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D444 - Realgar $ 150 (=~ AUS$ 198) SOLD Shimen Mine, Hunan Prov., China thumbnail - 2.8 x 1.7 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Translucent red tabular crystal. Complete all around and undamaged with a tiny crystal attached to the left side of the termination. This locality has produced the world's best Realgar crystals and are no longer easy to find.
D445 - Digenite $ 150 (=~ AUS$ 198) SOLD Steward Mine, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA thumbnail - 2 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Well formed single crystal of Digenite, 1.5cm long, associated with Quartz and Pyrite. Butte was well known for producing crystals of this uncommom copper sulfide, and this is a fine thumbnail sized example.
D447 - Malachite $ 120 (=~ AUS$ 158) Morenci Mine, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA thumbnail - 2 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Spherical groups of Malachite on matrix, largest sphere is 1.1cm wide. A fine quality Morenci specimen.
D448 - Huebnerite on Quartz $ 120 (=~ AUS$ 158) SOLD Black Pine Mine, Philipsburg, Granite Co., Montana, USA thumbnail - 1.5 x 1.1 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Small but highly aesthetic specimen with a single red Huebnerite crystal atop Quartz crystals. The Hubnerite crystal is 7mm tall. Great locality piece.
D449 - Wavellite $ 120 (=~ AUS$ 158) SOLD Montgomery Co., Arkansas, USA thumbnail - 3 x 2 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Well separated individual hemispheres of Wavellite to 7mm wide. Great color with a satiny surface luster. A really lovely piece!
D451 - Magnetite $ 125 (=~ AUS$ 165) Balmat, New York, USA thumbnail - 1.5 x 1.3 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Single cubic Magnetite crystal from the classic USA locality of Balmat. Indivicual faces are not quite flat, each has a very slight pyramidal rise.
D452 - Gratonite $ 175 (=~ AUS$ 231) SOLD Excelsior Mine, Cerro de Pasco, Peru thumbnail - 1.3 x 1.2 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Silvery colored cluster of Gratonite, a rare lead arsenic sulfide. Well formed bright crystals spraying out in all directions. This is from an old collection, the sticker on the bottom of the perky box indicates it was purchased in 1974 for $20.
D453 - Apatite $ 75 (=~ AUS$ 99) SOLD Pederniera Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil thumbnail - 1.9 x 1 x 0.7 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of intergrown, vivid blue Apatite crystals. The crystals reach 7mm in diameter.
D454 - Phenakite $ 125 (=~ AUS$ 165) Mt. White, Colorado, USA thumbnail - 1 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Colorless Phenakite crystal with sharp, well crystallied faces, almost garnet-like in form. Collected in 1998.
D455 - Grossular on Diopside $ 145 (=~ AUS$ 191) SOLD Eden Mills, Vermont, USA thumbnail - 1.5 x 1.1 x 0.9 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sharp cinnamon orange Grossular crystal atop a green Diopside crystal. The garnet is gemmy, complete and undamaged.
D458 - Hematite var. Kidney Ore $ 125 (=~ AUS$ 165) SOLD Black Widow Mine, Pima Co., Arizona, USA thumbnail - 2.3 x 2 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Bubbly mound of shiny black Hematite from a neat Arizona locality. The old albel shows a date of 1985.
D460 - Andradite $ 125 (=~ AUS$ 165) Copper Mtn., Prince-of-Wales Island, Alaska, USA thumbnail - 1.4 x 1 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Sharp, well formed single Andradite crystal from a locality more well known for it's Epidote. Complete all around and undamaged though contacted n the bottom face where it grew against matrix.
D461 - Kunzite $ 125 (=~ AUS$ 165) SOLD Katerina Mine, Pala, California, USA thumbnail - 2.3 x 2 x 1.3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Gemmy pink Spodumene var. Kunzite, 1.3cm on matrix. Neat San Diego Co., locality and uncommon to find on matrix such as this.
D462 - Quartz with inclusions $ 75 (=~ AUS$ 99) Jinkouhe District, Leshan, Sichuan, China thumbnail - 1.9 x 1.1 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Black hydrocarbon inclusions inside a transparent, double-terminated Quartz crystal. Fine and undamaged. Prefessionally mounted in a perky box.
D463 - Magnetite $ 95 (=~ AUS$ 125) Iron Co., Utah, USA thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.4 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Four intergrown octahedrons of Magnetite. Silvery color and highly lustrous.
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