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SM127 - Tremolite $ 120 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.4 x 0.9 x 0.4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Bright green Tremolite crystal. Great color! Well terminated, undamaged crystal with good transparency.
SM130 - Apatite $ 350 Panasquiera, Portugal miniature - 3.5 x 3.2 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Highly lustrous blue Apatite crystals with Muscovite. Main crystal is 2.2 x 1.8 cm and intergrown with a slightly smaller crystal. Slight edge chipping keeps the price way down compared too the overall beauty of the specimen and the price this would be if perfect. Glassy luster with large transparent areas.
SM132 - Apatite with Arsenopyrite $ 250 Panasquiera, Portugal miniature - 5 x 3.2 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Undamaged green Apatite crystals to 1.8 cm with bright metallic Arsenopyrite crystals. Undamaged.
SM133 - Quartz with Arsenopyrite, Ferberite $ 150 Panasquiera, Portugal miniature - 5 x 4 x 3.3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Transparent single Quartz crystal intergrown with Arsenopyrite and Ferberite at the base. Undamaged and highly transparent.
SM122 - Chrome Tourmaline $ 200 Landani, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.2 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Single crystal of Chrome Tourmaline, a vanadium rich Uvite/Dravite. Deep emerald green color and highly transluscent to transparent when backlit. Undamaged crystal 0f superb color!!!
C584 - Roweite, Olshanskyite $ 200 Shijiangshan Mine, Inner Mongolia, China small cabinet - 7 x 6 x 5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Crystals of brown Roweite and white Olshanskyite in crystal sizes and quality not seen before this find. Interestingly, the type locality for Roweite is Franklin, New Jersey, where only one specimen was found.
C585 - Clinoatacamite $ 450 Lily Mine, Ica Department, Peru small cabinet - 7 x 5.5 x 5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() High quality specimen of Clinoatacamite crystal groups atop sparkling drusy Quartz crystals. Good isolated crystal groups of this rare species. The Lily Mine is now closed.
C588 - Carrollite $ 260 Kamoya South Mine, Katanga, Congo miniature - 5 x 5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() Highly lustrous Carrollite crystals to 7mm on matrix. From older finds out of an old collection.
C590 - Tanzanite $ 375 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.2 x 1 x 0.9 cm ![]() ![]() Unusual Tanzanite crystal that is yellow in one direction and blue with yellow when viewed from the other direction. Complete and undamaged with great glassy luster. Weighs 18.9 carats.
C593 - Apatite on Siderite $ 650 Panasquiera, Portugal miniature - 4 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Glassy 1.8cm Apatite crystal attached to a Siderite crystal that is dusted with Pyrite. The Apatie has a blueish lavender color, with a darker blue stipe down the center, and is undamaged.
C594 - Galena with Pyrrhottite $ 200 Dal'negorsk, Russia small cabinet - 8 x 6.5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Grey, spinel-twinned Galena crystals with bright, lustrous Pyrrhottite crystalsAssociated with minor amounts of Sphalerite and small Quartz crystals. Showy, undamaged specimen.
C597 - Azurite Tsumeb, Namibia miniature - 3.7 x 3 x 1.3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of blue Azurite crystals with jagged edges in places, which is an uncommon style from Tsumeb. There is a small chip on the termination, otherwise good. Transluscent blue on edges when backlit. Ex. Russel Jones, Carl Acosta collections and previous price of $185.
SM153 - Chrome Tourmaline Landani, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.4 x 2.4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Complete single 'Chrome Tourmaline', which is vanadium and chromium rich Dravite found in east Africa. Fine undamaged crystal with deep green color. Comes with a former dealer label showing an old price of $750.
SM158 - Bastnasite $ 150 Zagi Mountain, Peshawar, Pakistan thumbnail - 1.6 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fine quality Bastnasite specimen composed of a cluster of undamaged crystals to 1.6cm in size. Translucent yellow/brown in color. Complete all around and undamaged.
SM171 - Eosphorite on Rose Quartz $ 300 Sapucaia Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil small cabinet - 5.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of pink rose Quartz crystals with attached Eosphorite crystals. The specimen has particularly good, uniform and regular shaped Quartz crystals. The specimen detached in the pocket and there are Eosphorite crystals on both the front and back sides. Undamaged.
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