November III 2011 Update

 

OKH-617

OKH-617    Wulfenite and Willemite     RESERVED    Mammoth- St Anthony, Pinal County, Arizona.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  An attractive plate like specimen measuring 6.7 x 3.2 that averages 1 cm thick.  Green crystallized willemite with tiny, gemmy orange wulfenites sparingly scattered about on its surface.  No damage.  A fine large, for this site, specimen.  $120

 

 

 

 

OKH-618

OKH-618    Jamesonite on Calcite     Zacatecas, Mexico.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  This is a nice large specimen totally matted with silver colored jamesonite crystals.  It measures 9.5 x 6 x 4 cm.  There is no damage and views well from all sides.  The matrix is calcite crystals on galena.  This is one of the best examples of this material that I’ve had.  I will not ship it so it must be picked up (most likely at a convenient minerals show).    $295

 

 

 

 

OKH-619

OKH-619    Chalcotrichite      Ajo, Arizona.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  Thousands of tiny red needles of this mineral are on all surfaces of this 4.5 x 3 x 1.2 cm matrix.  Specimen is a well formed floater, damage free, and is nice example of the species.  Mounted in a Styrofoam perky box.  $70

 

 

 

 

OKH-720

OKH-720     Copper      RESERVED    Ajo, Arizona.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  This is and aesthetic branching crystal group measuring 4 x 3 x 1.3 cm overall.  The entire specimen is crystalline and damage free.  It is mounted in a perky box.  $40

 

 

 

 

OKH-721

OKH-721    Artinite and Desautelsite     San Benito, County, California.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.    Nice groupings of acicular artinite crystals.  The sprays are well formed in most cases and damage free.  No matting.  Good coating of yellow desautelsite below on the matrix and on most other surfaces of the matrix.  The entire piece measures 5.2 x 4 x 3 cm.  Very nice displayable example of this rare mineral.  $175

 

 

 

 

OKH-722

OKH-722    Artinite and Desautelsite     San Benito, County, California.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.    A lesser specimen with incomplete groupings of acicular artinite crystals.  No matting.  Good coating of yellow desautelsite below on the matrix in some areas.  The entire piece measures 6.4 x 3.5 x 2.6 cm.  Good systematic collection example of this rare mineral.  $65

 

 

 

 

OKH-723

OKH-723    Vivianite    Clear Springs Mine, Bartow, Florida.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.    Several very attractive, gem, deep green crystals embedded in a white matrix.  No damage or deterioration to these fine crystals.  5 x 3.2 x 3.2 cm with crystals to .8 cm.  It is tough to make out how good these crystals really are in the photos.  $70

 

 

 

 

OKH-724

OKH-724    Fluorite    Deer Trail Mine, Piute County, Marysville, Utah.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  An 11.2 x 5 x 4.2 cm piece with large green crystal to 2.5 cm each.  They are an interesting green color, gemmy internally, and their surfaces are stepped.  They are cube octahedron combinations.  One crystal is poorly formed or healed.  The piece only shows contact at one end.  The matrix is white milky crystalline quartz.  $145

 

 

 

 

OKH-725

OKH-725    Fluorite with Calcite    Rosiclare Level, Denton Mine, Harris District, Illinois.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  An interesting specimen showing highly etched yellow fluorite capped by a later overgrowth of blue fluorite.  No damage to these regrown and etched surfaces.  Moderate luster.  9.8 x 7.2 x 5 cm.  Sits great on a flat base.  Views nicely from all sides.  This is a great piece for the fluorite specialist!  Priced to move.  $190

 

 

 

 

OKH-726

OKH-726    Copper in Calcite     Phoenix Mine, Upper Peninsula, Michigan.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.    This is a fantastic, small specimen of this pricy material.  It measures 3.2 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm and has crystals to 1.7 cm each.  Beautiful damage free crystals almost all of which are double terminated.  An American classic.  Fantastic piece for this price!!!  $325

 

 

 

 

OKH-727

OKH-727    Wavelite    Avant, Arkansas.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  Nice complete balls to 1.4 cm each and a half ball measuring 2.2 cm in diameter on this 5.1 x 3.6 x 2.7 cm piece.  The split open ball is what would have to be considered damage but it certainly adds to the aesthetics of the piece to see the interior of one of the crystal aggregates.  Nice luster and matrix color contrast.  Excellent specimen.  $55

 

 

 

 

