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SM333 - Azurite $ 120 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mun. de Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico small cabinet - 6.2 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Milpillas has produced some of the most beautiful Azurite specimens in recent time. Here's a matrix specimen with a 2cm wide group of dark, highly lustrous, inky blue crystals. All of the Azurite crystals are complete and sharply terminated.
SM334 - Calcite with Hematite Wessels Mine, Kahalari Manganese Field, Northern Cape Province, South Africa cabinet - 11.0 x 8.5 x 5.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A display specimen of white Calcite crystals hosting a few dark black Hematite crystal groups from this classic locality. An older example from The Charlie Key Collection disbursed a number of years ago. One old label shows a former price of $600. Lots of lustrous, clear and undamaged Calcite crystals and I can only find a couple missing along the back edge.
C623 - Cuprite on Copper $ 300 Mashamba West Mine, Katanga, Congo (DRC) cabinet - 11 x 5 x 5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Large branching group of Copper crystals coated by Cuprite. The Cuprite covers most of the surface of the Copper and is crystallized in areas. There is also black Heterogenite, green Malachite, and a blue mineral (Shattuckite ?) present in areas. Large and colorful Copper specimen found in 2018.
C624 - Cuprite on Copper Mashamba West Mine, Katanga, Congo (DRC) small cabinet - 9 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Large arborescent group of Copper crystals coated by Cuprite. The Cuprite covers a majority of the surface of the Copper. There is also black Heterogenite and green Malachite present in areas. Large and colorful Copper specimen found in 2018.
C625 - Cuprite on Copper $ 280 Mashamba West Mine, Katanga, Congo (DRC) cabinet - 10.5 x 6 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large arborescent group of Copper crystals coated by Cuprite. The Cuprite covers most of the surface of the Copper and is crystallized in areas. There is also black Heterogenite and green Malachite present in areas. Large and colorful Copper specimen found in 2018.
NMB - Barite with Fluorite Mex Tex Mine, Bingham, New Mexico, USA small cabinet - 6.5 x 6 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large single Barite crystal, translucent to transparent. Perfectly terminated and complete all around. There is a Fluorite crystal intergrown on the right edge, and there is a small cleave on part of the edge, possibly caused by the growth of the Fluorite crystal, otherwise undamaged.
NMC - Anglesite on Galena with Fluorite $ 150 Blanchard Mine, Bingham, New Mexico, USA miniature - 4 x 4 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Galena cubes with a surface alteration to Anglesite with two attached partial crystals of Fluorite.
NMD - Linarite on Galena $ 300 Blanchard Mine, Bingham, New Mexico, USA miniature - 3.5 x 2.2 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Single Galena crystal covered by crystals of bright blue Linarite.
NME - Fluorite on Quartz $ 150 Mex Tex Mine, Bingham, New Mexico, USA small cabinet - 8.5 x 5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Light purple/blueFluorite crystals on Quartz crystals. The Fluorite crystal is hexoctahedral.
NMG - Cerussite on Galena $ 200 Blanchard Mine, Bingham, New Mexico, USA small cabinet - 5.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Single 3.1cm Galena crystal with a surface alteration to Cerussite on matrix.
NMH - Murdochite on Quartz Mex Tex Mine, Bingham, New Mexico, USA small cabinet - 7 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Small black crystals of Murdochite, a lead copper oxide, on crystals of Quartz.
NMJ - Fluorite $ 350 Mex Tex Mine, Bingham, New Mexico, USA small cabinet - 7 x 6 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Translucent purple/blue Fluorite cubes. Good color and some partially covered by drusy Quartz.
SM440 - Duftite on Cerussite $ 150 Tsumeb, Namibia miniature - 4.2 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Transparent, reticulated Cerussite crystals partially coated by green Duftite.
SM446 - Spessartine on Galena $ 400 MMM Mine, Broken Hill, NSW, Australia miniature - 5.0 x 5 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large Spessartine crystal intergrown with Galena crystals. A large sized garnet for the locality.
SM449 - Rhodochrosite with Fluorite $ 220 Sunnyside Mine, Silverton, Colorado, USA small cabinet - 5.9 x 4 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rhombic Rhodochrosite crystals to 1.5cm on a Quartz crystal covered matrix. In addition to the Rhodochrosite, there are a number of glassy, pale green Fluorite crystals to 1.5cm.
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