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M534 - Kammererite $ 900 Kop Krom Mine, Kop Daglari, East Anatolia, Turkey cabinet - 10.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Richly crystallized Kammererite specimen loaded with large crystals to 7mm. Translucent crystals with deep purple color. Undamaged with crystals on both sides. The bottom is relatively flat and it stands up on it's own for display. This mine is long closed and pieces of this quality are hard to come by now.
M400 - Barite $ 400 Frizington, Cumberland, England cabinet - 11 x 7 x 7 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Old timer Barite specimen with large crystals to 5.5cm on matrix. The crystals are highly lustrous and undamaged except for one edge of the back crystal. Frizington Barites are classics not often available for sale anymore. Good sized, showy example.
M452 - Copper $ 575 Quincy Mine, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA small cabinet - 6 x 4 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Aesthetic Copper specimen with a 3.8cm crystal atop smaller crystals of Copper.
M454 - Wulfenite $ 300 Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico miniature - 3.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Pair of large, translucent Wulfenite crystals on a matrix covered by small glassy Calcite crystals. Wulfenite crystals reach 2.5cm wide. There is a cleave on the left edge of the main crystal, otherwise specimen is undamaged. Highly aesthetic miniature with a better orange color than most which typically tend towards a more butterscotch color.
M448 - Babingtonite on Prehnite $ 240 Hongquizhen Quarry, Meigu Co., Sichuan Province, China thumbnail - 3.1 x 2.5 x 2.1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of Babingtonite crystals on spheres of green Prehnite from a now old and defunct locality. The crystals are undamaged and sharply formed. It's crystallized all with the contact at the base. No longer being found.
M463 - Bixbyite on Hematite after Garnet $ 140 Maynard Claim, Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA thumbnail - 2.1 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Interconnected cluster of Hematite pseudomorphs after garnet, all sprinkled with lustrous black cubes of Bixbyite. Undamaged quality thumbnail.
M642 - Diaspore $ 250 Milas, Mugla Prov., Turkey thumbnail - 1.4 x 1 x 0.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() V-twin crystal of color change Diaspore. From new finds in the mountains near Milas, these new Diaspore crystals are spectacular in color and form. Glassy, flat termination faces one one 'arm' (other termination incomplete) and gem quality and transparent inside. Medium purple color in natural sunlight.
M644 - Diaspore $ 400 Milas, Mugla Prov., Turkey thumbnail - 2.2 x 1.5 x 0.5 cm ![]() ![]() V-twin crystal of color change Diaspore. From new finds in the mountains near Milas, these new Diaspore crystals are spectacular in color and form. Glassy, flat termination faces one one 'arm' (other termination incomplete) and gem quality and transparent inside. Medium purple color in natural sunlight.
M602 - Quartz scepter (with bubble) $ 275 Southern Zambia Province, Zambia small cabinet - 6 x 2.8 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Quartz scepter from recent finds in Zambia. The scepter head has both Amethyst and smokey coloration and also contains a 3-4mm bubble that travels over 1.2cm inside. Undamaged with a rehealed base.
M585 - Wulfenite on Arsenian Vanadinite var. Endlichite $ 250 Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico miniature - 3.2 x 3 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Floater cluster of Arsenian Vanadinite var. Endlichite with attached orange crystals of Wulfenite. This is the only Enlichite I've ever owned, or can recall seeing, that had the associated Wulfenite crystals. Good curving, lustrous Endlichite crystals on all sides, even the bottom.
M605 - Tremolite in Quartz $ 225 Japan miniature - 4.5 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Polished Quartz included by green hair-like Tremolite along the backside. Ex. Kerith Graeber.
M421 - Copper with ? $ 240 Tsumeb, Namibia miniature - 4 x 3 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Branching, arborescent cluster of Copper crystals from Tsumeb. One side of the cluster is coated by tiny acicular 'fuzzy' brown/black crystals of an unknown species.
M608 - Platinum $ 1200 Konder, Khabarovsk Region, Russia thumbnail - 0.7 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Partial cube of Platinum with a smaller attached crystal. Platinum crystals are much more rare than the nuggets and most are much more rounded than this one, in fact it was the sharpest, most well formed by far of a small lot of crystals I examined. It has stepped faces all around, well crystallized and undamaged. I understand these are no longer being found. Weighs 1.57 grams.
M625 - Tanzanite with Diopside $ 500 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.8 x 3 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Uncommon and interesting Merelani specimen consisting of a 2.5cm terminated Tanzanite side-by-side with a 3cm Diopside, however the terminations are pointing in opposite directions. Never seen one like this before.
M626 - Tanzanite with Diopside $ 1500 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 3 x 2.7 x 2.1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Uncommon, aesthetic Merelani specimen consisting of two terminated Tanzanite crystals associated with Diopside. Stands upright on it's own and is complete all around. There is a small chip on the backside of the larger 3cm crystal, otherwise perfect and undamaged all around. Unheated and natural. Really stands out from the more commonly seen single crystals.
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