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Fluorite and Calcite - $20 Reduced
to $18 Moscona Mine, Solís, Concejo de Corvera, Asturias, Spain 5.9 x 3.8 x 2.8 cm (2.3 x 1.5 x 1.1 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A cluster of glassy, mostly transparent,
golden brown fluorite crystals, the largest of which measures 1.2 cm
along the edge. Accented on the side with an icy group of opaque
to transparent calcite crystals. Also present are a few tiny
chalcopyrite crystals on and in the fluorite. A little fluorite
edgewear and some calcite cleavages are noted.
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Fluorite, Calcite, and Dolomite - $15 Reduced to $11 Moscona Mine, Solís, Concejo de Corvera, Asturias, Spain 6.2 x 4.7 x 2.8 cm (2.4 x 1.9 x 1.1 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A cluster of sharp, translucent to transparent golden-yellow fluorite cubes for which the Moscona Mine is famous. The fluorites reach 1.4 cm and are accented with a few snow-white dolomite crystals and a bit of calcite. |
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Autunite - $25 Reduced to $13 Assunção Mine, Sátão, Viseu District, Portugal 5.0 x 2.7 x 2.0 cm (2.0 x 1.1 x 0.8 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A rich crust of bright
greenish-yellow tabular autunite crystals on
four faces of the quartzite matrix.
The autunites reach 2 mm across. Strong fluorescence (second picture).
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Autunite - $10 Reduced to $5 Assunção Mine, Sátão, Viseu District, Portugal 7.3 x 3.3 x 2.6 cm (2.9 x 1.3 x 1.0 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order Scattered crusts of small
but bright greenish-yellow tabular autunite
crystals on quartzite matrix.
Strong fluorescence (second picture).
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Beryl (variety Aquamarine) - $22 Reduced to $17 Erongo Mountain, Usakos and Omaruru Districts, Erongo Region, Namibia 3.4 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm (1.3 x 1.1 x 0.7 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A cluster of blue aquamarine barrels, which reach 1.7 length. Mostly opaque to translucent, but a good glassy luster. Contacts on the back and a few terminations are noted. |
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Quartz (variety Amethyst) included with
Water
- $225 Reduced to $105 Brandberg area, Uis District, Erongo Region, Namibia 6.5 x 5.8 x 5.6 cm (2.6 x 2.3 x 2.2 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A cluster of five quartz
crystals, mostly amethyst, with a bit of
smoky. A 6 mm, mobile water bubble is obvious through one face;
other bubbles may be present. A few nicks present, but the major
terminations are pristine. Currently mounted on an acrylic stand, but
easily removed if desired.
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Vanadinite - $75 Reduced to $60 Four Man Mine, near Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Morocco 10.8 x 9.4 x 6.5 cm (4.3 x 3.7 x 2.6 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A botryoidal metallic gray-black goethite matrix hosts a rich coverage of tabular, orange-red vanadinite crystals. (The actual color is more red and less orange than the pictures on my computer suggest.) More than half of the vanadinites are well-formed; most of the rest are contacted, and only a few are damaged. The Four Man Mine yielded a few flats of specimens a few years ago, and has been silent since then. |
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Vanadinite - $15 Reduced
to $13 Four Man Mine, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Morocco 4.4 x 3.3 x 2.1 cm (1.7 x 1.3 x 0.8 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order Opaque, tabular vanadinite crystals on a
metallic (goethite?) matrix. The vanadinites are more orange and less
yellow than the pictures show. A few incomplete crystals are noted. The
Four Man Mine gets its name from the small crew that worked it. It
produced a few flats of material a few years ago, and has been quite
since then.
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| 6453: |
Vanadinite - $16 Reduced to $8 Four Man Mine, Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Morocco 5.1 x 4.8 x 2.8 cm (2.0 x 1.9 x 1.1 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order Red, tabular vanadinite
crystals that reach 4 mm on a matte gray goethite matrix. The
vanadinites are mostly opaque with overall good luster. Damage is
limited to a few spots on the very edges of the specimen. Minor
calcite. Displays as shown in first picture without a stand.
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