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C588 - Carrollite $ 260 Kamoya South Mine, Katanga, Congo miniature - 5 x 5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() Highly lustrous Carrollite crystals to 7mm on matrix. From older finds out of an old collection.
C589 - Stilbite on Kunzite $ 150 Kunar, Afghanistan thumbnail - 2.8 x 1.3 x 0.4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Neat specimen of a double-terminated Kunzite crystal with a removable layer of Stilbite on one side. Stilbite is uncommon in pegmatites.
C590 - Tanzanite $ 375 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.2 x 1 x 0.9 cm ![]() ![]() Unusual Tanzanite crystal that is yellow in one direction and blue with yellow when viewed from the other direction. Complete and undamaged with great glassy luster. Weighs 18.9 carats.
C593 - Apatite on Siderite $ 650 Panasquiera, Portugal miniature - 4 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Glassy 1.8cm Apatite crystal attached to a Siderite crystal that is dusted with Pyrite. The Apatie has a blueish lavender color, with a darker blue stipe down the center, and is undamaged.
C594 - Galena with Pyrrhottite $ 200 Dal'negorsk, Russia small cabinet - 8 x 6.5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Grey, spinel-twinned Galena crystals with bright, lustrous Pyrrhottite crystalsAssociated with minor amounts of Sphalerite and small Quartz crystals. Showy, undamaged specimen.
C595 - Azurite $ 300 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico cabinet - 9.5 x 7.5 x 5.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large, lustrous Azurite crystals that formed in a thick seam. It's not perfect, as the big crystals grew into both sides of the seam, but there are plenty or terminated crystals present and it's just darn impressive in size and volume of electric blue color.
C597 - Azurite Tsumeb, Namibia miniature - 3.7 x 3 x 1.3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of blue Azurite crystals with jagged edges in places, which is an uncommon style from Tsumeb. There is a small chip on the termination, otherwise good. Transluscent blue on edges when backlit. Ex. Russel Jones, Carl Acosta collections and previous price of $185.
SM153 - Chrome Tourmaline $ 350 Landani, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.4 x 2.4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Complete single 'Chrome Tourmaline', which is vanadium and chromium rich Dravite found in east Africa. Fine undamaged crystal with deep green color. Comes with a former dealer label showing a price of $750. I've set the minimum bid at less than half of the old dealer price.
SM158 - Bastnasite $ 150 Zagi Mountain, Peshawar, Pakistan thumbnail - 1.6 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fine quality Bastnasite specimen composed of a cluster of undamaged crystals to 1.6cm in size. Translucent yellow/brown in color. Complete all around and undamaged.
SM171 - Eosphorite on Rose Quartz $ 300 Sapucaia Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil small cabinet - 5.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of pink rose Quartz crystals with attached Eosphorite crystals. The specimen has particularly good, uniform and regular shaped Quartz crystals. The specimen detached in the pocket and there are Eosphorite crystals on both the front and back sides. Undamaged.
SM173 - Gersdorffite with Annabergite Ait Ahmane, Bou Azzer District, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draa Region, Morocco small cabinet - 7 x 5.5 x 5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Octahedral crystals of Gersdorffite, a nickel arsenic sulfide, on matrix with green Annabergite. Crystals reach 1.9cm wide.
C600 - Cerussite on Barite $ 280 Mibladen, Morocco small cabinet - 5.5 x 4 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fine quality twinned yellow Cerussite crystal perfectly centered atop bladed pink Barite crystals. The Cerussite is perfect and undamaged with areas that are bright yellow and transparent. Comes with old labels from Bob Sullivan, Len Pisciotta, and Cliff Krueger. The Krueger label indicates it was bought for $60 on August 26, 1982.
C601 - Mottramite $ 250 Berg Aukaus Mine, Grootfontein, Namibia small cabinet - 8 x 6 x 5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large bubbly mass of Mottramite with areas of highly satiny surface luster. Undamaged with an old specimen number painted on the bottom and an old label showing a price of $250.
C602 - Pyromorphite $ 200 Daoping Mine, Guangxi Prov., China small cabinet - 8.5 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Chunky Quartz matrix covered on multiple sides by drusy Pyromorphite and on one side by larger crystals. The Crystal range from yellowish green to bright neon lime green that contrast well against the white matrix. A couple missing crystals keep the price much lower than the visual impact would suggest.
C603 - Vanandinite $ 650 Mibladen, Morocco small cabinet - 6.7 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large red Vanadinite crystals to 1.8cm on matrix. Showy grouping of crystals with main group undamaged and all others except two insignificant 5mm crystals also undamaged. Although Vanadinite specimens are currently common, aesthetic clusters such as this are not.
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