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Chris Tucker Minerals
Specializing in minerals from Montana

Specimens added on
10/21/2008

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01969 Epidote with quartz, Green Monster Mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. Thumbnail sized epidote with attached quartz crystal. The quartz has minor actinolite inclusions and has a slight phantom. Slight damage to the main epidote crystal as seen in the photos. Mounted with glue in a perky box. Measures 2.4 x 3 x 1cm. $30.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01970 Epidote, Green Monster Mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. Slender epidote crystal from the 2008 mining season. There are a few minor dings to the termination, but they are largely lost in the luster and sparkle of the piece. Measures 3.5 x 1.5 x 1cm. $30.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01971 Epidote, Green Monster Mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. Jumbled group of small epidote crystals. The epidote crystals have fair luster and a few small quartz crystals are present on the piece as well. No noticeable damage. Measures 3 x 2.2 x 1.2cm. $25.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01972 Quartz and epidote, Green Monster Mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. Curving plate covered with colorless, transparent quartz crystals that reach 2cm in size. A few small epidote crystals stick out between the quartz crystals. One of the epidote crystals has small amounts of actinolite present on the termination. A few platy magnetite microcrystals are present as inclusions in the quartz crystals. No damage to the main crystals. Measures 5 x 4 x 3.5cm. $35.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01973 Quartz and epidote, Green Monster Mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. Single thick epidote crystal surrounded by numerous quartz crystals. The epidote has one sharp, well defined end while the other is a broken and healed surface. Some small flat platy magnetite crystals are present as well. A few of the quartz crystals are broken, but they do not show when the specimen is positioned as shown in the first photo. Measures 4.5 x 4 x 3cm. $55.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01974 Quartz and epidote, Green Monster Mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. This piece has a main doubly terminated quartz crystal which has several smaller attached quartz crystals. Two thin epidote crystals are present among the smaller quartz crystals. A healed fragment of an epidote crystal is attached as well. No damage. Measures 3.5 x 1.6 x 1cm. $25.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01975 Epidote, Green Monster Mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. Single thick blocky twinned crystal of epidote with minor attached quartz crystals and a platy group of magnetite crystals. The faces vary from those that are slightly dulled by microcrystals of actinolite to those that are mirror bright. No damage. Measures 3.5 x 3 x 2.5cm. $60.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01976 Epidote, Green Monster Mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. Very possibly the finest specimen produced during the 2008 mining season. The piece has numerous crystals of epidote that are very bright and lustrous and have the classic form for the locality. Minor colorless quartz crystals are present on the piece as well. There is a healed scar from where another crystal had once been attached to the piece. Sadly, a few small crystal had to be reattached to the piece, they are present on the upper left in the first photo; the repaired crystals could easily be removed. Measures 6 x 5 x 4cm. $175.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01977 Epidote, Green Monster Mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. Slender divergent epidote crystal group with minor scattered damage. Normally, these divergent groups will have one side with good luster and one side that is dull, this piece has fairly good luster on both the front and back. Measures 5 x 2 x 1.2cm. $30.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01978 Epidote, Green Monster Mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. Single thick blocky twinned epidote crystal. The faces are clean and sharp and several have a mirror like luster. Generally damage free, although there are scattered contacts (some large) around the base. Measures 5 x 3 x 3cm. $85.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01979 Epidote with magnetite and quartz, Green Monster Mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. Thick blocky twinned epidote crystal with minor colorless quartz crystals. A fairly large rosette of platy magnetite is present on the termination of the epidote crystal. Minor edge wear is present on the epidote crystal. Measures 5 x 3 x 3cm. $75.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01980 Epidote with quartz, Green Monster Mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. Exceptionally nice thumbnail of epidote with associated quartz crystals. The main epidote is host to several smaller epidote crystals which are attached midway up one side. Perched on the smaller epidote crystals are several quartz crystals. The quartz crystals are doubly terminated. Perfect save for one broken quartz crystal on the back side. Mounted with glue in a perky box ( I didn't mount the thing). Measures 2.3 x 2.5 x 2.5cm. $50.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01981 Epidote with quartz, Green Monster Mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. Pretty little group of epidote crystals with numerous attached quartz crystals. The piece is very clean and sharp. A healed area of damage is present on the main epidote crystal. Measures 3 x 2.5 x 1.5cm. $40.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01982 Epidote with quartz, Green Monster Mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. Perfect thumbnail consisting of a single blocky epidote twin. Minor microcrystals of quartz are present on the bottom and one on the side. An etched remnant of magnetite is present near the base as well. Measures 2 x 2 x 1.3cm. $40.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01983 Epidote, Green Monster Mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. A main "trunk" of epidote with an attached epidote crystal. The main crystal has an unusual hexagonal cross section. Scattered damage. Measures 4 x 2.2 x 2cm. $30.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01984 Epidote, Green Monster Mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. Thin plate of epidote crystals. Well formed epidote crystals are present on both the front and back sides. Minor small quartz crystals are present as well. Numerous contacts and small areas of damage are present. Measures 4 x 4.7 x 3cm. $45.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01985 Epidote with quartz, Green Monster Mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. Thin plate of epidote with several associated quartz crystals. The epidote crystals tend to have lustrous faces and the quartz has some very minor actinolite inclusions. No noticeable damage. Measures 3.5 x 3.5 x 3cm. $60.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01986 Epidote with quartz, Green Monster Mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. Two main epidote crystals have grown together to form this piece. Several quartz crystals have grown on the epidote and a few of the quartz crystals have inclusions of magnetite microcrystals. A very light layer of quartz microcrystals has grown on both the epidote and the larger quartz crystals. Certainly unique. No damage. Measures 4.5 x 2.5 x 2.5cm. $75.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01987 Epidote with quartz, Green Monster Mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. A slender epidote crystal with attached quartz crystals. The main quartz crystal is doubly terminated and contains minor inclusions of epidote. No damage. Measures 3.2 x 1 x 1cm. $30.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01988 Epidote, Green Monster Mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska. Highly lustrous epidote crystal with smaller epidote crystals present here and there. The main crystal is doubly terminated and one end is likely regrown. The apparent point of attachment is near the smaller end. No damage with the exception of the point of attachment. Measures 3.5 x 1.5 x 1.1cm. $45.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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