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Mixed Minerals October 12, 2016 · 9 specimens |
B915 - Shattuckite sold
Tantara Mine, Katanga, Congo
Small Cabinet - 5.5 x 4 x 2 cm
Cluster of Shattuckite hemispheres from a one time find in 2014. Undamaged.
B917 - Quartz sold
Peterson Mountain, near Hallelujah Junction, Nevada, USA
Small Cabinet - 8 x 3 x 3 cm
Transparent scepter complete and undamaged all around. Smokey colored stalk with an amethyst and smokey scepter head. What makes this a little different than most is that the vast majority have a dark brown, less transparent stalk with a more transparent, lighter colored scepter head. Both the stalk and scepter head on this one have the same degree of transparency.
B918 - Emerald sold
Minas Gerais, Brazil
Thumbnail - 2 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm
Single transparent light green Emerald crystal from Brazil. Complete all around though with contacting on part of one back face. Comes with an old Raymond Schortman label and associated collection number glued to the bottom. Unusual!
B920 - Liddicoatite sold
Antsirabé, Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
Thumbnail - 2.4 x 1 x 0.9 cm
Superb single Liddicoatite with fabulous color zoning up and down the crystal. There is a natural narrow groove in the termination which causes the termination to be stepped. Complete all around.
B923 - Cobaltian Dolomite sold
Katanga, Congo
Small Cabinet - 7.3 x 5 x 3 cm
Reddish purple crystals of Cobaltian Dolomite covering most of the front face of specimen. Incredible color and no damage.
B924 - Mimetite $400 available
Pingtouling Mine, Liannan Co., Qingyuan Prefecture, Guangdong Province, China
Small Cabinet - 7.5 x 6 x 2 cm
B925 - Red Beryl sold
Violet Claims, Wah Wah Mtns., Utah, USA
Miniature - 4.8 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm
White Rhyolite hosting 4 crystals of Red Beryl. Main crystal is 1.2cm tall.
B926 - Emerald sold
Panjshir, Afghanistan
Thumbnail - 2.8 x 2.5 x 2 cm
Gem quality 1.1cm Emerald on matrix. Terminated and undamaged.
B927 - Andradite sold
Breitenbrunn, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany
Miniature - 3.4 x 3.3 x 2.5 cm
Stacked, mound-shaped cluster of black Andradite crystals. Complete all around and undamaged.