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ML00319 - Axinite
Puiva Mine, Beresovak District, Sub-Polar Urals, Tyumen Oblast, Russia
small cabinet - 5.6 x 5.3 x 3.5 cm
$ 900.00

A nice spray of transparent to translucent crystals. The locality is now closed down.

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Axinite from Puiva Mine, Beresovak District, Sub-Polar Urals, Tyumen Oblast, Russia [db_pics/update5/ML00319a.jpg]

ML00343 - Pyrargyrite
Level 530, Santa Elena Vein, ProaÃ±o Mine, Zacatecas, Mexico
miniature - 3.3 x 2.7 x 2.6 cm
$ 1000.00

A sinlge crystal showing well developed twinning.

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Pyrargyrite from Level 530, Santa Elena Vein, ProaÃ±o Mine, Zacatecas, Mexico [db_pics/update5/ML00343a.jpg]

Pyrargyrite from Level 530, Santa Elena Vein, ProaÃ±o Mine, Zacatecas, Mexico [db_pics/update5/ML00343b.jpg]

ML00390 - Quartz var. Amethyst
Brandberg, Erongo Region, Namibia
small cabinet - 8.3 x 6.0 x 3.9 cm
~~$ 800.00~~ DISCOUNTED 35.00% OFF TO $ 520.00

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A nice amethyst quartz group with well defined phantoms. The larger crystal has a nice fluid inclusion bubble.

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Quartz var. Amethyst from Brandberg, Erongo Region, Namibia [db_pics/update6/ML00390a.jpg]

Quartz var. Amethyst from Brandberg, Erongo Region, Namibia [db_pics/update6/ML00390b.jpg]

Quartz var. Amethyst from Brandberg, Erongo Region, Namibia [db_pics/update6/ML00390c.jpg]

ML00394 - Barite
Elk Creek, Meade County, South Dakota, USA
small cabinet - 8.0 x 6.0 x 4.2 cm
~~$ 550.00~~ DISCOUNTED 45.00% OFF TO $ 302.50

Deep amber color with a well defined chisel point termination on the main crystal.

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Barite from Elk Creek, Meade County, South Dakota, USA [db_pics/update6/ML00394a.jpg]

Barite from Elk Creek, Meade County, South Dakota, USA [db_pics/update6/ML00394b.jpg]

ML00399 - Fluorite
Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
cabinet - 10.6 x 6.4 x 4.5 cm
~~$ 750.00~~ DISCOUNTED 35.00% OFF TO $ 487.50

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Translucent green fluorite octahedrons perched on a quartz matrix.

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Fluorite from Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape Province, South Africa [db_pics/update6/ML00399a.jpg]

Fluorite from Riemvasmaak, Northern Cape Province, South Africa [db_pics/update6/ML00399b.jpg]

ML00403 - Adamite
Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
small cabinet - 6.2 x 3.9 x 3.1 cm
$ 850.00

Large compact hemispheres of yellow-green adamite.

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Adamite from Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico [db_pics/update6/ML00403a.jpg]

Adamite from Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico [db_pics/update6/ML00403b.jpg]

Adamite from Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico [db_pics/update6/ML00403c.jpg]

ML00421 - Beryl var. Aquamarine
Shigar Valley, Gilgit Division, Pakistan
small cabinet - 7.6 x 3.0 x 2.2 cm
$ 825.00

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Beryl var. Aquamarine from Shigar Valley, Gilgit Division, Pakistan [db_pics/update6/ML00421a.jpg]

Beryl var. Aquamarine from Shigar Valley, Gilgit Division, Pakistan [db_pics/update6/ML00421b.jpg]

ML00462 - Gold
Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA
thumbnail - 2.5 x 1.5 x 0.9 cm
$ 800.00

This gold is typical of many specimens from the Dixie Mine. Lustrous, thin leaves modified by micro-crystals and tiny (negative) crystals yield a bright and shiny specimen.

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Gold from Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA [db_pics/update7/ML00462a.jpg]

Gold from Clear Creek County, Colorado, USA [db_pics/update7/ML00462b.jpg]

ML00503 - Gold
Greaterville Placer, Greaterville District, Pima County, Arizona, USA
miniature - 3.7 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm
$ 950.00

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Gold from Greaterville Placer, Greaterville District, Pima County, Arizona, USA [db_pics/update7/ML00503a.jpg]

Gold from Greaterville Placer, Greaterville District, Pima County, Arizona, USA [db_pics/update7/ML00503b.jpg]

ML00544 - Anatase, Albite & Quartz
Hardangervidda, Hordaland, Norway
miniature - 3.5 x 2.9 x 2.3 cm
~~$ 750.00~~ DISCOUNTED 40.00% OFF TO $ 450.00

Here is a great example of a relatively rare mineral from the classic Norwegian locality.

