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T311 - Aquamarine $ 400 Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar small cabinet - 6.5 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Single Aquamarine crystal with good medium blue color. Double terminated and lightly etched. No damage.
T315 - Wulfenite $ 290 M'Fouti District, Republic of Congo thumbnail - 2 x 1.8 x 1.0 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Single translucent yellow crystal on matrix. Undamaged though back edge is contacted where it grew against the pocket wall.
T321 - Diopside on Graphite $ 290 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.8 x 0.6 x 0.3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Fine and undamaged single Diopside on Graphite. Great color and uniform shape. Hard to find this good.
T328 - Chrome Tourmaline $ 650 Landani, Tanzania thumbnail - 2 x 1.4 x 1.4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Single chromium and vanadium rich Dravite crystal with exceptional color. Many of these are very dark, this one really explodes with saturated deep green color, way beter than most. Undamaged.
T329 - Chrome Tourmaline $ 350 Landani, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.6 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Single chromium and vanadium rich Dravite crystal with an unusually elongated form for the locality. The body is dark green with vivid, emerald green color at the terminations. Undamaged.
T332 - Spinel $ 90 Mogok, Myanmar thumbnail - 1.5 x 1.5 x 0.9 cm ![]() ![]() Thick spinel-twinned Spinel crystal. Translucent with a purple/red coloration.
T335 - Rhodochrosite $ 1800 N'Chwanning Mine, Kuruman, South Africa thumbnail - 3 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Juicy, good sized deep red single Rhodo crystal. Complete all around though with an indentation from an adjacent crystal on one side. Small cleave at the termination. There is also an old collection number afixed to the base.
T337 - Tourmaline $ 750 Barra de Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil thumbnail - 2.7 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm ![]() ![]() Spectacular, deeply saturated new production from Barra de Salinas. Deep cranberry red followed by a thin yellow zone and a green termination. Complete all around and undamaged. Weighs 9.5 grams.
T342 - Cumengeite on Selenite $ 1200 Amelia Mine, Sant Rosalia, Baja, Mexico small cabinet - 7 x 4.5 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Rare crystals of Cumengeite on a translucent Selenite matrix with green Paratacamite. The main crystal is 7mm wide but there are many more small crystals present. This specimen was in the personal collection of the mine manager who collected it in 1971 and just released it for sale. It is very rare to find a matrix Cumengite specimen!
T346 - Szenicsite $ 750 Jardinera #1 Mine, Atacama Province, Chile thumbnail - 3.0 x 2.0 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Dense grouping of bright green platy crystals of rare Szenicsite. A good thumbnail of a mineral that is both rare and attractive.
T358 - Euchroite $ 500 Lubjetova, Slovakia small cabinet - 7.5 x 5 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Deep green Euchroite crystals in various places on a stained Quartz matrix. Main area is 3.5cm wide with some distinct crystals to 5mm in size. From the type locality for this rare copper arsenate.
T361 - Malachite after Azurite $ 220 Sacramento Mine, Bisbee, Arizona, USA thumbnail - 3.0 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Well formed replacement of Malachite after Azurite. Bisbee classic from the mine the produced the best of these.
T362 - Wulfenite $ 450 Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico small cabinet - 6 x 4 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Thick chunky crystals on both sides of a calcite matrix. Crystals are undamaged except on one edge where the matrix broke away. I can't decide which side I like better, both are good.
T366 - Apatite on Quartz $ 350 Kunar Prov., Afghanistan cabinet - 10.5 x 7.5 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large, flat tabular Quartz crystal that is smooth and glassy on one side, with purple Apatite crystals coating the other side.
T368 - Heliodor $ 350 Minas Gerais, Brazil miniature - 4.3 x 1 x 0.8 cm ![]() ![]() Gem quality Heliodor crystal, terminated and undamaged except for one tiny chip on one side of the termination, which is hard to notice among the irregular etched surfaces. Lightly etched with lateral etch marks on some edges.
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