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4JG23 - Kammererite - $ 295 SOLD Kop Daglari, Erzurum Province, Turkey miniature, 3.9 x 2 x 1.8 cm
There is nothing that quite matches the vivid purple-red hue of Kammererite as found in a series of remarkable pockets some 20 years ago, and these crystals show it to its best advantage. The major crystal (1.2 cm) is lustrous and GEMMY (as in, you COULD cut a stone from it and those go for good money, hence this has intrinsic value as facet rough!). The classic form for this mineral, it is sharp and aesthetic as it sits on a matrix coated with a carpet of smaller Kammererites.
BEM-57 - Clinochlore var. Diabantite - $ 100 SOLD Bergen Hill, North Bergen, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA miniature, 5.0 x 3.7 x 1.8 cm
A representative sample of this locality clinochlore varietal, with waxy crystals packed into a solid mass. ex. American Museum of Natural History and said to be from the Bement collection. The number on the accompanying modern AMNH label, and on the, piece indicates this is true. Said to be from a late 1800's-era railroad cut here.
D10-102 - Clinochlore - $ 1200 Poldnevaya village, Ekaterinburg, Middle Urals Mountains, Russia small cabinet, 5.6 x 2.1 x 0.9 cm ex. American Museum of Natural History
An exceedingly rare and old specimen (both label and specimen are numbered #295 in the American Museum acquisitions, dating to the mid-1800s!), of clinochlore from Russia. I Have never seen such a thing on the market�it is way beyond other examples of the species in size, really just unprecedented. The crystal has a metallic, unique maroon color to it. It seems to be completeon the front, contacted in back, and complete all around as well (the notch you see is contact, not a "bite" out of it). Ex AMNH exchanged into the collection of dealer/collector Lawrence Conklin. Thanks to Tim Blackwood who did some research and he did find a modern name of Poldnevaya village, Ekaterinburg (Sverdlovsk), Ekaterinburgskaya (Sverdlovskaya) Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia as a locality given on Mindat. On a hunch I did a Minday locality search for "Pold" and came up with the above locality. It would appear that Polnevaya is a new spelling for Poldnewaja. I believe the pronunciations would be the same. Clinochlore isn't listed for the Mindat location, but I believe it to be correct.
MD-119683 - Quartz, Rutile, Clinochlore - - Archived Krumlbach valley, Hüttwinkl valley, Rauris valley, Hohe Tauern Mts, Salzburg, Austria cabinet, 11.0 x 3.6 x 2.9 cm.
11.0 x 3.6 x 2.9 cm. From the Wein Collection, acquired by them in 1982 according to the collection card -- a doubly-terminated quartz crystal, shot through at one end with golden needles of rutile. On the surface are dark mossy green books of clinochlore.
MD-133751 - Grossular, Clinochlore - - Archived Faiallo Pass, Urbe, Savona Province, Liguria, Italy small cabinet, 8.2 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm.
8.2 x 6.5 x 6.5 cm. A generous grouping of gemmy and lustrous wine-red Grossulars up to .8 cm, on Clinoclore. These Garnets are so good that this classic Italian locality has long been considered a European classic. Ex. Martin Lewadny Collection.
MD-138012 - Rutile (Var: Sagenite (of Saussure)), Clinochlore - - Archived Krumlbach valley, Hüttwinkl valley, Rauris valley, Hohe Tauern Mts, Salzburg, Austria small cabinet, 9.0 x 6.4 x 6.3 cm.
9.0 x 6.4 x 6.3 cm. Sagenite is a variety of intricately reticulated red rutile named in 1796 by Saussure. "These small crystals usually cross at the same angles, so as to form a mesh-like network of parallelograms". A beautiful and bright, 2.0 cm, golden-brown meshwork of sagenite rests aesthetically and horizontally at the tip of a 3-dimensional, mounded matrix RICHLY covered with clusters of sharp, black, tabular clinochlore crystals and a scattering of very long rutile needles. The contacted areas of the matrix reveal the lustrous interiors of the black clinochlore crystals, which is a variety of chlorite. This showy piece was in the collection of Rolf Wein, a noted Alpine collector. He purchased this fine Austrian piece, from a classic locality, in 1971.
MD-155033 - Clinochlore (Var: Diabantite) - - Archived Pennsylvania Railroad cut, Mt Pleasant, Bergen Hill, Bergen Co., New Jersey, USA miniature, 5.0 x 3.7 x 1.8 cm.
5.0 x 3.7 x 1.8 cm. A representative sample of this locality clinochlore varietal, with waxy crystals packed into a solid mass. Ex. American Museum of Natural History and said to be from the Bement collection. The number on the accompanying modern AMNH label and on the piece indicates this is true. Said to be from a late 1800's-era railroad cut here.
