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Mixed Minerals April 14, 2013 · 11 specimens |
US141 - Selenite sold
Red River Floodway, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Small Cabinet - 8.0 x 7 x 6 cm
Spherical mass of yellow Selenite crystals with two larger 'duck-bill' twins rising off the sphere. Gemmy twins of good color.
US142 - Fluorite on Celestite sold
Clay Center, Ohio
Miniature - 4.0 x 3.0 x 2.5 cm
US144 - Gold sold
Round Mountain Mine, Nye Co., Nevada
Thumbnail - 2 x 2 x 1 cm
Floater specimen of Gold with great color. Of all the Round Mountain forms of Gold, my favorites are those such as this specimen that are a combination of bright foil-like leaf Gold that flair out on the edges into big crystals. Weighs 2.4 grams and was mined in 2006.
US145 - Gold sold
Round Mountain Mine, Nye Co., Nevada
Thumbnail - 2.3 x 1.5 x 0.6 cm
Bright specimen of Gold that exhibits forms of both foil-like leaf Gold and crystallized Gold. Weighs 2.8 grams and was mined in 2006.
US146 - Quartz sold
Petersen Mountain, Nevada
Cabinet - 13.2 x 4 x 0.8 cm
Flaoter crystal of tabular Quartz. Crystallized all around and undamaged. Very neat Quartz specimen.
IN100 - Celedonite in Scolecite with Huelandite sold
Nasik, India
Small Cabinet - 8 x 5 x 3 cm
Uncommon Zeolite specimen with green sprays of Scolecite colored green by Celedonite. Basalt vug also lined by Calcite, Huelandite, and Apophyllite.
IN101 - Stilbite sold
Nasik, India
Thumbnail - 3.1 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm
IN103 - Apophyllite with Stilbite sold
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
Small Cabinet - 9 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm
Peach colored Stilbite with water-clear Apophyllite crystals.
AF446 - Amethyst with Lepidocrocite sold
Brandberg, Namibia
Miniature - 4.4 x 1.2 x 1.1 cm
Single Amethyst crystal with multiple purple phantoms. Just under the surface of the termination are bright red inclusions of Lepidocrocite. One small ding (seen in right photo, about 2/3 the way down on right edge), otherwise perfect.
AF447 - Azurite sold
Bou Bekker Mine, Touissit, Morocco
Miniature - 4.5 x 2.5 x 1.7 cm
Tall, columnar formation of Azurite crystals with smaller crystals near the base. Complete all around and undamaged.
TU23 - Shattuckite after Dioptase after Calcite sold
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Democratic Republic of Congo
Small Cabinet - 6 x 4 x 3 cm
Solid mass of blue Shattuckite with minor Dioptase and Chrysocolla. Top edges have the rare double psuedomorph of Shattuckite after Dioptase after Calcite. Good clusters to the left and right with a perfect upright crystal in center. From the spring of 2011 find. Rare and from a limited find.