[Rockhounds] AD: Garza minerals April 2020, note about fossils

[Alan Goldstein]

Greetings!

Steve and Dee Garza have been hunkered down in their home near Corydon. They have a good stockpile of supplies (assembled long before the coronavirus) and are doing well enough. Steve continues to have good and bad days.

I was brought over many minerals from the Garza's garage to work on back in February. Some required a bit of research for identification. The list below contains those where I have a high degree of confidence where there was no label. The garage has room to walk down the aisles, through there are still unopened boxes and boxes oozing specimens on the shelf. In one box I found a few Cave in Rock specimens that are pretty nice, well-wrapped amongst small low-grade minerals. Not exactly bubble wrap, but they came through.

For those who want low-end specimens for educational purposes and where locality data isn't critical, there is a partial list for that, too.

And speaking of porcupines, if you are interested in fossils, there is a note at the bottom of this page.

AS ALWAYS - REPLY TO ME AND NOT THE GROUP: deepskyspy at outlook.com<mailto:deepskyspy at outlook.com>.

Garza Minerals, April 2020

Actinolite (some w/ talc), Wenatchee Ridge, Chelan Co., WA Min. $2; S. cab $5; Cab $10
Aegerine in matrix, Mt. St. Hilaire, Quebec (S. cab) - $5
Almandine, sgl xls & in schist, Green's Farm locality, Roxbury, CT $1 - $5
Almandine, Sedalia Copper mine, Chaffee Co., CO (sgl 2.5" x 2.5" xl) - $5
Amazonite and smoky quartz, Moat Mtn., N. Conway, NH (Min) - $3
Aragonite in geode, Harrodsburg, IN (Cab) - $10; Aragonite-coated calcite (Cab) $10
Astrophyllite, Mt. St. Hilaire, Quebec (Min) - $3
Azurite, Morenci, Greenlee Co., AZ (S. cab) - $3 (massive)
Babingtonite, Peabody, Essex Co., Mass. (Min) - 50c to $2
Barite w/ inclusions), Stoneham, Weld Co., CO (Min) - $1
Barite, Rt. 9 (Rt. 72 bypass), New Britain, CT (Min - Cab) 50c to $4
Barite, Cave in Rock, IL (Cab.) $100
Barite (yellow xl) and calcite in geode, Harrodsburg, IN (Cab.) - $10; and w/o calcite $20 (Lg. cab.)
Barite (red & pink) w/ dolomite, calcite), Springfield, KY (Cab) - $5
Bertrandite on beryl, Keyes mine, Orange, Grafton, NH (Min-S.cab) - $5
Beryl (pale green xls) w/ or w/o matrix, probably Oxford Co., ME (TN - Cab) - $1 to $5
Beryl var. Heliodor, Strickland Quarry?, Portland, CT (TN - Min) - $1 to $5
Calcite (2 generations) w/ goethite inclusions, Rt. 9 (Rt. 72 bypass), New Britain, CT (Min. & Cab.) $5, $10
Calcite radiating scalenohedrons on goethite, Rt. 9 (Rt. 72 bypass), New Britain, CT (Lg cab) $40
Calcite, Newington, Hartford Co., CT (Min) 50c - $1 (some fluoresce)
Calcite, Berry Materials quarry, North Vernon, IN (Min) - $3
Calcite, Corydon quarry, Harrison Co., IN (TN to S. cab) 50c to $5
Calcite (botryoidal, fluorescent), Corydon quarry, Harrison Co., IN (Cab) - $3
Calcite on dolomite, Corydon quarry, Harrison Co., IN (Cab) - $3, $20
Calcite (gemmy xls) in dolomite geode, Washington Co., IN (Cab) - $3, $5, $10
Calcite (iridescent), Pint's Quarry, Raymond, IA (Cab) - $10 (fairly old specimen)
Calcite in geode, Halls Gap, KY (classic with white rosettes) (s.cab.) - $3
Calcite, Flemingsburg Quarry, Fleming Co., KY (some w/ pyrite) - (Min - Cab) - $1 to $10 - lustrous xls!
Calcite geode (strong fluor/phosphorescence) Radcliff, Hardin Co., KY (Min to cab) - 50c to $5
Calcite in geode, Muldraugh, Meade, KY (Cab) - $1
Calcite w/ bitumen, Muldraugh, KY (S.cab.) - $1
Calcite w/ barite, Nally-Gibson Quarry, Washington Co., KY (S.cab) - $3
