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5.5 x 4.2 x 3.3 cm. A gemmy and lustrous, sharply hexagonal, 5 mm, blue apatite crystal stands beautifully upright in the middle of a rich field of enargite, highly lustrous, brassy pyritohedrons and needle quartz on this showy and excellent, old-time combination specimen from Butte. This VERY FINE combo piece is probably from the Leonard or East Colusa Mine. Ex. John Ydren Collection.
6.9 x 5.0 x 4.5 cm. These incredibly elegant hollowed-out galena crystals were the surprise hits of both the Denver and Munich shows. They formed from a natural process of etching and are thus termed "skeletal" crystals. This very well-balanced matrix galena specimen is covered by a vuggy bed of green, chloritic to colorless, gemmy, lustrous quartz crystals, to 9 mm long. Perched aesthetically on the quartz are a cluster of three lustrous, skeletal, battleship-gray galena crystals, to 1.4 cm across. Truly dramatic and unusual! This SUPER piece is viewable from all 4 sides! More 3-dimensional in person, too! The mine is closed. Expect few more to turn up.
11.2 x 9.5 x 7.8 cm. A most unusual specimen with a 2.5-cm brazilianite crossing the termination of a gorgeous, jewel-like quartz crystal, totally water-clear and perched in albite matrix. The quartz measures about 8 cm tall and its termination is freestanding save for the crossing brazilianite atop. VERY dramatic and unusual specimen!
11.5 x 7.9 x 7.0 cm. This is a spiraling knoll of crystals featuring a pristine razor-sharp 8 x 3 x 2.5 cm crystal that dominates this cluster, aesthetically balanced by the angled accent crystal pointing south (6 cm long). Everything here is pristine and undamaged save only on the bottom of the piece and along a shallow contact on the back of the specimen. It is big without being too big, as so many can be. The crystal is significant for the size and perfection, and because it sticks up so vertically with no detractions to show how complete it is all around. The lustre and clarity is of the top few percentage points. From the personal collection of mine owner Ron Coleman.
7.2 x 6.4 x 5.1 cm. A dramatic specimen which is of very high quality. It features two 5-cm-long crystals splaying out from a quartz matrix, with smaller accent crystals. Undamaged and complete, except at the bottom periphery where it was contacted and removed from the pocket. A hint of iron staining at the base of the crystals gives some slight coloration there. From the personal collection of mine owner Ron Coleman.
7.0 x 6.3 x 4.3 cm. This is an elegant cluster of gem crystals sprouting from a common core. It displays well vertically as shown, with the two pristine crystals to each side. The bottom crystal, the natural pedestal, is contacted on the bottom tip where I would mount it. Pristine otherwise! This piece has TOP lustre to it, and amazing transparency that is more obvious in person. From the personal collection of mine owner Ron Coleman.
17.6 x 16.0 x 8.6 cm. This is a large plate, remarkably free of any major damage despite its exposure in the pocket! In person, this is like a splaying fan, with crystals radiating out from the bottom-center. The larger crystals are 13, 10 and 10 cm long. Despite all those freestanding tips pointing to the side sand out to the viewer here, none are damaged! Not even a ding is on any termination and on the whole piece only one tiny ding is on one small edge leading to a termination, only. From the personal collection of mine owner Ron Coleman.
17.4 x 13.3 x 9.6 cm. It is rare to find such a massive crystal sitting so starkly upright, that hasn't had its termination smashed a bit. This crystal, measuring 17 x 9 x 8 cm, defies the odds! It is a superbly formed, equant crystal that jumps straight up from its attendant smaller crystals at the base, and it is complete and viewable 360-degrees. You can run fingers over all edges and find no defect at all, no ding, excepting only 3 teeny tiny indentations on the lower portion of one side edge - and these are almost certainly natural growth indentations as I do not see fracture-induced micro-cracks around them. Remember that you are looking through a THICK, FAT crystal and so the internal veils it has in person are magnified by the camera looking through 4 inches of quartz, so in person it does appear a bit more internally transparent than you see here. From the personal collection of mine owner Ron Coleman.
