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M457 - Galena with Calcite $ 150 Mid-Continent Mine, Treece, Picher Field, Cherokee Co., Kansas, USA miniature - 5 x 5 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bright and shiny Galena crystals with an attached honey-colored Calcite crystal. Old specimen from a classic USA locality.
M702 - Tsavorite $ 325 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.9 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large single Tsavorite crystal with good color. Nearly a floater with a couple indentations, contacts with lustrous glassy faces. It's not perfect, but for the size and color it's a good value.
M703 - Tsavorite with Diopside $ 325 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2 x 2 x 1.4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large single Tsavorite crystal with good color. The main crystal is 2.5cm wide and displays great from the front with small Diopside crystals below. The backside (3rd photo) shows a dimpled surface from growth against Graphite crystals.
K927 - Azurite $ 125 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 2.3 x 1.5 x 0.9 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Undamaged single crystal of Azurite that exhibits areas of bright 'electric' blue color. A floater, complete all around crystal from the watercourse pocket.
M559 - Galena $ 75 Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Though 'just' a Galena, it's a very good thumbnail specimen featuring a mirror lustrous 1.5cm Galena cube set in Galena and Pyrite. Undamaged and displays well.
M462 - Pyrite after Pyrhottite $ 150 Zacatecas, Mexico miniature - 4.7 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Thin blades of Pyrite that have pseudomorphed after Pyrhottite crystals. Bright and lustrous with a few small Quartz crystals associated.
M731 - Prehnite, Stilbite on Laumontite after Anhydrite $ 150 Prospect Park, New Jersey, USA miniature - 4.8 x 4 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Green Prehnite and tan Stilbite crystals on a cluster of Laumontite after Anhydrite crystals. Small Calcite crystals are also present. Well crystallized all around.
M688 - Copper $ 150 Quincy Mine, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA miniature - 3.3 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Well formed, quality Copper crystals with a rich patina. Crystals on the right 'arm' are particularly sharp.
K913 - Azurite $ 120 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 1.8 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Undamaged single crystal of Azurite that exhibits areas of bright 'electric' blue color. A floater, complete all around crystal from the watercourse pocket. Undamaged and perfect.
M765 - Pyrite, quartz on Sphalerite $ 450 Huaron, Peru cabinet - 10 x 10 x 6 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Clusters of Pyrite cubes and Quartz crystals atop a matrix of solid crystalline Sphalerite. Aesthetic large specimen from the Tom Ellis collection.
M767 - Halloysite in Quartz $ 650 Cabiche, Boyacá Department, Colombia cabinet - 11.5 x 10 x 6.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of diverging Quartz crystals. The yellow tips are caused by inclusions of Halloysite.
M768 - Brazilianite with Quartz $ 600 Corrego Frio, Minas Gerais, Brazil small cabinet - 7 x 6 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large single crystal from the original finds in Brazil with attached Quartz crystals. Large, glassy faces on the front with mostly cleavages and contacts on the backside.
M785 - Arsenopyrite with Calcite, Muscovite $ 350 Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China miniature - 3.5 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fine quality single Arsenopyrite crystal with another smaller crystal sticking out the front face. Well terminated bright crystals with the backside covered by wafer-like Calcite crystals.
M784 - Acanthite $ 200 Imiter Mine, Ouarzazate Prov., Morocco miniature - 3.8 x 3 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Serpent-like cluster of interconnected octahedral Acanthite crystals. Complete all around and undamaged.
J984 - Arsenopyrite Peru small cabinet - 8 x 6.5 x 5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of large Arsenopyrite crystals on a matrix of solid Arsenopyrite. The bright, showy crystals reach 2.5cm in size. Out of an old collection with no further locality info available. A well crystallized Peruvian classic.
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