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Tucson 2020 Minerals
February 7, 2020  ·  21 specimens

M534 - Kammererite  sold

Kop Krom Mine, Kop Daglari, East Anatolia, Turkey
Cabinet - 10.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm



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Kammererite Kammererite Kammererite Kammererite Kammererite Kammererite

Richly crystallized Kammererite specimen loaded with large crystals to 7mm. Translucent crystals with deep purple color. Undamaged with crystals on both sides. The bottom is relatively flat and it stands up on it's own for display. This mine is long closed and pieces of this quality are hard to come by now.


M535 - Azurite  sold

Concepcion del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico
Miniature - 4 x 3 x 2 cm



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Azurite Azurite Azurite Azurite Azurite Azurite

Gem Azurite crystals to 1.5cm on a Malachite covered gossan matrix. Found in the 1950s, these old Azurites are some of the most transparent ever found. Some are partially altered to Malachite on their lower halves. This specimen has larger than average sized crystals as most (when you can find them) have sub-1cm sized crystals. There are some broken crystals but most are good. Great old piece and rare to find now.


M538 - Tsavorite, Diopside, on Graphite  sold

Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania
Cabinet - 11 x 8 x 5 cm



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Tsavorite, Diopside, on Graphite Tsavorite, Diopside, on Graphite Tsavorite, Diopside, on Graphite Tsavorite, Diopside, on Graphite Tsavorite, Diopside, on Graphite

Large display matrix Tsavorite specimen, which are hard to come by. This specimen has better than average, large Graphite crystals, white Diopside crystals, and Tsavorites crystals to 9mm. The Tsavorite have great green color (not pale!), and are gemmy.


M473 - Barite on Calcite  sold

Elk Creek, Meade Co., South Dakota. USA
Miniature - 5 x 5 x 5 cm



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Barite on Calcite Barite on Calcite Barite on Calcite Barite on Calcite

Gem quality 1.8cm Barite crystal on yellow Calcite crystals. Chipping along the back edge, otherwise undamaged with a perfect termination.


M532 - Axinite  sold

Polar Urals, Russia
Miniature - 4 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm



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Axinite Axinite Axinite Axinite Axinite

High quality miniature with razor sharp, transparent Axinite crystals along a thin shard of matrix. Double-terminated crystals to 2.5cm in size. Contact to the back side of the back crystal, otherwise all are perfect. Highly showy piece.


M533 - Spinel  sold

Mogok, Myanmar
Thumbnail - 1.5 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm



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Spinel Spinel Spinel Spinel Spinel

Glassy red Spinel, a single crystal with a couple step overgrowth crystals on one corner. Undamaged and transparent, with internal imperfections that saved it from being cut. Color is everything with gems, and this has a superb blood red color. Weighs 9.2 carats.


M451 - Copper with Prehnite  sold

Osceola Mine, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA
Miniature - 4.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm



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Copper with Prehnite Copper with Prehnite Copper with Prehnite Copper with Prehnite

Massive Copper and Copper wires with botryoidal light green Prehnite. The vug on the lower left has perfect hemispheres of Prehnite with Copper wires protruding out.


M551 - Quartz on Pyrite  sold

Spruce Claim, King Co., Washington, USA
Small Cabinet - 6 x 5.2 x 3 cm



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Quartz on Pyrite Quartz on Pyrite Quartz on Pyrite Quartz on Pyrite

A 5cm Quartz scepter partially surrounded by a Pyrite crystal.


M553 - Tourmaline in Quartz  sold

Taquarel, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Cabinet - 13.5 x 11 x 6 cm



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Tourmaline in Quartz Tourmaline in Quartz Tourmaline in Quartz Tourmaline in Quartz Tourmaline in Quartz Tourmaline in Quartz

Large specimen of double-terminated Quartz crystals included by needles of black Tourmaline. There are a few dings present, but there are so many perfect tips all around and it's priced at nearly the same cost as shown on it's 1970s era label. A complete floater crystallized all around. The crystals look great when backlit to show the needles of Tourmaline inside.


M552 - Smithsonite  sold

Tsumeb, Namibia
Small Cabinet - 5.5 x 4 x 2 cm



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Smithsonite Smithsonite Smithsonite Smithsonite Smithsonite

Pink cobaltian Smithsonite crystals. Very clean with minimal damage and great color.


