Sold Specimens, Gallery V
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NOTE: Villiaumite from Mont St-Hilaire
has been moved to Mont St-Hilaire Sold

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VAL6-1  Valleriite $75   SOLD

Whitehorse Copper Belt, Whitehorse Mining District
Yukon Territory, Canada  ex. Joe Cilen #6292

3.2 cm x 2.6 cm x 2.6 cm

Patches of bronze-colored Valleriite (Fe²⁺,Cu)₄(Mg,Al)₃[(OH,O)₆|S₄], a rare sulfosalt, richly infuse this specimen.  Since Joe Cilen had a collection numbering in the tens of thousands, I guess this one (#6292) was an early acquisition.  The specimen comes with his label.

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VSV8-1  Vesuvianite  $65 SOLD

Lake Jaco, Sierra de la Cruz, Coahuila, Mexico

8.2 cm x 5.6 cm x 5 cm

More than a dozen Vesuvianites (Ca₁₀(Mg,Fe)₂Al₄Si₉O₃₄(OH)₄) up to 1.2 cm on edge are strewn about the matrix.  Matrix specimens from Lake Jaco are hard to find, and this one has good coverage of lustrous Vesuvianites.

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VOLB9-1  Volborthite and Chrysocolla $28 RESERVED

La Verde Mine, Copiapó Province, Atacama Region, Chile

3.2 cm x 2.8 cm x 2.4 cm;  largest Volborthites ~ 2-3 mm

Thin, yellow-green crystals of Volborthite (Cu₃[(OH)₂|V₂O₇] · 2H₂O) are scattered on botryoidal Chrysocolla ((Cu,Al)₂H₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O) making a pretty little rock.

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