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M419 - Tsavorite with Graphite $ 450 SOLD Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 5 x 3.8 x 3 cm Cluster of Tsavorite crystals on a matrix of Tsavorite and Graphite. The Tsavorite are glassy and large; the compound crystal on top is nearly 3cm in size. A few nicks but generally undamaged. It appears to have detached like this in-situ as parts of the edges and the backside are rehealed.
M468 - Quartz with Pyrite $ 175 SOLD Oppu Mine, Amori, honshu, Japan small cabinet - 6.5 x 6 x 3 cm Cluster of Quartz crystals intergrown with cubic Pyrite from the famous Oppu Mine. It appears to have detached like this in-situ as the backside is also fully crystallized.
M452 - Copper $ 575 Quincy Mine, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA small cabinet - 6 x 4 x 2 cm Aesthetic Copper specimen with a 3.8cm crystal atop smaller crystals of Copper.
M453 - Rhodochrosite on quartz $ 350 SOLD American Tunnel, Silverton, Colorado, USA small cabinet - 5.8 x 4 x 3.5 cm Deep pink crystals of Rhodochrosite on drusy Quartz crystals. Main Rhodo crystal is 2cm in size. Some of the drusy Quartz formed as casts after a now gone mineral.
M423 - Prehnite $ 180 SOLD Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.8 x 3 x 2.5 cm Exquisite, high quality cluster of translucent blue Prehnite. Crystallized all around and undamaged except for the bottom where is detached from matrix. These blue Prehnites are uncommon and have a color change (different shades of blue) in natural versus artificial light.
M465 - Ettringite $ 400 SOLD N'Chwanning Mine, Kuruman, South Africa thumbnail - 2.1 x 1.5 x 1 cm Cluster of 4 bright lemon yellow Ettringite crystals. Undamaged quality thumbnail from the Kalahari manganese fields.
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