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C259 - Galena with Quartz, Sphalerite 9th of September Mine, Madan, Bulgaria small cabinet - 8 x 4.5 x 4 cm New find of skeletal Galena fromt eh 9th of September Mine. This is true skeletal Galena (not the manufactured specimens from about 10 years ago), only the second time in 20 years that they have been found. With Quartz crystals and Sphalerite. Undamaged.
C261 - Galena with Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite $ 250 9th of September Mine, Madan, Bulgaria small cabinet - 9 x 6 x 2.5 cm Galena crystals with Chalcopyrite and Sphalerite on a thin piece of matrix covered on both sides by Quartz crystals. 'Just' a Galena specimen, but highly aesthetic and undamaged.
C262 - Galena with Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite $ 250 9th of September Mine, Madan, Bulgaria small cabinet - 6.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm Galena crystals with Chalcopyrite and Sphalerite. 'Just' a Galena specimen, but highly aesthetic and undamaged.
C263 - Galena with Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite $ 550 9th of September Mine, Madan, Bulgaria small cabinet - 7 x 6 x 4 cm Unusual specimen composed of a single wide, thin Galena crystal (7cm) upon which grew semi-skeletal Galena crystals, Chalcopyrite, and Sphalerite. Highly aesthetic and undamaged. Both front and back sides shown.
C265 - Galena on Chalcopyrite with Sphalerite $ 250 9th of September Mine, Madan, Bulgaria small cabinet - 8 x 4 x 4 cm Chalcopyrite crystals to 2.3 cm upon which grew small Galena crystals, on matrix covered by Sphalerite. Highly aesthetic and undamaged.
C266 - Galena $ 150 Krushev Dol Mine, Madan, Bulgaria small cabinet - 6 x 6 x 3 cm Mirror lustrous Galena crystals that contrast well against the white matrix. Highly aesthetic and undamaged.
C267 - Amazonite $ 500 Minas Gerais, Brazil cabinet - 13 x 10 x 7 cm Large single Amazonite crystal with good color and remarkably good luster. This is out of an old collection, you don't often see large, fine Brazilian Amazonite crystals.
C274 - Axinite $ 350 Pinos Altos, Baja Sur, Mexico small cabinet - 6 x 5 x 5 cm Purple Axinite crystals intergrown with transparent Calcite crystals from an obscure Baja locality. Fine quality mound of crystals that is very hard to find and a must for a Baja or Mexican collection.
C278 - Calcite $ 280 Zacatecas, Mexico miniature - 5 x 3.5 x 3.3 cm Cluster of clear, transparent scalenohedral Calcite crystals, some with black inclusions. Bright and showy.
C282 - Ilmenite $ 400 Kragero Ilmenite Mines, Kragero, Norway miniature - 4.4 x 3 x 2.8 cm Single Ilmenite crystal with a metallic grey/black color. Ex. Scott Williams with 2 old labels.
C284 - Cinnabar in Calcite Terlingua, Brewster Co., Texas, USA thumbnail - 2.8 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm Single yellow scalenohedral Calcite crystal with a sharp phantom of Cinnabar. This is a rare specimen from the old mercury mining district of Terlingua, located near the Mexican border. Cinnabar was discovered here in the 1880s, creating a temporary mining town, now nothing remains but a ghost town.
C286 - Diaspore $ 950 Aydun, Mugula, Turkey miniature - 4 x 2.5 x 1.1 cm Bright and gemmy V-twin crystal of Diaspore. This is about as free of damage as they get, with both tips undamaged with natural tapering terminations or possibly with flat contact faces on parts. It's also very glassy and bright with lots of internal transparency.
C287 - Fluorite with Scheelite $ 350 Quan Zhou, Fujian Prov., China small cabinet - 6 x 5 x 4 cm Deep purple Fluorite crystals to 2.8cm on matrix associated with Scheelite crystals and Calcite. The Scheelite crystals reach 1cm in size.
C295 - Stibnite $ 950 Ichinokawa Mine, Ehime Pref. Shikoku Island, Japan small cabinet - 7.3 x 1.7 x 1 cm Terminated single Stibnite crystal from the classic Japanese locality. Fine quality undamaged crystal out of the Don Boydston collection.
C298 - Fluorite with Chalcopyrite $ 1500 Annabel Lee Miine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA small cabinet - 8.9 x 7.5 x 7 cm Large and impressive blue cubic Fluorite from the famous Cave-in-Rock district in Illinois. Translucent blue with color zoning. The back and sides have attached small crystals of Chalcopyrite.
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