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K878 - Tsavorite $ 350 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.7 x 1.7 x 0.9 cm Large single crystal, glassy and transparent.
D204 - Tourmaline $ 450 Poa Alta Mine, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil thumbnail - 2.5 x 1.4 x 0.9 cm Colorful and interesting Tourmaline crystal from the lesser known Poa Alta Mine. The lower is red and then the crystal alternates between various shades of greens and reds, then ends with a very thin purple pink termination. Complete all around and undamaged and has a natural indentation from another crystal on the lower backside. Weighs 6.37 grams.
M852 - Tremolite $ 75 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.4 x 1.1 x 0.5 cm Terminated single Tremolite crystal with bright, vivid green coloration. Translucent to transparent, complete all around, with a flat, glassy termination. Most are mere shards or fragments and complete terminated crystals such as this are are much less common. Like a number of other mineral species from Merelani, these Tremolites are considered the world's best of species.
M948 - Tremolite $ 125 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.1 x 0.9 x 0.5 cm Terminated single Tremolite crystal with bright, vivid green coloration. Translucent to transparent, complete all around, with flat, glassy termination faces. Most are mere shards or fragments and complete terminated crystals such as this are are much less common. Like a number of other mineral species from Merelani, these Tremolites are considered the world's best of species.
M949 - Tremolite $ 75 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.7 x 0.9 x 0.3 cm Terminated single Tremolite crystal with bright, vivid green coloration. Translucent to transparent, complete all around, with flat, glassy termination faces. Most are mere shards or fragments and complete terminated crystals such as this are are much less common. Like a number of other mineral species from Merelani, these Tremolites are considered the world's best of species.
D281 - Covellite $ 350 Leonard Mine, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA thumbnail - 3 x 2.9 x 2.2 cm Thick crystal groups of irridecent Covellite. Can be displayed equally well from a number of directions.
K428 - Chrysoberyl 'Cats-eye' $ 120 Brazil thumbnail - 0.4 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm A round cabochon of golden yellow Chrysoberyl that shows a sharp cat's eye effect. Weighs 0.45 carats.
K531 - Spessartine $ 275 Nani, Loliondo, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.4 x 2.4 x 2.4 cm Complete single Spessartine crystal with great orange color. These are no longer being found or at least very seldomly found anymore. A great example with good color and transparent gem zones. Very trivial edge wear, essentially undamaged.
K894 - Spessartine $ 275 Nani, Loliondo, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm Complete single Spessartine crystal with great orange color. These are no longer being found or at least very seldomly found anymore. A great example with good color. There is an area of black inclusions, but the large amount of transparent gem zones in the rest of the crystal more than makes of for it. Minor edge wear and a contact where it grew against another crystal, but complete and in overall good condition.
K390 - Spessartine $ 150 Nani, Loliondo, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm Complete single Spessartine crystal with great orange color. These are no longer being found or at least very seldomly found anymore. A great example with good color. There is an area of black inclusions, but the large amount of transparent gem zones in the rest of the crystal more than makes of for it. Minor edge wear and a bit of dammage to one face, but complete and in overall good condition.
D352 - Zircon $ 150 Mashewa, Tanga Region, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.1 x 1.2 x 1 cm Single gemmy Zircon crystal with a nice wine red to red brown coloration. Complete all around and undamaged except for some slight edge chipping. Smooth, flat crystal faces on the termination with surface growth patterns on the prism faces, which is common with these crystals.
D356 - Zircon $ 120 Mashewa, Tanga Region, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.5 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm Single gemmy Zircon crystal with a nice wine red to red brown coloration. Complete all around and undamaged except for some slight edge chipping. Smooth, flat crystal faces. Zircon crystals from this locality often have long thin surface grooves caused by another unidentified crystal. This crystal has such surface grooves, and it also has a crystal of the other mineral fully included inside it. A whitish colored crystal a full 1cm long can be seen running lengthwise in one side of the Zircon crystal.
D366 - Zircon $ 120 Mashewa, Tanga Region, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.1 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm Single gemmy Zircon crystal with a nice wine red to red brown coloration. Complete all around and undamaged except for some slight edge chipping. Smooth, flat crystal faces on the termination with surface growth patterns on the prism faces, which is common with these crystals.
D365 - Zircon $ 120 Mashewa, Tanga Region, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.9 x 1 x 0.8 cm Single gemmy Zircon crystal with a nice wine red to red brown coloration. Complete all around and undamaged except for some slight edge chipping. Lustrous crystal faces with surface growth patterns, which is common with these crystals.
D364 - Zircon $ 150 Mashewa, Tanga Region, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.1 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm Single gemmy Zircon crystal with a nice wine red to red brown coloration. Complete all around and undamaged except for some slight edge chipping. Smooth, flat crystal faces on the termination with surface growth patterns on the prism faces, which is common with these crystals.
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