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Anatase, Albite & Quartz from Hardangervidda, Hordaland, Norway [db_pics/update7/ML00544a.jpg]

Anatase, Albite & Quartz from Hardangervidda, Hordaland, Norway [db_pics/update7/ML00544b.jpg]

ML00553 - Pyrargyrite
Guanajuato District(?), Mexico
miniature - 4.3 x 3.8 x 2.6 cm
~~$ 750.00~~ DISCOUNTED 40.00% OFF TO $ 450.00

Here is an exceptional pyrargyrite from a hundred year old French collection. Unfortunately the old label does not specify a mine, however the habit is consistent with the Guanajuato District.

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Pyrargyrite from Guanajuato District(?), Mexico [db_pics/update7/ML00553a.jpg]

Pyrargyrite from Guanajuato District(?), Mexico [db_pics/update7/ML00553b.jpg]

Pyrargyrite from Guanajuato District(?), Mexico [db_pics/update7/ML00553c.jpg]

ML00561 - Gold
Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA
thumbnail - 2.1 x 2.1 x 0.7 cm
$ 1000.00

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Gold from Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA [db_pics/update7/ML00561a.jpg]

Gold from Round Mountain Mine, Nye County, Nevada, USA [db_pics/update7/ML00561b.jpg]

ML00578 - Goethite ps. after Siderite with Aquamarine & Tourmaline
Erongo Mountains, Namibia
small cabinet - 7.8 x 5.0 x 4.3 cm
~~$ 850.00~~ DISCOUNTED 50.00% OFF TO $ 425.00

A wonderful association piece from the Erongo Mountains. Lustrous black tourmaline (schorl and/or foitite) serves as a crystalline matrix for a spray of aquamarine crystals and a "corona" of siderites pseudomorphing to goethite.

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Goethite ps. after Siderite with Aquamarine & Tourmaline from Erongo Mountains, Namibia [db_pics/update7/ML00578a.jpg]

Goethite ps. after Siderite with Aquamarine & Tourmaline from Erongo Mountains, Namibia [db_pics/update7/ML00578b.jpg]

Goethite ps. after Siderite with Aquamarine & Tourmaline from Erongo Mountains, Namibia [db_pics/update7/ML00578c.jpg]

Goethite ps. after Siderite with Aquamarine & Tourmaline from Erongo Mountains, Namibia [db_pics/update7/ML00578d.jpg]

ML00616 - Prehnite & Epidote
Djouga Diggings, Bendougou Village, Kayes Region, Mali
small cabinet - 7.3 x 5.1 x 4.1 cm
~~$ 525.00~~ DISCOUNTED 55.00% OFF TO $ 236.25

A very aesthetic floater group of dark green doubly terminated epidote crystals interspersed throughout balls of pale lime green prehnite.

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Prehnite & Epidote from Djouga Diggings, Bendougou Village, Kayes Region, Mali [db_pics/update7/ML00616a.jpg]

Prehnite & Epidote from Djouga Diggings, Bendougou Village, Kayes Region, Mali [db_pics/update7/ML00616b.jpg]

Prehnite & Epidote from Djouga Diggings, Bendougou Village, Kayes Region, Mali [db_pics/update7/ML00616c.jpg]

Prehnite & Epidote from Djouga Diggings, Bendougou Village, Kayes Region, Mali [db_pics/update7/ML00616d.jpg]

ML00617 - Pyromorphite
Daoping Pb-Zn Mine, Yangshao, Guilin, Guangxi Province, China
small cabinet - 6.0 x 4.0 x 3.6 cm
$ 600.00

Vivid apple green pyromorphite crystals up to 1.4 cm. The backside shows a cast where the crystals formed over rounded knobs of gossan.

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Pyromorphite from Daoping Pb-Zn Mine, Yangshao, Guilin, Guangxi Province, China [db_pics/update7/ML00617a.jpg]

Pyromorphite from Daoping Pb-Zn Mine, Yangshao, Guilin, Guangxi Province, China [db_pics/update7/ML00617b.jpg]

Pyromorphite from Daoping Pb-Zn Mine, Yangshao, Guilin, Guangxi Province, China [db_pics/update7/ML00617c.jpg]

Pyromorphite from Daoping Pb-Zn Mine, Yangshao, Guilin, Guangxi Province, China [db_pics/update7/ML00617d.jpg]

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