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Tucson 2016 February 8, 2016 · 10 specimens |
B520 - Serandite sold
Mont St. Hilaire, Quebec, Canada
Small Cabinet - 5.5 x 2.6 x 2.6 cm
Large crystal grouping of salmon pink/orange Serandite crystals. Stepped terminations and clean all around with smooth crystal faces on 3 sides and natural etching on the backside.
B521 - Wulfenite sold
Red Cloud Mine, La Paz Co., Arizona
Miniature - 4.3 x 3.0 x 3 cm
Highly lustrous Wulfenite crystals to 1.4cm on matrix.
B522 - Hutchinsonite with Pyrite sold
Quiruvilca, La Libertad Dept., Peru
Small Cabinet - 5.2 x 4.5 x 2 cm
A new find of red Hutchinsonite crystals on matrix. Hutchinsonite is typically metallic black in color and these red crystals are unusual. I understand there were only a handfull found and this is one of 3 pieces I saw.
B523 - Galkhaite sold
Getchell Mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada
Small Cabinet - 5.2 x 4 x 1.5 cm
Large cubes of Galkhaite to 4mm on edge on matrix. Galkhaite is a very rare cesium, thallium, mercury sulfide, and these are big crystals.
B524 - Topaz on Elbaite sold
Stak Nala, Skardu Dist., Pakistan
Miniature - 3.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm
A 1.6cm transparent Topaz crystal with translucent to transparent golden Lepidolite crystals attached to an Elbaite crystal. The Elbaite has a blue/green color with a transparent termination. Undamaged.
B527 - Chalcophyllite and Goudeyite sold
Majuba Hill Mine, Pershing Co., Nevada
Small Cabinet - 5.2 x 4 x 2.5 cm
Bright green Chalcophyllite crystals in a vug with a big 8mm crystal displayed right across the top. Ex. Clay Williams collection.
B530 - Orpiment sold
La Libertad, Quiruvilca, Peru
Miniature - 4.8 x 3.5 x 3 cm
Bright golden Orpiment crystals with great transparency with 2 larger crystals rising above smaller crystals. Not your ordinary Orpiment. This was brought into the country by Dr. Jaroslav Hyrsl who said it was from a small pocket the size of a football that produced these very transparent crystals.
B532 - Rhodochrosite with Quartz sold
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Miniature - 3.8 x 2.8 x 1.5 cm
Bladed pink Rhodocrosite crystals partially covered by glassy Quartz crystals.
B533 - Rhodonite with Galena sold
Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Small Cabinet - 6 x 4 x 3.5 cm
Rhodonite crystals in Galena including a large 3 x 1.5cm terminated crystal.
B534 - Getchellite with Stibnite and Orpiment sold
Cut 20, Twin Creeks Mine, Humboldt Co., Nevada
Small Cabinet - 6 x 4 x 4 cm
Bright red Getchellite with Stibnite and Orpiment from a single approximately basketball sized pod that produced the world's best Getchellite specimens.