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| File:Elbaite-jonas-17a.jpg | Tourmaline var. Rubellite | description text | Elbaite |
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Indicolite Tourmaline (ex. Sinkankas) | An IMPORTANT indicolite crystal from the famous and long-gone Queen mine! This fat crystal has excellent lustre and color. It is entirely translucent and glows blue when backlit even just by medium lighting, despite its thickness. It is a major crystal for the County and would be priced around the $... | Elbaite |
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Rubellite Tourmaline | A gorgeous, glassy, translucent and richly pink tourmalien from THE classic locality for "bubblegum pinks," in Afghanistan. Fewer of these have come out of late, though. It is complete all around and pristine, save only for the uneven bottom (and that can be clipped EASILY if the asymmetry bothers a... | Elbaite |
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Indicolite Tourmaline | This tourmaline is the second of three rare Connecticut specimens in this collection. This crystal is an indicolite from a small, much lesser known location. Beautifully colored, the crystal has a sharp termination and is actually gemmy. A very rare and important east coast tourmaline specimen. Ex. ... | Elbaite |
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Quartz with Indicolite Tourmaline | A VERY RARE matrix association piece from the CG with a GEM blue indicolite crystal of good form! The crystal measures approx 2 x 2 x 1 cm and is exceptional in form and quality for the mine. Recovered this past March of 2004. BETTER IN PERSON. | Elbaite |
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Rubellite Tourmaline | A gorgeous, glassy, translucent/transparent , richly pink tourmalien from THE classic locality for "bubblegum pinks," in Afghanistan. Fewer of these have come out of late, though. It is complete all around and pristine, save only for the uneven bottom (and that can be clipped if it bothers anybody..... | Elbaite |
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Tourmaline var. Indicolite | This is a superb oldtimer with a fantastic lustre, high transparency an dgemminess, and a unique blue coloration that sets it apart from most tourmalines out there , US, Brazil, or otherwise. The spectrum of blue here is really , to the eye in person, different. This is likely an old crystal, I am t... | Elbaite |
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Tourmaline var. Indicolite | This huge 57-gram crystal is transparent through its long length and displays beautifully like a sword of blue tourmaline! It is exceptional in length and size. It does have 3 repairs, all done very cleanly: so they do not detract visually although as a result the price is relatively low (considerin... | Elbaite |
| File:Elbaite-d06-213a.jpg | Tourmaline var. Indicolite (floater) | This is another, doubly-terminated indicolite, with a TRANSPARENT, neon blue upper section. The termination is more sharply defined in this specimen, than in the previous piece. It is the gemmiest of the lot, though the skinniest too. The only 3 crystals I saw from this strange new pocket, found in ... | Elbaite |
| File:Elbaite-jonas-20a.jpg | Tourmaline var. Rubellite | A super gemmy, complete, brilliantly lustrous Jonas with a small accent of the classic lepidolite on one side | Elbaite |
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Rubellite on Feldspar | This beautifully framed rubellite of intense hot pink measures 11 x 5.5 x 2 cm, and looks like it is popping out of the matrix, as if appearing magically from the other side. Just really neat aesthetics, like none I have seen before. I think the pics say it all...I'll only add that it is eyepoppingl... | Elbaite |
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Tourmaline var. Rubellite on Feldspar | An oustanding 3.7 x 2 x 1.2 cm gemmy rubellite , perched on a plate of feldspar. This is a phenomenal quality for the locality where you do not usually see such gemminess nor such lustre on the crystals with extremely well-bevelled terminations. The color, in person, is a deep cranberry red like tho... | Elbaite |
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Tourmaline var. Rubellite | Look at the textbook symmetry here! its like a picture come to life out of the old early 1800's mineral books showcasing the mineral wealth of Russia - these "Siberites" were the best tourmaline of the day by a long shot, and highly desired among the nobility of collectors. Today we see mainly small... | Elbaite |
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Tourmaline var. Rubellite | This is an exceptionally elegant Himalaya for the size and price range becaus emost small pieces don't have a cluster or matrix appeal to them, or cost too much more. The crystals are translucent, if not transparent - but this is typical of Himalaya tourmaline. The lustre is good and the piece is co... | Elbaite |
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Tourmaline var. Rubellite | A remarkable single crystal with much more elegance, due to its splaying form, than you would normally expect of a single large tourmaline. It is complete and nearly perfect all around, 3-Dimensional, and without repair. Note how the top of the piece elegantly splays out from the narrower base, maki... | Elbaite |
