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T366 - Apatite on Quartz $ 350 Kunar Prov., Afghanistan cabinet - 10.5 x 7.5 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large, flat tabular Quartz crystal that is smooth and glassy on one side, with purple Apatite crystals coating the other side.
T368 - Heliodor $ 350 Minas Gerais, Brazil miniature - 4.3 x 1 x 0.8 cm ![]() ![]() Gem quality Heliodor crystal, terminated and undamaged except for one tiny chip on one side of the termination, which is hard to notice among the irregular etched surfaces. Lightly etched with lateral etch marks on some edges.
T374 - Azurite $ 350 Bisbee, Arizona, USA miniature - 4.5 x 3 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Four sharp, well defined crystals of Azurite on a Limonite matrix. The crystals reach 1cm in size and are undamaged. Comes with an Arizon-Sonora Desert Museum label.
T378 - Apatite with Fluorite $ 450 Panasquiera, Castelo Branco, Portugal miniature - 4.9 x 3 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Glassy green Apatite crystals. The addition of purple Fluorite makes this a really colorful piece. Slight chipping on one edge, otherwise undamaged.
T384 - Apatite with Muscovite $ 450 Panasquiera, Castelo Branco, Portugal miniature - 5 x 3.2 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Showy cluster of glassy green Apatite crystals. Bright and lively crystals. Undamaged. The camera does not pick up the green well and the brightness is not well conveyed in photos, thus this is way better in person than the photos may indicate.
T385 - Smithsonite $ 900 Tsumeb, Namibia small cabinet - 8 x 6.5 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Open vug filled with large, double-terminated Smithsonite crystals. The Smithsonite are a light pinkish orange in color and reach 1.9cm in size.
T387 - Rhodochrosite $ 350 Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada thumbnail - 1.8 x 1 x 0.3 cm ![]() ![]() Twinned Rhodochrosite crystal, a floater with no points of attachment. The color is just outstanding. This was recently released from the Charlie Key collection and it is clear he saved some good ones. Previous twinned Mont St. Hilaire Rhodos I've seen have all been a darker brick red color and opaque. This one is bright red and translucent through most of the specimen. Undamaged. A small amount of minerals attached to one edge.
T397 - Rhodochrosite $ 380 Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada thumbnail - 2.1 x 1.7 x 0.3 cm ![]() ![]() Twinned Rhodochrosite crystal group, a floater with no points of attachment. This was recently released from the Charlie Key collection and it is clear he saved some good ones. Previous twinned Mont St. Hilaire Rhodos I've seen have all been a darker brick red color and opaque. This one is a nice pinkish red and translucent. Undamaged.
T412 - Montmorillonite in Quartz $ 290 White Queen Mine, Pala, San Diego Co., California, USA cabinet - 9.5 x 5.5 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Distinctive Quartz crystal cluster colored pink by inclusions of Montmorillonite. Comes with an old label that dates this back to at least 1985.
T418 - Cuprite $ 200 Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovskoe Deposit, Western Siberia, Russia thumbnail - 0.9 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Perfect undamaged floater octahedron with bevelled edges. 0.9cm on edge, 1.2cm wide tip to tip.
T419 - Tourmaline $ 650 Stak Nala, Skardu, Pakistan small cabinet - 7.6 x 2.5 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Amazing example of a naturally bent Tourmaline crystal, caused by repeated fracturing and rehealing in the pegmatite pocket during formation. Double terminated (though one termination partially intergrown with Albite). Undamaged.
T420 - Dioptase $ 240 Kaokaveld, Namibia miniature - 3.3 x 2.5 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() Dioptase crystal cluster with main crystal 1.6 x 0.8 cm in size.
T423 - Tourmaline $ 650 Stak Nala, Skardu, Pakistan small cabinet - 5.3 x 3 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Undamaged cluster of double-terminated Tourmaline crystals with attached Albite. The crystals have a rare yellow coloration on one end and are green on the other ends.
T425 - Inesite, Hubeite on Quartz $ 350 Daye Mine, Hubei Prov., China small cabinet - 9 x 6 x 4.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Floater specimen of intergrown Quartz crystals covered on one side by Inesite, Hubeite (rare!), and Pyrite. The tip of the large Quartz crystal has damage, but this specimen is really about the great coverage of Inesite and Hubeite. These are now uncommon and no longer being found.
T428 - Chrysocolla psuedo. Malachite psuedo. Azurite Loputo Mine, Katanga, Congo cabinet - 12.5 x 7.5 x 7.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Chrysocolla psuedomorphs on a matrix covered by Chrysocolla covered by drusy Quartz. This specimen includes the larger, tabular psuedomorphs that are commonly seen from this mine, but also smaller rhombahedral crystals, which are uncommon to see. Good crystals on all sides, sawcut on bottom.
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