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A diverse group of minerals from locations around the globe.

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ML00377 - Beryl var. Aquamarine
Minas Gerais, Brazil
cabinet - 9.6 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm
SOLD

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 a good lustrous pinacoid termination on one end, and etched pinacoid on the other.

ex Lloyd & Lynne Staunton Collection

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Beryl var. Aquamarine from Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/update5/ML00377a.jpg]

Beryl var. Aquamarine from Minas Gerais, Brazil [db_pics/update5/ML00377b.jpg]

ML00378 - Calcite (Butterfly Twins)
HuÃ¡ncano Prospect, Pisco Province, Ica Dept., PerÃº
miniature - 4.6 x 3.5 x 3.4 cm
SOLD

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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Calcite (Butterfly Twins) from HuÃ¡ncano Prospect, Pisco Province, Ica Dept., PerÃº [db_pics/update5/ML00378a.jpg]

ML00380 - Hausmannite
N'Chwaning Mine, Kuruman, Cape Province, South Africa
small cabinet - 7.5 x 4.1 x 2.6 cm
$ 500.00 SOLD

These pseudo-octahedral crystals show abundant twinning.

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Hausmannite from N'Chwaning Mine, Kuruman, Cape Province, South Africa [db_pics/update5/ML00380a.jpg]

Hausmannite from N'Chwaning Mine, Kuruman, Cape Province, South Africa [db_pics/update5/ML00380b.jpg]

ML00379 - Creedite
Hall Mine, Near Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada, USA
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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Creedite from Hall Mine, Near Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada, USA [db_pics/update5/ML00379a.jpg]

Creedite from Hall Mine, Near Tonopah, Nye County, Nevada, USA [db_pics/update5/ML00379b.jpg]

ML00382 - Beryl var. Aquamarine
Shigar Valley, Gilgit Division, Pakistan
cabinet - 11.5 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
SOLD

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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Beryl var. Aquamarine from Shigar Valley, Gilgit Division, Pakistan [db_pics/update6/ML00382a.jpg]

Beryl var. Aquamarine from Shigar Valley, Gilgit Division, Pakistan [db_pics/update6/ML00382b.jpg]

ML00385 - Epidote
Cerro San Cristobal, San Vicente de Canete, Canete Province, Lime Dept., Peru
cabinet - 10.9 x 6.6 x 5.4 cm
~~$ 400.00~~ DISCOUNTED 35.00% OFF TO $ 260.00

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A group of four intergrown epidote crystals. The crystals are quite large and very lustrous.

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Epidote from Cerro San Cristobal, San Vicente de Canete, Canete Province, Lime Dept., Peru [db_pics/update6/ML00385a.jpg]

Epidote from Cerro San Cristobal, San Vicente de Canete, Canete Province, Lime Dept., Peru [db_pics/update6/ML00385b.jpg]

ML00381 - Quartz var. Amethyst
Shuniah Mine, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
small cabinet - 6.8 x 4.0 x 2.6 cm
$ 160.00 SOLD

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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Quartz var. Amethyst from Shuniah Mine, Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada [db_pics/update6/ML00381a.jpg]

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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Azurite & Malachite from Sepon Mine, Vilabouly District, Savannakhet Province, Laos [db_pics/update6/ML00388a.jpg]

ML00386 - Anorthoclase
Mt. Erebus, Antarctica
small cabinet - 7.2 x 3.4 x 1.8 cm
$ 250.00 SOLD

Perfect floater crystals Anorthoclase crystals from Mt. Erebus, Antarctica. Mindat explains the formation of these as “When an explosion occurs, the crystals are caught in frothy phonolite bombs, which are tossed out along the crater rim. The bombs' glassy matrix quickly weathers away to leave deep piles of crystals.”

Mineral specimens from Antarctica are rarely available on the open market, however I was fortunate to acquire these from the Keck Museum at the University of Nevada, Reno.

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Anorthoclase from Mt. Erebus, Antarctica [db_pics/update6/ML00386a.jpg]

Anorthoclase from Mt. Erebus, Antarctica [db_pics/update6/ML00386b.jpg]

ML00387 - Anorthoclase
Mt. Erebus, Antarctica
small cabinet - 6.1 x 2.9 x 1.5 cm
$ 200.00 SOLD

Mineral specimens from Antarctica are rarely available on the open market, however I was fortunate to acquire these from the Keck Museum at the University of Nevada, Reno.

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Anorthoclase from Mt. Erebus, Antarctica [db_pics/update6/ML00387a.jpg]

Anorthoclase from Mt. Erebus, Antarctica [db_pics/update6/ML00387b.jpg]

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