Chris Tucker Minerals
Specializing in minerals from Montana

Miscellaneous Minerals A-F
On this page you will find a variety of minerals, more will be added as time permits.  If you don't see what your looking for, let me know, I may have it.  As always, click on any image to see a larger version of it.

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01248  Analcime, Near Wapiti, Park County, Wyoming.  Rounded knob of matrix covered front and back with both colorless and milky white crystals of analcime.  In my opinion this is the best of the Wyoming analcime pieces offered here and is very good for the state.   A few rounded growths of a secondary oxide are present on the surface, they are easily removed if the new owner should desire to do so.  No damage.  Measures 5x4x2cm  $50.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.





 

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01249  Analcime, Near Wapiti, Park County, Wyoming.   Thick coverage of glassy analcime crystals that reach 5mm in size.  No damage to the main crystals.  Measures 6x5x3cm  $20.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.







 

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01251  Analcime, Near Wapiti, Park County, Wyoming.   Thin smallish plate of lustrous analcime crystals that are largely transparent.  No damage.  Measures 4x2.5x0.8cm  $20.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.







 

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01252  Analcime, Near Wapiti, Park County, Wyoming.   Unlike the others from the locality, there are only a few colorless analcime crystals on this piece.  Largely colorless and transparent, the analcimes reach 4-5mmm in size.  No damage.  Measures 4.5x3x2cm  $15.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.




 

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01888  Anatase on quartz, Rutströmsselet, Vassijaure, Kiruna, Lappland, Sweden.   This partial quartz crystal is host to a few pale blue anatase crystals.  The largest anatase crystal is perhaps 1mm in length and there are other smaller crystals on the back side of the piece.  Several of the anatase crystals are partially included in the larger quartz crystal.   Measures 6x2x1.5cm  $10.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

         
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00500   Anatase with brookite, Little Gem Mine, Jefferson County, Montana.  Stair-step anatase microcrystals with brookite line vugs in this largish piece.  The anatase varies from nearly black to a light golden brown and the brookite is an orange-brown.   A few crystals show some damage but many are perfect, this piece has loads of micro potential.  Measures 8x2.5x5cm $20.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

         
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00509  Anatase with brookite, Little Gem Mine, Jefferson County, Montana.  Stair-step anatase microcrystals with brookite line vugs in this largish piece.  The anatase varies from nearly black to a light golden brown and the brookite is an orange-brown.   A few crystals show some damage but many are perfect, this piece has loads of micro potential.  Measures 6x3.5x4cm $10.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.
 

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00284   Aragonite, Little Daisy Mine, Park County, Montana. Several vugs are lined with white aragonite microcrystals, an uncommon locality.  No damage.  Measures 6x4.5x3cm  $7.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.


 

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01857  Aragonite with calcite, Tecoma Mine, Box Elder County, Utah.   A single spray of colorless aragonite crystals is present in the center of a calcite lined cavity.  No noticeable damage.  Measures  5x4x4.5cm.  $9.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.
 

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00283   Aurichalcite, Cave Mine, Beaver County, Utah.  Several tufts of aurichalcite microcrystals cover one side of this piece.  No damage.  Measures 4x3x1.5cm  $10.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.



 

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01783  Azurite with Malachite, OK Mine, Beaver County, Utah.  Several small malachite spheres surround a larger group of azurite crystals.   Measures 8x6.5x5cm.  $12.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.




 

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01816  Azurite, Black Pine Mine, Granite County, Montana.   Azurite microcrystals line a shallow cavity on the front of this piece.  Small cavities elsewhere on the piece also contain azurite microcrystals.  No damage.  Measures 7.5x3x4cm.  $45.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00188  Azurite with malachite, O.K Mine, Beaver County, Utah.   Sharp crystals of azurite to 5mm forming rough rosettes to 1cm rising above a carpet of malachite with a few quartz crystals. Measures 8x7x5cm $25.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.



 

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00967  Azurite, Cedar-Talisman Mine, Beaver County, Utah.    Dark rounded crystals of azurite on a thin layer of brighter blue azurite.  No damage.  Measures 5x2x1.5cm.  $7.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

 

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00968  Azurite, Cedar-Talisman Mine, Beaver County, Utah.    Sharp vivid azurite crystals with minor amounts of aurichalcite and malachite.  No damage.  Measures 4x3.5x2cm.  $5.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

 

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01256  Azurite, Indian Queen Mine, Beaverhead County, Montana.   Three small azurite nodules.  Sometimes these are hollow and sometimes they are not.   Largest is 1.8cm across.   $7.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01091  Beryl, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah.  Single small red beryl on rhyolite matrix.  No noticeable damage.  Measures 3x2x2.5cm  $15.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.


