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Tourmaline - $30 Reduced
to $27 Minas Gerais, Brazil 6.4 x 0.9 x 0.8 cm (2.5 x 0.4 x 0.3 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A transparent to opaque, green tourmaline
crystal wand that widens a bit towards the termination. The major
termination is pristine, but some of the smallest terminations are
missing.
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| 9171: |
Tourmaline - $75 Reduced
to $54 Minas Gerais, Brazil 4.5 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm (1.8 x 1.2 x 0.8 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A lustrous, glassy, tourmaline crystal.
The deep green color is evident when backlit (fourth picture). The
termination is complete, but a bit rough due to overgrowth. A small few
chips here and there, mostly around the base. Would be good cutting
rough if it wasn't so dark.
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| 9188: |
Vanadinite Apache Mine, Globe, Gila County, Arizona 7.5 x 4.2 x 3.1 cm (3.0 x 1.7 x 1.2 inches) Specimen status: Sold A group of deep red, sparkly vanadinite
crystals on matrix. Individual crystals reach 2 mm and are mostly
translucent to opaque. Sits well for display without a stand. A few
incomplete crystals are noted, bit otherwise an very good example for
the locality.
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| 9194: |
Vesuvianite - $40 Reduced
to $36 Bellecombe, Châtillon, Aosta Valley, Italy 3.5 x 3.5 x 2.4 cm (1.4 x 1.4 x 0.9 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A deep brown, lustrous, opaque
vesuvianite crystal. A few chips around the termination, and healed on
the back where it once contacted matrix, but otherwise complete. Above
average size for the species and locality.
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| 9219: |
Tourmaline - $18 Reduced
to $16 Minas Gerais, Brazil 5.5 x 0.8 x 0.5 cm (2.2 x 0.3 x 0.2 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A spray of nearly parallel tourmaline
crystals, mostly translucent to opaque, and with glassy luster. All the
main terminations are sharp and complete, although a few of the smaller
ones are missing.
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| 9220: |
Tourmaline - $18 Reduced
to $12 Minas Gerais, Brazil 5.4 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm (2.1 x 0.2 x 0.2 cm) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A slim, translucent to opaque, parallel
tourmaline crystal group. The main termination is pristine, but a few
of the smaller terminations are missing. Otherwise no damage.
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| 9227: |
Vanadinite - $14 Reduced
to $12 Pure Potential Mine, Silver District, La Paz County, Arizona 5.6 x 4.5 x 2.2 cm (2.2 x 1.8 x 0.9 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A generous group of opaque vanadinite
crystals on matrix. The color is more red-brown than the orange
suggested by the pictures on my computer. The vanadinites reach 4 mm
length and generally have a resinous luster. Minor, colorless calcite
provides an accent.
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| 9256: |
Tourmaline and Quartz - $20 Reduced
to $18 Blue Sky Prospect, Santa Cruz, Mun. de Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico 6.6 x 5.2 x 3.1 cm (2.6 x 2.0 x 1.2 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order Black, silky tourmaline crystals
(probably schorl) on a bed of transparent and very lightly frost quartz
crystals. Considering just the tourmaline (most of which is not
terminated) and the quartz (some are incomplete) this is as best a
mediocre specimen. The interest lies in the unusual locality (not
listed at Mindat), and the second generation growth on the largest
tourmaline crystal (2.3 cm; third picture). The second generation
tourmalines appear as little sheaves or sprays, parallel to the mail
crystal's long axis striations. A bit like the wake left in a stream as
water flows by a rock.
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| 9260: |
Descloizite Berg Aukas, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia 3.6 x 3.5 x 2.6 cm (1.4 x 1.4 x 1.0 inches) Specimen status: Sold A cluster of silky, translucent to opaque
descloizite crystals from the "other" Namibian locality. A few missing
incomplete crystals (the display face is nearly complete, as seen in
the first picture), but still quite aesthetic. A good example for the
price.
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| 9282: |
Cavansite, Stilbite, and Mordenite - $35 Reduced
to $31 Wagholi Quarry, Wagholi, Pune District, Maharashtra, India 3.7 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm (1.5 x 1.0 x 0.9 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order Your standard Indian cavansite specimen
consists of one or striking
bright blue cavansite crystal sprays but this one is unusual in that
the cavansite forms a 1.1 cm wide ball of tightly
packed crystal fibers instead of the standard spray. The cavansite ball
rests of a bed of water-clear stilbite blades and snow-white, fuzzy
mordenite. I've seen this
habit in maybe one out of a thousand cavansites. No damage.
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| 9301: |
Tourmaline - $16 Reduced
to $10 Bahia, Brazil 4.6 x 2.8 x 1.4 cm (1.8 x 1.1 x 0.6 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order This specimen consists of several
intergrown, somewhat divergent clusters of silky tourmaline. The
longest individual spray is 4 cm long. The terminations are fuzzy due
to the presence of many tiny terminations clustered together. Multiple
display angles possible. No damage.
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| 9304: |
Tourmaline - $16 Reduced
to $14 Bahia, Brazil 5.8 x 2.1 x 1.6 cm (2.3 x 0.8 x 0.6 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order This "caveman's club" is composed of a
somewhat divergent spray of very thin, dark tourmaline crystals. Good
luster. No damage is noted.
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