MD-168060 - Clinochlore (Var: Chromian Clinochlore) - - Archived Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Erzurum Province, Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey small cabinet, 5.3 x 3.4 x 2 cm.
5.3 x 3.4 x 2 cm. A superb cluster of the rare and highly desirable Chromian Clinoclore, Kammererite. The deep cherry color, luster, and gemminess are all superb. The largest of the crystals is nearly 1 cm in length. Ex. Charlie Key.
MD-171940 - Grossular (Var: Hessonite), Diopside, Clinochlore - - Archived Ala Valley, Lanzo Valley, Sesia-Lanzo zone, Torino Province, Piedmont, Italy small cabinet, 7.7 x 6.1 x 4.1 cm.
7.7 x 6.1 x 4.1 cm. From the alpine veins of Val d’Ala, this classic matrix specimen is covered in glassy and gemmy, cinnamon-colored grossular garnets, to .8 cm across. They are SPARKLING and beautiful! Associated with the garnets are a few glassy and gemmy, pastel green, diopside crystals, to 1.0 cm in length. The dark green mineral underlying the garnet is clinochlore, a member of the mica family, in crystals to.3 cm across. Obviously, this is an older specimen. Ex. Robert Gage and Robert Linck Collections.
MD-182990 - Clinochlore (Var: Chromian Clinochlore) - - Archived Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Erzurum Province, Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey thumbnail, 2.1 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm.
2.1 x 1.6 x 1.4 cm. Kammererite is the rare, chrome-rich variety of clinochlore. There is nothing that quite matches the vivid purple-red hue of kammererite as found in a series of remarkable pockets some 20 years ago at the top locality, the Kop Krom Mine in Turkey. This superb thumbnail features discrete, beautifully striated, gem crystals to 8 mm on matrix. Ex. Irv Brown Collection.
MD-187620 - Clinochlore (Var: Chromian Clinochlore) - - Archived Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Erzurum Province, Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey small cabinet, 7.2 x 6.0 x 3.0 cm.
7.2 x 6.0 x 3.0 cm. Kammererite is the rare, chromium-rich variety of clinochlore. This superb specimen features discrete, beautifully gem crystals to 5 mm richly and aesthetically scattered on matrix covered with kammererite microcrystals.
MD-196073 - Clinochlore, Garnet Group - - Archived Michigamme Mine (Mt Shasta mine), Michigamme, Marquette iron range, Marquette Co., Michigan, USA small cabinet, 5.9 x 5.9 x 3.4 cm.
5.9 x 5.9 x 3.4 cm. A 3.6 cm, super-sharp, lustrous, dark forest-green clinochlore pseudomorph after a garnet crystal set in slate from the Michigamme Iron Mine of Michigan. Ex. George Elling Collection.
MD-19925 - Clinochlore (Var: Chromian Clinochlore) - - Archived Kop Krom mine, Kop Daglari, Erzurum Province, Eastern Anatolia Region, Turkey thumbnail, 2.1 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
A superb thumbnail of lustrous, gemmy and striated kammererite crystals on kammererite matrix from Turkey. Kammererite is a rare chromium clinochore, part of the chlorite group.This one is just gorgeous, and is a very choice TN specimen for the species with dramatic display qualities. In person, with good lighting, the XL is very gemmy and probably cuttable! 2.1 x 1.3 x 1.1 cm
MD-199860 - Clinochlore - - Archived Chester Emery Mines, Chester, Hampden Co., Massachusetts, USA small cabinet, 7.2 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm.
7.2 x 3.5 x 2.7 cm. This specimen has a display face rich with embedded, flat-laying clinochlore crystals. A small bit of another purple mineral is associated. A very interesting historical deposit which, although it produced a lot of minerals, we apparently know very little about today now that it is long gone. From the noted collection of William Drown who, according to the Mineralogical Record Archive on him, was an umbrella manufacturer who used his fortune to amass a collection of some 6000 mineral specimens. His collection was kept by his family for a generation after his death and then donated in 1918. Ex. Philadelphia Academy of Sciences Collection.
MD-201722 - Clinochlore (Var: Ripidolite) - - Archived Pfitsch pass, Zamser Grund (Zams valley), Ziller valley, North Tyrol, Tyrol, Austria miniature, 5.0 x 3.9 x 3.4 cm.
5.0 x 3.9 x 3.4 cm. Ripidolite is a variety of clinochlore, a chlorite group species. This fine Austrian specimen from the Rolf Wein Collections features a well-placed vug with lustrous, greenish-gray, tabular ripidolite blades to 1.0 cm. The piece is from the well-known Pfitsch Pass, Ziller Valley of Tyrol and Wein acquired the piece in 1968.
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