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C514 - Smithsonite $ 500 SOLD Kelly Mine, Magdelena, New Mexico, USA small cabinet - 9 x 8.5 x 6.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Large vug filled with a thick layer of Smithsonite. Top satiny luster and great blue/green color.
C515 - Quartz scepters $ 350 Chihuahua, Mexico small cabinet - 8 x 5 x 5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of excellent Quartz scepters with very slight Amethyst coloration. Small Chalcopyrite crystals are attached to the base. Comes with an old Lidstrom's label.
C517 - Amethyst $ 280 SOLD Kingston Mtns., San Bernardino Co., California, USA miniature - 4.5 x 3.9 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Amethyst crystal cluster from the diggings in the Kingston Mountains of eastern California. Most Amethyst from this locality have alot of white Quartz over the purple or are only transluscent and of medium purple color. The very best (in my opinion) are of the style of this specimen, with clear transparent Quartz over deep purple Amethyst. Fine and undamaged.
C518 - Calcite with Mottramite $ 150 Tsumeb, Namibia miniature - 3.6 x 3.1 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster lenticular Calcite crystals with green Mottramite. The Mottramite has great color and is both in and outside the Calcite A Tsumeb classic.
C519 - Apophyllite $ 250 SOLD Maharashtra State, India small cabinet - 6 x 4 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() Cluster of transluscent to transparent Apophyllite crystals with the highly desired green color.
C520 - Cerussite $ 350 SOLD Daoping Mine, Yangshuo, Guangxi, China small cabinet - 5.9 x 4 x 1.8 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Reticulated Cerussite crystal from a limited (one time?) find in the Daoping Mine. An unusual coloration for Cerussite with yellows and pinks making rare and unique specimens. Front and back sides shown.
C521 - Malachite after Azurite $ 400 SOLD Tsumeb, Namibia thumbnail - 2.8 x 2.5 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() Exceptionally sharp and well formed single crystals of Azurite that has been psuedomorphed to Malachite, though a small amount of the original azurite remains at the termination. There is good 'bulls-eye' patterning in the Malachite on a termination face.
C524 - Andradite with Diopside $ 350 Gray Throne Claim, Graham Co., Arizona, USA miniature - 4.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Transluscent Andradite garnet crystals on Diopside. The Andradite crystals reach 9mm in size and are very sharply formed and transluscent amber colored. Fine quality specimen from a rare Arizona locality. Ex. Bruce Murphy collection.
C525 - Rhodochrosite after bivalve $ 600 SOLD Kerch, Crimea, Ukraine miniature - 5 x 4.5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fossil bivalve that has been replaced with pink Rhodochrosite. The iron mine where these were found is long closed and these are no longer being found. This is an excellent example with an uncompressed fossil with both halves exposed. Part of one side is cut open to reveal the botryoidal pink interior.
C526 - Rhodochrosite after bivalve $ 400 SOLD Kerch, Crimea, Ukraine miniature - 4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Fossil bivalve that has been replaced with pink Rhodochrosite. The iron mine where these were found is long closed and these are no longer being found. This is an excellent example with complete, uncompressed fossil with both halves present. Part of one side is cut open to reveal the botryoidal pink interior.
C527 - Tourmaline $ 280 SOLD Mina Poa Alta, Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil thumbnail - 2 x 1.2 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Small but colorful single Tourmaline crystal with alternating shades of pink and green. Weighs 5.4 grams. ©2010-2018 Marin Mineral |