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Mixed Minerals January 7, 2022 · 14 specimens |
MK130 - Quartz sold
Minas Gerais, Brazil
Small Cabinet - 6.7 x 2.3 x 1.8 cm
Single Quartz crystal with a transparent outer layer over an internal white zone. One side displays fiery yellow and orange coloration. Stunning and unsual Quartz! Ex. Rock Currier, Carl Acosta collections.
MK131 - Cavansite with Stilbite sold
Wagholi Quarry, Maharashtra State, India
Small Cabinet - 7 x 6.5 x 4 cm
Vivid blue spherical clusters of Cavansite on matrix with white Stilbite crystals. The Cavansite crystal group is 2.8cm wide, clean and undamaged.
MK132 - Rhodochrosite sold
Catamarca, Argentina
Small Cabinet - 6.3 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm
Finger-like stalactites of Rhodochrosite from Argentina. Complete all around with finely crystallized surfaces.
MK133 - Legrandite sold
Aztec Sun Pocket, Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Miniature - 4.5 x 3.7 x 2.3 cm
Cluster of Legrandite crystals from a 1979 pocket that yielded the 'Aztec Sun', one of the world's largest and finest Legrandite specimens. Ex. Carl Acosta collection, purchased many years ago from John Veevaert. Comes with a custom Lucite display stand.
MK134 - Willemite on Bayldonite sold
Tsumeb, Namibia
Small Cabinet - 5.7 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm
Formations of light blue Willemite over green Bayldonite.
MK135 - Olmiite $2,800 available
N'Chwanning Mine, Kuruman, South Africa
Miniature - 3.7 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm
Two peach colored Olmiite crystals on matrix covered by drusy Calcite crystals. The crystals are translucent with high luster and display well from either side.
MK136 - Cobaltian Calcite sold
Mashamba West Mine, Katanga, Congo
Miniature - 3.2 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm
A 2.2cm crystal of Cobaltian Calcite and one tiny ball of Malachite on matrix. These are some of the most desirable and hard to find of any Calcite. Ex. Carl Acosta collection.
SV590 - Cinnabar sold
Yanwuping Mines, Guizhou, China
Small Cabinet - 6.5 x 5.5 x 4 cm
Classic Cinnabar penetration twins on matrix with cream colored Dolomite crystals and clear Quartz crystals. Fine quality Cinnabar to 1.4cm that glows red when backlit.
SV586 - Tourmaline sold
Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Small Cabinet - 5.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm
Pink Tourmaline crystals on Albite. The Tourmaline are glassy and terminated with a thin green zone near the termination.
SV581 - Tourmaline sold
Stak Nala, Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan
Miniature - 5 x 4.2 x 3.2 cm
Doubly-terminated Tourmaline crystal with an attached cluster of Albite. The Tourmaline is 5 x 1.5cm with a pink, pyramidal termination on one end and a green, flat termination on the other end.
SV585 - Sphalerite sold
Shuikoushan Mine, Hunan, China
Thumbnail - 2.3 x 2 x 1.8 cm
Gem orange Sphalerite on Quartz crystals. The Sphalerite is transparent and 1.9cm wide.
LV183 - Cinnabar sold
Chatian Mine, Fenghuang, Hunan, China
Miniature - 3.7 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm
Crystals of blood red Cinnabar set in Dolomite crystals. The main crystal is 1.2cm wide, undamaged, and highly transparent when backlit.
LV172 - Anhydrite sold
Naica, Chuhuahua, Mexico
Miniature - 5 x 4.5 x 3 cm
Two blue fan-shaped Anhydrite crystals with attached Calcite crystals. Terminated and undamaged. Ex. James Thompson collection with label.
LV173 - Pyrite after Barite sold
Pribram, Central Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
Miniature - 5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm
Pyrite perimorphs after former Barite crystals. Small Quartz crystals and a single Calcite crystal grew on the backside where the former Barite crystals were. Comes with an old Donn Cook collection label and a Jaroslav Hyrsl label.