Calcite (petrol-colored), Pugh Quarry, Wood Co., OH (Cab) - $10
Calcite, Grove St. Quarry, West Roxbury, MA (Min) - $1
Celestine in geode, Muldraugh, Meade Co., KY (Cab) - $1, $5
Calcite scalenohedron cleavage with phantoms, prob. Tri-State Pb-Zn district (S.cab) - $10
Celestine / C. on calcite, Meckley Quarry, Mandata, Northumberland Co., PA (TN - Min, 50c to $5)
Chalcanthite on pyrite, Planet Mine, La Paz Co., AZ (S.cab) - $5
Chalcoite xl (Bristol Copper Mine), Conn. (TN) - $100
Chalcopyrite on dolomite, Picher, Oklahoma - 4x4 cm - $3
Chlorite coating Adularia, Tilcon-Warren Quarry, Acushnet, MA (Min) - $4
Dawsonite (w/ other minerals), Francon Quarry, Montreal, Quebec (MM, TN, Min) 50c - $1
Dolomite (rosettes) in quartz, Harrodsburg, IN (S. cab to Cab) - $2 to $4
Dolomite, Corydon Quarry, Harrison Co., IN (various sizes, prices, most 50c to $4)
Dolomite (some, iridescent orange), Rt. 9 (Rt. 72 bypass), New Britain, CT (TN to Cab) 50c to $3
Dravite, Newry, Oxford Co., Maine (Min) - $1
Elbaite (green) in muscovite, Oxford Co., Maine (S.cab) $5
Elbaite (in or on albite), Newry, Oxford Co., ME (all sizes) $1 - $10
Elbaite (on lg quartz cluster), Newry, Oxford Co., ME (Cab) - $10
Elbaite (w/ smoky quartz), Newry, Oxford Co., ME (S. cab) - $7 (indicolite core in 1 xl)
Elbaite (mostly green, 2 pink), Pulsifer Quarry, Auburn, ME (Assortment of loose xls) - $10
Epidote covered by quartz xls, Hongquizheng, Sichuan Prov., China (Min.) - $10
Eucryptite (massive, fl. Red SW UV), Parker Mtn., Stafford, NH (Min) - $5 ea. (multiple specimens)
Fluorapatite in albite, Dunton Gem Quarry, Oxford Co., ME (Min, S.cab) - $1 ea
Fluorapatite xl, Tory Hill, Ontario (TN) - $1; in calcite (S.cab) $1
Fluorite w/ Calcite, Minerva No. 1 mine, Cave in Rock, IL (Min.) - $5
Fluorite with calcite, Cave in Rock, IL (Cab) - $100
Fluorite, Cave in Rock, IL (_ x _ cm slab of purple cubes up to 8 cm) $300
Fluorite, Corydon quarry, Harrison Co., IN (Cab) - $10 (dark purple encrusting a stylolite - weird!)
Fluorite, Corydon quarry, Harrison Co., IN (some with dolomite or calcite, some cube-tetrahexahedrons) Fluorite w/ calcite & dolomite, Corydon quarry, Harrison Co., (Cab) - $20
Fluorite, Irvington, KY - (Lg cab) - $10
Fluorite (green octahedron), Wm. Weiss mine, Westmoreland, NH, $3 - $5 (Mins)
Fluorite w/ malachite & quartz, Bingham, Socorro Co., NM (Cab) $4
Fluorite (transparent cube), Walworth Quarry, Wayne Co., NY Fluorite & Dawsonite, Francon Quarry, Montreal, Quebec (Cab) - $10
Forsterite var. peridot (1 w/ magnetite), Sapat Gali, Nuran, Kaghan Valley, Mansehra Dist., Pakistan  (Min) - $100 each or 2 for $150
Gahnite & almandine in schist, Davis Pyrite mine, Rowe, MA (Min - Cab) - 50c to $2 (also pyrite xls)
Goethite after dolomite ("ankerite") in quartz, Bloomington, Monroe Co., IN (Cab) - $2 - $5
Gold in Quartz, Timmins, Ontario, (TN) $20
Grossular, Jeffery Mine, Asbestos, Ontario, Canada (s. cab) - $10
Grossular, chromian on tremolite, Orford Nickel mine, Estrie, Quebec (Min) - $2
Grossular, chromian, Orford Nickel mine, Estrie, Quebec (Cab) - $10
Hedenbergite, South Mountain, Owyhee Co., ID (Cab) - $3
Lepidolite (some w/ bluish cleavelandite albite), Newry, Oxford Co., ME (Min - Cab) - $1 to $5
Loellingite, Parker Mtn Mine., Stafford, NH (TNs, 1 cab.) $1 to $10, some in pegmatite matrix, some in solid metallic pieces
Malachite, Katanga dist., D.R. Congo (S.cab) - $20 (botryoidal)
Manganapatite in pegmatite, Weison mine, Greenwood, ME (Cab) - $5
Marcasite inclusions in calcite cleavage, Tri-State Pb-Zn district (Min) - $3
