Trading List of Volker Betz

Tauschliste von Volker Betz

The following species are available for trade, most of these have been collected by myself since the last 30 years, some traded, a few acquired.

Die nachfolgenden Mineralien wurden in den letzen 30 Jahren meist selbst gesammelt, einige wurden eingetauscht, wenige gekauft.

Sizes :MM < 10 mm,  TN (Thumbnail) up to 25 mm, MN (Miniature) up to 40 mm, SC (small cabinet) > 40 mm

C (cabinet) 40-80 mm LC (Large cabinet) 80-120 mm, MU (museum) > 120 mm

Photos are Examples in most cases, specific pictures are available on request.

Apophyllite

Amethyste

<=== Apophyllite,clear crystals (8-10mm) with small Stilbite and Thomsonite from Strond, Bordoy, Faroes Islands. SC to MU

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Amethyst with 1-2 cm crystalswith Calcite Ankerite on matrix, Osilo near Sassari, Sardegna, Italy, TN to C ===>

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Amethyste

Analcime

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<=== Amethyste, selected single crystals 1-2 cm) with 2-phase inclusions (moving bubbles) from Osilo near Sassari, Sardegna, Italy

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Analcime, Heidarvatn,  Breiddalsheidi,  Iceland , TN  to C  ===>

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Analcim 

Augit

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<==== Analcim, Ljosa Eysturoy, Färöer, 2x3 cm,TN to C 

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Augite Xl, 15 mm, from road to Erque, Gomera, Canary Islands, TN ===>

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Chabazite

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<===Chabazite xls 10-18 mm on Heulandite  - Druse 1, Gamlaraett, Streymoy, Färöer , SC-LC

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Chabazite (Phakolite) Phillipsite,  Erionite 1,5 km SE Tascarticio SW-Gran Canaria (example picture)  Xls ca. 10 mm  TN-C ===>

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Chabasite

Cowlesite

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<=== Chabasite-Twin Gamlaraett, Streymoy, Färöer

2x3 cm

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Cowlesite, Islandmore Upper Co.Antrim, N-Ireland, TN to LC , with Chabasite, Thomsonite, Erionite, Levyne ===>

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Cowlesite

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<=== Cowlesite, Pta. del Aguila, Playa Blanca, Lanzarote ZS490,TN and MM collected ca.1990

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Cowlesite, Burnt Cabin Creek, Grant Co. Oregon, SC to C ===>

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Epistilbite

Faujasite

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<==== Epistilbite, Fossarfell, Berufjord, Iceland, collected 1978 with Mordenite, Heulandite, Chabazite and Calcite, TN to SC

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Faujasite Twin ca. 1 mm Quarrry I. Limnerg near Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Germany ===>

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Faujasite

Ferrierite

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<===Faujasite, Phillipsite, Stbr.I, Limberg bei Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Germany, ZS1086, TN to C

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Ferrierite, Pinaus Lake, BC, Canady , TN to SC (similar also from Monte Lake) ===>

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Ferrierite

Gismondite

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<=== Ferrierite , Kamloops Lake , BC, Canada, TN to C

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Gismondite, Epitaxy of Phllipsite on Gismondite, Teichelberg near Pechbrunn, Oberpfalz, Germany, TN to C ===>

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Gismondite [Image]

<=== Gismondite xls with Phillipsite from Arensberg near Zilsdorf, Eifel, Germany, MM to C

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Gismondite with Thomsonite and Phillipsite, Grauley near Lammersdorf, Eifel, Germany, MM to SC ===>

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Gmelinite

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<===Gmelinite with Analcime and Calcite from (Forni-Spring) N of Avdhellero, N Larnaka, Cyprus, TN to C

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Gmelinite with Analcime from Roadcut west of Avdhellero, N Larnaka, Cyprus, TN to C ===>

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Gyrolite

Harmotome

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<=== Gyrolite, Roadcut NW Ljosa, Eysturoy, Färöer , thin blades with Apophyllite and Thomsonite, TN to C

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Harmotome/Phillipsite

Roadcut W of Arzigano, Vicenza, Italy, 25 mm wide TN to C ===>

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Harmotome

Heulandite

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<=== Harmotome with Calcite on Quartz, Setz-Quarry, Idar Oberstein, Rheinlandl-Pfalz, Germany specimen 3,5 x 6 cm

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Heulandite from Fossarfell Berufjord , Iceland, SC ===>

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Clino- ptilolite [Image] <=== Klinoptilolith ===>

(Clinoptilolie) small ~1 mm orange crystals from Richards Ranch near Madras, Oregon , USA, TN to C

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Levyne 

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<===Levyne with Chabasite from Punta del Aguila, Playa Blanca, Lanzarote

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Levyne , Erionite-Epitaxy Beech Creek, Grant Co. Oregon, USA, TN to C ===>

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Mazzite [Image] <=== Mazzite ===>

Mont Semiol, Loire, France

MM to SC 

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Mesolite

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<=== Mesolite with Stilbite from Haldarsvik, Streymoy, Faroe Islands, SC to C

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Mesolite (core) with Natrolite 5-8 mm needles with Todorokite,Punta del Aguila, Playa Blanca, Lanzarote, SC to LC ===>

