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TU241 - Fluorite with Quartz $ 750 Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China small cabinet - 6.5 x 6 x 6 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Glassy, transparent Quartz crystal, coated on one half with fine mica crystals, with attached green Fluorite. Undamaged and good all around.
TU243 - Fluorite with Arsenopyrite $ 600 Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China small cabinet - 7.5 x 6 x 5.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Purple Fluorite cubes to 3cm on edge intergrown with Arsenopyrite and Muscovite crystals, all atop a Quartz crystal. Good all around and undamaged.
TU244 - Fluorite on Quartz $ 750 Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China cabinet - 12 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Double-terminated cluster of smokey Quartz crystals partially coated by white Calcite crystals. A 2cm transparent, clear Fluorite crystal sits between the main Quartz crystal and the tips of smaller Quartz crystal that flares out from the main crystal. Dramatic display specimen. Well crystallized all around with smaller Quartz crystals flaring out in the opposite direction from the base of the main crystal. The Fluorite octahedron has slight cleaving on one face or natural step growth, and there is one partial Quartz crystal at the base of the main cluster, otherwise undamaged.
TU248 - Fluorite $ 950 Chasan Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan, China small cabinet - 7.5 x 5 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Water clear light green Fluorite cubes on matrix. Central main isolated cube is 2cm on the diagonal. Some of the smaller crystals are so clear you can't see them until you reflect light off their faces. This is the best quality from this find that I could find. Complete all around and undamaged. Better than photos.
TU250 - Fluorite $ 500 La Viesca Mine, Huergo, La Collada, Asturias, Spain miniature - 4.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Transparent purple Fluorite cubes with exceptionally glossy, wet-looking luster. There is a cleave on the lower right corner of the amin crystals, otherwise undamaged.
TU251 - Fluorite on Quartz $ 750 La Viesca Mine, Huergo, La Collada, Asturias, Spain small cabinet - 7.5 x 6 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Transparent purple/blue Fluorite cubes on a Quartz crystal covered matrix. Exceptionally bright crystals! It really pops when compared to others. Glossy, wet-looking luster. There are a couple tiny, trivial nicks that you have to search for, otherwise undamaged. This one is really nice and way better than photos.
TU252 - Fluorite with Calcite $ 600 Emilio Mine, Colunga District, Caravia Mining Area, Asturias, Spain miniature - 4.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Water-clear, colorless Fluorite cubes without matrix surrounding a single Calcite crystal. Great luster with slight corner modifications. Undamaged.
TU253 - Fluorite on Quartz with Barite $ 400 La Viesca Mine, Huergo, La Collada, Asturias, Spain miniature - 5 x 5 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Water-clear, purple Fluorite cubes on a Quartz crystal covered matrix with small white Barite crystals. The Fluorite crystals have superb surface luster. Damage to one Barite cluster on the lower right side, otherwise undamaged. Good Fluorite crystals on the back side too!
J377 - Fluorite with Calcite $ 800 Moscona Mine, Villabona mining area, Asturias, Spain large cabinet - 19 x 12 x 6 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Yellow Fluorite from Moscona is fairly common, but this specimen is uncommonly good due to it's large size (19cm), transparency, 'wet' luster, and accents of white scalenohedral Calcite crystals along the top edge.
J362 - Copper $ 450 White Pine Mine, White Pine, Ontonagon Co., Michigan, USA miniature - 4.9 x 2.2 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fantastic old Copper specimen composed a tall central spinel-twinned crystal with smaller attached crystals. Complete all around and undamaged with good patina.
J418 - Brookite in Quartz $ 450 Kharan, Balochistan, Pakistan small cabinet - 7 x 4 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sharp, water clear Quartz crystals included by Brookite crystals. The main Quartz crystal has both a large 2cm Brookite that rises up off the bottom plus a smaller approximately 8mm Brookite floating in the termination. Fine and undamaged, one of the better examples from this occurrence that I've seen.
J395 - Prehnite $ 500 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.2 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Merelani Prehnite is considered by many, including me, to be the best in the world, and what has been produced in the last year or two has been the best. This beautiful specimen is a perfect example of this quality. Large translucent crystals with good yellow color in a somewhat flower-like rosette formation. It's undamaged and formed atop a (now gone) Tanzanite crystal and only tiny bits of Tanzanite remain on the base.
J382 - Fluorite and Quartz on Hematite $ 300 Egremont, Cumbria, England miniature - 5 x 4.5 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Red Hematite matrix with typical black Hematite crystals (both sides) and Quartz crystals (one side). What is uncommon is the presence of Fluorite crystals which occur as transparent cubes of about 3mm.
J383 - Arsenopyrite with Quartz $ 350 Panasquiera, Portugal cabinet - 10 x 4.5 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bright, silvery crystals of Arseonpyrite with Quartz crystals. Showy Panasquiera classic in great condition.
J385 - Hematite in Quartz $ 350 Egremont, Cumbria, England small cabinet - 6.5 x 5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Highly lustrous Quartz crystals with silvery/black Hematite crystals just under the surface of the Quartz crystals. Undamaged, with old collection numbers attached to the bottom.
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