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Mixed Minerals
May 29, 2015  ·  7 specimens

B123 - Elbaite with Quartz  sold

Stak Nala, Skardu District, Pakistan
Miniature - 4 x 3.5 x 3 cm



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Elbaite with Quartz Elbaite with Quartz Elbaite with Quartz Elbaite with Quartz

Yellow-tipped Elbaite crystals shot through matrix of Quartz and Albite. Two terminated Elbaites present with one aesthetically perched atop a Quartz crystal.


B124 - Elbaite with Quartz  sold

Stak Nala, Skardu District, Pakistan
Miniature - 4 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm



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Elbaite with Quartz Elbaite with Quartz

Yellow-tipped Elbaite crystals shot through matrix of Quartz and Albite, a few of which are double-terminated.


B125 - Aquamarine  sold

Quy Chau District, Nghe An Province, Vietnam
Miniature - 4 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm



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Aquamarine Aquamarine

GEM quality Aqua, complete and undamaged.


B126 - Pyrite  sold

Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
Thumbnail - 2.2 x 2 x 2 cm



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Pyrite Pyrite

Complete single crystal with complex form.


B127 - Pyrite  sold

Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Sonora, Mexico
Thumbnail - 2.3 x 2.1 x 1.7 cm



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Pyrite Pyrite

Single crystal with complex form.


B129 - Brazilianite  sold

Telerio Mine, Linopolis, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Thumbnail - 2 x 1.5 x 0.9 cm



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Brazilianite Brazilianite

Terminated single crystal.


B133 - Smithsonite  sold

Tsumeb, Namibia
Cabinet - 9.5 x 6 x 3 cm



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Smithsonite Smithsonite Smithsonite

Pale yellowish crystals of Smithsonite on matrix. Sharp well defined crystals that are separated on the matrix, different than the typical druses of crystals. Undamaged. This specimen if from the collection of Mr. G. Balhao. He worked on T.C.L. (TSUMEB CORPORATION LTD) from 1941 to 1952 and again for a short period in the early 60`s. He is retired and now lives in Kombat, Namibia.


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