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C459 - Schorl Guadalupe Mine, Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico small cabinet - 7.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Solid cluster of black Tourmaline crystals with no matrix. Large well formed crystals with good luster. Largest crystal has a 3.2cm termination.
T707 - Celestite Wood Co., Ohio, USA small cabinet - 7 x 6.5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() Attractive, undamaged cluster of Celestite crystals. The crystals are more white on the outside and more blue and translucent in the interior.
T706 - Benstonite in Calcite Illinois, USA small cabinet - 8 x 6 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Flattened rhombic Calcite crystals coated and/or included by Benstonite. Good crystals on both sides. Rare, old material out of an old collection.
T674 - Tourmaline Cruziero Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil small cabinet - 9 x 7 x 6 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Massive single, well terminated green Tourmaline crystal with highly fibrous, hair-like structure in areas. Broad, flat termination slopes gently back towards the side wtihteh hair-like growth. Can be displayed from one side as a typical (but huge) Tourmaline, or from the other side showing the hair-like fibrous structures.
T593 - Analcime on Serandite Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada thumbnail - 2.9 x 2 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Analcime crystals to 1.8cm on pink Serandite crystals. Ex. Charlie Key.
T512 - Kunzite Kunar Province, Afghansitan miniature - 4.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() Light green Kunzite crystal with unusually good, flat termination faces. Slight etching in areas. Undamaged.
T465 - Chrysocolla psuedo. Malachite psuedo. Azurite with Wulfenite Whim Creek, Western Australia, Australia cabinet - 11.5 x 9 x 4.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Irridescent Goethite with crystals of the double psudomorph of Chrysocolla after Malachite after Azurite. Main crystal is well formed and 3.1cm. Matrix has an unidentified white mineral and small Wulfenite crystals. A tiny nick on the smallest crystal, otherwise undamaged. Great psuedo in large size!
T296 - Tsavorite Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.9 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Single Tsavorite crystal with intergrowths of Graphite. Complete all around though portions of the top and bottom are irregular where it grew with the Graphite. Great color and sharpness of form.
T236 - Wulfenite Kuruktag Mountains, Xinjiang Uygur Region, China large cabinet - 20 x 12 x 8 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Red/orange Wulfenite crystals that contrast well against the white Calcite coated matrix. One of the biggest and best I've ever had.
T208 - Apatite on Clinozoisite Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Skardu, Pakistan miniature - 3.7 x 2 x 1.3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Stacked tabular Apatite crystals grown around Clinozoisite crystals. Transparent, complete all around with glassy luster.
T168 - Tourmaline Cruziero Mine, São José da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil miniature - 4.5 x 3 x 2.4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Complete and terminated Tourmaline with a deep cranberry red coloration - great color that is highly saturated and stands up to the brightest lights. Shallow chipping on lower portion of one narrow edge, otherwise undamaged. Weighs 50 grams.
T158 - Dioptase with Wulfenite Mammoth St Anthony Mine, Tiger, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA small cabinet - 5.8 x 3.5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Bright green Dioptase and orange Wulfenite crystals on a matrix of hard blue Chrysocolla. Classic old time material.
T881 - Quartz with Hematite Wolsendorf Fluorite mining District, Schwandorf, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany cabinet - 14 x 9.5 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() Red Hematite included Quartz crystals over a small amount of Fluorite. An old spcimen that is nearly pristine.
T883 - Vanadinite San Carlos Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico cabinet - 12 x 11 x 6 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Old specimen of Vanadinite with Calcite. Individual crystals reach over 1cm in length. From an old collection, amazingly only a couple crystals missing.
T902 - Whiteite Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada thumbnail - 1.7 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Large, double-terminated single crystal with associated Quartz crystals. Undamaged, better than photos!
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