 

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01092  Beryl, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah.  Single loose red beryl crystal.  The beryl has numerous inclusions of pseudobrookite and quartz.  No noticeable damage.  Measures 8mm across  $12.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.






 

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00888  Bixbyite and pseudobrookite, Thomas Range, Juab County, Utah.  Well formed modified 6mm cube of bixbyite with a coarse growth of pseudobrookite.  Both minerals are highly lustrous.  No damage other than a bit of included matrix in the bixbyite.  Measures 4x3.5x3cm $40.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.


 

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00502   Brochantite, Harrington-Hickory Mine, Beaver County, Utah.  Blocky emerald green brochantite crystals reaching about 1mm.   No damage.  Measures 7.5x5.5x4cm $15.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01691  Brochantite, Harrington-Hickory Mine, Beaver County, Utah.   Numerous emerald green blocky crystals of brochantite lie scattered about the front of this piece.  Very pretty beneath the microscope.  Measures 6x5.5x2.5cm  $12.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01311  Brochantite, Harrington-Hickory Mine, Beaver County, Utah.  Hundreds of blocky emerald green brochantite microcrystals are present on the front of this piece.    Measures 7.5x4.5x2.5cm. $25.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.







 

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01821  Cerussite, Bunker Hill Mine, Shoshone County, Idaho.  Smallish piece covered with reticulated twins of cerussite.  The largest cerussite twin is roughly 2cm in greatest dimension.  Scattered damage.   Measures 4x3x2.5cm.  $75.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00274   Cerussite, Harrington-Hickory Mine, Beaver County, Utah.  Cute thumbnail cerussite in a habit common for the species, there is some minor damage.  Measures 1.8x1.5x0.3cm $7.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

 

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00862  Chrysocolla, Copper Mountain Mine, Box Elder County, Utah.  Rounded formations of chrysocolla cover one side of this piece, most have a minor quartz coating.  No damage.  Measures 5x4x3cm  $7.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.


 

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01864  Copper, analcime, natrolite, Beaver Valley Quarry, Jefferson County, Washington.   Single small copper wire on a bed of analcime with a few associated natrolite crystals.   Measures 1.7x1.6x1cm.  $5.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01865  Copper, Beaver Valley Quarry, Jefferson County, Washington.   Small cluster of copper crystals which is about 1-2mm in size.  The copper varies from bright and shiny to portions which have a light coating of secondary minerals .   Measures 3.5x2.5x3.5cm.  $6.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01866  Copper, Beaver Valley Quarry, Jefferson County, Washington.   Small branching group of copper microcrystals, roughly 1mm across.  No  damage.   Measures 1.5x1.3x0.7cm.  $4.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00900 Copper, Keweenaw County, Michigan   Native copper that was formed around various pebbles, a few of which are still attached.  No damage.  Measures 6.5x4x2cm  $25.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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Con01551  Copper, Ray Mine, Pinal County, Arizona.   Sculpture-like group of native copper from Arizona's famous Ray mine.  No damage.   Measures 2.7x2x1.2cm.  $12.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00640  Copper, Friedrichssegen Mine, Bad Ems District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany   Splendid group of spiky copper crystals which have a light coating of malachite.  Measures 1.5x1.5x0.7cm  $20.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00641  Copper, Friedrichssegen Mine, Bad Ems District, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany   Splendid group of spiky copper crystals which have a light coating of malachite.  Measures 2.4cm long.  $25.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.




 

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01391  Descloizite, James R. Lee Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Scattered crystals of dark brownish black descloizite on matrix.  No noticeable damage.  Measures 10x6.5x4cm. $15.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.




 

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01392  Descloizite, James R. Lee Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Scattered crystals of dark brownish black descloizite on matrix.  See 01391 for a general close up image.  No noticeable damage.  Measures 4.5x5x2.5cm. $9.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.

