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C489 - Silver $ 750 Imiter Mine, Tinghir Prov., Morocco small cabinet - 5.8 x 5.5 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Highly aesthetic, showy display Silver specimen with sheets of solid Silver protruding from a Calcite rich rock matrix. The matrix appears to have been stabilized.
C491 - Rutile on Hematite on Quartz $ 1000 Cavradi Gorge, Curnera Valley, Grischun, Switzerland small cabinet - 6 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Epitaxial red Rutile on Hematite crystals on a water clear, glassy crystal of light smokey Quartz. The Quartz crystal is 6cm tall and undamaged. The Hematite crystals reach 1.7cm in size.
C492 - Quartz scepter $ 250 Minas Gerais, Brazil small cabinet - 7 x 5.5 x 5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Transparent, light smokey Quartz scepter atop a Quartz crystal that is partially intergrown with black Tourmaline. The scepter is glassy with a stepped termination. Slight edge wear in places but relatively undamaged. This is an old crystal from the 1960s/70s.
C494 - Bournonite on Sphalerite $ 200 Machacamarca Mine, Potosí Department, Bolivia small cabinet - 8.2 x 6 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Elongated, silvery Bournonite crystals to 1.4 cm on a Sphalerite matrix.
C495 - Prehnite $ 200 Djouga, Bendougou, Kayes Region, Mali miniature - 3.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Translucent green Prehnite with 4 stalactitic formations growing out of a Prehnite base. Sort of reminds me of a snails head.
C496 - Fluorite on Quartz $ 350 Huanggang Mine, Inner Mongolia, China small cabinet - 7 x 5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Smokey Quartz crystals that are covered by small, outwardly growing white Quartz crystals, that are in turn covered by inky blue Fluorite crystals. Undamaged.
C497 - Apatite on Ferberite $ 350 Panasquiera, Portugal miniature - 5 x 5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A 2.3 cm green Apatite crystal attached to a Ferberite crystal, with mica. Classic and aesthetic Panasquiera combo. The Apatite crystal is gemmy and 1.2cm thick. The Ferberite has some contacting on the rear left side where another Ferberite intergrew, otherwise undamaged.
C500 - Azurite with Malachite (R) $ 5000 Christiana Mine, Lavrion District, Greece small cabinet - 6.5 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Interconnected spherical clusters of Azurite with minor amounts of attached Malchite. This is a superb Greek Azurite specimen and was photographed in Lapis magazine. It is a floater specimen well crystallized all around and has one repair. Extraordinary color!
C504 - Fluorite on Quartz $ 350 Huanzala Mine, Peru small cabinet - 5.5 x 5.0 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Colorless, transparent 2.5cm Fluorite octahedron perched atop a cluster of Quartz crystals. The Fluorite has stepped growth indentations into the crystal faces. A subtle beauty.
C505 - Copper $ 375 Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan, USA small cabinet - 6 x 4.5 x 1.6 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Copper crystal cluster with a deep, rich patina. Good on both sides and undamaged.
C507 - Quartz gwindel $ 400 Shalman Valley, Khyber Agency, Pakistan thumbnail - 3 x 3 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Transparent, undamaged Quartz gwindel, good on both sides.
C512 - Quartz var. Herkimer Diamond $ 350 Herkimer, New York, USA small cabinet - 8.5 x 8 x 5.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of double-terminated Quartz crystals known as 'Herkimer Diamonds'. Bright and glassy crystals that are complete and undamaged all around.
C515 - Quartz scepters $ 350 Chihuahua, Mexico small cabinet - 8 x 5 x 5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of excellent Quartz scepters with very slight Amethyst coloration. Small Chalcopyrite crystals are attached to the base. Comes with an old Lidstrom's label.
C517 - Amethyst $ 280 Kingston Mtns., San Bernardino Co., California, USA miniature - 4.5 x 3.9 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Amethyst crystal cluster from the diggings in the Kingston Mountains of eastern California. Most Amethyst from this locality have alot of white Quartz over the purple or are only transluscent and of medium purple color. The very best (in my opinion) are of the style of this specimen, with clear transparent Quartz over deep purple Amethyst. Fine and undamaged.
C518 - Calcite with Mottramite $ 150 Tsumeb, Namibia miniature - 3.6 x 3.1 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster lenticular Calcite crystals with green Mottramite. The Mottramite has great color and is both in and outside the Calcite A Tsumeb classic.
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