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Item PS1 - PYRITE
with QUARTZ - Morococha Di3trict, Junin
Dept., Peru; an exceptional specimen of crystallized pyrite (pyritohedrons)
with a slight druse coating to the back of the specimen. Measures
7 x 4.7 x 3.2 cms, and in choice condition. $65. |
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Item PS2 - CALCITE
with MARCASITE- Brushy Creek Mine, Reynolds
County, Missouri; measuring 12 x 8.5 x 4.5 cms, this specimen
is a cluster of grey, scalenohedral calcite crystals with the
multi-colored marcasite crystal coating common to this locale.
Piece is in good shape. $85. |
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Item PS3 - AMETHYST
- Diamond Hill Mine, Antreville, South Carolina;
a fist-sized crystal from a recent find. Exhibiting good color
and termination (double), this crystal measures 7 x 9 x 5 cms,
and in very good condition. Note that lower backside is broken/rehealed,
but does not show without turning specimen over. $140. |
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Item PS4 - TOURMALINE
and LEPIDOLITE- Cruzeiro Mine, Cruzeiro
do Sul, Minas Gerais, Brazil; a fine specimen of green elbaite
tourmaline crystals, up to 5 cm in length and 1 cm in width,
perched atop and protruding from a pink lepidolite matrix. Matrix
is fully loaded with tourmaline - not just a surface layer. This
is a "cabinet" size specimen, measuring 17 x 8 x 7.5
cms. Condition is fine. $1,275. |
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Item PS5 - GALENA
and CALCITE - Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk,
Russia; a mass of modified galena crystals, partially covered
by calcite nodules (as well as a stacked plate form at the back).
Condition is good, with dimensions at 10.5 x 9.2 x 4.8 cms. $130. |
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Item PS6 - CHALCOPYRITE,
PYRITE, SPHALERITE and QUARTZ- Huaron
District, Cerro de Pasco, a large, fine combination piece, consisting
of many of the Peruvian minerals. Dimensions are 13 x 7 x 6.4
cms. Great is good. $165. |
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Item PS7 - SPHALERITE,
BARITE and FLUORITE- Elmwood Mine, Smith
County, Tennessee; a nice cabinet piece (combination) of assorted
minerals from the Elmwood mines. The barite is a full 6.5 cm
sphere, set on a crystallized sphalerite matrix. Minor fluorite
association as well, with cubes measuring up to 1+ cm in length.
Specimen is in very good condition. Dimensions are 13.1 x 15.5
x 8 cms. $245. |
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Item PS8 - STIBNITE
- Hunan Province, China; hundreds of long, thin
stibnite crystals, many of them terminated, are clustered together
in an eye-catching display. Condition is very good, with measurements
at 13.5 x 9 x 8 cms. $175. |
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Item PS9 - RUTILATED
QUARTZ - Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil;
a 5.2 cm (length) rutilated quartz crystal, 1.4 cm in width,
terminated and in good shape. Golden rutile inclusions shows
well. $21. |
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Item PS10 - CHALCEDONY
- Nasik, India; picked up at this year's Tucson
show, this small druse quartz coated stalactite reminds me of
a dinosaur head (and he sits up straight). An interesting-looking
piece. Measures 6 x 3 x 5.5 cms and is in fine condition. $36. |
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Item PS11 - CHALCOPYRITE
with SPHALERITE and PYRITE- Huaron District,
Pasco Dept., Peru; a neat-looking specimen of chalcopyrite, well-formed
and having associated minerals. Measures 8.6 x 5.5 x 3 cms. $85. |
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Item PS12 - SMOKY
QUARTZ - Mine #2, Akchatan, Dzezkazgan
Oblast, Kazakhstan; deep-chocolate colored smokies ("morian")
in a fine cluster best describes this piece. Specimen exhibits
high lustre and measures 12.5 x 11 x 3.3 cms. $165. |
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Item PS13 - CALCITE
- Nantan, Hunan Province, China; white, semi-translucent
"poker chip" calcite crystals are stacked in this specimen.
The larger crystal on top creates an almost sceptre-type look.
