Rare Locality TURQUOISE W BARYTE - - Llanada Copper Mine, California - - Ex D Reynolds
Item History & Price
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I'm pleased to offer this rare locality Turquoise with Baryte specimen from the Llanada Copper mine, Panoche, San Benito County, California. The specimen measures 3.17 x 1.71 x 2.08 inches or 8.04 x 4.34 x 5.27cm and is from the David W. Reynolds (1946-2015) collection of San Jose, California. The specimen bears his collection number 315--this is a fairly early piece as he carefully noted the dates of collection for later specimens. He collected this himself and his catalog entr...y for this piece reads,
"Dark blue glaucophane schist veined w/ blue turquois. Barite included in turquois."
More specifically, it seems that some of the baryte is included by turquoise. There are some very tiny crystals present on the piece---of baryte that is! The Reynolds collection contained more than a few of these pieces and I've sold all that have been placed on eBay. It is a rather rare locality that is almost never represented in collections. The mine is the type locality for nissonite---a rare copper magnesium phosphate mineral known from fewer than a half dozen localities worldwide. I've carefully examined this under 30X and don't see anything that leads me to believe that nissonite is present on the piece. There is a fair amount of turquoise on the piece and I really like the association with the colorless baryte.
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"Quality of specimens is assured as we permit return of specimens at our expense."
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"Dark blue glaucophane schist veined w/ blue turquois. Barite included in turquois."
More specifically, it seems that some of the baryte is included by turquoise. There are some very tiny crystals present on the piece---of baryte that is! The Reynolds collection contained more than a few of these pieces and I've sold all that have been placed on eBay. It is a rather rare locality that is almost never represented in collections. The mine is the type locality for nissonite---a rare copper magnesium phosphate mineral known from fewer than a half dozen localities worldwide. I've carefully examined this under 30X and don't see anything that leads me to believe that nissonite is present on the piece. There is a fair amount of turquoise on the piece and I really like the association with the colorless baryte.
Please check my feedback and my other eBay items. All specimens are carefully wrapped, come with complete and accurate labels and are quickly shipped. As always, your complete satisfaction is unconditionally guaranteed and I even offer FREE return shipping on any item that fails to satisfy for any reason---you can't go wrong. I'm reminded of the firm pledge printed on the old Foote Mineral Company mineral catalogs from more than a century ago,
"Quality of specimens is assured as we permit return of specimens at our expense."
Thanks for looking!
I buy collections! Please contact me if you wish to sell your collection. I also pay a finder's fee to anyone that refers me to a collection eventually purchased!
