General Stock Page 25  Barney Ritter collection

	BR1. Apatite, muscovite.   Jose Pinto mine, “Aldeia do Eme” Ze Pinto Prospect, Conselheira Pena, Brazil. 10 x 8 x 6.5 cm 911g  $250.00 A large single crystal; gray on the outside, light blue interior  Purchased from Frazier's Minerals (Ex: Si & Ann Frazier) in March 1992.   I don't know how large the apatites from here get, but this one must be up there for size.
	BR1.  Side view.
	BR1.  Side view.
	BR24.  Malachite (primary), cuprite.  Mashamba West mine., Shaba province., DRC. Ex: Roberts Minerals.  3.3 x 2.5 cm 25g $85.00    A single large malachite crystal with tiny mm size cuprite scattered on it.
	BR24.  Another view.
	BR24.  Another view.
	BR24.  Close up view.
	BR24.  Close up view.
	BR24.  Close up view.
	BR69.  Siderite, arsenopyrite, ferberite.  Panasqueira mine, Castelo Branco, Portugal.  A 3 x 4 cm siderite, with a ball of arsenopyrite on it 3 cm across. 5 x 5 cm 146g  $175.00  A nice complete near floater specimen.  Ex: Dave Bunk Minerals #2156. Purchased: 5-2002 .
	BR69.  Another view.
	BR69.  Another view.
	BR69.  Another view.
	BR69.  Another view.
	BR93.  Malachite (primary), chrysocolla.  Mashamba mine, Kapata, Katanga, Republic of Congo. 6 x 5 x 3 cm 90g.  $75.00 Blocky crystals on chrysocolla on matrix.  Ex: Fraziers Minerals.  Actual blocky, sort of cubic looking crystals instead of the usual acicular crystals from here.  These are quite a bit rarer.
	BR93.  Another view.
	BR93.  Another view.
	BR206.  Barite.  Cerro Warihuyn, Miraflores, nr. Llata, Huamlalies prov., Huanuco dept., Peru. 6.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm 69g. $95.00  Matrix less group of thick gray translucent crystals. Glassy luster.  Floater specimen.  Purchased from Mineralogical Research in November 2006.  A tough one to photo and show how pretty it is.  Photos do not do this one justice.   Much better in person.
	BR206.  Photo has it a bit browner than it is...actually is a light, sort of soft gray color, as above.  Showing how glassy the crystals are in this photo.
	BR206.  Another view.
	BR206.  Another view.
	BR206.  Another view.
	BR206.  Back side.
	BR206.  Back side.
	BR206.  Back side.
	BR206.  Back side.
	BR234.  Barite.   Silius, Cagliari Province, South Sardinia, Italy. 5 x 5 x 3 cm 114g   $350.00    Ex: Jean-Pierre Cand collection who purchased it in April 2003. Ex: California State Mineral Museum.  Then to Barney Ritter.   A classic group of crystals from this old location that shut down in the 1970's.  Very nice, glassy golden highly translucent crystals.
	BR234.  Another view.
	BR234.  Another view.
	BR234.  Another view.
	BR234.  Another view.
	BR235.  Azurite, malachite.  Chessy, Rhone, France. Ex: Lorraine Sofia coll. Ex: Mineralogical Research  Purchase:3-2008  4 x 3 x 2.2 cm 50g   $350.00  Ball of azurite (rose). Tiny malachite after cuprite crystals scattered on it.
	BR235.  Another view.
	BR235.  Another view.
	BR235.  Another view.
	BR285.  Petrified wood.  Unknown location.  15 x 12 x 8 cm. Approximately 2 Kg.   What can you say about this hunk?   $30.00  Figure shipping in the US another $20.
	BR285.  Bottom side.
	BR285.  Side view.
