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Thumbnail
1 1/4
3
Miniature
2
5.0
Small Cabinet
3 3/4
9.4
Cabinet
> 3 3/4
> 9.4
While Toenail is not an official "competition" size classification, sometimes thumbnail specimens are just a bit too big for competition rules, often referred to as "boxbusters." There is no standard size for toenails, but they overlap a thumbnail and a miniature.
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Natrolite with Analcime (uncommon locality specimen)
Wasson Bluff, Two Islands, Cumberland Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Ex. Dan Behnke
6.0 x 5.8 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid:
$80
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Rhodochrosite with Elpidite
Poudrette Quarry (Demix Quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
Ex. Dr. Bob Byers
7.8 x 5.7 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid:
$178
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Fluorite with Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Dr. Stephen Smale
6.8 x 4.3 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid:
$310
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Scheelite (good sized crystal) (flourescent)
Xianghualing Mine, Xianghualing Sn-polymetallic ore field, Linwu Co., Chenzhou, Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
5.7 x 4.7 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid:
$110
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Carborundum (synthetic Silicon Carbide)
N/A
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
4.7 x 2.3 x 1.9 cm
Winning Bid:
$34
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Azurite (fine crystals)
Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker Dist., Jerada Prov., L'oriental Region, Morocco
Ex. Shields Flynn
3.2 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Winning Bid:
$365
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Englishite (very rare)
Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA
Ex. Colin Manlove
6.2 x 5.3 x 2.9 cm
Winning Bid:
$180
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Microcline var: Amazonite (rare locality specimen)
North Conway, Conway, Carroll Co., New Hampshire, USA
Ex. Gerry Morvell
4.8 x 4.3 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid:
$15
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Quartz var: Amethyst ''flower''
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Ex. Armon McPherson
8.7 x 7.2 x 3.3 cm
Winning Bid:
$257
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Mottramite pseudomorph after Wulfenite
Tsumeb Mine, Oshikoto Region, Namibia
Ex. Bill and Anne Cook
3.2 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm
Winning Bid:
$166
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Stilbite-(Ca)
Prospect Park Quarry, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA
Ex. Paterson Museum, Eric Stanchich
9.2 x 7.2 x 6.8 cm
Winning Bid:
$241
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Stalactitic and botryoidal Malachite
L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
14.1 x 9.6 x 9.4 cm
Winning Bid:
$427
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Quartz, Schorl, Microcline, etc
Shigar Valley, Shigar Dist., Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
9.0 x 8.8 x 5.4 cm
Winning Bid:
$241
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Kyanite and Kyanite perimorphs after Andalusite
Champion Mine, White Mtns., Mono Co., California, USA
Ex. Paterson Museum, Dick Hauck
14.2 x 10.2 x 8.8 cm
Winning Bid:
$97
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Ilvaite with Quartz and Quartz casts after Fluorite (unusual!)
Huanggang Fe-Sn deposit, Hexigten Banner, Inner Mongolia A.R., China
7.7 x 7.5 x 6.5 cm
Winning Bid:
$291
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Amethyst (1963 find)
Ellis-Jones Mine, Due West, Abbeville Co., South Carolina, USA
Ex. John Whatley
6.8 x 5.3 x 5.1 cm
Winning Bid:
$121
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Baryte (late 1970s finds)
Muddy Creek, tributary of Crater Creek, Rio Grande Co., Colorado, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
13.1 x 9.7 x 7.3 cm
Winning Bid:
$290
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Colemanite ps. Inyoite
Corkscrew Canyon Mine, Furnace Creek, Inyo Co., California, USA
Ex. Bob Reynolds
15.4 x 8.0 x 6.9 cm
Winning Bid:
$185
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Calcite (optical grade - old Mexico)
near Melchor Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico
Ex. Dr. Vasco Trancoso
8.8 x 5.6 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid:
$228
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Aragonite "floater" (New 2023 Find)
Molina de Aragón, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
6.2 x 6.0 x 4.6 cm
Winning Bid:
$116
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Azurite "suns"
Malbunka Copper Mine, Areyonga, Northern Territory, Australia
11.2 x 7.3 x 4.4 cm
Winning Bid:
$279
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Quartz
Ron Coleman Mine, Blue Springs, Garland Co., Arkansas, USA
Ex. John Whatley
9.1 x 7.2 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid:
$160
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Kyanite in Quartz
Yancey Co., North Carolina, USA
Ex. John Whatley
12.7 x 12.0 x 7.8 cm, 3.4 pounds
Winning Bid:
$92
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Quartz var. Citrine (rare locality)
Adams Hiddenite and Emerald Mine, Alexander Co., North Carolina, USA
Ex. John Whatley
5.0 x 3.9 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid:
$334
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Stibnite with Calcite
Xikuangshan Sb deposit, Lengshuijiang Co., Loudi, Hunan, China
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
14.5 x 8.1 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid:
$510
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Creedite with Fluorite
Navidad Mine, Indé Mun., Durango, Mexico
18.0 x 15.0 x 7.7 cm
Winning Bid:
$645
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Fluorite (classic locale)
Le Beix Mine, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Ex. Paul Zerfass
7.9 x 7.8 x 6.4 cm
Winning Bid:
$626
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Baryte
Châtel-Guyon, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Ex. Paul Zerfass
13.8 x 8.8 x 5.6 cm
Winning Bid:
$106
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Malachite on Chrysocolla
L'Etoile du Congo Mine, Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo
4.7 x 4.6 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid:
$326
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Pyrite "sun"
Sparta, Randolph Co., Illinois, USA
8.7 x 8.7 x 0.7 cm
Winning Bid:
$110
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