| Below is a gallery of high quality classic mineral specimens from closed
or lost localities known for great mineral specimens acquired from old
collections available for sale from John Betts - Fine Minerals in New York
City, NY. To purchase mineral specimens, go to the
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Sizes: (t) = Thumbnail, (m) = Miniature, (c) = Cabinet, (lc) = Large Cabinet

#37337, Elbaite Tourmaline, (Himalaya
Mine), Mesa Grande District, California (m) $250 |

#43974, Uvarovite Garnet, Saranovskoye
Mine, Russia *Type Locality (c) $250 |

#49384, Wulfenite with Calcite, Crna
(Schwarzenbach), Slovenia (c) $75 |

#46273, Siderite and Ferberite, Minas
do Panasqueira, Portugal (c) $225 |

#43259, Pyromorphite, Bunker Hill Mine,
Idaho (t) $65 |

#48443, Grossular Garnet, Jeffrey Mine,
Canada (m) $395 |

#43402, Elbaite var. Rubellite
Tourmaline, Himalaya Mine, California (t) $165 |

#48170, Ferberite, Minas do Panasqueira,
Portugal (m) $325 |

#48613, Apatite-(CaF) with Siderite on
Quartz, Minas do Panasqueira, Portugal (c) $85 |

#48867, Rhodochrosite with Quartz, Cavnic
Mine (Kapnikbanya), Romania (Type Locality for Rhodochrosite) (c) $395 |

#48001, Grossular Garnet, Pitts and Tenney
Quarry, Maine (m) $38 |

#48885, Quartz var. Amethyst, July 4th
Pocket, Intergalactic Pit, Maine (c) $250 |

#41747, Azurite with Malachite, Bisbee,
Arizona (m) $225 |

#44298, Elbaite Tourmaline, Mount Mica,
Maine (t) $65 |

#47088, Pyrite, Navajún, Spain
(t) $48 |

#47046, Sphalerite with Calcite, Tri-State
Lead-Zinc Mining District, Oklahoma (c) $42 |

#48856, Copper, Bisbee, Warren District,
Arizona (m) $25 |

#41209, Malachite pseudomorphs after Azurite
with Cerussite, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia (c) $125 |

#48009, Quartz var. Smoky, Palermo Mine,
New Hampshire (m) $40 |

#49397, Boracite (set of 5 crystals),
Lüneberg, Germany (Type Locality for Boracite) (m) $40 |

#19364, Azurite, Morenci Mine, Arizona
(m) $150 |

#48448, Apophyllite-(KF) with Laumontite and
Prehnite, Great Notch, Route 46 road cut, New Jersey (m) $65 |

#48407, Pyromorphite on Quartz, Chester
County Mine, Pennsylvania (c) $125 |

#48599, Sphalerite (Spinel-law twinned crystals)
with Chalcopyrite, Quartz, Calcite, Herja Mine (Kisbanya), Romania
(c) $225 |

#23980, Apophyllite-(KOH), N'Chwaning
Mine, South Africa (t) $150 |

#41364, Calcite, Berry Materials Quarry,
Indiana (m) $85 |

#41754, Pyrite with Hematite, Isola d'Elba,
Italy (m) $150 |

#42171, Barite, Meikle Mine, Nevada
(m) $295 |

#48723, Quartz var. Amethyst, Deer Hill,
Maine (m) $55 |

#48714, Quartz var. Amethyst, Rose Avenue
Locality, Bellingham, Massachusetts (m) $85 |

#48833, Magnetite (rare cubic crystal form) with
Talc, ZCA Mine No. 4, Fowler Ore Body, 2500' Level, New York
(m) $65 |

#48254, Quartz pseudomorph after Crocidolite
(Tiger-Eye), headwaters of the Orange River, South Africa (c) $150 |

#48381, Smithsonite, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia
(t) $125 |

#48760, Pyrite, Victoria Mine, Spain
(c) $85 |

#43401, Elbaite var. Rubellite
Tourmaline, Himalaya Mine, California (t) $350 |

#44238, Topaz on rhyolite, Topaz Mountain,
Utah (c) $175 |

#48810, Brookite, Magnet Cove, Arkansas
(t) $22 |

#39980, Apatite-(CaF) in Calcite, Yates
Mine, Canada (c) $35 |

#41386, Pyromorphite, Bunker Hill Mine,
Idaho (t) $175 |

#48832, Magnetite (rare cubic crystal
form), ZCA Mine No. 4, Fowler Ore Body, 2500' Level, New York
(m) $40 |

