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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.
C589 - Stilbite on Kunzite $ 150 Kunar, Afghanistan thumbnail - 2.8 x 1.3 x 0.4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Neat specimen of a double-terminated Kunzite crystal with a removable layer of Stilbite on one side. Stilbite is uncommon in pegmatites.
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 $ 450 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 a 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.
C601 - Mottramite $ 250 Berg Aukaus Mine, Grootfontein, Namibia small cabinet - 8 x 6 x 5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Large bubbly mass of black Mottramite with areas of a highly satiny surface luster. Undamaged with an old specimen number painted on the bottom and an old label showing a price of $250.
C603 - Vanandinite $ 650 Mibladen, Morocco small cabinet - 6.7 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large red Vanadinite crystals to 1.8cm on matrix. Showy grouping of crystals with main group undamaged and all others except two insignificant 5mm crystals also undamaged. Although Vanadinite specimens are currently common, aesthetic clusters such as this are not.
C604 - Uvite on Magnesite $ 220 Brumado Mine, Bahia, Brazil small cabinet - 5.3 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Undamaged green Uvite crystals on white Magnesite. Fine example of this occurrence, with crystals on the backside too.
SM249 - Carrollite $ 60 Kamoya South Mine, Katanga, Congo miniature - 4.2 x 4 x 3.2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Mirror-lustrous Carrollite crystals in white Calcite. Main crystal is 1.3cm in size and perfect except for one edge nick. There are also smaller, perfect crystals to 7mm present in various vugs within the Calcite.
SM251 - Carrollite $ 150 Kamoya South Mine, Katanga, Congo small cabinet - 5.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Mirror-lustrous Carrollite crystals within and protruding from white Calcite crystals. Main crystal is 1.5cm in size. Other Carrollites and Chalcopyrite crystals present. The Calcite is very transluscent.
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