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$200 to $500
SA803 - Emerald on Calcite $ 2500 Muzo Mine, Muzo, Boyaca Dept., Columbia miniature - 4 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm
Gem 1.3 cm Emerald crystal set in white Calcite crystals. Terminated crystal with top blue green color for emeralds, transparent top to bottom. Size 4 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm.
SA533 - Rhodonite SOLD San Martin Mine, Chiurucu, Huanuco, Peru small cabinet - 9 x 5 x 3.5 cm
Large specimen with deep rose colored bladed crystals with occasional white rhombs of Calcite, 9 x 5 x 3.5 cm.
SA101 - Quartz on Magnesite $ 1200 SOLD Brumado Mine, Bahia, Brazil small cabinet - 6 x 5 x 2 cm
Double terminated 4.5 cm citrine/smokey Quartz (hard to say exactly which color) set in peach colored Magnesite crystals. Elegant is a perfect adjective to describe this piece. Fine display specimen out of a recently acquired collection, 6 x 5 x 2 cm.
SA478 - Phosphophyllite $ 1500 SOLD Krause Vein, Pailaviri (Unificada) Mine, Potosi, Bolivia thumbnail - 2 x 1.5 x 0.6 cm
Gem Phosphophyllite crystal with good blue/green color. The front faces are flat and smooth, highlighting the internal transparency. A floater with the sides grading to etched growth and the entire backside showing etching, size 2 x 1.5 x 0.6 cm.
SA110 - Garnet SOLD Minas Gerais, Brazil small cabinet - 7.5 x 7 x 7 cm ex. Mike Keim
Large red Garnet crystal with smooth faces and sharp crystal edges, mostly complete with a few lower faces contacted. I do not know the locality for this, I acquired it from a local collector who brought it out of Brazil himself in the 1970s. Big and heavy, size 7.5 x 7 x 7 cm.
SA450 - Calcite with Amethyst SOLD Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil cabinet - 12 x 12 x 8 cm
Three White Calcite crystals emerging from Amethyst, each selectively covered by small Amethyst. The black and white coloration of these crystals gave rise to the name "skunks", for which they are refered to in the mineral world. Both showy and unusual crystals on a professionally trimmed matrix, 12 x 12 x 8 cm. ©2010 Marin Mineral |