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Stilbite - $8 Reduced
to $7 Harbourville, Bay of Fundy, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada 5.3 x 5.3 x 5.0 cm (2.1 x 2.1 x 2.0 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order An opaque but lustrous stilbite crystal
group rises 4.6 cm above the matrix. The base and main crystal faces
are decorated with many smaller stilbites. A very good example from the
classic Canadian zeolite locality. No damage.
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Adamite - $24 Reduced
to $21 Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico 9.7 x 5.8 x 2.3 cm (3.8 x 2.3 x 0.9 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A flat limonite matrix is covered with a
rich carpet of light green adamite crystals. Strong green fluorescence
under shortwave UV (second picture). Most of the crystals appear to be
naturally etched (which is why this is not a more expensive specimen),
but otherwise no damage.
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| 9450: |
Chalcocite - $25 Reduced
to $22 Flambeau Mine, Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wisconsin 4.9 x 3.2 x 2.8 cm (1.9 x 1.3 x 1.1 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order From a mine famous for the best
chalcocite in North America comes this cluster of intergrown,
iridescent chalcocite crystals with a tarnished bronze color and
luster. Incomplete crystals in some spots, but not an issue at this
price.
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| 9476: |
Quartz (variety Amethyst) - $120 Reduced to $88 Iraí, Alto Uruguai region, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil 18.0 x 17.5 x 4.6 cm (7.1 x 6.9 x 1.8 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A large plate of light
purple, intergrown amethyst crystals. The amethysts are transparent to
translucent, and the largest distinct crystal is 4.7 cm long. The
specimen has an interesting slightly curved, wavy appearance. This
specimen doesn't have the strongest amethyst color, but it has good
size and aesthetics. Plenty of strange growth features which might be
mistaken for damage, but only two or three small tips are actually
missing.
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| 10323: |
Hematite - $20 Reduced to $10 Bouse District, Yuma County, Arizona 3.8 x 2.4 x 2.2 cm (1.5 x 0.9 x 0.9 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A stack of bright
hematite crystal plates. Contacted on the base and back, but no
significant damage.
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| 10345: |
Barite - $24 Reduced to $12 Meikle Mine, Bootstrap District, Elko County, Nevada 5.4 x 5.2 x 4.8 cm (2.1 x 2.0 x 1.9 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order A cluster of glassy, translucent to transparent, tabular barite crystals. Color ranges from colorless to tan due to smoky, wispy inclusions. The barite crystals reach 2.8 cm along the edge, and some edgewear is present. |
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Rhodochrosite and Quartz - $175 Reduced
to $157 Sweet Home Mine, Alma District, Park County, Colorado 13.5 x 10.8 x 6.0 cm (5.3 x 4.3 x 2.4 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order About a dozen pink to red rhodochrosite crystals on and in a matrix of quartz crust and needles. The rhodochrosites are opaque to translucent, reach 1.3 cm across, with mostly natural crystal faces. More crystals might be revealed by careful removal of more quartz. Minor fluorite also present. Sawn edges and back (as commonly necessary for specimen extraction when the matrix is tough), but this do not detract. |
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Copper, Cavansite, Prehnite, and Mordenite
- $100
Reduced to $90 Wagholi Quarry, Pune District, Maharashtra, India 5.2 x 4.5 x 2.1 cm (2.0 x 1.8 x 0.8 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order This very unusual
specimen features three deep blue cavansite crystal groups to 1.6 cm on
a foamy matrix of prehnite sticks and mordenite hairs. Also present are
hundreds of tiny, bright copper crystals! (The copper has been
confirmed by XRD.) I've examined hundreds (if not thousands) of
cavansites, but I've never seen this association before. No damage.
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| 11195: |
Vanadinite - $40 Reduced to $32 Mibladen, Midelt, Khénifra Province, Morocco 4.3 x 4.1 x 2.4 cm (1.7 x 1.6 x 0.9 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order |
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Vanadinite - $40 Reduced to $32 Mibladen, Midelt, Khénifra Province, Morocco 4.2 x 3.6 x 2.5 cm (1.8 x 1.4 x 1.0 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order Largest distinct crystal face is 2.0 cm across. Brick-red to brown colors. Good three-dimensionality. |
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Hemimorphite and Mimetite - $18 Reduced to $14 Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico 8.4 x 7.1 x 6.3 cm (3.3 x 2.8 x 2.5 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order |
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Hemimorphite and Mimetite - $18 Reduced to $14 Ojuela Mine, Mapimí, Durango, Mexico 10.5 x 7.9 x 5.0 cm (4.1 x 3.1 x 2.0 inches) Specimen status: Available Click here to order Colorless, mostly
transparent hemimorphite blades on limonite matrix. The hemimorphites
reach about 1.5 cm in length, and most are terminated. Scattered about
are balls of yellow mimetite, reaching 3 mm diameter.
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