14.2 x 10.8 x 9.5 cm. A spectacular cluster featuring a dominating, fat, razor-sharp crystal the size of a beer can in the midst of accessory crystals. It is 12 x 7 x 6, perfectly vertical and complete all around, with NO DAMAGE whatsoever! There is one small natural growth indentation of 2 mm on one edge, but otherwise the surfaces are razor sharp and can slice a finger. The second crystal on the left side is likewise pristine, and these are fat and clear...so they are clearer in person than they appear in the photo. From the personal collection of mine owner Ron Coleman.
16.2 x 13.2 x 11.6 cm. This is another large cluster with a miraculously well preserved dominant large crystal, approx. 12 x 8 x 7 cm in size, perched in a cluster. This crystal has a razor-sharp termination you can cut yourself on, and is pristine except only the slightest of wear you can barely feel with your finger on one edge, and a few trivial dings on one back edge that are nearly invisible anyhow. As with the other large matrix crystals here, it is hard to explain the care that must be taken to extract these heavy plates without damage to the tips. Although Arkansas quartz is common enough in lower quality specimens, specimens of this calibre are NOT readily available and never have been. From the personal collection of mine owner Ron Coleman.
21.4 x 11.4 x 9.7 cm. This dramatic extended plate features a 10 x 5 x 5 cm crystal of super gem quality on the right side, intermixing with crystals that extend to the left and serve as host for smaller, equally sharp and fine quartz points. The piece is pristine save for a small ding on the rightmost accessory crystal that is hard to see; and for a very teeny bit of wear on one small edge of the right of the dominant crystal, a defect so small you have to feel it with the finger to be sure its there. The whole cluster is complete all around, with all crystals terminated, and it is very 3-dimensional. MUCH better in person! From the personal collection of mine owner Ron Coleman.
12.1 x 10.5 x 8.7 cm. This sharp, complete-all-around crystal measures 10 x 4 x 4 cm and stands dramatically from a plate of other points, all very clear and lustrous! This crystal is so sharp, so pristine, and so clear, that it looks carved! From the personal collection of mine owner Ron Coleman.
29.0 x 20.2 x 11.4 cm. A stunning large, roseate cluster of GEM CLEAR, brilliantly lustrous quartzes with NO DAMAGE AT ALL to any crystal on the whole radiating cluster! This is unbelievable to me. The picture does NOT convey the majesty of the piece. It is the size of a small watermelon, sparkles, and is absolutely perfect on all crystals. From the personal collection of mine owner Ron Coleman.
19.5 x 15.5 x 14.8 cm. Another striking roseate cluster, complete all around, of gemmy , brilliant and clear quartz points that just is mesmerizing in person. It is incredibly 3-dimensional, so that it’s hard to hold without risking a slice to the finger from a sharp point shooting g out in some direction. The brilliant lustre, the gem clarity to the dominant crystal - absolutely top notch! Common or not, I regard Arkansas quartz as a national classic, and something worthy of being in any collection, even the most sophisticated. The trick, however, is finding those special pieces in the top tenth of a tenth of a percentile that stand out to the eye as being above the run of the mill. From the personal collection of mine owner Ron Coleman.
14.4 x 12.2 x 8.8 cm. These "fingers" sweep up from a thin plate of matrix, 9 cm tall in many spots, forming a hedge of gemmy water-clear quartz points. This kind of formation is often found heavily damaged and is hard to extract. However, this piece shows NO DAMAGE whatsoever, not a ding on a tip or crystal. It is contacted only about the bottom periphery, but even then, the rising crystals are all clean and terminated and there are no distracting breaks to the eye on the front display view. From a first glance, this looks like a common enough specimen, I suppose...but I cannot recall the last time I saw one piece this size, of this style, in such pristine condition. It is NOT common at all. All Content and Design ©1996-2012 The ArkenstonePowered by http://mineralwebsites.comMineral Specimens by species; or by specimen id. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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