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SM846 - Apatite $ 250 Imilchil, Er Rachidia Province, Morocco thumbnail - 1.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm Single yellow/green Apatite crystal from the original find years ago. Complete all around and undamaged, the best and gemmiest one I could find when they first came out, a couple tiny edge chips otherwise undamaged.
SM850 - Azurite $ 200 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 2.5 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm Undamaged floater specimen of a dozen or so interconnected Azurite crystals. Great color and quality.
SM856 - Aquamarine $ 280 Erongo Mountains, Namibia thumbnail - 2.3 x 1.3 x 1 cm Single blue Aquamarine crystal with very glassy faces and a nice bevelled termination. This is tops for Erongo in terms of glassy luster and way more transparent than most.
AR2 - Manganoan Adamite $ 750 Mina Oujela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico thumbnail - 3 x 2 x 2 cm Large, chisel-shaped Adamite crystals on a black matrix. These are the rare and hard to find purple tipped Adamites with a white body color grading up to purple terminations. Individual crystals are up to 2cm tall. Undamaged and glassy with areas of transparency.
AR24 - Brazilianite $ 350 Mendes Pimentel, Minas Gerais, Brazil thumbnail - 2.7 x 2 x 1.9 cm Single crystals of classic yellow/green Brazilianite. Great luster and clarity. Contacted on the backside. Comes with an old Al McGuinness label.
SM818 - Azurite $ 200 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 2.7 x 2.0 x 1.0 cm Tabular, deep blue Azurite crystals with an attached sphere of green Malachite from recent finds at Milpillas, which have produced some spectacular Azurite crystals with vivid 'electric' blue color. This is a fine thumbnail sized specimen with no damage.
SM953 - Spessartine $ 450 Nani, Loliondo, Arusha Region, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm Complete orange Spessartine with good translucency and large areas of internal transparency. This is a complete crystal all around with no contacts - only a small minority of the find are complete crystals, most are shards or have contacts on at least 1 or two sides. Some areas of black inclusions but many areas of gem, bright citrus orange. Weighs 104 carats.
SM955 - Spessartine $ 350 Nani, Loliondo, Arusha Region, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.2 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm Complete orange Spessartine with good translucency and large areas of internal transparency. This is a complete crystal all around with no contacts - only a small minority of the find are complete crystals, most are shards or have contacts on at least 1 or two sides. Some areas of black inclusions but many areas of gem, bright citrus orange. Weighs 69 carats.
J64 - Axinite $ 220 Butte County, California thumbnail - 2.7 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm A rare specimen from Butte County in California showing a cluster of bladed, light brown, Axinite crystals. The largest crystal has clear areas and is in very good condition with only a small amount of microscopic chipping. Murdoch, Joseph & Robert W. Webb (1966), in Minerals of California, notes an occurrence near the Feather River and Yankee Hill areas, but little else is known. Comes mounted in a 1.25-inch perky box with an original old faded label. A true rarity for the California collector and much better than photos.
J79 - Cerussite $ 120 Daoping Mine, Yangshuo, Guangxi Region, China thumbnail - 3.0 x 2.6 x 1.0 cm Unusual candy colored Cerussite of yellow and pink. These Daoping Cerussites are among the most colorful for the species and it appears they are from a one time or limited find from several years ago. The crystal has flat, lustrous front and back faces and highly complex terminatation growth along the edges. Minor damage to some of the edge terminations.
J154 - Spinel $ 150 Mahenge, Morogoro, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.7 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm Octahedral pink Spinel crystal. Complete crystal with good luster. A tiny chip on one point, otherwise undamaged.
J156 - Spinel $ 150 Mahenge, Morogoro, Tanzania thumbnail - 2 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm Complete octahedral pink Spinel crystal with good color. Complete all around with some natural etching/edge wear.
J307 - Tsavorite with Diopside $ 350 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.6 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm Complete single Tsavorite crystal with attached Graphite and two terminated Diopside crystals.
J308 - Tsavorite with Pyrite $ 450 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.5 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm Tsavorite crystals on Graphite with attached Pyrite crystals. Complete all around and undamaged. The main crystal is 1cm and transparent.
J272 - Spessartine gemstone $ 190 Namibia (?) thumbnail - 0.6 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm 6mm round Spessartine gemstone weighing 1.65 carats. The old label from 2003 calls it 'Mandarin Garnet' and shows of price of $100. Great color!
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