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A hefty "gem" Aquamarine crystal weighing 233 grams. It is complete and undamaged on all sides and terminated on top. Attached to some matrix on the upper back side, which nicely sets off the crystal. Presents itself very aesthetically.
Valued at $1,200, but I got it in an auction for a good price and will sell it for $999. A nice bargain for a terrific addition to any collection.
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Nice large spray of Red Quartz crystals from the famous location.
Beautiful lime green octahedral Fluorite crystals to 2cm with minor Quartz.
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The Northern Cape is a large, sparsely populated province of South Africa, created in 1994 when the Cape Province was split up. Its capital is Kimberley. It includes the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, which is part of a trans-frontier park with Botswana. It also includes the Augrabies Falls and the diamond mining regions in Kimberley and Alexander Bay. The Namaqualand region (in the west) is famous for its Namaqualand daisies. The towns of De Aar and Colesburg (in the south) are part of the Great Karoo, and are major transport nodes between Johannesburg, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. The Orange River flows through the province, forming the borders with the Free State (in the south east) and with Namibia (to the northwest). It is also used to irrigate the many vineyards near Upington. It is very important in this mostly arid province. Kuruman, in the north-east of the province is famous as a mission station and also for the 'eye' of Kuruman
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Fluorite gives its name to the property of fluorescence, as many samples fluoresce strongly in ultra-violet light. The fluorescence may be due to impurities such as yttrium or organic matter in the crystal lattice.
Fluorite's fluorescence color is largely dependent on where the original specimen was located. Blue is the most common color but red, purple, yellow, green and white also occur (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).
Travelers to this area (Creede) appeared in the early 1800s. Tom Boggs, a brother-in-law of Kit Carson , farmed at Wagon Wheel Gap in the summer of 1840. Ranchers and homesteaders moved in when stagecoach stations (linking the mining operations over the Divide with the east) were built in the 1870s, but the great “Boom Days” started with the discovery of rich minerals in Willow Creek Canyon in 1889.
Creede was the last silver boom town in Colorado in the 1800s. At its peak there were 10,000 people in the area. The Creede mines were in continuous operation from 1890 until 1985
Vanadinite gets its name from its composition as a lead-vanadate chloride. It forms as a relatively rare secondary lead mineral in the oxidation zone of lead veins and is found with other secondary lead minerals.
This specimen is covered with 100's of lustrous blood red Vanadinite crystals to 2 mm across. A classic Arizona mineral.
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Large (over 2 lbs) solid piece of Chrysocolla and Malachite - polished to bring out the fantastic beauty of this specimen. Very aesthetic chatoyant band of Malachite in combination with deep turquoise-blue Chrysocolla at the bottom. Beautiful on all sides.
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The name Chrysocolla comes from the Greek chrysos, "gold", and kolla, "glue", in allusion to the name of the material used to solder gold, and was first used by Theophrastus in 315 BCE; The name Malachite derives (via Latin and French) from Greek molochitis, "mallow-green stone", from molochē, variant of malachē, "mallow". (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).
The Congo is situated at the heart of the west-central portion of sub-Saharan Africa and is bounded by (Clockwise from the southwest) Angola, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania across Lake Tanganyika, and Zambia.
Stunning large crystal of American Celestine (Celestite), with wonderful tiered growth on both sides, rising to a beautiful termination. This magnificent, lustrous crystal is complete and terminated all around, i.e., displayable from either side.
Celestite (SrSO4) is a mineral consisting of strontium sulfate. The mineral is also known as celestine and is named for its occasional delicate blue color.
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This is one of those great copper minerals from Congo. Actually not polished - it is naturally smooth and lustrous with a beautiful intense turquoise color.
Great plate of lustrous Calcite crystals with beautiful pyramidal terminations and phantoms inside from a previous generation of growth. These crystals fluoresce nicely. A few minor contacts are not significant considering size of specimen. Apparently, the mining of these in China has finished and they are no longer easily found on the market.
Beautiful Cornflower blue Fluorite crystals on Quartz Drusy with a diagonal section of white Barite.
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Beautiful Quartz crystals of a deep salmon color. This is a rare specimen of "red quartz" from Dalnegorsk, tinted red by traces of iron. Not often seen on the market
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Alexander the Great founded Kandahar in the 4th century BC. Many empires long fought over the city, due to its strategical location along the trade routes of Central Asia. In 1748, Ahmad Shah Durrani, the founder of the Afghan Empire, made Kandahar the capital of modern Afghanistan
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Very, very rare Demantoid Garnets from a find in Afghanistan. This plate has dozens of gemmy, lustrous, light grass green Demantoids to about 0.6 cm. Get this great specimen, while you can, as you want see them very often.
Demantoid is the green gemstone variety of the mineral andradite, a member of the garnet family of minerals. Andradite is a calcium- and iron-rich garnet, and is a distinct mineral species from the aluminium- and iron-rich reddish almandite garnets typically seen in jewelry stores. It is the most expensive and rare of garnet gemstones, with fine specimens commanding prices of thousands of dollars per carat (thousands per gram). The chemical formula is Ca3Fe2(SiO4)3 with chromium substitution as the cause of the demantoid green color. Ferric iron is the cause of the yellow in the stone.
It is sometimes referred to by the misleading name "Uralian emerald"
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Very beautiful specimen of raspberry-purple Fluorite cubes on Quartz matrix with bladed white Barite at the top. Comes with a custom made base. Excellent display specimen.
Aquamarine (Lat. aqua marina, "water of the sea") is a gemstone-quality transparent variety of beryl, having a delicate blue or turquoise color, suggestive of the tint of seawater. It's closely related to the gem emerald. Colors vary and yellow beryl, called heliodor; rose pink beryl, morganite; and white beryl, goshenite are known.
Aquamarine is a beryl with a hexagonal crystal structure and a chemical formula of Be3Al2Si6O18, a beryllium aluminium silicate mineral
