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ML00455 - Gold
Harvard Mine, Jamestown, Tuolumne County, California, USA
miniature - 4.0 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm
$ 2000.00

Nice sharp gold crystals with good luster, along with quartz for contrast.

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Gold from Harvard Mine, Jamestown, Tuolumne County, California, USA [db_pics/update7/ML00455a.jpg]

Gold from Harvard Mine, Jamestown, Tuolumne County, California, USA [db_pics/update7/ML00455b.jpg]

Gold from Harvard Mine, Jamestown, Tuolumne County, California, USA [db_pics/update7/ML00455c.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]

ML00473 - Gold
Zapata Mine, Icabaru, Gran Sabana, Venezuela
thumbnail - 1.3 x 1.1 x 1.0 cm
$ 1700.00

An exceptionally well formed gold crystal showing hoppered growth along with cubic and octahedral faces.

8.3 grams

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Gold from Zapata Mine, Icabaru, Gran Sabana, Venezuela [db_pics/update7/ML00473a.jpg]

Gold from Zapata Mine, Icabaru, Gran Sabana, Venezuela [db_pics/update7/ML00473b.jpg]

Gold from Zapata Mine, Icabaru, Gran Sabana, Venezuela [db_pics/update7/ML00473c.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]

ML00513 - Gold
Kisbanya, Maramures, Romania
small cabinet - 5.9 x 5.1 x 2.7 cm
$ 4600.00

ex Paul Zimmerman Collection

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Gold from Kisbanya, Maramures, Romania [db_pics/update7/ML00513a.jpg]

Gold from Kisbanya, Maramures, Romania [db_pics/update7/ML00513b.jpg]

ML00515 - Gold
GG Prospect, Tuolumne County, California, USA
miniature - 3.7 x 2.6 x 1.2 cm
$ 2500.00

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Gold from GG Prospect, Tuolumne County, California, USA [db_pics/update7/ML00515a.jpg]

Gold from GG Prospect, Tuolumne County, California, USA [db_pics/update7/ML00515b.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]

ML00593 - Tarbuttite
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Namibia
small cabinet - 6.1 x 4.0 x 3.6 cm
~~$ 500.00~~ DISCOUNTED 50.00% OFF TO $ 250.00

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Tarbuttite from Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Namibia [db_pics/update7/ML00593a.jpg]

Tarbuttite from Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Namibia [db_pics/update7/ML00593b.jpg]

Tarbuttite from Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Namibia [db_pics/update7/ML00593c.jpg]

ML00599 - Gold
Serro do CaldeirÃ£o, Pontes e Lacerdo, Mato Grosso, Brazil
thumbnail - 2.3 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm
$ 3200.00

A 1/2 oz single crystal with nice hoppered growth.

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Gold from Serro do CaldeirÃ£o, Pontes e Lacerdo, Mato Grosso, Brazil [db_pics/update7/ML00599a.jpg]

Gold from Serro do CaldeirÃ£o, Pontes e Lacerdo, Mato Grosso, Brazil [db_pics/update7/ML00599b.jpg]

Gold from Serro do CaldeirÃ£o, Pontes e Lacerdo, Mato Grosso, Brazil [db_pics/update7/ML00599c.jpg]

Gold from Serro do CaldeirÃ£o, Pontes e Lacerdo, Mato Grosso, Brazil [db_pics/update7/ML00599d.jpg]

ML00600 - Gold
Louisiana Mine, Mariposa County, California, USA
miniature - 3.3 x 3.1 x 1.0 cm
$ 1300.00

A well crystallized leaf in quartz. The specimen has trigonal shape suggesting that it is a single crystal.

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Gold from Louisiana Mine, Mariposa County, California, USA [db_pics/update7/ML00600a.jpg]

Gold from Louisiana Mine, Mariposa County, California, USA [db_pics/update7/ML00600b.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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