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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.
AU632 - Epidote $ 150 Harts Range, Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia cabinet - 12 x 9.5 x 6 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Large specimen of green Epidote crystals atop Feldspar. Good crystals are present all around. An old piece from an Australian collection that is uncleaned and could be improved.
AU621 - Copper on Prehnite $ 260 Michigan Mine, Ontonagon County, Michigan, USA miniature - 5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Copper crystals on green Prehnite lining a vug in basalt. The largest Copper crystal is 1.1cm tall. This is possibly from Osceola Mine, but comes with an old label stating the Michigan Mine.
AU658 - Prehnite $ 225 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania small cabinet - 6 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Thick, well crystallized cluster of translucent yellow Prehnite. I've handled alot of this material over the years and can say that this one has the top, most saturated color for these. It's also well crytstallized all around with a couple contacts on each end and areas of attached Graphite. An excellent example from the Merelani Tanzanite mines.
AU639 - Brucite $ 120 Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan miniature - 4 x 4 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Spherical cluster of yellow Brucite on matrix from Pakistan. The Brucite is highly translucent to transparent, about as translucent as it gets.
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.
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