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M204 - Smokey Quartz $ 95 (=~ CAN$ 122) Dogtooth Peak, Dinkey Lakes region, Fresno County, California, USA miniature - 4 x 1.6 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Water-clear, complete and undamaged single smokey Quartz crystal from a classic California Quartz locality. Out of an old collection built in the 1970s-80s.
M317 - Pyrite over Chalcopyrite with Calcite $ 60 (=~ CAN$ 77) Otjihase Mine, near Windhoek, Namibia thumbnail - 3 x 2 x 1.6 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Pair of connected spheres of Pyrite with attached Calcite crystals. The smaller sphere has one area broken revealing an inner core of Chalcopyrite, which likely comprised the interior of the other sphere as well. From an old Pyrite collection built in the 1970s-80s.
M265 - Pyrite $ 180 (=~ CAN$ 231) Butte, Montana, USA thumbnail - 2.5 x 2 x 1.8 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fine and unusual Pyrite with somewhat stepped, modified octahedral crystals forming a tringular, pyramid shaped specimen. Crystallzed all around and undamaged. From an old Pyrite collection built in the 1970s-80s.
M276 - Pyrite after Clam $ 150 (=~ CAN$ 193) Indianapolis, Indiana, USA miniature - 4.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Pyrite crystals that have replaced a fossil clam. Uniform shape and undamaged. Crystallized all around. From an old Pyrite collection built in the 1970s-80s.
M277 - Pyrite $ 150 (=~ CAN$ 193) Bleiberg, Calamine, Morrednet, Germany small cabinet - 5.2 x 4 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Floater specimen of solid Pyrite crystallized all around. The top half shows large striated cube faces and the backside is a mixture of stepped faces and smaller crystals. From an old Pyrite collection built in the 1970s-80s.
M332 - Pyrite 'bar' $ 175 (=~ CAN$ 225) Buick Mine, Iron Co., Missouri, USA small cabinet - 7.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Classic Pyrite 'bar' from the famous Buick Mine in the Viburnum Trend of Missouri. Good ones like this came out decades ago and are now desireable and hard to find. From an old Pyrite collection built in the 1970s-80s.
M310 - Quartz on Amethyst $ 150 (=~ CAN$ 193) Mina Cata, Guanajuato, Mexico miniature - 4.5 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Neat old specimen of an amethyst crystal with a white Quartz scepter head. Complete all around and has a small Quartz side crystal attached.
M316 - Hematite $ 180 (=~ CAN$ 231) Bouse, Plomosa Mining District, Plomosa Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA miniature - 3.8 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Thick, tabular Hematite crystal group, well crystallized on both sides. An Arizona classic.
M313 - Galena $ 220 (=~ CAN$ 283) Freiberg, Saxony, Germany miniature - 5 x 4.5 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of lustrous cubes of Galena from the historic mines of Freiberg.
M296 - Descloizite $ 280 (=~ CAN$ 360) Berg Aukas, Grootfontein, Namibia miniature - 3.8 x 3 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Aesthetic cluster of translucent reddish brown Descloizite. Crystallized all around with no significant damage. From an old collection built in the 1970s and 80s. Was part of the collectors display and comes with a small display label, along with an old Harry Sering label. Both labels retain the pre-1990 country name of Southwest Africa.
M220 - Hemimorphite $ 225 (=~ CAN$ 289) Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico thumbnail - 2.7 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Beautiful spray of Hemimorphite crystals, complete all around and undamaged. It's even partially double-terminated. A superb thumbnail sized specimen for the species.Better than photos.
M235 - Wulfenite $ 90 (=~ CAN$ 116) Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico thumbnail - 2 x 1.5 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of blocky, dipyramidal Wulfenite crystals. Mounted in a Perky box.
M222 - Cerussite $ 120 (=~ CAN$ 154) Tsumeb, Namibia thumbnail - 2.6 x 2.6 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() White Cerrusite snowflake, or rather 'snow ball' due to it's rounded shape of multiple intergrown snowflakes. From Tsumeb and recently released out of an old collection built in the 1970s-80s.
K453 - Prehnite on Graphite $ 340 (=~ CAN$ 437) Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania small cabinet - 5.5 x 4 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sculptural specimen of translucent yellow Prehnite with large toothy crystals sticking out in various directions on a small amount of Graphite matrix. Fine quality, undamaged specimen.
M285 - Cuprite $ 120 (=~ CAN$ 154) Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA miniature - 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Limonite matrix adorned with sharp individual octahedral crystals of Cuprite from the historic Bisbee mining district. Approximately 20 Cuprite crystals, sized up to 3mm.
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