| File:Elbaite-jonas-01a.jpg | Tourmaline var. Rubellite | totally gemmy, bright, but a few small dings on the termination | Elbaite |
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Tourmaline var. Indicolite (floater) | This doubly-terminated indicolite, has a transparent, almost neon-blue, zone in the upper 1/3 of the crystal. The only 3 crystals I saw from this strange new pocket, found in September! | Elbaite |
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Tourmaline var. Rubellite | very gemmy and transparent, a nice parallel-growth doublet! | Elbaite |
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Tourmaline var. Rubellite | A killer Jonas piece from 1978's famous find, with absolutely INTENSE COLOR and excellent gemminess. This piece is one of the finest for its size I have seen in years, and really is riveting in a case. Jonas tourmalines go for a premium, and when you see this piece in your case, you will "get it" an... | Elbaite |
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Tourmaline var. Indicolite | This is the "Freilich indicolite" as some have called it, a dramatic and vibrant piece with nearly electric color. The piece is complete all around, fully terminated, and free of damage. It weighs in at just over 1 kilo or 2.25 pounds. As the scan from the 2001 Sotheby's Auction Catalogue from the J... | Elbaite |
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Tourmaline var. Indicolite | A riveting, incredibly intensely colored tourmaline with a deep green base shading to deep blue indicolite color at the top! The piece is extremely three-dimensional and just plain JUICY! | Elbaite |
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Tourmaline var. Indicolite | This is a very important, historic, crystal with unusually good color and size. It is doubly-terminated, though repaired about the middle. The large, transparent indicolite zone atop is just VERY intense and richly colored, with barely a trace of green. At about the midpoint it grades to a dark fore... | Elbaite |
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Tourmaline var. Indicolite | A truly gemmy TRANSPARENT, read-through Indicolite, in the clear and specific sense of having intrinsic gem rough value. I should know as I had to buy these at a cutting rough price per gram, a few years ago! This is one of the larger crystals in the lot I had back in around 2002, with excellent cla... | Elbaite |
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Tourmaline var. Indicolite | A superb gem penceil, absolutely mesmerizing in its intensity of color even with only minimal backlighting as shown. It grades from green to blue and has a gemmy tip that is perfect and complete. | Elbaite |
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Tourmaline var. Rubellite | A real fattie of more classic intense pink color that the Stewart Mine was famous for in its heyday. This is probably from the 1950s or 60s, and such nice fat pinks are rare today. In person, the color is VERY different from that of the mnore famous and more productive Himalaya Mine. Complete all ar... | Elbaite |
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Tourmaline var. Rubellite on Orthoclase with Quartz | This is an important piece because it has closely-spaced rubellites, of gem quality, ON MATRIX, from the type locality for rubellite tourmaline! And, the history goes way back here. It was formerly n the collection of father and/or son Charles and Norman Spang, and retains their number on the bottom... | Elbaite |
| File:Elbaite-jonas-11a.jpg | Tourmaline var. Rubellite | a super gem crystal with perfect termination | Elbaite |
| File:Elbaite-jonas-21a.jpg | Tourmaline var. Rubellite | A complex thumbnail with a cute accent growth atop, terminated all around except only the bottom. Unusual for its intricacy. Gemmier in person! | Elbaite |
| File:Elbaite-jonas-18a.jpg | Tourmaline var. Rubellite | A slender, totally gemmy, DOUBLY-TERMINATED crystal! | Elbaite |
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Tourmaline var. Rubellite | A classic pink tourmaline from the Stewart, probably from the 1950s or 60s, and featuring an unusually transparent termination! In person, the color is VERY different from that of the mnore famous and more productive Himalaya Mine | Elbaite |
| File:Elbaite-jonas-16a.jpg | Tourmaline var. Rubellite | A superb, totally gemmy crystal with bright lustre. Complete and pristine termination. | Elbaite |
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Tourmaline var. Rubellite | A fat, robust, thumbnail crystal. VERY gemmy, better in person! | Elbaite |
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Tourmaline var. Rubellite | A rare DOUBLY-TERMINATED crystal! very gemmy. | Elbaite |
| File:Elbaite-jonas-36a.jpg | Tourmaline var. Rubellite | A very sharp thumbnail composed of several parallel crystals, exceptionally gemmy and with the vibrant classic color for this pocket. I left the pocket clay on the back face on this one, which you can see from behind. The crystal is so gemmy that you are looking right through it, in fact, to the mm-... | Elbaite |
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Tourmaline var. Rubellite | S slender, complete gem crystal, though somewhat less transparent in the top third | Elbaite |
