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Mixed Minerals April 16, 2015 · 6 specimens |
B100 - Dioptase sold
Tsumeb, Namibia
Thumbnail - 2.6 x 2 x 2.0 cm
Large double terminated single crystal with a handful of attached smaler crystals and Calcite. The crystal itself is 2.6cm long and 1.5 cm thick. There are a couple minor nicks but overall in great shape. Ex. Jack Halpern collection.
B101 - Topaz on Quartz sold
Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Pakistan
Small Cabinet - 9 x 4.5 x 4 cm
Transparent Topaz crystal between light smokey Quartz crystals. Beautiful display. There is one ding on the Topaz which keeps the price way down from what it otherwise would be for such a beautiful piece.
B103 - Cuprite, Copper, Silver sold
Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovskoe Deposit, Western Siberia, Russia
Miniature - 4.5 x 3 x 2.7 cm
Excellent combination specimen with a little bit of everything - Copper, Cuprite, and Silver. The main crystal is half Cuprite and half Copper psuedomorph after Cuprite. Such specimens showing half of the original Cuprite and half of the crystal psuedomorphed to Copper are uncommon.
B105 - Cuprite sold
North Djezkazgan Mine, Djezkazgan, Kazakhstan
Thumbnail - 1.6 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
Interesting floater aggregate of Cuprite crystals.
B106 - Cuprite with Dolomite sold
Mashamba West Mine, Katanga, Congo
Miniature - 5 x 4.5 x 2 cm
Cuprite crystals to 1.4cm wide with pink Dolomite crystals.
B110 - Diaspore sold
Aydun, Mugula, Turkey
Miniature - 3.3 x 3 x 2.1 cm
Rare cluster of V-twin crystals. The crystals are gem quality. No matrix, just solid Diaspore.