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C475 - Prehnite $ 550 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.5 x 3 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of translucent yellow Prehnite crystals on Graphite. Such Prehnites have come out sporadically from Merelani over the years, but never before in the quality that has been found in the last year. This specimen has big crystals with individuals to 1.6cm wide. The lower back edge is contacted, otherwise nothing but great crystals sticking out in various directions. A good one for the find.
C477 - Barite $ 350 Book Cliffs, Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado, USA miniature - 4 x 4 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() A stunner of a Barite specimen with water clear, glassy crystals on matrix. Main crystal is 3cm and undamaged.
C485 - Azurite with Malachite $ 1500 Tsumeb, Namibia cabinet - 10 x 5 x 4.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Azurite partially altered to Malchite, with the Malachite forming fine 'bulls-eye' patterns. The Azurite is sharply formed with lustrous faces. The back is a large 10cm partial crystal and there are 2 terminated Azurite crystals attached to the front, the best is 5cm tall and grown out away from the largest crystal.
C488 - Fluorite with Quartz $ 650 Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape Province, South Africa miniature - 4.5 x 4.0 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of gemmy green Fluorite octahedra with a coating of drusy Quartz on the backside. The largest crystal is 3.5 cm and the smaller crystal is especially transparent. Clean and undamaged. Stunning specimen.
C489 - Silver $ 750 Imiter Mine, Tinghir Prov., Morocco small cabinet - 5.8 x 5.5 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Highly aesthetic, showy display Silver specimen with sheets of solid Silver protruding from a Calcite rich rock matrix. The matrix appears to have been stabilized.
C491 - Rutile on Hematite on Quartz $ 1000 Cavradi Gorge, Curnera Valley, Grischun, Switzerland small cabinet - 6 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Epitaxial red Rutile on Hematite crystals on a water clear, glassy crystal of light smokey Quartz. The Quartz crystal is 6cm tall and undamaged. The Hematite crystals reach 1.7cm in size.
C492 - Quartz scepter $ 250 Minas Gerais, Brazil small cabinet - 7 x 5.5 x 5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Transparent, light smokey Quartz scepter atop a Quartz crystal that is partially intergrown with black Tourmaline. The scepter is glassy with a stepped termination. Slight edge wear in places but relatively undamaged. This is an old crystal from the 1960s/70s.
C494 - Bournonite on Sphalerite $ 200 Machacamarca Mine, Potosí Department, Bolivia small cabinet - 8.2 x 6 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Elongated, silvery Bournonite crystals to 1.4 cm on a Sphalerite matrix.
C495 - Prehnite $ 200 Djouga, Bendougou, Kayes Region, Mali miniature - 3.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Translucent green Prehnite with 4 stalactitic formations growing out of a Prehnite base. Sort of reminds me of a snails head.
C496 - Fluorite on Quartz $ 350 Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China small cabinet - 7 x 5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Smokey Quartz crystals that are covered by small, outwardly growing white Quartz crystals, that are in turn covered by inky blue Fluorite crystals. Undamaged.
C497 - Apatite on Ferberite $ 350 Panasquiera, Portugal miniature - 5 x 5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A 2.3 cm green Apatite crystal attached to a Ferberite crystal, with mica. Classic and aesthetic Panasquiera combo. The Apatite crystal is gemmy and 1.2cm thick. The Ferberite has some contacting on the rear left side where another Ferberite intergrew, otherwise undamaged.
C500 - Azurite with Malachite (R) $ 5000 Christiana Mine, Lavrion District, Greece small cabinet - 6.5 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Interconnected spherical clusters of Azurite with minor amounts of attached Malchite. This is a superb Greek Azurite specimen and was photographed in Lapis magazine. It is a floater specimen well crystallized all around and has one repair. Extraordinary color!
C504 - Fluorite on Quartz $ 350 Huanzala Mine, Peru small cabinet - 5.5 x 5.0 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Colorless, transparent 2.5cm Fluorite octahedron perched atop a cluster of Quartz crystals. The Fluorite has stepped growth indentations into the crystal faces. A subtle beauty.
C505 - Copper $ 375 Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA small cabinet - 6 x 4.5 x 1.6 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Copper crystal cluster with a deep, rich patina. Good on both sides and undamaged.
C507 - Quartz gwindel $ 400 Shalman Valley, Khyber Agency, Pakistan thumbnail - 3 x 3 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Transparent, undamaged Quartz gwindel, good on both sides.
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