	BR298.  Azurite.  Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker mining district, Jerada Province, Oriental Region, Morocco.  6.5 x 4 x 4 cm   $800.00   Vug = 3 x 5 cm. 170g Vug with dark blue brilliant crystals up to 1 cm.   Ex: Jim Clark coll. Ex: Mineralogical Research Purchase:8-2001.  An absolutely gorgeous specimen from the finds of the 1990's at Touissit.  Brilliant, glassy, gemmy crystals in an approximately 5 cm wide opening.  The piece is sort of geode like.   The crystals extend all the way to the back side, where a small hole shows more crystals...this shown in a photo below.   These are virtually unavailable these days.   I took a lot of photos of this one, maybe a bit of overkill, but trying to show how beautiful this piece is.
	BR298.  Another view, showing the depth of the vug with crystals...they extend all the way down to the piece in this view.
	BR298.  Another view.
	BR298.  Looking into the vug.
	BR298.  Looking into the vug.
	BR298.  Looking into the vug.
	BR298.  Looking into the vug.
	BR298.  Looking into the vug.
	BR298.  Closer look into the opening.
	BR298.  Closer look into the opening.
	BR298.  Closer look into the opening.
	BR298.  Closer look into the opening.
	BR298.  Closer look into the opening.
	BR298.  Closer look into the opening.
	BR298.  Bottom side, where the vug opens up and goes clear through the piece.
	BR388. Fluorite.   Tanzania. Ex: Francis N. & Jean Marshall coll. Ex: Mineralogical Research.  5 x 2 x 1.5 cm 32g   $45.00   A cleavage piece 5 cm tall, clear, gemmy, odd pale green color.  I checked the internet and could find virtually nothing about fluorite from Tanzania...although I did find one company selling small pieces of fluorite as cleaved chunks from there.
	BR388.  Another view.
	BR388.  Another view.
	BR427.  Azurite (doubly terminated single)  Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia. Ex: Lorraine Sofia coll. Ex: Mineralogical Research.  5 x 3.5 cm 52g    $980.00.   A brilliant 4 cm+ doubly terminated floater crystal  with offsets. Outstanding piece.  All faces, front and back have brilliant glassy luster.  Hard to catch just how good this one is with a camera.
	BR427.  Another view.
	BR427.  Another view.
	BR427.  Another view.
	BR427.  Another view.
	BR427.  Another view.
	BR427.  Back side.
	BR427.  Back side.
	BR528.  Azurite.   Milpillas mine, Cuitaca, Santa Cruz municipality, Sonora, Mexico.  5.5 x 5 cm 104g $900.00   Brilliant up to 2 cm crystals.   This is a really nice piece.   Displays beautifully.
	BR528.  Another view.
	BR528.  Another view.
	BR548.  Azurite, cerussite.   Tsumeb mine, Tsumeb, Namibia.  5.5 x 7.5 cm 115g   $325.00    Flat plate of 1-3mm size azurite in total coverage. Small mm size cerussites on one edge. Cuprodundasite listed on label, and may be present.    Ex: Claude H. Yoder coll.#575 Purchase :9-1998. Ex: Mineralogical Research
	BR548.  Close up of upper right.
	BR548.  Close up of left side.
	BR601.  Skutterudite.  Bou Azzer mining district, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.   3 x 3 x 2.5cm 67g   $125.00   Two crystals, largest is 3 cm across.  Ex: Claude Yoder coll. #1232 Purchased March 2002.   Ex: Mineralogical Research.  A superb cluster of large, sharp, splendent, silver-bright skutterudite crystals with chrome-like luster from the Bou Azzer District of Morocco. This is a very fine, complete all-around specimen.   SOLD
	BR630.  Amethyst (grape agate).  Mamuju area, Sulawesi Barat prov., Indonesia.   11 x 5 x 3.5 cm 107g  $220.00  Pretty, sparkly, purple/reddish purple botryoids.  These were cheap when they came out several years ago....since then prices have escalated sharply, especially for ones that have a bit of sparkle to them.
	BR630.  Another view.
	BR630.  Back side.
	BR630.  Close up.
	BR631.  Aragonite.  Tazouta, near Sefrou, sefrou province, Fes-Boulemane region, Morocco.    5.2 x 4 x 3 cm 69g  $18.00  Ex: Mineralogical Research.  These are fairly common right now, with this ones claim to fame being the single double terminated crystal going from one side to the other.
	BR631.  Another view.
	BR631.  Another view.