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T387 - Rhodochrosite $ 350 Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada thumbnail - 1.8 x 1 x 0.3 cm ![]() ![]() Twinned Rhodochrosite crystal, a floater with no points of attachment. The color is just outstanding. This was recently released from the Charlie Key collection and it is clear he saved some good ones. Previous twinned Mont St. Hilaire Rhodos I've seen have all been a darker brick red color and opaque. This one is bright red and translucent through most of the specimen. Undamaged. A small amount of minerals attached to one edge.
T397 - Rhodochrosite $ 380 Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada thumbnail - 2.1 x 1.7 x 0.3 cm ![]() ![]() Twinned Rhodochrosite crystal group, a floater with no points of attachment. This was recently released from the Charlie Key collection and it is clear he saved some good ones. Previous twinned Mont St. Hilaire Rhodos I've seen have all been a darker brick red color and opaque. This one is a nice pinkish red and translucent. Undamaged.
T412 - Montmorillonite in Quartz $ 290 White Queen Mine, Pala, San Diego Co., California, USA cabinet - 9.5 x 5.5 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Distinctive Quartz crystal cluster colored pink by inclusions of Montmorillonite. Comes with an old label that dates this back to at least 1985.
T418 - Cuprite $ 200 Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovskoe Deposit, Western Siberia, Russia thumbnail - 0.9 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Perfect undamaged floater octahedron with bevelled edges. 0.9cm on edge, 1.2cm wide tip to tip.
T420 - Dioptase $ 240 Kaokaveld, Namibia miniature - 3.3 x 2.5 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() Dioptase crystal cluster with main crystal 1.6 x 0.8 cm in size.
T423 - Tourmaline $ 650 Stak Nala, Skardu, Pakistan small cabinet - 5.3 x 3 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Undamaged cluster of double-terminated Tourmaline crystals with attached Albite. The crystals have a rare yellow coloration on one end and are green on the other ends.
T425 - Inesite, Hubeite on Quartz $ 350 Daye Mine, Hubei Prov., China small cabinet - 9 x 6 x 4.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Floater specimen of intergrown Quartz crystals covered on one side by Inesite, Hubeite (rare!), and Pyrite. The tip of the large Quartz crystal has damage, but this specimen is really about the great coverage of Inesite and Hubeite. These are now uncommon and no longer being found.
T428 - Chrysocolla psuedo. Malachite psuedo. Azurite Loputo Mine, Katanga, Congo cabinet - 12.5 x 7.5 x 7.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Chrysocolla psuedomorphs on a matrix covered by Chrysocolla covered by drusy Quartz. This specimen includes the larger, tabular psuedomorphs that are commonly seen from this mine, but also smaller rhombahedral crystals, which are uncommon to see. Good crystals on all sides, sawcut on bottom.
T430 - Cuprian Smithsonite Kamareza Mine, Laurium, Greece small cabinet - 6.5 x 5 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Satiny, globular crystals of Cuprian Smithsonite on a limonite matrix. Ex. Robert Philips collection.
T450 - Tourmaline $ 1000 Barra de Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil thumbnail - 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Single Tourmaline with excellent color!!! This is from a pocket found in 2016. If you are looking for well saturated color that stands up to strong light, then this one is for you. Bright red/pink body color, followed by a thin zone of yellow, then a green cap. Weighs 10.4 grams. One very small nick along the termination edge, otherwise undamaged.
T451 - Tourmaline $ 690 Barra de Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil miniature - 3.4 x 1.2 x 0.9 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Single Tourmaline with excellent color!!! This is from a pocket found in 2016. If you are looking for well saturated color that stands up to strong light, then this one is for you. Bright red/pink body color, followed by a thin zone of yellow, then a green cap. There is a terminated sidecar crystal attached, plus the bottom is etchy and terminated is parts. There is also slight chatoyancy in areas and overall a really great crystal. Undamaged. Weighs 6.6 grams.
T456 - Apatite on Feldspar $ 150 Kunar Prov., Afghanistan miniature - 4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Undamaged floater specimen of Feldspar crystal with an attached 1.5cm purple Apatite crystal with Lepidolite.
T457 - Quartz $ 450 Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Region, Namibia small cabinet - 5.6 x 2.4 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Top quality undamaged smokey and amethyst crystal. Great luster and undamaged. Perfect in every way as a crystal, but putting it over the top is a massive, 1.2cm blob of a moving bubble right in the mid to top center of the crystal.
T460 - Diaspore $ 400 Aydun, Mugula, Turkey cabinet - 9.5 x 6 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Large partial V-twin crystal of Diaspore. It is unterminated or etched terminated, as most of these are, and is translucent with transparent zones.This is rare material from old stocks in Turkey, no more is being found as the deposit has been exhausted. Large Diaspore crystals such as this are uncommon.
T462 - Cinnabar $ 280 Fenghuang, Hunan, China small cabinet - 5.5 x 4 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Quartz crystals and Dolomite lined vug with a perfect 1.3 cm 'drill-bit' twinned Cinnabar crystal.
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