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C539 - Barite $ 450 Les Malines, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, Occitanie, France cabinet - 12.5 x 7 x 6 cm Snow-white Barite blades, with some that are amber colored, over a matrix coated by drusy Sphalerite.This is out of an old collection built in the 60s and 70s and is surprisingly clean and undamaged, good from both sides.
C541 - Galena $ 400 Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds Co., Missouri cabinet - 10 x 9 x 7 cm Large cubes of lustrous Galena crystals, to 5.2cm on the diagonal, on matrix associated with Chalcopyrite and Calcite crystals. Such specimens with good large crystals on matrix are no longer common.
C547 - Pyrite after ? $ 240 Trepca Mine, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo small cabinet - 7.5 x 5 x 4.5 cm Elongated Pyrite groups that have replaced a previous mineral, possibly Calcite, on a matrix covered by Sphalerite. The base of one of the Pyrite crystal groups is visible and whatever was there before is all gone now - nothing but solid Pyrite. Bright, shiny luster and undamaged.
C551 - Ferberite with Quartz $ 325 Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China small cabinet - 8 x 7 x 4 cm Well formed large Ferberite crystals associated wtih transparent Quartz crystals. There are also small purple Fluorite crystals, Muscovite, and Arsenopyrite present.
C552 - Quartz on Calcite (R) $ 175 Herkimer, New York, USA small cabinet - 5.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm Outstanding 3.6cm 'Herkimer Diamond' Quartz crystal on Calcite. Quartz on Calcite are uncommon for the locality, unfortunatley this one came off the Calcite and has been reattached. The Quartz crystal is very transparent and bright, high quality (way better than photos). There is a smaller Quartz attached to the Calcite crystal too.
C560 - Covellite $ 3800 Annie Vein, Summitville, Colorado, USA small cabinet - 7.5 x 7 x 6 cm Irridescent blades of Covellite crystals in a few different areas on matrix. Ex. J.H. Marshall Jr. and Geary Murdock collections and comes with three old labels. One label indicates 'exceptionally well crystallized Covellite. One of the finest specimens I have ever seen from this locality'.
C564 - Fluorite with Quartz $ 1200 Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China small cabinet - 6.2 x 6 x 4 cm Color-zoned purple/blue Fluorite cube with 5 terminated Quartz crystals grown along the sides. Two small trivial nicks otherwise pristine. Wonderful transparency and aesthetics.
C570 - Prehnite $ 300 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 4 x 3 x 2.8 cm Cluster of translucent yellow Prehnite crystals on Graphite. Such yellow Prehnites have come from Merelani sporadically over the years, but never before in the quality that has been found in the last year. This specimen has big chunky crystals all over in a tall mound shaped formation. There is some chipping present, but mostly nothing but great crystals sticking out 360 degrees in all directions. A good one for the find.
C571 - Carrollite $ 300 Kamoya South Mine, Kambove, Katanga, Congo miniature - 3.5 x 3 x 3 cm Exquisite jewel of a Carrollite set perfectly in rhombic white Calcite. The octahedron is 1.1cm in size, highly lustrous, and undamaged.
C572 - Apatite $ 500 Panasquiera, Portugal small cabinet - 6.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm Large blue/green Apatite crystals on Quartz crystals with Siderite. The Apatite crystals are highly lustrous and reach 2cm in size. Undamaged.
SM127 - Tremolite $ 120 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.4 x 0.9 x 0.4 cm Bright green Tremolite crystal. Great color! Well terminated, undamaged crystal with good transparency.
SM130 - Apatite $ 350 Panasquiera, Portugal miniature - 3.5 x 3.2 x 3 cm Highly lustrous blue Apatite crystals with Muscovite. Main crystal is 2.2 x 1.8 cm and intergrown with a slightly smaller crystal. Slight edge chipping keeps the price way down compared too the overall beauty of the specimen and the price this would be if perfect. Glassy luster with large transparent areas.
SM132 - Apatite with Arsenopyrite $ 250 Panasquiera, Portugal miniature - 5 x 3.2 x 3 cm Undamaged green Apatite crystals to 1.8 cm with bright metallic Arsenopyrite crystals. Undamaged.
SM133 - Quartz with Arsenopyrite, Ferberite $ 150 Panasquiera, Portugal miniature - 5 x 4 x 3.3 cm Transparent single Quartz crystal intergrown with Arsenopyrite and Ferberite at the base. Undamaged and highly transparent.
SM122 - Chrome Tourmaline $ 200 Landani, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.2 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm Single crystal of Chrome Tourmaline, a vanadium rich Uvite/Dravite. Deep emerald green color and highly transluscent to transparent when backlit. Undamaged crystal 0f superb color!!!
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