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WOW! Qualitywise, this is a KILLER for the locality. Sharp and with golden highlights. A little small, but the quality makes it worth owning anyhow
BEM-49 - Anatase - $ 95 Minas Gerais, Brazil thumbnail, 0.7 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm
A very old anatase from Brazil, classic in form but large in size! ex. American Museum of Natural History , Clarence Bement collection, donated in 1910 (comes with xerox of the label which went with both this and the following specimen)
BEM-50 - Anatase - $ 150 SOLD Minas Gerais, Brazil thumbnail, 1.2 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm
A very old anatase from Brazil, classic in crystal habit but unusual in that this is a cluster, which is rare! ex. American Museum of Natural History , Clarence Bement collection, donated in 1910 (label is present, just not shown)
JONAS-22 - Anatase on Quartz - $ 900 Gouveia, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil small cabinet, 6.8 x 4.2 x 2.9 cm
This bizarre specimen features a very unusual hollow anatase crystal of 1.5 cm next to an adjacent crystal of more typical habit. I have never seen anything quite like this. It is possible the anatase we see is a cast after an earlier generation, or even after a zircon perhaps, but I am not sure. The crystals sit on a quartz crystal (broken at either end but intact on the display face). In any case, the material has been analyszed and it is anatase now - a whopping huge one for Brazil, I would say. (obviously not a Jonas tourmaline but it fit in well with this update and was also at Munich...)
MD-118533 - Anatase, Quartz - - Archived Hardangervidda, Hordaland, Norway miniature, 3.4 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm.
3.4 x 1.6 x 1.3 cm. Lustrous anatase crystals to 7 mm are artfully embedded on and in a beautiful, water-clear quartz crystal from Hardangervidda, Norway. Trivial edge wear on and near the quartz termination and to the termination of the large anatase crystal is certainly not detracting, as you can see. Dr. Hansen obviously prized this specimen, which he obtained in a small lot trade with the Smithsonian, who in turn traded with the Geology Museum at the University of Oslo.
MD-122186 - Anatase, Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) - - Archived Hardangervidda, Hordaland, Norway miniature, 4.0 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm.
4.0 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm. Lustrous anatase crystals to 1.2 cm are artfully embedded on and in a beautiful, water-clear smoky quartz crystal from Hardangervidda, Norway. The striking, large anatase, partially on and in the smoky is certainly the focal point of this very showy specimen. Dr. Hansen obviously prized this specimen, which he obtained in a small lot trade with the Smithsonian, who in turn traded with the Geology Museum at the University of Oslo.
MD-131662 - Anatase - - Archived Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil thumbnail, 3.0 x 2.3 x 0.8 cm.
3.0 x 2.3 x 0.8 cm. A rare old-timer, a gem anatase, 7mm long, from Brazil. This is doubly-terminated and perched on a thin shard of quartz. Ex. Charlie Key Collection.
MD-136263 - Anatase, Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) - - Archived Hardangervidda, Hordaland, Norway small cabinet, 6.3 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm.
6.3 x 2.6 x 2.1 cm. Lustrous anatase crystals to 3 mm are artfully embedded on and in a beautiful, water-clear smoky quartz crystal from Hardangervidda, Norway. Most of the anatase crystals are on two sides of the smoky and are the focal point of this very showy specimen. The main sidecar crystal at the base is fully terminated. Dr. Hansen obtained this piece in a small lot trade with the Smithsonian, who in turn traded with the Geology Museum at the University of Oslo.
MD-155024 - Anatase - - Archived Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil thumbnail, 0.7 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm.
0.7 x 0.6 x 0.5 cm. A very old anatase from Brazil, classic in form but large in size! Ex. American Museum of Natural History, Clarence Bement collection, donated in 1910.
MD-155025 - Anatase - - Archived Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil thumbnail, 1.2 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm.
1.2 x 1.0 x 0.7 cm. A very old anatase from Brazil, classic in crystal habit but unusual in that this is a cluster, which is rare! Ex. American Museum of Natural History, Clarence Bement collection, donated in 1910.
MD-172411 - Anatase, Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) - - Archived Switzerland small cabinet, 7.3 x 6.2 x 5.2 cm.
7.3 x 6.2 x 5.2 cm. A CLASSIC, OLD-TIME combination specimen from the Swiss Alps. A very glassy, complete all-around, zoned smoky quartz crystal is highlighted by six, lustrous and striated anatase crystals to 6 mm aesthetically scattered on two of the quartz crystal faces that are preferentially coated with iron oxides. This SHOWY piece, from the Richard Hauck Quartz Collection is accompanied by a Hugh Ford label, a very prominent English dealer living in the United States.
MD-178950 - Anatase, Quartz - - Archived Matskorhæ (Matskorhae), Odda, Hardangervidda, Hordaland, Norway small cabinet, 5.5 x 1.6 x 1.0 cm.
5.5 x 1.6 x 1.0 cm. A classic Norwegian Anatase specimen featuring small, yet excellent sapphire blue color, sharp, lustrous crystals on an absolutely transparent, razor sharp, highly lustrous, very slightly smoky Quartz crystal.
MD-187704 - Anatase, Albite - - Archived Dyrfonni (Dyrefonni), Viveli, Eidfjord, Hardangervidda, Hordaland, Norway thumbnail, 2.3 x 1.5 x 1.0 cm.
2.3 x 1.5 x 1.0 cm. A superb thumbnail of a very sharp, mirror-lustre, metallic-gray anatase crystal beautifully set on contrasting, snow-white albite microcrystals from the famed Valdres Region of Norway. Ex. Gary Hansen Collection.
MD-191625 - Anatase, Quartz - - Archived Hardangervidda, Hordaland, Norway miniature, 3.7 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm.
3.7 x 2.3 x 1.3 cm. Lustrous anatase crystals to 7 mm are artfully embedded on and in an aesthetic, jackstraw cluster of water-clear quartz crystals from Hardangervidda, Norway. Ex. Dr. Gary Hansen, Smithsonian Institution and Geology Museum at the University of Oslo Collections.
MD-195607 - Anatase, Quartz - - Archived Gouveia, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil small cabinet, 6.8 x 4.2 x 2.9 cm.
6.8 x 4.2 x 2.9 cm. This bizarre specimen features a very unusual hollow anatase crystal of 1.5 cm next to an adjacent crystal of more typical habit. It is possible the anatase we see is a cast after an earlier generation, or even after a zircon perhaps, but I am not sure. The crystals sit on a quartz crystal (broken at either end but intact on the display face). In any case, the material has been analyzed and it is anatase now - a huge one for Brazil. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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