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or lost localities known for great mineral specimens acquired from old
collections available for sale from John Betts - Fine Minerals in New York
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Sizes: (t) = Thumbnail, (m) = Miniature, (c) = Cabinet, (lc) = Large Cabinet

#45666, Calcite (twinned crystals),
Sokolovskiy-Sarbaiskiy Mine, Kazakhstan (c) $300 |

#52996, Grossular Garnet, Jeffrey Mine,
Canada (m) $325 |

#53349, Fluorite with Chalcopyrite, Minerva
#1 Mine, Illinois (t) $32 |

#53234, Grossular Garnet, Belvidere Mountain
Quarries, Lowell (commonly called Eden Mills), Vermont (m) $150 |

#44184, Grossular Garnet, Coyote Front
Range, California (c) $150 |

#50243, Fluorite, Minerva #1 Mine, Illinois
(m) $85 |

#50254, Ferberite with Fluorapatite,
Minas do Panasqueira, Portugal (c) $250 |

#43379, Calcite (twinned crystals),
Sokolovskiy-Sarbaiskiy Mine, Kazakhstan (m) $150 |

#50992, Hematite, Wessels Mine, South
Africa (t) $38 |

#53616, Wulfenite on Quartz, Manhan Lead
Mines, Loudville District, Massachusetts (c) $225 |

#51681, Quartz var. Amethyst, Amelia
Courthouse, Virginia (m) $250 |

#48984, Magnetite (rare cubic and tetrahexahedral
crystal form), ZCA Mine No. 4, Fowler Ore Body, 2500' Level, New
York (t) $32 |

#23980, Apophyllite-(KOH), N'Chwaning
Mine, South Africa (t) $195 |

#41364, Calcite, Berry Materials Quarry,
Indiana (m) $85 |

#32711, Rutile (twinned crystals), Graves
Mountain, Georgia (m) $175 |

#50342, Arsenopyrite and Siderite,
Panasqueira Mine, Portugal (m) $55 |

#46672, Celestine, Stoneco Portage Quarry,
Ohio (m) $40 |

#53003, Grossular Garnet, Jeffrey Mine,
Canada (t) $250 |

#52152, Beryl var. Aquamarine, Reynolds
Mine, Royalston, Massachusetts (c) $250 |

#51498, Sphalerite (Spinel-law twinned
crystals), Dalnegorsk, Russia (m) $150 |

#53002, Grossular Garnet, Jeffrey Mine,
Canada (t) $175 |

#50858, Pyromorphite, Wheatley Mine,
Pennsylvania (t) $75 |

#51598, Cinnabar on Dolomite, Chatian
Mine, China (m) $350 |

#51676, Quartz var. Amethyst, Amelia
Courthouse, Virginia (t) $36 |

#50218, Bastnäsite-(Ce), Trimouns
Mine, France (m) $225 |

#53826, Galena, Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining
District, Missouri (m) $40 |

#51484, Calcite, Anderson, Indiana
(m) $85 |

#51127, Erythrite on Mansfieldite, Mina
Sara Alicia, Mexico (c) $125 |

#51319, Limonite pseudomorphs after
Pyrite, Fruitville Pike locality, Pennsylvania (c) $85 |

#51538, Stibnite, Baia Sprie, Romania
(m) $45 |

#53009, Grossular Garnet, Jeffrey Mine,
Canada (t) $225 |

#49457, Topaz, Kleine Spitzkoppe, Namibia
(t) $125 |

#53099, Beryl var. Emerald, Chivor Mine,
Colombia (t) $325 |

#50710, Azurite, Kerrouchene, Morocco
(t) $95 |

#50836, Cerussite on Mottramite, Tsumeb
Mine, Namibia (c) $175 |

#48856, Copper, Bisbee, Warren District,
Arizona (m) $25 |

#46045, Azurite with Malachite pseudomorphs after
Cuprite, Copper Queen Mine, Arizona (m) $350 |

#43581, Calcite with Sphalerite, Tri-State
Lead-Zinc Mining District, Missouri (m) $85 |

