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Mixed Minerals August 27, 2017 · 6 specimens |
T703 - Hematite sold
Wisconsin, USA
Cabinet - 15 x 1.2 x 0.6 cm
Slight;y curving, long, spear-like Hematite with good crystal faces and striations on one end. Out of an old collection.
T705 - Quartz sold
Orange River, Namibia
Small Cabinet - 6.5 x 4 x 4 cm
Quartz crystal cluster colored red by Hematite, also with areas of yellow. Colorful piece!
T709 - Azurite on Malachite sold
Bisbee, Arizona, USA
Cabinet - 13.5 x 9.5 x 4 cm
Gorgeous specimen of velvety Malachite covered with bright blue Azurite crystals. In excellent condition with only very trivial damage along the extreme edge, virtually undamaged. Just released out of an old collection.
T710 - Calcite sold
Washington City, Missouri, USA
Small Cabinet - 9 x 3.0 x 2 cm
Long, undamaged Calcite crystal with attached matrix. Highly glassy luster and brightness. Some matrix attached to the backside of crystal.
T711 - Calcite with Chalcopyrite sold
Sweetwater Mine, Missouri, USA
Small Cabinet - 6.5 x 5 x 5 cm
Superb quality Calcite crystals on matrix with Chalcopyrite. We have all seen hundreds of these, but this one is exceptional, one of the best I can recall seeing in terms of glassy, gemmy crystals and freedom of damage. It's also a floater crystallized all around. I found one small crystal on the top rear (not part of the main group) that was incomplete, otherwise it is perfect. Just released from an old collection.
T714 - Jouravskite with Xonotlite sold
N'Chwanning III Mine, Kuruman, South Africa
Small Cabinet - 5.5 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm
Bright crystalline Jouravskite with white Xonotlite on matrix from a 2017 find. Jouravskite is a rare mineral in the Ettringite group.