Outstanding, large specimen from a very important find in Namibia in the 70's. These are very, very rare specimens and this one is exceptionally beautiful with gemmy, honey golden, lustrous bladed crystals in aesthetic "books" radiating in all directions. There is some bruising in the area shown in the lower left of the photo above, but this can be overlooked on such a desirable specimen.
Lime Ridge, Perry Township, Snyder County, Pennsylvania
9 x 8 x 5 cm
$230
#J9034 Stilbite and Heulandite in Vug
Nashik Division, Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
14.5 x 10.5 x 8 cm
$180
SOLD
#J9035 Wulfenite Crystals on Matrix
Red Cloud Mine, Silver District, Trigo Mountains,
La Paz County, Arizona
16 x 8.5 x 2.5 cm
$320
#J9036 Fluorite in Amethyst Vug
Mahodari, Nasik Division, Nasik District, Maharashtra, India
9 x 7.5 x 6.5 cm
$200
SOLD
#J9037 Green Fluorite
Fluorite Mine, Ruyuan, Shaoguan Prefecture,
Guangdong Province, China
14 x 7.5 x 5.5 cm
$180
#J9038 Andradite Garnet
Blue River Deposit, Pavlovka, Primorskiy Kray,
Far-Eastern Region, Russia
9 x 8 x 4 cm
$250
SOLD
#J9039 Andradite/Melanite
San Benito County, California
11.5 x 8.5 x 3 cm
$150
#J9040 Realgar with Pararealgar
Palomo Mine, Huachocolpa District,
Huancavelica Department, Peru
3.5 x 3 x 2 cm
$80
SOLD
#J9041 Rhodonite with Quartz
Mina San Martín, Chiurucu, Huallanca,
Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru
7 x 5 x 3.5 cm
$390
SOLD
#J9042 Calcite
Fozichong Mine, Guangxi Zhuang A.R., China
12.5 x 9.5 x 5 cm
$350
#J9043 Stilbite and Heulandite
Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
16 x 13 x 6.5 cm
$70
SOLD
Nicely isolated golden-yellow, gemmy Barite crystals to 2.5 cm. Only a few minor contacts, which do not detract from the exceptional beauty of these crystals.
Interesting plate of Fluorite crystals coated with Calcite microcrystals. The Fluorite crystals are actually clear, but have a dark silvery gray cast due to the Calcite coating.
New find of yellow-green Wavellite crystals, with vitreous luster, in hemispherical sprays up to 6 mm diameter (a few have broken off and exposed the radiating structure). This was professionally prepped to remove the limonite staining and shows very good color. Collected in 2006.
Arizona's Red Cloud mine has become a leading producer of wulfenite, or yellow lead ore. In production since the 1870s, the mine was excavated primarily for silver, with wulfenite crystals yielded as a byproduct of silver mining. Red Cloud is positioned at a granodiorite vein from the Late Cretaceous period. Although silver mining stopped in the 1890s, the beauty and size of the wulfenite crystals fostered continued interest in Red Cloud.
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Hardin County was named for Hardin County, Kentucky, which was named for John Hardin, an officer in the Revolutionary War and Northwest Indian War.
Melanite is a variety of the garnet group mineral andradite. It is a deep, glossy black form containing titanium within the chemical formula: CaFeTi(SiO4)3 and is sometimes referred to as "titanian andradite"(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).
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Excellent plate of dark purple-blue Fluorite with minor Quartz. The plate is nicely translucent and displays beautifully. From Tom Wiesner's Collection of Southern Illinois Minerals.
Arkansas, The Natural State, is blessed with an abundance of geological wonders. The Crater of Diamonds State Park, the only diamond-producing site in the world open to the public, stands out as a unique geological attraction. North America’s largest diamond (40.23 carats) and more than 70,000 other diamonds have been found in a field south of Murfreesboro since farmer John Huddleston discovered the first such gems there in 1906.
An exceptional, large, gemmy Arkansas doubly-terminated Quartz crystal, which came from the Brent Lockhart Collection, which specimen he acquired 35 years ago.
A Coleman specimen of this quality is not easy to come by.
Outstanding plate of tabular dark butterscotch Wulfenite crystals - several hundred of them ! Even more impressive in person.
The capital of the State of Chihuahua, Chihuahua City - originally named San Felipe de Real de Chihuahua and today affectionately called the "Lady of the Desert" - was founded in 1709 and now is a charming mixture of colonial architecture and modern industry.
Very aesthetic specimen with creamy yellow Stilbite bowties in the center of the vug with white to light salmon Heulandite all around.
Large plate of nicely distributed red-orange tabular Wulfenite crystals on matrix from the famous Red Cloud Mine.
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Round green Fluorite crystals in an Amethyst lined vug.
Very nice, clear green Fluorite crystals.
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Stunning specimen of lustrous reddish-brown Andradite Garnets
Nice plate of jet black Melanite Garnets.
San Benito County was formed from parts of Monterey County in 1874. The county is named after the San Benito Valley. Father Juan Crespi, in his expedition in 1772, named a small river in honor of San Benedicto (Saint Benedict), the patron saint of the married, and it is from the contraction of this name that the county took its name.
Neat cluster of blood-red Realgar crystals with yellow Pararealgar
Deep rose-red Rhodonite crystals lightly dressed with fine Quartz crystals. Rhodonite is named after the Greek word for rose, rhodon
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Great plate of lustrous Calcite crystals from China that I obtained at the 2007 Tucson Gem and Mineral Show. Note the large barrel-shaped Calcite crystal on the lower right.
Pretty combination of creamy white Stilbite bowties and light salmon colored Heulandite. Heulandite gets its name in honor of John Henry Heuland, a British mineral collector and dealer.
