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MK943 - Boracite $ 800 Boulby Potash Mine, Loftus, Cleveland, England miniature - 4.3 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm Bright, sparkling crystals of blue Boracite on the front and back of specimen. Colorful and rich example loaded with crystals. Ex. Len Pisciotta, Lindsey Greenbank, Scott Williams collections, with all 3 labels.
LP111 - Fluorite on Muscovite $ 220 Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar District, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan miniature - 3.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm Transparent pink octahedral Fluorite crystal with Muscovite from the mines of Chumar Bakhoor. The Fluorite is in perfect condition, transparent and 3cm wide. Ex. Len Pisciotta collection.
LP166 - Bournonite with Quartz $ 450 Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China miniature - 3.7 x 3 x 3 cm Well balanced specimen of silvery metallic Bournonite with Quartz crystals from the Yaogangxian Mine. An aesthetic specimen good from either side. Ex. Len Pisciotta collection, his old label shows a price of $1200.
LP173 - Brazilianite $ 450 Telerio Mine, Mendes Pimental, Minas Gerais, Brazil miniature - 4 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm Large, complete single Brazilianite crystal. Excellent undamaged crystal with good luster, areas of transparency, and the yellow/green color these are known for. Ex. Len Pisciotta collection.
MK923 - Cavansite $ 350 Wagholi Quarry, Pune District, India miniature - 4 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm Near floater cluster of vivid blue Cavansite crystals. Well crystallized all around, this good sized crystal group appears to have grown on the tips of a couple Stilbite crystals and detached as I see only a couple small ares of white, otherwise it's nothing but great crystals all around. Ex. Len Pisciotta collection (his old label shows a price of $600).
MK916 - Galena $ 200 Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA miniature - 4.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm Lustrous metallic Galena crystals from Missouri. This is a fine and aesthetic Galena, complete all around. Ex. Len Pisciotta collection (who valued it at $300).
MK985 - Cavansite $ 400 Wagholi Quarry, Poona, India miniature - 3.8 x 2.3 x 1.5 cm Exquisite specimen of intergrown spherical aggregates of vivid blue Cavansite with attached Stilbite. Well crytallized all around and undamaged, a floater with no points of contact. Ex. Len Pisciotta collection (his old label shows a price of $800).
LP242 - Copper (cubes!) $ 2000 Lake Superior Copper District, Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA miniature - 5 x 3.5 x 2 cm Cluster of cubic Copper crystals with dark patina. I love cubic Copper crystals and this is nothing but crystals with individuals to 1cm in size. Ex. Mike Martin, Ben Vone collections.
MK837 - Topaz Maynard (Bixby) Mine, Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA miniature - 3.7 x 3 x 3 cm Well balanced specimen of Topaz crystals on Rhyolite matrix. The Topaz are gemmy and undamaged. There are small crystals rising up around the bottom with a larger 3.2cm crystal crossing over the top.
LP183 - Fluorite with Siderite $ 60 Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China miniature - 4.2 x 3.5 x 2 cm Transparent purple Fluorite cubes on Siderite from the famous Yaogangxian Mine in China. The Fluorite are highly transparent and lustrous and in perfect conditiion except for a cleave on the lower left corner which keeps the price down on what would otherwise be a more expensive specimen. Associated with Muscovite and green Chlorite.
LP199 - Fluorite with Dolomite $ 200 Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China miniature - 3.3 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm Cluster of transparent purple ('grape jelly') cubic Fluorite crystals with attached Dolomite from the famous Yaogangxian Mine in China. The Fluorite crystals are lustrous and transparent with a deep purple color. In excellent condition.
LP194 - Fluorite on Quartz $ 125 Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China miniature - 3.5 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm Transparent purple cubic Fluorite crystals grown atop a Quartz crystal from the famous Yaogangxian Mine in China. The Fluorite crystals are lustrous and transparent. In good overall and complete all around.
LP351 - Tsavorite, Diopside on Titanite $ 450 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.5 x 3 x 2 cm This is a really neat and aesthetic combination specimen from the Merelani Tanzanite mines. A large, chocolate brown twinned Titanite with attached green Tsavorite and white Diopside crystals on one side. Titanite crystals are fairly uncommon at Merelani.
LP352 - Diopside on Tanzanite $ 450 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.5 x 3 x 1.7 cm Two terminated green Diopside crystals spearing through a partial Tanzanite crystal. This is a colorful and unusual specimen unlike any I can recall seeing before. The Tanzanite is thick too, with good sized transparent areas that give this piece cutting rough value. It weighs 24.58 grams (122 carats).
LP355 - Prehnite $ 225 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 4 x 3.7 x 3.5 cm Well crystallized group of translucent Prehnite with a bit of attached Graphite on the base. Somewhat spherical in shape with great lemon yellow color.
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