#51605, Fluorite, Dalnegorsk, Russia
(m) $225 |

#51675, Quartz var. Amethyst, Amelia
Courthouse, Virginia (t) $45 |

#51500, Sphalerite with Calcite, Dalnegorsk,
Russia (c) $325 |

#43691, Elbaite var. Rubellite
Tourmaline, Himalaya Mine, California (m) $325 |

#46965, Beryl var. Aquamarine, Songo
Pond Quarry, Maine (c) $150 |

#53838, Hematite, Itabira District, Brazil
(m) $60 |

#51686, Erythrite on Mansfieldite, Mina
Sara Alicia, Mexico (m) $65 |

#53620, Wulfenite on Pyromorphite over
Quartz, Manhan Lead Mines, Loudville District, Massachusetts
(t) $38 |

#51687, Erythrite on Mansfieldite with
Heterogenite, Mina Sara Alicia, Mexico (m) $45 |

#53218, Cassiterite on Quartz, Huanuni
District, Bolivia $75 |

#51002, Spinel with Chondrodite, Rudy
Farm, New York (m) $75 |

#53094, Beryl var. Emerald in Calcite with
Pyrite, Chivor Mine, Colombia (t) $350 |

#51455, Sphalerite, Dalnegorsk, Russia
(c) $325 |

#52995, Grossular Garnet, Jeffrey Mine,
Canada (m) $250 |

#53051, Wulfenite, Touissit Mine, Morocco
(c) $225 |

#36525, Copper (Spinel-law Twins),
Dzezkazgan, Kazakhstan (m) $135 |

#45667, Calcite (twinned crystals),
Sokolovskiy-Sarbaiskiy Mine, Kazakhstan (m) $250 |

#52956, Descloizite, Berg Aukas Mine,
Namibia (m) $85 |

#51523, Apophyllite-(KF) with Actinolite
inclusions, Cornwall Iron Mines, Pennsylvania (m) $55 |

#48998, Rhodochrosite, Mont Saint-Hilaire,
Canada (m) $300 |

#49196, Analcime, Natrolite, Serandite,
Aegirine, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada (c) $350 |

#45165, Almandine Garnet in Rhyolite,
Garnet Hill, Nevada (c) $275 |

#52178, Witherite with Strontianite,
Minerva #1 Mine, Illinois (c) $150 |

#46714, Galena on Sphalerite, Commodore
Mine, Colorado (m) $42 |

#37354, Elbaite Tourmaline on Milky
Quartz, Pala District, California (m) $250 |

#53049, Hemimorphite var. Calamine, Sterling
Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey (c) $95 |

#49548, Pyromorphite on Quartz, Wheatley
Mine, Pennsylvania (m) $35 |

#45165, Almandine Garnet in Rhyolite,
Garnet Hill, Nevada (c) $275 |

#53831, Almandine Garnet, Sedalia Mine,
Colorado (m) $42 |

#52951, Fluorite, William Wise Mine,
New Hampshire (m) $34 |

#52242, Serandite and Analcime, DeMix
Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada (c) $225 |

#46390, Almandine Garnet, Ötztal,
Austria (c) $350 |

#53325, Cassiterite (twinned crystals) and
Quartz, Huanuni District, Bolivia (c) $350 |

#53745, Quartz, White Haven, Pennsylvania
(m) $15 |

#49202, Calcite, Dalnegorsk, Russia
(c) $250 |

#46697, Fluorite on Quartz, William Wise
Mine, New Hampshire (c) $175 |

#53152, Quartz var. Smoky, Sierra Blanca,
New Mexico (c) $115 |

#46982, Calcite, Dalnegorsk, Russia
(m) $175 |

#43851, Clinoclase and Cornubite, Majuba
Hill, Nevada (c) $325 |

#46683, Copper (Spinel-law twinned
crystals), Ray Mine, Arizona (m) $250 |

#52967, Rhodochrosite on Quartz, Silverton
District, Colorado (c) $150 |

#53294, Fluorite and Calcite, Walworth
Quarry, New York (t) $35 |

#43828, Clinoclase, Majuba Hill, Nevada
(c) $300 |

#49253, Natrolite with Heulandite-Ca,
Chimney Rock Quarry, New Jersey (c) $125 |

#53621, Wulfenite on Quartz, Manhan Lead
Mines, Loudville District, Massachusetts (m) $75 |

#36522, Copper (Spinel-law Twins),
Dzezkazgan, Kazakhstan (m) $250 |

#53203, Cinnabar on Dolomite, Tongren,
China (c) $150 |

#42131, Scheelite, Pingwu, China
(m) $375 |

#48998, Rhodochrosite, Mont Saint-Hilaire,
Canada (m) $300 |

#20260, Sphalerite with Dolomite, England
(c) $350 Ex. Smithsonian |

#52317, Quartz var. Smoky, Peter's Pocket,
Bartlett, New Hampshire (c) $150 |

#43368, Elbaite var. Rubellite Tourmaline with
Lepidolite, Himalaya Mine, California (m) $350 |

