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NA107 - Epidote with Quartz $ 375 (=~ € 308) Green Monster Mine, Prince of Wales Island, Alaska miniature - 4 x 2 x 1.3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Fine specimen of thick Epidote crystals with Quartz from the classic locality. Main crystal is 4 x 2 x 1.3 cm in size. No damage to this specimen, I can't tell which view is best, good all around. Mounted on a lucite stand, 5 x 4 x 2.5 cm.
NA297 - Pyromorphite $ 650 (=~ € 534) Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Idaho miniature - 3.4 x 3.1 x 2.4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Curved yellow to yellow/green Pyromorphite crystal cluster set on a flat matrix. Complete all around and undamaged. This composition of a stand alone cluster complete all round is unusual when comapred to most which are solid masses or drusy matrix coverings of crystals. Excellent piece that comes with an old Kristalle label.
NA127 - Acanthite $ 600 (=~ € 493) Guanajuato, Mexico thumbnail - 3.1 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Fine thumbnail acanthite with mulitple crystals culminating in a large, sharp 1.5cm cubic crystal at the tip. Better in person, 3.1 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm.
SA451 - Tourmaline, Lepidolite, Quartz $ 360 (=~ € 296) Mina da Ponte, Aracuai, Mnas Gerais, Brazil miniature - 4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Clear Quartz crystal partially enclosing what was once a green Tourmaline crystal. The Tourmaline within the Quartz remains complete, however where it exits the Quartz (on top and along the backside), it has altered to a rectangular stack of Lepidolite crystals. Two small dings on the Quartz. Really neat and interesting specimen, 4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm.
WP19 - Chalcocite $ 320 (=~ € 263) Levant Mine, Pendeen, Cornwall, England thumbnail - 2 x 1.6 x 0.9 cm ex. Dr. Wolfgang Pohl ![]() ![]() ![]() Superb thumbnail of a twin Chalcocite crystal. The small cluster of crystal broke off the main and has now been repaired and the price has been halved. Comes with old Richard Barstow label. Ex. Wolfgang Pohl collection, 2 x 1.6 x 0.9 cm.
E524 - Anapaite in fossil bivalve $ 260 (=~ € 213) Kertch, Crimea, Ukraine small cabinet - 5.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Two exceptionally fine Anapaite crystals which formed in a 2.3cm wide fossil bivalve, size 5.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm.
E568 - Sulfur on Aragonite $ 750 (=~ € 616) Sicily, Italy small cabinet - 6 x 5 x 4.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Large 2.4cm Sulfur crystal well centered on a pair of Aragonite crystal covered points. Main crystal is undamaged and some areas have Aragonite growing over the Sulfur. From a recently released collection. Size 6 x 5 x 4.5 cm.
A609 - Fluorite, Arsenopyrite, Dolomite $ 200 (=~ € 164) Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China small cabinet - 5.2 x 4.5 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Fine, near floater grouping of light purple Fluorite cubes, Arsenopyrite in and interlocking 4cm cluster, pearlescent pink Dolomite that wraps all around the backside, and Muscovite, size 5.2 x 4.5 x 4 cm.
A174 - Ferberite $ 250 (=~ € 205) Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Hunan, China small cabinet - 5.5 x 4.5 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Large, fine single Ferberite crystal. A very good example of a mineral that is somewhat common now, however will soon will be a classic, ranking as the worlds best, size 5.5 x 4.5 x 2 cm.
A944 - Arsenopyrite $ 290 (=~ € 238) Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China small cabinet - 6 x 7 x 6 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large, well displayed single crystal 3.2 cm wide on muscovite and Quartz. About as good as it gets for a single crystal, size 6 x 7 x 6 cm.
A106 - Cinnabar $ 440 (=~ € 361) Tongren, Guizhou, China small cabinet - 7 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() 2.8cm cluster of Cinnabar crystals on Dolomite. Sawn base and edges, size 7 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm.
A398 - Azurite with Malachite Liufengshan Copper Mine, Anhui Prov., China small cabinet - 7.8 x 6.5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() Lustrous blue Azurite crystals with velvety Malachite, size 7.8 x 6.5 x 3 cm.
A406 - Bournonite on Quartz $ 500 (=~ € 410) Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan Prov., China cabinet - 10.5 x 4 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() 3cm double terminated Bournonite attached to the tip of a 10.5 cm Quartz crystal. Another great Yaogangxian combo specimen. One ding on the side of the Quartz crystal, otherwise undamaged, size 10.5 x 4 x 3 cm.
A990 - Inesite, Hubeite on Apophyllite $ 550 (=~ € 452) Hubei Prov., China cabinet - 9.5 x 8 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Large red Inesite crystal spray with other areas of Inesite, good clusters of Hubeite (brown), Quartz crystals, and tiny drusy Apophyllite, size 9.5 x 8 x 4 cm.
A196 - Cinnabar on Dolomite $ 1200 (=~ € 985) Yanwuping Mines, Guizhou, China small cabinet - 9 x 8 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Classic Cinnabar penetration twin rising up 1.7cm and 1.5 cm wide on Dolomite. Fine quality Cinnabar that glows red when backlit. Fine undamaged piece, Chinese Cinnabar is by far the world's best, get a good one while supplies are still plentiful. Although there is plenty of lower quality material available now, the better ones are few and far between, size 9 x 8 x 4 cm.
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