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J101 - Amethyst $ 300 Jackson's Crossroads, Wilkes Co., Georgia, USA small cabinet - 7 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Classic Jackson's Crossroads Amethyst specimen from 2018 finds. Good medium purple colored Amethyst crystals sit upon smaller white Quartz crystals. One tiny chip found on one edge, otherwise undamaged.
J102 - Amethyst Jackson's Crossroads, Wilkes Co., Georgia, USA small cabinet - 6.5 x 5.8 x 4.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Large glassy single Amethyst crystal from 2018 finds. Good purple color some smaller attached white Quartz crystals. Undamaged.
J178 - Amethyst $ 300 Jackson's Crossroads, Wilkes Co., Georgia, USA small cabinet - 6.5 x 6 x 5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of glassy Amethyst crystals from 2018 finds. Good medium purple colored Amethyst crystals that grew upon the tips of smaller white Quartz crystals, so it is crystallized on all sides with just a few of the tips of the small white crystals embedded inthe bottom. Fine and undamaged.
J143 - Agate after Shell $ 200 Dakhla area, Western Sahara, Morocco miniature - 3.2 x 2.9 x 1.2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fossil shell that has been replaced by translucent grey agate. These are found on the surface, having weathered out of the surrounding rock formations. There are about 40 different species found at this deposit. Although they could have weathered out of different formations, they are all believed to be Eocene in age. Most are broken pieces and weathered and perfectly preserved examples such as this are uncommon, probably less than 5 percent of what is found. Fine quality example of a lesser seen species.
J144 - Agate after Shell $ 200 Dakhla area, Western Sahara, Morocco miniature - 3.5 x 3.3 x 1.3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fossil shell that has been replaced by translucent grey agate. These are found on the surface, having weathered out of the surrounding rock formations. There are about 40 different species found at this deposit. Although they could have weathered out of different formations, they are all believed to be Eocene in age. Most are broken pieces and weathered and perfectly preserved examples such as this are uncommon, probably less than 5 percent of what is found. Fine quality example of a lesser seen species.
J146 - Agate after Shell $ 220 Dakhla area, Western Sahara, Morocco small cabinet - 5.4 x 3 x 2.6 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Fossil shell that has been replaced by translucent golden agate. These are found on the surface, having weathered out of the surrounding rock formations. There are about 40 different species found at this deposit. Although they could have weathered out of different formations, they are all believed to be Eocene in age. Most are broken pieces and weathered and perfectly preserved examples such as this are uncommon, probably less than 5 percent of what is found. Fine quality large specimen.
J154 - Spinel $ 150 Mahenge, Morogoro, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.7 x 1.5 x 1.1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Octahedral pink Spinel crystal. Complete crystal with good luster. A tiny chip on one point, otherwise undamaged.
J156 - Spinel $ 150 Mahenge, Morogoro, Tanzania thumbnail - 2 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Complete octahedral pink Spinel crystal with good color. Complete all around with some natural etching/edge wear.
J164 - Euchroite $ 250 Svatoduska, near Lubietova, Slovakia miniature - 3.5 x 2.3 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Deep green Euchroite crystals to 2-3mm that contrast well against the dark brown matrix. Good crystals that are fairly well isolated.
C683 - Thaumasite $ 1500 N'Chwanning Mine, Kuruman, South Africa miniature - 3.4 x 3 x 1.3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Thaumasite is a rare mineral in the Ettringite group, the best were found at the N'Chwanning. This is a rare matrix specimen - you used to be able to find small single crystals but now even those are hard to find. Matrix specimens were always uncommon, and I have only ever had one before, a similar piece to this one that I paid a similar price to Katherine Woest about 15 years ago. Crystals are a transparent yellow and reach 5mm in diameter. White tufts of Xonotlite are dispersed between the Thaumasite crystals.
C688 - Hausmanite $ 900 N'Chwanning II Mine, Kuruman, South Africa small cabinet - 9 x 5.5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Matrix covered by Andradite crystals in turn coated by numerous well formed Hausmanite crystals. Clean and undamaged. Comes with a Wendel Minerals label that indicates it was formerly part of the Mayer collection.
J181 - Apatite $ 140 Namalulu, Tanzania miniature - 3.2 x 3 x 2.1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Large, chunky single Apatite crystal with a good blue/green color. Complete all around and translucent with a 'wet' luster. Slight chipping but relatively undamaged.
J199 - Apatite $ 70 Namalulu, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.4 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Single Apatite crystal with a good blue/green color. Complete all around and translucent with a 'wet' luster and areas of transparency. Undamaged crystal that really glows with backlighting.
J275 - Topaz after Augelite with Quartz $ 750 Mundo Nuevo Mine, La Libertad, Peru miniature - 5 x 3 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Two light lavender casts of Topaz after Augelite associated with elongated, transparent Quartz crystals. This was fouond about ten years ago when the great Augelite finds were made. There are two casts present, the largest over 2cm. This is the best of only a few I saw available. They were originally thought to be Fluorite after Augelite, but have been tested and confirmed to be Topaz.
J277 - Chalcedony after Fluorite $ 375 Trestia, Maramures, Romania small cabinet - 6 x 4 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Classic old specimen of translucent blue Chalcedony that has repalced cubic Fluorite. Lustrous undamaged crystals. Comes with an old Julius Bohm label.
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