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iny01 - Inyoite - $ 3500 Monte Azul, Plano, Argentina cabinet, 19.7 x 15.7 x 7.5 cm
A gorgeous, top quality 6 x 4 x 4 cm crystal is perched in the middle of a daisy chain of smaller crystals making their progression across the top of the specimen. The crystal is probably the single best crystal in this entire lot, and displays so nicely "aligned" for viewing as you see it. There is, unlike most in the lot, only a very minor amount of isolated Meyerhofferite crystals present. The whole piece is nearly a floater, completely covered in crystals all around except along the bottom base. For overall gemminess and transparency, one of thebest. The positioning of the dominant crystal in a large matrix makes this a museum piece.
iny02 - Inyoite with Meyerhofferite - $ 2950 Monte Azul, Plano, Argentina cabinet, 17.1 x 10.8 x 7.6 cm
Lustrous, Glassy, VERY GEMMY transparent crystals to 4.5 cm included slightly around the edges with discrete crystals of meyerhofferite for stark contrast. This is a superb large specimen with no damage , composed entirely of large crystals in aggregate!
INY03 - Meyerhofferite ps. after Inyoite - $ 2250 SOLD Monte Azul, Plano, Argentina cabinet, 17.7 x 9.2 x 8.1 cm
I am not sure if I can call this a pseudomorph or not?! It looks more like a biological infestation run amok, but it IS an alteration, somehow; and so I imagine this IS an alteration-pseudomorph. Perhaps 90% of the original inyoite has been here altered to meyerhofferite, so that the crystals are inyoite only in the minute spaces between the meyerhofferite, and at their bases (seems to have been an alteration starting in the top and outer layers of the crystals). You can tell even by the heft of the piece, that it is different, and almost completely altered. The appearance is bizarre and actually quite mesmerizing, like no pseudo I can recall seeing because of the minute and discrete meyerhofferite crystals that together make up the replacement. I am told by several people familiar with the Boron meyerhofferites that this is likely the best meyerhofferite pseudo around.
iny04 - Inyoite with Meyerhofferite - $ 1500 Monte Azul, Plano, Argentina cabinet, 14.5 x 10.8 x 7.8 cm
SHARP, gemmy crystals some of which on the left side have partially altered to or been included by meyerhofferite. A very sharp ridgeline of gemmy, transparent crystals to 4 cm tip-to-tip crowns the top (you can see that the crystals are complete around the backside, too!).
iny05 - Inyoite with Meyerhofferite - $ 850 SOLD Monte Azul, Plano, Argentina miniature, 4.7 x 4.7 x 2.7 cm
A gorgeous, sharp miniature with top lustre and extremely good form, with the 4 x 2.5 x 2.75 cm crystal perched on a natrual pedestal of smaller rhombs. There is only a slight contact at the base, otherwise this is complete all around and 360! The Meyerhofferite exists as a network of discrete crystals penetragint the interior, and you can see them clearly through the inyoite. At the edges, on 4 of 6 rhomb faces, the Meyerhofferite forms a more complete alteration and thus a white "rind" around the gemmy core. For a white and colorless mineralization combo, it is striking, overall. It is among my favorite specimens, here.
iny06 - Inyoite - $ 600 Monte Azul, Plano, Argentina small cabinet, 7.0 x 4.9 x 4.6 cm
An exceedingly GEMMY specimen showing an earlier inyoite layer with included brown matrix , inside. The largest crystal is 4 cm, and this is complete all around!
iny07 - Inyoite - $ 1250 SOLD Monte Azul, Plano, Argentina small cabinet, 6.3 x 6.0 x 5.5 cm
A starkly geometric, sharp cluster of three larger crystals (to 5 cm) on matrix, presenting sharp faces, gemmy interiors, and excellent lustre on all sides, 360 degrees. There is some included matrix, which because of the stunning clarity of the crystals shows through here in the photos much more strongly than in person, meaning it is a bit less "brown" in person and the inyoite itself is more dominant to the eye rather than the matrix inside.
iny08 - Inyoite - $ 475 SOLD Monte Azul, Plano, Argentina small cabinet, 6.6 x 4.4 x 4.1 cm
A large, gemmy, SHARP, complete-all-around 5 cm crystal perched upon a natural pedestal! This is one of the more elegant of the specimens in the find, to my eye. Superb quality, more evidently gemmy in person!
iny09 - Inyoite with Meyerhofferite - $ 300 SOLD Monte Azul, Plano, Argentina small cabinet, 8.2 x 5.3 x 4.8 cm
Unusually thin and elongated (but sharp!), gemmy, water-clear crystals to 3.5 cm on a shard of matrix, make this a dramatic piece for the price. It is complete alla round, though there is damage to one crystal on the backside. Minor Meyerhofferite association
iny10 - Inyoite - $ 200 SOLD Monte Azul, Plano, Argentina cabinet, 9.8 x 6.0 x 3.7 cm
Gemmy crystals on a stalk of matrix, culminating in a 2.5 cm sharp crystal right atop. Very elegant piece, overall
iny11 - Inyoite with Meyerhofferite - $ 950 SOLD Monte Azul, Plano, Argentina small cabinet, 6.4 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm
A SUPER SHARP crystal, 3.7 cm long on edge, with extraordinary gemminess and glassy lustre...this is perhaps the best single crystal in this quality in my lot , gram for gram. It is hard to judge from photos due to the clarity and lustre on some of these, but that is my opinion. It is not altered to Meyerhofferite but DOES have discrete terminated Meyerhofferite crystals included inside, in a phantom layer a few millimeters down, and then covered over with a second generation of inyoite growth. The whole piece is SPARKLY and bright, and just so much better than photos can indicate here. It is a world class miniature of a very rare species, and yet these just don't cost what other "world class" examples of most species do , luckily enough.
iny12 - Inyoite with Meyerhofferite - $ 950 SOLD Monte Azul, Plano, Argentina small cabinet, 8.5 x 6.9 x 3.7 cm
SHARP crystals to 4.5 cm, partially included by and altering to Meyerhofferite on their edges for a unique visual contrast to the cores, dominate either end of this beautiful matrix specimen. In person it is much less brown and more white and clear...but photos simply do not do these justice: these crystals are so clear, that the small bit of underlaying brown matrix simply is all you see in the photos sometimes. Not so, in person.
iny13 - Inyoite with Meyerhofferite - $ 125 SOLD Monte Azul, Plano, Argentina miniature, 5.1 x 4.1 x 3.8 cm
A sharp single crystal, excellent as a reference example for the find, complete all around, with some surface Meyerhofferite crystals but no alteration.
iny14 - Inyoite with Meyerhofferite - $ 400 Monte Azul, Plano, Argentina miniature, 6.0 x 5.1 x 3.3 cm
A sharp cluster of 3 crystals, elongated and gemmy. SHARP edges make it more dramatic in person. In the photos, you are looking right through to a bit of included matrix in the back, and to the included but discrete Meyerhofferite crystals that contrast sharply with their enclosing inyoite. The back face of the larger crystal, about 4 cm, is altered to Meyerhofferite and so is white in color.
iny16 - Inyoite - $ 300 Monte Azul, Plano, Argentina miniature, 5.3 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
A sharp, overall rectangular cluster with unusual and elongated crystals to 5 cm. The piece is complete all around, except for a small contact on the rear of the top termination, as shown. Large crystal size for the price!
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