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D349 - Liddicoatite $ 650 Betafo District, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar miniature - 4 x 2.3 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Transparent single Liddicoatite crystal with a yellow/brown base grasing up to a more reddish brown at the termination. Complete all around and somewhat rectangular in cross-section. Unusual crystal weighing 31.5 grams.
D351 - Smokey Quartz on Feldspar $ 120 Dogtooth Peak, Fresno Co., California, USA miniature - 4 x 3.5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Smokey Quartz on Feldspar from a well known California locality. This is a great example out of an old collection. The Quartz is 2.5cm and transparent - much more so than average specimens from the locality, and in perfect condition. A fine quality specimen, especially for a California suite.
D287 - Stilbite, Laumontite, Clinoptilolite Bozeman Pass, Livingston, Gallatin Co., Montana, USA miniature - 5 x 4 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A 2.2 cm cluster of Stilbite on matrix covered by Laumontite and Clinoptilolite. A fun suite of Montana zeolites.
M709 - Enstatite $ 125 Kilosa, Morogoro, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.6 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Complete single gem crystal, facet quality. Good luster and a good, though slightly etched, termination. Crystals from this find are usually only suitable for facet rough as most are unterminated and etched, in fact this crystal was pulled from facet rough. Specimen quality Enstatite crystals are uncommon.
M791 - Tsavorite $ 125 Merelani Hills, ARusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.7 x 1.5 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Single Tsavorite crystal with good glassy luster a bright green coloration.
D293 - Harmotome Strontian, Argyll, Scotland miniature - 4 x 3.8 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Pearlescent white Harmotome crystals on matrix. An uncommon classic from Scotland.
D294 - Tarnowitzite $ 125 Tsumeb, Namibia miniature - 4.5 x 4 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Pearlescent white Tarnowitzite crystals covering the top surface of matrix. A Tsumeb classic.
D435 - Liddicoatite $ 350 Anjanabonoina, Madagascar miniature - 3.7 x 3.5 x 0.3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Cut and polished slice of Liddicoatite (a species of Tourmaline) from old finds in Madagascar. Cur parallel to the C-axis, the slice reveals the colorful interior of what would have appeared to otherwise be a dark crystal. Dark rind followed by a thin yellow zone, then bright pink surrounding a transparent red central zone. Well polished on both sides, weighs 8.71 grams.
D436 - Liddicoatite $ 300 Anjanabonoina, Madagascar thumbnail - 3 x 2.4 x 0.4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Cut and polished slice of Liddicoatite (a species of Tourmaline) from old finds in Madagascar. Cur parallel to the C-axis, the slice reveals the colorful interior of what would have appeared to otherwise be a dark crystal. Dark rind followed by a clear zone, then a thin green zone, then finally a bright pink, transparent central zone. Well polished on both sides, weighs 6.58 grams.
D442 - Liddicoatite $ 450 Anjanabonoina, Madagascar miniature - 5 x 4.2 x 0.4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Cut and polished slice of Liddicoatite (a species of Tourmaline) from old finds in Madagascar. Cur parallel to the C-axis, the slice reveals the colorful interior of what would have appeared to otherwise be a dark crystal. Dark rind that shows areas of blue followed by a hot pink zone, and a orange/yellow transparent central zone. Well polished on both sides, weighs 23.66 grams.
D447 - Malachite $ 120 Morenci Mine, Greenlee Co., Arizona, USA thumbnail - 2 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Spherical groups of Malachite on matrix, largest sphere is 1.1cm wide. A fine quality Morenci specimen.
D451 - Magnetite $ 125 Balmat, New York, USA thumbnail - 1.5 x 1.3 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Single cubic Magnetite crystal from the classic USA locality of Balmat. Indivicual faces are not quite flat, each has a very slight pyramidal rise.
D454 - Phenakite $ 125 Mt. White, Colorado, USA thumbnail - 1 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Colorless Phenakite crystal with sharp, well crystallied faces, almost garnet-like in form. Collected in 1998.
D460 - Andradite $ 125 Copper Mtn., Prince-of-Wales Island, Alaska, USA thumbnail - 1.4 x 1 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Sharp, well formed single Andradite crystal from a locality more well known for it's Epidote. Complete all around and undamaged though contacted n the bottom face where it grew against matrix.
D462 - Quartz with inclusions $ 75 Jinkouhe District, Leshan, Sichuan, China thumbnail - 1.9 x 1.1 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Black hydrocarbon inclusions inside a transparent, double-terminated Quartz crystal. Fine and undamaged. Prefessionally mounted in a perky box.
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