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LP607 - Adamite $ 350 Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico small cabinet - 7.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm Lustrous and sparkling fan-shaped aggregates of Adamite crystals on Limonite. The Adamite are clean and undamaged and additional smaller single crystals add to it's appeal.
LP272 - Brazilianite $ 325 Telerio Mine, Mendes Pimental, Minas Gerais, Brazil miniature - 3.2 x 1.1 x 0.6 cm Glassy and gemmy Brazilianite crystal from the Telerio Mine in Brazil. This is a doubly-terminated crystal in perfect condition with just one slight indentation on one edge where it grew upon Albite. Ex. Len Pisciotta collection. Len hunted for doubly-terminated Brazilianites for years and this is one of a small sub-collection he assembled.
LP273 - Brazilianite $ 395 Telerio Mine, Mendes Pimental, Minas Gerais, Brazil miniature - 3.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm Glassy and gemmy Brazilianite crystal from the Telerio Mine in Brazil. This is a doubly-terminated crystal in perfect condition. A floater with a few smaller attached crystals and Albite. Ex. Len Pisciotta collection. Len hunted for doubly-terminated Brazilianites for years and this is one of a small sub-collection he assembled.
LP609 - Fluorite, Arsenopyrite with Quartz $ 500 Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China small cabinet - 9 x 8.5 x 5 cm Transparent blue Fluorite cubes and Aresenopyrte crystals grown among glassy clear Quartz crystals. This is an older piece (about 20 years) reecently acquired out of a collection and has a distinct and different appearance that more recent specimens from this mine. There are also a few small Ferberite crystals present.
LP610 - Tennantite after Azurite $ 750 Tsumeb, Namibia small cabinet - 7 x 5 x 3 cm Crystal cluster of Tennanite after Azurite from Tsumeb. Elongated, primatic crystals of former Azurite that have been pseudomorphed to Tennantite. An undamaged cluster with individual crystals to 7cm in length. This piece was mined from the first oxidation zone of Tsumeb. This type of pseudomorph only occurred at Tsumeb, and then only rarely.
LP612 - Azurite $ 450 Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA small cabinet - 6.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm Rosette formations of Azurite from Bisbee. The main cluster on top is 4cm wide and well crystallized, with additional smaller clusters along the sides.
LP613 - Axinite on Quartz $ 280 Puiva Mine #32, Polar Ural Mtns., Tyumen Oblast, Russia miniature - 4 x 3.8 x 3 cm Fine miniature composed of a sharp, transparent purple crystal of Axinite atop transparent smokey Quartz crystals. The Axinite is 2.5cm wide, transparent, and perfect on both sides. Comes with an old Frazier's Minerals label.
LP527 - Wulfenite with Mimetite $ 350 Mina Oujela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico cabinet - 12 x 9 x 5 cm Limonite matrix with a large, flat display face covered by greenish yellow Mimetite and orange Wulfenite crystals. The Mimetite form small rounded clusters and the Wulfenite are well dispersed and separated across the speciemn. The wulfenite and translucent to transparent. Large, colorful specimen.
LP537 - Fluorite $ 125 Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China miniature - 4.7 x 3.8 x 2.2 cm Glassy and gemmy cluster of transparent purple and light blue Fluorite crystals. The Fluorite are stepped cubic crystals and water clear.
LP550 - Enargite on Quartz $ 125 Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA miniature - 5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm Black crystals of Enargite and tiny clear Quartz crystals on the front, top, and back of this historic specimen from one the western USA's last mining boomtowns. Not common elsewhere, Enargite was one of the major ores of Copper at Butte.
LP547 - Mimetite $ 150 Pingtouling Mine, Liannan Co., Qingyuan Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China miniature - 4 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm High quality, lustrous crystals of Mimetite on matrix. Undamaged crystals with a rich golden color to 4mm in size.
LP576 - Pyromorphite $ 250 Daoping Mine, Guangxi Prov., China miniature - 3.2 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm Bright, almost neon green crystals of Pyropmorphite on a small amount of Quartz matrix. Colorful specimen with a good mixture of large and small crystals.
LP563 - Arsenopyrite $ 125 Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China miniature - 4 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm Cluster of intergrown, doubly-terminated Aresonopyrite crystals. Silvery metallic and well crystallized all around. I found one point of contact on the tip of a smaller crystal, otherwise it's perfectly crystallized and undamaged all around.
LP529 - Stannite on Quartz $ 400 Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China small cabinet - 7 x 7 x 5.5 Clusters of irridescent blue Stannite crystals on a large group of transparent Quartz crystals. The main Stannite cluster is 3.3cm wide. Associated minerals include Muscovite and Arsenopyrite.
LP570 - Fluorite, Chalcopyrite on Quartz $ 275 Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China small cabinet - 6 x 4.5 x 3 A row of upright, transparent Quartz crystals is coated on the front by white Dolomite crystals, brassy golden metallic Challcopyrite crystals, and transparent purple cubes of Fluorite. Fine and classic Yaogangxian combination specimen.
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