OKH-728

OKH-728    Fluorite    RESERVED   Allen County, Ohio.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  This is an outstanding cluster of these highly iridescent crystals.  The piece has minor calcite along its base.  5.6 x 4.5 x 2.6 cm.  One small contact and two tiny cleaves to crystals near base.  Overall well preserved and attractive.  $75

 

 

 

 

OKH-751

OKH-751    Quartz  (Chalcedony pseudo after Aragonite)    Miles City, Montana.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  A grouping of four attractive amber colored stalactites in decreasing size.  3.7 x 1.8 x .8 cm.  Translucent, medium satin luster, and damage free.  Mounted in perky box.  Views equally well from all sides.  $45

 

 

 

 

OKH-752

OKH-752    Beryl    Wah Wah Mountains, Utah.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  A single terminated crystal free of matrix that measures .8 cm.  It is deep red which varies (depending on if the areas of the crystal are gemmy or just translucent), has a good luster, and is damage free, viewing well from any direction.  The camera did not like this color....it is the typical red.  Mounted in a perky box.  The rarest of all beryl colors.  $70

 

 

 

 

OKH-753

OKH-753    Fluorite (With Inclusion)    Siglo XX Mine, Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico.  Ex Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  A partial clear crystal with a two phase (liquid and gas) inclusion.  The bubble is obvious and the inclusion is visible with the naked eye, although small.  Very rare to find an inclusion in a fluorite from anywhere.  $40

 

 

 

 

OKH-754

OKH-754    Gold      RESERVED   Breckenridge, Colorado.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  A lustrous folded wire measuring 1.1 cm across.  Mounted on a post in a perky box.  $20

 

 

 

 

OKH-755

OKH-755    Malachite after Azurite     Sir Dominic Mine, Australia.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  This azurite rosette is totally replaced by green malachite.  Damage free floater mounted on a post in a perky box.  It measures 2.4 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm overall.  $40

 

 

 

 

OKH-756

OKH-756    Fluorite    Goschner Alp, Canton Uri, Switzerland.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  A 2.1 x 2 x 1.3 cm cluster with nice pink octahedrons to 1.5 cm on edge.  They have slightly frosted surfaces and are transparent internally.  Looks like it is a floater but it is mounted on a post in a perky box so it is impossible to tell this without removing it.  The piece views well form all sides and is damage free.  Very Nice!  $95

 

 

 

OKH-757

OKH-757    Amethyst Scepter     Gyeog Sang, Nam Do, Korea.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  A cute 1.4 cm long, beautifully formed example with a light purple cap and a white stem.  Unusual location.  Very tiny tip dig visible with magnification.  $30

 

 

 

 

OKH-758

OKH-758    Bornite pseudo after Chalcocite    Levant Mine, St. Just, Cornwall, England.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  This is a really fine classic thumbnail specimen measuring 2.3 x 1.5 x .9 cm.  It is composed of two attached tabular twins having a nice metallic luster and gun metal blue color.  They are nicely formed and had only one very tiny attachment point where some white putty remains.  It is very rare for specimens like this to be available and they are always pricy.  Outstanding piece!  $600

 

 

 

 

OKH-759

OKH-759    Fluorite     Berbes Mine, Oviedo, Spain.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  Here is a truly fine TN specimen with totally transparent cubes modified by dodecahedrons.  They rest on white quartz and the specimen measures 3.5 x 2.4 x 2.4 cm with crystals to 1 cm on edge.  No damage, very aesthetic, high luster piece.  Better than the images indicate!  $80

 

 

 

 

OKH-760

OKH-760      Gold     Grass Valley, California.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  This small, 1 cm, piece displays lots of gold leaf (maybe crystals…tough to tell when it’s this small) and is mounted in a perky box.  In nice condition, fine luster and interesting form.  $35

 

 

 

 

 

OKH-761

OKH-761    Fluorite    Hilton Mine, Appleby, Westmoreland, England.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  A nice English example from an uncommon locale.  It measures 2.8 x 2 x 2 cm overall with cubes to 1 cm on edge.  The crystals are transparent yellow with numerous sulfide inclusions.  Mounted in a perky box.  No damage.  $80

 

 

 

 

OKH-762

Base...note fine translucence

OKH-762     Sphalerite (twin)    Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Tennessee.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  A fine, lustrous twin that is almost a floater (only very minor base attachment) that measures 2 x 2 x 1.5 cm.  Views well from any direction.  Very interesting and has no negatives at all.  Minor Styrofoam attachment   Minor quartz, crystals, on back and mild translucence.  $120

 

 

 

 

