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Mixed Minerals April 1, 2025 · 15 specimens |
A335 - Topaz $450 available
Shigar Valley, Pakistan
Miniature - 4.5 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm
Beautiful single gem Topaz crystal from Pakistan. The crystals has glassy luster with a smooth, flat termination and beveled edges. Complete all around.
AF485 - Demantoid Garnet on Quartz $750 available
Erongo Mountains, Namibia
Miniature - 3.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm
Rich green, gem quality Demantoid crystals on a cluster of Quartz crystals. Good, well formed crystals to 8mm in size that display well.
T311 - Aquamarine sold
Ambatondrazaka, Madagascar
Small Cabinet - 6.5 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm
Single Aquamarine crystal with good medium blue color. The crystal is doubly terminated and lightly etched. No damage.
SA451 - Tourmaline, Lepidolite, Quartz $360 available
Mina da Ponte, Aracuai, Mnas Gerais, Brazil
Miniature - 4 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm
Clear Quartz crystal partially enclosing what was once a complete green Tourmaline crystal. The Tourmaline within the Quartz remains complete, however where it exits the Quartz (on top and along the backside), it has altered to a rectangular stack of Lepidolite crystals. Really neat and interesting specimen. As a collector you are always looking for unique pieces, and this one sure is!
T195 - Quartz sold
Goboboseb Mountains, Brandberg Area, Namibia
Small Cabinet - 6.5 x 3 x 2 cm
Complete and terminated Quartz with both Amethyst and smokey coloration with one included water bubble that can move about 1.5cm. Top quality and undamaged. An older crystal with top glassy luster.
J50 - Silver with Acanthite $250 available
Uchucchacua Mine, Peru
Miniature - 3.7 x 3.2 x 3.0 cm
Silver wires and patches of native Silver with areas of Acanthite rising from a black sulfide rich matrix. The longest Silver wire is curved, but if straightened out if would be about 2cm long. There are a number of good wires present. These are no longer being found.
FM559 - Stilbite on Apophyllite $1,500 available
Aurangabad, Maharshtra, India
Miniature - 4.2 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm
Aesthetic combo of green Apophyllite with peach-colored Stilbite. Complete all around with a razor-sharp termination. This is an older piece I've owned for at least 25 years.
FM558 - Apatite $1,800 available
Panasquiera, Portugal
Thumbnail - 3.1 x 2.5 x 2.1 cm
Cluster of lustrous purple Apatite crystals with tan Siderite. Fine undamaged crystals to 1.8cm wide with areas of transparency. This is an older piece I've owned for at least 25 years.
A106 - Cinnabar $440 available
Tongren, Guizhou, China
Small Cabinet - 7 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm
A 2.8cm wide cluster of deep red Cinnabar crystals on white Dolomite crystals. A beautiful good sized cluster of crystals that displays well. There are saw cuts on the back and some edges.
NA945 - Adamite sold
Mina Oujela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Small Cabinet - 6.5 x 5 x 2 cm
Clusters of unusually elongated Adamite crystals on matrix with individual crystals to 1.5 cm. Not your typical Adamite - rather than hemispherical masses, this one has jackstraw arrangement of long crystals. A good one for a Mapimi collector.
SA916 - Albite on Dolomite $750 available
Morro Velho Gold Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Cabinet - 10 x 7 x 5 cm
Near floater specimen of Dolomite crystals covered by small Pyrrhottite crystals serving as the matrix for a superb 4.2 cm Albite crystal. It's not often you see an Albite crystal so fine and featured as the main focal crystal of a specimen. Super for a Feldspar collector.
NA511 - Acanthite $750 available
Guanajuato, Mexico
Thumbnail - 2 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Large cubic crystals of metallic grey Acanthite from Guanajuato, Mexico. A superb, complete and pristine thumbnail sized specimen from the John Barlow collection (Barlow specimen #3561).
E524 - Anapaite in fossil bivalve $350 available
Kertch, Crimea, Ukraine
Small Cabinet - 5.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm
Two exceptionally fine Anapaite crystals which formed in a 2.3cm wide fossil bivalve. The crystals are translucent to transparent with rich meium green color. These are now hard to find and the quality of the Anapaite is very high.
AF571 - Hausmannite $350 available
N'Chwanning Mine, Kuruman, South Africa
Thumbnail - 2.7 x 2.5 x 2.7 cm
Large single Hausmannite crystal with a few smaller crystals attached. The main crystal is 2.7cm wide tip to tip. An old Kalahari classic now hard to find.
AF431 - Azurite $260 available
Bou Bekker Mine, Toussit District, Oujda-Angad Prov., Morocco
Miniature - 3.7 x 3.3 x 2.3 cm
Fine miniature cluster of Azurite crystals from a find at the Bou Bekker Mine made several years ago. The Azurite has large, well defined individual crystals that spray out in different directions. A floater cluster with no damage, fine quality!