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Mixed Minerals October 14, 2011 · 12 specimens |
NA606 - Epidote sold
Garnet Hill Mine, Calaveras Co., California
Thumbnail - 2.8 x 1.4 x 0.8 cm
Sharp, single Epidote crystal with textbook form and great luster. This locality has produced great Epidote crystals over the years - they are not transparent but have great form and large size. This crystal was mined in 2011 and is one of the best quality of the 30 or so crystals found.
NA607 - Epidote sold
Garnet Hill Mine, Calaveras Co., California
Miniature - 3.3 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm
Sharp, single Epidote crystal with textbook form and great luster. This locality has produced great Epidote crystals over the years - they are not transparent but have great form and large size. This crystal was mined in 2011 and is the largest, most perfect crystal of the 30 or so crystals found.
NA608 - Epidote sold
Garnet Hill Mine, Calaveras Co., California
Thumbnail - 2.8 x 1.5 x 0.8 cm
Sharp, single Epidote crystal with textbook form and great luster. This locality has produced great Epidote crystals over the years - they are not transparent but have great form and large size. This crystal was mined in 2011 and is one of the best quality of the 30 or so crystals found.
NA610 - Epidote sold
Garnet Hill Mine, Calaveras Co., California
Thumbnail - 2.0 x 1.3 x 0.6 cm
Small but perfect, single Epidote crystal with textbook form and great luster. This locality has produced great Epidote crystals over the years - they are not transparent but have great form and large size. This crystal was mined in 2011 and is one of the best quality of the 30 or so crystals found.
NA613 - Epidote with Garnet included Quartz sold
Garnet Hill Mine, Calaveras Co., California
Small Cabinet - 7 x 6 x 5 cm
Open vug in Garnet/Epidote matrix containing Epidote crystals and Quartz crystals colored red by inclusions of Garnet.
AF777 - Andradite var.Demantoid sold
Tubussis 22 Farm, Erongo Region, Namibia
Miniature - 3.3 x 2.5 x 2 cm
Single 8mm demantoid crystal on calcite matrix. Translucent with good green color and in a less commonly seen trapezohedral crystal form. Valued at $100.
AF778 - Andradite var.Demantoid sold
Tubussis 22 Farm, Erongo Region, Namibia
Miniature - 4 x 3.5 x 3 cm
An especially sharp and gemmy 6mm demantoid crystal on calcite matrix. This is the top percentile for quality. .
AF779 - Andradite var.Demantoid sold
Tubussis 22 Farm, Erongo Region, Namibia
Thumbnail - 3 x 2.5 x 2 cm
An especially sharp and gemmy 7mm demantoid crystal on calcite matrix. This is the top percentile for quality, you can see right through the garnet. .
AF781 - Quartz sold
Brandberg, Namibia
Small Cabinet - 5.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm
Bright, glassy single crystal, amethyst at the core with smokey Quartz phantoms and oriented air bubbles. Fine quality crystal!
NA614 - Elbaite sold
Big Kahuna II Zone, Oceanview Mine, Pala, San Diego Co., California
Miniature - 4 x 1.1 x 1 cm
Terminated single crystal with a transparent blue and lavender zone at the base, grading up into a dark blue/black core overlain by red/pink with the final 1-2mm red/pink.
NA615 - Elbaite sold
Big Kahuna II Zone, Oceanview Mine, Pala, San Diego Co., California
Miniature - 3.6 x 1.0 x 0.6 cm
Terminated single crystal, transparent with shades of blue, green, and pink. Colorful gem crystal from the famous Pala pegmatite district.
NA617 - Kunzite sold
Big Kahuna II Zone, Oceanview Mine, Pala, San Diego Co., California
Thumbnail - 3 x 2.1 x 0.6 cm
Highly transparent single crystal, glassy with good pink/purple color down the C-axis.