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MD-169942 - Hureaulite, Reddingite - - Archived Cigana claim (Jocão claim), Galiléia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil small cabinet, 5.9 x 4.9 x 3.9 cm.
5.9 x 4.9 x 3.9 cm. This pegmatite is known for its suite of high-quality phosphate species, more than for gem crystals. It is very similar, in fact, to the famous Tip Top Mine in South Dakota for the major phosphate species found. However, hureaulite from this locality has a more beautiful, intense rich color and lustre, and is arranged in such pretty aggregates against contrasting lustrous brown reddingite, that I consider these to be among the more beautiful examples of the species. Usually you find the hureaulite dispersed as a flat carpet of small 2-5mm crystals on matrix shards. Few specimens have relief and well-defined aesthetics: but this piece has a sharp, superb cluster approximately 3 cm tall perched atop the specimen. It is 3-dimensional and leaps out.
MD-23705 - Hureaulite, Reddingite, Rockbridgeite - - Archived Cigana claim (Jocão claim), Galiléia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil cabinet, 10.7 x 5.5 x 5.2 cm
An extremely rich and excellent CABINET specimen of highly lustrous salmon-pink hureaulite crystals to 8 mm with reddingite (brown) and rockbridgeite (black). The Jocao Mine of Minas Gerais produces some of the very finest crystals of these uncommon phosphates. Good rarity and also attrractive! 10.7 x 5.5 x 5.2 cm
MD-52167 - Reddingite, Hureaulite - - Archived Cigana claim (Jocão claim), Galiléia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil thumbnail, 2.3 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Extremely colorufl, rich specimen featuring two rare phosphates from small finds here, several years ago. one of the best thumbnails of the material i have seen!. 2.3 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm
RARE08-45 - Hureaulite on Reddingite - $ 2000 SOLD Cigana Mine (Jocao Mine), Galileia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil miniature, 5.9 x 4.9 x 3.9 cm
This pegmatite is known for its suite of high-quality phosphate species , more than for gem crystals. It is very similar, in fact, to the famous Tip Top Mine in South Dakota for the major phosphate species found. However, hureaulite from this locality has a more beautiful, intense rich color and lustre, and is arranged in such pretty aggregates against contrasting lustrous brown reddingite, that I consider these to be among the more beautiful examples of the species. Usually you find the hureaulite dispersed as a flat carpet of small 2-5mm crystals on matrix shards. Few specimens have relief and well-defined aesthetics: but this piece has a sharp, superb cluster approximately 3 cm tall perched atop the specimen. It is 3-dimensional and leaps out. It is good enough for the "display collector" who doesn't care about the rarity, and its at the same time good enough for the rare species collector who wants display-quality examples when possible. I have seen and handled many specimens from the sporadic finds here that seem to have started to crop to the market in the mid-90s, and of them this is by far one of the best- and the prettiest, certainly, for my taste in aesthetics.
SN40 - Reddingite on Hureaulite - $ 200 Jocão Mine, Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil thumbnail, 2.3 x 2.3 x 1.7 cm ex. Sam Nasser
extremely colorufl, rich specimen featuring two rare phosphates from small finds here, several years ago. one of the best thumbnails of the material i have seen!. All Content and Design ©1996-2010 The ArkenstonePowered by http://mineralwebsites.comBy-species Galleries | ||||||||||||
