The "Tri-State" mining area includes parts of Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma. Famous names like "Sweetwater Mine", "Joplin", "Treece" are synonymous with great mineral specimens. Here are a number of very nice examples of mineral specimens from this famous area!
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- Item #3239
- Galena, Marcasite, Dolomite
- 5.2x5.3x4.0
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: 15mm
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$25.00
- Bixby
Missouri,
USA- Octahedral crystals of galena cover half of this mound of pearly white dolomite crystals. A different specimen from the tri-state area.
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- Item #3241
- Galena, Marcasite
- 6.7x6.0x5.4
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: as above
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$35.00
- Picher
Oklahoma,
USA- A large, complex cube of galena with a generous growth of marcasite on the galena. The big crystal is ttotally composed of vicinal growth faces making for interesting study. The marcasite crystals are up to 10mm or so in size and a lustrous blue-gold colour -slightly irridescent.
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- Item #5941
- Galena
- 4.9x4.6x3.5
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: 18mm
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$25.00
- Sweetwater Mine
- Reynolds
New Mexico,
USA
- A very nice cluster of cube-octahdra of silvery, lustrous galena crystals.
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- Item #12868
- Sphalerite, Dolomite
- 16.5x10.5x6.5
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: 8mm
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$60.00
- Joplin
Missouri,
USA- Lots of brown, resinous sphalerite crystals clustered on top of this dolomite crystals covered limestone matrix. Classic from this part of the "Tri-State" zinc mining area.
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- Item #13449
- Siegenite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
- 4.3x3.4x3.4
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: 1.5mm
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$55.00
- Sweetwater Mine
- Reynolds County
Missouri,
USA
- Rounded aggregates of sharp siegenite crystals formed on chalcopyrite are scattered about on this dolomite-limestone matrix. Good example of this relatively rare mineral.
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- Item #17427
- Galena
- 7.3x5.6x5.0
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: 12mm
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$60.00
- Buick Mine
- Boss
Missouri,
USA
- A mound of lustrous, lead-gray, cube-octahedral galena crystals on a limestone fragment. An excellent example of galena from this classic "Mississippi Valley" lead-zinc deposit.
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- Item #19888
- Galena
- 19.0x13.0x7.0
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: 15mm
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$150.00
- Joplin
Missouri,
USA
- A great old classic Joplin piece! This dolomite crystal-coated, cherty matrix is studded with cubic crystals of galena and a couple of small sphalerite crystals. We used to see these all the time but rarely now. Most of the crystals are in great shape! Probably extra postage involved. Displays very well!
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- Item #20182
- Chalcopyrite
- 12.5x8.3x4.0
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: 7mm
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$75.00
- St. Joe Head
- Joplin
Missouri,
USA
- A striking, classic specimen showing chalcopyrite tetrahedral sprinkled liberally over creamy-white dolomite crystals. Classic cabinet specimen.
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- Item #20253
- Galena
- 7.6x5.0x4.0
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: as above
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$75.00
- Joplin
Missouri,
USA- I think that this is one large, stepped and hoppered galena crystal showing cube and octahedron in varying degrees of dominance. Nice looking crystal! Dense!
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- Item #20255
- Sphalerite, Quartz
- 12.5x9.5x7.5
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: s-30mm, q-5mm
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$140.00
- Picher
- Ottawa County
Oklahoma,
USA
- A really nice attractive specimen of this zinc ore mineral! It is a large cluster of dark brown sphalerite crystals that have small chalcopyrite crystals, many oriented, on the sphalerite. The druse of small quartz crystals are draped over the sphalerites, preferentially, like snow on a rock outcrop. Very nice!
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- Item #20802
- Spalerite
- 17.8x9.0x7.7
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: 22mm
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$160.00
- Tri State Area
Missouri,
USA- A VERY large, cabinet specimen of blocky, sphalerite crystals from this amazing zinc mining area. The crystals are not highly twinned like many sphalerite crystals. Matrix is limestone and the sphalerite crystals are thickly clustered on curved, creamy-white dolomite crystals. Big and impressive. Extra postage required here!!
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- Item #22162
- Galena
- 6.0x4.4x3.4
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: as above
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$40.00
- Lacoyer Mine
- Picher, Ottawa County
Oklahoma,
USA
- A single, parallel growth cube of lustrous galena showing octahedral modifications. Classic "Tri-State" specimen.
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- Item #22165
- Sphalerite, Dolomite
- 10.2x5.7x2.8
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: 18mm
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$35.00
- Lacoyer Mine
- Picher, Ottawa County
Oklahoma,
USA
- A good representative sample of sphalerite crystals from this famous Tri-State mine. Lustrous, twinned, dark-brown sphalerite crystals, associated with dolomite crystals on massive dolostone. Partially sawn base. A little bruising. Looks great!
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- Item #22375
- Calcite
- 7.0x5.4x3.0
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: 45mm
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$45.00
- Brushy Creek Mine
- Reynolds co.
Missouri,
USA
- I remember when these calcite, pyrite specimens were plentiful years ago! Not so now. A classic Brushy Creek Mine specimen showing spiky, scalenohedral calcite crystals with pyrite coatings and phantoms.
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- Item #22344
- Galena
- 7.9x2.6x3.8
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: 7mm
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$45.00
- Sweetwater Mine
- Ellington, Reynolds co.
Missouri,
USA
- Nice plate of galena crystals. The crystals are cube-octahedra and are scattered about on what I believe is the nicest side and thickly clustered on the bottom.
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- Item #22346
- Galena
- 7.4x5.0x4.5
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: 10mm
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$55.00
- Brushy Creek Mine
- Reynolds co.
Missouri,
USA
- We're used to seeing the calcite and pyrite crystals from Brushy Creek Mine but not so much the galena. Here is a nice example. Complex cube-octahedra on dolomite crystal -coated, brecciated matrix
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- Item #22350
- Sphalerite
- 6.5x5.5x4.6
cm
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Largest Crystal Size: 44mm
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$45.00
- Joplin
Missouri,
USA
- A couple of large, twinned, dark brown sphalerite crystals on limestone matrix. The sphalerites have little calcite crystals sprinkled on them. Nice!
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