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Tucson 2020 Minerals February 19, 2020 · 11 specimens |
TR100 - Euclase sold
La Marina Mine, Boyaca Dept., Colombia
Miniature - 3.8 x 1.2 x 1 cm
Long single blue Euclase with attached Albite crystals from the 2015 find. Terminated and glassy, contacted/cleaved along the side where the Albite is located. The upper termination area is highly transparent. Glassy faces on both sides.
TR101 - Euclase sold
La Marina Mine, Boyaca Dept., Colombia
Thumbnail - 1.9 x 0.9 x 0.5 cm
Single blue Euclase crystal from the 2015 find. Terminated and glassy crystal with beautiful blue color. There is slight edge chipping on one side, a natural indentation along the base of the other side, and a chip on the back face. A beautiful rarity.
TR102 - Gold sold
Black Hills, South Dakota, USA
Thumbnail - 1 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm
Water worn solid Gold nugget from the Black Hills in South Dakota, which are uncommon to find. Weighs 1.83 grams.
TR104 - Goethite on Quartz sold
Tichka Massif, High Atlas Mtns., Morocco
Miniature - 3.8 x 3.6 x 2.5 cm
Double-terminated Quartz crystal with a crest of Goethite crystals around the center. This is a real cute piece with both terminations sticking out either side of the spikey goethite. Sort of reminds me of a Hedgehog.
TR105 - Benitoite sold
Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California, USA
Miniature - 4 x 3 x 2.5 cm
Two deep blue Benitoite crystals on white Natrolite over a schist matrix. Stunning example with a large 2.8cm crystal and a smaller 1cm crystal in front. Undamaged and hard to find specimen.
TR106 - Zircon sold
Mashewa, Tanga Region, Tanzania
Miniature - 3.5 x 1.8 x 1.7 cm
Large, dark red, gemmy Zircon. One of the larger, good quality crystals I have seen from this locality. Fine termination with typical dimpled surface texture on prism faces. A gemmy bright red color top to bottom when backlit. Weighs 36.6 grams.
M691 - Senegalite sold
Kouroudiako, Tambacounda Region, Senegal
Small Cabinet - 7 x 4.5 x 3 cm
Yellow Senegalite crystals atop a blue Turquoise lined vug. Colorful, uncommon phosphate mineral specimen.
M651 - Sylvanite sold
Portland Mine, Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA
Small Cabinet - 5.5 x 4 x 1.2 cm
Sylvanite crystals with Quartz crystals on both sides of thin rock matrix. Sylvanite is a telluride of Silver and Gold.
M659 - Benitoite sold
Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California, USA
Miniature - 4.5 x 4.5 x 1.8 cm
Deep blue Benitoite crystals to 1.8cm in size. Some have gem rough/transparent zones in their tips.
M656 - Garnet with Clinochlore sold
Momand Agency, Pakistan
Miniature - 3.5 x 2 x 1.6 cm
Orange garnet crystals and green Clinochlore on matrix. Largest garnet is 1cm, glassy and transparent. The only 'keeper' out of about 30 pieces I looked through.
M681 - Apatite on Quartz $900 available
Panasquiera, Portugal
Small Cabinet - 9 x 5 x 3.5 cm
Cluster of 3 glassy blue Apatite crystals on a partial Quartz crystal.