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Tourmaline var. Rubellite | A bright and sparkly mass of lepidolite with Cleavelandite crystals growing within , from which emerges a very gemmy tourmaline of just under 1 cm. The tourmaline is gemmy and obviously displays well, but there is some damage to the right side, plus it is repaired because i fumbled it in my ahste to... | Elbaite |
| File:Elbaite-jonas-10a.jpg | Tourmaline var. Rubellite | A DOUBLY-TERMINATED, complete gem crystal. this is a floater | Elbaite |
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Tourmaline var. Rubellite | a super gem crystal with perfectly formed but somewhat dull termination | Elbaite |
| File:Elbaite-jonas-08a.jpg | Tourmaline var. Rubellite | a super gem crystal with perfect termination | Elbaite |
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Tourmaline var. Rubellite | a super gem crystal with perfect termination | Elbaite |
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Tourmaline var. Rubellite | a super gem crystal with perfect termination | Elbaite |
| File:Elbaite-jonas-04a.jpg | Tourmaline var. Rubellite | a super gem crystal with perfect termination | Elbaite |
| File:Elbaite-jonas-03a.jpg | Tourmaline var. Rubellite | a super gem crystal with perfect termination | Elbaite |
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Tourmaline var. Rubellite | Complete, gemmy crystal | Elbaite |
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Rubellite on Feldspar | This specimen hosts some of the most vivid red, lustrous, beautiful tourmalines I have yet seen from Burma for the style ("mushrooms"). They really ARE this juicy, in person. Maybe more so. What is amazing to me is that they drape over a euhedral large feldpsar crystal and so you get a most unusual ... | Elbaite |
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Tourmaline var. Indicolite | Barra de Salinas is famous for its classic multicolored tourmalines, most notably the sceptres with red core and green tops. However, an INDICOLITE or blue tourmaline from the mine is very rare. This one shows the classic form of a Barra de Salinas tourmaline, notably the etch effects on the side th... | Elbaite |
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Tourmaline var. Rubellite | An unusual flattish crystal, with little depth to it...very rare as most are symmetric from the pocket. There are a few small dings on either edge, but still it displays well and has excellent gemminess along with the classic color. | Elbaite |
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Tourmaline var. Indicolite | A truly intense blue indicolite crystal, showing a purple cap as well! This is a super-rare example of fat Afghani indicolite because many of them are too thin to have good color or too fat to show it. This is just right, conveying the riveting color quite nicely at the termination. It is, as with m... | Elbaite |
| File:Elbaite-mz32a.jpg | Tourmaline var. Achroite | At first thought, most folks think of colorless tourmaline as basically ridiculous to collect....i mean, a tourmaline without color?! what is the point, right? then again, on thinking about it, you realize how RARE such a thing is in all the world of hundreds of tourmaline localities, to get a tourm... | Elbaite |
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Tourmaline var. Indicolite | A super display specimen, complete all around, showing a LOT of blue gem tourmaline for the money! The crystals have a vibrant rich blue color that is transmitted through the gemmy crystals , clearly visible without any kind of fancy backlighting - the best style of indicolite as far as the collecto... | Elbaite |
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Garnierite | This is a heavy rich specimen of garnierite. Apparently under modern reclassification this is no longer a species (news to me!). It is considered a mix of green nickel minerals formed from weathering and may consist of williamseite, nepouite, and pimelite. | Falcondoite |
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Ferrierite-Mg | A very attractive "pocket" specimen of ferrierite from this type locality. Ferrierite is a rare zeolite species Named for Walter Frederick Ferrier (1865-1950), Canadian geologist and mining engineer.(MINDAT) | Ferrierite-Na |
| File:Ferrocolumbite-Microcline-d06-205a.jpg | Columbite on Microcline var. Amazonite | This amazing competition quality thumbnail has a splendent, black, 1.5 cm in length, columbite crystal perched on a crystal of blue-green, microcline var. amazonite, measuring 1.0 cm in length. I�m sure I have never seen another like it. Unique thumbnail! | Ferrocolumbite |
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Columbite | WOW! This is an unusual pseudocubic crystal of columbite with edges to 3.3 cm long. The crystal is deep black in color, with a nice luster but with slight pitting on the faces. One side of the crystal is contacted. Very large example of the classic Brazilian coloumbites. A couple of collection label... | Ferrocolumbite |
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Columbite | One of the things which have made the Hauck collection so interesting, is all the old classic minerals from sites long ago lost or closed. Another in this series is this historic crystal from the old mining district near Epping. This single, well terminated crystal has great form. There are also a c... | Ferrocolumbite |
