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tt48 - Gold - $5000 SOLD Lena River, Siberia, Russia thumbnail, 2.5 x 1.2 x 0.7 cm ex. Dr. Eugene Meieran ex. Laura Thompson ex. Stevia Thompson
This mesmerizingly beautiful gold specimen is complexly intertwined on itself, and is an excellent example of the rare rope habit in gold, found in Siberia more than anywhere else in the past. It is actually ore robust than it looks, and difficult to bend. A small gold, perhaps, but one that stands out so dramatically!
tt01 - Aquamarine, Schorl, Cleavelandite - $350 SOLD Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan miniature, 3.8 x 3.0 x 2.6 cm ex. Laura Thompson ex. Stevia Thompson
A fat, juicy, very bright 2.5 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm aquamarine is here hanging off a razor-sharp schorl, for a really nice contrast of color and geometry. The aqua is phantomed, with a clear internal core and a flat hexagonal termination down hidden beneath the glassy and pristine surface termination. This blurs together in the photos but is more evident in person. Extremely choice!
tt03 - Rhodochrosite - $200 SOLD Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru thumbnail, 2.0 x 1.8 x 1.3 cm ex. Laura Thompson ex. Stevia Thompson
An outstanding thumbnail of this older style habit from Peru's from famous silver-producing mine (they can keep the silver, give me rhodos!), with a sharp 3-D crystal of 1.5 cm on matrix. SUPERB thumbnail!
tt04 - Zoisite - $400 SOLD Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan thumbnail, 2.3 x 1.4 x 0.5 cm ex. Laura Thompson ex. Stevia Thompson
A sharp, very glassy, completely transparent gem crystal of the rare green-colored zoisite gem crystals, that trickle out of this region in small pockets from time to time.
tt11 - Zoisite - $600 Alchuri, Shigar Valley, Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan thumbnail, 2.3 x 0.8 x 0.5 cm ex. Laura Thompson ex. Stevia Thompson
A sharp, very glassy, completely transparent gem crystal of the rare green-colored zoisite gem crystals, that trickle out of this region in small pockets from time to time.
tt05 - Spessartine, Quartz, Schorl - $200 Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Pakistan thumbnail, 3.0 x 2.7 x 1.9 cm ex. Laura Thompson ex. Stevia Thompson
A shockingly sharp, complete, pristine, 1.3-cm garnet perched on quartz. The crystal is razor-cut, like its been carved, one of the sharpest I have seen, In person, moderate gemminess is present
tt06 - Apatite - $200 SOLD Dassu, Haramosh Mts., Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan miniature, 3.9 x 2.7 x 1.7 cm ex. Laura Thompson ex. Stevia Thompson
Gorgeous, glassy-lustered gemmy crystals of apatite to 7mm, quite rare for Pakistan.
tt07 - Silver "rope" - $450 SOLD Kongsberg, Buskerud, Norway thumbnail, 2.3 x 0.9 x 0.7 cm ex. Laura Thompson ex. Stevia Thompson
A VERY robust , curling rope of silver from teh classic old European locale. This one is , for a thumbnail, unusual in that you get the robust thickness but also some aesthetics in the curve and overall form. Its hard to get thumbnail examples that really stand out, of this material, rather than just being small pieces of silver.
tt08 - Fluorite - $750 Weardale, Durham, England thumbnail, 2.5 x 2.4 x 1.7 cm ex. Eric Asselborn ex. Laura Thompson ex. Stevia Thompson
A totally gemmy 1.7 cm crystal of the quality found long ago, certainly in the early 1800s as this is characteristic of a specimen from the era. MUCH BETTER in person, this is an outstanding thumbnail example that is not just a small fluorite, but rather a fine specimen that leaps out at you , even if it happens to be small. Much better than the average little fluorite thumb you might see, in other words. This was part of a small collection of variously colored fluorite thumbs and toenails assembled by Eric Asselborn over the years.
tt09 - Chrysoberyl on Quartz - $300 SOLD Espírito Santo, Southeast Region, Brazil miniature, 4.0 x 2.5 x 1.8 cm ex. Laura Thompson ex. Stevia Thompson
Crystals to 1.25 cm o matrix of a quartz crystal...the only such matrix specimen I can say as I have personally seen (and Wayne agreed).
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