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AU723 - Herderite $ 1500 Green Cloud Mine, Chihuahua Valley, San Diego Co., California, USA thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm An outstanding single translucent to transparent Herderite crystal from the Green Cloud Mine. Complete all around crystal with light etching and a smaller crystal attached to one face. This mine is the source of California's finest Hydroxylherderite specimens, and not many were found. Super piece for a San Diego Co. collection. Ex. Al Ordway collection.
AU661 - Smokey Quartz $ 200 Pack Rat Mine, McCain Valley, Jacumba, San Diego Co., Califonia, USA small cabinet - 6 x 4.2 x 4 cm Glassy, transparent single smokey Quartz crystal from the Pack Rat Mine. A complete crystal with some Albite grown into the backside and some like colored inclusions that appear to be mica. Ex. Cal Graeber Quartz collection number Q-347.
AU621 - Copper on Prehnite $ 260 Michigan Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA miniature - 5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm Copper crystals on green Prehnite lining a vug in basalt. The largest Copper crystal is 1.1cm tall. This is possibly from Osceola Mine, but comes with an old label stating the Michigan Mine.
AU639 - Brucite $ 180 Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan miniature - 4 x 4 x 3 cm Spherical cluster of yellow Brucite on matrix from Pakistan. The Brucite is highly translucent to transparent, about as translucent as it gets. There is alot of Brucite available now, but not of this quality.
AU606 - Spinel $ 300 Mahenge, Morogoro, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm Sharp, red Spinel crystal on matrix from Tanzania. The crystal is 2.5cm in size with excellent red color.
AU678 - Calcite on Quartz $ 125 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.8 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm White spheres of Calcite crystals attached to a single clear Quartz crystal. The Quartz is doubly-terminated (detached in the pocket and then the bottom recrystallized). A cute little crystal that I kept in my personal Merelani suite for over a decade. Undamaged.
AU600 - Fluorite $ 200 Rogerley Mine, Durham Co., England miniature - 4.5 x 4 x 3 cm Transparent, deep green cubic Fluorite crystals from the Rogerley Mine. Daylight reactive with blue highlights. From an old stash of crystals highgraded from Cal Graeber.
AU601 - Fluorite $ 200 Rogerley Mine, Durham Co., England miniature - 4 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm Transparent, deep green cubic Fluorite crystals from the Rogerley Mine. Daylight reactive with blue highlights. From an old stash of crystals highgraded from Cal Graeber.
AU685 - Tremolite $ 750 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 5 x 2.1 x 1 cm Fine quality cluster of vivid green Tremolite from the Merelani Tanzanite mines. Pristine and doubly-terminated cluster, translucent with areas of transparency. There is a small cluster of Quartz crystals attached to one side.
AU705 - Almandine $ 950 Zillertal, Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria cabinet - 10.5 x 10 x 8 cm Large 8.5cm Almandine crystal in schist matrix. Large complete crystal in excellent condition (and unpolished!).
AU640 - Epidote $ 300 Mexico miniature - 4.3 x 2 x 1.8 cm Aesthetic cluster of green Epidote crystals. Main crystal is doubly-terminated, pristine, with areas of transparency.
AU776 - Davidite $ 280 Australia thumbnail - 1.2 x 1 x 1 cm Well formed single octahedral Davidite crystal from Australia. Chocolate brown in color and in excellent condition all around.
AU778 - Anglesite $ 450 Tsumeb, Namibia thumbnail - 3 x 2 x 1.5 cm Sharply formed single white Anglesite from Tsumeb. The crystal is translucent to transparent with a slightly dimpled surface. Complete and undamaged on both sides.
AU779 - Smithsonite $ 750 Tsumeb, Namibia thumbnail - 2.6 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm Elongated single Smithsonite crystal. Complete all around and undamaged with areas of transparency.
AU783 - Kulanite $ 240 Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada miniature - 3.5 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm Relatively large, blue/green crystals of Kulanite, a rare phosphate mineral, on matrix from the Type locality for the species. Crystals reach 6mm in size. A somewhat hard to find rarity from this locality better known for it's Lazulite.
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