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AU712 - Marcasite in Calcite $ 100 Bancroft, Ontario, Canada thumbnail - 2.5 x 1.1 x 0.6 cm Transparent rhomb of Calcite filled with oriented, needle-like Marcasite crystals.
AU720 - Pyrosmaltite $ 90 Nordmark, Varmland, Sweden thumbnail - 2.2 x 1 x 0.6 cm Small, well formed tan hexagonal crystals of Pyrosmaltite on matrix. The old label notes mica and a white unknown as also present. A rarity.
AU362 - Spinel $ 60 Mahenge, Morogoro, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.7 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm Single octahedral Spinel crystal from Tanzania. A complete, translucent red crystal with minor edge chipping.
AU364 - Spinel $ 60 Mahenge, Morogoro, Tanzania thumbnail - 2 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm Single twinned Spinel crystal from Tanzania. A complete spinel-twinned crystal, translucent purple with minor edge chipping.
AU365 - Chambersite (7 crystals) $ 100 Venice Salt Dome, Louisiana, USA thumbnail - 0.4 x 0.4 x 0.4 cm Seven crystals of Chambersite. All are complete tetrahedrons, some with modified terminations, and two that are clusters of crystals. Largest is 4mm on edge. The crystals are translucent purple in color. A rarity that are also quite beautiful with an amethyst-like color. Collected by Fred Pough in 1970. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection.
AU882 - Dioptase on Quartz $ 75 Sanda Mine, Pool Department, Republic of the Congo miniature - 4.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm Quartz crystal lined vug covered by bright green Dioptase crystals.
AU880 - Hemimorphite $ 90 Mfouati, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo miniature - 4 x 4 x 2.5 cm Translucent white Hemimorphite crystals on matrix. Large crystals with a slight blue coloration.
LP673 - Apatite on Diopside $ 90 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.5 x 1 x 1 cm Glassy green Diopside crystal with a small attached blue Apatite from the Merelani Tanzanite mines. Well terminated with good color.
FM101 - Apatite $ 100 Mwajanga, near Komolo, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.6 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm Single golden green Apatite crystal from Mwajanga. This locality is best known for it's Dravite, but sometimes turns up other species. Complete all around and transparent.
AU842 - Zircon $ 50 Mozambique thumbnail - 0.8 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm Small single wine red to brown Zircon crystal from Mozambique. Complex form with luster and internally transparent.
AU673 - Axinite $ 80 New Melones Reservoir, Calaveras Co., California, USA thumbnail - 1.7 x 1.6 x 0.3 cm Thumbnail-sized specimen of transparent purple Axinite from the premiere California locality for the species.
AU942 - Schorl $ 80 Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA thumbnail - 2.8 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm Complete undamaged single Schorl crystal from Butte. Ex. George Elling.
AU947 - Almandine $ 75 Sudbury, Ontario, Canada thumbnail - 1.7 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm Complete single Almandine crystal. Undamaged, translucent with hair-like inclusions.
LP422 - Epidote $ 60 San Quintin, Baja California, Mexico thumbnail - 2.6 x 2 x 1.3 cm Thick, well terminated single deep green Epidote crystal from San Quintin. Complete all around and undamaged.
AU956 - Azurite $ 100 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 2.6 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm Intergrown, double-terminated Azurite crystals to 2cm. Bright blue colored crystals from the Watercourse pocket.
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