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Mineral Specimens with Quartz
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Beautifully opposing, gemmy and lustrous, cranberry-red liddicoatite crystals to 2.4 cm aesthetically perched on albite and quartz from Mt. Ibity, Madagascar. 4.1 x 3.3 x 2.8 cm
A GORGEOUS, GEM, 2.2 cm, light sherry-colored topaz crystal with a very complex termination jauntily projecting from a matrix of transparent quartz crystals and bladed, white cleavelandite from the Shigar Valley of Pakistan. Ex Marty Lewadny Collection. 4.0 x 3.8 x 3.5 cm
A gorgeous specimen, a big, deep salmon-pink bowtie of lustrous stilbite on a beautifully-contrasting matrix of sparkly, dove-grey quartz! 11.3 x 8.1 x 5.3 cm
A WHOPPER crystal of beautiful purple amethyst - terminated, complete and undamaged. On the back side is the concave area where it grew against another crystal, but with the sharp angles of natural faces and not "contacty" looking. There are pretty, staggered sub-terminations beneath the main termination. Weighs several pounds!!! 17.7 x 11.1 x 10.4 cm
A huge and impressive plate of DOZENS of transparent smoky quartz crystals from the Austrian alps! Very little in the way of dings/edge wear - this big specimen is in fine condition. Smoky quartz from the Alps is probably the most sought-after in the world, and you rarely see a specimen as large and rich as this around! Old collection label comes with detailed locality info and comments 26.1 x 23.0 x 10.2 cm
From a single pocket we bought the best specimens from about a year ago - a pretty bowtie of salmon-pink stilbite on stalks of translucent, sparkly gray stalactitic quartz. 5.4 x 4.3 x 2.4 cm
A pristine, frosty blue octahedron of fluorite on a bed of quartz crystals. The gorgeous fluorite (3 cm) has a silky, sparkly luster. OLD MATERIAL , probably 40-50 years out of the ground, and not to be confused with modern Dalnegorsk material! 6.5 x 5.5 x 2 cm
A very rich, old-time and showy specimen of sparkly, dark-green brochantite micro-crystals on malachite-lined vugs in quartz from the famous and long-closed Grand Central Mine in Utah. Classic and very fine Utah material with the paper label affixed to the side of the piece. VERY RARE from the Grand Central Mine. 5.2 x 3.7 x 3.7 cm
A BEAUTIFUL and SHOWY cluster of gemmy, lustrous, doubly terminated watermelon tourmaline crystals to 5.0 cm and aesthetically accented by lustrous, doubly terminated quartz crystals. The tourmaline terminations are different colors, some pink, and styles and there are even a couple of tiny, pink tourmalines on the quartz crystals. A rare quality for the locality for both size and aesthtics! this was mined in the mid-1980s. perfect except one slight edge, where you hardly notice that one of the secondary tourmaline crystals has a broken tip. This fine Otjua, Karibib District, Namibia piece comes with a custom-made Sunnywood base. 6.1 x 5.4 x 3.4 cm
A VERY RICH, AESTHETIC and uncommon specimen of lustrous, hackly gold in milky quartz from Nova Scotia, Canada! VERY SELDOM do you see a Nova Scotia gold with this richness. 17 grams. 3.5 x 2.1 x 1.8 cm
From the Murray Mine, NOT the Meikle Mine, in Elko County, comes a completely different form of barite, with its own particular beauty. These are rhombs (very nearly cubes) of barite that are covered with a sugary coating of sparkly, microcrystalline quartz, a pale dove-grey - really beautiful! The largest crystal here is a 3 cm across. Specimen is sawn flat on the bottom to remove it from the pocket. 9.5 x 8.2 x 4.5 cm
This beautiful rarity has to be one of the nicest presentation-quality specimens of crystallized tsumcorite around. The quality of the crystals is really high because of many reasons: the size of the individual crystals , which are eye-visible, are relatively huge for the species; they have bright color instead of the usual rusty brown hues; sharp form as recognizable crystals instead of the usual crust of intergrown crystals (then, usually as micros); and the rich and attractive coverage on contrasting matrix. Quartz is also quite rare from Tsumeb, and the matrix concists entirely of quartz, hematite-stained a brown color. This is an exceptional and beautiful tsumcorite, and one of a style that is, for the reasons above, seldome see. 3 x 2.4 x 1.6 cm
A rare locality piece consisting of aestheic groups of spherical hematite rosettes with milky quartz on a pyrite matrix. The hematite roses are up to 2.6 cm across and have a shiny, gun-metal luster. The hematite roses are free of any obvious damage. The quartz crystals are well terminated and make for an interesting contrast to the hematite. Great old Ward’s label included with Hauck label. MY FIRST ASSUMPTION ON SEEIN GTHIS WAS "ANOTHER ELBA PIECE..." BUT ITS NOT! SUCH HEMATITES FROM THE PIEDMONT ARE IN FACT MUCH MORE RARE! 7.9 x 4.5 x 3.8 cm
A beautiful, good-sized specimen with sharp pink rhombs of smithsonite to 8mm. This is an old classic smithsonite from Tsumeb. The smithsonite crystals are covering bright orange crystals of quartz to 2mm - an association I had not sene previously. Several damaged smithsonite crystals are present on the specimen but overall its in pretty good shape and nothing visually detracts. Its better in person because the quartz adds a colorful accent which has more appeal in person. Piece comes with old Conklin and Hauck labels. 5.9 x 3.5 x 3.3 cm
A superior, sharp, brilliant gold crystal measures 6 mm across, and is perched in contrasting matrix. This is exceptional for the quality of the crystallization and from a hard-to-get locale! 4 x 2.2 x 1.8 cm
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