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Mixed Minerals March 27, 2011 · 12 specimens |
AF906 - Malachite on Cerussite sold
Tsumeb, Namibia
Small Cabinet - 5.3 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm
Thick, sixling Cerussite crystal partially blanketed with Malachite. The Malachite adds good contrast and color. Undamaged.
AF907 - Libethenite sold
Mindola Open Pit, Rokana Mine, Kitwe, Zambia
Thumbnail - 2 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm
Cluster of deep green crystals with matrix attached to backside. Good quality, undamaged thumbnail.
A711 - Tourmaline on Quartz sold
Stak Nala, Skardu Dist., Pakistan
Miniature - 4 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm
Excellent specimen of double terminated Tourmaline attached to a double terminated Quartz crystal. The Tourmaline is tri-color grading from clear to green to pink. The aesthetics of this one are superb, a real stunner of a specimen and unlike any other Stak Nala piece I've seen before. Even better than the photos.
E518 - Copper after Cuprite sold
Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovskoe deposit, Siberia, Russia
Thumbnail - 2.8 x 2 x 1.2 cm
Floater cluster of 5 crystals of Copper that have psuedomorphed Cuprite crystals. Largest crystal is 1.4cm.
NA441 - Wulfenite sold
Glove Mine, near Amado, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona
Small Cabinet - 6.5 x 4 x 3 cm
Cluster of bladed Wulfenite crystals, translucent yellow in color. There are a few broken crystals, but overall it's in very good shape with the largest central crystals undamaged.
NA444 - Benitoite and Neptunite sold
Gem Mine, San Benito Co., California
Thumbnail - 2.2 x 2 x 1.5 cm
Fine quality thumbnail of Benitoite and Neptunite crystals with outstanding balance and composition. The main Benitoite is triply terminated with top glassy luster (uncommon) and is well positioned. Good all around 360 degrees, undamaged. Very choice!
NA445 - Elbaite sold
Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego Co., California
Thumbnail - 2.8 x 2.5 x 1.4 cm
Pink Tourmaline with a green termination. Complete all around and undamaged, though the backside of the termination is indented from another crystal. Bright and nicely translucent to transparent. Weighs 20 grams.
NA446 - Rhodochrosite sold
Sweet Home Mine, Alma, Colorado
Miniature - 5 x 4.2 x 2.5 cm
Cherry red rhombs of Rhodochrosite associated with Quartz and Tetrahedrite. Sawn backside.
NA447 - Adamite sold
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Thumbnail - 3 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm
Fine pinwheel clusters of Adamite on Limonite.
SA245 - Rutile in Quartz sold
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
Miniature - 4 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm
Glassy, transparent smokey Quartz crystal included by golden Rutile. The rutile forms a spray that radiates out from a small Hematite crystal. I purchased this back in the 1980s.
SA246 - Apatite on Albite sold
La Marina Mine, Borbur, Boyaca, Colombia
Miniature - 3.5 x 3 x 1 cm
Fine and glassy pink Apatite crystals to 1.2cm on sparkly white Albite from the emerald mining districts of Colombia. One of the finest minatures I've seen from limited production that's trickled out here and there over the past 10 years or so.
SA247 - Andorite sold
San Jose Mine, Oruro, Bolivia
Miniature - 4 x 2.5 x 2 cm
Two Andorite crystals on Pyrite matrix. Matrix Andorites are uncommon. Larger crystals on the left is 2cm wide.