M590 - Cobaltite  sold

Espanola, Ontario, Canada
Miniature - 3.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm



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Cobaltite Cobaltite Cobaltite Cobaltite Cobaltite

Cobaltite crystals in matrix. One side has a single 6mm crystal, the other sides has multiple crystals to 6mm. Mounted in a plastic box.


M565 - Tsavorite  sold

Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania
Thumbnail - 1.8 x 1.7 x 1 cm



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Tsavorite Tsavorite Tsavorite Tsavorite

Intergrown pair of glassy and gemmy Tsavorite crystals. Largest crystal is 1.7cm. Very high luster!


M424 - Prehnite  sold

Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania
Thumbnail - 1.7 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm



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Prehnite Prehnite Prehnite

Exquisite, high quality cluster of Prehnite. If you appreciate high quality and don't mind the smaller size, this is a good one. Undamaged.


M375 - Tsavorite, Diopside, on Graphite  sold

Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania
Small Cabinet - 6 x 4.5 x 4 cm



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Tsavorite, Diopside, on Graphite Tsavorite, Diopside, on Graphite Tsavorite, Diopside, on Graphite

Row of deep green Tsavorite crystals, a lone white Diopside crystal, on Graphite. The Tsavorite have great green color (not pale!), are gemmy and undamaged, and reach 1cm in size.


M399 - Aurichalcite, Hemimorphite  sold

Mina Oujela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Cabinet - 11 x 6.5 x 6 cm



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Aurichalcite, Hemimorphite Aurichalcite, Hemimorphite Aurichalcite, Hemimorphite Aurichalcite, Hemimorphite Aurichalcite, Hemimorphite

Large, vuggy specimen covered by blue/green acicular crystals of Aurichalcite and transparent Hemimorphite. Old specimen with crystals all over.


M419 - Tsavorite with Graphite  sold

Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania
Miniature - 5 x 3.8 x 3 cm



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Tsavorite with Graphite Tsavorite with Graphite Tsavorite with Graphite Tsavorite with Graphite Tsavorite with Graphite

Cluster of Tsavorite crystals on a matrix of Tsavorite and Graphite. The Tsavorite are glassy and large; the compound crystal on top is nearly 3cm in size. A few nicks but generally undamaged. It appears to have detached like this in-situ as parts of the edges and the backside are rehealed.


M468 - Quartz with Pyrite  sold

Oppu Mine, Amori, honshu, Japan
Small Cabinet - 6.5 x 6 x 3 cm



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Quartz with Pyrite Quartz with Pyrite Quartz with Pyrite Quartz with Pyrite Quartz with Pyrite Quartz with Pyrite

Cluster of Quartz crystals intergrown with cubic Pyrite from the famous Oppu Mine. It appears to have detached like this in-situ as the backside is also fully crystallized.


M452 - Copper  sold

Quincy Mine, Houghton Co., Michigan, USA
Small Cabinet - 6 x 4 x 2 cm



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Copper Copper Copper

Aesthetic Copper specimen with a 3.8cm crystal atop smaller crystals of Copper.


M453 - Rhodochrosite on quartz  sold

American Tunnel, Silverton, Colorado, USA
Small Cabinet - 5.8 x 4 x 3.5 cm



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Rhodochrosite on quartz Rhodochrosite on quartz Rhodochrosite on quartz Rhodochrosite on quartz Rhodochrosite on quartz Rhodochrosite on quartz

Deep pink crystals of Rhodochrosite on drusy Quartz crystals. Main Rhodo crystal is 2cm in size. Some of the drusy Quartz formed as casts after a now gone mineral.


M423 - Prehnite  sold

Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania
Miniature - 3.8 x 3 x 2.5 cm



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Prehnite Prehnite Prehnite Prehnite Prehnite

Exquisite, high quality cluster of translucent blue Prehnite. Crystallized all around and undamaged except for the bottom where is detached from matrix. These blue Prehnites are uncommon and have a color change (different shades of blue) in natural versus artificial light.


M465 - Ettringite  sold

N'Chwanning Mine, Kuruman, South Africa
Thumbnail - 2.1 x 1.5 x 1 cm



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Ettringite Ettringite Ettringite Ettringite

Cluster of 4 bright lemon yellow Ettringite crystals. Undamaged quality thumbnail from the Kalahari manganese fields.


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