#43685, Elbaite var. Rubellite
Tourmaline, Himalaya Mine, California (m) $350 |

#48001, Grossular Garnet, Pitts-Tenney
Quarry, Maine (m) $30 |

#26211, Elbaite var. Rubellite
Tourmaline, Himalaya Mine, California (t) $40 |

#42155, Cassiterite and Quartz, Huanuni
District, Bolivia (m) $125 |

#36964, Tetrahedrite with Quartz, Huallanca
District, Peru (c) $325 |

#37323, Enargite, Pyrite, Quartz, East
Colusa Mine, Montana (m) $125 |

#41502, Malachite, Copper Queen Mine,
Arizona (m) $75 |

#52658, Quartz var. Smoky, Lord Hill
Quarry, Maine (m) $125 |

#51504, Uvite Tourmaline, Power's Farm,
Pierrepont, New York (c) $350 |

#52438, Copper with Cuprite, Ray Mine,
Arizona (t) $35 |

#53222, Andradite Garnet, N'Chwaning
II Mine, South Africa (m) $125 |

#46993, Almandine Garnet in Rhyolite,
Garnet Hill, Nevada (c) $150 |

#43828, Clinoclase, Majuba Hill, Nevada
(c) $250 |

#11963, Malachite on Chrysocolla, Lubumbashi,
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (c) $175 |

#42231, Barite, Frizington, England
(c) $250 |

#53067, Pyromorphite, Tanzfleck, near
Freihung, Germany (m) $36 |

#52947, Orpiment in Calcite, Shimen Mine,
China (m) $325 |

#33175, Fluorite, Mine La Cabaña,
Spain (m) $48 |

#52998, Grossular Garnet with Diopside,
Jeffrey Mine, Canada (t) $85 |

#52939, Uvite Tourmaline on Quartz with
Magnesite, Brumado District, Brazil (m) $225 |

#48982, Magnetite (rare cubic and tetrahexahedral
crystal form), ZCA Mine No. 4, Fowler Ore Body, 2500' Level, New
York (t) $22 |

#53037, Franklinite and Willemite in
Calcite, Sterling Mine, Ogdensburg, New Jersey (c) $175 |

#53008, Grossular Garnet, Jeffrey Mine,
Canada (t) $95 |

#26236, Elbaite var. Rubellite
Tourmaline, Himalaya Mine, California (t) $36 |

#52997, Grossular Garnet with Diopside,
Jeffrey Mine, Canada (t) $85 |

#26221, Elbaite var. Rubellite
Tourmaline, Himalaya Mine, California (t) $38 |
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#49516, Vesuvianite, Goodall Farm Quarry,
600 meter Prospect, Maine (m) $30 |

#53742, Pyrite and Quartz, Butte Mining
District, Montana (t) $12 |

#53618, Wulfenite and Sphalerite on
Quartz, Manhan Lead Mines, Loudville District, Massachusetts
(c) $55 |

#52225, Pyromorphite, Bunker Hill Mine,
Idaho (c) $1750 |

#40311, Pyromorphite, Bunker Hill Mine,
17-23 Floors, 9th Level, Jersey Vein, Idaho (m) $750 |

#48150, Pyrite in matrix, Victoria Mine,
Spain (c) $575 |

#39881, Pyromorphite, Bunker Hill Mine,
17-23 Floors, 9th Level, Jersey Vein, Idaho (c) $6500 |

#52228, Pyromorphite, Bunker Hill Mine,
Idaho (m) $1150 |

#52958, Hematite var. Kidney Ore, Egremont,
England (c) $500 |

#43707, Quartz var. Laguna Agate, Ojo
Laguna, Mexico (c) $450 |

#43970, Powellite on Stilbite, Nasik,
India (m) $695 |

#11013, Azurite, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia
(c) $3500 |

#52323, Fluorite (interpenetrant-twinned crystals)
and Calcite, Weardale, England (c) $750 |

#50158, Ferberite, Siderite, Fluorapatite,
Pyrite, Minas do Panasqueira, Portugal (c) $400 |

