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Mineral Specimens with Schorl
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This very unusual; crystal features a 4.5 x 4 x 2.2 cm haxagonal top perched atop a 5 cm stalk of etched beryl. It is extremely unusual in appearance and although it has some edge wear and edge damage here and there presents quite nicely. 5.6 x 4.4 x 3.9 cm
A beautifully terminated 2 cm schorl crystal is nestled in a bed of white, bladed albite crystals. The schorl and albite both exhibit wonderful luster and the specimen is extremely aesthetic. About THE BEST COMBINATION OF SCHORL YOU CAN ASK FOR, for the size! 6.2 x 4.4 x 2.2 cm
This is a huge crystal of "hairy schorl", called this because of the fascinating termination that actually consists of thousands of tiny, individual hairlike terminations. There is some damage to the termination in back but it is in good shape on the display side, and the side faces have good luster. Side faces are decorated with muscovite and albite. Weighs 1.6 pounds! Valued at at least $4-500 but who knows? its not your usual tourmaline,that is for sure. 10.8 x 9.3 x 6.9 cm
This is a failry good-sized , richly pink colored, morganite crystal, in which three of the four faces around the sides ARE complete so it displays very well though it is not complete all around, per se. It is translucent to transparent, with some good gemminess in major areas. Accenting crystals of schorl give nice contrast and make this a showy specimen , probably a deal for the price it will go for as far as morganites go. 5.7 x 5.2 x 3.9 cm
This unusual yet dramatic schorl was repeatedly bent by tectonic movements as it grew in the pocket. The luster combined with the tension release lines give it a “cats eye” or tiger's eye effect. Bent tourmalines are not common but, when found, elicit oohs and ahs from collectors. I have seen them from several places, but for some reason I cannot think of a good bent schorl amongst them, at all. This one carries it to an extreme and yet still is balanced enough to stand upright on its own. VERY interesting and unusual piece! 6.6 x 3.3 x 2.7 cm
This Photo was Mindat.org Photo of the Day - 12th Dec 2008
An EXQUISITE combination toenail specimen of a gemmy, lustrous, 1.2 cm aquamarine crystals aesthetically attached to two lustrous, schorl crystals partially covered with cleavelandite. A slightly bruised aqua termination is barely noticeable and is certainly not detracting. 2.9 x 1.8 x 1.4 cm
A EXCELLENT and SHOWY specimen from the BRAND NEW find in the Erongo Mountains of Namibia. We were lucky enough to get the whole lot. An etched, off-white feldspar crystal is pleasingly dotted with gemmy, green fluorite cubes with purple corners. Tiny schorl crystals dust the fluorite cubes and the feldspar crystal. 6.2 x 3.4 x 2.7 cm
A UNIQUE and HIGHLY UNUSUAL doubly terminated quartz crystal. The crystal is included with an UNKNOWN yellow mineral, which follows the PHANTOM outline, which is VERY UNUSUAL. The crystal is also included with tiny schorl crystals! I have never seen ANYthing like this. Old material from the famous Virgem da Lapa area of Brazil. Bruising to one termination face is barely noticeable and does certainly not detract from this most unusual piece. honestly, its unique, beautiful, colorful, and in good shape. 6.1 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm
This is a gigantic, incredibly perfect crystal of an otherwise quite common mineral. It is much better and prettier in person – actually quite LUSTROUS on all faces, and with a pretty light cream color. It is complete all the way around and doubly-terminated! And, attached albite decorates the bottom of the specimen. The specimen comes from a new find in Shigar. There were not many available like this, to my knowledge, and they were snapped up quickly. A superb crystal specimen! 13.3 x 8.3 x 6.0 cm
A large, gem-quality topaz crystal with textbook form, dramatically decorated with a crystal of black schorl tourmaline. The crystal is complete all the way around the sides, with the back being basically a contact face (where it attached to matrix at one point but has broken free). In person, in a case, it is much more gemmy than it appears here, with light refracting and being caught in the camera. Weighs 67 grams. 4.1 x 3.5 x 2.5 cm
This remarkable combo specimen features a super-gemmy, SHARP, 100% terminated topaz embedded in the arms of a diverging quartz termination. The topaz is 4 cm in length and actually is doubly-terminated, with its bottom or rear end wrapping around a sharp, perfect, 4-cm-long schorl which lances out at about a 90-degree angle from the topaz, perfectly in plane, emerging through the OTHER side of the quartz at that same 90 angle of separation! It is very sharp, very exquisite, and much better in person. Th3e whole cluster is damned near a floater, with just a small bit of albite matrix attached at the back, near the junction of all 3 minerals. Otherwise, this is complete all around, and undamaged, as well. 6.8 x 5.1 x 4.5 cm
A nicely-terminated 3.5-cm crystal of aquamarine on a matrix of euhedral microcline crystals with minor schorl and little aquas. 4.8 x 3.1 x 2.9cm
A EXCELLENT and SHOWY specimen from the BRAND NEW find in the Erongo Mountains of Namibia. A stalk of an etched, off-white feldspar crystal is pleasingly dotted with gemmy, green fluorite cubes with purple corners. Tiny schorl crystals dust the fluorite cubes and the feldspar crystal. 8.1 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm
A terminated aqua, super-gemmy at the tip with a fine, glassy termination, has partly grown around a schorl tourmaline crystal which is slanting across its side. 3.4 x 2.2 x 1.9cm
A big, fat, terminated (on one end) crystal of schorl tourmaline, with accenting cleavelandite and a quartz crystal that has wrapped itself around the side of the schorl. The termination and sharp faces of the quartz, the schorl and the cleavelandite all show on the display side. From the collection of Ed Ruggiero, with his original index card showing it to have been purchased from Lidstrom''s at the Houston Show in 1975. 8.5 x 7.3 x 7.0cm
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