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Mixed Minerals October 15, 2017 · 6 specimens |
T824 - Dioptase on Shattuckite $1,500 available
Kaokaveld, Namibia
Miniature - 5 x 3.5 x 3 cm
T828 - Quartz faden sold
Grimsel Pass, Switzerland
Small Cabinet - 6.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm
Glassy smokey Quartz crystal in an unusual (for Switzerland) faden growth formation, sort of a faden gwindel. Complete and glassy all around but with a damaged area on the top.
T832 - Rhodochrosite sold
N'Chwanning Mine, Kuruman, South Africa
Thumbnail - 2.4 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm
Cluster of 2 gem red scalenohedral Rhodochrosite. Terminations are smooth but cleaved.
T833 - Rhodochrosite sold
N'Chwanning Mine, Kuruman, South Africa
Thumbnail - 2 x 1.5 x 1.4 cm
Cluster of 5 gem red scalenohedral Rhodochrosite crystals. Some terminations cleaved though smooth. Gemmy with great color.
T834 - Rhodochrosite sold
N'Chwanning Mine, Kuruman, South Africa
Thumbnail - 2.1 x 1 x 1 cm
Single gem red scalenohedral Rhodochrosite. Single smooth cleave on termination.
T837 - Huebnerite with Quartz sold
Huayllapon Mine, Pasto Bueno, Ancash Dept., Peru
Small Cabinet - 6.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm
Fien quality deep red Hubnerite crystals associated with transparent Quartz crystals. The Hubnerite crystals are nicely terminated and show red when backlit. The Huebnerites are undamaged except for a couple on the backside not visible from the front. An excellent piece.