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C425 - Tourmaline on Quartz $ 1250 SOLD
Minas Gerais, Brazil
cabinet - 12 x 9 x 5 cm


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Tourmaline on Quartz from Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/pics/c425a.jpg] Tourmaline on Quartz from Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/pics/c425b.jpg] Tourmaline on Quartz from Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/pics/c425c.jpg] Tourmaline on Quartz from Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/pics/c425d.jpg] Tourmaline on Quartz from Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/pics/c425e.jpg] Tourmaline on Quartz from Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/pics/c425f.jpg] Tourmaline on Quartz from Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/pics/c425g.jpg]

Blue/green 'Indicolite' Tourmaline grown on and within a cluster of Quartz crystals. The largest Quartz crystal is 11cm and double-terminated. The Tourmaline are gemmy with great color and reach 8cm in length. Not all are terminated, but the important ones at the top, near the termination of the large Quartz crystal, are terminated. I also love the terminated Tourmaline that can be clearly seen within the main Quartz crystal. Neat specimen out of an old collection built in the 1960s and 70s.


C426 - Aquamarine with Quartz $ 400
Ping Wu, Sichuan Prov., China
small cabinet - 5.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm


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Aquamarine with Quartz from Ping Wu, Sichuan Prov., China [db_pics/pics/c426a.jpg] Aquamarine with Quartz from Ping Wu, Sichuan Prov., China [db_pics/pics/c426b.jpg] Aquamarine with Quartz from Ping Wu, Sichuan Prov., China [db_pics/pics/c426c.jpg] Aquamarine with Quartz from Ping Wu, Sichuan Prov., China [db_pics/pics/C426.mp4]

Tabular Aquamarine crystals adjacent to a clear Quartz crystal, on Muscovite. These Aquas are typically found on flat plates of Muscovite and the structure and display of this one is unique and striking. There are 3 main Aqua crystals, one of which has some interference growth on one side which is not damage. Professionally cleaned and exceptionally clean and bright.


C427 - Crocoite with Vauquelinite $ 350 SOLD
Berezovsk, Ural Mtns., Russia
small cabinet - 7.5 x 6.0 x 4 cm
ex.  Bruce Murphy


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Crocoite with Vauquelinite from Berezovsk, Ural Mtns., Russia [db_pics/pics/c427a.jpg] Crocoite with Vauquelinite from Berezovsk, Ural Mtns., Russia [db_pics/pics/c427b.jpg] Crocoite with Vauquelinite from Berezovsk, Ural Mtns., Russia [db_pics/pics/c427c.jpg]

Orange/red Crocoite crystals associated with Quartz crystals and olive green Vauquelinite. Bereszovsk is the type locality for both Crocoite and Vauquelinite. Crocoite was first described from this mine way back in 1766 and this specimen is potentially hundreds of years old. From the Bruce Murphy collection and comes with an old Cliff Krueger label.


C430 - Ilvaite $ 250 SOLD
Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China
small cabinet - 8 x 4 x 1.5 cm


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Ilvaite from Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China [db_pics/pics/c430a.jpg] Ilvaite from Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China [db_pics/pics/c430b.jpg] Ilvaite from Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China [db_pics/pics/c430c.jpg]

A double-terminated Ilvaite with a smaller crystal sticking out one side. All the terminations are perfect, and there are small attached Quartz crystals.


C431 - Ilvaite $ 350 SOLD
Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China
small cabinet - 9 x 2 x 1.5 cm


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Ilvaite from Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China [db_pics/pics/c431a.jpg] Ilvaite from Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China [db_pics/pics/c431b.jpg] Ilvaite from Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China [db_pics/pics/c431c.jpg] Ilvaite from Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China [db_pics/pics/c431d.jpg]

Double-terminated Ilvaite crystals in a compact floater cluster. There are 2 distinct terminations on one end and stepped terminations on the other end. Perfect and undamaged.


C432 - Cobaltian Calcite $ 500 SOLD
Mashamaba West Mine, Katanga, Congo
thumbnail - 2.8 x 2 x 1.8 cm


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Cobaltian Calcite from Mashamaba West Mine, Katanga, Congo [db_pics/pics/c432a.jpg] Cobaltian Calcite from Mashamaba West Mine, Katanga, Congo [db_pics/pics/c432b.jpg] Cobaltian Calcite from Mashamaba West Mine, Katanga, Congo [db_pics/pics/c432c.jpg]

Large single crystal, translucent to transparent. Very hard to find these classic large crystals anymore.


C434 - Lazulite with Siderite and Quartz $ 350 SOLD
Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada
cabinet - 10.5 x 8 x 3.0 cm


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Lazulite with Siderite and Quartz from Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada [db_pics/pics/c434a.jpg] Lazulite with Siderite and Quartz from Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada [db_pics/pics/c434b.jpg] Lazulite with Siderite and Quartz from Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada [db_pics/pics/c434c.jpg]

Flat specimen partially covered with quality blue Lazulite crystals. This specimen is out of an old collection built in the 1960s and 70s and comes with an old label showing an old price of $400.


C435 - Descloisite $ 450 SOLD
Berg Aukus Mine, Namibia
cabinet - 12.5 x 9 x 6 cm


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Descloisite from Berg Aukus Mine, Namibia [db_pics/pics/c435a.jpg] Descloisite from Berg Aukus Mine, Namibia [db_pics/pics/c435b.jpg] Descloisite from Berg Aukus Mine, Namibia [db_pics/pics/c435c.jpg]

Large, heavy specimen of solid Descloisite crystals. There is an earlier generation of transluscent reddish spear-shaped crystals overgrown by darker bulbous crystals with a satiny luster. This specimen is out of an old collection built in the 1960s and 70s and comes with an old label that incorrectly attributes the specimen to Tsumeb.


C436 - Rosasite, Hemimorphite, Chrysocolla $ 350
79 Mine, Gila Co., Arizona, USA
small cabinet - 9 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm


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Rosasite, Hemimorphite, Chrysocolla from 79 Mine, Gila Co., Arizona, USA [db_pics/pics/c436a.jpg] Rosasite, Hemimorphite, Chrysocolla from 79 Mine, Gila Co., Arizona, USA [db_pics/pics/c436b.jpg] Rosasite, Hemimorphite, Chrysocolla from 79 Mine, Gila Co., Arizona, USA [db_pics/pics/c436c.jpg] Rosasite, Hemimorphite, Chrysocolla from 79 Mine, Gila Co., Arizona, USA [db_pics/pics/c436d.jpg]

Hemimorphite lined vugs with darker blue/green Rosasite on one side and light blue/green Chrysocolla on the other. This specimen is out of an old collection built in the 1960s and 70s.


C439 - Quartz $ 325 SOLD
Democratic Republic of Congo
cabinet - 9.5 x 7 x 5.5 cm


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Quartz from Democratic Republic of Congo [db_pics/pics/c439a.jpg] Quartz from Democratic Republic of Congo [db_pics/pics/c439b.jpg] Quartz from Democratic Republic of Congo [db_pics/pics/c439c.jpg]

New find of unusual smokey/citrine Quartz crystals from the Congo. I found this with one dealer at the 2018 Tucson show. There were perhaps a couple dozen available, this being the best and least damaged and the only one I purchased. It's complete all around and fully surrounded by the smaller side crystals.

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