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FM584 - Garnet (purple!) $ 220 Latah Co., Idaho, USA thumbnail - 1.0 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm Rounded purple Garnet crystal from Idaho. Amazing color when backlit!!! This is a gem crystal that shows it's transparency when backlit. Weighs 7.4 carats.
FM694 - Rhodonite $ 20 Silverton, Colorado, USA thumbnail - 2.5 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm Pink Rhodonite with Galena and Pyrite from Silverton in the Rocky Mountains. Ex. Dennis Ewell collection.
FM714 - Barite $ 30 Joao Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.0 x 1.0 cm Rosette formation of translucent to gemmy light-golden Barite crystals. The crystals stand up off a small amount of matrix and are good from front or back. Ex. Dennis Ewell collection.
FM704 - Rutile $ 80 Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil thumbnail - 2.2 x 1.7 x 0.7 cm Thick, V-twin Rutile crystal from Ouro Preto. The Rutile is deep red in color. The left arm tapers to completion while the right arm is only partially complete. An old collection number is affixed to the backside. Ex. Dennis Ewell collection.
FM861 - Siderite on Beryllonite $ 150 Linopolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil thumbnail - 1.2 x 1.2 x 1.0 cm Translucent golden brown Siderite crystal atop a glassy colorless Beryllonite crystal.
FM862 - Bismuthinite $ 130 Biggenden Mine, Mount Biggenden, Queensland, Australia thumbnail - 1.1 x 1 x 0.2 cm V-shaped pair of Bismuthinite crystals from Australia. Most commonly seen as hair-like inclusions in other minerals, larger well formed crystals of Bismuthinite are uncommon.
FM867 - Kunzite $ 75 Minas Gerais, Brazil thumbnail - 2.8 x 1.8 x 0.7 cm Transparent, etched Kunzite crystal. Great color and undamaged, well crystallized all around. Ex. Dennis Ewell collection.
FM769 - Cuprite var. Chalcotrichite $ 75 Pinal Co., Arizona, USA thumbnail - 2.3 x 1.5 x 1 cm Cuprite on matrix in both cubic crystals and the red hair-like variety known as Chalcotrichite. Ex. Dennis Ewell collection.
FM775 - Schorl $ 75 Timm's Hill, Haddam, New Haven, Connecticut, USA thumbnail - 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm A doubly-terminated 1.4cm Schorl crystal that displays very well on matrix. The label indicates it was collected by Joe Lech in 1997. Ex. Dennis Ewell collection.
AU199 - Scorodite with Beudantite $ 140 Mina Oujela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm Cluster of large, pale blue Scorodite crystals lightly coated by golden brown Beudantite crystals (an uncommon lead, iron arsenate mineral) and Pyrite. The Scorodite reach an impressive 1.1cm in size. This appears to be all Scorodite with no matrix.
AU200 - Scorodite with Beudantite $ 125 Mina Oujela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.2 x 1.5 cm Cluster of large, blue/green Scorodite crystals with golden brown Beudantite crystals (an uncommon lead, iron arsenate mineral) and Pyrite. The Scorodite reach an impressive 1.0cm in size. This appears to be all Scorodite with no matrix.
AU299 - Scorodite $ 150 Mina Oujela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico thumbnail - 3 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm Especially bright and glassy crystals of blue Scorodite coating vug. Lots of great crystals.
AU141 - Scorodite with Selenite $ 225 Mina Oujela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico thumbnail - 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm Superb thumbnail of blue Scorodite associated with a transparent Selenite crystal. The Scordite crystal have good blue color and reach 6mm in size.
FM933 - Willemite and Dioptase $ 220 Gotala, near Mindouli, Pool Dept., Rep. of Congo thumbnail - 3.0 x 3 x 1.5 cm New find of Dioptase crystals with white Willemite crystals from near Mindouli. The Dioptase crystals reach 1.2cm in size. Both Willemite and Dioptase crystals are present on both sides of specimen. The Willemite glow yellow under UV lighting in the last photo.
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