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MK286 - Benitoite, Neptunite $ 400 (=~ AUS$ 610) SOLD Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California, USA miniature - 4.7 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm
Deep blue Benitoite crystals to 9mm in white Natrolite, along with two Neptunite crystals on a schist matrix.
CT303 - Anglesite $ 275 (=~ AUS$ 419) SOLD Touissit, Morocco thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm
Well terminated, gemmy Anglesite crystal on Galena. Good yellow color.
MK287 - Spinel $ 150 (=~ AUS$ 229) SOLD Ratnapura, Sri Lanka thumbnail - 0.7 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm
Gem quality single purple Spinel crystal from Sri Lanka. A complete crystal with all terminations intact. Weighs 1.9 carats.
CT312 - Goosecreekite $ 150 (=~ AUS$ 229) Nasik, Maharashtras State, India thumbnail - 3 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm
Undamaged thumbnail sized cluster of the rare Zeolite Goosecreekite. Goosecreekite is far more uncommon than other Indian zeolites, and these from Nasik are the world's best. A nice example with great crystals, in the thumbnail size range.
D238 - Cinnabar $ 240 (=~ AUS$ 366) SOLD Chatian Mine, Fenghuang, Hunan, China miniature - 3.8 x 3.3 x 2.5 cm
Single 'drill bit' twinned Cinnabar crystal set in Dolomite. The Cinnabar is 1.1cm and undamaged.
D236 - Scorodite $ 350 (=~ AUS$ 534) SOLD Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico small cabinet - 5.5 x 4.5 x 1.8 cm
Sharply formed, well isolated octahedral Scorodite crystals to 3mm, along with micro drusy Scorodite, on a Limonite matrix. Distinct isolated crystals are uncommon compared to most from the Ojuela Mine that occur as drusy interconnected crystals.
LV295 - Emerald $ 200 (=~ AUS$ 305) SOLD Gravelotte Emerald Mine, Murchison Range, Limpopo, South Africa thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.1 cm
Thick single Emerald crystal in a Biotite schist matrix. The Emerald is 3 x 1.7cm in size. An uncommonly seen speciemn from one of the world's oldest emerald deposits.
D234 - Amethyst on Quartz $ 150 (=~ AUS$ 229) SOLD Swimming Pool Pocket, Jackson's Crossroads, Wilkes Co., Georgia, USA miniature - 5 x 3 x 2.7 cm
My favorite Jackson's Crossroads specimens are those such as this one that feature a tight cluster of Amethyst atop smaller colorless Quartz crystals. A 2.5cm wide cluster of 6 Amethyst crystals, highly showy piece.
T592 - Rhodochrosite after snail $ 250 (=~ AUS$ 381) SOLD Kertch, Crimea, Ukraine thumbnail - 2.3 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm
Fossil snail shell that has been replaced by Rhodochrosite. This deposit is long exhausted.
D239 - Azurite, Cerussite $ 225 (=~ AUS$ 343) SOLD Tsumeb, Namibia small cabinet - 5.3 x 3.5 x 2.3 cm
Crystals of Azurite and Cerussite on a matrix of crystalline Cerussite. The Azurite crystals are translucent when backlit. Additional green and yellow mineralization make it a colorful specimen.
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