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

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.

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ML00394 - Barite
Elk Creek, Mease County, South Dakota, USA
small cabinet - 8.0 x 6.0 x 4.2 cm
$ 550.00

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

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ML00395 - Dyscrasite
Bouismas Mine, Bou Azzer District, Morocco
miniature - 4.8 x 4.2 x 1.6 cm
$ 175.00

Although labeled as dyscrasite, this is most likely silver, pseudomorphed after dyscrasite.

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ML00396 - Pyromorphite
Daoping Mine, Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China
small cabinet - 5.5 x 4.3 x 2.5 cm
$ 500.00

This specimen consists of pyromorphite crystals up to 7mm forming a hemisphere. The backside is also crystalline, but shows a cast where the crystals formed over rounded nobs of gossen.

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ML00397 - Spessartine & Smoky Quartz
Tongbei, Yunxiao, Fugian Province, China
cabinet - 9.5 x 6.0 x 3.6 cm
$ 500.00

Isolated gemmy spessartines perched on an unusually transparent smoky quartz and microcline.

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