Rock Sale Announcement from Dr. Greenberg

Friends,

Please note that the Geology Department at Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL (about 20 miles west of Chicago) is hosting a two-day [Sat. Sept.5 and Labor Day Mon. Sept.7] sale; 9:30am-4:30pm each day.

This event will feature a fantastic amount of good to excellent quality items accumulated over 150 years. Materials must be sold in order to make the transition to a new natural history museum in Fall 2010.

Be aware that the items will be sold at far below normal retail prices expected from stores or online dealers.
Prices begin at 25c (something for everyone) and range upwards, with most materials from 25c to $10.
Credit cards and cash will be accepted.

Minerals, rocks, fossils, maps, microscopes, and other geological items will be displayed in the basement of the college's Armerding Science Building (map available from the Wheaton College web site). In addition to many exotic global sources, good representation of materials come from: Illinois, Wisconsin, and the Midwest, California, South Dakota, Texas, North Carolina-northern Georgia, New Jersey, New York, Kentucky, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, southern Canada, Arkansas, and Oregon.


PARTIAL INVENTORY for the Giant Geology Sale of minerals, rocks, fossils, maps, microscopes, etc. :

MINERALS:
*Adamite *Allanite *Amblygonite *Analcite *Andalusite *Anglesite *Apatite(s) *Apophyllite *Aragonite *Aurichalcite *Azurite *Barite *Beryl *Bornite *Brookite *Cassiterite *Celestite *Chalcocite *Chalcopyrite *Chlorite(s) *Chromite *Columbite *Copper *Cordierite *Corundum *Covellite *Cryolite *Cuprite *Datolite *Desclozite *Dolomite *Enargite *Epidote *Feldspar(s) *Ferberite *Fluorite *Garnet(s) *Galena *Gold *Graphite *Gypsum *Hedenbergite *Hematite *Heulandite *Hexagonite *Hornblende *Ilvaite *Kyanite *Lazulite *Leucite *Magnetite *Malachite *Marcasite *Mica(s) *Molybdenite *Norbergite *Olivine *Pectolite *Prehnite *Pyrite *Pyrolusite *Pyrophyllite *Pyrrhotite *Pyromorphite *Pyroxene(s) *Rhodochrosite *Rhodonite *Siderite *Sillimanite *Smaltite *Smithsonite *Sodalite *Sphalerite *Spodumene *Stannite *Staurolite *Stibnite *Stilbite *Sulphur *Sylvite-halite *Talc *Topaz *Tremolite-actinolite *Triphyllite *Tourmaline(s) *Turquoise *Vesuvianite *Vanadinite *Willemite *Zincite *Zircon *Zoisite(s)

AND calcite and quartz minerals in great variety.

ROCKS:
of all igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic types; polished and clear enameled, including rare structural samples

FOSSILS:
including all major groups; invertebrate, vertebrate animals,(bivalves, trilobites, corals, gastropods,cephalopods, crinoids, algae, brachiopods, bryozoa, turtles,oreodonts), plants (Mazon Creek fauna,fossil wood, leaves)

LAPIDARY ROUGH:
including lots of material from the quartz family

GEO-ODDITIES:
such as cave deposits, dendrites, fulgarite "lightning rock", wind-polished ventifacts, and concretions in many forms.

PLEASE NOTE THAT DEALERS WILL BE GIVEN NO PREVIEWS OR OTHER PREFERENCES.