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SA924 - Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Quartz on Sphalerite $ 50 (=~ £ 32) SOLD Alimon Mine, Huaron District, Peru cabinet - 10.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm 
Long, clear Quartz crystals spiking up off the surface of crystallized Sphalerite with Pyrite and Chalcopyrite, including one wedged between teh terminations of two Quartz crystals.
SA920 - Pyrite on Quartz $ 30 (=~ £ 19) Alimon Mine, Huaron District, Peru small cabinet - 7.5 x 6 x 4 cm 
Long, thin clear Quartz crysal accented with lustrous Pyrite cubes. Bright, clean looking specimen.
AF793 - Sapphire $ 1500 (=~ £ 972) SOLD Winza, Dodoma, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.3 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm 
Fine thumbnail sized Sapphire specimen featuring a gem pink and blue Sapphire crystals on matrix. The crystal is 1.2cm on edge and 1.5cm wide on the backside. Very sharp form with excellent transparency. Best quality have seen from this occurrence, excellent specimen.
AF797 - Tanzanite $ 1600 (=~ £ 1037) Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.8 x 2 x 0.8 cm 
Fine undamaged crystal with excellent form and luster. Complete all around, an excellent crystal for this price.
SA922 - Pyrite with Quartz $ 30 (=~ £ 19) SOLD Alimon Mine, Huaron District, Peru miniature - 3.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm 
Mound shaped specimen of Pyrite intergrown with long clear Quartz crystals, good from all angles.
SA923 - Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Quartz on Sphalerite $ 50 (=~ £ 32) Alimon Mine, Huaron District, Peru small cabinet - 6.5 x 5 x 3.5 cm 
Showy combination specimen with dense clusters of long clear Quartz crystals, pyrite cubes, and a 1cm Chaclpyrite crystal.
AF794 - Tsavorite $ 3000 (=~ £ 1944) SOLD Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.6 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm 
Highly saturated green Tsavorite with excellent surface luster. These are harder to come by now, especially in good crystals of this size and color. Some damage along a couple edges where it was likely attached to matrix and a little surface chatter along one edge. Beautiful, rare crystal.
T56 - Tanzanite $ 6000 (=~ £ 3888) Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.6 x 2.4 x 1.6 cm ex. Mike Keim 
Highly transparent Tanzanite crystal with excellent color. This crystal is from recent finds from a zone that is producing blue and green striped crystals when viewed in one direction. On the main face there is a central vertical blue zone with light green on the edges, more apparent in person than the photos. Top quality.
SA919 - Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Quartz on Sphalerite $ 50 (=~ £ 32) Alimon Mine, Huaron District, Peru cabinet - 11 x 6.5 x 3.5 cm 
Showy combination specimen with well dispersed mixture of all species across the surface of crystallized Sphalerite.
AF795 - Zircon $ 200 (=~ £ 130) SOLD Mashewa, Tanga Region, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.5 x 1 x 0.9 cm 
Fine Zircon crystal much better than most being produced here. Complete crystal with good luster, high degree of transparency, and a more red/brown color than most which tend to be more brown.
T57 - Tanzanite $ 4000 (=~ £ 2592) Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.7 x 2.6 x 1.1 cm 
Highly transparent Tanzanite crystal with excellent color. This crystal is from recent finds from a zone that is producing blue and green striped crystals when viewed in one direction. On the main face there is a central vertical blue zone with light green on the edges. Top quality, undamaged except for very tiny chipping along the termination.
SA921 - Chalcopyrite, Quartz on Sphalerite $ 50 (=~ £ 32) Alimon Mine, Huaron District, Peru small cabinet - 5.5 x 5 x 3 cm 
Fan-like sprays of clear Quartz crystals intergrown with Chalcopyrite on crystallized Sphalerite. The Chacopyrite crystals have a micro druse coating of what appears to be another generation of Chalcopyrite.
AF792 - Sapphire $ 2200 (=~ £ 1426) Winza, Dodoma, Tanzania small cabinet - 7 x 4.5 x 4 cm 
This specimen is the best Sapphire specimen I have yet seen from this fairly new occurrence. This piece features two criss-crossing Sapphire crystals rising up off the matrix. The crystals reach 2.5cm in length and are a nice translucent pink and blue color. Excellent specimen.
AF796 - Spinel $ 90 (=~ £ 58) SOLD Mahenge, Mogorogoro Region, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.3 x 1 x 0.9 cm 
Single octahedral crystal with a really great pink color, very gemmy too.
NA269 - Fluorite with Barite $ 90 (=~ £ 58) Boulder Hill Mine,Wellington,Nevada small cabinet - 9 x 6.5 x 4.5 cm 
Floater cluster with large, translucent Fluorite cubes to 3.6cm across. Backside is sprinkled with small Barite crystals. A good Nevada Fluorite. Self-collected.
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