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Mixed Minerals December 10, 2016 · 6 specimens |
T198 - Vanadinite sold
Mibladen, Morocco
Small Cabinet - 6.5 x 4.5 x 3.5 cm
Lustrous red Vanadanite crystals on matrix. Crystals reach 1.2cm wide and are thick. A couple of the crystals at the bottom along the edge are damaged, but all the others, the vast majority, are good. Bright, showy translucent red crystals.
T199 - Chrysocolla psuedo. Malachite psuedo. Azurite sold
Loputo Mine, Katanga, Congo
Small Cabinet - 7.5 x 6 x 4 cm
Chrysocolla psuedomorphs on a matrix covered by Chrysocolla covered by drusy Quartz. These are much different than the larger, tabular psuedomorphs more commonly seen from this mine, in fact this is the only one like it I've seen. Good crystals on two sides.
T202 - Sphene sold
San Quentin, Baja, Mexico
Thumbnail - 2.2 x 2 x 0.6 cm
Old specimen of Sphene (Titanite) from the coastal Pacific town of San Quentin in northern Baja California. A floater single crystal that is gemmy and has great green color. Hard to find crystal, first one I've ever owned.
T206 - Emerald sold
Cosquez Mine, Boyaca Department, Columbia
Small Cabinet - 7 x 7 x 7 cm
Transparent Emerald crystals on grey Calcite with Pyrite. There are 5 Emeralds in the top display area that reach 2cm long and are undamaged.
T207 - Linarite sold
Grand Reef Mine, Graham Co., Arizona, USA
Thumbnail - 1 x 0.6 x 0.2 cm
Translucent electric blue single Linarite crystal with Quartz attached at the base. It has some contacting/indentations along the edges as seen, but is complete front and back with good luster and nice termination faces. Both sides shown.
T210 - Quartz over Wulfenite sold
M'Fouati, Democratic Republic of Congo
Miniature - 4 x 3.5 x 3 cm
Drusy, coarse sized Quartz crystals coating 2 or 3 orange Wulfenite crystals.