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Page 9b - Rare, U.S. Fluorescent and Franklin-Sterling Hill Minerals For Sale The minerals can be purchased using personal checks, money orders, and Paypal. My address is Stuart Schneider, P.O. Box 64, Teaneck, NJ 07666 and my Paypal name and email address is Stuarts1031@ erols.com (no spaces). Postage and handling, and insurance (if you want it) will be added to your order once the weight is figured. I mail using the US Postal Service. Email me to reserve the item numbers that you want. Terms: You can return any item to me within 10 days for any reason. If I misdescribed it, I will refund your postage both ways. If you are dissatisfied, you pay postage both ways. All photos are taken under daylight and Short Wave Ultraviolet (I use a Super Bright brand light). If your light is more than a few years old, the item may look bluer than it looks here.
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| A beautiful, faceted, round-cut opal from Lightning Ridge, NSW, Australia. Opals are rarely faceted as they are harder to properly cut and don't mount well with prong settings. This beauty weighs 1.05 ct. and is 7.2 mm. $90.00, item #107 (RESERVED 5/8/13) | Rare & Gemmy - A crystal of herderite on a feldspar crystal from Shigar Valley, Skardu district, Pakistan. Herderite fluoresces violet SW & LW and the feldspar fluoresces pale blue SW. There is a coating of a crystalline mineral (quartz?) on the feldspar that is reducing its fluoresce. Herderite was named for Siegmund A. W. Von Herder (1776-1838), a mine official. It weighs 9.8 oz. and is 3.0 x 2.3 x 1.8 inches. $120.00, item #1210 (RESERVED 5/6/13) |
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| Fluorite, willemite and calcite from Castle Dome mine, La Paz County, Arizona. Fluorite fluoresces bright violet LW & SW, willemite fluoresces green SW, & calcite fluoresces red SW. It weighs 8.0 oz. and is 3.0 x 2.8 x 1.7 inches. $46.00, #187 | Large magnetite crystals with fluorapatite (embedded on other crystal) from the Noble pit, Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, NJ. The apatite fluoresce orange SW. It weighs 8.0 oz. and is 2.5 x 1.8 x 1.7 inches. $15.00, item #2005 |
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| Aragonite & fluorapatite from the Noble pit, Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, NJ. The piece weighs 8.0 oz. and is 2.4 x 2.2 x 2.5 inches. $12.00, item #2023 | Salmon calcite with a dot of barite from the Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, NJ. The calcite fluoresces orange-red SW & the barite fluoresces white SW. It weighs 11.5 oz. and is 3.7 x 2.9 x 1.7 inches. $20.00, item #2022 |
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| Fluorapatite crystals, galena crystals, & calcite from the Noble pit, Sterling Hill mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, NJ. This area is now buried. These were covered in sticky, black manganese mud and were picked clean with a dental tool. The fluorapatite fluoresces orange SW and the calcite fluoresces orange-red SW. The piece weighs 13.7 oz. and is 3.4 x 2.7 x 2.3 inches. $18.00, item #2024 |