Millerite geode, Halls Gap, Lincoln Co., KY (TN) - $20 (both halves, includes an eshelby twist)
Mordenite (w/ calcite), Newington, Hartford Co., CT (Min) - $1 (a few specimens)
Muscovite, pink, Harding mine, Taos Co., NM (Min) $3
Muscovite, Oxford Co., Maine (Min, S.cab) - $1 to $2
Muscovite (ball), Greenlaw Quarry, East Mt. Apatite, Auburn, Maine (S.cab) $5
Phlogopite (Ferroan) w/ calcite, Tory Hill, Ontario (Min) - $1
Prehnite (micro-xls), Peabody, Essex Co., MA (Min) - $1
Prehnite (some w/ laumontite), Upper New St. Quarry?, Paterson, NJ (Min-Cab) - $1 to 20
Pyrite (2 generations) on sphalerite, prob. Tri-State Pb-Zn district (Min) - $3
Pyrite in dark chalcedony geode, Halls Gap, Lincoln Co., KY S.cab) - $1
Pyrite w/ dolomite, Duff Quarry, Logan Co., OH (Min) - $3
Pyrite (cubes in schist), Chester, Vermont (Cab) - $5 ea.
Smoky Quartz, Taylorsville, Alexander Co., NC (partial xl) $1 (Only 1 photo on Mindat)
Smoky Quartz, Deer Hill mine, Oxford Co., Maine (Cab) - $10 (smoky amethystine)
Smoky Quartz xl, Lord's Hill mine, Maine (S.cab) - $10
Smoky Quartz (with white caps) in microcline, Moat Mtn., N. Conway, NH (Cab) - $10
Amethyst Quartz, Simcoe Quarry, Norfolk Co., MA  (TN)  $1 - $5
Quartz, Montgomery Co., Arkansas (Cab) $10
Quartz (dbl term. xls), Rt. 72 bypass, New Britain, CT (Min.) - $3
Quartz, drusy, Washington Co., MO (Cab) - $2
Quartz on goethite/barite, Rt. 9 (Rt. 72 bypass), New Britain, CT (Min - Cab) $1 to $5
Quartz (loose xls), Rt. 9 (Rt. 72 bypass), New Britain, CT (TN) - 5 / $1
Quartz, milky, Moosup, Plainfield, CT - Min $2, $4; Cab $5, $20
Quartz geode, Harrodsburg, IN (S.cab) - $1
Quartz, drusy, Conklin Quarry, Lincoln Co., RI (Min) - 50c
Quartz (rock xl), Santander Dept., Columbia (Lg TN to Min) - $1 to $5
Quartz, milky, Bonsecours, Quebec, Canada (variety of sizes & shapes) 50 cents to $5
Rhodochrosite, Chihuahua, Mexico (Cab) - $5 (massive xlline)
Rosasite (velvety, vivid dark turquoise color), Ojuela mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico (cab.) 3 at $75 each or all $150
Rosasite, malachite, brochantite, quartz, Zacatecas, Mexico (S. cab) - $3
Rutile, Parkesboro, Chester Co., PA (TN) - $5 (looks like an old specimen)
Schorl, Timms Hill prospect, CT (TN to Min) 50c to $3
Schorl (in schist), Newry, ME (S.cab) - $1
Sodalite, Princess Sodalite mine, Bancroft, Ontario (classic specimen, blue & orangish) (Min.) - $1
Sphalerite on dolomite, Walworth Quarry, Wayne Co., NY (Min) - $3 (2)
Sphalerite and Marcasite, Vulcan Quarry, Racine Co., WI (Cab) $5
Stilbite (orange), Nova Scotia, Canada (Min) - $3
Stilbite (green), Poona, India (TN) - $1
Stilbite (clear), Poona, India (Min) - $1
Stilbite (xl cluster), Poona, India (S. cab) - $3 ea (one pale yellow-tan, one pink)
Strontianite in calcite, Faylor-Middle Creek Quarry, Winfield, PA (Min - Cab) $3 - $5
Strontianite-coated celestine, Meckley Quarry, Mandata, Northumberland Co., PA (TN/Min) $3
Sulfur xl, Maybee Quarry, Monroe Co., MI (TN) - 2 - $5 ea.
Sulfur, Baja California, Mexico (Min) - $5
Talc, Chester, Vermont (Min) - $1
Tiger iron, Mt. Brockman, W. Australia?, (S.cab) - $3
Uranium minerals - Gummite, autunite, torbernite, etc., Ruggles mine, Groton, NH (mostly unidentified)
Wavellite (7 spheres on matrix), Montgomery Co., Arkansas (Min) - $1
Whitlockite and associated minerals, Dunton Gem quarry, Oxford Co., ME (Min to Cab) - $5 to $25
Witherite, Cave in Rock, IL (6 pound mass of crystals!) $300
Witherite, Cave in Rock, IL (large crystal) $200
Wulfenite, some w/ pyromorphite, on quartz, Manhan Mines, Loudsville, MA 50c to $5


