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Calcite - $12 Llugarin, Asturias, Spain 6.4 x 4.8 x 2.4 cm (2.5 x 1.9 x 0.9 inches) A single, translucent calcite crystal with a modest phantom. Minor edge wear. Cleaved on the bottom where removed from matrix, affording a nice stand for display. |
| 4221: |
Calcite - Sold Llugarin, Asturias, Spain 5.0 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm (2.0 x 1.4 x 1.0 inches) A single calcite crystal draped with a second generation of calcite crystallization. Probably a twin (second picture). The main crystal body is completely gemmy and transparent. The burnt orange color is due to a coating (probably iron oxide) on several crystal faces. The symmetry of the coating supports the supposition that this is a twin. Cleaved on the bottom where removed from matrix (affording a convenient stand) but otherwise undamaged. |
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Calcite - $12 Elmwood Mine, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee 5.0 x 4.7 x 2.3 cm (2.0 x 1.9 x 0.9 inches) A nearly colorless calcite crystal with a bit of attached matrix. Minor edge wear near the termination, but the termination itself is undamaged. Sits well for display without a stand (first picture). |
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Microcline variety Amazonite - $10 Crystal Peak area, Teller County, Colorado 4.0 x 2.4 x 2.1 cm (1.6 x 0.9 x 0.8 inches) A complete amazonite crystal with sharp termination and good blue-green color. No obvious point of contact - a floater. |
| 4487: |
Beryl variety Aquamarine, Microcline - Sold Erongo Massif, Omaruru District, Erongo Region, Namibia 2.6 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm (1.0 x 1.0 x 0.6 inches) A light green, sharply
terminated Erongo aquamarine, accepted with an
etched microcline cluster on the side. Cloudy at the base, but
transparent at the termination. The termination has a few small chips,
but otherwise no damage to this fine Erongo aquamarine thumbnail.
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| 4496: |
Beryl variety Aquamarine and Schorl - Sold Erongo Massif, Omaruru District, Erongo Region, Namibia 3.9 x 3.2 x 2.2 cm (1.5 x 1.3 x 0.9 inches) A pleasantly blue aquamarine whose termination is interrupted by a complex group of schorl crystals. One face of the beryl reveals a 3 mm schorl inclusion. |
| 4498: |
Beryl variety Aquamarine - Sold Erongo Massif, Omaruru District, Erongo Region, Namibia 3.8 x 2.6 x 2.4 cm (1.5 x 1.0 x 1.0 inches) The main feature of this specimen is a 2.2 cm, light green beryl. The beryl has a gemmy, pristine termination. Several additional partial beryl crystals for the matrix. A belt of dark brown hematite containing a few lustrous schorl crystals provides a nice color accent. The specimen displays very nicely. |
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Fluorite, Calcite, and Chalcopyrite - Sold Cave in Rock, Illinois - Kentucky Fluorspar District, Hardin County, Illinois 8.5 x 6.0 x 5.4 cm (3.3 x 2.4 x 2.1 inches) The main fluorite crystal is about 5 cm along the edge, with a yellow core, purple edges and three full faces. Two of the faces have indented areas due to stepped growth, which host some small chalcopyrite and calcite crystals. A cleaved fluorite crystal along the edge has a few chalcopyrite inclusions. The specimen is a bit rough in a few places, and the price reflects this. |
| 4776: |
Celestine - Sold Clay Center, Ottawa County, Ohio 6.2 x 6.0 x 5.6 cm (2.4 x 2.4 x 2.2 inches) A cluster of white, mostly nonterminated celestine blades. Representative specimen. |
| 4787: |
Epidote - $180 Wadh, Balochistan, Pakistan 6.6 x 6.4 x 4.2 cm (2.6 x 2.5 x 1.7 inches) An aesthetic, radiating cluster of fine, deep green epidote blades on a fibrous actinolite (byssolite) matrix. The epidotes reach 2.5 cm in length. A few areas of mostly minor breakage, mostly around the periphery, otherwise the specimen is in very good condition. A previous Mountain Minerals International (Dudley Blauwet) label with a price of $400 testifies to the quality of this specimen. Specimen collected in 2003. |
| 4855: |
Aragonite - $15 Minglanilla, Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain 5.0 x 3.8 x 3.1 cm (2.0 x 1.5 x 1.2 inches) Minglanilla is famous for its plethora of inexpensive "Sputnik" aragonite clusters, but it also produces large aragonite singles. Here we have a fat, brown, doubly terminated aragonite crystal. A fine example, and free of damage. |
| 4868: |
Malachite - Sold Morocco 4.1 x 1.4 x 1.2 cm (1.6 x 0.6 x 0.5 inches) A deep green, silky plume
of fibrous malachite. Some of the terminations are contacted, but the
specimen is free of damage.
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