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Outstanding plate of tabular dark butterscotch Wulfenite crystals - several hundred of them ! Even more impressive in person.
The capital of the State of Chihuahua, Chihuahua City - originally named San Felipe de Real de Chihuahua and today affectionately called the "Lady of the Desert" - was founded in 1709 and now is a charming mixture of colonial architecture and modern industry.
Great plate of lustrous Calcite crystals from China. Note the well defined large barrel-shaped Calcite crystal on the upper right.
Stunning, pristine, gemmy and glowing golden Calcite crystal on nicely trimmed matrix. The Calcite is 5.5 cm across the top, 6 cm down and 4.5 cm thick. A real beauty !!
Attractive striated, compound crystal of Pyrite isolated on a bed of milky Quartz crystals. Other clusters of Pyrite are present in the center and on the sides of the specimen.
Wonderfully balanced specimen of super gemmy doubled terminated green Fluorapophyllite crystals (to 5 x 1.5 cm) with accenting creamy white Stilbite on a Choral (Fine Quartz) matrix.. From a new limited find in Bhusaval, where these were discovered in an old water well.
An outstanding cluster of glassy Barite crystals on matrix. In wonderfull condition.
Very appealing combination of orange Stilbite bowties intergrown with clear, lustrous scalenohedrons of Calcite. A new find in the Daye locality of China - not your common source of fine Stilbite !!
Superb Boldut Mine specimen of golden Chalcopyrite (solid plate of crystals) with stunning outgrowths of Calcite coated Quartz needles. In pristine condition and comes with a custom made, labeled stand.
Aesthetic cluster of Green Stilbite (color due to Celedonite inclusions) with Heulandite.
This is the best of several specimens of Coleman Mine Quartz I obtained at the 2009 Tucson Mineral Show. It is a complex cluster of double terminated water clear Quartz crystals and is a fine display case quality specimen.
A knockout cluster of lustrous Hemimorphite crystals with reddish accents, from the Robert C. Lambert Collection.
Nice specimen of light golden Pyrite crystals with Sphalerite and Quartz.
Zacatecas was founded in 1546 and built over a rich vein of silver discovered by Juan de Tolosa in the same year. This and other mines in the vicinity attracted a large population, and it soon became one of the chief mining centres of Mexico.
There is a lot of Quartz out there, but this is high quality Quartz from the famous Old Coleman Mine in Arkansas, where the finest US Quartz comes from and, which is among the best in the world.
Bone Valley Phosphate Mining District, Near Bartow, Polk County, Florida
8.5 x 5.5 x 4.5 cm
$100
#J9086 Spessartine Garnets on Matrix
Tongbei, Fujian Province, China
9.5 x 5 x 1.5 cm
$100
SOLD
Nice specimen of Potassium Sodium Silicon Hexafluoride which has crystallized out from the waste water output from a phosphate processing plant in Florida. Since it came from man-made waste water, it is not considered a true natural mineral, but it appears to be identical to a natural mineral found recently at the Hekla stratovolcano in Iceland. The mineral form of this is now called Heklaite.
Gemmy, dark honey colored Spessartine Garnets richly adorn this attractive specimen.
#J9090 Chalcopyrite, Calcite and Quartz
Cavnic, Maramures, Romania
12.5 x 10 x 3.5 cm
$275
Solid plate of golden Chalcopyrite with some adorning white Calcite and minor Quartz.
#J9092 Heulandite
Nasik, Maharashtra, India
12 x 7.5 x 4 cm
$60
SOLD
#J9093 Azurite & Malachite
Liu Feng Shan, Anhui Province, China
12 x 8.5 x 7.5 cm
$125
Attractive plate of very light pink Heulandite crystals.
Pleasing blend of grass green Malachite and purple Azurite.
#J9095 Azurite on White Clay
Malbunka Copper Mine, Areyonga,
Northern Territory, Australia
7 x 6.2 x 3 cm
$275
SOLD
#J9096 Stalactitic Arsenian Pyrite
Sequoia Pit, Lone Tree Mine, Humboldt County, Nevada
6.5 x 6 x 2.5 cm
$175
This is an Azurite from a new find at Malbunka Copper Mine, Areyonga, Northern Territory, Australia. This one is very attractive specimen with "square -shaped" electric blue rosette clusters on white clay matrix, providing a stunning contrast.
The Malbunka Copper Mine produced Azurites about 30 years ago, and they are now recovering new specimens found in layers in a two meter seam which occurs at the top of the deposit.
Arsenian Pyrite contains approximately 3% Arsenic. Arsenian Pyrite is uncommon, being found in only a handful of localities. And, this stalactitic form is even more uncommon !!
#J9100 Barite
Hammam Zriba Mine, Hammam Zriba, Zaghaoun,Tunisia
11 x 8 x 7.5 cm
$175
This is the first specimen I have offered from Tunisia - a very nice thick, fan-shaped formation of white bladed Barite.
#J9105 Barite Crystal Sprays with Sulfur on Matrix
Machow, Poland
12 x 8.5 x 7 cm
Ex-Ed David Collection
$3,500
Excellent specimen of lustrous, root beer colored crystal sprays of gemmy Barite with Sulfur on matrix - from the Ed David Collection.
#J9016 Fluorapophyllite on Stilbite
Momin Akhada, Well Pocket Find near Rahuri,
50 km north of Ahmednagar, Maharashtra State, India
Ex-B.E. Lockhart Collection
17 x 12.5 x 10 cm
$3,400
Absolutely fabulous specimen from the famous well find a few years ago. Nicely distributed clusters of gemmy, shimmering light green Apophyllite flat top crystals on a matrix of creamy white Stilbite. Presents beautifully on a naturally formed base. These are becoming very hard to get, especially of this quality. I was recently at the 2008 Tucson Show and saw very few - so get this great specimen for your collection, as it will only increase in value.
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