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Tucson 2020 - Mixed Minerals February 23, 2020 · 21 specimens |
M696 - Fluorite sold
La Viesca Mine,, La Collada, Asturias, Spain
Small Cabinet - 7.5 x 4.8 x 3.6 cm
Blue and purple color-zoned Fluorite. Beautiful color with good luster and stepped faces. Translucent to transparent. High quality Spanish Fluorite such as this rivals Illinois Fluorite but for a fraction of the cost.
M698 - Fluorite sold
La Viesca Mine,, La Collada, Asturias, Spain
Small Cabinet - 8 x 6.5 x 5 cm
Blue and purple color-zoned Fluorite. Beautiful color with good luster and stepped faces. Translucent to transparent. High quality Spanish Fluorite such as this rivals Illinois Fluorite but for a fraction of the cost.
M693 - Kesterite, Cassiterite on Muscovite sold
Mt. Xuebaodig, Pinwu Co., Sichuan, China
Small Cabinet - 7.5 x 5.5 x 3 cm
A 1.4cm wide group of Kesterite, lustrous black Cassiterites to 2.8cm on blades of Muscovite. Undamaged.
M658 - Cuprite on Copper after Cuprite sold
Rubtsovskiy Mine, Altaiskiy Krai, Siberia, Russia
Thumbnail - 2.7 x 2.3 x 2 cm
Octahedral crystals of Copper psuedomorphs after Cuprite with attached crystals of Cuprite. The largest psuedomorph is 1.8cm and the largest Cuprite is 1.3cm. There have been lots of the pseudormorphs and lots of the Cuprite crystals, not not many specimen with both together like this one.
M657 - Gold with Hessite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite sold
Cash Mine, Gold Hill, Boulder Co., Colorado, USA
Thumbnail - 2.4 x 2.2 x 0.4 cm
Small slab of ore consisting of Hessite, Tennantite, and Tetrahedrite with a vein of solid Gold running through and visible on both sides. Polished on front and back.
M652 - Bastnasite sold
Zagi Mountain, Peshawar, Pakistan
Miniature - 3.3 x 2.4 x 1.9 cm
This is a fantastic Bastnasite specimen featuring a thick, 2.5cm main crystal as part of a complete floater group crystallized all around. The crystals have good transparency and color (not too dark). Needle-like inclusions are present.
M653 - Fluorite sold
Okorusu Mine, Ojiwarongo, Namibia
Miniature - 5 x 4.8 x 4.5 cm
Cluster of transparent green cubic Fluorite crystals from Okorusu. Outstanding rich green color but the best part is the thin blue phantom near the edges. A real beauty.
M654 - Analcime on Quartz sold
Goboboseb Mtns., Brandberg area, Namibia
Small Cabinet - 6.9 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
Double-terminated Quartz crystal with attached crystals of Analcime. The largest Analcime is 6mm. Amethyst coloration in one end. Glassy and undamaged quality crystal.
M655 - Azurite with Cuprian Adamite (Zincian Olivenite) sold
Tsumeb, Namibia
Miniature - 4 x 3.5 x 3 cm
Azurite crystals in a vug in matrix covered by green crystals of (formerly) Cuprian Adamite, now known as Zincian Olivenite.
M689 - Aquamarine sold
Gosalak Mine, Darra Pech, Kunar, Afghanistan
Miniature - 3.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm
Two tabular Aquamarine crystals on Albite. The Aqua crystals are glassy and transparent, 2.5 and 2cm in size. Better than photos.
M683 - Tourmaline sold
Barra de Salina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Thumbnail - 1.6 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm
Gem quality transparent green Tourmaline crystal. Complete and undamaged. Weighs 2.4 grams.
M690 - Topaz sold
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Thumbnail - 1.3 x 0.5 x 0.3 cm
Ten crystals of Imperial Topaz. Though small, they are high quality transparent crystals. All are terminated and undamaged or relatively undamaged.
M684 - Ruby sold
Guinea
Thumbnail - 2 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm
Complete double-terminated Ruby crystal. Nicely translucent throughout it's entire length.
M685 - Ruby sold
Guinea
Thumbnail - 2.8 x 1.2 x 1 cm
Complete double-terminated Ruby crystal. Nicely translucent throughout it's entire length.
M686 - Ruby sold
Guinea
Thumbnail - 2.9 x 0.9 x 0.9 cm
Complete double-terminated Ruby crystal. Nicely translucent throughout it's entire length.
M682 - Cobaltite sold
Tunaberg, Nykoping, Sodermanland, Sweden
Thumbnail - 1.3 x 1 x 1 cm
Complete single Cobaltite crystal from the classic Swedish locality. Smooth, bright metallic faces all over with just a bit of minor edge chips. Ex. Rock Currier collection and still has his yellow doughnut-shaped specimen number attached to the crystal by a piece of thread.
TR107 - Diamond sold
Sierra Leone
Thumbnail - 1 x 1 x 1 cm
Complete single octahedral Diamond crystal. Undamaged with slightly modified edges and great glossy luster. There are some internal imperfections that saved it from being cut, but there are also large transparent zones. More colorless inside with light brownish color along the outer crystal edges. This is an old crystal that has been hoarded away for decades on offered here for the first time. Weighs 5.05 carats.
M692 - Quartz Gwindel sold
Shalman, Khyber Agency, Pakistan
Small Cabinet - 8.5 x 3.8 x 2.5 cm
Tall, glassy Quartz gwindel. Slightly smokey in color, this is perhaps the best Paki gwindel I've seen, certainly the best I've owned. They don't turn up very often, and this is the only one I saw at the 2020 Tucson show. Tall, twisting form, it's undamaged and must have detached naturally from the pocket wall as the bottom is slightly rehealed.
M687 - Gold in Quartz sold
Empire Mine, Grass Valley, Nevada Co., California, USA
Small Cabinet - 9 x 4 x 2.5 cm
Gold (along with Pyrite and Galena) in Quartz from the Empire Gold Mine. The Empire Mine is one of the oldest, largest, and richest gold mines in California. Between 1850 and its closure in 1956, the Empire Mine produced 5.8 million ounces of gold, extracted from 367 miles of underground passages. It is now a California State historic park. Specimen is sawcut on one side.
K452 - Prehnite sold
Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania
Small Cabinet - 5.3 x 5 x 3.5 cm
Superb bladed crystal group of Prehnite, yellow with a hint of the blue/green color characteristic of the 2019 finds. The front area showed blades of crystals surrounding an inner spherical group of Prehnite and the back shows parallel rows of bladed crystals.
M695 - Galena sold
9th of September Mine, Madan, Bulgaria
Miniature - 4.5 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
Skeletal Galena from a find last year at the 9th of September Mine. This is true skeletal Galena (not the manufactured specimens from about 10 years ago), and only the second time in 20 years that they have been found. Main crystal is a superb, cavernous crystal 2cm tall. Undamaged.