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SM840 - Brucite $ 450 Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan miniature - 5.0 x 4.8 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Large, solid radial mass of yellow Brucite on matrix. The specimen is solid Brucite well crystallized all around and undamaged. It's a 360 degree 'pinwheel' formation on a small amount of matrix. It is technically a floater because the matrix is covered by a thin layer of lighter colored Brucite. Though only medium yellow, it is translucent, thick and sturdy.
SM848 - Clinoatacamite with Calcite $ 150 Lily Mine, Ica Department, Peru miniature - 4.5 x 3 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Calcite lined vug with clusters of dark green Clinoatacamite. The Clinoatacamite on this specimen are lustrous and well formed. These are regarded as the world's best Clinoatacamite specimens.
SM849 - Clinoatacamite with Selenite Lily Mine, Ica Department, Peru miniature - 4.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Selenite and Chrysocolla lined vug with a cluster of dark green Clinoatacamite. The Clinoatacamite forms a rounded cluster 6mm wide. These are regarded as the world's best Clinoatacamite specimens.
SM844 - Clinozoisite $ 850 Tormiq, Skardu, Pakistan small cabinet - 7.5 x 1.5 x 0.8 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fine and unusual Clinozoiste specimen with elongated, off-set crystals. All the offset crystals are douoble-terminated. Gemmy with an internal faden line visible when backlit. Undamaged.
SM845 - Apatite $ 280 Imilchil, Er Rachidia Province, Morocco thumbnail - 2.3 x 2 x 1.7 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Single yellow/green Apatite crystal from the original find years ago. Complete all around and undamaged, the best one I could find when they first came out, undamaged.
SM846 - Apatite $ 250 Imilchil, Er Rachidia Province, Morocco thumbnail - 1.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Single yellow/green Apatite crystal from the original find years ago. Complete all around and undamaged, the best and gemmiest one I could find when they first came out, a couple tiny edge chips otherwise undamaged.
SM847 - Stibnite $ 350 Wuning Mine, Qingjiang, Wuning Co., Jiangxi, China cabinet - 13 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Large single Stibnite crystal. Terminated and complete all around.
SM850 - Azurite $ 200 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 2.5 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Undamaged floater specimen of a dozen or so interconnected Azurite crystals. Great color and quality.
SM852 - Prehnite with Pyrite $ 200 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 4.8 x 3 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Yellow Prehnite crystals with a much different, somewhat globular style than most from Merelani. It has a flat base where it was attached to Graphite. There are small Pyrite crystals along the base, apparently that grew on the Graphite first before the Prehnite.
SM865 - Prehnite with Graphite Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.8 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Yellow Prehnite crystals on a small amount of Graphite. Large, well formed crystals that are lustrous and translucent.
SM856 - Aquamarine $ 280 Erongo Mountains, Namibia thumbnail - 2.3 x 1.3 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Single blue Aquamarine crystal with very glassy faces and a nice bevelled termination. This is tops for Erongo in terms of glassy luster and way more transparent than most.
AR2 - Manganoan Adamite $ 750 Mina Oujela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico thumbnail - 3 x 2 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large, chisel-shaped Adamite crystals on a black matrix. These are the rare and hard to find purple tipped Adamites with a white body color grading up to purple terminations. Individual crystals are up to 2cm tall. Undamaged and glassy with areas of transparency.
AR3 - Scheelite Darwin, Inyo Co., California, USA thumbnail - 1.5 x 1.3 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() Single octahedral crystal of Scheelite from the well known Darwin lead-silver-zinc district. Sharply formed and in perfect condition. Fluorescent.
AR7 - Wulfenite Bad Bleiberg, Carinthia, Austria thumbnail - 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() Blocky orange Wulfenite crystals in a mound shaped cluster. These thick crystals were much less common than the more typical thin crystals found here. Old hard to find specimen. Crystals reach 1.1cm on edge, undamaged.
AR11 - Apatite $ 850 Pulsifer Quarry, Maine, USA thumbnail - 2 x 2 x 1.8 cm ![]() ![]() Classic and rare purple Apatite crystal on matrix. The crystal is 1 cm in largest dimension, undamaged.
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