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MK971 - Olshanskyite, Andradite, Roweite $ 450 Shijiangshan Mine, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, China cabinet - 9.5 x 6 x 5.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Beautiful sprays of white white Olshanskyite crystals with Andradite. These recent finds have produced the world's best Olshanskyite with crystal sizes and quality not seen before. There are also a few brown Roweite crystals. Interestingly, the type locality for Roweite is Franklin, New Jersey, where only one specimen was found. Ex. Len Pisciotta collection.
MK981 - Cavansite $ 200 Wagholi Quarry, Poona, India miniature - 3.5 x 2 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Intergrown spherical aggregates of vivid blue Cavansite without matrix. Well crytallized all around. Ex. Len Pisciotta collection.
MK985 - Cavansite $ 400 Wagholi Quarry, Poona, India miniature - 3.8 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Exquisite specimen of intergrown spherical aggregates of vivid blue Cavansite with attached Stilbite. Well crytallized all around and undamaged, a floater with no points of contact. Ex. Len Pisciotta collection (his old label shows a price of $800).
MK996 - Fluorite $ 350 Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China large cabinet - 16 x 10 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large, flat matrix covered by gemmy blue/purple Fluorite crystals. The Fluorite cubes reach 1.8cm in size and are highly glassy, transparent, with a light blue color over purple cores. There are a couple contact spots where the crystals grew against the opposing pocket wall. Needle-like, Chlorite included Quartz crystals are present and mixed among the Fluorite.
MK976 - Fluorite with Muscovite $ 200 Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar, Hunza Valley, Pakistan miniature - 4 x 3 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Transparent pink Fluorite crystals with Muscovite. The Fluorite are complete and undamaged with complex octahedral form and totaly transparent. Ex. Len Pisciotta collection.
LP119 - Amblygonite $ 390 Linopolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil thumbnail - 2 x 1.5 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Glassy single crystal of translucent to transparent yellow Amblygonite. Amblygonite is a rare lithium-aluminum phosphate species that is not commonly seen in fine display quality crystals. This crystal is complete all around, shows twinning, and has metallic inclusions of both platy and hair-like crystals. Translucent with transparent gem areas and with high glassy luster. A superb, undamaged thumbnail Amblygonite!
LP240 - Gold on Quartz crystals $ 750 Smuggler Union Mine, Telluride Mining District, Colorado, USA thumbnail - 2 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bright masses of Gold on a cluster of terminated Quartz crystals. A highly showy thumbnail from a classic USA Gold mining district.
LP242 - Copper (cubes!) $ 2000 Lake Superior Copper District, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA miniature - 5 x 3.5 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of cubic Copper crystals with dark patina. I love cubic Copper crystals and this is nothing but crystals with individuals to 1cm in size. Ex. Mike Martin, Ben Vone collections.
MK948 - Azurite with Malachite $ 240 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 2.6 x 2.5 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fantastic Azurite cluster from the watercourse pocket of the Milpillas Mine. Undamaged, highly lustrous crystals with attached Malachite on the back. The specimen features a large, somewhat tabular main crystal with smaller crystals at the base and a bit of matrix attached to the back.
LP243 - Aquamarine $ 2000 Thuong Xuan District, Thanh Hoa Prov., Vietnam cabinet - 9.7 x 2 x 1.8 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Tall single, deep blue Aquamarine crystal from Vietnam. Terminated with a flat, glassy termination, it's a gemmy crystal with the deep blue color Vietnamese Aqua are known for. Undamaged crystal with a shallow groove running up the backside where another crystal grew against it, and small etched areas near each end. Weighs 67.1 grams.
LP245 - Silver on Quartz, Epidote $ 3800 Mass Mine, Mass City, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA thumbnail - 3 x 3 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Silver crystals on Quartz from the Mass Mine in Michigan. Bright, well crystallized silver that contrasts well against the white Quartz and green Epidote. The Mass Mine is a historic Copper mine that operated from 1856 to 1888.
LP246 - Chalcocite $ 750 Flambeau Mine, Rusk Co., Wisconsin, USA small cabinet - 6.5 x 5.5 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Chunky specimen of solid Chalcocite crystals from the now closed Flambeau Mine. The surface is covered by dark metallic crystals with light blue and purple iridescence.
MK995 - Calcite on Fluorite $ 200 Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China small cabinet - 7.5 x 6 x 5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Small, lenticular white Calcite crystals partailly coating transparent blue/green Fluorite crystals.
LP247 - Willemite $ 200 Tsumeb, Namibia thumbnail - 2.5 x 2 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() Rare blue Willemite crystals on matrix from Tsumeb.
MK840 - Andradite $ 125 near Bishop, Inyo Co., California, USA small cabinet - 5.8 x 3.5 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of highly lustrous orange/brown Andradite crystals on matrix. Individual crystals reach 1.7cm wide.
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