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Mineral Specimens with Albite
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8.9 x 7.3 x 6.9 cm. This is a large, pristine, unrepaired tourmaline in exceptional condition, featuring a deep green core and a lighter green termination capped by a very thin, red-pink line of growth. It is imposing in its very large, equant form, and perched nicely upon a diagonal crystal of smoky quartz. The large, broad termination is unusual in its even height for such a flat top. Stark white cleavelandite drapes around the backside to provide accent.
8.0 x 7.3 x 4.2 cm. A sculptural and very dramatic, winged specimen of intergrown, translucent and highly lustrous muscovite plates from the famous Rist Mine of North Carolina. And they are beautifully accented by a scattering of snow-white albite crystals. Ex. Ed David Collection.
5.7 x 3.4 x 3.4 cm. Well-known author and collector John Sinkankas self-collected this fine smoky quartz on cleavelandite from the famous Little Three Mine in 1965. The unusually blocky, complete all-around smoky has excellent lustre and is very transparent/glassy. The smoky quartz is beautifully perched on a bed of bladed cleavelandite.
11.9 x 7.8 x 5.5 cm. A superb, large specimen of fat schorl crystals accented with gemmy quartz and stark white albite blades. It is complete all around save for an unusual contact spot on the left-hand side. Ex. Pala International/William Larson Collection.
9.3 x 7.3 x 6.0 cm. A stunning specimen with an approximately 1-inch red-orange garnet perched atop a snowy-white mass of albite and schorl. Here we have a larger crystal that was gently etched in the pocket, but not so much as to lose its form or fall off matrix. Instead, the gentle etching effect has given it thousands of facets to reflect light from. Likely from mining in the 1960s and early 1970s. Ex. Pala International/William Larson Collection.
8.8 x 6.6 x 5.5 cm. This superb specimen from the 1960s-1970s here is both aesthetic and fine in quality. It features a rich pink 4 x 3.5 cm crystal of gemmy morganite, perched on contrasting white matrix. Not only is it on contrasting matrix, but it is on contrasting crystallized matrix. The contrast to the bladed cleavelandite and the prismatic quartz is striking, geometrically, and enhances the composition of the piece. The pink color in this crystal is exceptional for the mine and comparable to modern morganites from Pakistan in color. Larson obtained this from the mine owner, Norm Dawson, in the 1980s. Ex. Pala International/William Larson Collection.
2.9 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm. This is a stunning, unusually large crystal of spessartine for the locality which is miraculously not badly etched like so many are. It sits on a pedestal of cleavelandite matrix, and is exceptional for its display quality. The crystal is complete all around, though shows a contact on the back where it grew in the pocket against a schorl that left an impression. The crystal is 1 inch. Bill Larson obtained it in the early 1980s from mine owner Louis Spalding Sr.'s collection. Ex. Pala International/William Larson Collection.
4.5 x 4.5 x 4.0 cm. A superb, water-clear, very gemmy, light cognac-colored topaz crystal aesthetically attached to bladed cleavelandite and a shard of quartz from an uncommon Pakistan locality - Bulochi. The topaz crystal is pristine and starkly blocky. Ex. Dave and Emily Stoudt Collection.
2.1 x 1.6 x 1.1 cm. A small, but superb, tourmaline crystal - actually two separate crystals, tightly intergrown - with a pink core and grassy green exterior. There is just a bit of albite that adds a pretty accent. Ex. Tim Sherburn Collection.
5.3 x 5.2 x 3.4 cm. An aesthetic and superb matrix tourmaline specimen from the Steve Smale Collection and the Pederneira Mine. This classic, old-time specimen from the 1960s or 70s features a 5.3 cm tourmaline crystal attached to a ball of pearlescent cleavelandite blades studded with smaller tourmalines and a faint dusting of purple lepidolite. The lustrous, very nearly pristine tourmaline is predominantly olive-green. A beautifully gemmy, grass-green zone lies just beneath the pristine, black pinacoid termination. An interesting feature, is that the lower quarter of the large tourmaline is hollow.
6.4 x 5.2 x 5.0 cm. A superb and aesthetic matrix aquamarine specimen from Pakistan and the Dave and Emily Stoudt Collection. A gorgeous, 3.3 cm, gem-clear aqua crystal with a very interesting, modified pinacoidal termination is dramatically set in a "boulder" field of sharp, blocky albite crystals.
7.5 x 5.9 x 3.9 cm. A bright and sparkly mass of lepidolite with Cleavelandite crystals growing within, from which emerges a very gemmy tourmaline of just under 1 cm. The tourmaline is gemmy.
14 x 8 x 8 cm. This is a stunning tourmaline specimen for its size and style, a green-capped habit which is at the least absolutely classic for this region, perhaps even the most stereotypical form of tourmaline for this region. The crystal is translucent and colorful, glowing with an internal color even with only minimal back-lighting. The contrast of the quartz form and geometry, vs. the tourmaline, and contrasted so starkly against the white cleavelandite – make this a superb specimen. Ex. Steve Smale Collection.
14.6 x 10.0 x 7.4 cm. This superb specimen is a glowing pink morganite crystal with exceptional color, perched smartly on a well-trimmed matrix of cleavelandite. The crystal is remarkable for its symmetry, and its gemminess, which is obvious even in the photos. The faces are sharp, showing none of the typical rounding one normally sees in large morganites from here. It is 9 x 6 x 5 cm in size. As is expected for this locality, the front and back faces are glassy and some of the side faces are of a duller, matte lustre - typical for the locality, in any case. Usually, only one gemmy frontal face shows and these tend to be buried in the matrix, this making this exceptional for its display position which shows both rear and front faces off. What is really atypical is the fact that the side faces are so sharply defined by steep bevels - and this is not common in Afghanistan morganites, which usually have flat sides. Ex. Marc Weill Collection.
4.9 x 3.7 x 3.2 cm. A simply stunning gem aquamarine with pastel blue color that contrasts with the stark white crystallized matrix. It has absolutely total transparency, an attractive beveled prism termination, and is perfectly placed in just the right amount of contrasting matrix. Ex. Richard and Mary Nelson Collection.
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