David K. Joyce

Cobalt/Gowganda, Ontario -Various Species

Although Cobalt was famous for the vast quantities of silver mined there over many decades, many other minerals, some fairly rare, have been found there in impressive specimens, confirmed by electron microprobe analysis. Here are some.

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Item #20850 Silver, Skutterudite 8.5x6.2x4.8 cm Largest Crystal Size: n/a $140.00 Beaver Mine Cobalt Ontario, Canada This specimen is mostly composed of bladed crystals of safflorite arranged in hemispherical aggregates, TOTALLY laced through with native silver, which sticks out as hacly barbs all over. Some tiny skutterudite crystals here and there on the safflorite. VERY high grade! Heavy and nice!	Item #21512 Safflorite, Nickeline 8.3x5.3x5.7 cm Largest Crystal Size: 1mm $85.00 Nipissing 73 Mine Cobalt Ontario, Canada This is an interesting, different one! Very elongated lobes of nickeline are coated with silver-grey safflorite crystals. The lobes are mostly safflorite but have narrow, hollow interiors that may have been filled with silver or some other mineral, at some time. The nickeline would then be some sort of pseudomorph. Looks great, anyway!	Item #22017 Lollingite, Quartz 3.4x3.6x4.6 cm Largest Crystal Size: 2mm $40.00 O'Brien Mine Cobalt Ontario, Canada The top of this rock matrix is covered with a botryoidal arsenide, possibly lollingite or safflorite that is in turn, thickly sprinkled with 1-2mm lollingite crystals. Interesting AND looks good!	Item #27088 Kainosite-(Y), Safflorite, Arsenopyrite 4.1x4.1x4.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: micro $65.00 Cobalt Lode Mine Cobalt Ontario, Canada This specimen has a number of tiny kainosite-(Y) crystals nestled amongst arsenide crystals and botryoids, including the exquisite cluster featured in the photograph here. My last one. A rare mineral from unusually mineralized silver-cobalt veins!
Item #22521 Skutterudite, Cobaltite (Dendrite) 10.6x8.0x3.8 cm Largest Crystal Size: n/a $75.00 Cobalt Lode Mine Cobalt Ontario, Canada THIS is a cool piece! You can see the thick bands of solid skutterudite on both sides of the specimen. Branching out from the skutterudite into the carbonate are dendrites of cobaltite. Dense. Interesting. Looks great.	Item #22859 Safflorite, Skutterudite, Nickeline 9.3x7.7x3.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: 2mm $75.00 Nipissing 404 Shaft Cobalt Ontario, Canada This specimen appears to be a botryoidal covering of safflorite with some nickeline in the interior of the botryoids, as well. The botryoidal minerals are largely covered with tiny, sparkling skutterudite crystals. Interesting specimen of these minerals.	Item #22862 Nickeline, Rammelsbergite, Skutterudite, Safflorite 6.7x6.9x3.4 cm Largest Crystal Size: n/a $75.00 Nipissing 404 Shaft Cobalt Ontario, Canada This specimen of botryoidal arsenides shows layers of nickeline, rammelsbergite and skutterudite with a thin skin of safflorite in places. Interesting AND looks great!	Item #22868 Kainosite-(Y), Arsenides 6.4x3.1x3.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: 1.5mm $40.00 Cobalt Lode Mine Cobalt Ontario, Canada A single brick-red kainosite crystal with altered exterior, is perfectly perched on a quartz crystal and tucked away in a protective opening in this safflorite, arsenopyrite and skutterudite matrix.
Item #25157 nickeline 6.4x4.9x3.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: n/a $35.00 Gowganda Ontario, Canada A chunk of VERY dense, solid arsenides consisting mostly of nickeline from Gowganda, Ontario. Some carbonate veining and a little, probably, rammelsbergite. Fresh on one side and green oxidation on the other. Rich!	Item #25167 Nickeline 5.0x3.0x3.5 cm Largest Crystal Size: n/a $45.00 Lawson Mine Cobalt Ontario, Canada Jus a solid chunk of nickeline, with a light coating of annabergite. The nickeline shows the typical orangey-metallic colour where exposed. Rich!	Item #26317 Proustite 3.5x2.3x1.4 cm Largest Crystal Size: 6.5mm $140.00 Miller Lake-O'Brien Mine Cobalt-Gowganda Ontario, Canada We don't often see proustite specimens with sharp crystals from the Cobalt-Gowganda area. Now this specimen does have significant bruising but that are many excellent, sharp, gemmy-red, well terminated proustite crystals in two knobs.	Item #26730 Lollingite 9.1x5.9x4.7 cm Largest Crystal Size: 1mm $65.00 Siscoe Mine Gowganda Ontario, Canada This specimen shows a vein of lollinite from which the calcite has been removed to reveal botryoidal aggregates of lollingite crystals. The botryoids are composed of cyclic twins of lollingite -very sharp! Excellent example of this iron arsenide mineral.
Item #26731 Lollingite, Quartz 8.3x5.2x3.3 cm Largest Crystal Size: 1mm $75.00 Siscoe Mine Gwganda Ontario, Canada This specimen shows a vein of lollingite that has had the calcite etched away to reveal botryoidal aggregates of lollinite crystals. The lollingite is all pointed, very sharp, tiny cyclic twins. Excellent example of lollingite!	Item #27037 Nickeline 5.0x5.4x3.6 cm Largest Crystal Size: 2mm $40.00 Rustex Mine Leith Township Ontario, Canada A few, sharp, arsenide-veneer coated hexagonal nickeline crystals are scattered in other arsenide and chlorite matrix. Nice crystals!	Item #27040 Nickeline, arsenides 1.2x1.0x0.7 cm Largest Crystal Size: 2mm $40.00 Rustex Mine Cobalt Ontario, Canada lots of sharp, hexagonal nickeline crystals on this specimen. Rarely do we see such good crystals of this nickel arsenide mineral.