Millerite in Quartz geode - image 1
Photo by Jeffrey A. Scovil

Millerite in Quartz geode

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Millerite in quartz geode, 5 cm, from Hall’s Gap, Lincoln County, Kentucky. Ex Collector’s Edge Minerals, 1995; Jeff Scovil photo.

Product details

SpeciesMillerite, Quartz
SizeMiniature
Dimensions5.0 cm
Added on02/13/2026
LocalityUSA, Kentucky, Halls Gap
Publications
  • Mineralogical Record Mineral Collections In American Northeast page 267
Current owner
Joseph, Lorraine and Renee Polityka

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Previous owners
DateCollectorAcquisition price
—1995Not disclosed
—Collector's Edge Minerals Inc.Not disclosed

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Millerite
Mineral guide
Learn about Millerite
gold, needle-like crystals forming delicate sprays; prized for lustrous acicular bundles, fragility, and top localities yielding fine specimens.
Millerite
Regional guide
Millerite from Halls Gap, Kentucky, USA
from Halls Gap, Kentucky — brassy NiS needle sprays in large geodes with white chalcedony lining; locality prized by collectors.
Locality guide
Halls Gap
Halls Gap, USA - classic Kentucky locality renowned for millerite-in-geode specimens; metallic needles in pale quartz/chalcedony geodes prized by collectors.