#46384, Manganite, Ilfeld, Germany (Type
Locality for Manganite) (lc) $3000 |

#44528, Dioptase on Calcite, Tsumeb Mine,
Namibia (c) $450 |

#40325, Carrollite, Kamoye Mine, Democratic
Republic of the Congo (Zaire) (m) $595 |

#50835, Cerussite on Galena with Quartz,
Wheatley Mine, Pennsylvania (lc) $2500 |

#46543, Quartz var. Smoky, Peter's Pocket,
Bartlett, New Hampshire (lc) $200 |

#49922, Elbaite var. Watermelon
Tourmaline, Dunton Quarry, Maine (m) $2000 |

#43722, Spodumene, Brazil (c) $1250 |

#36962, Benitoite, Neptunite and
Natrolite, Benitoite Gem Mine, California (Type Locality for Benitoite)
(m) $1500 |

#50430, Fluorapatite, Arsenopyrite, Quartz,
Muscovite, Minas do Panasqueira, Portugal (lc) $400 |

#44573, Malachite, Bisbee, Warren District,
Arizona (c) $450 |

#38397, Apophyllite-(KF), Calcite, Datolite,
Analcime, Quartz, Bergen Hill, New Jersey (lc) $600 |

#45785, Copper (crystallized) with
Chrysocolla,
Quincy Mine, Hancock, Michigan (m) $400 |

#52615, Copper (crystallized native
copper), Chimney Rock Quarry, New Jersey (lc) $750 |

#51490, Calcite, Sweetwater Mine, Missouri
(lc) $225 |

#38840, Vanadinite, Acif Mine, Morocco
(m) $400 |

#44459, Bismuth, Schneeberg District,
Germany (Type Locality for Bismuth) (m) $475 |

#51533, Cerussite (V-twinned), Tsumeb
Mine, Namibia (m) $400 |

#48817, Fluorite with Calcite, Frazer's
Hush Mine, England (lc) $425 |

#45170, Barite on Calcite, Elk Creek,
South Dakota (c) $475 |

#52237, Cerussite (twinned crystals),
Tsumeb Mine, Namibia (m) $650 |

#52583, Microcline with Quartz and
Albite, Government Pit, Albany, New Hampshire (lc) $325 |

#42100, Cerussite (sixling-twinned
crystals), Tsumeb Mine, Namibia (m) $1750 |

#52086, Almandine Garnet on Albite, Russell,
Massachusetts (c) $750 |

#52085, Quartz var. Amethyst, Deer Hill,
Maine (lc) $400 |

#46616, Almandine-Spessartine Garnet,
Avondale, Pennsylvania (c) $950 |

#44011, Adamite var. Cuproadamite, Tsumeb
Mine, Namibia (m) $400 |

#44203, Elbaite var. Rubellite
Tourmaline, Pech, Afghanistan (c) $2400 |

#49823, Spinel with Phlogopite, Amity,
New York (c) $400 |

#37300, Barite, Meikle Mine, Nevada
(c) $600 |

#38399, Apophyllite-(KF), Calcite, Datolite,
Analcime, Quartz, Bergen Hill, New Jersey (lc) $450 |

#41784, Barite with Calcite, Elk Creek,
South Dakota (c) $400 |

#43829, Clinoclase, Cornubite,
Cornwallite, Majuba Hill, Nevada (lc) $495 |

#17957, Sphalerite, Las Manforas Mine,
Spain (c) $750 |

#46619, Andradite Garnet, Cornwall Iron
Mines, Pennsylvania (lc) $400 |

#46629, Rutile, Parkesburg, Pennsylvania
(c) $750 |

#52325, Topaz (flawless) on Smoky Quartz,
Mursinsk, Ekaterinburgskaya Oblast', Russia (c) $3500 Ex. William S.
Vaux collection, Bryn Mawr College |

#46637, Calcite (twinned crystals), Roosevelt
Avenue Quarry (York Stone Quarry), Pennsylvania (lc) $350 |

#44151, Rhodochrosite on Quartz, Sweet
Home Mine, Colorado (c) $2500 |

#41983, Chalcocite with Bornite coating,
Flambeau Mine, Wisconsin (m) $650 |

#52318, Descloizite, Abenab Mine, Namibia
(lc) $3500 |

#42896, Augelite, Rapid Creek, Canada
(lc) $225 |

#12301, Titanite var. Sphene, Quartz, Orthoclase
var. Adularia, Tujetsch (Tavetsch), Switzerland (lc) $950 Ex.
Bement Collection, American Museum of Natural History (NYC) |

