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C284 - Cinnabar in Calcite $ 600 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.
C306 - Pyromorphite $ 850 Sherman Mine, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA small cabinet - 6 x 3 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Green Pyromorphite crystals on matrix from the Sherman Mine, a lesser known locality located fairly close to the Bunker Hill Mine in Idaho. Excellent coverage of good crystals on both sides of a small ridge of matrix. Old label shows a price of $950.
C314 - Silver $ 200 Mina Vieja, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico miniature - 3.6 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Old Silver specimen with a dark patina over much of the surface, though with areas showing bright silver coloration. Weighs 17.6 grams.
C322 - Tanzanite $ 250 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.5 x 0.8 x 0.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Single pink Tanzanite crystal with attached Calcite and/or Zeolites and graphite at the base. Solid base that tapers out towards the top into multiple, feathery terminations. Pink is one the rarest colors for Tanzanite (or Zoisite if you prefer) and this one has well saturated color. Complete and undamaged. Unusual crystal from a late 2017 find.
C325 - Tanzanite $ 290 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.7 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Single pink Tanzanite crystal with attached Calcite and/or Zeolites. Pink is one the rarest colors for Tanzanite (or Zoisite if you prefer) and this one has well saturated color. Complete and undamaged. Unusual crystal from a late 2017 find.
C327 - Tanzanite $ 250 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.7 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm ![]() ![]() Single pink Tanzanite crystal with attached Calcite and/or Zeolites. Solid base that tapers out towards the top with crystals all over the terminations. Pink is one the rarest colors for Tanzanite (or Zoisite if you prefer) and this one has well saturated color. Complete and undamaged. Unusual crystal from a late 2017 find.
C328 - Tremolite on Tanzanite $ 350 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.7 x 1 x 0.7 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Single pink Tanzanite crystal with attached green Tremolite and Calcite and/or Zeolites. Solid base that tapers out towards the top. Pink is one the rarest colors for Tanzanite (or Zoisite if you prefer) and this one has well saturated color. Complete and undamaged. Unusual crystal from a late 2017 find.
C344 - Cuprite with Copper $ 300 New Mexico, USA miniature - 4 x 4 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Solid mass of Cuprite crystals intergrown with elongated, wire-like crystals of Copper.
C350 - Malachite and Azurite $ 350 Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA small cabinet - 5.5 x 5.5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Botryoidal crystals of Azurite with areas of bright, chatoyant Malachite. The color of the Azurite is superb, as is the combination of colors. The matrix is composed of nodules of a vitreous black mineral.
C358 - Apophyllite $ 300 Aurangabad, Maharashtra State, India small cabinet - 7.3 x 6.5 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Hemispherical cluster of 'disco ball' Apophyllite. Complete all around with a green core and clear outer tips.
C381 - Datolite $ 400 Wessels Mine, Hotazel, South Africa miniature - 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Rare specimen of pink Datolite from the Wessels Mine. There are 5 main crystals to 1.3cm that run up the center of the specimen. Crystals have glassy luster and are undamaged.
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