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Mineral Specimens with Aragonite
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4.9 x 1.1 x 0.7 cm. Aragonite is rare and is rarely available from the renowned, old iron mines at Frizington, Cumbria. This is a sharp, interesting obelisk of tan, translucent aragonite. The primary crystal is pristine. Classic, seldom available material from this historic locale and comes with an expertly handwritten, faded label from an older collection. The collection this came out of was a museum stash dating to prior to World War I.
8.0 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm. A striking, very aesthetic and beautiful plate covered with articulated spikes and spheres of snow-white to water-clear, colorless aragonite from the famous mines at Bisbee. Very uncommon, old-time quality from the Dennis Mullane Collection.
5.5 x 3.8 x 2.9 cm. A fine specimen from the Tsumeb Mine and the Dave Stoudt Collection. An impressive floret-like cluster of sharp, lustrous, translucent, light tan aragonite variety tarnowitzite crystals are aesthetically set on the gossan crust. The tarnowitzite crystals reach 4.2 cm. Beautifully pristine.
8.7 x 8.3 x 4.4 cm. This is certainly one of the top small cabinet examples of the aragonites from this one-time - not only beautiful, but an important new find of aragonite from anywhere, much less America. They have a unique look, with tiny crystals growing like teeth on an earlier generation of sharp, larger crystals. The crystals really stick up off the matrix in bold relief, in a series of interconnected bursts of crystals framed by the contrasting iron-rich matrix.
16.5 x 15.9 x 9.8 cm. A spectacular, very uncommon, large cabinet pseudomorph specimen from the Raura District of Peru. Sparkly, gray, drusy quartz has pseudomorphed huge, pseudo-hexagonal aragonite crystals. The upright crystal is complete-all-around and pristine, including the doubly terminated sidecar crystal. The giant 17.5 cm crystal is also totally pristine. This sculptural and aesthetic specimen probably dates to the 1970s. I have seen a few smaller ones, but certainly not anything of this size and quality.
A fine miniature specimen from the recent one-time find in Nevada. We liked these so well that we bought the whole lot - not only as a really significant and beautiful new occurrence for aragonite and an exciting new US find, but simply gorgeous mineral specimens. This one has a gorgeous cluster right at the top, with two generations of crystals (tiny crystals growing out of the sides of the larger ones). 5.2 x 4.1 x 3.3 cm
3.1 x 2.8 x 1.6 and 3.0 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm. Here is a wonderful thumbnail set consisting of a crystal of Aragonite and a pseudomorph of Copper after Aragonite from the famous locality of Corocoro. These floater specimens are well known from Bolivia for their great form and color, and this set is great way to illustrate the "before and after" effect which is rare to find for most pseudomorphs, especially from the same locality. These pieces are some of the most well known and highly sought after pseudomorphs around. This set is a very fine example of this material, and it was very difficult to find a pair of these specimens that matched so well for shape and size. There hasn't been any significant amount of these specimens on the market in approximately 25 years, and they are often only found in old collections.
A fine miniature specimen from the recent one-time find in Nevada. We liked these so well that we bought the whole lot - not only as a really significant and beautiful new occurrence for aragonite and an exciting new US find, but simply gorgeous mineral specimens. This one has a beautiful ball-like cluster at one end, and shows two generations of crystals (tiny crystals growing out of the sides of the larger ones). 5.1 x 3.3 x 3.0 cm
3.0 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm and 2.8 x 2.7 x 2.3 cm. Here is a fine thumbnail set consisting of a crystal of Aragonite and a pseudomorph of Copper after Aragonite from the famous locality of Corocoro. These floater specimens are well known from Bolivia for their great form and color, and this set is a great way to illustrate the "before and after" effect which is rare to find for most pseudomorphs, especially from the same locality. These pieces are some of the most well known and highly sought after pseudomorphs around. This set is a very fine example of this material, and it was very difficult to find a pair of these "disco ball" type specimens that matched so well for shape and size. There hasn't been any significant amount of these specimens on the market in approximately 25 years, and they are often only found in old collections.
17.1 x 7.4 x 5.3 cm. A famous piece from early export of Russian minerals, sold in two portions that were found to fit together with a totally tight lock, though it is repaired to keep it so. Illustrated in an old Mineralogical Record issue. Superb both horizontally and vertically. Totally pristine and undamaged. These crystals are razor sharp. They have intense green color, really unique in the context of all production from this area, and they have mesmerizing inclusions of white aragonite needles within.
7.8 x 4.7 x 3.4 cm. An excellent example of the aragonites from this one-time find of a couple of years ago - not only beautiful, but an important new find of aragonite from anywhere, much less America. They have a unique look, with tiny crystals growing like teeth on an earlier generation of sharp, larger crystals. This is a fine two-sided specimen. The crystals really stick up off the matrix in bold relief, in a series of interconnected bursts of crystals framed by the contrasting iron-rich matrix.
15.0 x 8.4 x 7.3 cm. This is a beautiful and sculptural, large cabinet specimen. The surreal sea-green color of the lustrous aragonite is due to copper inclusions. Note the obvious presence of a rare green mineral in small, sharp crystals: probably libethenite or brochantite. Both are found at the mine, and I have a sample sent out for analysis. Ex. Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia Collection and obtained by Sam Gordon on one of his several trips to South America in the 1920s and 1930s for the Academy. Very rare, unusually beautiful, old-time material.
10.3 x 7.5 x 6.8 cm. A fabulous forest of isolated, spiky aragonite "trees" cover the "mesa" matrix on this striking cabinet specimen. This is one of the top examples of the aragonites from this one-time find of a couple of years ago - not only beautiful, but an important new find of aragonite from anywhere, much less America. They have a unique look, with tiny crystals growing like teeth on an earlier generation of sharp, larger crystals. This is not only a large specimen, but the crystals really stick up off the matrix in bold relief, in a series of interconnected bursts of crystals framed by the contrasting iron-rich matrix.
9.8 x 8.9 x 6.4 cm. Flos Ferri or stalactitic cave aragonite comes in amazing shapes and forms. The stalactites on some specimens appear to defy gravity. This dramatic, salmon-pink example looks like a coral growth and is from a classic locale in Austria.
From a deposit long since closed, I think this is an outstanding aragonite from a classic find of the early 1970s. On a crust of massive aragonite with minor sulfur are numerous colorless, twinned, lustrous, gemmy aragonite crystals up to 2.5 cm in length. The basal pinacoids (flat faces atop) are gemmier than the prism faces which can be opaque and chalky white in places, creating a shocking contrast . These are highly fluorescent 9.6 x 9.4 x 3.6 cm
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