#45570, Barite on Manganite, Lucy Mine,
Michigan (c) $225 |

#48793, Chalcosiderite on Goethite, Wheal
Phoenix, England (Type Locality for Chalcosiderite) (t) $42 |

#37234, Shigaite on Calcite, N'Chwaning
II Mine, South Africa (t) $325 |

#48834, Magnetite (rare cubic crystal form) with
Talc, ZCA Mine No. 4, Fowler Ore Body, 2500' Level, New York
(m) $85 |

#39166, Calcite, Berry Materials Quarry,
Indiana (m) $30 |

#37161, Vanadinite, Touissit Mine, Morocco
(m) $225 |

#34039, Calcite, Paul Frank Quarry, Indiana
(m) $40 |

#49504, Beryl var. Aquamarine in Smoky
Quartz, (Lord Hill), Stoneham, Maine (c) $85 |

#49062, Quartz var. Amethyst, North Carolina
(c) $125 |

#49464, Wulfenite, Old Yuma Mine, Arizona
(t) $125 |

#27239, Bixbyite, Maynard claim, Utah
(Type Locality for Bixbyite) (t) $20 |

#48998, Rhodochrosite, Mont Saint-Hilaire,
Canada (m) $325 |

#44362, Manganite, Lake Valley District,
New Mexico (m) $35 |

#49191, Datolite pseudomorphs after
Anhydrite, Upper New Street Quarry, New Jersey (c) $150 |

#48326, Celestine on Sulfur, Floristella
Mine, Italy (c) $40 |

#40506, Calcite var. Manganocalcite,
Dalnegorsk, Russia (c) $65 |

#49304, Pyrite pseudomorphs after Pyrrhotite
on Sphalerite with Siderite, Herja Mine (Kisbanya), Romania (m) $35 |

#10751, Natrolite with Heulandite-Ca,
Chimney Rock Quarry, New Jersey (t) $15 |

#48264, Azurite, Morenci Mine, Arizona
(m) $175 |

#39238, Galena, Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining
District, Missouri (c) $125 |

#49592, Zircon, Lord Hill Quarry, Maine
(m) $45 |

#41151, Hausmannite, Ilfeld, Germany
(Type Locality for Hausmannite) (m) $75 |

#43379, Calcite (twinned crystals),
Sokolovskiy-Sarbaiskiy Mine, Kazakhstan (m) $150 |

#42256, Calcite (Mn-rich) with Pyrite,
Pachapaqui District, Peru (c) $395 |

#41750, Barite, Cartersville District,
Georgia (c) $175 |

#24785, Fluorite, Mina Emilio, Spain
(m) $295 |

#49339, Mimetite with Calcite, Santa
Eulalia District, Mexico (c) $35 |

#49358, Barite, Elmwood Mine, Tennessee
(m) $30 |

#49342, Sphalerite, Elmwood Mine, Tennessee
(c) $48 |

#49326, Quartz-Hematite pseudomorph after
Epidote, Bessemer Claim, Green Mountain, Washington (c) $75 |

#49453, Wulfenite, Stevenson-Bennett
Mine, New Mexico (m) $150 |

#27511, Celestine on Sulfur, Agrigento
District (Girgenti), Italy (c) $75 |

#44297, Elbaite Tourmaline, Mount Mica,
Maine (t) $75 |

#49450, Copper, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia
(t) $40 |

#49479, Hematite, Itabira District, Brazil
(t) $85 |

#42000, Azurite and Malachite, Touissit
Mine, Morocco (m) $375 |

#49823, Spinel with Phlogopite, Amity,
New York (c) $350 |

#49402, Pyrite, Isola d'Elba, Italy
(m) $40 |

#49586, Hematite, Mine Ledge, New Hampshire
(m) $35 |

#40127, Dioptase on Calcite, Tsumeb Mine,
Namibia (m) $275 |
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#40252, Dioptase on Calcite, Tsumeb Mine,
Namibia (c) $375 |
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#40311, Pyromorphite, Bunker Hill Mine,
17-23 Floors, 9th Level, Jersey Vein, Idaho (m) $695 |

