Trinity Mineral Company * John Veevaert * P.O. Box 2182 Weaverville, California 96093 * (888) 689-8402 (Toll Free)

 

Last updated May 9, 1999

Welcome to the Northwest USA Room!  For the purposes of presenting specimens in a geographical format I have lumped Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and the state of Alaska which is dang near one third the size of the "lower 48" itself.  This is the first time I have ever placed specimens in this partucular room.  For this initial offering I have some common as well as unusual specimens including rarely seen manganese nodules from the Pacific Ocean seafloor off the coast of Alaska.  I decided that the NW USA room was an appropriate place to feature these since I will likely not have a Pacific Ocean Room ever.  Also another oddity is a specimen of fluorite collected in the tide pools of  southeast Alaska which has an attached barnacle on it!   The following species can be found in this update:

ludlamite, pyromorphite, epidote, molybdenite, cavansite, calcite, fluorite, gold, djurleite, thompsonite, pseudomalachite, metaheinrichite, stilbite, and aquamarine.

If you see a specimen that is sold please ask me about others. I may have similar specimens of some of these species.
 
 

Specimens

NW-01 $40.00
Fluorite with Barnacle
Zarembo Island
Alaska
 

4 x 3.5 cm specimen of clear fluorite crystals on mtx with an unusual association of barnacle.  The largest crystal on the specimen is 1.1 cm across. This specimen was collected in a tide pool on Zarembo Island about 35 miles south of Petersburg, Alaska.   One of the more unusual localities for fluorite that I have heard of before...
 

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NW-02 $15.00
Molybdenite
Chelan County
Washington
 

2.3 x 1.5 cm specimen of quartz with a 1.4 cm crystal of molybdenite.  The crystal is 3 mm thick.
 

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NW-03 $55.00
Epidote with Quartz
Green Monster Mine
Prince of Wales Island,
Alaska
 

3.8 x 2.2 cm crystal cluster of epidote with several quartz crystals.   These crystals are all fully terminated with the largest crystal being 3.6 cm in length.
 

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NW-04 $55.00
Calcite
Port Orielle,
Washington
 

8.5 x 4 cm specimen of calcite comprised of several crystals.  The dominant crystal is 6.7 cm across and is one of the largest crystals ever found from this locality!
 

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NW-05 $40.00
Calcite
Sonneman Mine
Owyhee County
Idaho
 

9 x 6.5 cm crystal cluster of calcite with a triangular prism habit.  Each of the crystals has this unusual habit.  All are terminated also with a step-like pattern .  The largest crystals in contrast are terminated with hopper growth patterns.  Under SW UV light the calcite fluoresces a cream white color and phosphoreseces for a few seconds after the light source is removed.
 

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NW-06 $20.00
Calcite
Sonneman Mine
Owyhee County
Idaho
 

8.5 x 6.5 cm specimen of needle-like calcite crystals.  The largest crystals in this cluster are approximately 1 cm in length.  Under SW UV light the calcite fluoresces a cream white color and phosphoreseces for a few seconds after the light source is removed.
 

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NW-07 $30.00
Calcite
Sonneman Mine
Owyhee County
Idaho
 

7.5 x 5.5 cm crystal cluster of calcite with a triangular prism habit.  Each of the crystals has this unusual habit.  All are terminated also with a step-like pattern .   Under SW UV light the calcite fluoresces a cream white color and phosphoreseces for a few seconds after the light source is removed.
 

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NW-08 $40.00
Beryl var. Aquamarine
Sawtooth Mountains
Idaho
 

5.4 x 0.5 cm (pencil) crystal of aquamarine.  The crystal is terminated on the end shown and is very gemmy ice blue its entire length!
 

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NW-10 $90.00
Metaheinrichite (Fluorescent)
White King Mine
Lakeview,
Oregon
 

6 x 4.2 cm specimen of siliceous jasperoid with a black crust of uraninite (?) and bright canary yellow crystals of metaheinrichite - a uranium bearing mineral and also quite fluorescent under SW UV light.  This specimen was formerly owned by Al McGuinness (mcguinnessite is named after him).  The largest crystals on this specimen are 2.5 mm across.
 

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NW-11 $40.00
Djurleite with Quartz and Chalcopyrite
Leaonard Mine, 2800 foot level, "59" Raise
Butte, Silverbow County
Montana
 

2.6 x 1.5 cm specimen with one of the rarer copper sulfide minerals.  Djurleite is not commonly seen anywhere. It has been found at the Benitoite mine along with benitoite which is a fabulous blue mineral that forms... oops, got carried away... Djurleite is a "simple" sulfide of copper with the formula Cu31S16.
 

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NW-12 $20.00
Thomsonite
Near Drain,
Douglas County,
Oregon
 

5 x 3 cm specimen of acicular habit thomsonite.  Thomsonite is a member of the zeolite group of minerals.  The needle-like crystals can be seen clearly in the close up photo.
 

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NW-13 $45.00
Pseudomalachite on Quartz
Black Pine Mine
Philipsburg,  Granite Co.
Montana
 

5 x 4.5 cm specimen of quartz covered in a light coating of cuprous halloysite upon which have grown 1-2 mm crystals of deep green pseudomalachite.   Pseudomalachite is a hydrous phosphate of copper.
 

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NW-14 $10.00
Stilbite
Linn County
Oregon
 

4 x 3 cm cluster of stilbite crystals.
 

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NW-15 $55.00
Gold in Quartz
Cannon Mine
Wenatchee,
Chelan County
Washington
 

2.1 x 1.5 cm specimen of massive quartz literally shot through with gold.  The two photos show the extent fairly cleary to which this rock is made of gold!
 

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NW-16 $75.00
Ludlamite
Blackbird Mine
Forney, Lemhi County
Idaho
 

1.9 x 1.4 cm specimen of ludlamite with a rather large doubly terminated crystal for the species at 1.6 cm in length!  Ludlamite is a hydrated iron, magnesium, manganese phosphate.
 

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NW-17 $45.00
Arsenian Pyromorphite
Jersey Vein
Bunker Hill Mine
Kellogg,
Idaho
 

5 x 3.5 cm specimen of bright orange arsenian pyromorphite.  The close up photo displays the aciular habit of this brightly colored pyromorphite.
 

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NW-18 $40.00 ea (3 available)
Manganese Nodules
"Davey Jones Locker"
Pacific Ocean
Off the coast of Alaska
 

I have three (each about 3 cm across) of these remarkable oceanic creations formed near active deep sea volcanic vents off the coast of Alaska.  These specimens are comprised primarily of manganese oxide - most likely pyrolusite as they tend to leave black streaks on everything they touch.
 

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NW-19 $80.00
Cavansite with Stilbite
Owyhee Dam
Malheur County
Oregon
 

6 x 5 cm specimen of basalt with a heavy coating of cavansite and stilbite.  Cavansite was discovered in Oregon and this specimen comes from the co-type locality for this species.  Most people today recognize the fabulous specimens of cavansite that occur from the Wagholi quarries in near Poona, India.  Until they were discovered this was the "only show in town" for cavansite.
 

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