Chris Tucker Minerals
Specializing in minerals from Montana


Pseudomorphs

Here you will find a variety of pseudomorphs.  If you don't find one to your liking, let me know, I may have a specimen that suites your requirements.


For pseudomorphs of quartz after apophyllite, visit the Summer Storm specimen page here.


Quartz pseudomorphs after hemimorphite, Summit Mine, Broadwater County, Montana




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01061  Quartz pseudomorphs after hemimorphite, Summit Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Several snow white epimorphs of quartz after hemimorphite cover one side of this piece.  Some hemimorphite is still present beneath the quartz, at least one of the epimorphs has minor descloizite crystals present inside.  No damage.   Measures 4x3x3cm.  $10.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.


 

 


Descloizite pseudomorph of vanadinite with calcite, Bad Place Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.


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01805  Descloizite pseudomorph of vanadinite with calcite, Bad Place Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.   Small crystals of descloizite have completely replaced the vanadinite crystals on the surface of this piece.  Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this piece is the manner in which the paragenetic sequence is exposed  along the sides of the piece with several generations of vanadinite and calcite being very apparent.  No noticeable damage.  Measures 4.5x5x3cm.   $15.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.





 


Descloizite pseudomorph of vanadinite with calcite, 100 Level, No. 2 Shaft, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.

 

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01809  Descloizite pseudomorph of vanadinite with calcite, 100 Level, No. 2 Shaft, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana. Thick coverage of white calcite with several descloizite pseudomorphs of vanadinite lying between the the calcite crystals.  No damage.  Measures 6x3x4cm.  $12.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.



 

 


Descloizite pseudomorph of vanadinite with calcite, Snowstorm Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.

 

 

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01811  Descloizite pseudomorph of vanadinite with calcite, Snowstorm Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Numerous pseudomorphs of descloizite after vanadinite with minor dirty brown calcite.   Minor amounts of residual vanadinite are visible from the back side.  Really rather pretty.  No damage.  Measures 5x3.5x2cm.  $70.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

 


 


Descloizite pseudomorph of vanadinite with calcite, 100 Level, No. 2 Shaft, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.

 

 

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01812  Descloizite pseudomorph of vanadinite with calcite, 100 Level, No. 2 Shaft, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Small descloizite pseudomorphs of vanadinite with calcite.  Several of the pseudomorphs have a residual core of vanadinite.  No damage to the main crystals.     Measures 8x4.5x4cm.  $20.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

 


 


Descloizite with vanadinite, Snowstorm Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.

 

 

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01813  Descloizite with vanadinite, Snowstorm Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.     Largish piece with a thick covering of descloizite microcrystals and rounded, etched crystals of white vanadinite.  The back side is host to more vanadinite.  no damage.   Measures 14x10x6cm.  $85.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

 


 


Descloizite pseudomorph of vanadinite with calcite, 100 Level, No. 2 Shaft, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana

 

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01814  Descloizite pseudomorph of vanadinite with calcite, 100 Level, No. 2 Shaft, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Small calcite lined cavity with several descloizite pseudomorphs after vanadinite, some residual vanadinite is present.    Measures 6x5.5x4cm.  $15.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

 


 

 


Calcite on descloizite covered vanadinite, Bad Place Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.

 

 

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01815  Calcite on descloizite covered vanadinite, Bad Place Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.    The lower portion of this piece is thickly studded with vanadinite crystals which are coated with a layer of parasitic descloizite.  Calcite has been deposited over much of the descloizite and vanadinite, but when viewed from the sides, the underlying descloizite and vanadinite crystals are visible.  Scattered damage.    Measures 10.5x9x9cm.   $200.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.



 


Descloizite after vanadinite with calcite, No. 2 Shaft, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.



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01363  Descloizite after vanadinite with calcite, No. 2 Shaft, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Colorless and milky white calcite covering vanadinite.  Where the vanadinite crystals rise above the calcite, they have largely been replaced by descloizite microcrystals.  A few of the descloizite epimorphs have rounded etched crystals of vanadinite in their interiors.  No damage.   Measures 7.5x5x5.5cm. $25.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.






 


 Descloizite ps. Vanadinite with calcite, 100 Level No. 2 Shaft, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.

 

 

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01771  Descloizite ps. Vanadinite with calcite, 100 Level No. 2 Shaft, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.   Numerous crude descloizite epimorphs of vanadinite are present on this piece.  Several etched crystals of calcite are present on the piece as well.  No damage.   Measures 3.5x2.5x2.5cm.  $15.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.



 


 Descloizite ps. Vanadinite with calcite, 100 Level No. 2 Shaft, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.



 

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01772  Descloizite ps. Vanadinite, 100 Level No. 2 Shaft, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.   Small descloizite epimorphs of vanadinite are present on this piece.  Minor calcite is present on the front and the back is largely covered with calcite.  No damage.   Measures 5x3x2cm.  $17.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

 



 


 Descloizite ps. Vanadinite with calcite, 100 Level No. 2 Shaft, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.

 



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01777  Descloizite ps. Vanadinite with calcite, 100 Level No. 2 Shaft, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.   A few small descloizite epimorphs of vanadinite rise through the thick covering of etched white calcite crystals which are on the front of this piece.  No damage.   Measures 3x2.5x1cm.  $15.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.


 

 










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WA32 Calcite with calcite after aragonite pseudomorphs, Cadman Quarry, Snohomish County, Washington. Two calcite crystals on quartz partially conceal a floater group of calcite after aragonite pseudomorphs.  These same calcites are additionally mildly fluorescent.  Nice.  Measures 9x6.5x6cm. $45.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.




 







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WA33 Calcite pseudomorph after aragonite, Cadman Quarry, Snohomish County, Washington.  An appealing group of calcite after aragonite pseudomorphs.  Nice.  Measures 8.5x5.5x4cm.  $45.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.








