Chris Tucker Minerals
Specializing in minerals from Montana

I am proud to offer these unique and extraordinary vanadinite specimens.  As always, click on any picture to see a larger version of it.

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01670  Vanadinite with calcite, Halloween Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.    Several small vanadinite crystals surrounded by rhombs of calcite.  No Damage.  Measures 3.5x3x1.5cm.  $7.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.




 

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01711  Vanadinite, Halloween Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.    Small piece of matrix with crystals of vanadinite on all sides.  A few of the larger vanadinite crystals have a thin white outer layer.  A few damaged crystals.  Measures 3.8x2.5x2cm.  $100.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.




 

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01712  Vanadinite with calcite, Halloween Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.    Unlike many pieces from the pocket, this piece only has a few scattered crystals.  A tiny group of calcite covered crystals is present on the backside.  A few damaged crystals.  Measures 8x5x3cm.  $50.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.






 

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01676  Vanadinite with calcite, Thanksgiving  Pocket Extension, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.    Slender crystals of vanadinite on a bit of matrix.  A thin layer of calcite covers much of the vanadinite.  No damage.  Measures 3.5x2x2cm.  $25.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.






 

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01677  Vanadinite with calcite, Thanksgiving  Pocket Extension, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.    Deep red crystals of vanadinite rest on larger acicular crystals of vanadinite.  No damage to the main crystals.  Measures 2.5x2x2.5cm.  $40.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.





 

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01679  Vanadinite with calcite, Thanksgiving  Pocket Extension, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.   Deep reddish brown crystals of vanadinite with minor white calcite.  A few  healed contacts, but largely perfect.  Measures 4x2.5x3cm.  $90.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.




 

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01680  Vanadinite with calcite, Thanksgiving  Pocket Extension, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.    Very minor amounts of calcite on deep red-brown crystals of vanadinite.  Slight damage.  Measures 3.5x2.5x2.5cm.  $40.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.






 

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01682  Vanadinite with calcite, Thanksgiving  Pocket Extension, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.    Several curved crystals of vanadinite, with a light coating of calcite, are present on this piece.  No damage to the main crystals.  Measures 4x1.5x2.5cm.  $90.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.



 

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01684  Vanadinite with calcite, Thanksgiving  Pocket Extension, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.    An attractive thumbnail of curved vanadinite with white calcite.  No damage.   Measures 2.5x1.5x1.5cm.  $40.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.




 

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01686  Vanadinite with calcite, Thanksgiving  Pocket Extension, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.    An attractive and perfect thumbnail.  Measures 2.4x1.5x1.1cm.  $25.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.






 

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01687  Vanadinite with calcite, Thanksgiving  Pocket Extension, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.    Minor calcite is present on the backside of this attractive little group.  No damage to the main crystals.  Measures 2x1x1cm.  $25.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.



 

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01602  Vanadinite with calcite, Thanksgiving Pocket Extension, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.   Likely the finest single specimen recovered from the mine.  Numerous gently curving crystals of vanadinite are topped with snowy white patches of calcite crystals;  much of the calcite has only been deposited on one side of the vanadinite crystals.  Much better than the photos depict.  Measures 13x11x7cm.  $4000.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01603  Vanadinite with calcite, Thanksgiving Pocket Extension, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.   A very delicate piece composed of hundreds of branching vanadinite crystals with minor calcite.   The vanadinite crystals are much smaller and more delicate than other pieces from this pocket.  A very nice little rock and even the backside is attractive.  Measures 10.5x8x5cm.  $1100.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01636  Vanadinite, Thanksgiving Pocket Extension, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.    Thousands of thin vanadinite crystals with minor calcite.  Many of the needle-like crystals of vanadinite have calcite microcrystals perched upon them.  Very delicate.  Measures 15x4x7cm.  $1100.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01634  Vanadinite, Thanksgiving Pocket Extension, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.   One of the few pieces from the extension to the Thanksgiving pocket which bears a strong resemblance to those from the original Thanksgiving pocket.   Very delicate and very attractive.  Measures 10x6x5cm.  $1000.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01576  Vanadinite, Starvation Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.   Several crystals of deep brownish black vanadinite on a soft iron rich matrix.   No noticeable damage.   Measures 10x4x3cm $50.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.
 

