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M910 - Fluorite $ 850 (=~ CAN$ 1166) SOLD Hardin Co., Illinois, USA small cabinet - 9 x 8 x 5 cm Purple/blue Fluorite crystals with phantoms. Good color saturation and translucency, undamaged. Ex. A.E. Seaman mineral museum with label.
M913 - Tourmaline $ 2000 (=~ CAN$ 2745) Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan small cabinet - 5.5 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm Highly aesthetic cluster of 4 intergrown Tourmaline crystals with alternating colors of green and red. Interestingly, the taller crystals have more typical terminations and the shortest crystals has a more flat termination face. Undamaged.
M916 - Aquamarine $ 450 (=~ CAN$ 618) Shigar Valley, Skardu, Pakistan miniature - 4.7 x 3.5 x 2 cm Gemmy Aquamarine crystals intergrown with Quartz and Albite a a few black tourmaline inclusions. This is an undamaged floater fully crystallized all around.
M920 - Faden Quartz with Inclusions $ 350 (=~ CAN$ 480) SOLD Balochistan, Pakistan small cabinet - 7 x 6.8 x 2 cm Cluster of faden Quartz crystals with linear peach and green colored inclusions. The inclusions give a silky, almost cat's-eye appearance to the Quartz. Undamaged and crystallized all around, a floater. Really unusual Quartz crystal unlike any I've seen before.
M710 - Enstatite $ 75 (=~ CAN$ 103) SOLD Kilosa, Morogoro, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.3 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm Complete single gem crystal, facet quality. Good luster and a good, though slightly etched, termination. Crystals from this find are usually only suitable for facet rough as most are unterminated and etched, in fact this crystal was pulled from facet rough. Specimen quality Enstatite crystals are uncommon.
M914 - Topaz $ 650 (=~ CAN$ 892) Shigar, Skardu, Pakistan miniature - 5 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm Double-terminated gem Topaz crystal with attached Quartz and Albite. Transparent and undamaged.
M917 - Sphalerite on Rhodochrosite $ 280 (=~ CAN$ 384) SOLD Gilman, Colorado, USA small cabinet - 6 x 5 x 4 cm Sphalerite crystals on lenticular pink Rhodochrosite on a pyrite matrix. An old classic from Gilman.
M921 - Spessartine, Apatite $ 625 (=~ CAN$ 858) Shigar Valley, Skardu, Pakistan thumbnail - 3 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm Red Spessartine either grown over or replacing a pink Apatite crystal. The garnets come together around the Apatite and retain the general form of the Apatite, with natural gaps between the garnets evidenced by etched faces in the walls of the gaps. These are certainly unusual and uncommon specimens, and I've only had 2 before. A flaoter fully crystallized all around, with attached mica.
M912 - Wulfenite with Quartz $ 50 (=~ CAN$ 69) SOLD M'fouati, Bouenza Department, Congo thumbnail - 3 x 3 x 2.5 cm A 3cm Wulfenite crystal attached to another Wulfenite that is covered by Quartz crystals. There is pitting in the fron surface, but it is well terminated and displays well.
M915 - Epidote on Sphene $ 600 (=~ CAN$ 823) SOLD Tormiq, Skardu, Pakistan thumbnail - 3 x 2 x 1.5 cm This is one heck of a nice thumbnail featuring a spray formation of green Epiodte attached tothe tip of a transparent Sphene crystal. Excellent aethetics and the spray is undamaged, specimen only has a bit of chipping along the base of the Sphene on one side. Really nice one!
M919 - Pyromorphite $ 650 (=~ CAN$ 892) SOLD Bunker Hill Miine, Kellogg, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA miniature - 3.6 x 3 x 2.4 cm Undamaged cluster of thick orange Pyromrphite crystals. Large central crystal is 1.7 x 1.3 cm. Undamaged.
M856 - Ruby $ 150 (=~ CAN$ 206) SOLD Guinea miniature - 3.3 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm Double-terminated Ruby crystal. Nicely translucent throughout it's entire length. Weighs 9.76 grams.
M857 - Ruby $ 60 (=~ CAN$ 82) SOLD Guinea thumbnail - 1.2 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm Double-terminated Ruby crystal. Nicely translucent throughout it's entire length. Weighs 1.77 grams.
K926 - Azurite $ 175 (=~ CAN$ 240) Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 2.8 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm Superb electric blue Azurite crystals forming a stacked grouping. This is from the watercourse pocket (also called the elegant pocket or spiderweb pocket) that was opened in 2013. Crystals with superb color and top, wet luster. Main crystal is 1.5cm and sits on top for maximum display. ©2010-2018 Marin Mineral |