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AF380 - Tanzanite $ 2400 Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mtns., Arusha Region, Tanzania miniature - 3.5 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm Gem Tanzanite crystal with Calcite and another partial crystal in fron that realy sets off the main crystal. Beautiful specimen.
AF763 - Tanzanite $ 4500 Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mtns., Arusha Region, Tanzania thumbnail - 3.1 x 1.8 x 0.8 cm Glassy bi-color crystal, blue base with a yellow termination. This crystal has superb luster and unusually uniform shape, retaining an even 8mm thickness all the way from the base to the termination. The yellow zone is facet grade and the blue zone, while having some internal fractures, is still mostly transparent - you can read through most of the crystal. Just a few tiny, trivial nicks otherwise totally undamaged. This is one of, if not the best of these yellow/blue bi-color crystals I have ever seen.
A597 - Aquamarine on Muscovite $ 2500 Nagar, Hunza Valley, Pakistan large cabinet - 18 x 12 x 8 cm Clusters of gem Aquamarine crystals nestled in Muscovite blades. Individual Aquamarine crystals reach 4.5 x 2.2 cm in size. The crystals are glassy and transparent. Nearly pristine with only one tiny chip on one crystal, otherwise undamaged. Large and showy specimen.
NA283 - Boleite $ 1200 Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalia, Baja Sur, Mexico miniature - 4 x 3 x 3 cm Boleite cubes and Paratacamite on a clay matrix. Two cubes are on the front face, largest is 7mm on the diagonal, with a multitude of smaller crystals present on top, some intergrown with green Paratacamite. High quality, rare specimen.
TS100 - Cerussite on Mottramite $ 4500 Tsumeb, Namibia miniature - 5 x 5 x 4.5 cm Stunning Cerussite crystal set atop a mound of Mottramite. The Cerussite is 4.3cm wide and complete all around. The Mottramite is sparkly mounds of a particularly deep forrest green color.
A265 - Titanite $ 1200 Mulla Ghori, Khyber Agency, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan small cabinet - 7 x 7 x 5.5 cm Single 5cm tall Titanite crystal with black Ferro Actinolite crystals on Calcite matrix. Titanite is sharp and gemmy with a green/yellow/brown coloration. This is an uncommon locality that seldomly produces, with matrix specimens uncommon. .
A873 - Aquamarine on Muscovite $ 1500 Ping Wu, Sichuan, China small cabinet - 7 x 4 x 4 cm Highly lustrous, tabular blue crystals on Muscovite. Thick, high quality Aqua, undamaged.
TU114 - Topaz $ 2400 Yuno Mine, Shigar Valley, Pakistan small cabinet - 5.8 x 5.1 x 4.2 cm Large glassy Topaz crystal with typical wedge shaped termination and large termination faces. A complete crystal but with damage to left back face, otherwise complete and undamaged. Beautiful crystal.
A322 - Elbaite with Beryl on Albite $ 1500 Stak Nala, Skardu District, Pakistan small cabinet - 5.2 x 4 x 3.6 cm Fine, floater specimen of a spherical cluster of Albite bladed crystals with attached Elbaite and Beryl. The largest Elbaite is a double-terminated 4.3 cm crystal with a translucent sea green color. The Beryl is colorless and 2 cm wide. Fine and undamaged and good from all angles.
AF963 - Olmiite $ 1500 N'Chwanning Mine, Kuruman, South Africa miniature - 5 x 3 x 2 cm Superb matrix specimen with two complete clusters of translucent Olmiite. This is a specimen I bought many years ago from Clive Quiet from the original find. Perfect and undamaged Olmiite clusters that look like a pair of gumdrops.
E519 - Manganite $ 2500 Ilfeld, Thuringen, Germany small cabinet - 6.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm Cluster of large crystals of Manganite, with individual crystals to 2.5cm tall and 1.2cm across on the terminations. Ex. Ralph Merril and W.F. Davidson collections. The Merril label indicates it was purchased in 1954 for $350.
CH107 - Fluorite on Muscovite $ 1500 Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China small cabinet - 9 x 7 x 5 cm Transparent purple/blue Fluorite cubes on a matrix of Muscovite. The Fluorite are glassy and undamaged. Chalcopyrite crystals are present along the left side. Big and showy display specimen.
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.
M110 - Brochantite $ 1500 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico cabinet - 11 x 6 x 2 cm Thick, deep forest green Brochantite crystals with high luster on matrix. Two very fine, well isolated clusters stand out against the lighter colored matrix. Largest cluster is 2.7cm wide. Individual crystals reach 7mm in width. 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.
M141 - Azurite with Malachite $ 1300 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico miniature - 3.8 x 3 x 2.2 cm Superb electric blue Azurite crystals with a few stringers of Malachite on one side. This is from the watercourse pocket (also called the elegant pocket or spiderweb pocket) that was opened in 2013. Nearly a floater cluster (there is contacting on a few of the bottom of a few of the lower crystals) composed of intergrown crystals to 1.9cm in size. Although this was mined in 2013 it only made its way north of the border in late 2014 having been stashed away by a miner. Undamaged and superb.
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