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T450 - Tourmaline $ 1000 (=~ € 813) 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 (=~ € 561) 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 (=~ € 122) 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 (=~ € 366) 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 (=~ € 285) 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 (=~ € 228) 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 (=~ € 114) 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!
T469 - Pyrite stalactite $ 280 (=~ € 228) 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.
T472 - Afghanite $ 280 (=~ € 228) Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan thumbnail - 2.8 x 2.5 x 2 cm ![Afghanite from Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan [db_pics/pics/t472a.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t472a.jpg)
![Afghanite from Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan [db_pics/pics/t472b.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t472b.jpg)
![Afghanite from Koksha Valley, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan [db_pics/pics/t472c.jpg]](db_pics/pics/m/t472c.jpg)
Single Afghanite crystal with good edges and color on matrix with Pyrite.
T475 - Eosphorite on Rose Quartz $ 400 (=~ € 325) 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 (=~ € 309) 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 (=~ € 146) 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 (=~ € 183) 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 (=~ € 203) 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.
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