#42019, Gold (crystallized), Eagle's
Nest Mine, California (m) $1500 |

#25023, Mimetite var. Campylite with
Coronadite, Dry Gill Mine, England (lc) $500 |

#43707, Quartz var. Laguna Agate, Ojo
Laguna, Mexico (c) $450 |

#46294, Wulfenite, Glove Mine, Arizona
(lc) $375 |

#24716, Calcite, Santa Eulalia District,
Mexico (lc) $400 |

#43969, Wulfenite, Bad Bleiberg, Austria
*Type Locality (c) $400 |

#43874, Liddicoatite Tourmaline, Alakamisy,
Madagascar *Type Locality (c) $1450 |

#44195, Wulfenite, Bad Bleiberg, Austria
*Type Locality (c) $400 |

#41742, Benitoite* and Neptunite, Benitoite
Gem Mine, California *Type Locality (lc) $3500 |

#20260, Sphalerite with Dolomite, England
(c) $400 |

#48817, Fluorite with Calcite, Frazer's
Hush Mine, England (lc) $475 |

#46384, Manganite, Ilfeld, Germany (Type
Locality for Manganite) (lc) $3000 |

#48084, Fluorite, Denton Mine, Illinois
(lc) $650 |

#43552, Variscite with Crandallite and
Montgomeryite, Little Green Monster Mine, Clay Canyon, Utah
(lc) $4500 |

#41781, Elbaite Tourmaline, Pederneira
Mine, Brazil (c) $950 |

#41796, Dioptase on Calcite, Tsumeb Mine,
Namibia (m) $1750 |

#48099, Epidote with Orthoclase var.
Adularia, Tormiq area, northwest of Skardu, Pakistan (c) $650 |

#4837, Copper (crystallized), Onganja,
Namibia (t) $450 |

#41983, Chalcocite with Bornite coating,
Flambeau Mine, Wisconsin (m) $950 |

#38276, Stilbite, Calcite, Pyrite, Moore's
Station, New Jersey (lc) $275 |

#40132, Dioptase and Shattuckite, Omaue,
Namibia (m) $600 |

#48706, Fluorite with Calcite, Rosiclare
Sub-District, Illinois (c) $325 |

#48752, Fluorite on Sphalerite, Elmwood
Mine, Tennessee (c) $400 |

#49192, Calcite with Dickite inclusions,
Buick Mine, Missouri (lc) $175 |

#25960, Almandine Garnet, Ishikawa District,
Japan (c) $750 |

#49206, Quartz, Withey Hill, Connecticut
(lc) $75 |

#44200, Fluorite, Rogerley Mine, England
(lc) $425 |

#46284, Pyrrhotite, Galena, Quartz,
Pyrite, Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dalnegorsk, Russia (c) $400 |

#49283, Quartz var. Amethyst, Jackson's
Crossroads, Georgia (m) $625 |

#49292, Quartz var. Amethyst, Reel Mine,
North Carolina (lc) $350 |

#49290, Prehnite with Calcite, Upper
New Street Quarry, New Jersey (lc) $225 |

#49299, Elbaite Tourmaline, Cruziero
Mine, Brazil (m) $950 |

#37515, Pyrargyrite on Calcite, Pribram,
Czech Republic (c) $400 |

#39085, Smithsonite on Coronadite,
Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, Australia (lc) $450 |

#41793, Datolite on Quartz and Andradite,
Dalnegorsk, Russia (c) $400 |

#49557, Calcite, Tri-State Lead-Zinc
Mining District, Missouri (lc) $250 |

#36213, Magnetite, Val Malenco, Italy
(lc) $375 |

#49558, Calcite, Tri-State Lead-Zinc
Mining District, Missouri (lc) $225 |

#29354, Paravauxite, Llallagua, Bolivia
(Type Locality for Paravauxite) (lc) $400 |

#37300, Barite, Meikle Mine, Nevada
(c) $600 |

#12301, Titanite var. Sphene, Quartz, Orthoclase
var. Adularia, Tavetsch (Tauetsch), Switzerland (lc) $950 |
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#49196, Analcime, Natrolite, Serandite,
Aegirine, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Canada (c) $450 |
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