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January 23, 2021  ·  8 specimens

LL530 - Brochantite  sold

Bou Skour mine, Draa Tafilalt Region, Morocco
Small Cabinet - 6.5 x 5 x 3.2 cm



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Brochantite Brochantite Brochantite Brochantite Brochantite

Large green Brochantite crystals lining a vug in a ddark red rock matrix. The crystals are an 'electric' green and have broad and fat terminations, up to 1.5cm wide. Very different than typical Brochantite which occurs as needle-like crystals. Saw cut on back side.


LL541 - Almandine   $850  available

Garnet Hill, Ely, White Pine Co., Nevada, USA
Miniature - 5 x 4.5 x 2.2 cm



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Almandine Almandine Almandine Almandine

Large 1.8cm Almandine crystal on pink Rhyolite. An especially good example for this occurrence, probably the best I've seen. Undamaged.


LL543 - Aquamarine  sold

Dara Pech, Kunar, Afghanistan
Thumbnail - 2.9 x 2.4 x 1.5 cm



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Aquamarine Aquamarine Aquamarine Aquamarine

Uncommon tabular Aquamarine crystal on a small amount of Albite matrix. The Aqua is exceptionally glassy, transparent, and complete all around. Undamaged.


LL476 - Azurite  sold

Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
Thumbnail - 2.5 x 2 x 1.8 cm



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Azurite Azurite Azurite Azurite

High quality cluster of electric-blue Azurite crystals with areas of exposed Malachite. These pseudomorph from the inside out and the Malachite inside is often covered by a thin veneer of Azurite, which leads to the bright blue color. In some areas the Malachite inside has reached the surface of the crystals. Other than an area on one crystals where it was atttached, and the areas of Malachite, the crystals are perfectly smooth and lustrous, and all are double-terminated. Crystals to 2cm in size.


LL525 - Cobaltian Calcite  sold

Aghbar Mine, Bou Azzer District, Ouarzazate Province, Draa-Tafilalet, Morocco
Miniature - 4.5 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm



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Cobaltian Calcite Cobaltian Calcite Cobaltian Calcite Cobaltian Calcite Cobaltian Calcite

Translucent pink Cobaltian Calcite crystals. Large crystals to 2cm in size with orange/red phantoms caused by Hematite staining on earlier generations of Calcite.


LL521 - Wulfenite  sold

Touissit, Morocco
Thumbnail - 3 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm



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Wulfenite Wulfenite Wulfenite Wulfenite Wulfenite Wulfenite

Tabular yellow Wulfenite crystals to 1.5cm in size on matrix with another unidentified mineral. I love the two Wulfenites in parallel growth on the other mineral. Ex. Bob Reynolds collection from Steve Smale.


LL529 - Vanadinite  sold

Mibladen, Morocco
Miniature - 3.4 x 2 x 2 cm



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Vanadinite Vanadinite Vanadinite Vanadinite

Undamaged cluster of red Vanadinite crystals. The larger crystals have a hard to describe, interesting growth form with relatively flat ends and more skeletal centers.


LL527 - Magnetite with Orthoclase  sold

Imilchil, Midelt Province, Drâa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Thumbnail - 3 x 2 x 0.8 cm



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Magnetite with Orthoclase Magnetite with Orthoclase Magnetite with Orthoclase Magnetite with Orthoclase Magnetite with Orthoclase

Tabular crytal group of metallic black Magnetite crystals. Hundreds (?) of small octahedral Magnetite in linear, stacked formation grow together to form an overall tabular specimen. Unusual piece.


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