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Leaverite (Slate): Silvery Specimen Leaverite (Slate): Silvery Specimen Leaverite (Slate): Silvery Specimen (closeup) Leaverite (Slate): Silvery Specimen (closeup) Leaverite (Slate): Silvery Specimen (side view) Leaverite (Slate): Silvery Specimen 2025: Box #67a – Greece and York Leaverites   9.28 ounces 262.5 grams 1312.5 carats   Self-collected York, Pennsylvania   Unknown acquisition date   2025-67a-Greece and York Leaverites Unknown-York-Unknown   Leaverite (Slate): Silvery Specimen

Slate Specimen Slate Specimen Slate Specimen (closeup) Slate Specimen (closeup) Slate Specimen (closeup) Slate Specimen Flat and Triangular 2020: Box 9c – SC #45   .185 ounce 5.2 grams 26 carats   Gem Miner’s Jubilee (Tailgate) Lebanon Valley Expo Center Lebanon, Pennsylvania   17 August 2019 2020-9c 2020-9c-45 2019-Lebanon-8-17   Slate Specimen

Leaverite: Slate (Brown Rock) Leaverite: Slate (Brown Rock) Leaverite: Slate (Brown Rock) Leaverite: Slate (Brown Rock) (closeup) Leaverite: Slate (Brown Rock) #11 2020: Box 9b – SC #44   .28 ounce 7 grams 35 carats   Self-collected York, Pennsylvania   Acquisition date unknown 2020-9b 2020-9b-44 Leaverite: Slate (Brown Rock)

Slate: Square Slab Specimen Slate: Square Slab Specimen Slate: Square Slab Specimen (closeup) Slate: Square Slab Specimen Slate: Square Slab Specimen Slate: Square Slab Specimen Small 2020: Box 9b – SC #31   .245 ounce 7 grams 34 carats   Self-collected York, Pennsylvania   Acquisition date unknown 2020-9b 2020-9b-31 Slate: Square Slab Specimen

Painting on Slate: Bourbon St. Art (Jazz Motif) Painting on Slate: Bourbon St. Art (Jazz Motif) (closeup) Painting on Slate: Bourbon St. Art (Jazz Motif) (reverse) Painting on Slate: Bourbon St. Art (Jazz Motif) (closeup, reverse) Painting on Slate: Bourbon St. Art (Jazz Motif) (signature) Painting on Slate: Bourbon St. Art (Jazz Motif) Signed: MB 96 Note on Reverse: In February 1719 Jean Baptisie Le Moyne, Sieur De Bienville, put fifty men to work clearing land for a new settlement to be called New Orleans. The area they began clearing is now known as the French Quarter. By 1722, New Orleans with a population of less than 500 people became the capital of French Louisiana. In 1788 and 1794 two great fires destroyed large portions of the city. Governor Francois Louis Hector, Baron De Carondelet, determined that cinders from chimneys set the wooden shingles on fire. The flames quickly spread among the closely built wooden houses of the city. Governor Carondelet caused new buildings to ...

Leaverite: Orange Slate (Flat) Leaverite: Orange Slate (Flat) Leaverite: Orange Slate (Flat) Leaverite: Orange Slate (Flat) 2025: Box #101 – Johnstown Note:   Part of the “Leaverite” Collection. If you’re a rockhound, you know that there is no such thing as leaving behind an interesting rock. However, in the big bad world, the “others” simply sigh deeply and say, “Why don’t you ‘leave ‘er right there?’” Hence, I introduce the term “Leaverite/s**” for rocks that have little or no value in the non-rock world but mean the world to us.   **I did not coin this word, but I heartily approve of it!   2.96 ounces 83.5 grams 417.5 carats   Pennsylvania May 2022 2025-101-Johnstown 2022-Johnstown-5  *