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SM840 - Brucite $ 450 (=~ ¥ 66769) Killa Saifullah, Balochistan, Pakistan miniature - 5.0 x 4.8 x 2.5 cm Large, solid radial mass of yellow Brucite on matrix. The specimen is solid Brucite well crystallized all around and undamaged. It's a 360 degree 'pinwheel' formation on a small amount of matrix. It is technically a floater because the matrix is covered by a thin layer of lighter colored Brucite. Though only medium yellow, it is translucent, thick and sturdy.
SM848 - Clinoatacamite with Calcite $ 150 (=~ ¥ 22256) Lily Mine, Ica Department, Peru miniature - 4.5 x 3 x 3 cm Calcite lined vug with clusters of dark green Clinoatacamite. The Clinoatacamite on this specimen are lustrous and well formed. These are regarded as the world's best Clinoatacamite specimens.
SM852 - Prehnite with Pyrite Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 4.8 x 3 x 2 cm Yellow Prehnite crystals with a much different, somewhat globular style than most from Merelani. It has a flat base where it was attached to Graphite. There are small Pyrite crystals along the base, apparently that grew on the Graphite first before the Prehnite.
AR13 - Millerite Hall's Gap, Lincoln Co., Kentucky, USA miniature - 4 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm Half geode filled with golden metallic, hair-like Millerite crystals. Undamaged, classic USA material from a now closed locality. Ex. Art Reno collection.
AR20 - Epidote $ 750 (=~ ¥ 111281) Brumado Mine, Bahia, Brazil miniature - 4 x 2.5 x 0.6 cm Jewel-like specimen of transparent Epidote crystals. Double-terminated crystals with a central faden line. Lustrous crystals, undamaged and nearly a floater with just a small area of contact at the base. Comes with an old Alvaro Lucio label.
AR22 - Sphene $ 450 (=~ ¥ 66769) Capelinha, Minas Gerais, Brazil miniature - 4.6 x 2 x 1.8 cm A 2.5cm twinned Sphene (Titanite) crystal on matrix covered with Epidote and other smaller Sphene crystals. Crystals on both sides. Undamaged and mounted on a Lucite stand.
SM815 - Prehnite $ 200 (=~ ¥ 29675) Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.7 x 3.2 x 2.0 cm Outstanding, sharp cluster of blue Prehnite, crystallized in the form of a rosette. Rarely do you see blue Prehnites of this quality with such good crystal form. These are also color change, producing different shades of blue in indoor versus outdoor lighting.
SM816 - Prehnite $ 300 (=~ ¥ 44513) Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.6 x 3.0 x 2.1 cm Outstanding, sharp cluster of blue Prehnite, crystallized in the form of a rosette. Rarely do you see blue Prehnites of this quality with such good crystal form. These are also color change, producing different shades of blue in indoor versus outdoor lighting.
SM817 - Azurite $ 225 (=~ ¥ 33384) Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico miniature - 3.2 x 2.7 x 1.0 cm Tabular, deep blue Azurite crystals with attached spheres of green Malachite from the area of the mine where the Volborthite was found. The Azurite has superb luster and areas of bright 'electric' blue color.
SM929 - Kyanite $ 120 (=~ ¥ 17805) Nani, Loliondo, Arusha Region, Tanzania miniature - 4 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm Translucent twinned orange Kyanite specimen composed of two crystals that come together at an angle forming a V-shape. These were recovered as a biproduct of mining for Spessartine and usually occured as single splintery crystals with this uncommon color for Kyanite, and 10% or less were these V-twins. Interesting and unique Kyanite specimen with typical ragged edges.
AR46 - Pyromorphite $ 250 (=~ ¥ 37094) Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho miniature - 3.5 x 3.0 x 1.9 cm Some of the finest known examples of Pyromorphite come from The Bunker Hill Mine. Specimens were collected in a multitude of colors, mainly within the orange, yellow, and green spectrum. This example shows crystals with bright orange and yellow color and high lustre. A bit of matrix remains on one side.
AR47 - Pyromorphite $ 200 (=~ ¥ 29675) Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho miniature - 4.1 x 2.0 x 2.0 cm Some of the finest known examples of Pyromorphite come from The Bunker Hill Mine. Specimens were collected in a multitude of colors, mainly within the orange, yellow, and green spectrum. This example shows crystals with a mixture of orange and yellow color and high lustre on both sides of a ridge-like formation.
AR48 - Pyromorphite $ 200 (=~ ¥ 29675) Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho miniature - 3.8 x 2.7 x 1.6 cm Some of the finest known examples of Pyromorphite come from The Bunker Hill Mine. Specimens were collected in a multitude of colors, mainly within the orange, yellow, and green spectrum. This example shows crystals with a mixture of orange, tan, and green color and high lustre.
AR51 - Pyromorphite $ 200 (=~ ¥ 29675) Bunker Hill Mine, Kellog, Shoshone County, Idaho miniature - 3.2 x 2.8 x 2.0 cm Some of the finest known examples of Pyromorphite come from The Bunker Hill Mine. Specimens were collected in a multitude of colors, mainly within the orange, yellow, and green spectrum. This example shows a group of stacked barrel-shaped crystals with greenish-yellow color and high lustre.
AR55 - Wulfenite $ 260 (=~ ¥ 38578) Tsumeb, Namibia miniature - 3.2 x 2.7 x 1.5 cm About a dozen sharply terminated cream-colored tabular Wulfenite crystals are stacked on a bit of host matrix. An older Tsumeb example with a Frazier's Minerals label from decades ago. Slight chipping on some of the crystal edges does not detract from the beautiful display presentation of the crystals.
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