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TU185 - Azurite $ 350 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm Azurite crystal cluster with little stringers of 'spider-web' Malachite attached. Undamaged floater cluster composed of 4 intergrown crystals. Superb.
TU193 - Azurite $ 200 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 3 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm Azurite crystal cluster with little stringers of 'spider-web' Malachite. The Azurite has bright 'electric' blue color. Top crystal is a 1.8 cm double terminated crystal complete all around.
TS215 - Smithsonite $ 2500 Tsumeb, Namibia thumbnail - 3.1 x 2.5 x 2.1 cm ex. Carl Acosta Large, sharp pink Smithsonite on matrix. Main crystals is 2.2cm across and pristine. Good silky luster and very translucent.
M103 - Azurite $ 250 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 3 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm Azurite crystal cluster composed of a major 2.5cm crystal on smaller crystals, some of which are altering to Malachite. The Azurite has bright 'electric' blue color.
M117 - Brochantite $ 600 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 2 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm Thick, deep forest green Brochantite crystals with high luster on a thin wafer of matrix. Main crystal is 6mm wide. Good crystals on the bottom side too. These are thick, robust crystals from a 2014 find and are much different in style than earlier finds from the mine which were usually more fragile, hair-like crystals.
M120 - Brochantite $ 400 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 3 x 3 x 1 cm Thick, deep forest green Brochantite crystals with high luster. These are thick, robust crystals from a 2014 find and are much different in style than earlier finds from the mine which were usually more fragile, hair-like crystals. No longer being found.
M142 - Azurite $ 400 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 3 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm Single thick, chisel terminated 2.1cm Azurite crystal on matrix. Slight chatter along one edge, otherwise undamaged. Great luster and form and strong color.
M148 - Azurite with Malachite $ 140 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 2.5 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm Floater cluster of Azurite crystals with minor amounts of Malachite attached. Undamaged floater cluster composed of 4 intergrown crystals, largest 1.7cm long.
M151 - Azurite with Malachite $ 150 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 2.3 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm Floater cluster of Azurite crystals with Malachite from the watercourse pocket. Main crystal is undamaged and 2.1cm long. One minor crystal has a contact where it likely grew against a pocket wall, otherwise undamaged.
E673 - Azurite with Malachite after Cuprite $ 200 Blue Mine, Chessy, Rhone-Alpes, France thumbnail - 3 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm Floater cluster of Azurite from the famous Chessy mines of France. These mines are long closed and I understand these specimens were found in the 1800s. Nice crystallization with individual to over 1cm, plus a small Malachite after Cuprite crystal. There are no points of contact, a complete floater and undamaged.
M166 - Brochantite $ 225 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 1.9 x 1.7 x 1.1 cm Thick, deep forest green Brochantite crystals with high luster on matrix. Nice chisel-shaped terminations. These are thick, robust crystals from a 2014 find and are much different in style than earlier finds from the mine which were usually more fragile, hair-like crystals.
TZ482 - Dravite $ 290 Mwajanga, near Komolo, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.7 x 1.1 x 0.8 cm Facet grade rootbeer colored Dravite crystal with a complex termination. Complete and undamaged.
CO107 - Malachite after Cuprite $ 350 Nchanga Mine, Chingola, Zambia thumbnail - 1.9 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm Intergrown octahedral Malachite after Cuprite crystals from a 1979 find in Zambia, just released for the first time. Complete and undamaged except for one micro chip on one corner.
SA711 - Chrysoberyl $ 750 Santa Teresa, Espirito Santo, Brazil thumbnail - 2.3 x 2.1 x 0.6 cm Beautiful and gemmy V-twin Chrysoberyl from Brazil. Good Chrysoberl specimens are always hard to find. This is a well terminated, complete and undamaged crystal. Ex. Tim Sherburn.
B240 - Chrome Tourmaline $ 280 Landanai, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.7 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm Terminated single gem crystal of Chrome Tourmaline which is a chromium and vanadium rich Dravite. Complete all around with deep emerald green coloration at the termination and a more yellow green at the base. Note that some from this find such as this one have an unusual indented crystal form at the very tip. The three outer triangular faces of the termination are flat, while the center triangle goes inward.
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