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AU562 - Stibnite $ 90 Hidalgo, Chihuahua, Mexico thumbnail - 2.2 x 1 x 0.6 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Stout single Stibnite crystal (with small sidecar crystal) from Hidalgo, Mexico. Well terminated and complete all around.
AU565 - Diopside $ 350 Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India thumbnail - 1.6 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Transparent green single Diopside crystal. Complete all around and undamaged. Fine gem crystal from an uncommon locality.
AU566 - Boracite $ 140 Riedel Potash Works, Hänigsen, Uetze, Hanover Region, Lower Saxony, Germany thumbnail - 0.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fantastic single gem Boracite crystal. Perfect undamaged crystal with tetrahedral form and bevelled edges. Complete all around and transparent. Equant crystal 5mm on edge.
AU644 - Quartz on Calcite $ 1800 Pena Blanca Mine, San Pablo de Borbur, Boyaca Department, Colombia cabinet - 13.5 x 7 x 7 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Water-clear, transparent Quartz crystals on Calcite. The transparency is spectacular! The Calcite occur as both larger crystals and small drusy crystals attached to the sides of the Quartz. The Quartz are complete all around and undamaged except for very minor edge chatter. These are most commonly found as single crystals and the Calcite crystal matrix makes this one special. Ex. Irv Brown collection and comes with a custom Sunnywood base.
AU645 - Sphalerite (green!) $ 180 Iron Cap Mine, Graham Co., Arizona, USA miniature - 3.8 x 3 x 2.2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of transparent green Sphalerite crystals from Arizona. The color is a uniform green with a small area of brown in the lower right. This has cutting rough value.
AU646 - Smokey Quartz $ 6000 Grimsel, Switzerland cabinet - 10 x 9.5 x 7 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Water-clear, transparent Smokey Quartz crystals on matrix from Switzerland. The transparency is spectacular! The mixture of upright and crossing crystals makes for and aesthetic and sculptural composition. Undamaged with high luster. Ex. Irv Brown collection and comes with a custom Sunnywood base.
AU647 - Tourmaline on Quartz $ 600 Stak Nala, Skardu, Pakistan miniature - 5 x 4 x 3.3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Four Tourmaline crystals attached to the sides of a transparent single Quartz crystal (two on each side). The Tourmaline are terminated and undamaged with darker bodies and transparent green terminations. Highly attractive, sculptural specimen!
AU648 - Tourmaline on Quartz $ 500 Stak Nala, Skardu, Pakistan miniature - 5 x 3.5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Four Tourmaline crystals attached to a transparent single Quartz crystal. Three Tourmaline rise up from behind the Quartz crystal and the fourth Tourmaline is inclued within the Quartz crystal. The Tourmaline are terminated and undamaged with darker bodies and transparent green terminations. Highly attractive specimen!
AU650 - Polybasite $ 250 Guanajuato, Mexico miniature - 3.5 x 2.2 x 1.7 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Classic bladed crystal groups of Polybasite with attached Calcite and Chalcopyrite crystals adding color and interest.
AU652 - Copper $ 600 Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA thumbnail - 2.2 x 1.7 x 0.6 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() High quality group of well developed Copper crystals with 'drill bit' form. An excellent thumbnail that is interesting and good both front and back, top to bottom. Undamaged.
AU653 - Pyrite on Hematite $ 1200 Rio Marina, Elba Island, Italy cabinet - 10 x 7 x 6 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Large 6.5cm Pyritohedron of Pyrite on irridescent Hematite crystals. A large and highly showy example from the classic European locality. The Pyrite crystal is complete all around though the backside has a bit of damage and attached Hematite crystals.
AU654 - Lazulite with Quartz $ 240 Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada miniature - 5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Deep blue Lazulite crystals with transparent Quartz crystals from this well known and remote phosphate locality in the Yukon. This piece is loaded with crystals with individual Lazulites to 1cm in size.
AU655 - Leitite $ 200 Tsumeb, Namibia miniature - 3.7 x 0.6 x 0.3 cm ![]() ![]() Specimen of pearly white crystalline Leitite, a Tsumeb rarity.
AU656 - Cuprite with Copper $ 400 Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA thumbnail - 2.2 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Copper crystals on large, octahedral Cuprite crystals from Bisbee. The dominant top Cuprite crystal is 1.5cm in size.
AU708 - Mimetite $ 300 Tsumeb, Namibia thumbnail - 2.3 x 1.3 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Two thick, glossy yellow Mimetite crystals from Tsumeb. The larger crystal is doubly-terminated. Both are translucent, fine and undamaged.
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