OKH-763

OKH-763    Quartz with Rutile     Perekatnoye, Polar Urals, Russia.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  A 2.8 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm point with fine hair like rutiles throughout.  Base and minor lower back attachment and a very small tip rub.  Still a nice example to preserve and not facet.  Minor Styrofoam attachment.   $30

 

 

 

 

OKH-764

OKH-764    Millerite     Hall’s Gap, Kentucky.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  A very nice TN of this material with a large mass of millerites.  Within these are small white calcites that have been penetrated by the needles of the metallic gold millerites.  2.5 x 2.1 x 1 cm.  No damage, showy and better than most that I see.  $50

 

 

 

 

OKH-765

OKH-765     Calcite      RESERVED   Cumberland, England.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  Nice single crystal that formed independent of others.  It is not a crystal from a cluster rather an individual, free standing matrix specimen with no attachment marks.  Unusual to find in this size and quality.  Clear, complex form, damage free and aesthetic.  2.4 x 1.2 x .7 cm.  Nice!  $65

 

 

 

 

OKH-766

OKH-766    Brucite    Stoltzfus Quarry, Cedar Hill, Lancaster, PA.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  A rare find to have well formed crystals of brucite….the plate of crystals measures 3.4 x 2.6 and is approx. 2 cm thick.  There are two larger crystals to 1.2 cm each that rise perpendicular to the matrix and have coatings of secondary growth crystals on their surfaces. One crystal has a little chipping across one crystal edge that is visible with magnification but otherwise in very nice condition for such a soft mineral.  Translucent, cream white color and simply a great example for crystal form.  Mounted in a perky box, very displayable for the species.  $60

 

 

 

 

OKH-767

OKH-767     Fluorite     Eastgate, Weardale, Durham, England.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  An old specimen from a active, contemporary, locale.  This is a fine miniature measuring 3.6 x 3.3 x 3.2 cm.  It exhibits a large twin with very clear crystals.  One side of twin has minor etching along cleavage planes stained by brown clays.  This example is better than the run of the mill material from the site for size and quality both.  Nice luster, zero damage and minor modifications by dodecahedral form.  A great deal at only $70

 

 

 

 

OKH-768

OKH-768    Gold    Grass Valley, California.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  A well formed 9. x .5 x .2 cm nugget.  All gold, no accessories.  No damage and in a perky box.  $50

 

 

 

 

OKH-769

OKH-769    Gold       RESERVED    Breckenridge, Colorado.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  Two nice crystallized wire golds from a classic American mining area.  They measure 1 and 1.1 cm each.  No damage.  Nice material.  $45

 

 

 

 

OKH-770

OKH-770    Garnet (var. Hessonite)     Asbestos, Quebec, Canada.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  A 1.2 cm cinnamon colored, gemmy garnet.  There are very minor contacts at base and one tiny ding on one side.  Not a crystal broken from a cluster, more a free standing or independent crystal exhibiting nice luster and form.  In a perky box.  $40

 

 

 

 

OKH-771

OKH-771    Topaz    Brazil.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  An attractive single crystal with excellent form and color.  It measures 2.3 x 1.2 x 1 cm and is lightly striated, high in luster and in excellent condition.  There are tiny chatter marks visible just with 10x that do not distract from the overall high quality of the piece.  Gemmy with moderate internal fractures and inclusions.  $95

 

 

 

 

OKH-772

OKH-772    Fluorite       RESERVED    McWilliams Prospect, Bouse, Yuma County, Arizona.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  Nice purple octahedral on matrix.  They are frosted and the big one shows octahedral overgrowth in places.  2.4 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm with damage free crystals to 1.1 cm on edge.  A location unknown to me.  I assume this is a quality piece in that it was $20 “back in the day” (1970s or 80s).  Tag from William’s Minerals of Colorado.  $45

 

 

 

 

OKH-773

OKH-773    Mimetite    Mt. Bonney, N. Territory, Australia.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  A fine TN specimen with a single translucent, double terminated crystal sitting high on the matrix.  Fully formed and views well all around.  The crystal is .7 cm long and the piece is 2.4 x 2 x 1 cm.  No damage, excellent form and good luster.  A desirable specimen in all respects.  $100           

 

 

 

 

OKH-774

OKH-774    Arsenic    Japan.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  I am unsure of the exact location but anyone well versed in Japanese minerals will likely track it down given the rarity of the species and unique form of the specimen.  The ball of dull silver colored crystals measures 1.1 cm in diameter and is a full formed floater.  Dated 1985.  Excellent form to the crystals composing the specimen, unusual find for sure.  $90

 

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