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1 1/4
3
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2
5.0
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3 3/4
9.4
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> 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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Fluorite (beautiful color)
Fluorite Mine, Rehrlköpfl, Vorderkrimml, Krimml, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.6 x 4.2 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid:
$535
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Mimetite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
4.7 x 3.2 x 1.6 cm
Winning Bid:
$60
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Prehnite with ''casts'' after Anhydrite and Fluorapophyllite-(K)
Millington Quarry, Bernards Township, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA
4.3 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm
Winning Bid:
$53
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Andradite
Limestone Mountain, Stanley Butte Area, Santa Teresa Mountains, Graham Co., Arizona, USA
3.6 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid:
$146
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Libethenite (fine classic material)
Podlipa Deposit, Ľubietová, Banská Bystrica Region, Slovakia (Type Locality)
Ex. Kurt Hefendehl
9.8 x 6.1 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid:
$210
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Tourmaline on Quartz (from the late 1800s!)
Mount Mica Quarry, Paris, Oxford Co., Maine, USA
Ex. George Elling
12.2 x 7.3 x 3.8 cm
Winning Bid:
$1,608
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Fluorapophyllite-(K) with Stilbite (rare BRAZILIAN locality)
Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil
Ex. George Elling
14.3 x 9.2 x 6.1 cm
Winning Bid:
$1,200
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Anglesite (rare classic locality specimen)
Wheatley Mines, Schuylkill Township, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA
Ex. George Elling
9.1 x 6.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid:
$236
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Pyramidal Quartz with Hematite (''Specularite'') (superb old classic)
Florence Mine, Egremont, Copeland, Cumbria, England, UK
Ex. George Elling
16.7 x 7.8 x 3.6 cm
Winning Bid:
$1,350
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Erythrite (fine old classic)
Daniel Mine, Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany (Type Locality)
Ex. George Elling
10.3 x 6.2 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid:
$1,650
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Cassiterite (fine twin) with Fluorapatite and Quartz
Zinnwald-Cínovec mining region, Ore Mountains, Europe
Ex. George Elling; R. W. Barstow
5.3 x 3.4 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid:
$310
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Topaz (GEM crystal) on Albite
Dassu, Braldu Valley, Shigar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. George Elling
9.8 x 6.2 x 4.7 cm
Winning Bid:
$550
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Anglesite and Linarite pseudomorph after Galena
Blanchard Mine, Bingham, Hansonburg District, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA
Ex. George Elling
4.3 x 3.6 x 2.8 cm
Winning Bid:
$185
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Tourmaline (multi-color doubly-terminated crystal)
Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego Co., California, USA
Ex. George Elling; Smithsonian Institution
4.3 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm, 13.11 grams
Winning Bid:
$338
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Gold (fine antique crystal)
Ballarat, City of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Ex. George Elling; Harry Simon; Lazard Cahn; Sir Warington W. Smyth
0.4 x 0.3 x 0.2 cm, 0.48 grams
Winning Bid:
$125
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Beryl var: Aquamarine on Albite
Shigar Valley, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Ex. George Elling
7.5 x 5.2 x 5.0 cm
Winning Bid:
$550
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Crichtonite (fine rare crystals)
Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy
Ex. George Elling
3.9 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Winning Bid:
$429
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Benitoite
Gem Mine, San Benitoite Co., California, USA
Ex. George Elling
4.07 mm x 4.03 mm, 0.35 ct
Winning Bid:
$50
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Rhodonite (classic material)
Franklin Mine, Franklin Mining District, Sussex County, New Jersey
Ex. George Elling
1.3 x 0.9 x 0.6 cm
Winning Bid:
$15
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Gold (crystallized ''leaf'')
Downieville Mining District, Sierra Co., California, USA
Ex. George Elling
2.2 x 1.2 x 0.4 cm, 0.94 grams
Winning Bid:
$369
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Raspite (rare fine crystals)
Broken Hill Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia (Type Locality)
Ex. George Elling
3.7 x 3.2 x 2.6 cm
Winning Bid:
$500
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Fluorapatite with Siderite (classic locality)
Panasqueira Mines, Covilha, Castelo Branco, Portugal
Ex. George Elling; Carnegie Museum
8.6 x 6.3 x 3.2 cm
Winning Bid:
$208
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Anglesite pseudomorph after Cerussite (classic locality)
Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia
Ex. George Elling
7.5 x 5.7 x 4.2 cm
Winning Bid:
$160
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Cerussite on Pyromorphite (RARE old locality specimen)
Joplin Field, Tri-State Mining District, Missouri, USA
Ex. George Elling; Larry Conklin; Dr. Otto Kuntze
6.3 x 4.6 x 2.7 cm
Winning Bid:
$1,098
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Spinel (classic locality)
Amity, Town of Warwick, Orange Co., New York, USA
Ex. George Elling; James B. Cone
4.6 x 3.7 x 3.7 cm
Winning Bid:
$347
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Epidote with Quartz (excellent provenance)
Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska
Ex. George Elling; Frank Levy; Ed David; John Sinkankas; Smithsonian Institution; Washington Roebling
10.3 x 5.7 x 4.1 cm
Winning Bid:
$1,305
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Copper (excellent crystallized specimen)
Copper Falls Mine, Copper Falls, Eagle Harbor, Keweenaw Co., Michigan, USA
Ex. George Elling; Phil Scalisi; Harvard University
6.8 x 5.2 x 4.3 cm
Winning Bid:
$1,156
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Antlerite (rare fine crystals)
Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile
Ex. George Elling
13.8 x 11.1 x 7.7 cm
Winning Bid:
$255
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Fossilized Tree Limb Cast
near Burns, Harney Co., Oregon, USA
Ex. George Elling
7.7 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm, 90.8 grams
Winning Bid:
$90
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Atacamite (classic material)
Atacama, Chile (Type Locality)
Ex. George Elling
8.7 x 8.5 x 3.4 cm
Winning Bid:
$455
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