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K740 - Fluorite $ 350 (=~ CAN$ 450) Berbes, Ribadesella, Asturias, Spain miniature - 3.7 x 3.4 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of transparent purple Fluorite crystals, a floater with no matrix. A little damage, slightly rehealed, along the right side, otherwise perfectly crystallized all around and the luster is like glass. Ex. Wolfgang Pohl collection.
K717 - Tsavorite on Diopside $ 75 (=~ CAN$ 96) Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.2 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Elongated groups of Tsavorite crystals intergrown with a glassy, terminated Diopside crystal. There are also small Pyrite crystals associated.
K653 - Ludlamite $ 180 (=~ CAN$ 231) Blackbird Mine, Lemhi Co., Idaho, USA thumbnail - 1.2 x 1 x 0.6 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large single crystal on a tiny bit of matrix. Well terminated, translucent, and undamaged.
K718 - Tsavorite on Graphite $ 275 (=~ CAN$ 353) Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.5 x 1 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() High quality, glassy 1cm Tsavorite crystal with good color on a Graphite matrix. Undamaged crystal that is transparent. There are some shallow grooves on the surface caused by former Graphite crystals.
K659 - Wulfenite $ 125 (=~ CAN$ 161) Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico thumbnail - 1.6 x 1.2 x 0.6 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Translucent orange single crystal. Tabular habit, complete all round. There is a small nick to the lower left corner, otherwise undamaged.
K660 - Cobaltian Calcite $ 125 (=~ CAN$ 161) Mashamba West Mine, Katanga, Democratic Republic of Congo thumbnail - 1.4 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of pink Mangano Calcite crystals from the famous Mashamba West Mine. Main crystal is thick and 1.1cm tall.
K663 - Axinite $ 40 (=~ CAN$ 51) Obira, Kyushu, Japan thumbnail - 0.9 x 0.8 x 0.2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Gemmy, terminated single crystal from Japan.
K665 - Galena (spinel twin) $ 150 (=~ CAN$ 193) Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico thumbnail - 2.8 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Lustrous spinel-twinned Galena crystal. Galena is not commmon from Mapimi, and spinel-twins less so.
K667 - Cuprian Adamite $ 150 (=~ CAN$ 193) Laurium, Greece thumbnail - 1.3 x 1 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() An 8mm hemispherical cluster of blue/green Smithsonite set in matrix.
K654 - Siegenite $ 200 (=~ CAN$ 257) Level 4, Buick Mine, Iron Co., Missouri, USA thumbnail - 1.5 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Ten octahedral Siegenite crystals to 4mm on matrix of Marcasite. Siegenite is a rare cobalt nickel sulfide. High quality, aesthetic rare mineral.
K733 - Tsavorite with Diopside Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.4 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of translucent to transparent green Tsavorite crystals with Diopside. Slight chipping otherwise well crystallized all around with good luster and associated small Diopside crystals.
K681 - Pyromorphite $ 180 (=~ CAN$ 231) Bunker Hill Mine, Idaho, USA thumbnail - 1.5 x 1.1 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Nearly complete 1.1cm sphere of arsenian Pyromorphite atop a smaller partial sphere.
K674 - Pyromorphite $ 140 (=~ CAN$ 180) Bunker Hill Mine, Idaho, USA thumbnail - 1.3 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Two nearly complete interconnected spheres of arsenian Pyromorphite.
K664 - Fluorite Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Gem-like transparent Fluorite crystal with a small amount of attached Galena on the backside. Uncommmon from Mapimi.
K845 - Prehnite $ 175 (=~ CAN$ 225) Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.7 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Spherical cluster of green Prehnite with larger individual crystals that have grown out from the center. The backside is contacted with an attached partial Tanzanite crystal and there is Graphite on the base. The front and larger crystals are all undamaged. This greenish color is distinct and typical of 2018/2019 finds.
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