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 Pospisil collection
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ML00381 - Quartz var. Amethyst Shuniah Mine, Thunder Bay, Ontario 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.
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ML00388 - Azurite & Malachite Sepon Mine, Vilabouly District, Savannakhet Province, Laos cabinet - 13.5 x 7.0 x 5.6 cm $ 9500.00
Lustrous electric blue azurite crystals on a matrix of malachite ps. after azurite There has obviously been a lot of azurite on the market in the last few years with the production form the Milpillas Mine. While these crystals are not as large as some from Milpillas, the color and luster is superior.
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ML00389 - Quartz var. Amethyst Shuniah Mine, Thunder Bay, Ontario small cabinet - 8.5 x 7.0 x 4.0 cm $ 550.00
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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ML00390 - Quartz Brandberg, Erongo Region, Namibia small cabinet - 8.3 x 6.0 x 3.9 cm $ 900.00
A nice amethyst quartz group with well defined phantoms. The larger crystal has a nice fluid inclusion bubble.
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ML00391 - Topaz Katlang, Mardan District, NW Frontier Province, Pakistan small cabinet - 7.5 x 6.4 x 4.3 cm $ 5000.00
A large imperial topaz from katlang. Natural cracks have been gap filled, but there is no repair.
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ML00392 - Pyromorphite Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA miniature - 4.3 x 4.0 x 2.3 cm $ 2250.00
Fantastic pyromprphite from Bunker Hill with Great luster and classic barrel shaped crystals.
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ML00393 - Hyalite Opal Kopasz Hill, Tarcal, Takaj Region, Northen Hungary cabinet - 10.0 x 5.5 x 3.9 cm $ 250.00
The thing I like most about these Hungarian opals is the intense color when displayed under ultraviolet light.
![Beryl var. Aquamarine from Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/update5/ML00377a.jpg]](db_pics/update5/m/ML00377a.jpg)
![Beryl var. Aquamarine from Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/update5/ML00377b.jpg]](db_pics/update5/m/ML00377b.jpg)
![Calcite (Butterfly Twins) from Huáncano Prospect, Pisco Province, Ica Dept., Perú [db_pics/update5/ML00378a.jpg]](db_pics/update5/m/ML00378a.jpg)
![Hausmannite from N'Chwaning Mine, Kuruman, Cape Province, South Africa [db_pics/update5/ML00380a.jpg]](db_pics/update5/m/ML00380a.jpg)
![Hausmannite from N'Chwaning Mine, Kuruman, Cape Province, South Africa [db_pics/update5/ML00380b.jpg]](db_pics/update5/m/ML00380b.jpg)
![Creedeite from Hall Mine, Near Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada [db_pics/update5/ML00379a.jpg]](db_pics/update5/m/ML00379a.jpg)
![Creedeite from Hall Mine, Near Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada [db_pics/update5/ML00379b.jpg]](db_pics/update5/m/ML00379b.jpg)
![Beryl var. Aquamarine from Shigar Valley, Gilgit Division, Pakistan [db_pics/update6/ML00382a.jpg]](db_pics/update6/m/ML00382a.jpg)
![Beryl var. Aquamarine from Shigar Valley, Gilgit Division, Pakistan [db_pics/update6/ML00382b.jpg]](db_pics/update6/m/ML00382b.jpg)
![Epidote from Cerro San Cristobal, San Vicente de Canete, Canete Province, Lime Dept., Peru [db_pics/update6/ML00385a.jpg]](db_pics/update6/m/ML00385a.jpg)
![Epidote from Cerro San Cristobal, San Vicente de Canete, Canete Province, Lime Dept., Peru [db_pics/update6/ML00385b.jpg]](db_pics/update6/m/ML00385b.jpg)
![Elbaite & Lepidolite from Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California, USA [db_pics/update6/ML00383a.jpg]](db_pics/update6/m/ML00383a.jpg)
![Elbaite & Lepidolite from Himalaya Mine, Mesa Grande District, San Diego County, California, USA [db_pics/update6/ML00383b.jpg]](db_pics/update6/m/ML00383b.jpg)
![Quartz var. Amethyst from Shuniah Mine, Thunder Bay, Ontario [db_pics/update6/ML00381a.jpg]](db_pics/update6/m/ML00381a.jpg)
![Cavansite & Stilbite from Wagholi Quarry, Poona, India [db_pics/update6/ML00384a.jpg]](db_pics/update6/m/ML00384a.jpg)
![Cavansite & Stilbite from Wagholi Quarry, Poona, India [db_pics/update6/ML00384b.jpg]](db_pics/update6/m/ML00384b.jpg)
![Azurite & Malachite from Sepon Mine, Vilabouly District, Savannakhet Province, Laos [db_pics/update6/ML00388a.jpg]](db_pics/update6/m/ML00388a.jpg)
![Quartz var. Amethyst from Shuniah Mine, Thunder Bay, Ontario [db_pics/update6/ML00389a.jpg]](db_pics/update6/m/ML00389a.jpg)
![Quartz var. Amethyst from Shuniah Mine, Thunder Bay, Ontario [db_pics/update6/ML00389b.jpg]](db_pics/update6/m/ML00389b.jpg)
![Quartz from Brandberg, Erongo Region, Namibia [db_pics/update6/ML00390a.jpg]](db_pics/update6/m/ML00390a.jpg)
![Quartz from Brandberg, Erongo Region, Namibia [db_pics/update6/ML00390b.jpg]](db_pics/update6/m/ML00390b.jpg)
![Quartz from Brandberg, Erongo Region, Namibia [db_pics/update6/ML00390c.jpg]](db_pics/update6/m/ML00390c.jpg)
![Topaz from Katlang, Mardan District, NW Frontier Province, Pakistan [db_pics/update6/ML00391a.jpg]](db_pics/update6/m/ML00391a.jpg)
![Topaz from Katlang, Mardan District, NW Frontier Province, Pakistan [db_pics/update6/ML00391b.jpg]](db_pics/update6/m/ML00391b.jpg)
![Topaz from Katlang, Mardan District, NW Frontier Province, Pakistan [db_pics/update6/ML00391c.jpg]](db_pics/update6/m/ML00391c.jpg)
![Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA [db_pics/update6/ML00392a.jpg]](db_pics/update6/m/ML00392a.jpg)
![Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA [db_pics/update6/ML00392b.jpg]](db_pics/update6/m/ML00392b.jpg)
![Pyromorphite from Bunker Hill Mine, Kellogg, Shoshone County, Idaho, USA [db_pics/update6/ML00392c.jpg]](db_pics/update6/m/ML00392c.jpg)
![Hyalite Opal from Kopasz Hill, Tarcal, Takaj Region, Northen Hungary [db_pics/update6/ML00393a.jpg]](db_pics/update6/m/ML00393a.jpg)
![Hyalite Opal from Kopasz Hill, Tarcal, Takaj Region, Northen Hungary [db_pics/update6/ML00393b.jpg]](db_pics/update6/m/ML00393b.jpg)
![Hyalite Opal from Kopasz Hill, Tarcal, Takaj Region, Northen Hungary [db_pics/update6/ML00393c.jpg]](db_pics/update6/m/ML00393c.jpg)