David K. Joyce

Tri-State Area, Galena, Calcite, Sphalerite, etc.

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 #5941 Galena 4.9x4.6x3.5 cm Largest Crystal Size: 18mm $25.00 Sweetwater Mine Reynolds New Mexico, USA A very nice cluster of cube-octahdra of silvery, lustrous galena crystals.	Item #6338 Calcite, Marcasite 7.2x6.5x5.5 cm Largest Crystal Size: c-73mm $120.00 Sweetwater Mine Reynolds County Missouri, USA A nice cluster of scaleohedra of calcite on a marcasite-peppered limestone matrix. Really, a very attractive specimen.	Item #12868 Sphalerite, Dolomite 16.5x10.5x6.5 cm Largest Crystal Size: 8mm $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.	Item #13449 Siegenite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite 4.3x3.4x3.4 cm Largest Crystal Size: 1.5mm $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.
Item #17427 Galena 7.3x5.6x5.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: 12mm $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.	Item #19888 Galena 19.0x13.0x7.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: 15mm $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!	Item #20182 Chalcopyrite 12.5x8.3x4.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: 7mm $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.	Item #20253 Galena 7.6x5.0x4.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: as above $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!
Item #20255 Sphalerite, Quartz 12.5x9.5x7.5 cm Largest Crystal Size: s-30mm, q-5mm $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!	Item #20802 Spalerite 17.8x9.0x7.7 cm Largest Crystal Size: 22mm $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!!	Item #22162 Galena 6.0x4.4x3.4 cm Largest Crystal Size: as above $40.00 Lacoyer Mine Picher, Ottawa County Oklahoma, USA A single, parallel growth cube of lustrous galena showing octahedral modifications. Classic "Tri-State" specimen.	Item #22165 Sphalerite, Dolomite 10.2x5.7x2.8 cm Largest Crystal Size: 18mm $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!
Item #22344 Galena 7.9x2.6x3.8 cm Largest Crystal Size: 7mm $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.	Item #22346 Galena 7.4x5.0x4.5 cm Largest Crystal Size: 10mm $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	Item #22350 Sphalerite 6.5x5.5x4.6 cm Largest Crystal Size: 44mm $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!	Item #24282 Calcite 7.5x5.8x7.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: as above $75.00 Black Jack Mine Galena Illinois, USA One big, well shaped crystal wit ha couple fo smaller ones attached. The calcite crystal is a rhombohedron with modifying faces. Rally nice with pearly internal cleavages. Displays perfectly. s
Item #24283 Calcite, Sphalerite 7.2x6.5x4.9 cm Largest Crystal Size: 17mm $40.00 Black Jack Mine Galena Illinois, USA A plate of colourless, gemmy, bright calcite crystals that are scalenohedra with rhombohedral and other modifying faces. Base of the plate is sphalerite! Looks great. s	Item #24284 Calcite 7.2x5.8x4.8 cm Largest Crystal Size: 58mm $65.00 Black Jack Mine Galena Illinois, USA A simple cluster of three, very clear, colourless, well formed crystals of calcite. It is actually difficult to photograph these since they are so lustrous and colourless! Looks like a couple of different rhombohedra serve as terminal faces. Really nice! s	Item #24287 Calcite, Marcasite 11.8x9.5x6.5 cm Largest Crystal Size: 65mm $75.00 Black Jack Mine Galena Illinois, USA A larger cluster of well formed calcite crystals on a matrix of calcite with the underside coated with sparkling marcasite crystals. Can't see any of the marcasite from the display side! The calcite crystals are rhombohedra with complex modifying faces. Impressive specimen! s	Item #24347 Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite 6.4x4.5x6.1 cm Largest Crystal Size: sp-48mm, ch-3mm $65.00 Joplin Jasper County Missouri, USA This cluster of sphalerite crystals is almost totally covered with an epitactic veneer of 3mm or so chalcopyrite crystals. The chalco crystals are golden tetrahedra, that all flash simultaneously when the light hits them. Excellent example of epitaxy! s
Item #24360 Galena, Dolomite, Chalcopyrite 8.5x6.8x6.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: g-27mm $65.00 Joplin Jasper County Missouri, USA There are two generations of galena on this specimen! The matrix is smaller, cube-octahedra of galena crystals, encrusted with dolomite. On that nice matrix are several much larger, simple galena cubes, with tiny octahedral modifications. American classic! Looks great!