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Columbite/Tantalite | This is a large, heavy, long prismatic, lustrous but opaque, crystal cluster, combining two elements much in demand for making vital, metallic alloys. The color is blackish-brown, and the specimen is in very good shape, quite aesthetic overall. | Ferrocolumbite, Manganotantalite |
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Stibiotantalite (yellow) on Tapiolite with Quartz, Tourmaline and Albite | This is a unique specimen, the best of its small pocket. It was in the Chris Korpi collection and he made a point to obtain many of the oddball things that came out of this small series of pockets we lovingly call a mine. This is one that he had kept for a reference suite, when I bought the core of ... | Ferrotapiolite |
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Peridot | A sharp, very gemmy, crystal from the OLD classic locality for gem peridot. Literally the oldest, perhapsÖ.dating back to the time of Cleopatra and the Egyptian Empires, anyhow. This island mine is now submerged underwater and inaccessible, gone forever. Specimes can still be obtained in old collect... | Forsterite, Olivine |
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Limonite ps. After Pyrite | A superb, sharp miniature with exceptional crystals of pyrite (rare for the County) which were replaced by the mineral limonite in perfect symmetry-preservation. These are VERY uncommon, and highly desired among county collectors. I am told that this is one of the very finest pieces from a small poc... | Goethite |
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Limonite (iridescent) on Quartz | Superb six-sided euhedral crystal of quartz coated with limonite ("turgite"), with a resplendent iridescence that is as bright and colorful as you could ask for. In person, it tops the pics! This is just a magnificent example of a normally worthless mineral, because of the colors...classic in old sp... | Goethite |
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Limonite | Just a cute, interesting specimen from the famous 4th Vaux expedition trip, with a neat label to attest. the tube is hollow and you can see through the pinhole in the middle. | Goethite |
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Adamite on Limonite | Converging crystallization has formed several hemispherical sprays of luscious, super-bright, apple green adamite, aesthetically perched as if climbing up a hill of contrasting limonite. The clusters average 1.8 cm across. If ever a specimen could be viewed as animate, this is the one: To a friend's... | Goethite |
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Raspite on Limonite | This piece features bright, glassy, orange microcrystals to 2 mm of this highly desirable and rare species! It is a real treasure and there are only a small handful on the market | Goethite |
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Legrandite on Limonite | Yet another legrandite, this time a unique radial spray! I tell everybody that there are some species where i just buy every specimen i can find (legrandite, phosphos, nambulite etc etc)...they only get more rare with time and every collector needs them if they want a systematic or important scienti... | Goethite |
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Hessonite Garnet | This specimen hosts the fattest and juiciest crystal of the lot, a 1.6 cm hessonite, perched on matrix. VERY good garnet thumb from any locale, but especially for this find. | Grossular |
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Hessonite Garnet | This is a superb specimen with great aesthetics, featuring a large display face of brilliantly lustrous, almost metallic, wine-red garnet crystals from this classic locale. No damage to the display face, and the jewel-like look of the piece, and the size, all combine to make it very significant. You... | Grossular |
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Hessonite Garnet | A very colorful cluster featuring a crystal to 1.4 cm (with just a tiny bit of edge damage), and the largest of the small lot of these specimens here. | Grossular |
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Hessonite Garnet | Brilliant, gemmy crystals accompanied by what seems to be a spray of altered diopsides, though altered into what I have no idea. Beautiful combo, in any case! | Grossular |
| File:Grossular-tt31a.jpg | Hessonite Garnet | Stunning, gem orange spessartine-colored crystal measuring 1.6 cm across, perched with smaller crystals on a bit of quartz - overall a KILLER thumbnail! Wayne had never cleaned this. It still has pocket clay attached, as you can see, and which I have left on for contrast. | Grossular |
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Hessonite Garnet on Diopside | This specimen exhibits classic aesthetics for the locality. Small but superb crystal! . A transparent orange garnet is perched on a lustrous greenish-gray crystal of diopside. The garnet measures .5 cm across and it is absolutely perfect. | Grossular |
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Hessonite Garnet | A sharp, complete-all-around 1.3 cm crystal of unusually good Hessonite for this region. Garnet in orange hues seems to be actually quite rare here, and this is a very nice thumbnail example. | Grossular |
