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SM253 - Carrollite $ 220 Kamoya South Mine, Katanga, Congo small cabinet - 5.5 x 4 x 3.4 cm
Mirror-lustrous Carrollite crystals in white Calcite. Main crystals is 1.3cm in size and perfect with small attached Chalcopyrite crystals.
SM263 - Stibnite $ 275 San Martin Mine, Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico miniature - 5 x 3 x 3 cm
Crystal sprays of Stibnite from the historic San Martin Mine. Small Calcite crystals and irridescent purple/blue Jamesonite needles add to the aesthetics of the specimen.
SM264 - Stibnite $ 290 San Martin Mine, Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico miniature - 4.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm
Crystal sprays of Stibnite from the historic San Martin Mine. Small Calcite crystals and irridescent purple/blue Jamesonite needles add to the aesthetics of the specimen.
SM265 - Stibnite $ 350 San Martin Mine, Sombrerete, Zacatecas, Mexico miniature - 5 x 4 x 2 cm
Crystal sprays of Stibnite from the historic San Martin Mine. Small Calcite crystals and irridescent purple/blue Jamesonite needles add to the aesthetics of the specimen.
SM278 - Azurite $ 250 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 2.4 x 1.8 x 1 cm
Translucent, tabular Azurite crystal from the Volborthite zone. Undamaged except for some micro edge chatter. Stands vertically on white matrix, complete all around. Milpillas is already considered the best Azurite locality in the world. While crystals are currently abundant, now is the time to get a good one before supplies dry up.
SM288 - Rose Quartz $ 250 Tacquaral, Minas Gerais, Brazil small cabinet - 5.8 x 4.5 x 3 cm
Undamaged cluster of Rose Quartz crystals with large, distinct crystals of high sharpness and luster.
SM320 - Pyrrhotite with Muscovite $ 200 Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russiaa small cabinet - 7.0 x 4.2 x 2.6 cm
Well-formed tabular, compound stacked Pyrrhotite crystals rest in a matrix of milky quartz and Calcite on this outstanding cabinet specimen from the Nikolaevskiy Mine at Dal'negorsk. It is, essentially, a 'floater' with no visible point of contact. No damage to any of the main crystals. Largest single crystal measures 3cm wide.
NMD - Linarite on Galena $ 300 Blanchard Mine, Bingham, New Mexico, USA miniature - 3.5 x 2.2 x 2 cm
Single Galena crystal covered by crystals of bright blue Linarite.
SM468 - Quartz $ 150 Herkimer, New York, USA miniature - 4.9 x 3.8 x 3 cm
Double terminated 'Herkimer Diamond' Quartz crystal. Complete all around and undamaged.
SM469 - Calcite with Ilvaite $ 150 Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Russia small cabinet - 5.5 x 5 x 2.5 cm
Interesting specimen showing 3 generations of Calcite. The top half of a scalenohedral Calcite sticks out of a wide rhombic Calcite crystal. Both were later covered by tiny black Ilvaite crystals, then all were overgrown by a final generation of transparent Calcite. You can see the tip of the scalenohedral Calcite covered by Ilvaite underneath the final transparent layer of Calcite.
SM495 - Vesuvianite $ 240 Fushan Iron Deposit, Hebei Prov., China miniature - 4 x 4 x 2 cm
Double-terminated rootbeer brown Vesuvianite crystal with good luster.
SM516 - Pyrite Huanzala Mine, Peru small cabinet - 9 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm
Large 4.5cm Pyrite crystal atop smaller crystals. Specimen is composed solid, highly lustrous Pyrite. Bright and showy.
C631 - Stilbite on Quartz over Calcite $ 1200 Jalgaon, Maharashtra State, India cabinet - 10.5 x 4 x 2 cm
Laterally compressed translucent white Calcite crystal completely covered by a layer of sugary Quartz crystals, with attached pink Stilbite crystals. Unusual specimen that is reminiscent of Steve Smale's specimen known as 'The Cricket Bat' (see page 117 of the Smale Collection book). A couple of the Stilbite crystals are incomplete, otherwise undamaged, with the Stilbite only on one side. I've never seen another like this.
C634 - Silver $ 750 Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico small cabinet - 7 x 6 x 5.5 cm
Vein of white Calcite loaded with crytalline Silver with lots of exposed Silver crystals on top. The Silver is present all throughout the Calcite, top to bottom. Out of an old collection from the 1970s.
C642 - Brucite $ 400 Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan small cabinet - 8 x 7 x 3.5 cm
Large, solid radial mass of Brucite on matrix. This is an uncommon example well crystallized all around, characteristic of open pocket growth and not growth in tight, contacted seams as are most. Translucent, thick and sturdy.
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