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TZ330 - Alabandite with Pyrite $ 300 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.4 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Single crystal with clean, smooth faces and partial crystals in Pyrite included.
TZ331 - Alabandite $ 250 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2 x 2 x 1.7 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Small but high quality single crystal with clean, smooth faces.
TZ337 - Wurtzite $ 250 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.4 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm ![]() ![]() Translucent red/orange Wurtzite crystal.
TZ338 - Wurtzite $ 750 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2 x 1.9 x 1.1 cm ![]() ![]() Translucent red/orange Wurtzite crystal. One photo is backit to highlight the excellent translucency.
TZ341 - Wurtzite $ 650 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.2 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Translucent red/orange Wurtzite crystal.
TZ342 - Wurtzite $ 600 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Translucent red/orange Wurtzite crystal. These were a huge story a few years ago when discovered as the world's best for species. Another world's best for the Merelani Tanzanite mines.
TU150 - Azurite with Malachite $ 750 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico small cabinet - 6.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Azurite crystal cluster with some crystals partially altered to Malachite. The Azurite has superb luster and bright 'electric' blue color. One crystal at center has a neat halo of malachite alteration around Azurite. Damage to one lower left edge crystal, otherwise perfect.
TU155 - Azurite $ 200 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 2.8 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm ![]() ![]() Azurite crystal cluster on a small amount of matrix. Main crystal is 2.5cm long and 1.8cm wide and undamaged. Damage to one of the small side crystals.
TU159 - Azurite $ 180 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico miniature - 3.8 x 2.3 x 2.0 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Azurite crystal cluster on matrix. The Azurite has superb luster and bright 'electric' blue color. Largest crystal is 1.7cm wide. No damage.
NA964 - Rhodochrosite $ 300 Mont. St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada thumbnail - 2.2 x 2.2 x 0.4 cm ![]() ![]() Sharp, thin twinned Rhodocrosite crystal. A floater specimen well crystallized on all sides.
AF208 - Carrollite $ 300 Kamoya South Mine, Kambove, Congo thumbnail - 2 x 1.9 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Well formed single cuboctahedral crystal with a grey surface patina. This is from the Lorraine Sofia collection and likely predates the big Carrollite finds that started in 2001. High quality and undamaged
TU168 - Elbaite $ 470 Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil miniature - 3.4 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm ![]() ![]() Complete and undamaged single crystal with a blue/purple body color and a cranberry termination.
CH103 - Fluorite on Ferberite $ 290 Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China miniature - 4.9 x 3.8 x 2.2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Transparent purple Fluorite cubes atop a Ferberite crystal. The Fluorites are glassy and undamaged.
CH107 - Fluorite on Muscovite $ 1500 Yaogangxian Mine, Hunan, China small cabinet - 9 x 7 x 5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Transparent purple/blue Fluorite cubes on a matrix of Muscovite. The Fluorites are glassy and undamaged. Chalcopyrite crystals are present along the left side.
TU180 - Azurite with Malachite Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico thumbnail - 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Azurite crystal cluster with little stringers of 'spider-web' Malachite attached. Undamaged floater cluster composed of 4 intergrown crystals. Superb.
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