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SM844 - Clinozoisite $ 850 Tormiq, Skardu, Pakistan small cabinet - 7.5 x 1.5 x 0.8 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fine and unusual Clinozoiste specimen with elongated, off-set crystals. All the offset crystals are douoble-terminated. Gemmy with an internal faden line visible when backlit. Undamaged.
SM845 - Apatite $ 280 Imilchil, Er Rachidia Province, Morocco thumbnail - 2.3 x 2 x 1.7 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Single yellow/green Apatite crystal from the original find years ago. Complete all around and undamaged, the best one I could find when they first came out, undamaged.
SM846 - Apatite $ 250 Imilchil, Er Rachidia Province, Morocco thumbnail - 1.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Single yellow/green Apatite crystal from the original find years ago. Complete all around and undamaged, the best and gemmiest one I could find when they first came out, a couple tiny edge chips otherwise undamaged.
SM847 - Stibnite $ 350 Wuning Mine, Qingjiang, Wuning Co., Jiangxi, China cabinet - 13 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Large single Stibnite crystal. Terminated and complete all around.
SM850 - Azurite $ 200 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 2.5 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Undamaged floater specimen of a dozen or so interconnected Azurite crystals. Great color and quality.
SM852 - Prehnite with Pyrite $ 200 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 4.8 x 3 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Yellow Prehnite crystals with a much different, somewhat globular style than most from Merelani. It has a flat base where it was attached to Graphite. There are small Pyrite crystals along the base, apparently that grew on the Graphite first before the Prehnite.
SM856 - Aquamarine $ 280 Erongo Mountains, Namibia thumbnail - 2.3 x 1.3 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Single blue Aquamarine crystal with very glassy faces and a nice bevelled termination. This is tops for Erongo in terms of glassy luster and way more transparent than most.
AR2 - Manganoan Adamite $ 750 Mina Oujela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico thumbnail - 3 x 2 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large, chisel-shaped Adamite crystals on a black matrix. These are the rare and hard to find purple tipped Adamites with a white body color grading up to purple terminations. Individual crystals are up to 2cm tall. Undamaged and glassy with areas of transparency.
AR13 - Millerite Hall's Gap, Lincoln Co., Kentucky, USA miniature - 4 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Partial geode filled with golden hair-like Millerite, undamaged. Classic USA material from a now closed locality.
AR20 - Epidote $ 750 Brumado Mine, Bahia, Brazil miniature - 4 x 2.5 x 0.6 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Jewel-like specimen of transparent Epidote crystals. Double-terminated crystals with a central faden line. Lustrous crystals, undamaged and nearly a floater with just a small area of contact at the base. Comes with an old Alvaro Lucio label.
AR22 - Sphene $ 450 Capelinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil miniature - 4.6 x 2 x 1.8 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A 2.5cm twinned Sphene (Titanite) crystal on matrix covered with Epidote and other smaller Sphene crystals. Crystals on both sides. Undamaged and mounted on a Lucite stand.
AR24 - Brazilianite $ 350 Mendes Pimentel, Minas Gerais, Brazil thumbnail - 2.7 x 2 x 1.9 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Single crystals of classic yellow/green Brazilianite. Great luster and clarity. Contacted on the backside. Comes with an old Al McGuinness label.
SM815 - Prehnite $ 200 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.7 x 3.2 x 2.0 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Outstanding, sharp cluster of blue Prehnite, crystallized in the form of a rosette. Rarely do you see blue Prehnites of this quality with such good crystal form. These are also color change, producing different shades of blue in indoor versus outdoor lighting.
SM816 - Prehnite $ 300 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.6 x 3.0 x 2.1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Outstanding, sharp cluster of blue Prehnite, crystallized in the form of a rosette. Rarely do you see blue Prehnites of this quality with such good crystal form. These are also color change, producing different shades of blue in indoor versus outdoor lighting.
SM817 - Azurite $ 225 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico miniature - 3.2 x 2.7 x 1.0 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Tabular, deep blue Azurite crystals with attached spheres of green Malachite from the area of the mine where the Volborthite was found. The Azurite has superb luster and areas of bright 'electric' blue color.
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