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T664 - Malachite on Mimetite $ 1500 Tsumeb, Namibia thumbnail - 2 x 1.5 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Unique thumbnail specimen of star-shaped Mimetite with attached Malachite. Fully crystallized all around with only one tiny point of contact on the backside. With a little imagination you can see a starfish with Malachite eyes and mouth. Never seen one like this before. From the collection of Rob Smith.
T666 - Norrishite with Sugilite $ 150 Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa miniature - 3.3 x 2 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() Microcrystals of Norrishite with purple Sugilite.
T669 - Cobaltian Calcite with Kolwezite, Quartz $ 450 Kambove Mine, Katanga, Congo small cabinet - 8 x 4.2 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Gem-like small Quartz crystals and dark green Kolwezite on bright purple/pink Cobaltian Calcite crystals.
T674 - Tourmaline Cruziero Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil small cabinet - 9 x 7 x 6 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Massive single, well terminated green Tourmaline crystal with highly fibrous, hair-like structure in areas. Broad, flat termination slopes gently back towards the side wtihteh hair-like growth. Can be displayed from one side as a typical (but huge) Tourmaline, or from the other side showing the hair-like fibrous structures.
T676 - Vanadinite $ 800 Mibladen, Morocco cabinet - 10 x 7.5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Fine quality Vanadinite specimen loaded with red crystals to 2cm over a thin matrix, essentially nothing but crystals. Undamaged. The pics say it all.
T678 - Amethyst $ 80 Veracruz, Mexico miniature - 4.4 x 2 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Transparent light purple Amethyst crystals with main crystal a lovely scepter.
T679 - Clinoatacamite with Selenite $ 1200 Lily Mine, Ica Department, Peru cabinet - 14 x 11.5 x 6 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large open vug lined with Quartz over Chrysocolla with isolated clusters of dark green Clinoatacamite. At the lower right is a single 4cm Selenite crystal grown over a Clinoatacamite cluster. Uncommon for both overall size and the great isolation of the crystal clusters. These are regarded as the world's best Clinoatacamite specimens.
T685 - Copper $ 280 Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona small cabinet - 8 x 6 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Well crystallized branching group of Copper with attached Quartz crystals and unidentified yellow mineralization.
T686 - Copper $ 450 Onganja, Namibia small cabinet - 9 x 6.5 x 5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Heavy mass of Copper crystals from the famous Onganja Mine. This specimen is displayable from all angles and has a wide range of crystal sizes from very fine branching crystals up to individuals to over 2cm in size.
T687 - Copper $ 450 Ajo, Pima Co., Arizona small cabinet - 8 x 7.5 x 5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Heavy mass of Copper crystals. This specimen is displayable from all angles and has a wide range of crystal sizes from finer branching crystals up to individuals to over 2cm in size.
T689 - Andradite with Diopside $ 400 Lowel Pit, Eden Mills, Vermont, USA thumbnail - 2.8 x 2.8 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Intergrown pair of Andradite crystals to 1cm perched strikingly atop matrix with Diopside and other Andradite. The top crystals are perfect and can be viewed 360 degrees all around.
T691 - Tsavorite $ 400 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.9 x 1 x 0.8 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fine quality elongated Tsavorite crystal from recent production (2017) that has been producing these stange, elongated crystals. Many of the new crystals, like this one, exhibit a faden line running up the C-axis. This is an undamaged floater cluster of a few interconnected crystals.
T692 - Tsavorite $ 200 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 0.8 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() A real GEM of a Tsavorite crystal. Totally transparent and crystalized on all sides, even the bottom. Some Tsavorites grow perched atop the edges of Graphite crystals which allows crystal faces to form on the bottom as well as the top and sides.There are residual thin black grooves on the bottom where the Graphite crystals were, otherwise fully crystallized.
T695 - Vesuvianite $ 250 Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada thumbnail - 2.5 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Double terminated floater crystal with purple core and green/yellow terminations. Although it has lighter purple color than most, the central area has good transparency, which is uncommon. Ex. Charlie Key.
T696 - Vesuvianite $ 200 Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada thumbnail - 1.7 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm ![]() ![]() Double terminated floater crystal with purple core and green/yellow terminations. Ex. Charlie Key.
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