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24edd31b - Hematite (Twinned crystals) with Andradite Garnet - € 7279 Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa cabinet, 10 x 6.8 x 5.0 cm ex. Dr. Edward David
You could not ask for a more bright and metallic hematite than these crystals, with their mirror lustre and stunning contrast to the druses of andradite garnet around them! This is an exceptional, large specimen from finds in the 1980s, now long gone from the market. Even small examples of these mirror hematites with garnet go for over $1000, and this is a rare cabinet specimen of the same style. Comes with custom base.
AZMEX18 - Quartz on Andradite - € 728 SOLD Stanley Butte Area, Stanley, Graham County, Arizona small cabinet, 7.9 x 7.0 x 6.4 cm ex. Les and Paula Presmyk ex. Martin Zinn
A mass of solid andradite garnet opens into a vug containing many, translucent, lustrous olive green dodecahedrons, .5 cm across, surrounded by frosted, translucent, colorless quartz crystals, to 4.0 cm in length. Formerly in the collections of Martin Zinn and Les Presmyk. Great color contrast! This is one of the finest examples of the material I know of
CKTSR-36 - COLUMNAR HEMATITE on ANDRADITE - SOLD Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa cabinet, 10.5 x 7.5 x 5.5 cm ex. Charlie Key
I have simply NEVER seen such hematite crystals from anywhere! Charlie says he obtained the two best of a small pocket, found some time ago. This one features a spray of upright columnar crystals to 6 cm leaping off from andradite garnet matrix! No damage, and complete all around - it is a magnificent specimen period and a truly unprecedented hematite about which I cannot rave enough. I know that Charlie considered it one of the top pieces in the collection. Comes with custom lucite display base.
gem7-22B - Andradite Garnet - € 728 SOLD Rio Seco, Quebrada de Cordoba, Ica, Peru cabinet, 11.2 x 8.0 x 3.6 cm
A really neat locality garnet specimen, with 1 cm crystals completely covering this matrix plate. I have not seen before so large and rich a plate from Peru.
IB11 - Andradite Garnet with Epidote and Quartz - SOLD Garnet Hill, Calaveras Co., California small cabinet, 6.7 x 6.1 x 4 cm ex. Irv Brown
Extremely high lustre, good size, and showy aesthetics make this one of the very best such specimens for the locality, which is near to where teh Calaveras axinites were found long ago. Garnet, however, is much more rare and this is thus a significant locality specimen.
IB23 - Andradite - € 115 San Benito Co., California small cabinet, 6.7 x 3.5 x 1.5 cm ex. Irv Brown
Superb, lustrous jet-black crystals nicely isolated on matrix! Exceptional for the material!
K217 - Gaudefroyite with Andradite Garnet - € 364 SOLD Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa miniature, 3.3 x 3.1 x 2.2 cm
SHARP specimen with really lustrous crystals of this rare species, especially a 2-cm-long doubly-terminated crystal right in the front-left. That one is partially covered with the andradite garnet that makes up the matrix as well
K233 - Hematite with Andradite Garnet "veil" - € 958 SOLD Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa miniature, 4.2 x 2.8 x 2.4 cm
A stunning miniature, of this classic combination of species for Wessels. Few are found with such a wonderful and aesthetic combination of the garnet coating on hematite! this is essentially one large,elongated crystal of hematite, complete all around save for small contacts near the base.
K234 - Hematite with Andradite Garnet - € 958 SOLD Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa miniature, 4.2 x 3.4 x 2.1 cm
Another stunning miniature, of this classic combination of species for Wessels. Few are found with such a wonderful and aesthetic combination of the garnet coating on hematite! The hematite here is 2.7 cm and is sharply twinned, as you can see from the reflections . More andradite could be picked off, as the owner wishes, to expose more hematite along the righthand edge, but I like the coating the way it is covering all the crystal but the shockingly fine twin planes facing out..
K237 - Hausmannite on Andradite Garnet - € 1149 Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa miniature, 5.5 x 4.2 x 3.6 cm
A dramatic and very large single hausmannite crystal showing intricate stepped growth on all faces, that measures 4 cm on edge, is the visual center here. It is an impressive specimen made pretty by the accenting garnet along the sides. In person, it can be displayed either vertically as shown, or horizontally, to equal effect . I should add that this style of hausmannite rarely has good lustre but we do no thave that problem here....it has lot sof sparkle for a black mineral!
K242 - Hematite with Andradite garnet - € 192 SOLD Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa small cabinet, 6.4 x 4.5 x 4.1 cm
An elegant specimen with a strangely flattened, tapering, 2.5-cm hematite crystal popping up in the middle of the matrix, coated on one side completely by andradite garnet.
K244 - Hematite with Andradite garnet - € 575 SOLD Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa miniature, 4.8 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm
Andradite garnet here completely coats on all sides, like a drape, the underlaying hematite crystal which has perfect crystallography and now looks like a sparkling red hematite more than anything! That crystal is 2.7 cm tall. Pristine and complete, this is a most unusual display specimen!
K253 - Hausmannite on Andradite garnet - € 728 SOLD Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa small cabinet, 6.6 x 4.1 x 3.7 cm
Sharp, lustrous,jet-black hausmannite crystals to 1.5 cm perched on a stunningly contrasting matrix of garnet! Beautiful, rich specimen that is both significant for the species and displays phenomenally.
K281 - Andradite garnet pseudo. Rhodochrosite with Gaudefroyite - € 728 Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa miniature, 5.6 x 2.1 x 1.3 cm
We had only two such specimens in the whole collection of thousands of pieces, of these strange cast pseudomorphs of minutely crystallized, sparkling, andradite garnet that have replaced twinned rhodochrosite crystals. I had only ever seen 2 others , before. These look just like the famous pseudo-triangular crystals one saw from Mt St Hilaire in Quebec, in the 1980s. But, made of garnet! This one is shaped like a shield, very tapered, with the interior completely lined with crystals of gaudefroyite that stick out to one side.
K288 - Andradite Garnet - € 575 Wessels Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, South Africa small cabinet, 6.3 x 4.2 x 3.0 cm
A very rare garnet specimen from a small find in the 1980s that produced these waxy-lustered, red andradites in record size crystals for the mine. The large crystal here is 1.2 cm and the form is SHARP! For the location, these remain unequaled to my knowledge and are certainly rarely seen for sale. This is the first I have had in a long time.
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