 


 

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WA34  Calcite pseudomorph after aragonite, Cadman Quarry, Snohomish County, Washington. John Cornish states, "From my last find, these are the finest pseudomorphs I've ever seen from this locality. They are sharp and complexly terminated, these are the best!"  Measures 5.5x3.5x4cm. $45.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.





 






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WA36  Calcite pseudomorph after aragonite, Cadman Quarry, Snohomish County, Washington.  They are sharp and complexly terminated, these are the best! The termination of a second pseudomorph is hidden in this photo and compliments this specimen. Measures 4x3.5x2.5cm. $45.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.






 



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WA37  Calcite pseudomorph after aragonite, Cadman Quarry, Snohomish County, Washington.  Sharp and completely terminated, among the best form the locality.   Measures 4x3x2cm. $45.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.






 





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WA38  Calcite pseudomorph after aragonite, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Clallam County, Washington.  Doubly terminated floater pseudomorph from the fossil bearing Pysht Formation.  Measures 4x1.5x1cm.  $15.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.


 



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WA39  Calcite pseudomorph after aragonite, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Clallam County, Washington.  Doubly terminated floater pseudomorph from the fossil bearing Pysht Formation.  Measures 5x2x1.5cm  $12.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.




 



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WA40  Calcite pseudomorph after aragonite, Strait of Juan de Fuca, Clallam County, Washington.  Doubly terminated floater pseudomorph from the fossil bearing Pysht Formation.  Measures 5x2x1.5cm.  $12.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.





 


Quartz pseudomorph of hemimorphite, Summit Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.

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01348  Quartz pseudomorph of hemimorphite, Summit Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Several divergent fan like growths of quartz after hemimorphite are present on this piece; several still contain hemimorphite.  Minor calcite is present as well.  Some damage. Measures 6.5x4x2.5cm. $15.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.

 

 



Quartz pseudomorph of hemimorphite, Summit Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.

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01350  Quartz pseudomorph of hemimorphite, Summit Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Lustrous glassy quartz crystals after hemimorphite.  No damage.   Measures 6x2x2cm. $20.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.


 


Quartz and hemimorphite, Summit Mine, Broadwater County, Montana


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01353  Quartz pseudomorph of hemimorphite, Summit Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Quartz epimorphs of hemimorphite, many still contain hemimorphite.  Some damage.   Measures 8x3.5x3cm. $10.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.


 


Quartz and hemimorphite, Summit Mine, Broadwater County, Montana



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01354  Quartz and hemimorphite, Summit Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Hemimorphite lightly coated by white quartz.  Slight damage.   Measures 3x2.5x2.5cm. $10.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.




 


Quartz pseudomorph of hemimorphite, Summit Mine, Broadwater County, Montana



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01355  Quartz pseudomorph of hemimorphite, Summit Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Delicate epimorph of quartz after hemimorphite.  The termination of the largest crystal is not preserved but the smaller ones are.  Some minor calcite is present as well.  No damage.   Measures 3x2.5x2cm. $20.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.

 

 


Quartz pseudomorph of hemimorphite, Summit Mine, Broadwater County, Montana



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01356  Quartz pseudomorph of hemimorphite, Summit Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Extremely delicate quartz epimorph of hemimorphite with minor calcite.  The terminations of the hemimorphite crystals are only partially preserved, allowing a view of the interior.  No damage.   Measures 4x3.5x2cm. $30.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.





 


Quartz and hemimorphite, Summit Mine, Broadwater County, Montana





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01358  Quartz and hemimorphite, Summit Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Hemimorphite lightly coated by quartz.  No damage.   Measures 2.2cm tall. $7.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.




 


Quartz and hemimorphite, Summit Mine, Broadwater County, Montana




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01359  Quartz and hemimorphite, Summit Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Hemimorphite lightly coated by quartz with rounded groups of calcite.  Some damage to the calcite.   Measures 2.2cm tall. $5.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.





 


Quartz epimorphs of ????, Summit Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.



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01369  Quartz epimorphs of ????, Summit Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.   Knob of matrix covered with a colorless quartz  druse which is then host to several quartz epimorphs of an unknown trigonal mineral (calcite, smithsonite, rhodochrosite, etc...).  This piece is host to seven epimorphs with the smallest being 1cm in size.  Measures 13x10x9cm. $30.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.


 


Quartz epimorphs of ????, Summit Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.
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01370  Quartz epimorphs of ????, Summit Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.   Knob of matrix covered with a colorless quartz  druse which is then host to several quartz epimorphs of an unknown trigonal mineral (calcite, smithsonite, rhodochrosite, etc...).  This piece is host to three epimorphs with the smallest being 1cm in size.  Pearly white clusters of calcite are present on this piece as well.  Measures 14x9x7cm. $20.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.





 


Quartz epitactic on hemimorphite with quartz coated calcite, Silver Star Mine, Broadwater County, Montana

 

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01382  Quartz epitactic on hemimorphite with quartz coated calcite, Silver Star Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  A 2.5cm cluster of quartz coated calcite is present on the front of this piece; although not readily observed in the photo, the crystal forms of the calcite are very noticeable in person.  Behind the quartz covered calcite are several small crystals of hemimorphite with epitactic quartz.  This piece could benefit from additional cleaning.  No damage.  Measures 6x4.5x3cm. $15.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.


 


Quartz epitactic on hemimorphite, Silver Star Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.

 

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01390  Quartz epitactic on hemimorphite, Silver Star Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  One end of this piece is covered with small hemimorphite crystals which are covered with oriented quartz crystals.  Very good for the locality.  This piece could benefit from additional cleaning and a bit of trim.  No damage.  Measures 12x7x3cm. $35.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com  to order.

 

 


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