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M146 Vanadinite
Grey Horse Mine, Pinal Co., Arizona, U.S.A.
Aesthetic array of bright hexagonal crystals to 8mm long on a matrix of
calcite some 5cm x 3.5cm.
To see this piece in 3-D see below!
£25 $45 |
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M106 Spodumene, var.
Kunzite
Kunar Tal, Nuristan, Afghanistan.
Part of a large crystal 60mm x 30mm x 25mm, gemmy, good pink colour.
£30 $55 |
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M154 Fluorite
Cave-in-Rock, Illinois, U.S.A.
Part of a single large cube of zoned blue fluorite, the longest edge some
55mm. With a small calcite crystal.
£5 $9 |
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M107 Chalcanthite
Majuba Hill Mine, Nevada, U.S.A.
Pale matrix some 6cm x 4cm x 3cm sports a healthy growth of fibrous blue
crystals.
£25 $45 |
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M108 Sulphur
Mina el Derierto, Salar de Vyuni, Bolivia.
IFragmant of matrix 5cm x 4cm is covered with a splendid group of lustrous
yellow sulphur crystals.
£12 $20 |
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M160 Chrysocolla
Etoile du Congo, Lubumbashi, Congo(Kinshasa).
Botryoidal mass of green and turquoise chrysocolla 12cm x 5cm overall. a
colourful specimen for the cabinet!
£30 $54 |
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M161 Quartz
Golconda. Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Odd group of thin, tabular crystals 9cm x 6cm. A floater, the underside of
the group re-healed. The black speck in the centre is a tourmaline crystal.
£20 $36 |
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M109 Tourmaline on Quartz
Gilgit, Pakistan.
Nicely terminated pale pink / green tourmaline crystal 20mm long grows out
of a fragment of a quartz crystal 5cm x 3cm x 1.5cm.
£20 $36 |
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M110 Selenite
Naica Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Water clear part crystal of selenite grows out of a small fragment of
limonitic matrix. Longest edge of the selenite crystal is 60mm.
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M111 Gypsum Ram's Horn
Chihuahua, Mexico..
Classic curved growth of gypsum crystals around 65mm tall.
£10 $18 |
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M184 Tourmaline +
Lepidolite
Jacare Mine, Itingo, M.G., Brazil.
Single crystal 70mm long (x 20mm "diameter"), the core altered to
lepidolite but with a 30mm long sheath of the original green tourmaline
crystal remaining. A little minor cleavlandite.
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M112 Smoky Quartz
Gebel Musa, Sinai Region, Egypt.
Chunky crystal, doubly terminated, 80mm x 40mm x 30mm. The rich, dark
colour conceals the fact that much of the crystal is gem clear.
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M186 Stibnite
Xikuangshan Mine, Lengshuijiang, Hunan, China.
Aesthetically balanced group of stibnite crystals, the main individual
70mm long and with a nice "kink" in it so typical of this mineral.
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M113 Copper after Aragonite
Corocoro, La Paz, Bolivia.
Euhedral crystal of aragonite replaced with copper, itself oxidised to
malachite. Classic specimen from a classic locality (and a large example at
that: 20mm long x 30mm across.
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M114 Silver in Bornite
San Martin Mine, Zacatecas, Mexico.
Block of irridescent sulphides 5cmx 4cm x 2cm bears a small sheet of
native silver 30mm x 25mm.
£25 $45 |
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M115 Amethyst
Vera Cruz, Mexico.
Single gemmy purple crystal 35mm long attached to a tiny fragment of
matrix with two other minor crystals.
£38 $70 |
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M116 Magnetite
Deshkazgan, Azerbaijan.
Plate of lustrous octahedra 5cm x 5cm, individuals approximately 8mm on
edge. With a little minor epidote and grossular.
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M191 Amazonite and Smoky
Quart
Crystal Peak, Teller County, Colorado, U.S.A.
Large, dark, bulging quartz crystal 60mm long is complemented by a
euhedral amazonite crystal at its foot.
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M192 Heulandite
Aurangabad, India
Three somewhat distorted crystals produce a specimen some 4cm x 3cm x 2cm.
Presumably some form of inclusion produces the very odd green hue of this
specimen.
£20 $36 |
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M117 Malachite
Shaba, Congo.
Tip of a pseudo-stalactite 40mm long x 30mm in diameter. Good banding on
the basal section.
£25 $45 |