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01368  Descloizite, No. 2 shaft, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Thin crust of very small multi-colored descloizite microcrystals cover the front of this piece.  The descloizite ranges from light orange-red to purplish black.  Along the lower left of the specimen is a group of light amber descloizite crystals that appear to have formed around vanadinite that has since been taken back into solution.   No noticeable damage.  Measures 12x8x7cm. $30.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.


 

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01374  Descloizite, Blackhawk Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.   A thin crust of greenish descloizite microcrystals is present on the front of this piece along with an equally thin crust of calcite.  No noticeable damage.  Measures 5.5x4x1.8cm. $10.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.

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01377  Calcite with Descloizite, No. 2 shaft, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.   Thick platy crystals of calcite are present on the front of this piece.  Between the calcite crystals are thin microcrystals of red-orange descloizite.  No damage.  Measures 2.5x2.5x1cm. $7.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.





 

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01378  Descloizite, No. 2 shaft, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.   Vivid red-orange descloizite crystals are present on this piece.  A few contacts, but largely undamaged.  Measures 3x2x1cm. $15.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.
 

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01380  Descloizite with Vanadinite, Blackhawk Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.   Along one end of this piece is a narrow calcite and descloizite lined cavity which is host to a single 3mm vanadinite.  No noticeable damage.  Measures 4x3x2cm. $12.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.





 

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00938  Descloizite, Summit Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Red-orange crust of descloizite.  There are terminated crystals on both sides of the piece.  No noticeable damage.  Measures 2x1x0.4cm $9.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.
 

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01386  Descloizite with Vanadinite, Blackhawk Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.   A crust of dark descloizite microcrystals are host to a few small vanadinite crystals.  Measures 3x2x2cm. $10.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.

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01229  Descloizite, Summit Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.   Along the front of this piece is a narrow stringer of open cavities which are lined with colorless and snowy white quartz.   On top of the quartz is a thick coverage of vivid red descloizite microcrystals.  A few small sprays of aragonite are present on the descloizite as well.   Colorful and very pretty beneath the microscope.   Measures 9x7x6cm  $25.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01789  Diopside, Pipestone Mine, Jefferson County, Montana.   Thick green crystals of diopside on a diopside rich matrix.   Measures 6x4x2.5cm.  $9.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01790  Diopside, Pipestone Mine, Jefferson County, Montana.   Delicate group of green crystals of diopside.    Measures 3.5x2x2cm.  $12.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00836  Dufrenite with cacoxenite, Dixie Mine, Rockbridge County, Virginia.  Thick dufrenite microcrystals with a few very minor cacoxenite groups.  No damage.  Measures 4x4x2.5cm  $7.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01023  Epidote on microcline, Near Pipestone, Jefferson County, Montana.  Divergent sprays of epidote on pale pinkish microcline with minor quartz.  The terminations of the epidote crystals are tucked between the microcline, the outside edge of the epidote is a contact surface.  Measures 7x3.5x6cm.  $15.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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Con01479  Quartz with Epidote, Jumbo No. 4 Mine, Copper Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska.    Much like the Green Monster material, this piece has several epidote crystals with associated quartz.  An older piece from 1978.   No damage to the main crystals.    Measures 3.3x2.5x2cm.  $40.00 (net)   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01331  Epidote, Perry Canyon Tungsten Mine, Madison County, Montana.   Thousands of tiny epidote crystals line a cavity in this piece.  Some of the epidote crystals are complete and some are not; minor quartz is present as well.   Measures 8x4.5x6cm. $20.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.



 

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01338  Epidote, "garnet", pyrite, and quartz,  Maud-S Mine, Beaver County, Utah.   Thick blocky crystals of mixed composition garnets are host to deep green epidote crystals.  Numerous poorly formed quartz crystals are present along with microcrystals of pyrite.  Some of the epidote crystals have an etched appearance while others are perfect.  This piece could easily be trimmed into several smaller pieces but one would loose the benefits of the associated species.  No damage to the main crystals.   Measures 9x9x6cm. $25.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.




