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AU120 - Smokey Quartz $ 250 (=~ £ 200) Anderson's Gully, Moorella, Victoria, Australia small cabinet - 7.5 x 5.5 x 4 cm Ten glassy, transparent smokey Quartz crystals on matrix covered by drusy Quartz. Aethetic and undamaged example of this occurrence.
AU112 - Chrysocolla after Malachite after Azurite with Wulfenite $ 350 (=~ £ 280) Whim Creek, Western Australia, Australia cabinet - 11 x 8 x 3.5 cm Matrix specimen with crystals of the double pseudomorph of Chrysocolla that has replaced crystals of Malachite after Azurite. Scattered crystals of orange Wulfenite are also present across the matrix.
AU130 - Pyrosmaltite (Mn) $ 600 (=~ £ 480) Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia miniature - 3.7 x 2.7 x 2 cm Rare translucent pink crystals of Manganpyrosmaltite on matrix with Galena, Sphalerite, and Apophyllite crystals. The ManganPyrosmaltite crystals are translucent pink hexagonal crystals to 2-3mm in size, and there are 7 crystals present. Silvery metallic Galena, darker red Sphalerite, and colorless Apophyllite crystals are in association. A rare and seldom seen species.
AU122 - Bismuth $ 300 (=~ £ 240) Wolfram Camp Mine, Queensland, Australia miniature - 5 x 4.5 x 2.2 cm Heavy, angular specimen of solid crystallized Bismuth.
AU119 - Copper $ 500 (=~ £ 400) Keweenaw Penninsula, Michigan, USA small cabinet - 7.5 x 7.5 x 7.5 cm Sculptural specimen of Copper crystals from Michigan. The Copper has a nice patina and individual crystals to 3cm in size. Ex. Dehne Mclaughlin.
AU108 - Kottigite $ 200 (=~ £ 160) Mina Oujela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico miniature - 5 x 5 x 1.5 cm Sprays of green Kottigite on a limonite matrix. A rarity from Mapimi.
AU107 - Kottigite $ 400 (=~ £ 320) Mina Oujela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico small cabinet - 8 x 5 x 3.5 cm A 2cm wide cluster of green Kottigite on a limonite matrix. A rarity from Mapimi.
AU143 - Kottigite $ 200 (=~ £ 160) Mina Oujela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico thumbnail - 1.7 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm Thumbnails-sized cluster of green Kottigite, a rarity from Mapimi.
AU110 - Descloizite $ 180 (=~ £ 144) Berg Aukus Mine, Grootfontein, Namibia cabinet - 9.5 x 6 x 6 cm Good sized, mound or coral-shaped cluster of Descloizite crystals. Golden brown spear-shaped crystals with some translucency. Complete all around with good crystals on all sized and jsut a couple small contacts.
AU124 - Spangolite $ 250 (=~ £ 200) Blanchard Mine, Socorro Co., New Mexico, USA small cabinet - 9 x 7 x 2.5 cm Rare Spangolite crystals well distributed across the matrix.
AU126 - Celestite $ 125 (=~ £ 100) Jebel Akhdar, Libya small cabinet - 7.5 x 6 x 4.5 cm Sharply formed colorless Celestite crystals from Libya. These are uncommon and reportedly collected back in the 1960s. The crystal at left has been repaired.
AU123 - Cobaltite $ 600 (=~ £ 480) Hakansboda, Lindesberg, Sweden thumbnail - 1.3 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm Good sized complete single crystal of Cobaltite from the classic locality of Hakansboda, a historical mine opened in the 17th century. Given that it was found decades to over 100 years ago, this crystal is in remarkably pristine condition. It's a complete floater with good symmetry and well crystallized on all sides.
AU125 - Apophyllite with Stilbite $ 350 (=~ £ 280) Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India small cabinet - 7 x 6 x 6 cm Glassy, doubly-terminated 6.5cm Apophyllite crystal atop smaller Apophyllite crystals and peach-colored Stilbite crystals. The Apophyllite has a light green color. Aesthetic example that is complete all around and undamaged and stands up nicely on a flat base. This is a really nice example.
MK922 - Azurite $ 275 (=~ £ 220) Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico small cabinet - 5.5 x 5.5 x 2.5 cm Unusual Azurite crystal from the Milpillas Mine in Mexico. This is from a small lot I bought that all had a similar thin bladed habit with a distinct, vivid 'electric' blue coloration. Not your average Milpillas Azurite!
AU166 - Gold $ 480 (=~ £ 384) Aouint Ighoumane, Assa-Zag Province, Guelmim-Oued Noun Region, Morocco thumbnail - 2.6 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm Bright metallic 2.6cm spinel twinned Gold crystal from recent finds in Morocco. Good crystal structure all around with a slight bend towards the top. Weighs 1.64 grams.
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