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Mineral Specimens with Schorl
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7.0 x 5.0 x 4.5 cm. A fine combination specimen from the Charlie Key dealer stock and the Erongo Mountains of Namibia. A super lustrous, 5.5 cm cluster of parallel-growth schorl crystals is sculpturally set between a sharp, horizontal-lying feldspar in the front and a euhedral feldspar crystal in the back. It is uncommon to see such sharp, euhedral feldspars associated with schorl from an Erongo specimen.
4.5 x 2.3 x 2.3 cm. A super-lustrous, striated and showy cluster of parallel-growth schorl crystals from a very uncommon San Diego County locale - the Cota Mine. The specimen has a striking, complex, pyramidal termination. This is very fine material. Ex. Chuck Houser Collection.
10.0 x 4.0 x 3.5 cm. A fine cabinet combination specimen from the Erongo Mountains of Namibia. An aesthetic cluster of sharp, lustrous, striated schorl crystals to 3.3 cm is beautifully bracketed by glassy, smoky quartz crystals. Both the schorl and smoky quartzes rest on a bit of feldspar matrix. The rear, 5.5 cm, smoky "sentinel" is very imposing and is complete all-around.
7.4 x 4.9 x 2.8 cm. Starkly contrasting glassy black crystals of schorl tourmaline, to 2.3 cm, surrounding a translucent crystal of quartz, with bits of feldspar and one sharp euhedral crystal attached.
2.3 x 2.3 x 2.1 cm. A superb, rare, combination thumbnail from Stak Nala, Pakistan. A 2.1 cm, gemmy, lustrous and striated, bi-colored, green with a teal-blue, indicolite termination tourmaline has a 1.1 cm, sharply hexagonal, gemmy and lustrous, pastel-pink apatite crystal attached to the side. Sharp albite crystals partially encircle this piece. This is definitely older material from the 1980s finds.
11.3 x 4.5 x 3.2 cm. The jet black schorl is complete, pristine, and has incredible lustre. It is accented by a thin drapery of snowy white hyalite opal which was deposited on the schorl crystals, dripping down from above perhaps. The contrast could not be any starker, making this schorl a very showy specimen. Ex. Charlie Key.
4.0 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm. A sharply terminated, gemmy and lustrous, polychrome tourmaline from the famous pegmatites at Virgem da Lapa, Brazil. This classic, old-time specimen is from the early mining in the 1970s. The base is a very dark purple, grading upward to a very gemmy, light lavender. The termination is a pleasing light green. Weighs 24 grams. Ex. Jamie Bird Collection
7.5 x 7.0 x 4.5 cm. A stunning, incredibly aesthetic combination specimen from Pakistan. A glassy, transparent, 4.0 cm smoky quartz crystal is centrally placed and beautifully set in front of a blocky, lustrous, pearlescent, 3.7 cm microcline crystal. The snow-white albite crystal matrix is fantastically studded with a plethora of lustrous, jet-black schorl crystals. Smoky quartz, in this combination, is uncommon from the Shigar Valley. Ex. Wayne Thompson.
6.8 x 2.1 x 2.0 cm. From a pocket opened in June of 1982 at the Fano Mine containing superb crystals of schorl tourmaline, with perfect pyramidal terminations and good luster. These have not been seen since, and are sought-after by California collectors when they become available. Ex. Jaime Bird Collection.
8.4 x 5.1 x 3.8 cm. A beautifully complex and sculptural cluster of trigonal crystals of schorl tourmaline, from the Erongo Mountains, now well-known for its aquamarine and schorl specimens. There is just a little area of attachment underneath; these crystals grew freely and wildly in all directions.
8.9 x 5.6 x 4.9 cm. A fabulous and very dramatic Erongo schorl and smoky quartz combination from the Rob Smith Collection. The highly lustrous and striated, 3-sided schorl crystal is stunningly and aesthetically draped with a cluster of very glassy, smoky quartz crystals. Smaller schorls, preferential to only two sides, are a further, super accent.
7.1 x 4.1 x 3.2 cm. An unusual, doubly terminated and pristine schorl crystal from the Erongo Mountains of Namibia. This strange, highly lustrous, tapered crystal is superbly etched, comparable to the best Wolodarsk heliodors. The pinacoid termination has an amazing, etched, chevron pattern. The other end is so severely etched, that the crystal is hollow for about 4.0 cm.
10.5 x 7.0 x 6.4 cm. A huge, cabinet-sized, complexly crystallized, very gemmy, cognac-colored topaz crystal beautifully accented with a 3.7 cm schorl and bladed cleavelandite from recent finds in the Shigar Valley of Pakistan. There is a 3.0 cm conchoidal fracture on one side, but this is very hard to see in the photo, and frankly not immediately obvious in person either from a distance, due to the super gemminess. The ding is on the same side as the schorl termination and there is bruising to the cleavelandite around the schorl. Weighs 586 grams or nearly 1.3 pounds.
6.3 x 4.7 x 1.8 cm. A very unusual and showy style of schorl and quartz from recent finds in the Shigar Valley of Pakistan. The two, lustrous, striated, bifurcating quartz "rabbit-ears" are uncommonly, for Pakistan, loaded with schorl inclusions and have schorl crystals attached to them as well. This highly lustrous, stranger is complete-all-around, pristine and one "ear" has a very interesting, smaller schorl attached to its termination.
8.7 x 6.0 x 5.7 cm. A stunning cluster of schorl crystals aesthetically attached to a small field of quartz crystals from the Erongo. The short prismatic crystals are beautiful jet-black with striking lustre. The crystals faces, very interestingly, are either very well striated, have mirror finish or have stepped growth. Very unusual. The large crowning crystal is 4.5 cm.
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