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C295 - Stibnite $ 950 Ichinokawa Mine, Ehime Pref. Shikoku Island, Japan small cabinet - 7.3 x 1.7 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Terminated single Stibnite crystal from the classic Japanese locality. Fine quality undamaged crystal out of the Don Boydston collection.
C297 - Fluorite on Galena $ 2500 Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico small cabinet - 7 x 5.5 x 5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cubic light green Fluorite on and in a hollow, spherical group of Galena crystals. This unique specimen is known as the 'Miner's Headlamp' for it's resemblance to a miners helmet and headlamp. The form of the Galena is very much like a helmet, hollow with a medium green Fluorite inside. The Fluorite on the front of the "helmet' is stepped and highly lustrous and undamaged. The Fluorite is light green in color - the camaera did not pick up the color.
C298 - Fluorite with Chalcopyrite $ 1500 Annabel Lee Miine, Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA small cabinet - 8.9 x 7.5 x 7 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Translucent blue cubic Fluorite with color zoning. The back and sides have attached small crystals of Chalcopyrite.
C301 - Galena on Fluorite $ 100 Rogerly Mine, Durham, England thumbnail - 2.7 x 2 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Interpenetrating transparent green Fluorite cubes with attached Galena. Fine and undamged.
C303 - Cuprian Aragonite $ 400 Tsumeb, Namibia cabinet - 10 x 10 x 7 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Light green, branching clusters of Cuprian Aragonite from Tsumeb. In excellent condition all around, I can find no damage, and all the tips are good. Adding to the green coloration are little specks of attached and included Malachite.
C306 - Pyromorphite $ 850 Sherman Mine, Shoshone Co., Idaho, USA small cabinet - 6 x 3 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Green Pyromorphite crystals on matrix from the Sherman Mine, a lesser known locality located fairly close to the Bunker Hill Mine in Idaho. Excellent coverage of good crystals on both sides of a small ridge of matrix. Old label shows a price of $950.
C307 - Galena $ 100 1200 level, Burgin Mine, Eureka, Utah, USA miniature - 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Clusters of well formed Galena crystals from an old lead mine in Utah. In excellent condition.
C308 - Rhodochrosite $ 120 1050 level, Burgin Mine, Eureka, Utah, USA thumbnail - 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm ![]() ![]() Pink Rhodochrosite crystals on matrix from an old lead mine in Utah. In excellent condition.
C309 - Kunzite $ 1000 Namascotcha Mine, Mutala, Alto Ligonha, Mozambique small cabinet - 9 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Exquisite etched gem crystal of light yellow/pink Kunzite. Glassy luster with nice form and entirely gem facet grade inside. Come with old labels showing a price of $1350. Undamaged and very good crystal. This is one of the best Kunzites I have seen from this locality.
C312 - Kunzite $ 750 Nuristan, Afghanistan small cabinet - 6.5 x 6.5 x 4.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Terminated pink Kunzite crystal with a smaller, double-terminated crystal attached to one side. The main crystal is also double-terminated, just not as nicely as the top termination. Complete and undamaged. Ex. Marty Zinn collection.
C313 - Aquamarine $ 2000 Padre Paraiso, Minas Gerais, Brazil small cabinet - 7.3 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Gorgeous and gemmy blue, blue/green aquamarine crystal with Muscovite attached to two sides. Undamaged with great glassy luster and highly transparent in the upper half. The prism faces have geometric growth features on the sides where the muscovite is present. The previous label shows a price of $3,800 - I got this in a 'fire sale' from a collector and am passing the savings on. Aside from some veils, the upper half is like transparent blue glass. Unfortunately the camera focuses right through the crystal to the back faces where the muscovite is present, making it look much worse in the photos as compared to when you hold it in your hand. Nicely beveled termination edges with a random, etched depression in one of the bevel faces.
C314 - Silver $ 200 Mina Vieja, Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, Mexico miniature - 3.6 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Old Silver specimen with a dark patina over much of the surface, though with areas showing bright silver coloration. Weighs 17.6 grams.
C315 - Descloisite over Wulfenite Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico thumbnail - 2.5 x 2 x 1.9 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Blocky Wulfenite crystals coated by Descloisite. Ex. Robert Lambert collection with label. Label is dated 1994.
C318 - Tanzanite $ 350 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.6 x 1 x 0.7 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Single pink Tanzanite crystal with attached Calcite and/or Zeolites. Solid base that tapers out towards the top into multiple, feathery terminations. Pink is one the rarest colors for Tanzanite (or Zoisite if you prefer) and this one has well saturated color. Complete and undamaged. Unusual crystal from a late 2017 find.
C319 - Tanzanite $ 350 Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania miniature - 3.2 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Single pink Tanzanite crystal with attached Calcite and/or Zeolites in large, distict crystals, only one like it in the lot. Solid base that tapers out towards the top into multiple, feathery terminations. Pink is one the rarest colors for Tanzanite (or Zoisite if you prefer) and this one has well saturated color. Complete and undamaged. Unusual crystal from a late 2017 find.
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