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AU364 - Spinel $ 60 Mahenge, Morogoro, Tanzania thumbnail - 2 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Single twinned Spinel crystal from Tanzania. A complete spinel-twinned crystal, translucent purple with minor edge chipping.
AU624 - Caledonite with Leadhillite $ 425 Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom miniature - 3.6 x 2 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sprays of blue Caledonite crystals with Leadhillite crystals to 3mm. Ex. Tim Sherburn collection.
AU386 - Scorodite $ 250 Mina Oujela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico thumbnail - 3 x 2.5 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Limonite matrix with large crystals of translucent reddish Scorodite. The crystals reach 9mm in size.
AU382 - Scorodite $ 350 Mina Oujela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico miniature - 3.7 x 2.2 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Limonite matrix with well isolated crystals of translucent blue Scorodite. The crystals reach 4mm in size and stand up nicely off the matrix for good viewing from any direction.
AU725 - Tourmaline on Quartz $ 1250 Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego Co., California, USA small cabinet - 8 x 7.5 x 4.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Two pink Tourmaline intergrown with a larger, glassy smokey Quartz crystal from the Himalaya Mine. The Tourmaline crystals are well terminated and reach 3cm in diameter, one of which is very gemmy. Aside from some light edge chatter on the Quartz, the specimen is undamaged. Ex. Bob Reynolds collection.
AU723 - Herderite $ 1500 Green Cloud Mine, Chihuahua Valley, San Diego Co., California, USA thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() An outstanding single translucent to transparent Herderite crystal from the Green Cloud Mine. Complete all around crystal with light etching and a smaller crystal attached to one face. This mine is the source of California's finest Hydroxylherderite specimens, and not many were found. Super piece for a San Diego Co. collection. Ex. Al Ordway collection.
AU661 - Smokey Quartz $ 200 Pack Rat Mine, McCain Valley, Jacumba, San Diego Co., Califonia, USA small cabinet - 6 x 4.2 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Glassy, transparent single smokey Quartz crystal from the Pack Rat Mine. A complete crystal with some Albite grown into the backside and some like colored inclusions that appear to be mica. Ex. Cal Graeber Quartz collection number Q-347.
AU674 - Tourmaline $ 80 Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego Co., California, USA thumbnail - 2 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Terminated 'hot' pink Tourmaline crystal with a small side crystal attached. Complete and undamaged and highly transparent.
AU676 - Tourmaline $ 95 Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego Co., California, USA thumbnail - 1.3 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Well terminated, gemmy blue 'Indicolite' Tourmaline from the Himalaya. Complete all around and undamaged with good transparency.
AU606 - Spinel $ 300 Mahenge, Morogoro, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sharp, red Spinel crystal on matrix from Tanzania. The crystal is 2.5cm in size with excellent red color.
AU678 - Calcite on Quartz $ 125 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.8 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() White spheres of Calcite crystals attached to a single clear Quartz crystal. The Quartz is doubly-terminated (detached in the pocket and then the bottom recrystallized). A cute little crystal that I kept in my personal Merelani suite for over a decade. Undamaged.
AU600 - Fluorite $ 200 Rogerley Mine, Durham Co., England miniature - 4.5 x 4 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Transparent, deep green cubic Fluorite crystals from the Rogerley Mine. Daylight reactive with blue highlights. From an old stash of crystals highgraded from Cal Graeber.
AU601 - Fluorite $ 200 Rogerley Mine, Durham Co., England miniature - 4 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Transparent, deep green cubic Fluorite crystals from the Rogerley Mine. Daylight reactive with blue highlights. From an old stash of crystals highgraded from Cal Graeber.
AU685 - Tremolite $ 750 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 5 x 2.1 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fine quality cluster of vivid green Tremolite from the Merelani Tanzanite mines. Pristine and doubly-terminated cluster, translucent with areas of transparency. There is a small cluster of Quartz crystals attached to one side.
AU705 - Almandine $ 950 Zillertal, Schwaz District, Tyrol, Austria cabinet - 10.5 x 10 x 8 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large 8.5cm Almandine crystal in schist matrix. Large complete crystal in excellent condition (and unpolished!).
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