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K586 - Oil in Quartz $ 350 (=~ € 320) SOLD
 Zhob, Balochistan, Pakistan
miniature - 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm


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Oil in Quartz from Zhob, Balochistan, Pakistan [db_pics/pics/K586a.jpg] Oil in Quartz from Zhob, Balochistan, Pakistan [db_pics/pics/K586b.jpg] Oil in Quartz from Zhob, Balochistan, Pakistan [db_pics/pics/K586c.jpg]

Transparent Quartz crystal with inclusions of orange/yellow petroleum. It has 2 large, moving bubbles (to 4mm) that travel up to 1.2cm inside the Quartz. This has the largest amount of included oil in any Quartz of this type I've ever had. It's contacted on the bottom.

K585 - Oil in Quartz $ 400 (=~ € 365) SOLD
 Zhob, Balochistan, Pakistan
miniature - 4.5 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm


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Oil in Quartz from Zhob, Balochistan, Pakistan [db_pics/pics/K585a.jpg] Oil in Quartz from Zhob, Balochistan, Pakistan [db_pics/pics/K585b.jpg] Oil in Quartz from Zhob, Balochistan, Pakistan [db_pics/pics/K585c.jpg] Oil in Quartz from Zhob, Balochistan, Pakistan [db_pics/pics/K585d.jpg]

Transparent Quartz crystal with inclusions of orange/yellow petroleum. It has 2 mobing bubbles that travel up to 1cm inside the Quartz. This is unusual as most from this find are double-terminated floaters while this specimen is the only prismatic Quartz of this type I've ever had. Undamaged.

K458 - Prehnite $ 250 (=~ € 228) SOLD
 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania
small cabinet - 5.5 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm


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Prehnite from Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/K458a.jpg] Prehnite from Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/K458b.jpg] Prehnite from Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/K458c.jpg] Prehnite from Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/K458d.jpg]

Rosette of translucent green/yellow Prehnite crystals with an attached partial cluster. Solid Prehnite with a flat backside due to growth against Calcite. Main crystal cluster is 4.5cm wide.

K449 - Prehnite $ 200 (=~ € 183) SOLD
 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania
small cabinet - 6.5 x 5 x 2 cm


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Prehnite from Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/K449a.jpg] Prehnite from Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/K449b.jpg] Prehnite from Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/K449c.jpg]

Clusters of translucent green/yellow Prehnite crystals. Solid Prehnite with a flat backside with a thin layer of attached Graphite. Good quality specimen with large distinct crystals.

K584 - Adamite $ 450 (=~ € 411) SOLD
 Oujela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
miniature - 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm


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Adamite from Oujela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico [db_pics/pics/K584a.jpg] Adamite from Oujela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico [db_pics/pics/K584b.jpg] Adamite from Oujela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico [db_pics/pics/K584c.jpg] Adamite from Oujela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico [db_pics/pics/K584d.jpg]

Thick 'pinwheel' formation of Adamite with a smaller attached crystal group. Highly sparkly and undamaged. Old specimen.

K158 - Brucite $ 200 (=~ € 183)
 Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan
cabinet - 13 x 8.5 x 3 cm


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Brucite from Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan [db_pics/pics/k158a.jpg] Brucite from Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan [db_pics/pics/k158b.jpg] Brucite from Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan [db_pics/pics/k158c.jpg] Brucite from Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan [db_pics/pics/k158d.jpg]

Large specimen of solid Brucite without matrix. Large radial crystal groups, larger and thicker than most. Well crystallized all around and undamaged. Medium yellow color, translucent, thick and sturdy.

K427 - Rhodolite gemstone $ 350 (=~ € 320)
 Tanzania
thumbnail - 0.8 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm


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Rhodolite gemstone from Tanzania [db_pics/pics/K427a.jpg] Rhodolite gemstone from Tanzania [db_pics/pics/K427b.jpg] Rhodolite gemstone from Tanzania [db_pics/pics/K427c.jpg] Rhodolite gemstone from Tanzania [db_pics/pics/K427e.jpg]

Well saturated red Rhodolite garnet gemstone weighing 4.14 carats. I bought this from gem dealer Rick Kennedy about 20 years ago for about $250.

K405 - Lawsonite $ 50 (=~ € 46) SOLD
 Reed Station, Tiburon, Marin Co., California, USA
miniature - 5 x 4 x 2 cm


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Lawsonite from Reed Station, Tiburon, Marin Co., California, USA [db_pics/pics/K405a.jpg] Lawsonite from Reed Station, Tiburon, Marin Co., California, USA [db_pics/pics/K405b.jpg] Lawsonite from Reed Station, Tiburon, Marin Co., California, USA [db_pics/pics/K405c.jpg] Lawsonite from Reed Station, Tiburon, Marin Co., California, USA [db_pics/pics/K405d.jpg] Lawsonite from Reed Station, Tiburon, Marin Co., California, USA [db_pics/pics/K405e.jpg]

Blue and white Lawsonite crystals in Glaucophane schist. Good representative specimen from the type locality, loaded with crystals. collected in 1965.

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