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Dravite from Tanzania
October 28, 2014  ·  18 specimens

TZ386 - Dravite  sold

Mwajanga, near Komolo, Tanzania
Small Cabinet - 5.5 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm



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Dravite Dravite Dravite

Transparent, rootbeer colored Dravite crystal with a very sharp change to white, cat's-eye Dravite. These half normal/half cats-eye crystals are much less common than normal crystals, and crystals with such a sharp delineation between the two even more so. Weighs 34.9 grams.


TZ387 - Dravite  sold

Mwajanga, near Komolo, Tanzania
Miniature - 4 x 1.7 x 1.5 cm



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Dravite Dravite Dravite

Transparent, light brown Dravite grading to a darker rootbeer color at the base. There is a sharp change to silvery grey, cat's-eye Dravite approximately half way up the crystal. These half normal/half cats-eye crystals are much less common than normal crystals from the find, and crystals with such a sharp delineation between the two even more so. Weighs 18.9 grams.


TZ388 - Dravite  sold

Mwajanga, near Komolo, Tanzania
Thumbnail - 1.7 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm



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Dravite Dravite Dravite

Transparent, rootbeer colored Dravite crystal with a very sharp change to white, slightly cat's-eye Dravite. There were only a handfull of these small crystals that went to cats-eye and also retained the original trigonal pyramidal termination.


TZ389 - Dravite  sold

Mwajanga, near Komolo, Tanzania
Thumbnail - 2.7 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm



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Dravite Dravite

Transparent, light brown Dravite with a phantom on the lower half, with a sharp change to silvery grey, cat's-eye Dravite approximately half way up the crystal. These half normal/half cats-eye crystals are much less common than normal crystals from the find, and crystals with such a sharp delineation between the two even more so.


TZ390 - Dravite  sold

Mwajanga, near Komolo, Tanzania
Thumbnail - 2.3 x 1 x 0.8 cm



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Dravite Dravite Dravite

Transparent, rootbeer colored Dravite crystal with a very sharp change to white, satiny cat's-eye Dravite. There were only a handfull of these small crystals that went to cats-eye and also retained the original trigonal pyramidal termination.


TZ391 - Dravite  sold

Mwajanga, near Komolo, Tanzania
Miniature - 4.6 x 1.2 x 1 cm



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Dravite Dravite Dravite

Transparent, rootbeer brown Dravite with a sharp change to cat's-eye Dravite near the top. The bottom half shows a series of natural fracturing and rehealing resulting in a bent crystal, very interesting and unusual.


TZ392 - Dravite  sold

Mwajanga, near Komolo, Tanzania
Small Cabinet - 5.8 x 1.8 x 1.6 cm



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Dravite Dravite Dravite

Transparent, silver/green Dravite with a sharp change to cat's-eye Dravite at the top of the crystal. These half normal/half cats-eye crystals are much less common than normal crystals from the find, and crystals with such a sharp delineation between the two even more so. Weighs 34 grams.


TZ393 - Dravite  sold

Mwajanga, near Komolo, Tanzania
Miniature - 3.3 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm



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Dravite Dravite Dravite

Transparent, GEM rootbeer brown Dravite. Complete all around and undamaged. this is the largest, all gem, fine quality crystal I've yet seen from this find.


TZ394 - Dravite  sold

Mwajanga, near Komolo, Tanzania
Thumbnail - 2.4 x 1.4 x 0.8 cm



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Dravite Dravite Dravite

Pair of side-by-side transparent, rootbeer colored Dravite crystals with a very sharp change to white, satiny cat's-eye Dravite at the terminations. There were only a handfull of these small crystals that went to cats-eye and also retained the original trigonal pyramidal termination.


TZ395 - Dravite  sold

Mwajanga, near Komolo, Tanzania
Thumbnail - 3 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm



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Dravite Dravite

Transparent, rootbeer colored Dravite crystal. Complete and undamaged. Great quality for the find.


TZ396 - Dravite  sold

Mwajanga, near Komolo, Tanzania
Thumbnail - 1.3 x 0.5 x 0.4 cm



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Dravite Dravite

Transparent, silver/green Dravite crystal. Complete and undamaged. Great quality for the find.


TZ397 - Dravite  sold

Mwajanga, near Komolo, Tanzania
Thumbnail - 2.5 x 0.7 x 0.6 cm



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Dravite Dravite

Transparent, rootbeer colored Dravite crystal. Complete and undamaged, however it looks like 3 sides have been polished. All gem.


TZ398 - Dravite  sold

Mwajanga, near Komolo, Tanzania
Miniature - 4.8 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm



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Dravite Dravite Dravite

Transparent, rootbeer brown Dravite showing a series of natural fracturing and rehealing resulting in a bent crystal, very interesting and unusual.


TZ399 - Dravite  sold

Mwajanga, near Komolo, Tanzania
Thumbnail - 2.2 x 1.0 x 0.8 cm



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Dravite Dravite Dravite

Transparent, gem Dravite with a steep termination. Superb quality, top percentile for locality. It's also double-terminated.


TZ400 - Dravite  sold

Mwajanga, near Komolo, Tanzania
Thumbnail - 2.4 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm



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Dravite Dravite

Transparent, rootbeer brown Dravite. Complete and undamaged. Top quality.


TZ401 - Dravite  sold

Mwajanga, near Komolo, Tanzania
Thumbnail - 1.7 x 0.7 x 0.7 cm



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Dravite Dravite

Transparent, gem Dravite with a steep termination. Superb quality, top percentile for locality.


TZ404 - Dravite  sold

Mwajanga, near Komolo, Tanzania
Thumbnail - 2.9 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm



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Dravite Dravite

Transparent, rootbeer colored Dravite crystal. Complete and undamaged. Great quality for the find.


TZ405 - Dravite  sold

Mwajanga, near Komolo, Tanzania
Thumbnail - 2.3 x 0.8 x 0.5 cm



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Dravite

Transparent, rootbeer colored Dravite crystals with a very sharp change to white, satiny cat's-eye Dravite at the termination. There were only a handfull of these small crystals that went to cats-eye and also retained the original trigonal pyramidal termination.


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