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October 2, 2018  ·  9 specimens

SM156 - Chrome Diopside  sold

Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania
Thumbnail - 3 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm



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Chrome Diopside Chrome Diopside Chrome Diopside Chrome Diopside

Fine quality single Diopside crystal with the top color for the locality (which happens to produce the world's best Diopside crystals). For some reason the more transparent Diopside crystal from Merelani typically have pale color and the bright, deep green Diopside crystals are less transparent. This crystal has both top color and good transparency. The termination has an unusual growth pattern but is undamaged.


SM158 - Bastnasite   $150  available

Zagi Mountain, Peshawar, Pakistan
Thumbnail - 1.6 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm



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Bastnasite Bastnasite Bastnasite Bastnasite

Fine quality Bastnasite specimen composed of a cluster of undamaged crystals to 1.6cm in size. Translucent yellow/brown in color. Complete all around and undamaged.

SM162 - Copper after Cuprite  sold

Onganja, Namibia
Thumbnail - 2.4 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm



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Copper after Cuprite Copper after Cuprite Copper after Cuprite

Undamaged floater cluster of Copper crystals that have replaced Cuprite crystals. Main crystals is 1.5cm.


SM168 - Epidote  sold

Bajaur Agency, Pakistan
Miniature - 3.4 x 1.6 x 0.3 cm



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Epidote Epidote Epidote Epidote

Rare faden Epidote crystal mined in 2016 in Bajaur Agency, Pakistan, hand selected from the pocket and shipped to me. Sharply formed double-terminated crystal with good transparency and a distinct faden line running up the center. Undamaged.


SM171 - Eosphorite on Rose Quartz   $300  available

Sapucaia Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Small Cabinet - 5.5 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm



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Eosphorite on Rose Quartz Eosphorite on Rose Quartz Eosphorite on Rose Quartz

Cluster of pink rose Quartz crystals with attached Eosphorite crystals. The specimen has particularly good, uniform and regular shaped Quartz crystals. The specimen detached in the pocket and there are Eosphorite crystals on both the front and back sides. Undamaged.


SM179 - Cassiterite, Apatite, Tourmaline, Arsenopyrite  sold

Panasquiera, Portugal
Small Cabinet - 6 x 5.5 x 3 cm



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Cassiterite, Apatite, Tourmaline, Arsenopyrite Cassiterite, Apatite, Tourmaline, Arsenopyrite Cassiterite, Apatite, Tourmaline, Arsenopyrite

Fine Panasquiera specimen with green Apatite crystals, Cassiterite crystals, Arsenopyrite, clear Quartz crystals, and fibrous Tourmaline crystals. The Quartz crystals have great inclusions of the Tourmaline. Undamaged.


C603 - Vanandinite  sold

Mibladen, Morocco
Small Cabinet - 6.7 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm



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Vanandinite Vanandinite Vanandinite Vanandinite Vanandinite

Large red Vanadinite crystals to 1.8cm on matrix. Showy grouping of crystals with main group undamaged and all others except two insignificant 5mm crystals also undamaged. Although Vanadinite specimens are currently common, aesthetic clusters such as this are not.


C604 - Uvite on Magnesite  sold

Brumado Mine, Bahia, Brazil
Small Cabinet - 5.3 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm



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Uvite on Magnesite Uvite on Magnesite Uvite on Magnesite

Undamaged green Uvite crystals on white Magnesite. Fine example of this occurrence, with crystals on the backside too.


C605 - Cumengite  sold

Amelia Mine, Santa Rosalia, Baja Sur, Mexico
Thumbnail - 0.6 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm



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Cumengite Cumengite Cumengite

Rare Cumengite specimen just released for sale by a Mexican miner. Cumengite is a rare halide that grows on the faces of Boleite cubes. There are pointed crystals of Cumengite on all 6 of the Boleite cube faces, 5 of which are perfect, one with a micro ding. Rare to find complete 'stars' or 'jumping jacks' of Cumengite.


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