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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.
C688 - Hausmanite $ 900 N'Chwanning II Mine, Kuruman, South Africa small cabinet - 9 x 5.5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Matrix covered by Andradite crystals in turn coated by numerous well formed Hausmanite crystals. Clean and undamaged. Comes with a Wendel Minerals label that indicates it was formerly part of the Mayer collection.
C312 - Kunzite $ 750 SOLD Nuristan, Afghanistan small cabinet - 6.5 x 6.5 x 4.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Terminated pink Kunzite crystal with a smaller, double-terminated crystal attached to one side. The main crystal is also double-terminated, just not as nicely as the top termination. Complete and undamaged. Ex. Marty Zinn collection.
SM516 - Pyrite $ 600 Huanzala Mine, Peru small cabinet - 9 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large 4.5cm Pyrite crystal atop smaller crystals. Specimen is composed solid, highly lustrous Pyrite. Bright and showy.
C464 - Silver $ 600 Uchuchacua Mine, Oyon Prov., Peru thumbnail - 3.1 x 2.4 x 2.0 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Thick, ropey Silver wire rising up off a small bit of matrix. The wire rises up then does a U-turn back down towards the base, with another thick wire flaring off the top of the curve. The wires reach 5mm in thickness.
C449 - Galena (spinel twin) $ 280 Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk, Russia miniature - 5 x 3.5 x 1.0 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Flat tabular spinel-twinned Galena crystal. Undamaged with bright silvery luster. The front is nothing but brigth Galena, the backside is partially covered by small Quartz crystals and Calcite.
C445 - Galena with Sphalerite $ 750 9th of September Mine, Madan, Bulgaria small cabinet - 7 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() New find of skeletal Galena from the 9th of September Mine. This is true skeletal Galena (not the manufactured specimens from about 10 years ago), only the second time in 20 years that they have been found. Black Sphalerite crystals are intergrown with the Galena. Undamaged floater specimen crystallized all around.
C328 - Tremolite on Tanzanite $ 350 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.7 x 1 x 0.7 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Single pink Tanzanite crystal with attached green Tremolite and Calcite and/or Zeolites. Solid base that tapers out towards the top. Pink is one the rarest colors for Tanzanite (or Zoisite if you prefer) and this one has well saturated color. Complete and undamaged. Unusual crystal from a late 2017 find.
AF485 - Demantoid Garnet on Quartz $ 550 Erongo Mountains, Namibia miniature - 3.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Four sharp, gem quality Demantoid crystals on cluster of Quartz crystals. This was etched out of Calcite. Size 3.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm.
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