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Mixed Minerals September 14, 2016 · 11 specimens |
B863 - Elbaite sold
Jonas Mine, Itataia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Thumbnail - 2.7 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm
Double terminated crystal of the typically superbly colored Elbaite from this famous mine. Gemmy and perfect with the exception of a small notch on one termination where another tiny crystal was present.
B864 - Fluorite with Chalcopyrite sold
Minerva Mine, Hardin Co., Illinois
Cabinet - 10.5 x 8 x 5.5 cm
Yellow cubic Fluorite crystals with small attached Chalcopyrite crystals. The Fluorite is color zoned with a thin outler layer of light blue. In excellent conditon with all the edges and corners perfect.
B865 - Variscite with Crandallite sold
Clay Canyon, Fairfield, Utah, USA
Small Cabinet - 5.8 x 5.5 x 3 cm
Variscite nodule cut on polished with surrounding yellow Crandallite and spheres of grey green Wardite.
B866 - Bastnasite-(Ce) $350 available
Zagi Mountain, Peshawar, Pakistan
Thumbnail - 2.2 x 2 x 1 cm
Well formed floater cluster of Bastnasite crystals. The main crystal is good sized with uniform thickness and sharp, crisp edges. The color is a translucent rootbeer brown with an outer zone of yellow.
B869 - Spessartine with Galena sold
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Miniature - 3.7 x 3.5 x 2 cm
Bright and glassy Spessartine crystals in a matrix of Galena.
B870 - Rhodochrosite sold
Ushkatyn deposits, Zhayrem, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan
Small Cabinet - 6 x 3.7 x 3.6 cm
Botryoidal Rhodochrosite with one side cut and polished to show the internal banding structure.
B871 - Calcite sold
Dal'negorsk, Russia
Small Cabinet - 5.2 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm
Transparent prism of Calcite with the upper surfaces smooth and glassy and the lower half with a rough surface luster and tapering down to a narrow, but terminated, bottom tip.
B872 - Kesterite With Mushistonite sold
Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu District, Sichuan Province, China
Small Cabinet - 6 x 4 x 4 cm
Very rich specimen of Kesterite crystals coated by green Mushistonite on Mica.
B873 - Kesterite With Mushistonite sold
Mt Xuebaoding, Pingwu District, Sichuan Province, China
Miniature - 4.5 x 4 x 3.5 cm
Kesterite crystals coated by green Mushistonite on Mica in various areas of specimen. Also present are a number of small Aquamarine crystals.
B874 - Azurite on Malachite sold
Bisbee, Cochise Co., Arizona, USA
Small Cabinet - 8.5 x 6 x 5 cm
Bright, glassy blue Azurite on Malachite. This came out of an old collection and there are some damaged crystals present, and it has been priced down accordingly. An american classic with lots of visual pop.
B876 - Kunzite sold
Kunar, Afghanistan
Small Cabinet - 7.7 x 3.2 x 1.6 cm
Transparent, pink Kunzite crystal with an etched but complete termination. Complete all around and undamaged.