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01734   Vanadinite, Double Owl Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.   Greenish crystals of vanadinite perched on the end of a piece of matrix.  No damage.    Measures 5x4x1.5cm.  $60.00    Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.






 

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01577  Vanadinite, Starvation Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.   Dark red, nearly black, crystals of vanadinite on a thin piece of matrix.   As a bonus, the largest vanadinite has a small calcite crystal perched upon it.   No noticeable damage.   Measures 4x2.5x1cm  $30.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.
 

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01583  Vanadinite, Starvation Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.   Dark red, nearly black, crystals of vanadinite on a thin piece of matrix.   As a bonus, the largest vanadinite has a small calcite crystal perched upon it.   No noticeable damage.   Measures 5x4x3cm  $30.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00860  Vanadinite, Labor Day Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.   Long acicular crystals of blackish red vanadinite lie strewn about a shallow cavity in the barite rich matrix; a few of the crystals are broken but those in the cavity are perfect.  This is one of the few large pieces from this pocket that is suited for the rigors of the postal system.  Measures 11.5x7x7.5cm  $70.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01065  Vanadinite, 150 Level, Main Shaft, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Numerous red elongated vanadinite crystals cover this piece.  No noticeable damage.   Measures 6x4x2cm.  $12.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.



 

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00713  Vanadinite, Thanksgiving Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Dark red vanadinite crystals form a crested group on this thumbnail sized piece.  No damage.  Measures 3x1.5x1cm  $50.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.0

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00735  Vanadinite, Discovery Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Lustrous dark red-brown vanadinite crystals reaching 1cm in length cover one side of this piece.  No damage.  Measures 4.5x2x2cm  $40.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.0

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00736  Vanadinite, Thanksgiving Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Branching vanadinite with overgrowths of a lighter and brighter red vanadinite.  No noticeable damage.  Measures 3.4x1x1cm  $75.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.0
 

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01062  Vanadinite, Starvation Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Thick dark red, nearly black, vanadinite crystals that reach 8mm in length are present on this piece.  No damage to the main crystals.   Measures 4x2.5x2cm.  $20.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.
 

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01535  Calcite with vanadinite and descloizite???, 150 Level, Main Shaft, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Chunk of calcite vein material covered with thin flattened rhombs of calcite and enclosing a number of vanadinite crystals.  The vanadinite crystals are a reddish brown color and a few rest among the calcite crystals.  Several of the vanadinite crystals have a coating of a light yellow mineral which is probably descloizite, but I was unable to find one with well defined faces.   Measures 10x6.5x4cm $25.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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01536  Calcite with vanadinite and descloizite???, 150 Level, Main Shaft, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Chunk of calcite vein material covered with thin flattened rhombs of calcite and enclosing a number of vanadinite crystals.  The vanadinite crystals are a reddish brown color and a few rest among the calcite crystals.  Several of the vanadinite crystals have a coating of a light yellow mineral which is probably descloizite, but I was unable to find one with well defined faces.   Measures 5x5x2.5cm $30.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00705  Vanadinite, 600 Level Main Shaft, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Dark red vanadinite crystals reaching 5mm cover this piece, some minor colorless calcite is present as well.  No damage.  Measures 3x2.5x1.5cm  $50.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00711  Vanadinite, Thanksgiving Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Cute thumbnail of branching vanadinite.  There are a few missing crystals, however there absence does not detract from the piece.  Measures 2.5x1.5x1.5cm  $60.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.0

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00712  Vanadinite, Thanksgiving Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  This piece is thickly covered with elongated dark red vanadinite crystals and the occasional colorless calcite.  No damage.  Measures 2.5x1.5x1.2cm  $50.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.0

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00996  Vanadinite, Little Muddy Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Vanadinite crystals reaching about 1cm sit on a bit of matrix.  No damage to the main crystals.   Measures 5x3x2cm. 
$70.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00997  Vanadinite with plattnerite and calcite, Little Muddy Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Numerous vanadinite crystals stud on side of this piece.  Many of the vanadinites are coated with plattnerite microcrystals.  A few broken crystals are present.   Measures 9x5x3cm.  $65.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00718  Vanadinite, Candle Box Raise Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Several dark red nearly black vanadinites with red tips cover one side of this piece.  There are a few broken crystals.  Measures 4x3x2.5cm  $100.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.0

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01275  Vanadinite, 100 Level, No. 2 Shaft, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Deep dark red vanadinite crystals lie on the front of this piece while smaller more acicular crystals are present on the back.  No noticeable damage.   Measures 7x5x3.5cm  $25.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.




