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Historic & Pedigreed Minerals For Sale

Below is a gallery of  mineral specimens from old mineral collection, each with labels from old collections or dealers, available for sale from John Betts - Fine Minerals in New York City, NY. To purchase mineral specimens, go to the Online order form.

 Sizes: (t) = Thumbnail, (m) = Miniature, (c) = Cabinet, (lc) = Large Cabinet

Braunite-II and Calcite for sale from N'Chwaning II Mine, Kalahari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
#81535, Braunite-II and Calcite, N'Chwaning II Mine, South Africa (m) $675
Ex. Marshall Sussman private collection.

Datolite pseudomorphs after Glauberite (epimorphs) for sale from Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey
#81334, Datolite pseudomorphs after Glauberite (epimorphs), Prospect Park Quarry, New Jersey (c) $85
Ex. Rutgers University Geology Museum in 2001.

Heulandite for sale from Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
#81608, Heulandite, Upper New Street Quarry, New Jersey (c) $45
Ex. Chet Lemanski (namesake of Lemanskiite) collection #17240CL.

Vanadinite for sale from Puzzler Mine, Castle Dome District, 58 km northeast of Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona
#81821, Vanadinite, Puzzler Mine, Castle Dome District, Arizona (t) $35

Natrolite with Apophyllite overgrowth for sale from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
#81632, Natrolite with Apophyllite overgrowth, Millington Quarry, New Jersey (t) $45
Collected by J. Zigras (namesake of Zigrasite) ca. 2005.

Wulfenite on Quartz for sale from Manhan Lead Mines, Loudville District, 3 km northwest of Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
#80786, Wulfenite on Quartz, Manhan Lead Mines, Loudville District, Massachusetts (m) $75
Ex. Miller #M1737; collected August 1999 by E. Greene.

Minerals from the Collection of Jack Troy (1930-2016)

Jack was a well known collector and key member of the North Jersey Mineralogical Society in Paterson, New Jersey. Jack, along with his wife Greta, were part-time mineral dealers. The minerals here were collected in the 1980s and early 1990s when high quality and low prices made collecting fine specimens accessible to all. These minerals were part of the specimens that Jack kept for himself..

Babingtonite, Okenite, Calcite, Quartz for sale from Mumbai District, Maharashtra, India
#80186, Babingtonite, Okenite, Calcite, Quartz, Mumbai District, India (c) $55
Ex. Jack Troy (1930-2016)

Calcite with Quartz overgrowth for sale from Droujba Mine, Laki (Luki), Plovdiv Province, Bulgaria
#80175, Calcite with Quartz overgrowth, Droujba Mine, Bulgaria (c) $55
Ex. Jack Troy (1930-2016)

 

Minerals From My Private Collection

 Quartz var. Smoky Quartz for sale from North Moat Mountain, Bartlett, Carroll County, New Hampshire
#81665, Quartz var. Smoky Quartz, North Moat Mountain, New Hampshire (m) $25
From my personal collection

Datolite, Quartz, Calcite, and Pyrite for sale from Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey
#`81662, Datolite, Quartz, Calcite, and Pyrite, Millington Quarry, New Jersey (c) $35
From my personal collection

 

 

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