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Mixed Minerals January 19, 2021 · 11 specimens |
LL463 - Azurite, Malachite sold
Bisbee, Cochis Co., Arizona, USA
Miniature - 5 x 4.2 x 1.3 cm
Specimen of banded Malachite and Azurite cut and polished on both sides and also has a vug of crystallized Azurite in the front face and crystals of Azurite all along the edges. I just love that this specimen gives you both a polished specimen AND a crystallized specimen in one. Ex. Marion Godshaw collection.
LL453 - Tourmaline with Quartz sold
Urubu mine, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Small Cabinet - 5.5 x 3.8 x 3 cm
Tourmaline from the Urubu Mine are typically green and not particularly exciting on their own, but the strange pseudomorphs that were found here are fantastic. This specimen started as a single green Tourmaline encased in Lepidolite and Albite and later partially pseudomorphed to Quartz, starting from the inside, with an outer 'rind' of green Tourmaline remaining surrounding the Quartz core. The top of the Quartz core formed into a slightly hoppered, double-terminated crystal. Weird and fabulous!!
LL454 - Faden Quartz with inclusions sold
Zagi Mountain, Peshawar District, Pakistan
Miniature - 4.5 x 3.2 x 1.5 cm
Faden Quartz crystals colored blue by inclusions of either Riebeckite or Tourmaline. A rare specimen, and the only faden I've ever seen of the so called 'blue Quartz'. A complete and undamaged floater.
LL470 - Mimetite $600 available
Mt. Bonnie Mine, Grove Hill, Northern Territory, Australia
Miniature - 4.2 x 3.2 x 3 cm
LL471 - Tremolite sold
Norland, Somerville Township, Kawartha Lakes, Ontario, Canada
Miniature - 5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm
Large, translucent green crystals of Tremolite, the largest is 2.5cm wide at the termination. Old, rarely seen specimen out of the Robert Reynolds collection.
LL465 - Rhodochrosite sold
Emma Mine, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA
Small Cabinet - 5.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm
Intergrown rhombic crystals of pink Rhodochrosite with attached tiny Quartz and sulphide crystals. Undamaged specimen of solid Rhodochrosite.
LL455 - Rhodochrosite sold
Emma Mine, Butte, Silver Bow Co., Montana, USA
Miniature - 4.5 x 3 x 1.5 cm
Intergrown rhombic crystals of pink Rhodochrosite with attached tiny Quartz and sulphide crystals. Undamaged specimen of solid Rhodochrosite.
LL404 - Azurite sold
Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
Small Cabinet - 8 x 7 x 5 cm
Thick cluster of Azurite crystals on matrix from the Milpillas Mine. It's not perfect, with some contacting along the edges, but it's priced accordingly and really is a lot of Azurite, a full 4.5cm thick at the base with lots of flash and lustrous faces all over.
K198 - Prehnite sold
Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania
Small Cabinet - 8.5 x 7.5 x 3.5 cm
Large chisel-tipped crystals of yellow/green Prehnite from finds in 2019 at the Merelani Tanzanite mines. An excellent large example of this style with large translucent crystals and minor amounts of attached Graphite.
LL378 - Spinel with Chondrodite sold
Limecrest Quarry, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
Thumbnail - 2.2 x 2 x 1.5 cm
Dark purple Spinel and Chondrodite in Calcite. The two main crystals on top include an octahedral crystal and a spinel-twinned crystal. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection.
LL382 - Muscovite on Siderite sold
Wake Co., North Carolina, USA
Thumbnail - 3 x 2 x 1.5 cm
Thick, euhedral 'books' of Muscovite on tan Siderite crystals. Cute USA thumbnail. Ex. Chuck Trantham collection.