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AF584 - Sphene $ 650 SOLD near Mahenge, Tanzania miniature - 3.5 x 2.5 x 0.9 cm 
Bright, neon green Sphene crystal from a new find. There was very litttle of this material found, and most was only suited for gem rough, so although there is a contact on one edge and another edge is cleaved, it is in in the top percentile of what has been found. Very gemmy with good luster, 62 carats, 3.5 x 2.5 x 0.9 cm.
AF585 - Diopside $ 2000 SOLD 800 foot level, Karo Mine (extension off Block D), Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 4.4 x 1 x 0.6 cm 
Terminated deep green Chromian rich Diopside crystal. This crystal came from a pocket opened in December 2007 that produced crystals of exceptional color, much better than typical Merelani Diopsides. For more information on this find, refer to page 77 of the January-February 2009 issue of the Mineralogical Record. Great luster, complete all around and undamaged with a small Graphite crystal at the base, size 4.4 x 1 x 0.6 cm.
AF586 - Diopside $ 1200 800 foot level, Karo Mine (extension off Block D), Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 4.1 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm 
Terminated deep green Chromian rich Diopside crystal. This crystal came from a pocket opened in December 2007 that produced crystals of exceptional color, much better than typical Merelani Diopsides. For more information on this find, refer to page 77 of the January-February 2009 issue of the Mineralogical Record. Great luster, complete all around and undamaged except for one small cleavage face along the lower 1.5 cm of one small face, size 4.1 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm.
AF597 - Diopside $ 800 800 foot level, Karo Mine (extension off Block D), Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 4.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm 
Terminated deep green Chromian rich Diopside crystal cluster with attached Calcite. This cluster came from a pocket opened in December 2007 that produced crystals of exceptional color, much better than typical Merelani Diopsides. For more information on this find, refer to page 77 of the January-February 2009 issue of the Mineralogical Record. Individual crystals to 2.9cm, size 4.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm.
AF598 - Diopside $ 1400 SOLD 800 foot level, Karo Mine (extension off Block D), Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.6 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm 
Terminated deep green Chromian rich Diopside crystal with multi-level termination. This crystal came from a pocket opened in December 2007 that produced crystals of exceptional color, much better than typical Merelani Diopsides. For more information on this find, refer to page 77 of the January-February 2009 issue of the Mineralogical Record. Great luster, complete all around and undamaged, size 3.6 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm.
AF587 - Diopside $ 900 SOLD 800 foot level, Karo Mine (extension off Block D), Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.2 x 1.2 x 0.5 cm 
Terminated deep green Chromian rich Diopside crystal. This crystal came from a pocket opened in December 2007 that produced crystals of exceptional color, much better than typical Merelani Diopsides. For more information on this find, refer to page 77 of the January-February 2009 issue of the Mineralogical Record. Great luster, complete all around with tabular shape and a small crystal attached near the termination, size 3.2 x 1.2 x 0.5 cm.
AF588 - Diopside $ 1600 SOLD 800 foot level, Karo Mine (extension off Block D), Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.6 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm 
Terminated deep green Chromian rich Diopside crystal. This crystal came from a pocket opened in December 2007 that produced crystals of exceptional color, much better than typical Merelani Diopsides. For more information on this find, refer to page 77 of the January-February 2009 issue of the Mineralogical Record. Great luster, complete all around and undamaged, size 2.6 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm.
AF589 - Diopside $ 900 SOLD 800 foot level, Karo Mine (extension off Block D), Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 3 x 1 x 0.8 cm 
Terminated deep green Chromian rich Diopside crystal. This crystal came from a pocket opened in December 2007 that produced crystals of exceptional color, much better than typical Merelani Diopsides. For more information on this find, refer to page 77 of the January-February 2009 issue of the Mineralogical Record. This specimen is also pictured in the Sept.-Oct. 2009 issue of the Mineralogical Record (figure 59, page 376). Great luster, complete all around and undamaged with a small Graphite crystal at the base, size 3 x 1 x 0.8 cm.
AF590 - Diopside $ 500 SOLD 800 foot level, Karo Mine (extension off Block D), Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 3.1 x 1 x 0.7 cm 
Terminated deep green Chromian rich Diopside crystal. This crystal came from a pocket opened in December 2007 that produced crystals of exceptional color, much better than typical Merelani Diopsides. For more information on this find, refer to page 77 of the January-February 2009 issue of the Mineralogical Record. Great luster and very gemmy with a small area of contacting on one side near the termination, size 3.1 x 1 x 0.7 cm.
AF591 - Diopside $ 700 SOLD 800 foot level, Karo Mine (extension off Block D), Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.2 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm 
Terminated deep green Chromian rich Diopside crystal. This crystal came from a pocket opened in December 2007 that produced crystals of exceptional color, much better than typical Merelani Diopsides. For more information on this find, refer to page 77 of the January-February 2009 issue of the Mineralogical Record. Great luster, complete all around and undamaged, size 3.2 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm.
AF592 - Diopside $ 500 800 foot level, Karo Mine (extension off Block D), Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.2 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm 
Terminated deep green Chromian rich Diopside crystal. This crystal came from a pocket opened in December 2007 that produced crystals of exceptional color, much better than typical Merelani Diopsides. For more information on this find, refer to page 77 of the January-February 2009 issue of the Mineralogical Record. Great luster, complete all around and undamaged with a bit of Graphite on the termination that could very easily be scaped off, size 3.2 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm.
AF593 - Diopside $ 100 SOLD 800 foot level, Karo Mine (extension off Block D), Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.5 x 0.8 x 0.5 cm 
Terminated deep green Chromian rich Diopside crystal. This crystal came from a pocket opened in December 2007 that produced crystals of exceptional color, much better than typical Merelani Diopsides. For more information on this find, refer to page 77 of the January-February 2009 issue of the Mineralogical Record. This specimen is also pictured in the Sept.-Oct. 2009 issue of the Mineralogical Record (figure 59, page 376). Great luster, complete all around, size 1.5 x 0.8 x 0.5 cm.
AF594 - Diopside $ 180 SOLD 800 foot level, Karo Mine (extension off Block D), Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.6 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm 
Terminated deep green Chromian rich Diopside crystal. This crystal came from a pocket opened in December 2007 that produced crystals of exceptional color, much better than typical Merelani Diopsides. For more information on this find, refer to page 77 of the January-February 2009 issue of the Mineralogical Record. This specimen is also pictured in the Sept.-Oct. 2009 issue of the Mineralogical Record (figure 59, page 376).Great luster, complete all around, very gemmy, size 1.6 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm.
AF595 - Diopside $ 180 SOLD 800 foot level, Karo Mine (extension off Block D), Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.7 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm 
Terminated deep green Chromian rich Diopside crystal. This crystal came from a pocket opened in December 2007 that produced crystals of exceptional color, much better than typical Merelani Diopsides. For more information on this find, refer to page 77 of the January-February 2009 issue of the Mineralogical Record. This specimen is also pictured in the Sept.-Oct. 2009 issue of the Mineralogical Record (figure 59, page 376). Great luster, complete all around with indentation on one side where another crystal grew, very gemmy, size 1.7 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm.
AF596 - Apatite $ 800 SOLD 800 foot level, Karo Mine (extension off Block D), Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.2 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm 
Gem quality blue Apatite crystal with superb pyramidal termination. Pictured in the Sept.-Oct. 2009 issue of the Mineralogical Record (figure 45, page 371). size 2.2 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm.
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