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Hessonite Garnet with mg-Epidote | When I first saw this labelled as spessartine garnet with vesuvianite, I thought something was odd from the habits and color of the combination. I took it to show a number of European collectors to confirm its oddity, since I had never had a similar specimen before, and the consensus was that this i... | Grossular |
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Garnet var. Hessonite | This is the single best Hessonite garnet we have yet seen from the finds new in Kenya, a monster compared to other crystals found! | Grossular |
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Tsavorite with Graphite and Apatite | This thumbnail of tsavorite garnet not only is gemmy and a lovely emerald green color, but it is also on real matrix of silvery black graphite and a minor blue apatite - a most unusual association! The largest tsavorite crystal is doubly terminated and measures 1.1 cm in length. Overall, it weighs 3... | Grossular, Strontiumapatite |
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Selenite Twins (ex. Marty Zinn Coll.) | This is a floater cluster of super-gemmy twinned crystals of selenite, from Poland, ex. Marty Zinn. These fine crystals are far more transparent in person, and have a light golden color. Despite the softness of this mineral, this specimen is in fabulous condition � and is REALLY striking and aesthet... | Gypsum |
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Selenite (floater) | Just a natural jewel! A superb, well-formed radial cluster Selenite crystals, with the largest being 1.6 cm across. The blocky habit is very rare, and to find each and every one of the crystals in this cluster to be absolutely water-clear is rarer still. These formed in the clay beds of the Red Rive... | Gypsum |
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Paratacamite on Quartz with Selenite | A gorgeous specimen with really rich coverage of Paratacamite , to 1 mm or so, on matrix of sparkling quartz infused with blue chrysocolla. Selenite, which you can look right though, caps off the protected vug! | Gypsum |
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Xonotlite in Selenite with Inesite | Wow! Wonderfully unique specimen featuring a 1.5 cm perfect xonotlite preserved like a fly in amber inside selenite that overlaid it. Other xonotlite balls stick out the side. | Gypsum |
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Selenite (fluorescent) |
A small, well-formed ball of twinned crystals of Selenite, with one super-gemmy 1.6 cm twinned crystal growing prominently out from the ball. This color, and this gemminess, is quite unusual. The Selenites formed in the clay beds of the Red River Floodway near Winnipeg, as floater balls of crystal... || Gypsum | |
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Haiweeite on Selenite | This is a very rare, hydrated, calcium, uranium, silicate. The massive calcite matrix gives way to gemmy, 2 mm long, colorless calcite crystals upon which are emplaced, tens of rosettes of bright lemon yellow, haiweeite, to 2 mm across. Extremely colorful and rarely ever seen in dealers stocks. This... | Gypsum |
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Chrysocolla ps. after Selenite | Beautiful cluster of Chrysocolla blades that is outstanding for its color and its architecture. It is equally amazing that something so seemingly fragile has only suffered the most minimal of damage in only one tiny spot near the base. Nearly pristine, and as aesthetic as can be, this is a killer. T... | Gypsum |
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Selenite | A magnificent large single crystal of selenite measuring in at 20 x 7 cm, and about 2.7 cm thick. It is in miraculously good shape for such a large, clean, exposed crystal! Common mineral, yes, but NOT in such quality and size and gemminess! This thing is so clean and clear you can read right throug... | Gypsum |
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Haiweeite on Selenite | Haiweeite is one of the more attractive of the non-African suite of radioactives containing uranium, and remains a rarity known in good crystals from but a few locales. This is a very rare, hydrated, calcium, uranium, silicate. Extremely colorful and rarely ever seen in dealers stocks. This is a lar... | Gypsum |
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Selenite twin on Selenite (floater) | Few Selenites that have come out of Canada in recent years have the aesthetics of this lovely twinned crystal perched on a ball of smaller Selenites. The crystal has a beautiful silky luster and some of the side faces provide clear windows into the transparent crystal. One of the better Canadian Sel... | Gypsum |
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Selenite | A stunning selenite, and with incredibly sharp and water-clear, GEMMY crystals, from this important new Chinese locality. MUCH BETTER IN PERSON! Trust me, it may not cost a fortune but this is one of the best darn selenite specimens I have ever seen, to hold its own with other species. | Gypsum |
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Heulandite | On a basaltic matrix along with dark gray chalcedony, is perched one of the better heulandite fans, I have seen. The glassy luster, translucence, and pastel salmon color, are exquisite, especially in contrast to the dark matrix. The fan measures 7.0 cm across. In addition, there is a 1.5 cm pearlesc... | Heulandite-Ca |
