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Malachite   

New Cornelia Mine, Ajo, Ajo District, Little Ajo Mountains, Pima Co., Arizona, USA.

Outstanding dark green velvety malachite pseudomorphing large blocky azurite crystals to 14 mm from this classic Arizona locality.

4.0 x 1.5 x 1.5 cm

Grossular   SOLD

Lake Jaco, Sierra de la Cruz, Mun. de Sierra Mojada, Cohuila, Mxico.

A good example of grossular, a member of garnet family, nice yellow-greenish-light brown crystal from this prolific garnet locality in Mexico.

3.0 x 3.0 x 3.0 cm

Adularia   SOLD

St Gotthard, Goschenen, Reuss Valley, Uri, Switzerland.

Cluster of rhombohedral crystals of adularia, a variety of orthoclase, thinly covered with sparkling olive green micro crystals of chlorite from Swiss Alps. Cy Fortanier collection.

6.0 x 4.0 x 4.0 cm

Rutalited Quartz   

Diamantne, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region Brazil.

An outstanding clear quartz free form cut cabochon loaded with fantastic long golden rutile needles inclusions; a truly great cut stone for a collector or it can be made into a nice piece of jewellery.

3.8 x 4.5 x 1.0 cm

Baryte   SOLD

Cerro Warihuyn, Miraflores, Huamalies Province, Huanuco Deartment, Peru.

Excellent small group of light blue baryte crystals with good transparency and lustre.

2.5 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm

Hubnerite   SOLD

Huayllapong Mine, Psto Bueno District, Pallasca Province, Ancash Department, Peru.

What a combination; hubnerite crystals to 30 mm long sitting embedded in quartz with a number of small water-clear to translucent terminated quartz crystals growing in al directions on one side of hubnerite; and there is bonus, three yellow-green terminated sheltie crystals 5 mm across re attached to a couple of larger hubnerite crystals. Brian Shelton collection.

3.0 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm

Spessartine on Quartz   SOLD

Wushan Mine, Tongbei, Yunxiao, Zhangzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province, China.

Transparent and terminated smoky quartz crystal generously covered around the lower part with lustrous dark orange-brown gemmy spessartine variety garnet crystals.

8.5 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm

Pyromrphite   

Daoping Mine, Gongcheng Co., Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang, Autonomous Region, China.

Olivine green needles of pyromorphite fully covering the front ad partly all other sides of this miniature from China.

4.5 x 2.8 x 1.5 cm

Calcite var. Manganoan   SOLD

Pachapaqui District, Bolognesi Province, Ancash Department, Peru.

A really pretty Manganocalcite specimen with flattened and curved rhombic crystals to 6 mm hat will light under a UV light very nicely.

3.5 x 3.5 x 3.0 cm

Vanadinite   SOLD

ACF Mine, Mibladen, Midelt Khenifra Province, Meknes-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.

Super cluster of lustrous, sparkling, terminated vanadinite crystals, no damage and only very minor matrix. A top thumbnail piece from Brian Shelton collection.

3.0 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm

Chalcopyrite on Dolomite   SOLD

Ballard Mine, Baxter Springs, Pitcher Field, Tri-State District, Cherokee Co., Kansas, USA.

Very sharp sparkling iridescent Chalcopyrite crystals scattered over light pink coloured Dolomite Crystals on a grey matrix.

4.5 x 4.0 x 3.5 cm

Aragonite   

Wensan Mine, Dulong Sn-Zn Deposit, Wenshan Co., Wenshan Autnomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China.

A cluster of delicate pretty light blue colour from copper content makes this stalactitic aragonite from a recent discovery in China a nice addition to any collection.

7.0 x 5.0 x 3.5 cm