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Mixed Minerals January 6, 2017 · 9 specimens |
T255 - Rhodochrosite sold
Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Miniature - 4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm
Cluster of thick rhombs of red Rhodochrosite. This is from a recent find and we are more accustomed to seeing small wafer-like, twin Rhodo crystals from here, rather than these large, thick crystals. Crystals reach 2.5cm wide. Undamaged with some etched areas, mostly on the backside.
T256 - Rhodochrosite sold
Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Thumbnail - 3.1 x 3 x 2 cm
Thick rhombs of red Rhodochrosite with attached Leifite (white) and aegerine (black). This is from a recent find and we are more accustomed to seeing small wafer-like, twin Rhodo crystals from here, rather than these large, thick crystals. Main crystal is 3cm wide. Undamaged with some etched areas.
T257 - Rhodochrosite sold
Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Thumbnail - 2.8 x 2.8 x 1.8 cm
Thick rhombs of red Rhodochrosite with attached Leifite (white) and aegerine (black). This is from a recent find and we are more accustomed to seeing small wafer-like, twin Rhodo crystals from here, rather than these large, thick crystals. Main crystal is 2.5cm wide. Undamaged with some etched areas.
T260 - Rhodochrosite sold
Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Thumbnail - 2 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm
Single rhomb of red Rhodochrosite. This is from a recent find and we are more accustomed to seeing small wafer-like, twin Rhodo crystals from here. Undamaged with some etched areas.
T261 - Rhodochrosite sold
Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Thumbnail - 2.2 x 2 x 1.2 cm
Cluster of red Rhodochrosite with attached Leifite (white) and aegerine (black). This is from a recent find and we are more accustomed to seeing small wafer-like, twin Rhodo crystals from here, rather than these large, thick crystals. Undamaged with some etched areas.
T263 - Dioptase on Shattuckite sold
Kaokaveld, Kunene Region, Namibia
Miniature - 3.7 x 1.3 x 1 cm
Velvety blue Shattuckite covered by bright green Dioptase crystals. The Shattuckite layer is loose from the matrix but does not detach.
T266 - Quartz sold
Que Phong, Nghe An Prov., Vietnam
Small Cabinet - 9.2 x 2.5 x 2.0 cm
New find of unusual, tapering Quartz crystal. The crystal has a red core, followed by a partial green zone, and finally a transparent outer layer. The red zone is filled with dense clusters of criss-crossing acicular crystals of an unidentified species. Partially etched on the backside.
T267 - Quartz sold
Que Phong, Nghe An Prov., Vietnam
Small Cabinet - 8 x 2.2 x 2.0 cm
New find of unusual, tapering Quartz crystal. The crystal has a red core and a transparent outer layer. The red zone is filled with dense clusters of criss-crossing acicular crystals of an unidentified species. Partially etched on the backside.
T268 - Laguna Agate sold
Rancho Laguna, Chihuahua, Mexico
Cabinet - 11.5 x 9 x 4.2 cm
Complete agate nodule with good pink/purple color banding. This is a rare chance to get both sides of a relatively large Laguna agate nodule. The listed size is for the whole nodule, the polished faces measure 11.5 x 4.2 cm.