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SM489 - Tourmaline $ 260 Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego Co., California, USA thumbnail - 2 x 1.4 x 1.4 cm ![Tourmaline from Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego Co., California, USA [db_pics/pics/SM489a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM489a.jpg)
![Tourmaline from Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego Co., California, USA [db_pics/pics/SM489b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM489b.jpg)
![Tourmaline from Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego Co., California, USA [db_pics/pics/SM489c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM489c.jpg)
![Tourmaline from Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego Co., California, USA [db_pics/pics/SM489d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM489d.jpg)
Complete, terminated crystal of gemmy pink with a green cap. Areas look facet quality. Undamaged, weighs 8.4 grams.
SM495 - Vesuvianite $ 90 Fushan Iron Deposit, Hebei Prov., China miniature - 4 x 4 x 2 cm ![Vesuvianite from Fushan Iron Deposit, Hebei Prov., China [db_pics/pics/SM495a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM495a.jpg)
![Vesuvianite from Fushan Iron Deposit, Hebei Prov., China [db_pics/pics/SM495b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM495b.jpg)
![Vesuvianite from Fushan Iron Deposit, Hebei Prov., China [db_pics/pics/SM495c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM495c.jpg)
Double-terminated rootbeer brown Vesuvianite crystal with good luster.
SM498 - Calcite on Ferberite $ 260 Panasquiera, Portugal small cabinet - 6.5 x 4 x 1.5 cm ![Calcite on Ferberite from Panasquiera, Portugal [db_pics/pics/SM498a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM498a.jpg)
![Calcite on Ferberite from Panasquiera, Portugal [db_pics/pics/SM498b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM498b.jpg)
![Calcite on Ferberite from Panasquiera, Portugal [db_pics/pics/SM498c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM498c.jpg)
![Calcite on Ferberite from Panasquiera, Portugal [db_pics/pics/SM498d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM498d.jpg)
Exquisite crystal of Ferberite with the backside coated by white Calcite crystals. The Ferberite had an unusual curving form and is highly aesthetic and very lustrous. Fine and unusual specimen. Undamaged.
SM499 - Tanzanite $ 750 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.7 x 2.3 x 1 cm ![Tanzanite from Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/SM499a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM499a.jpg)
![Tanzanite from Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/SM499b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM499b.jpg)
![Tanzanite from Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/SM499c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM499c.jpg)
![Tanzanite from Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/SM499d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM499d.jpg)
Large, gemmy single Tanzanite crystal, complete and well terminated. There is an indentation from another crystal on the backside. This is a heated crystal and priced to move.
SM503 - Serandite $ 90 Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada thumbnail - 2.2 x 2.0 x 1 cm ![Serandite from Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada [db_pics/pics/SM503a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM503a.jpg)
![Serandite from Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada [db_pics/pics/SM503b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM503b.jpg)
![Serandite from Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada [db_pics/pics/SM503c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM503c.jpg)
![Serandite from Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada [db_pics/pics/SM503d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM503d.jpg)
Two intergrown crystals of salmon pink Serandite with attached mica.
SM516 - Pyrite $ 600 Huanzala Mine, Peru small cabinet - 9 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm ![Pyrite from Huanzala Mine, Peru [db_pics/pics/SM516a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM516a.jpg)
![Pyrite from Huanzala Mine, Peru [db_pics/pics/SM516b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM516b.jpg)
![Pyrite from Huanzala Mine, Peru [db_pics/pics/SM516c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM516c.jpg)
![Pyrite from Huanzala Mine, Peru [db_pics/pics/SM516d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM516d.jpg)
![Pyrite from Huanzala Mine, Peru [db_pics/pics/SM516.mp4]](db_pics/pics/m/SM516.jpg)
Large 4.5cm Pyrite crystal atop smaller crystals. Specimen is composed solid, highly lustrous Pyrite. Bright and showy.
SM512 - Brucite $ 450 Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan small cabinet - 6 x 4 x 3 cm ![Brucite from Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan [db_pics/pics/SM512a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM512a.jpg)
![Brucite from Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan [db_pics/pics/SM512b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM512b.jpg)
![Brucite from Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan [db_pics/pics/SM512c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM512c.jpg)
![Brucite from Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan [db_pics/pics/SM512d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM512d.jpg)
pinwheel formation of translucent yellow Brucite on matrix from recent finds in Pakistan. Undamaged and good from both sides. Reminiscent of a Mapimi Adamite.
SM530 - Prehnite $ 280 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.5 x 3 x 2.2 cm ![Prehnite from Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/SM530a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM530a.jpg)
![Prehnite from Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/SM530b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM530b.jpg)
![Prehnite from Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/SM530c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM530c.jpg)
![Prehnite from Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/SM530d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM530d.jpg)
![Prehnite from Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/SM530e.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM530e.jpg)
Cluster of translucent yellow Prehnite crystals. Such yellow Prehnites have come from Merelani sporadically over the years, but never before in the quality that has been found in the last year. This specimen has big chunky crystals that stick out in various directions. Some chipping, but nearly a floater crystalled all around, a good one for the find.
