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TZ144 - Magnesio-Axinite $ 1200 SOLD Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania miniature - 3.5 x 3.0 x 0.6 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() An exceedingly fine Magnesioaxinite crystal with top glassy luster, good purple/blue color, and very gemmy. Many people don't know that these crystals exhibit a strong color change from purple to blue. This crystal also has more thickness than most.
TZ145 - Grossular $ 750 SOLD Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.0 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Hard to find complete, floater crystal of Tsavorite - the only one out of the few hundred crystals I recently searched through from the new find. Glassy luster and good transparency, with some inclusions of Graphite. Undamaged.
TZ146 - Prehnite $ 270 Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania miniature - 3.2 x 3.0 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Blue Prehnite in a fantastic, flower-like formation. A complete floater with minor amounts of attached Graphite. Translucent blue with a really nice formation, way better than most from the find which were mostly irregular massess of crystals with damage along the edges.
TZ148 - Diopside on Graphite $ 1500 SOLD Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania miniature - 3.7 x 2.8 x 2.2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Intensely green Diopside crystals to 2cm on a mtrix of Graphite. The crystals jut out in different directions and are a fine, vivid green color.
TZ149 - Diopside $ 400 SOLD Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania miniature - 3.8 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Large single Diopside crystal, complete all around with good luster. Though light in color, it is uncommonly large and of good quality, with just a couple very tiny nicks.
TZ150 - Prehnite over Tanzanite $ 300 SOLD Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania thumbnail - 3.0 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Unusual specimen of blue Prehnite that has overgrown Tanzanite. The Prehnite is in a stunning formation with a broad chisel termination, and the color contrast between the light blue Prehnite and dark blue Tanzanite is striking.
TZ152 - Prehnite on Tanzanite $ 40 SOLD Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.3 x 2.0 x 1.0 cm ![]() ![]() Translucent blue Prehnite crystal that grew atop Tanzanite.
TZ154 - Tanzanite $ 2200 SOLD Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.7 x 1.0 x 1.0 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Fancy colored Tanzanite crystal with a pink coloration in one direction, yellow in the other, and a peachy color up the C-axis. There is a cleavage on the back face, otherwise this is in good condition, but despite the minor damage, this is in way better condition than most of the fancy colored Tanzanites I've seen. A very unusual coloration.
TZ155 - Diopside $ 120 SOLD Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.6 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm ![]() ![]() Highly saturated green Diopside crystal. Complete and undamaged. From the December 2007 pockete with the top green color.
TZ158 - Tanzanite $ 250 SOLD Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania thumbnail - 2 x 1.0 x 0.6 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Bi-color Tanzanite crystal (yellow over blue). Small but of high quality with glassy luster and no damage. ©2010-2018 Marin Mineral |