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LP439 - Morganite (etched) $ 900 Sao Geraldo do Baixio, Minas Gerais, Brazil small cabinet - 9 x 5.5 x 3.3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large and glassy single pink Beryl var. Morganite. Though etched, it is highly lustrous and the original hexagonal form is obvious and has uniform shape and flat front, back, and edge faces. Comes with a custom Lucite display stand. Ex. Len Pisciotta collection.
LP441 - Buergerite $ 750 Mexquitic, San Luis Potosi, Mexico small cabinet - 7 x 4 x 1.3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Clusters and isolated single crystals of golden brown Buergerite (now known as Fluor-Buergerite) crystals on matrix. Beugerite is a rare species in the Tourmaline group. This locality (the Type locality) produces the world's best specimens. Interestingly, this locality was once lost for many years and later rediscovered. Ex. Len Pisciotta collection and comes with an old Dave Bunk label.
LP443 - Spessartine on Feldspar $ 2500 Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan small cabinet - 7.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A large deep wine-red Spessartine crystal on white feldspar with other smaller Spessartine crystals and black crystals of what is possibly Tantalite. The main crytals is 4.5cm in size and very complex, featuring typical flat crystals faces, etched faces, and a hollow area on the left side with a mound-shaped crystal mass in the center. The main crystal is fully crystallized all around and nearly pristine. Ex. Len Pisciotta collection and one of my favorite pieces in the collection.
LP444 - Babingtonite with Quartz $ 240 Hongquizhen Quarry, Meigu Co., Liangshan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China thumbnail - 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Fine quality thumbnail-sized specimen of black Babingtonite with Quartz crystals. This is a perfect undamaged floater comprised of doubly-terminated crystals of both species. Ex. Len Pisciotta collection.
LP445 - Quartz Gwindel $ 400 Shalman, Khyber Agency, Pakistan small cabinet - 7 x 5 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Transparent Quartz gwindel, 5.5cm wide, with Quartz crystals of typical form. Complete all around and in excellent condition. Ex. Len Pisciotta collection. I like the combination of the two forms of Quartz together.
LP446 - Quartz Gwindel $ 350 Shalman, Khyber Agency, Pakistan miniature - 3.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Highly transparent single Quartz gwindel from Pakistan. Complete all around and in nearly pristine condition - even the bottom is recrystallized. Ex. Len Pisciotta collection.
LP447 - Quartz Gwindel Shalman, Khyber Agency, Pakistan small cabinet - 5.5 x 3.7 x 2.4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Glassy single Quartz gwindel from Pakistan. Complete all around and nearly pristine. Ex. Len Pisciotta collection.
LP329 - Thomsonite $ 50 Staging Area 1, Clear Creek, San Benito Co., California, USA small cabinet - 6 x 5 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Colorless, translucent to transparent Thomsonite crystals in vug. The Thomsonite form prismatic crystals with flat terminations. Collected by John Sulzbach in October 2014.
LP331 - Thomsonite $ 50 Staging Area 1, Clear Creek, San Benito Co., California, USA small cabinet - 5.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Colorless, translucent to transparent Thomsonite crystals in vug. The Thomsonite form prismatic crystals with flat terminations. Collected by John Sulzbach in October 2014.
LP332 - Thomsonite $ 60 Staging Area 1, Clear Creek, San Benito Co., California, USA small cabinet - 9 x 5 x 5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Colorless, translucent to transparent Thomsonite crystals in multiple vugs. The Thomsonite form prismatic crystals with flat terminations. Collected by John Sulzbach in October 2014.
LP333 - Thomsonite $ 75 Staging Area 1, Clear Creek, San Benito Co., California, USA small cabinet - 7 x 4 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Colorless, translucent to transparent Thomsonite crystals in vug. The Thomsonite form prismatic crystals with flat terminations. Collected by John Sulzbach in October 2014.
LP335 - Thomsonite $ 200 Staging Area 1, Clear Creek, San Benito Co., California, USA small cabinet - 8 x 6 x 5.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Colorless, translucent to transparent Thomsonite crystals in vug. The Thomsonite form prismatic crystals with flat terminations. Collected by John Sulzbach in October 2014.
LP336 - Thomsonite $ 60 Staging Area 1, Clear Creek, San Benito Co., California, USA small cabinet - 6 x 3 x 2.8 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Colorless, translucent to transparent Thomsonite crystals in vug. The Thomsonite form prismatic crystals with flat terminations. Collected by John Sulzbach in October 2014.
LP339 - Thomsonite $ 50 Staging Area 1, Clear Creek, San Benito Co., California, USA small cabinet - 7 x 5 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Colorless, translucent to transparent Thomsonite crystals in vug. The Thomsonite form prismatic crystals with flat terminations. Collected by John Sulzbach in October 2014.
LP340 - Thomsonite $ 40 Staging Area 1, Clear Creek, San Benito Co., California, USA miniature - 4.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Colorless, translucent to transparent Thomsonite crystals in vug. The Thomsonite form prismatic crystals with flat terminations. Collected by John Sulzbach in October 2014.
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