SPECIAL GALLERY - PRIVATE COLLECTION SPECIMENS
UPDATED 10 MAY 2010
This gallery contains Minerals from the Collection of Harold (Hal) Prior and Polly Prior as well as selected others. I have accumulated an extensive personal collection over the past 45 years and now is the time to reduce it in size. Each item listed on this page was deemed such quality as to warrant being reserved for the collection at the time acquired. However, many of the earlier collected pieces when I get to them will not be the quality of more recent acquisitions - as my hobby matured specimen value and quality also increased. When possible I will give date and how acquired. Specimens will be added as I complete inventory of the collection.Most of these specimens were imaged under the same lighting conditions, and processed through Adobe Photoshop with the same settings, thus relative colors should be accurate. Please Note: Check sizes closely as image sizes can be deceiving!
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COLLECTION MINERALS - VARIOUS SIZES
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| POLYBASITE psdo. PYRARGYRITE La Sirena Mine, Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico Interesting Psuedomorph, Approximately 3 x 1.5 x 1.5 centimeters. Polybasite is a sulfosalt mineral of silver, copper, antimony and arsenic. Its chemical formula is (AgCu)16(SbAs)2S11. It forms hexagonal crystals which can show dark red internal reflections. It is found worldwide and is an ore of silver. The name comes from the number of base metals in the mineral. HP-28 - $40.00 |
FLUORITE (Octahedral xls.) on QUARTZ T&G Prospect, Grant County, New Mexico Superb, Approximately 2.5 x 1.5 x 2.0 centimeter matrix with sharp, Grape colored Fluorite xls. up to 0.6 cm. HP-31 - $25.00 SOLD |
DIOPSIDE Gooderham, Ontario, Canada Nice xl. cluster, Approximately 2.1 centimeters. HP-34 - $10.00 |
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| SPHALERITE Iron Cap Mine, Graham County, Arizona Very Nice xl. cluster - Approximately 1.5 x 1.0 x 1.0 centimeters. Another Arizona classic the Iron Cap Mine is a former surface and underground Pb-Zn-Ag-Cu-Au-Fluorspar mine located 2 miles NE of Aravaipa, and near the head of Arizona Gulch, in the foothills of the Santa Teresa Mountains, at an altitude of approximately 5,000 feet HP-36 - $10.00 |
PYRITE (BAR) with CALCITE Amax Buick Mine, Bixby, Iron County, Missouri REALLY GOOD, uncommon, brass-yellow pyrite "bar" (approximately 2.5 cm.) with Calcite xl. (rare combination) from the famous Buick Mine of Missouri. Most of the Good ones like this came out 20 to 30 years ago. HP-38 - $25.00 |
CALCITE on PYRITE Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri Old collection piece with base of Pyrite xls., approximately 6 x 5 x 3.5 centimeters. Longest Calcite crystal 2.5+ centimeters. HP-10 - $30.00 |
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| RHODOCHROSITE Hedgehog Pocket, Sweethome Mine, Alma Colorado Specimen approximately 7 x 4 x 2.5 centimeters. Acquired in Denver 1998 - may be the best larger size Rhodochrosite I have ever owned. However, my primary collection is Thumbnail sizes (easier to store)! The quality Rhodo's are getting harder to get and more expensive every year. HP- 3 - $1500.00 SOLD |
STILBITE Garawila, New South Wales, Australia Old collection piece, approximately 6 x 6 x 3.5 centimeters. Acquired from the collection of Earl L. Calvert, San Gabriel, California with old hand written label. HP-5 - $30.00 |
AZURITE Blue Jay Claim, San Juan County, Utah From a now dormant locale, nice, bright, larger size, approximately 4.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 centimeters Azurite ball Acquired in from Mike Madson in Tucson - 1987. HP-6 - $60.00 SOLD |
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| STILBITE on Matrix Isle of Skye, Scotland Old collection piece Approximately 8.0 x 6.5 x 5.0 centimeters. With 1) Old J. Cilen Collection Label, and 2) Old Lawrence H. Conklin Collection Label. HP-20 - $40.00 |
CHALCOPYRITE on DOLOMITE Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri Very Nice, Approximately 7 x 4 x 3 centimeter cluster almost a "floater" (small attach point on bottom left) of Dolomite with brassy little Chalcopyrites. Acquired from Glenn Williams (St. Louis) Collection. GW-54 - $20.00 SOLD |
OCTHAHEDRAL FLUORITE T&G Prospect, Grant County, New Mexico Tom Hales collected piece with Sharp, Grape colored Octahedral Crystals on white Quartz, approximately 3.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 centimeters. Both sides equally fine. To see OTHER SIDE VIEW - click HERE HP- 9 - $50.00 |
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| BARITE Palmer Park Mine, Dona Ana County, New Mexico A great example of this species from this unique locale!!! From the T. Hales New Mexico collection, Nice, sharp, (Approximately 6.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm. specimen size) Barite from Palmer Park Mine, Dona Ana County, New Mexico. This specimen self collected in April 1997 by T. Hales. Good New Mexico locality pieces are fast disappearing from the market! Hales collection label included. (pxxx th3006) TH-3006 - $50.00 |
CARROLLITE Kamato Mine, Kolwezi, Katanga Province Republic of Congo Very nice octahedral crystal specimen of this rare Copper, Nickel, Cobalt sulfide, approximately 1.4 x 1.2 x 1.0 centimeters. Acquired in Tucson - 1996. HP-8 - $40.00 |
