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T418 - Cuprite $ 200 Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovskoe Deposit, Western Siberia, Russia thumbnail - 0.9 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm ![Cuprite from Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovskoe Deposit, Western Siberia, Russia [db_pics/pics/t418a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t418a.jpg)
![Cuprite from Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovskoe Deposit, Western Siberia, Russia [db_pics/pics/t418b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t418b.jpg)
![Cuprite from Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovskoe Deposit, Western Siberia, Russia [db_pics/pics/t418c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t418c.jpg)
![Cuprite from Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovskoe Deposit, Western Siberia, Russia [db_pics/pics/t418d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t418d.jpg)
Perfect undamaged floater octahedron with bevelled edges. 0.9cm on edge, 1.2cm wide tip to tip.
T419 - Tourmaline $ 650 Stak Nala, Skardu, Pakistan small cabinet - 7.6 x 2.5 x 2 cm ![Tourmaline from Stak Nala, Skardu, Pakistan [db_pics/pics/t419a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t419a.jpg)
![Tourmaline from Stak Nala, Skardu, Pakistan [db_pics/pics/t419b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t419b.jpg)
![Tourmaline from Stak Nala, Skardu, Pakistan [db_pics/pics/t419c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t419c.jpg)
![Tourmaline from Stak Nala, Skardu, Pakistan [db_pics/pics/t419d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t419d.jpg)
Amazing example of a naturally bent Tourmaline crystal, caused by repeated fracturing and rehealing in the pegmatite pocket during formation. Double terminated (though one termination partially intergrown with Albite). Undamaged.
T420 - Dioptase $ 240 Kaokaveld, Namibia miniature - 3.3 x 2.5 x 2 cm ![Dioptase from Kaokaveld, Namibia [db_pics/pics/t420a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t420a.jpg)
![Dioptase from Kaokaveld, Namibia [db_pics/pics/t420b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t420b.jpg)
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 ![Tourmaline from Stak Nala, Skardu, Pakistan [db_pics/pics/t423a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t423a.jpg)
![Tourmaline from Stak Nala, Skardu, Pakistan [db_pics/pics/t423b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t423b.jpg)
![Tourmaline from Stak Nala, Skardu, Pakistan [db_pics/pics/t423c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t423c.jpg)
![Tourmaline from Stak Nala, Skardu, Pakistan [db_pics/pics/t423d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t423d.jpg)
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 ![Inesite, Hubeite on Quartz from Daye Mine, Hubei Prov., China [db_pics/pics/t425a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t425a.jpg)
![Inesite, Hubeite on Quartz from Daye Mine, Hubei Prov., China [db_pics/pics/t425b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t425b.jpg)
![Inesite, Hubeite on Quartz from Daye Mine, Hubei Prov., China [db_pics/pics/t425c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t425c.jpg)
![Inesite, Hubeite on Quartz from Daye Mine, Hubei Prov., China [db_pics/pics/t425d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t425d.jpg)
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 psuedo. Malachite psuedo. Azurite from Loputo Mine, Katanga, Congo [db_pics/pics/t428a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t428a.jpg)
![Chrysocolla psuedo. Malachite psuedo. Azurite from Loputo Mine, Katanga, Congo [db_pics/pics/t428b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t428b.jpg)
![Chrysocolla psuedo. Malachite psuedo. Azurite from Loputo Mine, Katanga, Congo [db_pics/pics/t428c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t428c.jpg)
![Chrysocolla psuedo. Malachite psuedo. Azurite from Loputo Mine, Katanga, Congo [db_pics/pics/t428d.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t428d.jpg)
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 ![Cuprian Smithsonite from Kamareza Mine, Laurium, Greece [db_pics/pics/t430a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t430a.jpg)
![Cuprian Smithsonite from Kamareza Mine, Laurium, Greece [db_pics/pics/t430b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t430b.jpg)
![Cuprian Smithsonite from Kamareza Mine, Laurium, Greece [db_pics/pics/t430c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t430c.jpg)
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 ![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.
T459 - Scholzite $ 350 Reaphook Mine, Bilnman District, South Australia, Australia cabinet - 11.5 x 6 x 4.0 cm ![Scholzite from Reaphook Mine, Bilnman District, South Australia, Australia [db_pics/pics/t459a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t459a.jpg)
![Scholzite from Reaphook Mine, Bilnman District, South Australia, Australia [db_pics/pics/t459b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t459b.jpg)
![Scholzite from Reaphook Mine, Bilnman District, South Australia, Australia [db_pics/pics/t459c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t459c.jpg)
Old specimen of the rare phosphate mineral Scholzite. This is a large and especially good example with a large vug full of crystals. These are uncommon to find, and this is the best example I have ever seen.
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.
T465 - Chrysocolla psuedo. Malachite psuedo. Azurite with Wulfenite Whim Creek, Western Australia, Australia cabinet - 11.5 x 9 x 4.5 cm ![Chrysocolla psuedo. Malachite psuedo. Azurite with Wulfenite from Whim Creek, Western Australia, Australia [db_pics/pics/t465a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t465a.jpg)
![Chrysocolla psuedo. Malachite psuedo. Azurite with Wulfenite from Whim Creek, Western Australia, Australia [db_pics/pics/t465b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t465b.jpg)
![Chrysocolla psuedo. Malachite psuedo. Azurite with Wulfenite from Whim Creek, Western Australia, Australia [db_pics/pics/t465c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t465c.jpg)
Irridescent Goethite with crystals of the double psudomorph of Chrysocolla after Malachite after Azurite. Main crystal is well formed and 3.1cm. Matrix has an unidentified white mineral and small Wulfenite crystals. A tiny nick on the smallest crystal, otherwise undamaged. Great psuedo in large size!
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