Judging from Mindat, kellyite is a very rare mineral, found only in seven localities. It is also not very photogenic – as can be seen from the first close-up photo here and the three (3!) photos on Mindat.

This specimen is from the TL and - according to the label – it is associated with rounded translucent grains of “rosy” alleghanyite, “less rosy” octahedral grains of galaxite and black jacobsite in kutnohorite matrix. The kellyite is the yellow/orange, serpentine looking, bleb on the right in the first photo. It spans about 2 mm. You will need 10-15X – and the help of a red arrow – to see it. Breaking the specimen into true micro sized pieces may – or may not – reveal more kellyite.

The reddish grains on left in the first photo are probably alleghanyite. If there are also “less rosy”, octahedral, grains of galaxite, I fail to recognize them. The real-life color of these grains is not as dark – i.e. more “rosy”. My camera sensor loves to make things too saturated if there is any underexposure. The second close-up shows paler, more translucent grains. This is just one small area of the specimen. There are numerous larger grains, but most are broken.

Bald Knob is also the TL for alleghanyite (as well as for galaxite).

Weight 1.2 oz. Single item shipping weight (no case) 3.2 oz. Up to 4 oz, one or two small items could be combined for the same postage.