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MD-177497 - Paralaurionite - - Archived Touissit, Touissit District, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco small cabinet, 6 x 5.5 x 5 cm.
6 x 5.5 x 5 cm. Paralaurionite is a rare lead species usually occurring as microcrystals. However there was once a find here which redefined the species. This is from that find, an important specimen with huge crystals for the species. Ex. F. John Barlow Collection.
MD-199974 - Paralaurionite - - Archived Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile small cabinet, 5.2 x 4.3 x 2.9 cm.
5.2 x 4.3 x 2.9 cm. Here we have sharp gray sub-mm crystals of this rare lead species inside a vug, seemingly perched on another mineral (anglesite?). Ex. Philadelphia Academy of Sciences Collection.
MD-21353 - Paralaurionite - - Archived Pit No. 9, Touissit, Touissit District, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco thumbnail, 2.1 cm
Paralaurionite is really only known in a handful of specimens that would be of interest to the collector of non-microminerals, and this location has produced some of the finest. This smoky crystal with large GEMMY areas is crudely terminated at top and bottom by etching or contact, but is nonetheless a fine single crystal with excellent lustre and display quality to it! Such pieces are VERY rare and I have seen just a few for sale including the Barlow specimen, which I myself handled in 1999. See Barlow book page 322 for comparison (the largest terminated crystal on that specimen = 2.1 cm). This one is from the noted rarities collection of German collector Paul Stahl, who obtained it at about the same time as Barlow when they came out. 3 x 1.75 x 0.5 cm
PAS-107 - Paralaurionite - $ 100 SOLD Caracoles, Sierra Gorda District, Tocopilla Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile miniature, 5.2 x 4.3 x 2.9 cm ex. Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences
Here we have sharp gray sub-mm crystals of this rare lead species inside a vug, seemingly perched on another mineral (anglesite?).
RARE08-2-23 - Paralaurionite - $ 7500 SOLD Toussit Mine, Ouijda, Morocco small cabinet, 6 x 5.5 x 5 cm ex. John Barlow | ||||||||||
