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T450 - Tourmaline $ 1000 Barra de Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil thumbnail - 2.5 x 1.5 x 1.3 cm ![Tourmaline from Barra de Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/pics/t450a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t450a.jpg)
![Tourmaline from Barra de Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/pics/t450b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t450b.jpg)
![Tourmaline from Barra de Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/pics/t450c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t450c.jpg)
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 ![Tourmaline from Barra de Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/pics/t451a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t451a.jpg)
![Tourmaline from Barra de Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/pics/t451b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t451b.jpg)
![Tourmaline from Barra de Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/pics/t451c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t451c.jpg)
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 ![Apatite on Feldspar from Kunar Prov., Afghanistan [db_pics/pics/t456a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t456a.jpg)
![Apatite on Feldspar from Kunar Prov., Afghanistan [db_pics/pics/t456b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t456b.jpg)
![Apatite on Feldspar from Kunar Prov., Afghanistan [db_pics/pics/t456c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t456c.jpg)
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 ![Quartz from Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Region, Namibia [db_pics/pics/t457a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t457a.jpg)
![Quartz from Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Region, Namibia [db_pics/pics/t457b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t457b.jpg)
![Quartz from Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Region, Namibia [db_pics/pics/t457c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t457c.jpg)
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 ![Diaspore from Aydun, Mugula, Turkey [db_pics/pics/t460a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t460a.jpg)
![Diaspore from Aydun, Mugula, Turkey [db_pics/pics/t460b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t460b.jpg)
![Diaspore from Aydun, Mugula, Turkey [db_pics/pics/t460c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t460c.jpg)
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 ![Cinnabar from Fenghuang, Hunan, China [db_pics/pics/t462a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t462a.jpg)
![Cinnabar from Fenghuang, Hunan, China [db_pics/pics/t462b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t462b.jpg)
![Cinnabar from Fenghuang, Hunan, China [db_pics/pics/t462c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t462c.jpg)
Quartz crystals and Dolomite lined vug with a perfect 1.3 cm 'drill-bit' twinned Cinnabar crystal.
T463 - Apatite on Quartz $ 140 Panasquiera, Portugal miniature - 4 x 2.8 x 1.5 cm ![Apatite on Quartz from Panasquiera, Portugal [db_pics/pics/t463a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t463a.jpg)
![Apatite on Quartz from Panasquiera, Portugal [db_pics/pics/t463b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t463b.jpg)
Rehealed Quartz crystal shard with an attached 1.3cm Apatite crystal. The Apatite is color zoned with a central blue stripe.
T469 - Pyrite stalactite $ 280 Buick Mine, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA small cabinet - 8.2 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm ![Pyrite stalactite from Buick Mine, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA [db_pics/pics/t469a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t469a.jpg)
![Pyrite stalactite from Buick Mine, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA [db_pics/pics/t469b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t469b.jpg)
![Pyrite stalactite from Buick Mine, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA [db_pics/pics/t469c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t469c.jpg)
Single stalactite formation of Pyrite. The stalactite broke off after formation and was later partially coated by drusy Quartz. Pristine and undamaged.
T471 - Parisite $ 500 Mt. Malosa, Zomba, Malawi small cabinet - 5.5 x 4 x 3 cm ![Parisite from Mt. Malosa, Zomba, Malawi [db_pics/pics/t471a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t471a.jpg)
![Parisite from Mt. Malosa, Zomba, Malawi [db_pics/pics/t471b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t471b.jpg)
Exceptionally large 5.5cm Parisite crystal with attached Quartz crystals. Complete all around and undamaged. As big a Parisite as I've ever seen.
T475 - Eosphorite on Rose Quartz $ 400 Sapucaia Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil small cabinet - 8.5 x 5 x 2.5 cm ![Eosphorite on Rose Quartz from Sapucaia Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/pics/t475a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t475a.jpg)
![Eosphorite on Rose Quartz from Sapucaia Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/pics/t475b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t475b.jpg)
![Eosphorite on Rose Quartz from Sapucaia Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/pics/t475c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t475c.jpg)
![Eosphorite on Rose Quartz from Sapucaia Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/pics/t475d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t475d.jpg)
Crystallized Rose Quartz with Eosphorite crystals to 1.2cm sprinkled across the top. The Eosphorite occurs with small white crytals of an unidentified species. Ex. Fred Pough collection with label.
T477 - Apatite on Quartz $ 380 Panasquiera, Portugal miniature - 3.5 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm ![Apatite on Quartz from Panasquiera, Portugal [db_pics/pics/t477a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t477a.jpg)
![Apatite on Quartz from Panasquiera, Portugal [db_pics/pics/t477b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t477b.jpg)
![Apatite on Quartz from Panasquiera, Portugal [db_pics/pics/t477c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t477c.jpg)
![Apatite on Quartz from Panasquiera, Portugal [db_pics/pics/t477d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t477d.jpg)
Quartz crystal with attached Apatite crystals. Main Apatite is 1.9cm and transparent, sticky straight out off the side of the Quartz.
T479 - Siegenite $ 180 Buick Mine, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA miniature - 4 x 2 x 2 cm ![Siegenite from Buick Mine, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA [db_pics/pics/t479a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t479a.jpg)
![Siegenite from Buick Mine, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA [db_pics/pics/t479b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t479b.jpg)
![Siegenite from Buick Mine, Reynolds Co., Missouri, USA [db_pics/pics/t479c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t479c.jpg)
Approximately 20 crystals of rare Siegenite on matrix. Siegenite is a rare cobalt, nickel sulfide. The Siegenite crystals are partially coated by a fine layer of Pyrite crystals.
T481 - Apatite $ 225 Karo Pit, Block D, Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.2 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm ![Apatite from Karo Pit, Block D, Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/t481a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t481a.jpg)
![Apatite from Karo Pit, Block D, Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/t481b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t481b.jpg)
![Apatite from Karo Pit, Block D, Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/t481c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t481c.jpg)
Terminated single gem crystal of blue Apatite. Superb luster and facet grade for it's entire length.
T483 - Apatite $ 250 Karo Pit, Block D, Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.3 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm ![Apatite from Karo Pit, Block D, Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/t483a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t483a.jpg)
![Apatite from Karo Pit, Block D, Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/t483b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t483b.jpg)
Terminated single gem crystal of blue Apatite. Superb luster and facet grade for it's entire length. Undamaged though backside is indented where another crystal grew.
T492 - Tanzanite $ 6500 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.6 x 2.2 x 2 cm ![Tanzanite from Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/t492a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t492a.jpg)
![Tanzanite from Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/t492b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t492b.jpg)
![Tanzanite from Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania [db_pics/pics/t492c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t492c.jpg)
Gem quality Tanzanite crystal with attached Graphite, Calcite, and Diopside. One micro nick on one edge, otherwise perfect and undamaged. Natural, unheated crystal with particularly good aesthetics.
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