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SA916 - Albite on Dolomite $ 750 Morro Velho Gold Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil cabinet - 10 x 7 x 5 cm Near floater specimen of Dolomite crystals covered by small Pyrrhottite crystals serving as the matrix for a superb 4.2 cm Albite crystal. Usually seen as platy groups, I have never seen such a fine single Albite crystal displayed so perfectly. Super for a Feldspar collector, 10 x 7 x 5 cm.
E585 - Sphalerite $ 225 Mogila Mine, Madan District, Bulgaria small cabinet - 5.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm Razor sharp, lustrous, and transparent Spahlerite crystals to 1.8 cm pn Quartz matrix. The crystals are brown and green in color and of top quality, 5.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm.
AF131 - Tanzanite $ 800 Merelani Hills, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.8 x 1 x 0.6 cm Superb bi-color Tanzanite crystal from a new find at Merelani. Transparent yellow over a blue base. Along with the excellent transparency, the surface luster of the crystals from this find is also excellent. Natural, unheated gem Tanzanite crystal, 1.8 x 1 x 0.6 cm.
AF115 - Tanzanite $ 900 Merelani Hills, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.4 x 1 x 0.8 cm Rare bi-color Tanzanite crystal with a yellow cap over a blue core. Another unusual feature of this crystal are aligned hair-like fibers of another mineral (Rutile?) that point inward and down from inside of the wide sides of the crystal (center photo). Natural, unheated gem Tanzanite crystal, 2.4 x 1 x 0.8 cm.
AF136 - Tanzanite $ 1800 Merelani Hills, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.2 x 1.4 x 0.9 cm Glassy and lustrous gem Tanzanite crystal, complete high quality crystal. Natural, unheated gem Tanzanite crystal, 2.2 x 1.4 x 0.9 cm.
AF137 - Tanzanite $ 2500 Merelani Hills, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.5 x 2 x 1.1 cm Glassy and lustrous gem Tanzanite crystal, complete high quality crystal. Natural, unheated gem Tanzanite crystal, 2.5 x 2 x 1.1 cm.
AF264 - Tanzanite $ 1200 Merelani Hills, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.3 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm Glassy and lustrous gem blue/yellow Tanzanite crystal, even more glassy and transparent in person. Complete high quality crystal. Natural, unheated gem Tanzanite crystal with unusual coloration.
T29 - Tanzanite $ 4500 Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania miniature - 3.3 x 2.5 x 1 cm Rare double Tanzanite with two crystals attached to each other at the sides, both very gemmy with excellent color saturation. No damage, uncommon.
AF111 - Tanzanite Merelani Hills, Tanzania miniature - 3.5 x 2.7 x 0.9 cm Glassy and lustrous gem Tanzanite crystal with purple blue color. Overall excellent quality and good sized. Natural, unheated gem Tanzanite crystal. 50 carats in weight, 3.5 x 2.7 x 0.9 cm.
T34 - Tanzanite Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.2 x 1 x 0.8 cm Fine gem Tanzanite crystal with good transparency from top to bottom. Complete all around and undamaged, 2.2 x 1 x 0.8 cm.
T38 - Tanzanite Merelani Hills, Arusha Region, Tanzania miniature - 3.5 x 1.8 x 1.8 cm Good sized gem Tanzanite crystal with good transparency. Complete all around, fine gem crystal, 3.5 x 1.8 x 1.8 cm.
NA511 - Acanthite $ 750 Guanajuato, Mexico thumbnail - 2 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm ex. John Barlow Large cubic crystals of metallic grey Acanthite from Guanajuato, Mexico. A superb, complete and pristine thumbnail sized specimen from the John Barlow collection (Barlow specimen #3561).
NA945 - Adamite $ 250 Mina Oujela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico small cabinet - 6.5 x 5 x 2 cm Unusual Adamite with long individual crystals to 1.5 cm, 6.5 x 5 x 2 cm. Not your typical Adamite - rather than hemispherical masses, this one has jackstraw arrangement of long crystals. A good one for a Mapimi collector.
NA127 - Acanthite $ 600 Guanajuato, Mexico thumbnail - 3.1 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm Fine thumbnail acanthite with mulitple crystals culminating in a large, sharp 1.5cm cubic crystal at the tip. Better in person, 3.1 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm.
SA451 - Tourmaline, Lepidolite, Quartz $ 360 Mina da Ponte, Aracuai, Mnas Gerais, Brazil miniature - 4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm Clear Quartz crystal partially enclosing what was once a green Tourmaline crystal. The Tourmaline within the Quartz remains complete, however where it exits the Quartz (on top and along the backside), it has altered to a rectangular stack of Lepidolite crystals. Really neat and interesting specimen.
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