ex Al & Sue Liebetrau collection

ML00401 - Wulfenite, Malachite & Beaverite(?)
Whim Creek Mine, Roenourne Shire, Western Australia, Australia
cabinet - 10.3 x 8.5 x 5.4 cm
$ 225.00

This is a classic assemblage from Whim creek. Di-pyramidal wulfenites are perched on a yellow gossanous oxide (beaverite?) along with sharp malachite pseudomorphs after azurite.

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ML00402 - Grossular
Sierra de la Cruz, Municipo Sierra Mojada, Coahuila, Mexico
small cabinet - 7.1 x 6.3 x 5.0 cm
$ 425.00

While garnets from this locality are common, crystals of this size and color intensity are few and far between.

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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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ML00404 - Fluorite & Quartz
Yaogangxian Mine, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China
small cabinet - 6.7 x 4.9 x 3.4 cm
$ 800.00

This fluorite has an unusual blueish color which reminds me of the ocean. The quartz crystals are flattened as if them might have been part of a japan law twin.

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ML00405 - Fluorapatite, Pyrite & Quartz
Panasqueira Mine, Barroca Grande, Beira Baxia, Portugal
small cabinet - 8.1 x 7.2 x 4.2 cm
$ 1250.00

An unusual habit of tan colored fluorapatites partially coated by tiny pyrite crystals with associated siderite and quartz.

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ML00406 - Barite
Sidi Lahcen Mine, Nador, Oriental Region, Morocco
small cabinet - 7.1 x 5.3 x 3.2 cm
$ 200.00

A nice spray of blue barites grading out to more earthy tones.

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ML00407 - Ettringite
N'Chwaning Mine, Kuruman, Cape Province, South Africa
small cabinet - 8.0 x 7.5 x 6.5 cm
$ 1000.00

This exceptionally large Ettringite crystal is contrasted by the smaller crystals which make up the matrix. The bottom of the specimen has a druse of tiny hausmannite crystals.

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ML00408 - Scheelite & Lollingite
Huanggang Fe-Sn Deposite, Hexigten Banner, Ulanhad League, Inner Mongolia, China
small cabinet - 7.9 x 5.3 x 4.5 cm
$ 1000.00

Dipyramidal scheelites are intergrown with a large lollingite crystal spray.  A thin layer of molybdenite coats the bottoms of the scheelites.

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ML00409 - Wulfenite
Red Cloud Mine, Yuma County, Arizona, USA
small cabinet - 6.9 x 4.5 x 2.8 cm
$ 1000.00

A classic Arizona specimen displaying wulfenite crystals up to 2.4 cm.

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ML00410 - Fluorite & Calcite
Elmwood Mine, Smith County, Tennessee, USA
small cabinet - 6.4 x 5.2 x 3.9 cm
$ 3500.00

This calcite and fluorite is a true floater. The only damage is a cleavage on one of the calcite crystal which fortuitously functions as the base.

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ML00411 - Limonite coated Quartz
Biber Vein, 500m above the Sobov Quarry, Banska Stiavnica, Banska Bystrica Region, Slovakia
small cabinet - 6.3 x 3.6 x 3.4 cm
$ 400.00 DISCOUNTED 25.00% OFF TO $ 300.00

The limonite coating on these quartz scepters yields a most unusual coloration, shimmering between greens, golds and reds as the specimen is rotated.

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