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SPECIMENS FROM COLORADO

(updated 01/05/2012)

We have many specimens from our home state, only a few of which we could include on this page. We also have a wide variety of specimens of golden barite, pyrite, & marmatite (iron-bearing sphalerite) from the Eagle Mine, goethite from the Crystal Peak area, fluorite & amethyst from Unaweep Canyon, rhodochrosite & galena from the Julia Fisk Mine, and calcite on calcite from the La Junta area.

NEW! Rhodochrosite from the Sweet Home Mine in Alma, and from the Sunnyside Mine near Silverton. We have a few specimens from each location, and while we'd love to have some of the museum-quality specimens from these locations, the reality is that there are few really good ones that are affordable. We've got the best that we could obtain, from an older collection, that still allow us to keep the prices reasonable. Prices range from $5-$60, with most $20 or less.

____Rhodochrosite, quartz, and pyrite, Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado (#G11-1298, $60). This is the best of the lot. Even though the rhodo is cleaved, the color is good and the crystals are large.

NEW! ____Quartz, Mineral Farm Mine, Ouray, Colorado (#G11-1203, $44). This is a large specimen, about 7" by 9", and a great buy at the price.

__ Pyrite, Leadville, Colorado (G08-1602, $6). We have a large selection of pyrite from this area, with prices ranging from $4-$18, with most under $10.

__ Quartz after calcite, Crystal Cave, Ouray County, CO(#G06-980, $15). These are unique specimens of small quartz crystals that had grown over calcite crystals, but the calcite has since dissolved away. We have several of these, priced from $5-$25.

__ A view of the back side of the specimen above, showing the casts of the original calcite crystals.

__ Amazonite and cleavelandite, Crystal Peak area, Teller County, CO (#G07-249).We have a wide variety of amazonite specimens, a few with smoky quartz, priced from $4-$76, with most under $20.

__ Rare amazonite "white cap" crystal, Crystal peak area, Teller County, CO.(#G07-243, $68). This is also a twinned crystal with a small goethite crystal on the lower left.

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