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12.2 x 6.3 x 2.7 cm. This is a large matrix plate of sparkling quartz, which nicely sets off the deep blue, glassy crystals of lazulite (to 7mm). Minor accents of brown siderite are present as well. Overall, this is a big and showy specimen, and the combination lends it a nice sparkly look. Old material. Ex. Harold Urish Collection.
6.4 x 6.0 x 5.2 cm. An unusual specimen of fluorite, as this habit is rare for the locale. These robust, translucent, slightly pastel pinkish crystals are to 2.75 cm across. The fluorites are perched on a curving bit of quartz cavity that serves as host for a 2 cm galena crystal underneath. The galena is partially altered to anglesite, as are many from this locality. Interesting combination piece, overall. Ex. Harold Urish Collection.
4.5 x 3.2 x 3.1 cm. Unusual frosted quartz crystals, with thin tabular growth. There is a thin frosting of secondary quartz atop, which gives the piece an interesting appearance overall. Characteristic of this locality, but very unusual overall. Ex. Harold Urish Collection.
6.7 x 4.0 x 2.8 cm. This is a very rare example of the sought-after quartz after wulfenites, a very rare occurrence. This piece has sharp crystals nicely protected in a pocket cavity, and all are sparkling and translucent. The color is very good (some tending to be more pale and pastel), and the lustre is high. A thin coating of microcrystalline quartz which came later, covers everything in a sparkly druse. Ex. Harold Urish Collection.
6.4 x 3.7 x 3.0 cm. A very nice cluster of amethyst crystals with pastel lavender points on white quartz stalks. It is not intensely colored, but it is the subtlety we find very attractive and unusual amidst so many darker colored examples from the mine. Ex. Harold Urish Collection.
4.7 x 2.5 x 2.4 cm. A single, robust, chisel-shaped crystal, characteristic of and representative of this classic locality. Not fancy, just a nice sharp and big crystal. Ex. Harold Urish Collection.
6.8 x 6.5 x 4.8 cm. An interesting locality piece which Harold bought from a Montana dealer, from a locale I had not seen anything from before. It is a sharp specimen, very reminiscent of today's material from Argentina, actually. Ex. Harold Urish Collection.
10.5 x 9.3 x 7.3 cm. Seven transparent, gemmy, undamaged cuboctahedral crystals to 3 cm in size perch like mountain climbers upon this mound of crystallized galena (actually a carpet of galena over a mound of underlying sphalerite). The contrast is striking. The association with galena is classic for Naica, for old material. For this new find, it seems rather unusual as most of the associations are with sphalerite. Also, the frozen waterfall of sparkling crystallized quartz running down the center of the piece provides a nice accent and some sparkle...and is itself unusual in the occurrence.
6.9 x 5.3 x 3.7 cm. Lustrous, translucent, classic hexagonal, olive-green pyromorphite crystals to 1.0 cm richly cover the front and top of this aesthetic specimen from a smallish 1995 find in Spain at a less well-known mine. The architecture of the crystal clusters is striking and this is one of the finest pieces, that I have seen available from this mine in a while. Ex. Joan Massague Collection (noted for his Spanish minerals suite).
15.8 x 9.8 x 6.9 cm. A stunning, very rare, multiple crystal, large cabinet specimen of unique and unusual quartz from a one-time, 2005 find in Madagascar. Specimens are very hard to get today. Purple fluorite octahedrons to 4 mm are richly and attractively included in large, dramatic, intergrown, lightly frosted, transparent quartz crystals. The beautiful, sharply terminated spires are complete-all-around and have only a trivial bit of contacting on the back. A striking, visual specimen, enhanced by the long crystal (14.0 cm) and the robust crystal on the right.
6.3 x 2.8 x 2.5 cm. A striking edge phantom of pleasing, powder-blue ajoite is dramatically included in the termination of a sharp, water-clear quartz crystal from a new find at the Messina Mine of South Africa. Three sides of the crystal are preferentially coated with iron oxides making for a very showy piece. The glassy crystal faces are very lightly frosted. This is an impressive, highly representative example of the very rare copper silicate, named after its discovery locality, the New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Arizona.
15.0 x 6.9 x 5.9 cm. A dramatic, large cabinet amethyst plate from recent finds at Artigas, Uraguay. Mounded, spherical clusters of gemmy and rich, intensely grape-purple amethyst crystals cover this gorgeous piece. The four major balls are pristine and this most impressive piece is very nearly pristine. Superb material with top color from this famous locale.
5.0 x 4.7 x 2.6 cm. Gemmy and lustrous, brown eosphorite blades are richly and aesthetically scattered on the sharp, skeletal quartz crystal. Very interestingly, a secondary, gray, iron-oxide preferentially coats the quartz termination and only some of the eosphorite crystals. Eosphorite is a rare phosphate and this fine example from a famous locale for eosphorite - Taquaral, Minas Gerais. Specimens of this quality came out in the 1960s and 1970s and are only available from advanced recycled collections. Ex. Robert Whitmore Collection.
5.3 x 4.6 x 3.4 cm. Two gorgeous, superbly gemmy and lustrous, bright reddish-orange wulfenite crystals are aesthetically set on the frosted, quartz crystal-covered matrix on this excellent specimen from the Red Cloud Mine. The large, compound crystal is 1.6 cm and both crystals have striking, beveled edges. The quality and color of these two crystals are excellent for the 2003 Red Gem Pocket and the association with the quartz crystals is uncommon and desirable.
4.5 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm. A fascinating, doubly terminated, included quartz crystal from recent Brazilian finds. The gemmy, water-clear crystal has been polished to highlight and reveal the distinctive layering in the center and the scattered inclusions of golden rutile needles and lustrous, metallic hematite plates in the terminations. Complete-all-around, with only minute termination wear. A showy and excellent included quartz specimen. All Content and Design ©1996-2012 The ArkenstonePowered by http://mineralwebsites.comMineral Specimens by species; or by specimen id. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![Quartz (Var: Amethyst), Quartz from Mun. Las Vigas de RamÃrez (Mun. de Profesor Rafael RamÃrez), Veracruz, Mexico [db_pics/mdpics/MD-283263a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-283263a.jpg)
![Epidote, Quartz from Green Monster Mountain, Prince of Wales Island, Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Borough, Alaska, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-283286a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-283286a.jpg)
![Feldspar Group, Microcline, Quartz (Var: Smoky Quartz) from Latah Co., Idaho, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-283297a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-283297a.jpg)
![Pyromorphite, Quartz from Resuperferolitica Mine, Cerro Canaleja, Santa Eufemia, Córdoba, Andalusia, Spain [db_pics/mdpics/MD-283399a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-283399a.jpg)
![Quartz, Fluorite from Amborompotsy, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar [db_pics/mdpics/MD-283409a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-283409a.jpg)
![Quartz, Fluorite from Amborompotsy, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province, Madagascar [db_pics/mdpics/MD-283409b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-283409b.jpg)
![Ajoite, Quartz from Messina mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa [db_pics/mdpics/MD-283416a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-283416a.jpg)
![Ajoite, Quartz from Messina mine, Messina District, Limpopo Province, South Africa [db_pics/mdpics/MD-283416b.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-283416b.jpg)
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![Wulfenite, Quartz from Red Cloud Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mts, La Paz Co., Arizona, USA [db_pics/mdpics/MD-283492a.jpg]](db_pics/mdpics/MD-283492a.jpg)
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