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Mixed Minerals October 2, 2018 · 9 specimens |
SM156 - Chrome Diopside sold
Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania
Thumbnail - 3 x 0.7 x 0.5 cm
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
SM162 - Copper after Cuprite sold
Onganja, Namibia
Thumbnail - 2.4 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.