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LL964 - Azurite with Malachite $ 150 (=~ CAN$ 206) Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 2.8 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm Fine quality Azurite crystals attached to a small amount of matrix. Crytallized all around and undamaged with added color from small crystals of Malachite.
LL973 - Azurite with Malachite $ 150 (=~ CAN$ 206) Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico miniature - 4 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm Fine quality Azurite crystals with Malachite. Crytallized all around and undamaged. Excellent quality, thick blocky crystals.
ST220 - Dravite $ 150 (=~ CAN$ 206) Mwajanga, near Komolo, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.8 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm Glassy gem quality Dravite crystal from Mwajanga. Complete all around and transparent. Superb example from this find.
ST227 - Tanzanite $ 750 (=~ CAN$ 1029) Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.5 x 1.5 x 0.8 cm Multi-colored Tanzanite crystal with a yellow over purple/blue color displayed from the front wide face. A red color is visible up the C-axis, and you can even see flashes of red reflected out the front face when lit from below (last photo). Complete and undamaged and weighs 6.87 grams.
ST221 - Aurichalcite, Rosasite Southwest Mine, Hendricks Gulch, Bisbee, Cochise County, Arizona, USA small cabinet - 7 x 5 x 2.5 cm Spheres of blue Rosasite atop spikey crystals of green Aurichalcite.
ST232 - Anglesite (R) $ 160 (=~ CAN$ 220) Touissit Mine, Oujda-Angad Prov., Morocco thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm Double-terminated Anglesite crystal on matrix. The Anglesite is gemmy and yellow and has been repaired once. A stunning and uncommon thumbnail.
ST223 - Azurite $ 250 (=~ CAN$ 343) Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo small cabinet - 5.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm Open vug filled with large, prismatic crystals of Azurite. The Azurite crystals have great luster and the largest is approximately 2cm tall. Good crystals of Azurite are rare for this locality!
ST200 - Kolwezite on Cobaltian Calcite $ 450 (=~ CAN$ 618) Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo cabinet - 10 x 8 x 4 cm Dark olive green botryoidal Kolwezite atop rhombs of vivid pink Cobaltoan Calcite (or possibly Cobaltoan Dolomite) creating a stunning mixture of colors and forms. The main Kolwezite is a superb hemispherical group 1.1 cm wide and perfectly centered in the Cobaltian Calcite. Kolwezite is a Copper Cobalt Carbonate Hydroxide and this is the type locality for the species. A beautiful large display piece and combination specimen of two desireable species together.
ST215 - Kolwezite after Cuprite on Cobaltian Calcite $ 550 (=~ CAN$ 755) Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo miniature - 5 x 4 x 2.2 cm Dark olive green crystals of Kolwezite that have pseudomorphed Cuprite crystals atop vivid pink Cobaltoan Calcite (or possibly Cobaltoan Dolomite) creating a stunning mixture of colors and forms. Kolwezite is a Copper Cobalt Carbonate Hydroxide and this is the type locality for the species.
ST204 - Malachite on Cobaltian Calcite $ 1500 (=~ CAN$ 2058) Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo large cabinet - 20 x 13 x 5 cm Large specimen of vivid pink Cobaltoan Calcite (or possibly Cobaltoan Dolomite) that displays well on both sides. The front side has large crystals to 3cm in size and a very deep pink, almost purple coloration. The backside has areas of green Malachite and black Heterogenite. A beautiful large display piece that will add lots of color to a case of minerals.
ST206 - Kolwezite, Malachite on Cobaltian Calcite $ 750 (=~ CAN$ 1029) Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo large cabinet - 15.5 x 14 x 5 cm Dark olive green botryoidal Kolwezite atop rhombs of vivid pink Cobaltoan Calcite (or possibly Cobaltoan Dolomite) creating a stunning mixture of colors and forms. The Kolwezite is partially coated by bright green Malachite in areas. Kolwezite is a Copper Cobalt Carbonate Hydroxide and this is the type locality for the species. Highly colorful and beautiful large display piece.
ST195 - Kolwezite on Cobaltian Calcite $ 350 (=~ CAN$ 480) Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo cabinet - 10 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm Dark olive green botryoidal Kolwezite atop rhombs of vivid pink Cobaltoan Calcite (or possibly Cobaltoan Dolomite) creating a stunning mixture of colors and forms. The main Kolwezite is a superb hemispherical group 9mm wide. Kolwezite is a Copper Cobalt Carbonate Hydroxide and this is the type locality for the species. A beautiful,colorful display piece.
ST194 - Malachite on Cobaltian Calcite $ 250 (=~ CAN$ 343) Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo small cabinet - 9 x 7.5 x 4 cm Bladed crystal groups of green Malachite atop bright pink Cobaltoan Calcite. There are smaller deep emerald green crystal groups atop the bladed Malachite.
ST191 - Kolwezite, Malachite on Cobaltian Calcite $ 200 (=~ CAN$ 274) Kolwezi Mining District, Lualaba, DR Congo small cabinet - 7 x 5.5 x 4 cm Dark olive green botryoidal Kolwezite atop vivid pink Cobaltoan Calcite one one side, and bright green Malachite on Cobaltian Calcite on the other side. Kolwezite is a Copper Cobalt Carbonate Hydroxide and this is the type locality for the species. A beautiful,colorful display piece.
SV305 - Tsavorite, Calcite, Diopside $ 200 (=~ CAN$ 274) Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.1 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm Elongated faden-like Tsavorite crystals on a matrix of Calcite crystals. This is an uncommon form of Tsavorite (Grossular) that are not often seen on matrix. There is a Diopside crystal and small Pyrite crystals in association. Great thumbnail from the Merelani Tanzanite mines.
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