Extraordinary
370 Group Total Valuation $140
to $210;
220
Quartz; Cornog, PA; Stout, limpid xl w/inclusions; SC;
Display
257 Prehnite;
Cornog, PA; Stubby, curved xls w/actinolite; SC; Display
316 Orthoclase;
Cornog, PA; Gray-white adularia xls on dense mat of actinolite; CAB; Display
319 Actinolite;
Cornog, PA; Thick, fibrous byssolite on rock; CAB; Display
371 Group Total Valuation $140
to $210;
151 Quartz
(Amethyst); Chester Co., PA; Lg., violet-blue, transparent, terminated xls (ex Pierce
Coll.); CAB; Display
372 Group Total Valuation $80
to $120;
964 Pyromorphite;
Tsumeb, SWA (Namibia); Dark-green, botryoidal growth covering quartz; MIN; Display
373 Group Total Valuation $48
to $72;
916 Kyanite;
Springfield, Del. Co., PA; Broad, blue, elongated xls on quartz w mica; CAB; Extraordinary
374 Group Total Valuation $48
to $72;
853 Wavellite;
General Trimble's mine (Dana Locality), PA; Pearly, white, stalactitic, xline aggregates ;
CAB; Display
375 Group Total Valuation $320
to $480;
123 Cerussite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Lg., Glistening, transparent xls (ex Harvard Coll., via Bryon
Brookmyer); CAB; Extraordinary
376 Group Total Valuation $80
to $120;
1029 Beryl (Morganite);
Minas Gerais, Brazil; Lg. rose-colored xl; CAB; Display
377 Group Total Valuation $32
to $48;
1370 Staurolite; Fairmount
Park, Philadelphia, PA; Brown prisms in schist; LG CAB; Display
378 Group Total Valuation $92
to $138;
134 Calcite;
Charlestown mine, PA; Translucent, white, intergrown xls ; SC; Display
135 Pyromorphite;
Charlestown mine, PA; Bright green xls covering matrix; CAB; Display
564 Barite;
Charlestown mine, PA; White cleavages; MIN; Display
379 Group Total Valuation $84
to $126;
58 Beryl;
Leiperville, Del. Co., PA; Translucent, green xl, on smoky quartz w/mica xls; CAB; Display
857 Tourmaline;
Leiperville, Del. Co., PA; Thick, black xl sections cemented by quartz; SC; Display
380 Group Total Valuation $240
to $360;
1278 Cerussite; Tsumeb, SWA
(Namibia); Radiate group of white, twinned xls on matrix w/drusy, green
pyromorphite--1967; CAB; Extraordinary
381 Group Total Valuation $60
to $90;
1383 Grossular; Eden Mills,
VT; Cinnamon-brown xlscovering matrix; LG CAB; Display
382 Group Total Valuation $68
to $102;
132 Wulfenite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Sm., equant, orange xls on weathered gneiss; SC; Display
383 Group Total Valuation $100
to $150;
1034 Barite; Frizington,
Cumberland England; Bluish-gray xls on matrix (ex Moravian Col. Coll. via trade w/Art
Montgomery) ; CAB; Display
384 Group Total Valuation $48
to $72;
192 Millerite;
Gap nickel mine, PA; Botryoidal black xline plate; MIN; Display
541 Nickel; Gap
nickel mine, PA; Cut, metal slab from slag heap; MIN; Reference
385 Group Total Valuation $180
to $270;
887 Brucite;
Texas, PA; Broad, tabular, pearly, white xls w/chromite; CAB; Extraordinary
386 Group Total Valuation $73
to $110;
249 Pyrite;
French Creek mines, PA; Sharp, octahedral xls on actinolite & magnetite; MIN; Display
882 Apophyllite;
French Creek mines, PA; Glistening, colorless, square prisms on matrix; SC; Display
1435 Gypsum (Selenite);
