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MD-39032 - Amblygonite - - Archived Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil small cabinet, 5.9 x 3.8 x 1.7 cm
A very sharp twinned crysatl of the rare mineral amblygonite, complete all around . MUCH BETTER IN PERSON - it has a pleasing straw yellow color, good lustre, and lots of gemminess to the point where much of the twin is transparent in person. This is one of the sharpest such crysatls that I have seen, and it is perched upon a smalle rcrystal which acts as a natrual pedestal. Again, BETTER IN PERSON! 5.9 x 3.8 x 1.7 cm
MD-43652 - Amblygonite - - Archived Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil miniature, 4.3 x 3.5 x 1.9 cm
This is a TRANSPARENT GEM CRYSTAL of this rare phosphate species! Usually, the larger amblygonites from Brazil are roughly formed, with lots of etching an dpoor color and gemminess. This is an exceptional example, of good size, that could fit in any display collection. I have seen only a small handful of such quality. This one is complete all around, 360-degrees, save for one small ding on a minor right edge and a bit of contacting to matrix on the left edge. The upper termination is sharp and amazingly well-formed. It displays wonderfully. This one has slightly more smooth and lustrous surfaces than the piece below. 4.3 x 3.5 x 1.9 cm
MD-43653 - Amblygonite - - Archived Linópolis, Divino das Laranjeiras, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil small cabinet, 6.3 x 3 x 2.6 cm
This is an even larger TRANSPARENT GEM CRYSTAL of this rare phosphate species! Usually, the larger amblygonites from Brazil are roughly formed, with lots of etching and poor color and gemminess. Like the above smaller specimen, this is an exceptional example, of good size, that could fit in any display collection. I have seen only a small handful of such quality. This one is complete all around, 360-degrees. The upper termination is sharp and amazingly well-formed. It displays wonderfully. I saw only these two aberrant specimens at Munich, with a dealer who had brought them in some years ago. Because of its size and volume, the color intensity here is a little deeper than the piece above. 6.3 x 3 x 2.6 cm
MUN05-36 - Amblygonite - $ 1500 SOLD Linopolis, Livino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil miniature, 4.3 x 3.5 x 1.9 cm
This is a TRANSPARENT GEM CRYSTAL of this rare phosphate species! Usually, the larger amblygonites from Brazil are roughly formed, with lots of etching an dpoor color and gemminess. This is an exceptional example, of good size, that could fit in any display collection. I have seen only a small handful of such quality. This one is complete all around, 360-degrees, save for one small ding on a minor right edge and a bit of contacting to matrix on the left edge. The upper termination is sharp and amazingly well-formed. It displays wonderfully. This one has slightly more smooth and lustrous surfaces than the piece below.
MUN05-37 - Amblygonite - $ 1500 SOLD Linopolis, Livino das Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais, Brazil miniature, 6.3 x 3 x 2.6 cm
This is an even larger TRANSPARENT GEM CRYSTAL of this rare phosphate species! Usually, the larger amblygonites from Brazil are roughly formed, with lots of etching and poor color and gemminess. Like the above smaller specimen, this is an exceptional example, of good size, that could fit in any display collection. I have seen only a small handful of such quality. This one is complete all around, 360-degrees. The upper termination is sharp and amazingly well-formed. It displays wonderfully. I saw only these two aberrant specimens at Munich, with a dealer who had brought them in some years ago. Because of its size and volume, the color intensity here is a little deeper than the piece above.
RWHIT-17 - Montebrasite - $ 1500 Dunton Mine, Newry, Maine, USA miniature, 3.4 x 3.1 x 1.7 cm ex. Robert Whitmore
Collected shortly after the famous blue-green tourmaline pocket, this is yet another abberrant, incredible find for the locality, but one of which I was completely ignorant until now. In 1974, Bob Whitmore collected a small pocket hosting several crystals of Montebrasite, such as this one (it still has pocket clay attached, not yet cleaned stark white with acids). These crystals have to rank as the best for a US locality, and I do not think were superceded until Brazilian material came out some years later. This is the best miniature in the collection, although a shockingly large, equally sharp and well terminated crystal of 12 cm also was present in the collection. That larger one is now in the Smithsonian Collection, so this fine miniature is in good company. According to Dr. Vandall King, these are now classified as Montebrasite , though Whitmore's label from 30 years ago notes it as Amblygonite. All Content and Design ©1996-2010 The ArkenstoneBy-species Galleries | ||||||||||||||
