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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.
LP611 - Malachite on Dioptase with Shattuckite pseudomorphs $ 950 Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Katanga, DR Congo cabinet - 10.5 x 7 x 6 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large specimen of Dioptase, primary Malachite crystals, and Shattuckite. Though not a classically perfect specimen (the front of the Malachite cluster is contacted by the opposing pocket wall), it is none the less large, impressive, and very interesting. Also, I got it in trade and have it priced to move. To start with, the cluster of Malachite crystals is nearly 6cm wide and composed of huge individual crysals that are sharp and pointed. There is no rock matrix - the rest of the specimen is composed entirely of Dioptase crystals, Shattuckite, and Chrysocolla. On the right side there is a large open vug lined with botryoidal Shattuckite and Dioptase crystals. On the back, there are at least a few small crystals of the rare double pseudomorph of Shattuckite after Dioptase after Calcite. All in all, a highly interesting and representative specimen from the Tantara Mine.
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.
LP535 - Crocoite $ 280 Dundas, Tasmania, Australia small cabinet - 5.5 x 3.8 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Specimen composed almost entirely of lustrous, red/orange crystals of Crocoite. An old label indicates this is from the Red Lead Mine.
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.
LP559 - Mimetite $ 75 Pingtouling Mine, Liannan Co., Qingyuan Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China thumbnail - 3 x 2.5 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() High quality, lustrous crystals of Mimetite on matrix. Bright and shiny 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.
LP564 - Epidote $ 125 Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan thumbnail - 2.8 x 1.7 x 1.7 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fabulous thumbnail sized specimen composed entirely of fan-shaped clusters of Epidote. An undamaged floater cluster with no points of contact.
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