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B842 - Gersdorffite with Annabergite $ 300 Bou Azzer, Ouarzazate Province, Morocco miniature - 4.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Bright metallic grey crystals of Gersdorffite from Morocco. Fine quality crystals of Gersdorffite and a great display specimn for the species with bright green Annabergite adding good color contrast.
B854 - Chrome Tourmaline $ 1200 Landanai, Tanzania miniature - 3.8 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fantastic single Chrome Tourmaline from Tanzania. 'Chrome Tourmaline' is a vanandium and chromium rich variety of the species Dravite. This crystal has 3 distinct color zones - a bright, vivid green at the termination, a darker green at the center, and a yellow green at the base. This is one of about 5 similar crystals I purchased years ago and I've never seen another similar since then. Weighs 35 grams.
B856 - Chrome Tourmaline $ 500 Landanai, Tanzania small cabinet - 6.3 x 4.7 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() Large partial Chrome Tourmaline crystal from a recent find. 'Chrome Tourmaline' is a vanandium and chromium rich varietal of the species Dravite. This crystal is one of a small handfull that have 3 color zones. A bright, vivid green at the termination, a darker green at the center, and grading towards a yellow green at the base. Weighs 110 grams.
B866 - Bastnasite-(Ce) $ 350 Zagi Mountain, Peshawar, Pakistan thumbnail - 2.2 x 2 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Well formed floater cluster of Bastnasite crystals. The main crystal is good sized with uniform thickness and sharp, crisp edges. The color is a translucent rootbeer brown with an outer zone of yellow.
B867 - Bastnasite-(Ce) $ 180 Zagi Mountain, Peshawar, Pakistan thumbnail - 1.8 x 1.7 x 1.1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Well formed single Bastnasite crystal from the now famous Zagi Mountain locality in Pakistan. The crystal is translucent rootbeer brown in color, complete all around and undamaged.
B878 - Rhodochrosite $ 350 Madem-Lakko Mine, Chalkidiki Prefecture, Macedonia Department, Greece small cabinet - 7.5 x 6 x 2.8 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Pink Rhodochrosite on Quartz. The old label dates this specimen back to at least 1982.
B907 - Cerussite with Mottramite $ 450 Tsumeb, Namibia miniature - 3.3 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Snowflake Cerussite crystal with Mottramite. Complete and undamaged. Ex Willy Isreal collection.
B912 - Mottramite $ 290 Tsumeb, Namibia thumbnail - 2.6 x 2 x 1.8 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Unusual, organic-looking globules of Mottramite with deep green color and a more yellow green on the top surfaces. Ex Willy Isreal collection.
B919 - Elbaite $ 250 Cruziero Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil thumbnail - 2.1 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Single gemmy Tourmaline crystal, complete and undamaged, with a bright pink termination and a purple body color. Weighs 5.3 grams.
B924 - Mimetite $ 400 Pingtouling Mine, Liannan Co., Qingyuan Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China small cabinet - 7.5 x 6 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() High quality, glassy crystals with a rich golden color.
B940 - Chrome Tourmaline $ 1250 Commander Mine, Nadonjukin, Simanjiro, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.3 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm ![]() ![]() Terminated single gem crystal of Chrome Tourmaline which is a chromium and vanadium rich Dravite. Complete all around with deep emerald green coloration in the upper half and a more olive green in the lower half. Fantastic color and highly gemmy. Undamaged except for a tiny nick on the upper right side. One narrow face on the left side has etched, stepped growth patterns. From a spectacular pocket opened in 2016.
D100 - Cuprian Austinite $ 390 Mina Oujela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico small cabinet - 7.5 x 6 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Bright green, translucent masses of Cuprian Austinite on Limonite matrix. Largest group is 3.5 cm across! Excellent color.
D111 - Azurite $ 300 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico miniature - 4.8 x 4 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Large single crystal likely from the Milpillas Mine. This was shipped to me directly from Mexico from a miner who claimed it was from Sierra Rica, however it looks more like a Milpillas Mine crystal. At any rate, it's a big, showy single crystal crystallized on all sides, front and back, with some bits of matrix intergrown in areas.
D118 - Feldspar var. 'Moonstone' on Aegerine $ 150 Patricia Mine, Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico thumbnail - 3.0 x 1.2 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of Feldspar crystals with an irridescent blue on the narrow faces grown around a single black Aegerine crystal. Reminds me of a guitar. Very few localities produce true moonstone crystals.
D126 - Mottramite over/after Quartz $ 180 Mina Oujela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico small cabinet - 5.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unusual specimen of Mottramite that is either covering Quartz crystals or pseudomorphed after Quartz crystals. There is Quartz at the base of the specimen, but when I look closely at the bottoms of the crystals at the edge, I can see no Quartz in the cores, which leads me to believe the Quartz has been pseudomorphed to Mottramite.
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