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Mixed Minerals from Tucson February 24, 2025 · 14 specimens |
P727 - Fluorite, Schorl, Muscovite sold
Erongo Mtns., Namibia
Cabinet - 14.5 x 11 x 10 cm
Two large, transparent purple, twinned Fluorite crystals intergrown at an angle. The back is coated with large black Schorl, green Fluorite, and yellow Muscovite crystals. Large and impressive crystals from recent finds. Stands upright on it's own for display.
P729 - Paravauxite on Vauxite sold
Siglo XX Mine, Llallagua, Potosi Dept., Bolivia
Thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.2 x 1.2 cm
Sprays of green Paravauxite atop blue Vauxite. Colorful, aesthetic thumbnail. Ex. Philadelphia Academy of Sciences collection.
P730 - Fluorite with Pyrite $475 available
Milpo Mine, Atacocha mining district, Pasco Province, Peru
Miniature - 3.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm
P731 - Fluorite with Sphalerite $280 available
Cave-in-Rock, Hardin Co., Illinois, USA
Miniature - 5 x 3.7 x 3 cm
P732 - Tanzanite $3,800 available
Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania
Thumbnail - 2.0 x 1.3 x 1.2 cm
P733 - Tanzanite (bi-color) $2,000 available
Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania
Thumbnail - 2.3 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Transparent bi-color Tanzanite crystal (yellow over blue) from Merelani. Complete all around and undamaged except for a couple very trivial edge nicks. Weighs 42 carats.
P734 - Fluorite with Sphalerite sold
Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Tennessee, USA
Small Cabinet - 7 x 6 x 3 cm
Six cubes of transparent to translucent purple Fluorite cubes surrounding a large central Sphalerite crystal. Fantastic specimen with great aesthetics!!
P735 - Phenakite with Smokey Quartz sold
Khetchel, Malo, near Momeik, Myanmar
Miniature - 3.7 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm
Glassy, doubly-terminated Phenakite crystal, 1 cm wide, with Smokey Quartz crystals.
P736 - Getchellite, Orpiment sold
Khaidarkan, Kyrgystan
Miniature - 5 x 2.8 x 2.3 cm
Bright red Getchellite and yellow Orpiment in matrix. Getchellite is a rare arsenic and antimony sulfide mineral.
P737 - Spinel sold
Betroka, Anosy Region, Tulear Prov., Madagascar
Miniature - 4 x 3.5 x 2 cm
Glassy blue Spinel crystals on matrix. The Spinel reach 7mm in size and show areas of transparency.
P738 - Copper in Chalcedony sold
Ternate, Indonesia
Small Cabinet - 5.4 x 2 x 1 cm
Translucent Chalcedony included with specks of Copper and Chrysocolla. New and interesting material, polished on the front face.
P739 - Amethyst sold
Mono Lake area, Mono Co., California, USA
Miniature - 4.7 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm
Exquisite medium purple Amethyst crystals atop and an earlier generation of colorless to light smokey Quartz crystals.
P740 - Heliodor sold
Volodarsk-Volynskii, Ukraine
Cabinet - 10.7 x 2.0 x 1.8 cm
Transparent, etched old Heliodor from Ukraine. Glassy luster, undamaged, and pointed at one end with an unusual stepped termination at the other end. Internally transparent and free of veils or fractures. Weighs 51 grams. Peter Lyckberg, a noted expert on Ukrainian Heliodor, provides his comments about the specimen in the video.
P741 - Tourmaline on Feldspar $750 available
Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego Co., California, USA
Miniature - 5 x 4 x 2 cm
