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C594 - Galena with Pyrrhottite $ 200 Dal'negorsk, Russia small cabinet - 8 x 6.5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Grey, spinel-twinned Galena crystals with bright, lustrous Pyrrhottite crystalsAssociated with minor amounts of Sphalerite and small Quartz crystals. Showy, undamaged specimen.
C595 - Azurite $ 300 Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico cabinet - 9.5 x 7.5 x 5.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large, lustrous Azurite crystals that formed in a thick seam. It's not perfect, as the big crystals grew into both sides of the seam, but there are plenty or terminated crystals present and it's just darn impressive in size and volume of electric blue color.
C597 - Azurite Tsumeb, Namibia miniature - 3.7 x 3 x 1.3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of blue Azurite crystals with jagged edges in places, which is an uncommon style from Tsumeb. There is a small chip on the termination, otherwise good. Transluscent blue on edges when backlit. Ex. Russel Jones, Carl Acosta collections and previous price of $185.
SM153 - Chrome Tourmaline $ 450 Landani, Tanzania thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.4 x 2.4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Complete single 'Chrome Tourmaline', which is vanadium and chromium rich Dravite found in east Africa. Fine undamaged crystal with deep green color. Comes with a former dealer label showing a price of $750.
SM158 - Bastnasite $ 150 Zagi Mountain, Peshawar, Pakistan thumbnail - 1.6 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fine quality Bastnasite specimen composed of a cluster of undamaged crystals to 1.6cm in size. Translucent yellow/brown in color. Complete all around and undamaged.
SM171 - Eosphorite on Rose Quartz $ 300 Sapucaia Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil small cabinet - 5.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of pink rose Quartz crystals with attached Eosphorite crystals. The specimen has particularly good, uniform and regular shaped Quartz crystals. The specimen detached in the pocket and there are Eosphorite crystals on both the front and back sides. Undamaged.
SM173 - Gersdorffite with Annabergite Ait Ahmane, Bou Azzer District, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draa Region, Morocco small cabinet - 7 x 5.5 x 5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Octahedral crystals of Gersdorffite, a nickel arsenic sulfide, on matrix with green Annabergite. Crystals reach 1.9cm wide.
C600 - Cerussite on Barite $ 280 Mibladen, Morocco small cabinet - 5.5 x 4 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Fine quality twinned yellow Cerussite crystal perfectly centered atop bladed pink Barite crystals. The Cerussite is perfect and undamaged with areas that are bright yellow and transparent. Comes with old labels from Bob Sullivan, Len Pisciotta, and Cliff Krueger. The Krueger label indicates it was bought for $60 on August 26, 1982.
C601 - Mottramite $ 250 Berg Aukaus Mine, Grootfontein, Namibia small cabinet - 8 x 6 x 5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large bubbly mass of Mottramite with areas of highly satiny surface luster. Undamaged with an old specimen number painted on the bottom and an old label showing a price of $250.
C602 - Pyromorphite $ 200 Daoping Mine, Guangxi Prov., China small cabinet - 8.5 x 6.5 x 5.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Chunky Quartz matrix covered on multiple sides by drusy Pyromorphite and on one side by larger crystals. The Crystal range from yellowish green to bright neon lime green that contrast well against the white matrix. A couple missing crystals keep the price much lower than the visual impact would suggest.
C603 - Vanandinite $ 650 Mibladen, Morocco small cabinet - 6.7 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large red Vanadinite crystals to 1.8cm on matrix. Showy grouping of crystals with main group undamaged and all others except two insignificant 5mm crystals also undamaged. Although Vanadinite specimens are currently common, aesthetic clusters such as this are not.
SM190 - Apophyllite $ 180 Aurangabad, Maharashtra State, India small cabinet - 7 x 6.5 x 4 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Hemispherical cluster of 'disco ball' Apophyllite. Complete all around with a green core and clear outer tips..
SM249 - Carrollite $ 60 Kamoya South Mine, Katanga, Congo miniature - 4.2 x 4 x 3.2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Mirror-lustrous Carrollite crystals in white Calcite. Main crystal is 1.3cm in size and perfect except for one edge nick. There are also smaller, perfect crystals to 7mm present in various vugs within the Calcite.
SM251 - Carrollite $ 150 Kamoya South Mine, Katanga, Congo small cabinet - 5.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Mirror-lustrous Carrollite crystals within and protruding from white Calcite crystals. Main crystal is 1.5cm in size. Other Carrollites and Chalcopyrite crystals present. The Calcite is very transluscent.
SM252 - Carrollite $ 250 Kamoya South Mine, Katanga, Congo small cabinet - 6 x 5 x 4.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Mirror-lustrous Carrollite crystals in a vug in white Calcite. There are 3 interconnected crystals with the ain crystal approximately 2cm in size. The main crystal has a blocky, rectangula shape and a natural small indentation which is not damage.
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