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FM547 - Peridot $ 180 (=~ £ 144) Sapat Gali, Mansehra District, Pakistan thumbnail - 2.6 x 1.1 x 0.6 cm Transparent single Peridot crystal from Pakistan. Tall and tabular with excellent transparency. Undamaged, complete all around with hair-like inclusions of black Ludwigite.
FM548 - Peridot $ 120 (=~ £ 96) Sapat Gali, Mansehra District, Pakistan thumbnail - 1.8 x 1.0 x 0.6 cm Transparent single Peridot crystal from Pakistan. Undamaged, complete all around, with better than avaerage sharp form and excellent lime green color.
FM550 - Peridot $ 80 (=~ £ 64) Sapat Gali, Mansehra District, Pakistan thumbnail - 1.3 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm Transparent single Peridot crystal from Pakistan. Undamaged, complete all around, with better than avaerage sharp form and excellent lime green color.
FM551 - Peridot $ 125 (=~ £ 100) Sapat Gali, Mansehra District, Pakistan thumbnail - 1.5 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm Transparent single Peridot crystal from Pakistan. Undamaged, complete all around, with better than avaerage sharp form and excellent lime green color.
FM561 - Topaz on Quartz $ 1500 (=~ £ 1199) Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil miniature - 3.3 x 2 x 1.5 cm Terminated Imperial Topaz crystal attached to a terminated Quartz crystal. A rare and aesthetic combination. The Topaz has a pinkish orange color and is terminated and undamaged. The Quartz crystal is complete.
FM562 - Euclase $ 750 (=~ £ 600) Boyaca Dept., Colombia thumbnail - 1.6 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm Complete glassy blue Euclase crystal from Colombia. Well terminated complete crystal with exceptionally high glassy luster.
FM563 - Cubanite with Calcite $ 500 (=~ £ 400) Henderson No. 2 Mine, Chibougamau, Quebec, Canada small cabinet - 6.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm Rare matrix Cubanite specimen featuring two Cubanite crystals and Calcite crystals on a sulfide matrix. The largest Cubanite is 7mm wide and shows twinning striations.
FM570 - Emerald $ 300 (=~ £ 240) Muzo Mine, Boyaca, Colombia thumbnail - 1.2 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm Transparent, glassy single Emerald crystal from the Muzo Mine. Great luster and complete all around, with slight chipping on the termination edge.
FM571 - Wardite $ 1500 (=~ £ 1199) Rapid Creek, Yukon, Canada cabinet - 13 x 9.5 x 3 cm Thin matrix plate covered by crystals of the rare phosphate Wardite. One side is completely covered by Wardite crystals which are in turn coated by tiny prismatic crystals of another species, possibly Childrenite. The back side has more isolated Wardite crystals. This is a large and rich example of the species.
FM572 - Creedite $ 500 (=~ £ 400) El Potosi Mine, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico miniature - 4.3 x 3.5 x 3 cm Transparent purple Creedite crystals on matrix. The crystals form fan-shaped clusters with individual crystals to 1.5cm.
FM574 - Cobaltian Calcite $ 275 (=~ £ 220) Katanga, Rep. of Congo miniature - 5 x 4 x 3 cm Rich pink Cobaltian Calcite crystals from Katanga. The color is so deep it's almost purple. Ex. Luis Menezes collection.
FM625 - Tourmaline $ 2000 (=~ £ 1599) Pederniera Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil small cabinet - 5.2 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm Single blue and purple Tourmaline crystal from the Pederniera Mine. This crystal is from what I am told was called the 'blurple' pocket for the distincetive blue and purple coloration of the crystals. The crystal is zoned in approximate thirds, with a lower purple zone, a central blue zone, and back to a purple coloration at the termination. The crystal is gemmy, complete, and undamaged and weighs 16.79 grams.
FM626 - Spessartine on Quartz $ 950 (=~ £ 760) Minas Gerais, Brazil miniature - 5 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm Two vivid orange Spessartine crystals attached to a partial Smokey Quartz crystal. This is a beautiful old specimen form the Luis Menezes collection. The color of the Spessartine is just fantastic, rivaling Nigerian Spessartine. The largest crystal is 1.3cm wide.
FM627 - Kovdorskite $ 350 (=~ £ 280) Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia thumbnail - 2.2 x 1.3 x 1.0 cm Complete cluster of glassy white and blue Kovdorskite crystals. Well terminated rare crystals. Ex. Dennis Ewell collection.
FM629 - Malachite on Azurite $ 120 (=~ £ 96) Nevada Lode, San Juan Co., Utah, USA thumbnail - 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm Well crystallized Azurite with attached green Malachite. A floater cluster well crystallied all around. Ex. Dennis Ewell collection.
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