Dimensions are 3.9 x 3.3 c 5 cms, and condition is good. $135. |
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Item PS14 - SMOKY
QUARTZ - Paulista Mine, Diamantina, Minas
Gerais, Brazil; a fine cluster of light-colored smokies, with
good terminations and exceptional clarity. Crystallization has
occurred around a matrix section, creating interesting inclusions
easily viewed through the window-clear quartz. Dimensions are
10 x 7.5 x 8 cms. $105. |
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Item PS15 - VIVIANITE
- Morococala, Oruro, Bolivia; terminated, deep-green,
bladed crystals of this hydrated iron phosphate are set on a
small matrix section in this piece. Condition is good, with measurements
at 8.5 x 4.5 x 5.1 cms. $280. |
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Item PS16 - SPHALERITE
- Shizhuyuan Mine, Chehzhou, Hunan Province,
China; semi-transparant, orange/red crystals of this zinc mineral,
up to 1.5 cm in diameter, cover a (quartz) druse-covered matrix
in this piece. Minor calcite crystals as well. Total measurements
are 11 x 8 x 5.5 cms. Condition is fine. $225. |
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Item PS17 - CALCITE
- Sakolovsko-Sarbayskaya Mine, near Rudniy, Kusteni Oblast, Kazakhstan; a
nice cluster of vibrant-yellow colored calcite rhombs, showing very good transparancy.
Crystals are set on a small, thin matrix section. Dimensions are 6.2 x 4.7 x 3.2 cms. $95. |
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Item PS18 - BARITE
- Cerro Warihuyn, Miraflores, Huamalias, Huanuco Dept., Peru; light-grey
in color and exhibiting very good transparancy, stacks of tabular barite crystals are set
on a small rhyolite matrix piece. Measures 6.5 x 9 x 3.6 cms. $44. |
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Item PS19 - SILVER
- Imiter Mine, Dades Region, Anti-Atlas Mountains,
Morocco; a very aesthetic, thumbnail-sized specimen of wire silver.
Delicate strands of silver twist and bend as they grow off a
small matrix section. Condition is very good. $210. |
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Item PS20 - QUARTZ
with Chlorite Inclusions- Bahia, Brazil;
a great-looking specimen of very clear quartz crystals, where
the lower crystals have green/yellow inclusions. Terminations
are good; some crystals are doubly-terminated. Condition is very
good, with measurements at 9.5 x 3.5 x 7.8 cm. $60. |
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Item PS21 - TOURMALINE
- Erongo Mountains, Namibia; a striated, doubly-terminated, black
schorl tourmaline from this aqua-producing area. Measures 5.5 cms in length and 2.7 cms
wide. Condition is very good. $38. |
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Item PS22 - AQUAMARINE
and TOURMALINE on FELDSPAR- Erongo Mountains,
Namibia, Africa; a fine specimen of aquas, the longest of which
is 3 cms, with associated schorl tourmaline, on a thin, white
feldspar matrix. Condition is very good, with measurements at
4.3 x 3 x 3.1 cms. $375. |
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Item PS23 - DIOPTASE
- Tantara Mine, Shaba, Zaire (Congo Region);
measuring 8.5 x 5.5 x 3.5 cms, this fine specimen of emerald-green
dioptase crystals is simply a "killer piece". Picked
up in Tuscon in last year's show. $600. |
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Item PS24 - FLUORITE
- Huanzala Mine, Huanuco Department, Peru; small,
light-purple cubic fluorite crystals are grouped together, covering
a rolling mass of pyrite-rich matrix. Measuring 4 x 2 x 3.1 cms
and in good condition. Mounted on a plastic base. $28. |
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Item PS25 - AMETHYST
- Las Vigas, Vera Cruz, Mexico; a half-dozen
amethyst crystals of great color and clarity grow from a matrix
section. Largest crystal displays a noticeable phantom. Dimensions
are 8 x 6 x 4 cms and condition is very good. $175. |
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Item PS26 - PYRRHOTITE
on QUARTZ- Nikolaevskiy Mine, Dal'negorsk,
Russia; thin, tabular (hexagonal) crystal groupings of yellow-bronze-colored
pyrrhotite is intermixed with white quartz crystals across the
surface of a matrix section in this specimen. Measures 13.5 x
10 x 5 cms; condition is good. $95. |