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C484 - Chrysocolla over Malachite $ 260 SOLD Katanga, Congo (DRC) small cabinet - 8 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Stunning single Malachite stalactite coated by Chrysocolla. Perfect, smooth and undamaged all around. If you look at the base you can see concentric rings of Malachite, following by a thicker layer of dark blue/green Chrysocolla and finally a thinner layer of sky blue Chrysocolla.
C485 - Azurite with Malachite $ 3500 Tsumeb, Namibia cabinet - 10 x 5 x 4.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Azurite partially altered to Malchite, with the Malachite forming fine 'bulls-eye' patterns. The Azurite is sharply formed with lustrous faces. The back is a large 10cm partial crystal and there are 2 terminated Azurite crystals attached to the front, the best is 5cm tall and grown out away from the largest crystal.
C488 - Fluorite with Quartz $ 650 SOLD Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape Province, South Africa miniature - 4.5 x 4.0 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of gemmy green Fluorite octahedra with a coating of drusy Quartz on the backside. The largest crystal is 3.5 cm and the smaller crystal is especially transparent. Clean and undamaged. Stunning specimen.
C489 - Silver $ 750 Imiter Mine, Tinghir Prov., Morocco small cabinet - 5.8 x 5.5 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Highly aesthetic, showy display Silver specimen with sheets of solid Silver protruding from a Calcite rich rock matrix. The matrix appears to have been stabilized.
C490 - Phenakite $ 1500 SOLD Izumrudnye Kopi area, Malyshevo, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Middle Urals, Russia small cabinet - 8.5 x 8 x 5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Huge 5.5cm Phenakite crystal in matrix from the classic emerald and alexandrite mining area of Russia. This is a complete crystal in schist and one the nicer display specimens of this material I have seen. Out of an old collection built in the 1960s and 1970s.
C491 - Rutile on Hematite on Quartz $ 1000 Cavradi Gorge, Curnera Valley, Grischun, Switzerland small cabinet - 6 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Epitaxial red Rutile on Hematite crystals on a water clear, glassy crystal of light smokey Quartz. The Quartz crystal is 6cm tall and undamaged. The Hematite crystals reach 1.7cm in size.
C492 - Quartz scepter $ 250 Minas Gerais, Brazil small cabinet - 7 x 5.5 x 5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Transparent, light smokey Quartz scepter atop a Quartz crystal that is partially intergrown with black Tourmaline. The scepter is glassy with a stepped termination. Slight edge wear in places but relatively undamaged. This is an old crystal from the 1960s/70s.
C493 - Kammererite $ 320 SOLD Kop Dalgari, East Anatolia, Turkey miniature - 3.6 x 2 x 1.2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Rare specimen of the chromium rich Clinochore varietal known as Kammererite. These are rare to find now, especially those with gemmy crystals such as the 9mm crystal on this specimen.
C494 - Bournonite on Sphalerite $ 200 Machacamarca Mine, Potosà Department, Bolivia small cabinet - 8.2 x 6 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Elongated, silvery Bournonite crystals to 1.4 cm on a Sphalerite matrix.
C495 - Prehnite $ 200 Djouga, Bendougou, Kayes Region, Mali miniature - 3.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Translucent green Prehnite with 4 stalactitic formations growing out of a Prehnite base. Sort of reminds me of a snails head.
C497 - Apatite on Ferberite $ 350 SOLD Panasquiera, Portugal miniature - 5 x 5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A 2.3 cm green Apatite crystal attached to a Ferberite crystal, with mica. Classic and aesthetic Panasquiera combo. The Apatite crystal is gemmy and 1.2cm thick. The Ferberite has some contacting on the rear left side where another Ferberite intergrew, otherwise undamaged. ©2010-2018 Marin Mineral |