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M534 - Kammererite $ 900 (=~ CAN$ 1156) Kop Krom Mine, Kop Daglari, East Anatolia, Turkey cabinet - 10.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Richly crystallized Kammererite specimen loaded with large crystals to 7mm. Translucent crystals with deep purple color. Undamaged with crystals on both sides. The bottom is relatively flat and it stands up on it's own for display. This mine is long closed and pieces of this quality are hard to come by now.
M538 - Tsavorite, Diopside, on Graphite $ 750 (=~ CAN$ 964) Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania cabinet - 11 x 8 x 5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large display matrix Tsavorite specimen, which are hard to come by. This specimen has better than average, large Graphite crystals, white Diopside crystals, and Tsavorites crystals to 9mm. The Tsavorite have great green color (not pale!), and are gemmy.
M533 - Spinel $ 1000 (=~ CAN$ 1285) Mogok, Myanmar thumbnail - 1.5 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Glassy red Spinel, a single crystal with a couple step overgrowth crystals on one corner. Undamaged and transparent, with internal imperfections that saved it from being cut. Color is everything with gems, and this has a superb blood red color. Weighs 9.2 carats.
M560 - Hematite on Quartz on Hematite Cumberland, England cabinet - 9.5 x 7 x 5.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Black, botryoidal 'kidney-ore' covered by large glassy Quartz crystals. A 3.5cm grouping of Hematite crystals sits amongst the Quartz crystals.
M593 - Calcite (twin) McBride, British Columbia, Canada small cabinet - 7.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Large butterfly-twin white Calcite crystal. Good on both sides, undamaged except the very bottom where it detached.
M424 - Prehnite $ 120 (=~ CAN$ 154) Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania thumbnail - 1.7 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Exquisite, high quality cluster of Prehnite. If you appreciate high quality and don't mind the smaller size, this is a good one. Undamaged.
M400 - Barite $ 400 (=~ CAN$ 514) Frizington, Cumberland, England cabinet - 11 x 7 x 7 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Old timer Barite specimen with large crystals to 5.5cm on matrix. The crystals are highly lustrous and undamaged except for the edge of the back crystal.
M452 - Copper $ 575 (=~ CAN$ 739) Quincy Mine, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA small cabinet - 6 x 4 x 2 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Aesthetic Copper specimen with a 3.8cm crystal atop smaller crystals of Copper.
M453 - Rhodochrosite on quartz $ 350 (=~ CAN$ 450) American Tunnel, Silverton, Colorado, USA small cabinet - 5.8 x 4 x 3.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Deep pink crystals of Rhodochrosite on drusy Quartz crystals. Main Rhodo crystal is 2cm in size. Some of the drusy Quartz formed as casts after a now gone mineral.
M454 - Wulfenite $ 300 (=~ CAN$ 386) Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico miniature - 3.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Pair of large, translucent Wulfenite crystals on a matrix covered by small glassy Calcite crystals. Wulfenite crystals reach 2.5cm wide. There is a cleave on the left edge of the main crystal, otherwise specimen is undamaged. Highly aesthetic miniature with a better orange color than most which typically tend towards a more butterscotch color.
M448 - Babingtonite on Prehnite $ 240 (=~ CAN$ 308) Hongquizhen Quarry, Meigu Co., Sichuan Province, China thumbnail - 3.1 x 2.5 x 2.1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of Babingtonite crystals on spheres of green Prehnite from a now old and defunct locality. The crystals are undamaged and sharply formed. It's crystallized all with the contact at the base. No longer being found.
M465 - Ettringite $ 400 (=~ CAN$ 514) N'Chwanning Mine, Kuruman, South Africa thumbnail - 2.1 x 1.5 x 1 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cluster of 4 bright lemon yellow Ettringite crystals. Undamaged quality thumbnail from the Kalahari manganese fields.
M463 - Bixbyite on Hematite after Garnet $ 140 (=~ CAN$ 180) Maynard Claim, Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA thumbnail - 2.1 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() Interconnected cluster of Hematite psuedomorphs after garnet, all sprinkled with lustrous black cubes of Bixbyite. Undamaged quality thumbnail.
M642 - Diaspore $ 250 (=~ CAN$ 321) Milas, Mugla Prov., Turkey thumbnail - 1.4 x 1 x 0.5 cm ![]() ![]() ![]() V-twin crystal of color change Diaspore. From new finds in the mountains near Milas, these new Diaspore crystals are spectacular in color and form. Glassy, flat termination faces one one 'arm' (other termination incomplete) and gem quality and transparent inside. Medium purple color in natural sunlight.
M644 - Diaspore $ 400 (=~ CAN$ 514) Milas, Mugla Prov., Turkey thumbnail - 2.2 x 1.5 x 0.5 cm ![]() ![]() V-twin crystal of color change Diaspore. From new finds in the mountains near Milas, these new Diaspore crystals are spectacular in color and form. Glassy, flat termination faces one one 'arm' (other termination incomplete) and gem quality and transparent inside. Medium purple color in natural sunlight.
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