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T559 - Magnesio Axinite $ 450 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.3 x 1.8 x 0.3 cm ![]() ![]() Single, complete Magnesio Axinite crystal. These are only found spradically at Merelani, and even when found, are mostly just fragments of crystals. This is an uncommonly complete crystal, relatively undamaged with just a little chatter along one edge.
T563 - Diopside $ 400 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.8 x 1.1 x 0.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Single Diopside with the top chrome green coloration. A funny thing about Merelani Diopsides is that the highly transparent crystals have lighter color, and crystals like this one, with the top color, have less transparency. There are two indentations from other crystals on one narrow side, otherwise complete and undamaged all around.
T566 - Tsavorite on Graphite $ 1200 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.1 x 1.1 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Outstanding small thumbnail composed of two interconnected GEM Tsavorite crystal on Graphite. Flawless gem Tsavorite crystals are hard to come by because the cutting value is so high they are almost always cut as gemstones. This specimen has two glass-like, undamaged crystals, though one has a indentation where another Tsavorite was formerly located.
T567 - Tsavorite, Diopside on Graphite $ 1600 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.9 x 1.6 x 1.6 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Crystallized Graphite with light green Diopside and vivid green Tsavorite crystals. Tsavorite crystals are 8mm and very gemmy with excellent color. Undamaged, uncommon and showy Merelani combo specimen.
T569 - Pyrite on Tsavorite $ 150 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() A recent surprise from Merelani are these elongated Tsavorite crystals. This one is a glassy green crystal, undamaged, and beautifully accented by Pyrite crystals.
T577 - Magnesio Axinite $ 450 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.5 x 0.3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Single, complete Magnesio Axinite crystal. These are only found sporadically at Merelani, and even when found, are mostly just fragments of crystals. This is an uncommonly complete crystal, relatively undamaged with just a contact and chip along one edge.
T603 - Pyromorphite $ 750 9 Level, Jersey Vein, Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Idaho, USA small cabinet - 7 x 5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Yellow/green Pyromorphite crystals covering matrix. The crystals have an incredible wet looking luster and are undamaged.
T611 - Rose Quartz on Quartz $ 500 Sapucaia, Minas Gerais, Brazil small cabinet - 7 x 6 x 4.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() A large single white Quartz crystals that has been coated by Rose Quartz crystals across the front faces and wrapping around the back. The Rose Quartz is in turn sprinkled with Eosphorite. A good sized, colorful specimen and undamaged.
T624 - Tourmaline $ 1500 Alto Ligonha, Mozambique small cabinet - 5.2 x 2.6 x 2.0 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Terminated single Tourmaline crystal with a pink red color and a very thin green cap. This is an old piece in relatively good condition with just a bit of chipping on the back termination edge. It's nicely translucent with an etched base and weighs 51.8 grams. This was recently released from a collection.
T635 - Orpiment $ 400 Twin Creeks Mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada small cabinet - 6 x 5.5 x 5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Golden Orpiment crystals on matrix from the best ever find of Orpiment in the USA. The crystals are translucent and reach 1.5cm in size. There is alot of '3-dimensionality' to the overall form of the piece, giving it more character as compared to the more common flat druses of crystals.
T638 - Copper $ 240 Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona, USA small cabinet - 5.5 x 3.7 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Well crystallized branching group of copper crystals.
T639 - Harmotome on Calcite $ 400 Strontian Barite Mine, Strontian, North West Highlands, Scotland cabinet - 11.5 x 7.5 x 3.0 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Lustrous white crystals of the rare zeolite Harmotome across the front display face, with golden Calcite crystals on the backside. The Harmotome crystals occur in a wide mixture of size ranges up to 1cm. A large display quality rarity from one of the classic old localities for the species.
T641 - Tsavorite with Pyrite $ 1500 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 3 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() An extremely elongated Tsavorite crystal with attached Pyrite crystals. Fully crystallized all around and undamaged, even the bottom end has some crystal faces present. This is the longest elongated Tsavorite I have yet seen from recent production.
T656 - Rosasite after Malachite after Azurite (R) Tsumeb, Namibia cabinet - 10 x 9 x 7 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Rare large cluster of Rosasite after Malachite after Azurite crystals, the largest cluster I can recall ever seeing. Note that this has been repaired in a number of places. This came out of an old collection and the repairs have not been done to modern standards, so it could be greatly improved. There are five large crystals that comprise the group. Just a rare and spectacular piece.
T657 - Malachite on Chrysocolla after Malachite $ 1200 Katanga, Congo cabinet - 10 x 8.5 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() The Katanga region of the Democratic Republic of Congo is the Malachite capital of the world, yet most of the Malachite is lapidary grade with only a small percentage (usually fibrous or stalactitc specimens) being of any interest to mineral collectors. With specimens like this, Katanga can also claim to be one of the best localities for perfectly crystallized Malachite too. This specimen features perfectly formed individual crystals to 1.3 cm on a colorful and contrasting matrix of sky blue Chrysocolla. Just fabulously sharp single crystals.The Chrysocolla has partially pseudomorphed an earlier generation of Malachite crystals.
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