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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.'
LL804 - Roselite $ 1500 Bou Azzer Mine, Ouarzazate Province, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco small cabinet - 5.5 x 5.3 x 4 cm Beautiful and glassy large magenta Roselite crystals lining a shallow vug. Robust crystals to 8mm in size that are lustrous and transparent. The color and quality of this specimen will light up and energize any mineral display.
LL873 - Fluorite $ 1200 Xianghuau Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China cabinet - 15 x 8 x 4 cm Transparent green crystals to Fluorite to 3.5cm on matrix. These are often found as solid masses of Fluorite crystals without matrix and this one is uncommon for the well isolated crystals on matrix. A beautiful large and showy specimen in great condition. An older piece, I have owned this specimen for about 20 years.
LL838 - Eosphorite $ 2000 Mendez Pimentel, Minas Gerais, Brazil small cabinet - 8.5 x 5.5 x 4 cm Large specimen of solid, intergrown Eosphorite crystals. The smaller terminated crystals on the front reach 2cm in size, and there are etched, partial crystals of Brazilianite on the back. These are huge crystals for the species, which are most commonly seen as tiny 1cm or so crystals on Rose Quartz. Collected by well known mineraologist Dick Gaines, likely in the late 1960s to early 1970s, a true connoisseurs specimen.
LL881 - Dioptase Ray Mine, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA cabinet - 13 x 8.5 x 4 cm Beautiful large specimen of Dioptase on drusy Quartz over Chrysocolla and Malachite. This looks like something out of Africa rather than the USA, but it's old Arizona material with large isolated Dioptase crystals to 7mm in size. A big and colorful Arizona classic that will add pop to a mineral case.
LL850 - Mimetite $ 1200 Bilbao Mine, La Blanca, Ojocaliente Municipality, Zacatecas, Mexico cabinet - 11 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm Deep yellow mounds of Mimetite partially covered by Calcite crystals from a lesser known Mexican Mine that produced these specimens decades ago (1950s). Some of the mounds show growth on top of more hexagonal, barrel-shaped crystals of the same color, distinctly Pyromorphite-like in form. There are also areas with black Plattnerite on the Mimetite.
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.
LL819 - Wulfenite $ 1800 Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona thumbnail - 2.8 x 2.2 x 0.8 cm Bright orange/red crystals of Red Cloud Wulfenite. The crystals are parallel grown, glassy with the great color that made this mine famous. There are transparent sections in the crystals. Very trivial edge chipping on one side, essentially pristine.
LL858 - Vanadinite on Goethite $ 1250 Taouz, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco small cabinet - 5.3 x 4.3 x 3.5 cm Highly sculptural specimen of red Vanadinite crystals grown on a stalactitic formation of black Goethite. Well crystallized all around and amazingly, all the Vanadinite crystals are perfect and complete. Many of the small Vanadinite crystals are TRANSPARENT, which is rare.
LL837 - Pyromorphite $ 1800 Daoping Mine, Guangxi Prov., China small cabinet - 8 x 6.5 x 5 cm This specimen is loaded with bright, lime green crystals of Pyromorphite, with a central crystal group 3cm wide that spans the entire vug. Translucent green crystals with top color and in near pristine condition.
LL851 - Erythrite $ 1600 Bou Azzer Mine, Ouarzazate Province, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco small cabinet - 6.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm Crystals of bright purple Erythrite with individual crystals to 3cm in size. Excellent for the species!
LL878 - Selenite on Calcite casts $ 1250 Darwin Mining District, Darwin Hills, Inyo Co., California, USA cabinet - 15 x 9 x 6.5 cm Large, transparent colorless Gypsum var. Selenite crystals atop cream-colored Calcite casts. The Calcite has attached and included small crystals of a golden metallic mineral, possibly Pyrite. The largest Selenite is 6.2cm and pristine. An exceptional specimen for the locality. A very artistic and sculptural specimen.
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.
LL915 - Malachite on Cerussite $ 2500 Tsumeb, Namibia small cabinet - 6 x 3.5 x 3 cm Glassy star-shaped Cerussite crystal with an uncommon association of spheres of Malachite and lighter green Duftite. This is a highly showy specimen in pristine condition. All 'rays' of the 'star' are terminated, and there is surprsing no chipping or damage for such an old specimen of a brittle spieces.
LL24 - Mottramite on Calcite Tsumeb, Namibia cabinet - 9.5 x 5 x 5 cm Large rhombic Calcite crystals comepletely coated by thick, large crystals of dark green Mottramite intergrown with a second generation of lenitcular Calcite crystals. Clean and undamaged, an excellent Mottramite specimen.
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