#48817, Fluorite with Calcite, Frazer's
Hush Mine, England (lc) $425 |

#14464, Copper and Calcite, Onganja Mine,
Namibia (m) $495 |

#48524, Calcite on Fluorite, Denton Mine,
Illinois (lc) $425 |

#41882, Sphalerite (Spinel-law twinned) on
Pyrite, Rodna, Romania (c) $400 |

#52661, Fluorapatite and Quartz on
Albite, Harvard Quarry, Maine (m) $650 |

#50891, Silver in Native Arsenic, Pöhla
Mine, Schwarzenberg District, Germany (c) $3000 |

#24778, Fluorite, La Viesca Mine, Spain
(m) $495 |

#41899, Smithsonite, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia
(c) $3000 |

#38269, Stilbite-Ca and Calcite, Moore's
Station, New Jersey (lc) $400 |

#45988, Goethite, Lucy Mine, Negaunee
District, Michigan (lc) $125 |

#52964, Grossular Garnet, Jeffrey Mine,
Canada (m) $450 |

#46602, Anglesite on Galena, Wheatley
Mine, Pennsylvania (c) $2750 |

#46640, Calcite (twinned crystals), Roosevelt
Avenue Quarry (York Stone Quarry), Pennsylvania (lc) $400 |

#50906, Fluorite, Les Droites (North
Face), Mont Blanc, France (t) $1750 |

#41882, Sphalerite (Spinel-law twinned) on
Pyrite, Rodna, Romania (c) $350 |

#42096, Pyrrhotite, Dalnegorsk, Russia
(m) $400 |

#52927, Barite on Calcite, Elk Creek,
South Dakota (lc) $250 |

#52926, Rhodochrosite with Pyrite, Oppu
Mine, Japan (c) $850 |

#49296, Topaz, Kleine Spitzkoppe, Namibia
(m) $450 |

#42239, Chalcocite with Chalcopyrite-Bornite
coating, Flambeau Mine, Wisconsin (c) $450 |

#53139, Azurite with Malachite, Copper
Queen Mine, Bisbee, Warren District, Arizona (c) $3750 |

#36653, Cerussite on Quartz, Grand Reef
Mine, Arizona (c) $1750 |

#53307, Vanadinite var. Endlichite on
Mottramite, Touissit Mine, Puits XI, Morocco (c) $1500 |

#53138, Azurite with Malachite pseudomorphs after
Cuprite, Bisbee, Warren District, Arizona (lc) $4500 |

#48012, Quartz, Ellenville Zinc Co. Mine,
New York (lc) $75 |

#42181, Rhodochrosite, N'Chwaning Mine,
South Africa (m) $9500 |

#36755, Barite on Calcite, Meikle Mine,
Nevada (c) $400 |

#53257, Hematite var. Kidney Ore, Parkside
Mine, Frizington, England (c) $400 |

#53736, Euclase, Chivor Mine, Colombia
(t) $4500 |

#37337, Elbaite Tourmaline, (Himalaya
Mine), Mesa Grande District, California (m) $275 |

#51724, Gold (crystallized), Eagle's
Nest Mine, California (t) $5950 |

#44897, Copper (crystallized), National
Mine, Rockland, Michigan (c) $550 |

#51723, Gold (crystallized), Eagle's
Nest Mine, California (m) $4850 |

#45989, Almandine Garnet, Ötztal,
Austria (lc) $950 |

#41849, Azurite, Malachite, Tenorite,
Czar Mine (Czar Shaft), Arizona (c) $825 |

#51727, Gold (crystallized leaf), Colorado
Quartz Mine, California (m) $3850 |

#53476, Quartz var. Smoky Quartz, Peter's
Pocket, Bartlett, New Hampshire (lc) $65 |

#46288, Calcite with Hematite, Bigrigg
Mine, England (lc) $2500 |

#25053, Sphalerite and Siderite, Smallcleugh
Mine, England (c) $2500 |

#52784, Fluorite with Calcite and Pyrite,
(Wheal Mary Ann, Liskeard District), England ex.
Clarence S. Bement
(1843-1923) (c) $4500 |

#53812, Spodumene var. Hiddenite, Brazil
(c) $450 |

#52626, Chalcocite in Calcite on Basalt,
Chimney Rock Quarry, New Jersey (lc) $3000 |

#51430, Calcite, West Cumberland Iron
Field, England (lc) $1500 |
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