 

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01339  Epidote, "garnet", titanite, and quartz, Maud-S Mine, Beaver County, Utah.  The front of this piece is crossed by a narrow cavity which is host to numerous crystals of "garnet", epidote, quartz, and titanite.  The epidote crystals range from those that have an etched appearance to those that are perfectly formed.  Tucked deep in the cavity are a few pale yellow titanite crystals.  No damage to the main crystals.   Measures 8x8x5cm. $15.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00905  Fluorite, Cave-In-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois.  Dark purple cubes of fluorite reaching 3cm on an edge, the main crystals are largely perfect but the cleavage surfaces of the former surrounding crystals are a bit distracting.  Measures 9x6x4cm  $35.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00902  Fluorite, Cave-In-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois.  Pale violet fluorite forming slight stair-step cubes.  No damage to the main crystals, the cleavage surfaces of the former surrounding crystals are a bit distracting.  Measures 6x4.5x2cm  $20.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.



 

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00904  Fluorite, Cave-In-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois.  Pale purple cubes of fluorite with some hydrocarbon inclusions.  Some of the natural oil is present in the recesses between the crystals as well.  No noticeable damage.  Measures 4.5x3.5x3cm  $15.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.



 

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00903  Fluorite, Cave-In-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois.  Bluish-purple fluorite with a yellow center, numerous phantoms are faintly visible in this piece.  The large crystal is 4cm on an edge.  No major damage although there are scattered edge nicks. 
Measures 7x5x4.5cm  $40.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00681  Fluorite, Ruby Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Several 3-4mm dark purple fluorites line a vug on the front side of this piece.  Several of the fluorites are coated by a light layer of quartz, no damage.  Measures 4x3x2.5cm  $7.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.




 

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00277   Fluorite, Brown Thrush Claim, Beaver County, Utah. Pale crude octahedrons of apple green fluorite, the surface of the crystals is etched and minor quartz is present.   No damage.  Measures 3x2.5x2.5cm $30.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.


 

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01176  Fluorite on Calcite, Dead Indian Hill, Park County, Wyoming.  Colorless rounded cubes of fluorite on colorless to milky white calcite, see #01178 for a general close up image.  No noticeable damage.  Measures 7x10x7cm  $25.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01178  Fluorite on Calcite, Dead Indian Hill, Park County, Wyoming.  Colorless rounded cubes of fluorite on colorless to milky white calcite.  No noticeable damage.  Measures 6x5x3cm  $10.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.







 

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01428  Fluorite, Fluorite Claims, Beaver County, Utah.  Jumbled group of pale green fluorite cubes that reach 1cm on an edge are selectively coated by pale purple fluorite microcrystals.  No noticeable damage.   Measures 4.5x3x3cm. $20.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.




 

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01433  Fluorite with quartz, Fluorite Claims, Beaver County, Utah.  Colorless and pale green fluorite cubes with colorless quartz crystals.  Several of the quartz crystals are reverse scepters.  No noticeable damage.   Measures 4x3x3cm. $12.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.

 

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01196  Fluorite, Fluorite Claims, Beaver County, Utah.  Pale apple green cubes of fluorite, no damage.  The fluorite is much greener in person and the color is at its best in sunlight.   Measures 4x3.5x2cm  $25.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.







 

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01333  Fluorite, epidote, quartz, and others, Milford Quarry, Beaver County, Utah.  Eighteen pieces with a number of different minerals present in the cavities.  The real "prize" would be the fluorite which occurs as colorless and deep purple octahedrons and is present on at least on piece as perfect crystals and is present on others as lesser crystals.  Other minerals form the locality include, two feldspars, quartz, epidote, fluorite, magnetite, brookite, titanite, laumontite, and others that escape me at the moment.  The smallest piece is 1.5cm across and most minerals are present as sub-millimeter microcrystals.  $20.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01199  Fluorite, Fluorite Claims, Beaver County, Utah.  Pale apple green cubes of fluorite with faint purple color around the edges.  Some minor quartz is present as well, no damage.  The fluorite is much greener in person and the color is at its best in sunlight.   Measures 8x4x4cm  $35.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01200  Fluorite on quartz, Fluorite Claims, Beaver County, Utah.  Small pale green cubes of fluorite nearly completely covering a quartz crystal, no noticeable damage.   Measures 6x4x3cm  $25.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.










 

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01201  Fluorite, Fluorite Claims, Beaver County, Utah.  Pale apple green cubes of fluorite, no damage.  The fluorite is much greener in person and the color is at its best in sunlight.   Measures 9x7x5cm  $30.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.






 

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00758  Fluorite, Marie Mine, Carbon County, Montana.  Dark purple cubic fluorite microcrystals coat both sides of this piece.  No damage.  Measures 4x2x2cm  $5.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.


 

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