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Mixed Minerals July 12, 2023 · 8 specimens |
AU679 - Mimetite sold
San Pedro Corralitos, Chihuahua, Mexico
Small Cabinet - 5.3 x 3 x 2.5 cm
Botryoidal, satiny yellow Mimetite on both sides of specimen. This is old material rarely seen now in this quality. It's almost solid Mimetite with just a small amount of matrix.
AU682 - Variscite sold
Iron Monarch Mine, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
Small Cabinet - 7.5 x 6 x 3 cm
Sparkling, dark purple/red crystals of Ferrian Variscite on matrix. This is a great example of this uncommon Variscite varietal that are rarely seen for sale.
AU609 - Quartz sold
Mundo Nuevo Mine, La Libertad, Peru
Thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.5 x 0.5 cm
Japan-law twin Quartz. Cute thumbnail-sized crystal that is in pristine condition, complete all around.
AU658 - Prehnite sold
Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania
Small Cabinet - 6 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm
Thick, well crystallized cluster of translucent yellow Prehnite. I've handled alot of this material over the years and can say that this one has the top, most saturated color for these. It's also well crytstallized all around with a couple contacts on each end and areas of attached Graphite. An excellent example from the Merelani Tanzanite mines.
AU640 - Epidote $300 available
Mexico
Miniature - 4.3 x 2 x 1.8 cm
Aesthetic cluster of green Epidote crystals. Main crystal is doubly-terminated, pristine, with areas of transparency.
AU606 - Spinel $300 available
Mahenge, Morogoro, Tanzania
Thumbnail - 2.5 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm
AU678 - Calcite on Quartz sold
Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania
Miniature - 3.8 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm
White spheres of Calcite crystals attached to a single clear Quartz crystal. The Quartz is doubly-terminated (detached in the pocket and then the bottom recrystallized). A cute little crystal that I kept in my personal Merelani suite for over a decade. Undamaged.
AU685 - Tremolite sold
Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania
Miniature - 5 x 2.1 x 1 cm
Fine quality cluster of vivid green Tremolite from the Merelani Tanzanite mines. Pristine and doubly-terminated cluster, translucent with areas of transparency. There is a small cluster of Quartz crystals attached to one side.