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AF785 - Calcite on Ettringite $ 80 N'Chwanning Mine, Kuruman, South Africa miniature - 3.4 x 2.5 x 2 cm 
Large, translucent Ettringite crystals to1.5cm with elongated white Calcite crystals, 3.4 x 2.5 x 2 cm.
AF786 - Libethenite $ 180 SOLD Area E open pit, Rokana Mine, Kitwe, Zambia miniature - 3.8 x 2 x 2 cm 
Deep forest green Libethenite crystal cluster 1.5 cm wide in vug lined with a platy brown mineral and small pink crystals. High quality piece with good sized Libethenite cluster. 3.8 x 2 x 2 cm.
AF787 - Aegirine with Quartz $ 55 SOLD Mt. Malosa, Zomba, Malawi small cabinet - 6.5 x 2 x 2 cm 
Thick, lustrous dark green crystal with smaller crystals and smokey quartz crystals attached. All Aegerine crystals are double terminated making this a floater specimen, 6.5 x 2 x 2 cm.
AF788 - Diopside with Graphite $ 140 SOLD Merelani Hills, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm 
Gemmy green Diopside crystal with good luster and transparency intergrown with Graphite, 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm.
AF789 - Dioptase $ 250 SOLD Tsumeb, Namibia small cabinet - 7 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm 
Matrix Dioptase specimen with individual crystals to 7mm against a white matrix, which to me make for the best Tsumeb Dioptase specimens. The crystals have excellent luster and are coated by what Iis possibly Minrecordite. Good specimen, 7 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm.
A813 - Pyromorphite $ 125 SOLD Daoping Mine, Guangxi Prov., China small cabinet - 7.5 x 5 x 2.8 cm 
Floater specimen of densly packed crystals of olive green Pyromorphite. This specimen features good large crystals to over 1.5cm in length. The crystals from this pocket are more elongated and spikey in form than typically seen from the mine. Good specimen, size 7.5 x 5 x 2.8 cm.
A814 - Lazurite $ 800 Bandakstan, Afghanistan cabinet - 10.5 x 7 x 9 cm ex. Mike Keim 
Huge single crystal well exposed in marble, crystal is well formed and a whopping 4.5 cm wide, rarely seen in this size, 10.5 x 7 x 9 cm.
A815 - Schorl with Quartz $ 125 SOLD Afghanistan small cabinet - 5.3 x 4.5 x 4 cm ex. Mike Keim 
Fine, undamaged specimen of light smokey Quartz partially grown around a terminated Schorl crystal. While neither species is rare, this is a particularly attractive combo of the two, accented by clusters of Muscovite, size 5.3 x 4.5 x 4 cm.
E585 - Sphalerite $ 145 Mogila Mine, Madan District, Bulgaria small cabinet - 5.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm 
Razor sharp, lustrous, and transparent Spahlerite crystals to 1.8 cm pn Quartz matrix. The crystals are brown and green in color and of top quality, 5.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm.
NA260 - Neptunite $ 260 Gem Mine, San Benito County, California thumbnail - 
Fine Neptunite crystals on Natrolite, main crystal is a relatively large 2.8 cm double terminated crystal
NA261 - Natrolite $ 190 SOLD Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada miniature - 3.9 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm 
Rare pink Natrolite crystal from the Jeffrey Mine. Terminated single crystal with a smaller 1.3 cm crystal sticking through the termination. From the Frank Edwards Collection, main crystal is 3.9 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm.
NA262 - Adamite SOLD Mina Oujela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico small cabinet - 6 x 4 x 4 cm 
Unusual chocolate brown Adamite crystals on limonite, a good addition to a Mapimi suite, 6 x 4 x 4 cm.
NA263 - Adamite $ 65 SOLD Mina Oujela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico small cabinet - 8.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm 
Gemmy, bright yellow over purple Adamite crystals on limonite. The transparency is very good as is the intense color and color combination, 8.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm.
SA906 - Pyrite $ 50 SOLD Huanzala, Peru small cabinet - 6 x 5 x 4 cm 
3.6 cm wide cluster of larger cubo octahedral Pyrite crystals on a pyrite matrix. Displays nicely with the cluster of crystals rising up off the matrix, different that the typical masses of Pyrite, size 6 x 5 x 4 cm.
SA907 - Zinkenite $ 75 SOLD San Jose Mine, Oruro, Bolivia miniature - 4 x 2.6 x 1.3 cm 
Two attached "sprays" of very bright Zinkenite. This is an uncommonly good large cluster of nothing but Zinkenite crystals brought out of Bolivia by a geologist friend years ago, 4 x 2.6 x 1.3 cm. ©2010 Marin Mineral |