French Creek mines, PA; Lg., clear xl on calcite w/pyrite; LG CAB; Display
387 Group Total Valuation $96
to $144;
1466 Thumbnail Specimens;
Pennsylvania;
66 misc. PA specimens in plastic Perky
Boxes; TN; Display
388 Group Total Valuation $100
to $150;
50 Quartz
(Smoky); Overbrook, Philadelphia, PA; Cluster of grayish xls w/tiny rutile xls; MIN;
Display
389 Group Total Valuation $192
to $288;
73 Schorl;
Deshong's qy., Del. Co., PA; Equant, black, terminated xls on orthoclase (ex Samuel Wayne
Coll.); MIN; Display
717 Harmotome;
Glen Riddle, Del. Co., PA; White, cruciform penetration twins w/gibbsite on gabbro, ex
Brubaker Coll.; CAB; Display
861 Beryl;
Delaware Co., PA; Semi-transparent, blue-green xl section (Repaired); SC; Display
868 Zoisite
(Thulite); Deshong's qy., Del. Co., PA; Rose-red, granular mass w/massive, yellow-brown
grossular; CAB; Display
390 Group Total Valuation $480
to $720;
119 Pyromorphite;
Phoenixville district, PA; Resinous, green xls densely covering quartz (ex Bryon
Brookmyer); CAB; Extraordinary
392 Group Total Valuation $180
to $270;
139 Silver
(Native); Ecton mine dumps, PA; Sm, tarnished, black metallic wires on quartz; MIN;
Display
393 Group Total Valuation $180
to $270;
279 Azurite;
Cornwall mines, PA; Drusy coating w/actinolite on limonite; MIN; Display
308 Apophyllite;
Cornwall mines, PA; Compact aggregate of colorless, tabular xls; CAB; Display
310 Stilbite;
Cornwall mines, PA; Radiated, ecru xls, tipped with pyrite; CAB; Display
876 Andradite;
Cornwall mines, PA; Lg. brownish xls studded w/pyrite on l.s.; SC; Display
395 Group Total Valuation $200
to $300;
395 Anglesite;
Montgomery mine, PA; Sub-transparent xls on quartz; CAB; Extraordinary
396 Group Total Valuation $260
to $390;
365 Fluorite;
Wheatley mine, PA; Sm., uncolored xls on calcite xl terminations; CAB; Extraordinary
397 Group Total Valuation $72
to $108;
195 Actinolite;
Williamson School, Del. Co., PA; Short, green bladed xls; MIN; Display
524 Albite;
Mineral Hill, Del.Co., PA; Two, pearly, grayish-white cleavages; MIN; Display
526 Garnet;
Sharpless' qy., Del. Co., PA; Red, flattened xls in muscovite; MIN; Display
646 Tourmaline;
Trainer's farm, Del. Co., PA; Schorl xl on massive smoky quartz; MIN; Display
731 Garnet;
Avondale, Del. Co., PA; Deep-red xl on quartz; MIN; Display
814 Beryl;
Glendale qy., Del. Co., PA; Green, translucent xl; MIN; Display
841 Microcline;
Morton, Del. Co., PA; Flesh-colored, twin xl ; MIN; Display
398 Group Total Valuation $108
to $162;
105 Quartz
(Smoky); Phoenixville Tunnel, PA; Lg. light-gray xls on tan, ferroan-dolomite xls; CAB;
Extraordinary
832 Vanadinite;
SW (New) Chester County mine, PA; Minute, resinous, brown xls in rounded forms
w/descloizite; CAB; Reference
399 Group Total Valuation $88
to $132;
553 Natrolite;
Cornwall mines, PA; Radiated, fibrous xls, ex Brubaker Coll.; MIN; Display
827 Apophyllite;
Cornwall mines, PA; White, tabular xls on hornfels, ex Brubaker Coll; SC; Display
878 Stlbite;
Cornwall mines, PA; Globular, flesh-colored, xline groups, studded w/pyrite; CAB;
Extraordinary
400 Group Total Valuation $100
to $150;
437 Pyromorphite;
Phoenixville district, PA; Dark-green, glistening xls (ex Benge Coll.); MIN; Display