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SM156 - Chrome Diopside $ 200 SOLD Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 3 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fine quality single Diopside crystal with the top color for the locality (which happens to produce the world's best Diopside crystals). For some reason the more transparent Diopside crystal from Merelani typically have pale color and the bright, deep green Diopside crystals are less transparent. This crystal has both top color and good transparency. The termination has an unusual growth pattern but is undamaged.
SM158 - Bastnasite $ 150 Zagi Mountain, Peshawar, Pakistan thumbnail - 1.6 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fine quality Bastnasite specimen composed of a cluster of undamaged crystals to 1.6cm in size. Translucent yellow/brown in color. Complete all around and undamaged.
SM162 - Copper after Cuprite $ 120 SOLD Onganja, Namibia thumbnail - 2.4 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Undamaged floater cluster of Copper crystals that have replaced Cuprite crystals. Main crystals is 1.5cm.
SM168 - Epidote $ 80 SOLD Bajaur Agency, Pakistan miniature - 3.4 x 1.6 x 0.3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rare faden Epidote crystal mined in 2016 in Bajaur Agency, Pakistan, hand selected from the pocket and shipped to me. Sharply formed double-terminated crystal with good transparency and a distinct faden line running up the center. Undamaged.
SM171 - Eosphorite on Rose Quartz $ 300 Sapucaia Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil small cabinet - 5.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of pink rose Quartz crystals with attached Eosphorite crystals. The specimen has particularly good, uniform and regular shaped Quartz crystals. The specimen detached in the pocket and there are Eosphorite crystals on both the front and back sides. Undamaged.
SM179 - Cassiterite, Apatite, Tourmaline, Arsenopyrite $ 200 SOLD Panasquiera, Portugal small cabinet - 6 x 5.5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Fine Panasquiera specimen with green Apatite crystals, Cassiterite crystals, Arsenopyrite, clear Quartz crystals, and fibrous Tourmaline crystals. The Quartz crystals have great inclusions of the Tourmaline. Undamaged.
C601 - Mottramite $ 250 Berg Aukaus Mine, Grootfontein, Namibia small cabinet - 8 x 6 x 5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Large bubbly mass of black Mottramite with areas of a highly satiny surface luster. Undamaged with an old specimen number painted on the bottom and an old label showing a price of $250.
C603 - Vanandinite $ 650 Mibladen, Morocco small cabinet - 6.7 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large red Vanadinite crystals to 1.8cm on matrix. Showy grouping of crystals with main group undamaged and all others except two insignificant 5mm crystals also undamaged. Although Vanadinite specimens are currently common, aesthetic clusters such as this are not.
C604 - Uvite on Magnesite $ 220 SOLD Brumado Mine, Bahia, Brazil small cabinet - 5.3 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Undamaged green Uvite crystals on white Magnesite. Fine example of this occurrence, with crystals on the backside too.
C605 - Cumengite $ 350 SOLD Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalia, Baja Sur, Mexico thumbnail - 0.6 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Rare Cumengite specimen just released for sale by a Mexican miner. Cumengite is a rare halide that grows on the faces of Boleite cubes. There are pointed crystals of Cumengite on all 6 of the Boleite cube faces, 5 of which are perfect, one with a micro ding. Rare to find complete 'stars' or 'jumping jacks' of Cumengite. ©2010-2018 Marin Mineral |