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AU891 - Hemimorphite $ 140 Palabanda Quarry, Mfouati, Bouenza Department, Republic of the Congo small cabinet - 7.2 x 4 x 2.5 cm Sparkling sky blue Hemimorphite from Mfouati. Beautiful translucent Hemimorphite on matrix. The top surface sparkles with beautiful color!
AU863 - Aquamarine $ 600 Songea, Ruvuma Region, Tanzania cabinet - 10 x 3.2 x 2.7 cm Unusual, large single Aquamarine crystal from Songea. It has a wonderful mottled coloration of blues, whites, browns. Complete all around with uniform shape and smooth flat crystal faces.
AU866 - Aquamarine $ 280 Songea, Ruvuma Region, Tanzania miniature - 5 x 2.6 x 2.6 cm Unusual, large single Aquamarine crystal from Songea. It has a wonderful mottled coloration of blues, whites, browns. Complete all around with uniform shape and smooth flat crystal faces.
AU839 - Tanzanite $ 300 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.7 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm Glassy, deep blue single Tanzanite crystal. A heated crystal with excellent color and areas of transparency (gem quality). Thick crystal that weighs 28.17 carats.
AU864 - Feldspar var. Moonstone with Tourmaline $ 350 Namalulu, Tanzania miniature - 5 x 5 x 2.5 cm New find of crystallized moonstone from Tanzania. This specimen has bits of brown Dravite Tourmaline attached. Individual crystals to 3.8cm that display a satiny blue color when turned under lighting. This 'Schiller effect' of color is seen at different angles on the different crystals. These have been found here in the past, but this new find has much higher quality, porcelain-like lustrous crystals than those found previously. Moonstone crystals are rare!
AU843 - Apatite $ 130 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.6 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm Single transparent blue Apatite crystal from the Merelani Tanzanite mines. Complete all around with a nice steep pyramidal termination.
AU846 - Apatite $ 200 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.5 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm Single transparent blue Apatite crystal from the Merelani Tanzanite mines. Complete all around with a nice steep pyramidal termination.
LP743 - Spinel $ 150 Mahenge, Morogoro, Tanzania miniature - 3.5 x 3 x 2.8 cm Large red octahedral Spinel crystal in white marble with golden mica.
AU605 - Spinel $ 275 Mahenge, Morogoro, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.3 x 2 x 1.5 cm Complete single octahedral red Spinel crystal in white marble. Translucent and 1.6cm wide.
AU607 - Spinel $ 275 Mahenge, Morogoro, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm GLassy octahedral pink to red Spinel crystals in white marble. Great color with areas of transparency.
AU848 - Diopside $ 120 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.7 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm Glassy green Diopside crystal from the Merelani Tanzanite mines. Complete all around with excellent color.
LP673 - Apatite on Diopside $ 90 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.5 x 1 x 1 cm Glassy green Diopside crystal with a small attached blue Apatite from the Merelani Tanzanite mines. Well terminated with good color.
LP759 - Diopside (etched) $ 180 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.8 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm Glassy green Diopside crystal with natural etched surface growth from the Merelani Tanzanite mines. Complete all around and internally transparent.
AU865 - Zircon $ 300 Mozambique miniature - 3.6 x 2.1 x 1.5 cm Complete, doubly-terminated brown Zircon crystal from Mozambique. One side shows interesting concentric zoning patterns.
AU667 - Prehnite $ 350 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 4.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm Large, toothy crystals of Prehnite forming a rounded cluster that is complete all the way around with just a bit of attached Graphite. As far a crystallized Prehnite goes (not botryoidal), these are some of the best in the world. This is an excellent example with great form, large crystals, and good translucency and color.
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