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Gem Crystals January 4, 2017 · 11 specimens |
T239 - Tourmaline sold
Cata Rica Mine, Barra de Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Miniature - 3.5 x 1.4 x 1.4 cm
Single wine red Tourmaline crystal with a steep, multi-faceted termination. One micro-nick on a termination edge, otherwise undamaged. Good transparency throughout the whole crystal. Weighs 14.4 grams.
T241 - Tourmaline var. Indicolite sold
Pederniera Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Small Cabinet - 9 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm
Long single gem 'pencil' with a good termination at one end. Fully transparent for the entire crystal - gem facet rough quality. Undamaged.
T242 - Kunzite sold
Kunar Province, Afghanistan
Small Cabinet - 8 x 2.2 x 2.1 cm
Transparent purple/yellow Kunzite crystal with a sharpness of form not typical for the species. Uniform prism faces and nice flat termination faces. The bottom has rehealed, so technically double terminated though the bottom faces are not as complete and nice as the top termination. One shallow chip on one edge, otherwise completely undamaged and very clean looking.
T243 - Apatite, Spessartine, Quartz sold
Skardu District, Pakistan
Miniature - 4 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm
An interesting specimen composed of a double-terminated Quartz crystal with an attached combination of pink Apatite and Spessartine. The Spessartine is elengated and appears to have grown around a long Apatite crystal as Apatite is present at each end - wow. Undamaged.
T244 - Topaz sold
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Small Cabinet - 6.2 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
Good sized, complete 'Imperial\" Topaz crystal. Some light edge chipping on the mid to lower edges, otherwise undamaged. Rich reddish golden color.
T245 - Aquamarine sold
Lamjung District, Gandeki, Nepal
Small Cabinet - 6 x 3.2 x 1.5 cm
Two Aquamarine crystals grown on either side of a thin matrix of mica and feldspar. The crystals are gemmy with a good medium blue color and each are terminated on one end. Uncommon locality, and Mindat only has one Aqua pictured from this locality.
T246 - Tantalite on Morganite sold
Skardu District, Pakistan
Small Cabinet - 6.7 x 6.2 x 4.5 cm
Single undamaged Morganite crystal with good pink color. A 9mm Tantalite crystal is attached to one side. Good glassy luster.
T247 - Kunzite sold
Kunar Province, Afghanistan
Cabinet - 9.9 x 3 x 2.8 cm
Transparent purple/yellow Kunzite crystal with a sharpness of form not typical for the species. Uniform prism faces and nice flat termination faces. The bottom has rehealed, so technically double terminated though the bottom faces are not as complete and nice as the top termination. One small partial attached crystal, otherwise completely undamaged and very clean looking.
T249 - Sapphire sold
Ratnapura, Sri Lanka
Thumbnail - 2.2 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm
Double-terminated blue Sapphire crystal. Glassy luster with sharp edges (not water worn) and areas of transparency.
T251 - Tourmaline, Apatite on Quartz sold
Kunar Prov., Afghanistan
Miniature - 4.5 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm
Very unusual specimen that starts with a double-terminated Quartz crystal. The Quartz is a smokey color that has been overgrown with an opaque white Quartz - one end has the internal smokey Quartz sticking out, and the other termination is white but slightly cavernous. Sticking out one side of the Quartz is a terminated Tourmaline crystal. Attached are strange, double-terminated purple Apatite crystals reaching 1.6cm long, with a purple core and a lighter cat's-eye at each termination.
T253 - Kunzite sold
Kunar Prov., Afghansitan
Small Cabinet - 8.5 x 4 x 1.3 cm
Complete single Kunzite crystal with good pink/purple coloration and unusually good, flat termination faces. Undamaged.