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T635 - Orpiment $ 400 (=~ € 365) Twin Creeks Mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada small cabinet - 6 x 5.5 x 5 cm Golden Orpiment crystals on matrix from the best ever find of Orpiment in the USA. The crystals are translucent and reach 1.5cm in size. There is alot of '3-dimensionality' to the overall form of the piece, giving it more character as compared to the more common flat druses of crystals.
T638 - Copper $ 240 (=~ € 219) Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona, USA small cabinet - 5.5 x 3.7 x 2 cm Well crystallized branching group of copper crystals.
T639 - Harmotome on Calcite $ 400 (=~ € 365) Strontian Barite Mine, Strontian, North West Highlands, Scotland cabinet - 11.5 x 7.5 x 3.0 cm Lustrous white crystals of the rare zeolite Harmotome across the front display face, with golden Calcite crystals on the backside. The Harmotome crystals occur in a wide mixture of size ranges up to 1cm. A large display quality rarity from one of the classic old localities for the species.
T641 - Tsavorite with Pyrite $ 1500 (=~ € 1370) Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 3 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm An extremely elongated Tsavorite crystal with attached Pyrite crystals. Fully crystallized all around and undamaged, even the bottom end has some crystal faces present. This is the longest elongated Tsavorite I have yet seen from recent production.
T657 - Malachite on Chrysocolla after Malachite $ 1200 (=~ € 1096) Katanga, Congo cabinet - 10 x 8.5 x 4 cm The Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of Congo is the Malachite capital of the world, yet most of the Malachite is lapidary grade with only a small percentage (usually fibrous or stalactitc specimens) being of any interest to mineral collectors. With specimens like this, Katanga can also claim to be one of the best localities for perfectly crystallized Malachite too. This specimen features perfectly formed individual crystals to 1.3 cm on a colorful and contrasting matrix of sky blue Chrysocolla. Just fabulously sharp single crystals.The Chrysocolla has partially pseudomorphed an earlier generation of Malachite crystals.
T674 - Tourmaline Cruziero Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil small cabinet - 9 x 7 x 6 cm Massive single, well terminated green Tourmaline crystal with highly fibrous, hair-like structure in areas. Broad, flat termination slopes gently back towards the side wtihteh hair-like growth. Can be displayed from one side as a typical (but huge) Tourmaline, or from the other side showing the hair-like fibrous structures.
T676 - Vanadinite $ 800 (=~ € 731) Mibladen, Morocco cabinet - 10 x 7.5 x 3 cm Fine quality Vanadinite specimen loaded with red crystals to 2cm over a thin matrix, essentially nothing but crystals. Undamaged, which is difficult to find in a Vanadinite specimen of this size with so many crystals. A real beauty, the pics say it all.
T679 - Clinoatacamite with Selenite $ 1200 (=~ € 1096) Lily Mine, Ica Department, Peru cabinet - 14 x 11.5 x 6 cm Large open vug lined with Quartz over Chrysocolla with isolated clusters of dark green Clinoatacamite. At the lower right is a single 4cm Selenite crystal grown over a Clinoatacamite cluster. Uncommon for both overall size and the great isolation of the crystal clusters. These are regarded as the world's best Clinoatacamite specimens.
T685 - Copper $ 280 (=~ € 256) Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona small cabinet - 8 x 6 x 2 cm Well crystallized branching group of Copper with attached Quartz crystals and unidentified yellow mineralization.
T686 - Copper $ 450 (=~ € 411) Onganja, Namibia small cabinet - 9 x 6.5 x 5 cm Heavy mass of Copper crystals from the famous Onganja Mine. This specimen is displayable from all angles and has a wide range of crystal sizes from very fine branching crystals up to individuals to over 2cm in size.
T691 - Tsavorite $ 400 (=~ € 365) Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.9 x 1 x 0.8 cm Fine quality elongated Tsavorite crystal from recent production (2017) that has been producing these stange, elongated crystals. Many of the new crystals, like this one, exhibit a faden line running up the C-axis. This is an undamaged floater cluster of a few interconnected crystals.
T724 - Tourmaline $ 600 (=~ € 548) Alto Ligonha, Mozambique small cabinet - 6.8 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm Long, terminated single Tourmaline crystal with a pink red color and a very thin green cap. This is an old piece in great condition, slightly etched and undamaged except for a couple small chips on side faces. Weighs 34.9 grams. This was recently released from a collection.
T734 - Herderite $ 3000 (=~ € 2741) Xanda Mine, Virgem De Lapa, Minas Gerais, Brazil small cabinet - 7.5 x 6.5 x 4.5 cm Large single Herderite crystal with good purple color from the mine that has produced the world's best. This is a very large crystal and in good condition with many typical faces, etched (but glassy) faces, and a couple areas of contact.
T743 - Quartz $ 450 (=~ € 411) Orange River, Karas Region, Namibia small cabinet - 6.7 x 2 x 1.3 cm Fantastic scepter with a solid red Hematite included Quartz that grew atop and along a milky Quartz crystal. Slight edge chatter, otherwise undamaged.
T748 - Azurite $ 3500 (=~ € 3198) Touissit, Morocco small cabinet - 5.3 x 4.5 x 4 cm Two large Azurite crystals on a Dolomite matrix. Largest crystal is 3cm. Both are well terminated. There are small reticulated Cerussites on the Dolomite. I bought this about 15 years ago in Tucson and have held it in my collection since then.
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