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MT - Gallatin & Madison Counties - Miscellaneous Odd Mineral Specimens - Montana

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 500.00 USD
MT - Gallatin & Madison Counties - Miscellaneous Odd Mineral Specimens - Montana
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
Lot of 46+ mineral specimens collected within Montana. Besides collecting the specimens in Gallatin and Madison Co. many were collected at the Tilden Mine, in Real Bluff. Mineral specimens in this lot include actinolite, apophyllite, anglesite, asbestos (with one fantastic pseudomorph after hornblende), brookite, cerrusite, corundum, diopside, epidote, galena, hayalite (type locale for variety of opal - Hayalite Peak), hedenbergite, orthoclase, proustite, tourmaline, and wulfenite. Particually noteworthy in this lot are bismuthinite and tetradymite (a rare bismuth telluride), and abundant pan concentrates of placer zircons and cassiterite from Pole Creek. Cassiterite - also known as "wood tin" - is major ore of the element tin, with major contributions from placer origins. Specimens range up to 5 inches in diameter.