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AF673 - Tanzanite $ 4800 Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mtns., Arusha Region, Tanzania small cabinet - 6.0 x 1.5 x 0.9 cm 
Super, large double terminated Tanzanite. This is quite simply the best DT Tanzanite I have ever seen, and I have been told by others who deal in Tanzanian minerals that it is the best they have ever seen also. It has good size, good color, and a nice uniform shape. Perfect and undamaged except for one small area near one termination. A must for a serious Merelani collection or for a double-terminated minerals collection.
AF50 - Olmiite $ 200 N'Chwanning Mine, Kuruman, South Africa thumbnail - 3 x 2.8 x 1.5 cm ex. Matthew Webb 
Translucent, peach-colored radial group of crystals, a nice cluster.
AF51 - Poldervaartite $ 50 N'Chwanning Mine, Kuruman, South Africa miniature - 3.3 x 2.5 x 2 cm ex. Matthew Webb 
Complete, radial group of crystals on matrix. An excellent example of the species.
AF52 - Olmiite on Calcite $ 200 N'Chwanning Mine, Kuruman, South Africa thumbnail - 3 x 3 x 3 cm ex. Matthew Webb 
Pair of translucent, peach-colored radial groups of crystals on a partial Calcite crystal, uncommon.
AF53 - Rhodochrosite $ 600 Moanda Mine, Moanda, Haut-Ogooue, Gabon small cabinet - 5.5 x 3.3 x 2 cm 
Translucent, scalenohedral Rhodochrosite crystals covering matrix. A fine example from this uncommon Rhodo locality.
AF54 - Anglesite $ 150 SOLD Touissit Mine, Morocco small cabinet - 6.5 x 4.5 x 2 cm ex. Matthew Webb 
Glassy yellow Anglesite crystals to 2.5cm. This is an interesting formation of essentially nothing but Anglesite crystals. It's a thin plate composed of crystals, with more crystals sticking up off the face. There are a few broken crystals present as shown in photos, but the word from returning dealers from Morocco is that Anglesite prices have gone way up, and a piece like this could not be bought in Morocco today for this price.
AF55 - Ettringite $ 90 N'Chwanning Mine, Kuruman, South Africa small cabinet - 5.1 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm ex. Matthew Webb 
Unusual formation of stacked Ettringite crystals. We are used to seeing these scattered across the surface of Manganite and not forming such a tall column of crystals as this one.
A591 - Vesuvianite $ 180 Fushan Mine, Hebei Prov., China thumbnail - 2.6 x 2.4 x 1.3 cm 
Tabular, root-beer brown Vesuvianite crystal, complete all around and undamaged. These could be found fairly inexpensively with Chinese dealers at shows, but they almost always have some degree of damaged edge. Mathew chose wisely with this one.
A592 - Elbaite $ 240 SOLD Paprok, Afghanistan small cabinet - 5.4 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm 
Double terminated, undamaged bi-color Elbaite.
A593 - Quartz $ 180 Northern Areas, Pakistan cabinet - 11 x 9 x 7.5 cm ex. Matthew Webb 
Good cluster of Quartz crystals with crystals growing off both sides of a vertical central Quartz plate. Good transparent crystals with the crystals on one side partially included by purplish brown mineral.
A594 - Schorl in Quartz $ 70 Skardu District, Pakistan miniature - 3.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm ex. Matthew Webb 
Quartz cluster with a terminated Schorl crystal speared through the center. The bottom is recrystallized making this a floater.
E122 - Annabergite $ 120 Kilometer 3 Mine, Laurion, Greece small cabinet - 5.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm ex. Matthew Webb 
Bright, vibrant green crystals lining vug.
E123 - Annabergite $ 150 SOLD Kilometer 3 Mine, Laurion, Greece miniature - 4.7 x 2 x 1.5 cm ex. Matthew Webb 
Bright, vibrant green crystals in clusters over matrix. Nice dense groups of crystals.
E124 - Mimetite var. Campylite $ 45 Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England miniature - 4.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm ex. Matthew Webb 
Orange Campylite crystals on both sides of matrix.
NA270 - Calcite $ 225 Arkansas, USA cabinet - 9.7 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm ex. Matthew Webb 
Large double-terminated Calcite crystal, undamaged. Ex. Matthew Webb #317.
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