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AU492 - Emerald $ 250 Jos Plateau, Plateau, Nigeria thumbnail - 1 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm Single gem quality Emerald crystal from old finds in Jos, Nigeria. Highly transparent with a steep beveled termination. Complete all around and undamaged.
AU493 - Emerald $ 500 Jos Plateau, Plateau, Nigeria thumbnail - 2.1 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm Single gem quality Emerald crystal from old finds in Jos, Nigeria. Highly transparent with a steep beveled termination. Complete all around and undamaged with a small natural indent on one side.
AU494 - Emerald $ 450 Jos Plateau, Plateau, Nigeria thumbnail - 1.9 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm Single gem quality Emerald crystal from old finds in Jos, Nigeria. Highly transparent with a steep beveled termination. Complete all around and undamaged.
AU495 - Emerald $ 350 Jos Plateau, Plateau, Nigeria thumbnail - 1.6 x 0.4 x 0.4 cm Single gem quality Emerald crystal from old finds in Jos, Nigeria. Highly transparent with a steep beveled termination. Complete all around and undamaged.
AU496 - Emerald $ 250 Jos Plateau, Plateau, Nigeria thumbnail - 1.4 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm Single gem quality Emerald crystal from old finds in Jos, Nigeria. Highly transparent with a cmplex, multi-faceted termination. Complete all around and undamaged.
AU498 - Emerald $ 500 Jos Plateau, Plateau, Nigeria thumbnail - 1.3 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm Single gem quality Emerald crystal from old finds in Jos, Nigeria. Highly transparent with a beveled termination. Complete all around and undamaged.
AU499 - Emerald $ 350 Jos Plateau, Plateau, Nigeria thumbnail - 2 x 0.3 x 0.3 cm Single gem quality Emerald crystal from old finds in Jos, Nigeria. Highly transparent with a steep beveled termination. Complete all around and undamaged.
AU500 - Emerald $ 350 Jos Plateau, Plateau, Nigeria thumbnail - 1.5 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm Single gem quality Emerald crystal from old finds in Jos, Nigeria. Highly transparent with a flat, beveled termination and a band of dark green in the middle. Complete all around and undamaged.
AU502 - Emerald $ 450 Jos Plateau, Plateau, Nigeria thumbnail - 2.2 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm Single gem quality Emerald crystal from old finds in Jos, Nigeria. Highly transparent with a flat, multi-stepped termination. Complete all around and undamaged.
AU507 - Lazulite with Quartz $ 500 Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada small cabinet - 5.5 x 5 x 4.5 cm Deep blue Lazulite crystals with transparent Quartz crystals from this well known and remote phosphate locality in the Yukon. Not only is this piece loaded with crystals with a nice overall shape, it has big crystals with individual Lazulites to 1.5cm in size.
AU512 - Aquamarine $ 600 Skardu District, Pakistan small cabinet - 7.5 x 5 x 4 cm Gem quality blue Aquamarine with Quartz and Muscovite from Pakistan. This in a older specimen with an uncommon tabular habit. The crystal is 3cm wide and 2.2cm thick. The Muscovite is greenish and translucent. Pristine.
AU513 - Bustamite $ 750 Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia miniature - 3.5 x 2.8 x 1.5 cm Single crystal of translucent Bustamite from Broken Hill. It's well terminated with better than average color and translucency. It has typical dimpled, textured surface features and is complete all around and undamaged with the exception of one missing edge.
AU514 - Wulfenite $ 4000 Mezica, Slovenia cabinet - 11 x 7.5 x 7 cm Cluster of interconnected orange Wulfenite crystals from Mezica, Slovenia (likely from the Staro Igrcevo Mine). There are 3 generations of Wulfenite on this large specimen, starting with thinner, more yellow bladed Wulfenite on the base, followed by thicker, tabular orange crystals. A third generation of sharp pyramidal form grew vertically off the faces of the second generation tabular crystals.
AU568 - Dioptase on Calcite $ 1800 Tsumeb, Namibia small cabinet - 7 x 5.5 x 3 cm Clusters of sharp lustrous Dioptase crystals on white Calcite crystals. The Dioptase crystals reach 1.4cm in size and occur in two main clusters with several smaller crystals spinkled across the Calcite. Some very minor contact on the left cluster of Dioptase crystals, otherwise perfect and undamaged.
AU572 - Arsenopyrite, Siderite, Chlorite $ 250 Panasquiera, Castelo Branco, Portugal miniature - 5 x 5 x 3 cm Bright silvery metallic crystals of Arsenopyrite, tabular tan Siderite, and green Chlorite over unidentified crystals all combine to form one heck of a pretty specimen. This is one of those pieces where the closer you look, the more you like it. Ex. Angela Cannon collection.
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