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September 30, 2015  ·  6 specimens

B339 - Alabandite  sold

Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania
Miniature - 4.5 x 4 x 4 cm



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Alabandite Alabandite Alabandite

Particularly large, sharp single crystal. These are not coming out as much as the past couple years, so I feel fortunate to have found as nice a crystal as this. there is a small cavity on one face containing a Pyrite crystal.


B340 - Alabandite  sold

Merelani Hills, Arusha, Tanzania
Small Cabinet - 5.3 x 4.5 x 4 cm



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Alabandite Alabandite Alabandite

Particularly large, sharp single crystal. These are not coming out as much as the past couple years, so I feel fortunate to have found as nice a crystal as this.


B341 - Tourmaline Carving  sold

Asia
Small Cabinet - 6.3 x 3 x 2.5 cm



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Tourmaline Carving Tourmaline Carving Tourmaline Carving Tourmaline Carving

Carved Tourmaline Budda figure. Translucent to transparent pink with green at the base.


B342 - Moonstone with ?   $800  available

Pili Mine, near Naica, Chihuahua, Mexico
Cabinet - 11 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm



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Moonstone with ? Moonstone with ? Moonstone with ? Moonstone with ?

An old specimen from the Bill Hiss collection featuring wonderful, transparent Orthoclase var. Moonstone crystals with black Augite crystals. There is also an unknown hoppered octahedral crystal present, about 7mm wide.

B345 - Chalcotrichite included Calcite  sold

Bisbee, Arizona
Thumbnail - 1.2 x 1 x 1 cm



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Chalcotrichite included Calcite Chalcotrichite included Calcite

Small but fine specimen of Calcite colored red by inclusions of Chalcotrichite.


A744 - Henmilite  sold

Fuka Mine, Takahasi shi, Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Miniature - 4.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm



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Henmilite Henmilite Henmilite Henmilite

Rich royal blue Henmilite crystals to 4mm against a contrasting white matrix. Two large 4mm crystals onthis specimen. Henmilite is a rare copper borate species and the Fuka mine is the type locality, size 4.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm.


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