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OLDEURO-49 - Beryl - AUS$289 SOLD Habach valley, Hohe Tauern Mts, Salzburg, Austria small cabinet, 6.9 x 5.1 x 3.2 cm
An unusually colored green-blue eryl from this classic deposit, measuring 1.7 cm in length. I love the old label!
OLDEURO-50 - Manganite with Barite - AUS$869 SOLD Ilfeld, Thuringia, Germany small cabinet, 6.3 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm
SHARP and super lustrous crystals to 1.3 cm, contrast starkly to the barite association. This is a beautiful miniature, utterly classic, for these important finds in the mid 1880s. Hard to find one this showy and beautiful, for the price range. Those major crystals, by the way, are not damaged.
OLDEURO-51 - Freieslebenite - AUS$869 SOLD Himmelsfürst Mine, Brand-Erbisdorf, Freiberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany small cabinet, 6.5 x 3.1 x 2.2 cm
SHARP crystals of extremely high lustre to 2.5 mm grace the sulfide-rich surface of this specimen. Rare old material from the TYPE LOCALITY !
OLDEURO-52 - Witherite - AUS$1449 SOLD Brownley Hill Mine, Nenthead, Alston Moor District, Cumberland, England small cabinet, 6.5 x 4.8 x 4.2 cm
A super aesthetic piece clearly from the very oldest finds here (note date of 1838(, of sharp, translucent, lustrous witherites perched on a galena matrix. I have not previously seen witherites from here on galena either through ignorance or because they aren't common as I suspect. In any case, the contrast of the metallic galena background sets this off nicely. TYPE LOCALITY !
OLDEURO-53 - Mimetite var. Campylite - AUS$1681 Caldbeck Fells, Cumberland, England small cabinet, 7.9 x 6.8 x 3.5 cm
My god, the COLOR on these mimetite crystals is crazy good...just a fiery red, the best I have seen of this material for color. They are smallish at 6-7mm, but the "Three Amigos" make quite an impact visually as they sit on this contrasting matrix, Superb specimen for quality, and a neat label as well.
OLDEURO-54 - Vauquelinite with Embreyite - AUS$869 SOLD Berezovsk Mines, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Middle Urals, Russia small cabinet, 7.7 x 4.9 x 4.0 cm
A very rich specimen from this famous lead deposit, with rich postachio-green Vauquelinite microxls all over the piece, and minute druses of embreyite microxls as well (they are orange, and seem intermixed quite liberally on the righthand side) . The even rarer cassedanneite is red and although I have not analysed the red micros here, it is possible they are that species. Type Locality for both species!
OLDEURO-55 - Heteromorphite - AUS$289 SOLD St. Andreasberg, Harz Mountains, Lower Saxony, Germany small cabinet, 6.5 x 4.2 x 3.0 cm
Apparently this was once studied carefully by somebody who knows a lot more than I do, and whom corrected its ID to this very rare mineral. Mindat confirms this is a valid species and notes: "This mineral is an intermediate member of a homologous series. The thickness of a galena sheet in the structure determines the series member. A very rare mineral." I cannot find a photo of material from Andreasberg but this specimen has crystals which , though tiny brilliant specks, look like the material I have seen from Pribram.
OLDEURO-56 - Siderite with Galena on Quartz - AUS$869 Neudorf, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany small cabinet, 6.2 x 4.1 x 3.6 cm
A beautiful association specimen from this classic locale, with sharp , translucent golden-amber siderites to about 1 cm in size.
OLDEURO-57 - Manganite - AUS$521 Ilfeld, Thuringia, Germany miniature, 5.1 x 2.9 x 1.8 cm
A sharp miniature featuring a brilliant, lustrous, 1.2-cm crystal in a mass of little acicular mangantie crystals. Unusual!
OLDEURO-58 - Leadhillite - AUS$463 SOLD Malacalzetta Mine, Iglesias, Carbonia-Iglesias Province, Sardinia, Italy miniature, 5.8 x 5.0 x 3.7 cm
A significant rarity, platy yellow leadhillite crystals on a matrix of sparkling white calcite, from this classic old Italian locale.
OLDEURO-59 - Jamesonite with Pyrargyrite on Tetrahedrite - AUS$231 SOLD Bolivia small cabinet, 7.2 x 5.4 x 3.7 cm
A most unusual specimen with sharp jamesonite crystals, elongated lustrous pyrargyrite, all on a matrix of weirdly crystallized tetrahedrite. This has a label handwritten by Federico Ahlfeld, a very famous mineralogist and
OLDEURO-60 - Helvite - AUS$521 Breitenbrunn, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany small cabinet, 5.6 x 4.1 x 3.5 cm
Sharp, textbook-like yellow crystals to 3 mm or so are protected inside a natural crevasse in this matrix specimen from an old locale that is actually (I was surprised to find out!) the co-TYPE LOCALITY for the species.
OLDEURO-61 - Galena with Calcite and Siderite - AUS$347 SOLD Neudorf, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany small cabinet, 8.0 x 6.5 x 3.3 cm
A rich, lustrous specimen of sharp galena crystals accented by siderite and sparkling calcite, from this classic locality.
OLDEURO-62 - Fluorite with Quartz - AUS$1739 Gersdorf Mine, Freiberg, Saxony, Germany small cabinet, 8.0 x 6.1 x 3.0 cm
A stunningly beautiful, sparkling cluster of bright yellow fluorite draped by bright white quartz crystals, for a pretty combo. This is a classic and very old locality for fluorite of course, but few such combination specimens of such beauty are around to own - I have not seen any for sale quite like this one.
OLDEURO-64 - Pyrargyrite - AUS$869 St. Andreasberg, Harz Mountains, Lower Saxony, Germany miniature, 4.0 x 2.6 x 2.3 cm
SHARP, super lustrous, machine-carved-looking pyrargyrites to 7.5 mm make this little matrix specimen a jewel of a rock. The crystals are not big, but they have presence, and they light up when backlit. Superb old classic from this important mining district.
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