A sampler of specimens with vague or unknown locales. (May be purchased in quantity at 70% discount.)

Biotite schist, New England (S. cab) - 50c
Calcite (Iceland spar rhomb)  Mexico? (S. cab) - $1
Chalcedony (pink, fluor. green), loc.? AZ (S.cab) - $1
Chalcedony (smoky), loc.? (Min) - 50c
Dolomite on Quartz on Hematite, loc. Mexico?, (Cab) - $5
Dolomite & calcite, Corydon, IN 10c to $1
Elbaite, Brazil?, good color (TN) - $5
Elbaite, New England
Geodes - various localities and sizes 25c
Gypsum var. selenite, connected balls of xls, loc.?, (Cab) - $5
Indicolite / Rubellite tourmaline in albite, loc. Pala, CA? - $10
Kyanite in quartz, loc? U.S., (Cab) - $3
Muscovite in albite, New England, (S. cab) - $1
Natrolite, loc.? - $1
Pyrite on magnetite, Mexico? - $1
Quartz "Beekite ring", loc. AZ? (S.cab) - $1
Quartz cluster w/ minor iron coloring, loc? (S.cab) - $1
Quartz xls on basalt, loc.? (S.cab) - $2
Olivine in basalt, loc. NM or AZ?, (S.cab) - $1
Sphalerite, loc? - .25
Sphalerite - layered like travertine - loc? $3
Many others...

Fossil, fossils, fossils!

If you are a fossil collector, I have a large inventory for sale - some 300 species. Dominantly Ordovician, Silurian, Devonian, and Mississippian Periods. Contact me directly for a list (about 12 pages) or if you have questions.