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T385 - Smithsonite $ 1500 Tsumeb, Namibia small cabinet - 8 x 6.5 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Open vug filled with large, double-terminated Smithsonite crystals. The Smithsonite are a light pinkish orange in color and reach 1.9cm in size.
T387 - Rhodochrosite $ 350 Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada thumbnail - 1.8 x 1 x 0.3 cm ![]() ![]() Twinned Rhodochrosite crystal, a floater with no points of attachment. The color is just outstanding. This was recently released from the Charlie Key collection and it is clear he saved some good ones. Previous twinned Mont St. Hilaire Rhodos I've seen have all been a darker brick red color and opaque. This one is bright red and translucent through most of the specimen. Undamaged. A small amount of minerals attached to one edge.
T397 - Rhodochrosite $ 380 Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada thumbnail - 2.1 x 1.7 x 0.3 cm ![]() ![]() Twinned Rhodochrosite crystal group, a floater with no points of attachment. This was recently released from the Charlie Key collection and it is clear he saved some good ones. Previous twinned Mont St. Hilaire Rhodos I've seen have all been a darker brick red color and opaque. This one is a nice pinkish red and translucent. Undamaged.
T423 - Tourmaline $ 650 Stak Nala, Skardu, Pakistan small cabinet - 5.3 x 3 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Undamaged cluster of double-terminated Tourmaline crystals with attached Albite. The crystals have a rare yellow coloration on one end and are green on the other ends.
T425 - Inesite, Hubeite on Quartz $ 1650 Daye Mine, Hubei Prov., China small cabinet - 9 x 6 x 4.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Floater specimen of intergrown Quartz crystals covered on one side by Inesite, Hubeite (rare!), and Pyrite. The tip of the large Quartz crystal has damage, but this specimen is really about the great coverage of Inesite and Hubeite. These are now uncommon and no longer being found.
T430 - Cuprian Smithsonite Kamareza Mine, Laurium, Greece small cabinet - 6.5 x 5 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Satiny, globular crystals of Cuprian Smithsonite on a limonite matrix. Ex. Robert Philips collection.
T450 - Tourmaline $ 1000 Barra de Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil thumbnail - 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Single Tourmaline with excellent color!!! This is from a pocket found in 2016. If you are looking for well saturated color that stands up to strong light, then this one is for you. Bright red/pink body color, followed by a thin zone of yellow, then a green cap. Weighs 10.4 grams. One very small nick along the termination edge, otherwise undamaged.
T457 - Quartz $ 450 Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Region, Namibia small cabinet - 5.6 x 2.4 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Top quality undamaged smokey and amethyst crystal. Great luster and undamaged. Perfect in every way as a crystal, but putting it over the top is a massive, 1.2cm blob of a moving bubble right in the mid to top center of the crystal.
T462 - Cinnabar $ 280 Fenghuang, Hunan, China small cabinet - 5.5 x 4 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Quartz crystals and Dolomite lined vug with a perfect 1.3 cm 'drill-bit' twinned Cinnabar crystal.
T469 - Pyrite stalactite $ 280 Buick Mine, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA small cabinet - 8.2 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Single stalactite formation of Pyrite. The stalactite broke off after formation and was later partially coated by drusy Quartz. Pristine and undamaged.
T471 - Parisite Mt. Malosa, Zomba, Malawi small cabinet - 5.5 x 4 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() Exceptionally large 5.5cm Parisite crystal with attached Quartz crystals. Complete all around and undamaged. As big a Parisite as I've ever seen.
T475 - Eosphorite on Rose Quartz $ 400 Sapucaia Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil small cabinet - 8.5 x 5 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Crystallized Rose Quartz with Eosphorite crystals to 1.2cm sprinkled across the top. The Eosphorite occurs with small white crytals of an unidentified species. Ex. Fred Pough collection with label.
T479 - Siegenite $ 180 Buick Mine, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA miniature - 4 x 2 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Approximately 20 crystals of the hard to find mineral Siegenite on matrix. Siegenite is a rare cobalt, nickel sulfide. The Siegenite crystals on this specimen are partially coated by a fine layer of Pyrite crystals. Wonderful specimen of this rare species.
T481 - Apatite Karo Pit, Block D, Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.2 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Terminated single gem crystal of blue Apatite. Superb luster and facet grade for it's entire length.
T483 - Apatite $ 250 Karo Pit, Block D, Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.3 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm ![]() ![]() Terminated single gem crystal of blue Apatite. Superb luster and facet grade for it's entire length. Undamaged though backside is indented where another crystal grew.
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