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Mordenite [Image]

<=== Mordenite xls ca. 5-8 mm, Tairua River, Coromandel, N-Iland, New Zealand TN to SC

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Mordenite w. Clinoptilolite Cape Lookout, Tillamook Co. Oregon, USA, TN to C ===>

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Natrolite [Image]

<===Natrolithe (outer zone and Mesolite (core), 5- 8 mm needles with Thomsonite and Chabasite, Punta del Aguila, Playa Blanca, Lanzarote SC to LC

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Natrolite Xls ca 1 cm Avdhellero, N of Larnaka, Cyprus ===>

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Natrolite [Image]

<=== Natrolite Xls on Gmelinite W of Avdhellero, N of Larnaka, Cyprus,Specimen 45 mm wide

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Natrolite Xls, ca 1 cm Avdhellero, N of Larnaka, Cyprus ===>

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 Offretite [Image]

<=== Offretite X ca. 1 mm, rare short prismativ clear xls from Mont Semiol, Loire, France TN

collected ~1980

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Offretite fibrous aggregates, Rainroad, Vogelsberg Hessen, Germany, TN to SC ===>

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Offretite

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<=== Offretite, spherulic aggregates with Phillipsite Core ~ 0.5-1 mm from Quarry I, Limberg near Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Germany, TN to SC, example picture.

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Offretite, long prismatic type of Crystals, common form ~ 1mm with Phillipsite from Mont Semiol, Loire, France, TN to LC ===>

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Olivine

Paulingite

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<===Olivine (Peridote) cut stones from 0.5 to 1 ct. Collected ~ 1980. From near Padria, Sardegna, Italy

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Paulingite xls ~ 1mm, Vinarická Hora near Kladno, Czech Republik, TN to SC ===>

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Phillipsite [Image]

<=== Phillipsite hemispheres ~2 mm from Quarry I, Limberg near Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Germany, TN to SC

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Phillipsite -Twin ~ 2 mm from Quarry I, Limberg near Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Germany, TN to SC ===>

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Phillipsite [Image]

<=== Phillipsite -Twin ~ 2 mm, from Quarry I, Limberg near Sasbach, Kaiserstuhl, Germany, TN to SC

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Phillipsite-Twin ~1 mm Jandia Playa, Fuerteventura, TN ===>

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Phillipsite [Image]

<=== Phillipsite xl ~ 3mm with Chlorite, Roßberg, Roßdorf near Darmstadt, Germany, TN with many Xls.

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Phillipsite Xl ~1.5 mm Ortenberg, Vogelsberg, Hessen, Germany, TN ===>

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Phillipsite

Stellerit

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<=== Phillipsite Hemisphere ca. 12 mm Punta del Aguila, Playa Blanca, Lanzarote

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Stellerite, platy specimens Ritter, Grant Co. Oregon USA  collected 1979 SC to LC ZS245 ===>

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Stilbite [Image]

<=== Stilbite, tabular crystals ~2-3 cm from Kvivik, Streymoy, Faroe Islands, SC

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Stilbite with Mesolite Haldarsvik, Streymoy, Faroe Islands, SC to C ===>

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Stilbite [Image]

<=== Stilbite with  Quartz Schwarzhorn,Binntal,Schweiz,  SC  ZS289

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Stilbite, double terminated ===> single crystals and small clusters (floaters), Stekkaleakur, Raudafell, Berufjord,Island TN to SC, collected1974 ZS 982

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Stilbite [Image]

<=== Stilbite Xls ~15 mm with Chabazite from Reichenbach near Idar-Oberstein, Nahe, Germany, TN to LC

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Stilbite and Heulandite from Hjardardalur, Eysturoy, Faroe Islands, Specimen 7x5 cm ===>

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Stilbite

Scolezite

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<=== Stilbite 1-2 cm Xls from Roadcut Bosa-Alghero, Sardinia collected 1981, SC to LC

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Scolecite, fibrous aggregates, Fossarfell, Berufjordur, Iceland collected 1974, LC ===>

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Thomsonite

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<===Thomsonite some specimens with Apophyllite and Gyrolite from Skipagjov, Funningsfjördur, Eyturoy, Faroe Islands, C to LC

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Thomsonite, Apophylite and Gyrolite (3x4 cm), Nesvik Streymoy, Faroe Islands C to LC ===>

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Thomsonite [Image]

<=== Thomsonite intergrowths with Natrolite from Roßberg, Roßdorf near Darmstadt, Germany, Specimen 3x6 cm

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Thomsonite on Chabasite Punta del Aguila, Playa Blanca, Lanzarote, Specimen ca 3x4 cm ===>

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Tscher- nichite

Vivianite

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<=== Tschernichite

Goble, Oregon, USA, TN to SC

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Vivianite-nodules and single crystals ( a few in clay matrix) from Berstadt, Wetterau, Hessen, TN to C ===>

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Vivianite

Vonsenite

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<=== Vivianite, single crystals ( a few in clay matrix) from Berstadt, Wetterau, Hessen, TN to C

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Vonsenite, needles up to ~2 cm from Vulcano, Lipari Islands, Italy TN to LC ====>

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