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Mixed Minerals August 31, 2010 · 18 specimens |
A720 - Fluorapatite sold
near Le U Village, Mogok, Myanmar
Miniature - 3.7 x 0.4 x 0.3 cm
Long single crystal, facet grade transparency for the entire length. This came from a find of perhaps 5 or 6 years ago, the vast majority of which had an etched or 'melted' appearence. The length and the smooth, flat prism faces make this one exceptional for the find. Terminated and undamaged with a glassy luster over most of the crystal with areas of satiny luster near the termination.
A721 - Topaz, Quartz on Elbaite sold
Skardu District, Pakistan
Small Cabinet - 5.2 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm
Translucent, dark green Elbaite (a nice green when backlit) covered by double-terminated Quartz crystals to 3.5 cm long. At the tip of one of the Quartz crystals is a 1.2cm clear Topaz crystal.
A722 - Apophyllite on Stilbite sold
Poona, Maharashtra State, India
Small Cabinet - 8 x 7 x 7 cm
A cluster of green Apophyllite crystals adjacent to a large 6.5cm double-terminated Stilbite in a matrix-less cluster of double-terminated Stilbites.
A724 - Cavansite sold
Wagholi Quarry, Poona, Maharashtra State, India
Small Cabinet - 6.5 x 5 x 4 cm
Spherical clusters of electric blue cavansite on Stilbite crystals. Well centered cluster, showy piece.
A725 - Cavansite sold
Wagholi Quarry, Poona, Maharashtra State, India
Miniature - 5 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm
Bright, electric blue cavansite with a bladed crystal habit in stark contrast to the white Okenite matrix. If you want color in your collection, it's hard to beat Cavansite, and this bladed habit is a less common form of the mineral.
A726 - Cavansite sold
Wagholi Quarry, Poona, Maharashtra State, India
Miniature - 3.5 x 2.8 x 2 cm
Bright, electric blue cavansite with a bladed crystal habit on Okenite.
A727 - Aquamarine sold
Sakangyi, Mogok, Myanmar
Small Cabinet - 5.8 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm
Fine quality gem Aqua crystal with top glassy luster. Undamaged, excellent crystal for a locality collector.
AF320 - Vanadinite on Goethite sold
Taouz, Morocco
Small Cabinet - 7.2 x 0.8 x 0.6 cm
Single red Vanadinite crystal attached to long Goethite stactites. Unusual to have a good Vanadinite on such a long stalactite, definitely not your typical Moroccan Vanadinite specimen.
AF322 - Scapolite sold
Brazil
Small Cabinet - 7.5 x 1 x 1 cm
Etched light yellow gem quality Scapolite crystal.
AF323 - Kunzite sold
Ibadan, Nigeria
Cabinet - 14.5 x 4.5 x 3 cm
Etched purple gem quality Kunzite crystal from a less commonly seen locality.
E590 - Calcite sold
Castro Quarry, Montalto district, Lazio, Italy
Small Cabinet - 9.0 x 6.0 x 4.0 cm
Translucent yellow cluster of Calcite spheres in stark contrast to the black basalt matrix. Clean looking and undamaged.
E591 - Calcite sold
Castro Quarry, Montalto district, Lazio, Italy
Small Cabinet - 7.0 x 4.0 x 4.0 cm
Two spheres of translucent yellow Calcite starkly contrasting against the black basalt matrix.
NA151 - Selenite sold
Red River Floodway, Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada
Small Cabinet - 8.0 x 6.0 x 4.0 cm
Two transparent yellow Selenite crystals rising like rabbit ears from a Selenite sphere.
SA581 - Apatite on Quartz sold
Golconda Mine, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Cabinet - 10.5 x 6.5 x 4 cm
Glassy blue Apatite crystals on crystalline Quartz. Largest Apatite is 1.5cm across. This is one of the best pieces from a find of approximately 7 years ago.
SA582 - Elbaite with Quartz sold
Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Miniature - 4.2 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm
Glassy \"watermelon\" Tourmaline crystal with an attached cluster of double-terminated Quartz.
SA584 - Proustite sold
Dolores Mine, Chanarcillo, Chile
Thumbnail - 1.3 x 0.4 x 0.4 cm
Steeply terminated single crystal of one of most sought after of minerals in the collecting world. Bright translucent red when backlit (good red even when not backlit in first photo).
SA585 - Proustite sold
Dolores Mine, Chanarcillo, Chile
Miniature - 5 x 4.5 x 2.5 cm
Proustite crystals to 1 cm on matrix comprised of solid Proustite. Extremely rare, old specimen. Best crystals are on top and along left side.
SA586 - Chrome Diopside sold
Malacacheta, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Miniature - 5 x 4 x 3 cm
Large single deep green crystal. These were brought out of Brazil in the 1960s by Ed Swoboda and are hard to find these days.