 

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01063  Vanadinite, Starvation Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  A single thick nearly black vanadinite crystal lightly coated by calcite dominates this piece.  A few other vanadinites are present as well.  No damage.   Measures 5x3x2.5cm.  $20.00  Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.


 

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00927  Vanadinite, Silver Medal Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.   Lustrous elongated dark red vanadinite crystals with minor calcite.  Many of the vanadinite crystals are perfect but there are a few broken crystals.  Measures 7x3.5x2cm  $70.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

 

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00897  Vanadinite, Silver Medal Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Dark red elongated vanadinite crystals on matrix, most of the vanadinite crystals have lighter orange terminations.  No damage to the main crystals.  Measures 2x2x1.5cm $7.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00719  Vanadinite, Candle Box Raise Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  The vanadinite crystals on this piece are a dark brown and the red terminations are not as pronounced as most from this particular pocket.  There are a few broken crystals, most of which show evidence of regrowth.  Measures 4x3x2cm  $75.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.0

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00721  Vanadinite, Candle Box Raise Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Dark vanadinite crystals with faint red tips, a few crystals show evidence of being broken and healed.  Measures 3x2x1.5cm  $65.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.0

 

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00737  Vanadinite, Thanksgiving Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  This piece has vanadinite crystals growing in every direction.  There are a few minor broken crystals, mostly contacts.  Measures 3x2x1cm  $60.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.0

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00410   Vanadinite, Starvation Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Dark red vanadinite crystals to 7mm cover this piece, with minor calcite.  No damage to the main crystals. Measures 7.5x4x4cm  $100.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.
 

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00411   Vanadinite, Starvation Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Dark red vanadinite crystals with a white outer layer to 1cm cover this piece.  No damage. Measures 8x8x4cm  $140.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00412   Vanadinite, Starvation Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Dark red vanadinite crystals with a white outer layer to 5mm cover this piece, with minor calcite.  No damage to the main crystals. Measures 7x5x4cm  $70.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.


 

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00413   Vanadinite, Starvation Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Dark red vanadinite crystals with a white outer layer to7mm cover this piece, the crystals are a bit slimmer than most pieces from this pocket.  No damage. Measures 8x5.5x4cm  $120.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

 

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00414   Vanadinite, Starvation Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Rice shaped vanadinite crystals to 7mm lie scattered about this piece.  No damage to the main crystals. Measures 4x3x4cm  $50.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00415   Vanadinite, Starvation Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Rice shaped vanadinite crystals to 1cm lie scattered about this piece.  No damage to the main crystals. Measures 4x3x1.5cm  $50.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00418   Vanadinite, Starvation Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Simple blocky vanadinite crystals to 7mm lie scattered about this piece.  No damage. Measures 5.5x4x1.5cm  $40.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

 

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00554  Descloizite and vanadinite, Snowstorm Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.   Rounded vanadinite crystals partially coated by yellow-brown descloizite microcrystals and minor calcite.  No noticeable damage.  Measures 3x2x1cm   $35.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00565  Vanadinite, Snowstorm Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.   Several vanadinite crystals to 7mm rise above a layer of calcite, this is one of the few pieces from this pocket that do not have any descloizite present.  No noticeable damage.  Measures 5x3.5x2.5cm   $40.00   Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.



 

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00294   Vanadinite, Starvation Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Dark red vanadinite crystals to 1cm cover this piece, with minor calcite.  There is some minor damage. Measures 4x2.5x1.5cm  $40.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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00297   Vanadinite, Starvation Pocket, North Home Mine, Broadwater County, Montana.  Vanadinite crystals to 5mm perched on a bit of matrix, no damage.  Measures 2x1x1cm  $20.00 Email Chris@christuckerminerals.com to order.

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