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Mineral Specimens with Quartz
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A fine “blossom” of gemmy amethyst crystals on a perfectly-trimmed matrix, not your by-the-ton Brazilian material but quite fine crystals reminiscent of Guerrero and distinctive of this mine. An old piece. 7.3 x 5.0 x 3.2 cm
A sceptered crystal with an intensely gemmy purple tip is the star of this fine Brandberg piece. The crystals sit in a ridge in the matrix, a dramatic setting that really sets them off nicely. 6.6 x 5.0 x 3.8cm
A really dramatic faden quartz tower, with thdoubly-terminated, gemmy crystals stacked atop one another in a slender column, and a faden line clearly visible all the way down the middle. This is a SUPERB faden quartz if you do not have one, and it is a nice size for many collections. 6.9 x 3.1 x 2.2cm
An AMAZING quartz scepter crystal that looks like some sort of crenellated castle tower! The crystal bevels out just above the bottom, and is like this all the way around, rising to a termination consisting of about 10 separate gemmy peaks. The crystal as a whole IS a single crystal, in fact quite a regular hexagon when looked at from the top, but the termination makes it look more like a cluster. WOW! 6.4 x 5.0 x 3.2cm
Quartz showing a rare habit: hexagonal dipyramids, no prisma. 13.4 x 9.9 x 9.2cm
From the recent exciting finds in China -- this specimen is RICH with fine green bladed epidote crystals, with gemmy quartz crystals sticking up amongst them. Inclusions of hematite give the quartz pretty rust accents. 7.1 x 5.4 x 2.4cm
This is a fine "Thunder Bay"-style amethyst with hematite inclusions - not from Thunder Bay, however, but from a neighboring, lesser-known locality. It has the same beautiful mix of purple and rust tones that make these so popular with collectors. 5.0 x 3.8 x 3.2cm
Sharp, lustrous crystals of sphalerite, with slender, gemmy quartz needles poking up amongst them. This fine cluster is complete all the way around, with contact only on the back face where the specimen was removed from the matrix. 6.3 x 5.0 x 4.0cm
These Graves Mountain turgites are notable for their INCREDIBLE irridescence - they hardly look natural, with the shimmering neon greens, yellows, purples and blues that cannot be captured very well in a pic. This is a LARGE and dazzling specimen from the Lewadny collection. MUCH BETTER in person! 6.9 x 6.4 x 5.3cm
Is this not a SENSATIONAL and REALLY different amethyst specimen? The pics give you a very good idea of the incredible form - I will not say more except to say that I have never seen anything quite like it . . . . 9.8 x 7.5 x 5.1cm
A LARGE specimen from one of the more exciting finds of this year in China, with deep green epidote crystals intermixed with VERY gemmy quartz crystals, some of them with hematite-coated phantoms inside. Very show! 12.1 x 10.9 x 6.2cm
Very much like the beautiful specimens from the nearby Thunder Bay locality - this is a cluster of sharp purple amethyst crystals with beautiful rust tones from inclusions of hematite. This cluster is actually complete all around, very much in form like the Uraguayan "roses". 5.1 x 5.1 x 2.1cm
We bought the lions share of the specimen from this one-time find, a single pocket encountered early this year. The specimens are shimmering, salmon-colored stilbite bowties on stalks of sparkly dove-gray stalactitic quartz. 4.9 x 1.9 x 1.6cm
Very similar to specimens from nearby Thunder Bay, this is a cluster of amethyst crystals given pretty rust tones by natural inclusions of hematite. 6.5 x 3.6 x 2.5cm
We bought the lions share of the specimen from this one-time find, a single pocket encountered early this year. The specimens are shimmering, salmon-colored stilbite bowties on stalks of sparkly dove-gray stalactitic quartz. 5.1 x 3.9 x 1.9cm
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