ML00366 - Silver on Calcite Kongsberg Silver Mines, Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway miniature - 4.5 x 3.6 x 1.8 cm $ 4500.00
An exceptionally aesthetic silver from the greatest location on earth. The silver resembles wires, but is actually crystalline, and the entire specimen is likely spinel law twinned.
ex. Al & Sue Liebetrau collection
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ML00368 - Powellite pseudo Molybdenite Jardinera No. 1 Mine, Inca de Oro, Chañaral Province, Atacama Region, Chile miniature - 3.7 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm $ 250.00
An unusual but exceptional pseudomorph from the locality famous for Szenicsite.
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ML00371 - Azurite Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia miniature - 4.0 x 3.1 x 2.8 cm $ 500.00
A well-formed tabular azurite crystal. The edges show vivid blue transparency with proper lighting.
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ML00373 - Quartz var. Amethyst Kuridala, Cloncurry Shire, Queensland, Australia small cabinet - 7.7 x 5.8 x 3.5 cm $ 220.00
While these crystals are dominantly amethyst, they have slightly smoky zonations on some of the crystals. The crystals show double termination habits in addition to scepter formation.
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ML00374 - Quartz Gwindel St. Gotthard, Lepontine Alps, Ticino, Switzerland small cabinet - 5.6 x 4.2 x 2.1 cm $ 425.00
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ML00375 - Sphalerite & Quartz Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia small cabinet - 7.2 x 5.6 x 4.8 cm $ 450.00
An unusually formed specimen. The sphalerite looks like a cap perched on top of the quartz-hedenbergite/actinolite matrix.
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ML00377 - Beryl var. Aquamarine Minas Gerais, Brazil cabinet - 9.6 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm $ 425.00
This etched beryl specimen is totally transparent. The pale color is slightly yellowish-green, and a case could be made to call this heliodor rather than aquamarine. It has good lustrous pinacoid termination on one end, and etched pinacoid on the other.
ex Lloyd & Lynne Staunton Collection
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ML00378 - Calcite (Butterfly Twins) Huáncano Prospect, Pisco Province, Ica Dept., Perú miniature - 4.6 x 3.5 x 3.4 cm $ 200.00
This is a great specimen for collectors who like different calcite forms. There are very elongate scalenohedral crystals, in addition to doubly terminated prismatic crystals, with scalenohedral modifications. The key elements of this are the butterfly twins, which occur as large open butterflies, in addition to smaller closed butterflies.
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ML00380 - Hausmannite N'Chwaning Mine, Kuruman, Cape Province, South Africa small cabinet - 7.5 x 4.1 x 2.6 cm $ 450.00
These pseudo-octahedral crystals show abundant twinning.
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ML00379 - Creedeite Hall Mine, Near Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada cabinet - 10.9 x 6.4 x 4.6 cm $ 500.00
Beautiful lilac color creedite crystals from the main pit at the hall mine. Collected in the mine by Scott Werschky in 1989.
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ML00382 - Beryl var. Aquamarine Shigar Valley, Gilgit Division, Pakistan cabinet - 11.5 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm $ 2500.00
This aquamarine crystal is exceptional due to the length to diameter ratio. The c-axis is exceptionally long compared to the other axes. It has fantastic transparency. About 2cm from the top there are negative crystals formed from fluid inclusions, which at first glance appear to be damage, but are actually interesting crystal forms.
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ML00385 - Epidote Cerro San Cristobal, San Vicente de Canete, Canete Province, Lime Dept., Peru cabinet - 10.9 x 6.6 x 5.4 cm $ 350.00 DISCOUNTED 25.00% OFF TO $ 262.50
A group of four intergrown epidote crystals. The crystals are quite large and very lustrous.
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ML00383 - Elbaite & Lepidolite Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California, USA small cabinet - 7.9 x 2.7 x 2.5 cm $ 9500.00 DISCOUNTED 20.00% OFF TO $ 7600.00
A super example of a California classic. This doubly terminated elbaite has great color and is nicely offset by the lepidolite crystals growing off the side. One end is a great pinacoid termination, while the other end terminates in modified pyramidal forms capped by a pinacoid. Ex Mark Pospisl collection
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ML00381 - Quartz var. Amethyst Shuniah Mine, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada small cabinet - 6.8 x 4.0 x 2.6 cm $ 160.00
Color zonation in this specimen yields an unusual radiating star pattern. The color saturation is much deeper than normal for the mine.
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ML00384 - Cavansite & Stilbite Wagholi Quarry, Poona, India cabinet - 10.0 x 8.0 x 7.2 cm $ 700.00
Nice spherical groups of cavansite crystals perched on the matrix offset by large white stilbites.