| |||||||
T923 - Quartz scepter with Hematite $ 280 (=~ CAN$ 384) Orange River, Karas Region, Namibia miniature - 4 x 2 x 2 cm Double terminated Quartz scepter from a 2017 find. The scepter head has smokey coloration and the stalk is pink due to Hematite inclusions. Complete and undamaged. The combination of the colors and form make for a great specimen.
T924 - Quartz scepter with Hematite $ 200 (=~ CAN$ 274) Orange River, Karas Region, Namibia miniature - 3.5 x 1.4 x 1.1 cm Double terminated Quartz scepter from a 2017 find. The scepter head has smokey coloration and the stalk is pink due to Hematite inclusions. Complete and undamaged. The combination of the colors and form make for a great specimen.
T928 - Quartz scepter with Hematite $ 220 (=~ CAN$ 302) Orange River, Karas Region, Namibia miniature - 3.6 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm Double terminated Quartz scepter from a 2017 find. The scepter head has both smokey and amethyst coloration and the stalk is pink due to Hematite inclusions. Complete and undamaged. The combination of the colors and form make for a great specimen.
T937 - Tsavorite with Pyrite $ 800 (=~ CAN$ 1098) Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.4 x 0.7 x 0.4 cm Elongated Tsavorite crystal group with attached Pyrite crystals. Towering stack of crystals with a distinct faden line. Excellent color on the Tsavorite, glassy and well crystallized all around. This style of Tsavorite is new this year and highly unusual, and a wonderful surprise from the Merelani mines. Complete and undamaged floater crystallized all around. An amazing specimen!!!
T939 - Tsavorite with Diopside $ 900 (=~ CAN$ 1235) Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.5 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm Formation of multiple elongated Tsavorite crystal groups with small attached Diopside crystals. Excellent color on the Tsavorite, glassy and well crystallized all around. This style of Tsavorite is new this year and highly unusual, and a wonderful surprise from the Merelani mines. Floater specimen, undamaged with no points of contact. An amazing specimen!!!
C147 - Copper $ 300 (=~ CAN$ 412) Champion Mine, Keewenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA miniature - 5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm Well crystallized group of Copper crystals. Undamaged floater group good on all sides. With minor amounts of associated Calcite.
C164 - Axinite Puiva, Polar Urals, Russia miniature - 4.7 x 4 x 3.5 cm Transparent purple blades of Axinite on matrix.
C166 - Kermesite $ 350 (=~ CAN$ 480) Dafeng, Shanglin Co., Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China miniature - 4.7 x 0.9 x 0.5 cm Diverging spray of Kermesite crystals with a bright metallic luster.
C198 - Pyromorphite $ 280 (=~ CAN$ 384) Daoping Mine, Guangxi, China miniature - 4.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm Bright lime green crystals of Pyromorphite. The specimen is nearly solid Pyromorphite with just a very small amount of limonite. Showy with top lime green color. Comes with old Steve Perry label.
C205 - Legrandite $ 2200 (=~ CAN$ 3019) Mina Oujela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico miniature - 3.3 x 1 x 0.6 cm Floater, double-terminated Legrandite crystal from the recent (2017) find. Thick and translucent with great color. There were not many single crystals found (I only saw one other). .
C248 - Azurite $ 150 (=~ CAN$ 206) Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico miniature - 3.2 x 2.8 x 1.5 cm Bright 'electric' blue Azurite crystals to 2.7cm in size. The crystals have partially psuedomorphed to Malachite and you can see Malachite in two areas. This veneer of Azurite over an inner core of Malachite gives these specimens the bright 'electric' blue color. These are no longer being found.
C278 - Calcite $ 280 (=~ CAN$ 384) Zacatecas, Mexico miniature - 5 x 3.5 x 3.3 cm Cluster of clear, transparent scalenohedral Calcite crystals, some with black inclusions. Bright and showy.
C282 - Ilmenite $ 400 (=~ CAN$ 549) Kragero Ilmenite Mines, Kragero, Norway miniature - 4.4 x 3 x 2.8 cm Single Ilmenite crystal with a metallic grey/black color. Ex. Scott Williams with 2 old labels.
C286 - Diaspore $ 950 (=~ CAN$ 1304) Aydun, Mugula, Turkey miniature - 4 x 2.5 x 1.1 cm Bright and gemmy V-twin crystal of Diaspore. This is about as free of damage as they get, with both tips undamaged with natural tapering terminations or possibly with flat contact faces on parts. It's also very glassy and bright with lots of internal transparency.
C314 - Silver $ 200 (=~ CAN$ 274) Mina Vieja, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico miniature - 3.6 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm Old Silver specimen with a dark patina over much of the surface, though with areas showing bright silver coloration. Weighs 17.6 grams.
©2010-2018 Marin Mineral |