C631 - Stilbite on Quartz over Calcite $ 500 Jalgaon, Maharashtra State, India cabinet - 10.5 x 4 x 2 cm ![Stilbite on Quartz over Calcite from Jalgaon, Maharashtra State, India [db_pics/pics/c631a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/c631a.jpg)
![Stilbite on Quartz over Calcite from Jalgaon, Maharashtra State, India [db_pics/pics/c631b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/c631b.jpg)
![Stilbite on Quartz over Calcite from Jalgaon, Maharashtra State, India [db_pics/pics/c631c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/c631c.jpg)
Laterally compressed translucent white Calcite crystal completely covered by a layer of sugary Quartz crystals, with attached pink Stilbite crystals. Unusual specimen that is reminiscent of Steve Smale's specimen known as 'The Cricket Bat' (see page 117 of the Smale Collection book). A couple of the Stilbite crystals are incomplete, otherwise undamaged, with the Stilbite only on one side. I've never seen another like this.
C633 - Silver $ 450 Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico small cabinet - 7 x 6 x 5.5 cm ![Silver from Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico [db_pics/pics/c633a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/c633a.jpg)
![Silver from Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico [db_pics/pics/c633b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/c633b.jpg)
![Silver from Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico [db_pics/pics/c633c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/c633c.jpg)
![Silver from Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico [db_pics/pics/c633d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/c633d.jpg)
Vein of white Calcite loaded with crytalline Silver with lots of exposed Silver crystals on top. The Silver is present all throughout the Calcite, top to bottom. Out of an old collection from the 1970s.
C634 - Silver $ 650 Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico small cabinet - 7 x 6 x 5.5 cm ![Silver from Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico [db_pics/pics/c634a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/c634a.jpg)
![Silver from Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico [db_pics/pics/c634b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/c634b.jpg)
![Silver from Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico [db_pics/pics/c634c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/c634c.jpg)
![Silver from Batopilas, Chihuahua, Mexico [db_pics/pics/c634d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/c634d.jpg)
Vein of white Calcite loaded with crytalline Silver with lots of exposed Silver crystals on top. The Silver is present all throughout the Calcite, top to bottom. Out of an old collection from the 1970s.
C637 - Prehnite $ 1200 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania small cabinet - 8 x 3.5 x 3 cm ![Prehnite from Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/c637a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/c637a.jpg)
![Prehnite from Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/c637b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/c637b.jpg)
![Prehnite from Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/c637c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/c637c.jpg)
![Prehnite from Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/c637d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/c637d.jpg)
Along with many other 'world's best of species', Merelani produces the world's best Prehnites (in my opinion). This fantastic specimen is a complete undamaged floater that looks like it was constructed by dropping little grains of Prehnite atop each other until they formed this tall stack of crystals. The rear bottom is black from inclusions of Graphite, and there are Laumontite crystals included on one side near the base. One of the best Merelani yellow Prehnites I've owned.
C638 - Prehnite $ 600 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 4.5 x 3 x 2 cm ![Prehnite from Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/c638a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/c638a.jpg)
![Prehnite from Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/c638b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/c638b.jpg)
![Prehnite from Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/c638c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/c638c.jpg)
![Prehnite from Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/c638d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/c638d.jpg)
Outstanding, undamaged cluster of blue Prehnite, crystallized front and back. 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.
C642 - Brucite $ 400 Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan small cabinet - 8 x 7 x 3.5 cm ![Brucite from Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan [db_pics/pics/c642a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/c642a.jpg)
![Brucite from Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan [db_pics/pics/c642b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/c642b.jpg)
![Brucite from Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan [db_pics/pics/c642c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/c642c.jpg)
![Brucite from Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan [db_pics/pics/c642d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/c642d.jpg)
Large, solid radial mass of Brucite on matrix. This is an uncommon example well crystallized all around, characteristic of open pocket growth and not growth in tight, contacted seams as are most. Translucent, thick and sturdy.
SM363 - Smithsonite replacing Calcite $ 250 San Antonio Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico cabinet - 12.0 x 9.0 x 4.6 cm ![Smithsonite replacing Calcite from San Antonio Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico [db_pics/pics/SM363a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM363a.jpg)
![Smithsonite replacing Calcite from San Antonio Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico [db_pics/pics/SM363b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM363b.jpg)
![Smithsonite replacing Calcite from San Antonio Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico [db_pics/pics/SM363c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM363c.jpg)
![Smithsonite replacing Calcite from San Antonio Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico [db_pics/pics/SM363d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM363d.jpg)
![Smithsonite replacing Calcite from San Antonio Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico [db_pics/pics/SM363e.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/SM363e.jpg)
The specimen shown is a specimen that has a thin layer of yellow Smithsonite crystals covering pseudomorphed scalenohedral Calcite crystals. It's an aesthetic example of a multi-generation pseudomorph with interesting internal crystal structure showing the original Calcite crystals completely replaced with some other species, then Smithsonite covering all.
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