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LL802 - Malachite $ 900 Morenci, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA miniature - 4.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm Hemispherical masses of Malachite to 1.4cm wide from the Morenci Mine. These Malachites are typical for the mine, this specimen with particularly good aesthetics and undamaged.
LL803 - Pyromorphite $ 1200 Mexico Mine, Roughton Gill, Caldbeck, Allerdale, Cumbria, England, UK miniature - 4.5 x 4 x 3 cm Specimen composed of densely grouped crystals of yellow/green Pyromorphite (nothing but crystals without matrix). Good colored, large Pyromorphites are rare from England. Some information on the locality from MINDAT: 'This property is adjacent to the Roughton Gill mine and exploits the eastward extension of the Roughton Gill (South) vein. It was begun in 1845, and three crosscuts were driven south to cut the vein. Although promising shoots of pyromorphite and cerussite were found early on, the mine proved to be a financial disaster. In the mid-1970's the Cornish mineral dealer Richard Barstow opened a vein exposure near the High Level of the Mexico mine and made a find of excellent pyromorphite of "old time" quality. The locality was subsequently worked by other collectors and further good material was discovered. The site is now backfilled.'
LL812 - Vivianite $ 800 Huanuni Mine, Dalence Prov., Oruru Department, Bolivia miniature - 4.5 x 2.4 x 1.4 cm Transparent blue/green double-terminated Vivianite crystal with attached radial crystals of Siderite. Complete all around and undamaged. This one has it all - great color, transparency, and double-terminated form which is uncommon.
LL848 - Olivenite on Quartz $ 1850 Wheal Gorland, St Day, Cornwall, England miniature - 4.5 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm Superb quality, lustrous Olivenite crystals grown atop the tips of milky white Quartz crystals. Individual Olivenite crystals reach 5mm in size. Rare, old time material seldom seen available for sale.
LL857 - Wardite $ 500 Rapid Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada miniature - 4.8 x 4.2 x 3 cm Large, sharp octahedral Wardite crystals on matrix. The largest crystal is 1.7cm wide and pristine. This is an old Al Ordway specimen with label.
LL855 - Azurite $ 2600 Tsumeb, Namibia miniature - 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm Large blocky single Azurite crystal with large, flat, lustrous faces. All faces are present (front, back, left, right, top, and bottom), each with varying amounts of attached reddish rock matrix. Nearly pristine with some edge chipping, a shockingly amazing big blocky crystal.
LL691 - Veszelyite $ 350 Dongchuan, Kunming, Yunnan, China miniature - 5 x 4 x 2.8 cm A 9mm cluster of blue Veszelyite crystals on matrix. This is from a new find made in July 2020 at an old Zinc mine located about about 400 kilometers away from previous Veszelyite finds made at the Laochang Mine (also in Yunnan Prov.). Veszelyite from ANYWHERE are rare and desireable, and these new specimens have an added bonus of sometimes forming fan-shaped clusters such as this one. The cluster is well isolated, complete and undamaged all around.
LL972 - Azurite $ 500 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico miniature - 4.4 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm A group of interconnected Azurite crystals with little stringers of 'spider-web' Malachite attached to the backside. Floater cluster composed of double-terminated crystals. Great, characteristic specimen from the watercourse pocket. Undamaged with highly lustrous crystals all over - nothing but great crystals!
LL963 - Azurite $ 175 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico miniature - 3.4 x 2.5 x 2 cm A group of interconnected Azurite crystals that are partially pseudomorphed to Malachite from the inside out (you can see the green cores on a couple incomplete crystals on the edges). This give the crystal an amazing 'electric' blue coloration.
LL989 - Scheelite $ 200 Mt Xuebaoding, Ping Wu, Sichuan Prov., China miniature - 4.5 x 4 x 4 cm Vibrant orange octahedral Scheelite crystal. Good transparency in the tip.
ST116 - Tourmaline $ 60 St. Anne's Mine, Miami, Karoi District, Zimbabwe miniature - 4.1 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm Gem Tourmaline crystal recently mined from the famous St. Anne's Mine in the Karoi district of Zimbabwe. Fully terminated, complete, and undamaged. It's transparent top to bottom with a good medium green color over most of the crystal with a darker green (though still transparent) termination. The termination is multi-faceted and complex. Excellent quality Tourmaline.
LL980 - Bournonite $ 125 Machacamara District, Potosi Dept., Bolivia miniature - 3.3 x 2.5 x 2 cm Intergrown pair of Bournonite crystals from recent finds in Bolivia. The Bournonite crystals has a dark patina and classic 'cogwheel' form. A floater with no points of contact, complete all around and perfect except for a chip on the small crystal.
LL981 - Bournonite $ 225 Machacamara District, Potosi Dept., Bolivia miniature - 3.3 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm cluster of 3 large, thick Bournonite crystals from recent finds in Bolivia. The Bournonite crystals an irridescent golden patina and classic 'cogwheel' form. Pristine specimen with a small amount of matrix attached to the back.
LL973 - Azurite with Malachite $ 150 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico miniature - 4 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm Fine quality Azurite crystals with Malachite. Crytallized all around and undamaged. Excellent quality, thick blocky crystals.
ST215 - Kolwezite after Cuprite on Cobaltian Calcite $ 550 Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo miniature - 5 x 4 x 2.2 cm Dark olive green crystals of Kolwezite that have pseudomorphed Cuprite crystals atop vivid pink Cobaltoan Calcite (or possibly Cobaltoan Dolomite) creating a stunning mixture of colors and forms. Kolwezite is a Copper Cobalt Carbonate Hydroxide and this is the type locality for the species.
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