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C512 - Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond $ 600 Herkimer, New York, USA small cabinet - 8.5 x 8 x 5.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of double-terminated Quartz crystals known as 'Herkimer Diamonds'. Bright and glassy crystals that are complete and undamaged all around.
C515 - Quartz scepters $ 350 Chihuahua, Mexico small cabinet - 8 x 5 x 5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of excellent Quartz scepters with very slight Amethyst coloration. Small Chalcopyrite crystals are attached to the base. Comes with an old Lidstrom's label.
C518 - Calcite with Mottramite $ 150 Tsumeb, Namibia miniature - 3.6 x 3.1 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster lenticular Calcite crystals with green Mottramite. The Mottramite has great color and is both in and outside the Calcite A Tsumeb classic.
C524 - Andradite with Diopside $ 350 Gray Throne Claim, Graham Co., Arizona, USA miniature - 4.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Transluscent Andradite garnet crystals on Diopside. The Andradite crystals reach 9mm in size and are very sharply formed and transluscent amber colored. Fine quality specimen from a rare Arizona locality. Ex. Bruce Murphy collection.
C531 - Grossular $ 490 Handan Pref., Hebei Prov., China small cabinet - 7.5 x 6.0 x 5.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is a large cluster of nothing but Grossular garnet crystals. The crystals are an amber/yellow color and transluscent to transparent. Average crystal size is about 5mm with some crystals approaching 1cm. A good sized cluster for the find. There are a few contacts but the majority is clean undamaged crystals. .
C533 - Stilbite $ 250 New South Wales, Australia cabinet - 9.5 x 8 x 4.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Isolated orange Stilbite crystals on a crystal coated matrix. Out of an old collection with specimen number affixed to the bottom.
C539 - Barite $ 350 Les Malines, Saint-Laurent-le-Minier, Gard, Occitanie, France cabinet - 12.5 x 7 x 6 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Snow-white Barite blades, with some that are amber colored, over a matrix coated by drusy Sphalerite.This is out of an old collection built in the 60s and 70s and is surprisingly clean and undamaged, good from both sides.
C541 - Galena $ 400 Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds Co., Missouri cabinet - 10 x 9 x 7 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large cubes of lustrous Galena crystals, to 5.2cm on the diagonal, on matrix associated with Chalcopyrite and Calcite crystals. Such specimens with good large crystals on matrix are no longer common.
C547 - Pyrite after ? $ 240 TrepÄa Mine, Kosovska Mitrovica, Kosovo small cabinet - 7.5 x 5 x 4.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Elongated Pyrite groups that have replaced a previous mineral, possibly Calcite, on a matrix covered by Sphalerite. The base of one of the Pyrite crystal groups is visible and whatever was there before is all gone now - nothing but solid Pyrite. Bright, shiny luster and undamaged.
C551 - Ferberite with Quartz $ 325 Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China small cabinet - 8 x 7 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Well formed large Ferberite crystals associated wtih transparent Quartz crystals. There are also small purple Fluorite crystals, Muscovite, and Arsenopyrite present.
C552 - Quartz on Calcite (R) $ 175 Herkimer, New York, USA small cabinet - 5.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Outstanding 3.6cm 'Herkimer Diamond' Quartz crystal on Calcite. Quartz on Calcite are uncommon for the locality, unfortunatley this one came off the Calcite and has been reattached. The Quartz crystal is very transparent and bright, high quality (way better than photos). There is a smaller Quartz attached to the Calcite crystal too.
C557 - Spinel Big Maria mountains, Riverside County, California, USA cabinet - 13 x 10 x 8 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large 3cm black Spinel crystal on matrix with other smaller Spinel crystals. This is an old specimen from a collection from the 1960s and 70s. It occurs with Chlorite and appears to have been partially etched from carbonate rock. It rates as a significant California Spinel. Undamaged.
C560 - Covellite $ 3800 Annie Vein, Summitville, Colorado, USA small cabinet - 7.5 x 7 x 6 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Irridescent blades of Covellite crystals in a few different areas on matrix. Ex. J.H. Marshall Jr. and Geary Murdock collections and comes with three old labels. One label indicates 'exceptionally well crystallized Covellite. One of the finest specimens I have ever seen from this locality'.
C564 - Fluorite with Quartz $ 1200 Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China small cabinet - 6.2 x 6 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Color-zoned purple/blue Fluorite cube with 5 terminated Quartz crystals grown along the sides. Two small trivial nicks otherwise pristine. Wonderful transparency and aesthetics.
C570 - Prehnite $ 300 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 4 x 3 x 2.8 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of translucent yellow Prehnite crystals on Graphite. Such yellow Prehnites have come from Merelani sporadically over the years, but never before in the quality that has been found in the last year. This specimen has big chunky crystals all over in a tall mound shaped formation. There is some chipping present, but mostly nothing but great crystals sticking out 360 degrees in all directions. A good one for the find.
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