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Heulandite | A locality specimen of a varietal of heulandite once called Arduinnite (at least on this label), an oldtimer from the famous Fassa Valley zeolite deposits. | Heulandite-Ca |
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Heulandite | Extremely lustrous, vitreous, just plain attractive large heulandite crystals from this old classic locale. The largest are 3 cm across. Better in person! | Heulandite-Ca |
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Heulandite | A very choice specimen of this extremely unusual, metallic-looking heulandite from a single small find in Brazil. These came out in the mid-90s if i recall, and I have not seen any since then This one is a particularly choice example with sharp, individual crystals to 1 cm or so in size. It is among... | Heulandite-Ca |
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Goosecreekite with Heulandite on Quartz | Nestled in a basaltic vug is a sparkly crystal druse of colorless quartz ,upon which was deposited some incredibly bright and sparkly crystal clusters of the rare species Goosecreekite . Atop the Goosecreekite sits two pearlescent, translucent crystals of heulandite, the largest of which measures 4 ... | Heulandite-Ca |
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Heulandite included by Celadonite | A huge bowtie crystal of heulandite to 15 cm across forms the background for smaller crystals, all of which have been turned a deep green by included celadonite. The smaller crystals display a brighter luster although the big crystal does have matte finish luster. For size but also overall appearanc... | Heulandite-Ca |
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Fluorapophyllite on "chocolate" Heulandite | This is an extremely showy specimen! Nestled among crystal clusters of doubly terminated, gemmy, colorless, fluorapophyllite, to 5.0 cm across are lustrous, brown, saddle shaped, crystals of heulandite, to 5.5 cm across. The color contrast is wonderful! | Heulandite-Ca |
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Epistilbite with Heulandite in Quartz geode | A slamon-pink cluster of incredibly well-formed euhedral epistilbite crystals, showing tru chisel-type terminations, flanked by two splaying wings of heaulandite! I had this trimmed down from a much larger specimen to highlight the unusual combination, and I think the result is quite unique | Heulandite-Ca |
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Heulandite | Very lovely crystal from a classic , now-defunct zeolite location. This fanned tabular Heulandite has a superb pearly luster complemented by a stunning light burnt-orange color that is practically iridescent in bright light. A wonderful specimen for the species, and quite desirable for the locality ... | Heulandite-Ca |
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Heulandite included by Celadonite | This elegant, pristine, complete-all-around speicmen is the best example I have seen for its size. The quality is superb, featuring a waxy lustre and great curvature and elegance of form all around. It is green throughout except for the very tip of one "frond", which is a stark contrasting white. | Heulandite-Ca |
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Heulandite included by Celadonite | Rising majestically from whitish-green matrix are a series of large heulandite crystals to 4.5 cm across. These have been heavily invested by celadonite in an unusual dark green color. This is a truly dramatic specimen as most are not associated with good matrix and this one is not only associated, ... | Heulandite-Ca |
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Apophyllite with Heulandite | Zeolites and associated mineral species abound in the thick, basaltic, traprocks of India. But it is still exciting to see well formed minerals in combination from these deposits, and I buy special pieces when something is really unique such as the form and intense color of this apophyllite. In this... | Heulandite-Ca, Natroapophyllite |
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Heulandite, Stilbite ON Apophyllite ON Calcite | In the galaxy of the many wonderful Indian pieces that we have, this one certainly shines bright. The core of the piece is a stalactite of clear 2-3 cm Apophyllites, which is lovely in and of itself. To cap it off, the core of the stalactite, on which the apophs perch, is an elongated calcite twin c... | Heulandite-Ca, Natroapophyllite, Stilbite-Ca |
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Heulandite on Chalcedony | A visually dramatic piece featuring a 4 cm salmon/red-colored Heulandite that has great luster and superb gemminess for the species. The color is unusually intense. The large Heulandite rests in a forest of very fine Chalcedony "straws," which helps create the incredible aesthetics of the piece. The... | Heulandite-Ca, Quartz |
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Stilbite and Heulandite on Chalcedony Stalactite | A stalk of gray chalcedony acts as the matrix for this aesthetic specimen. Jauntily perched on the chalcedony are lustrous, translucent, doubly terminated, pearlescent crystals of stilbite, to 4.0 cm across, as well as saddle shaped , lustrous and translucent crystals of heulandite, to 3.0 cm across... | Heulandite-Ca, Quartz, Stilbite-Ca |
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Huebnerite on Quartz | These famous finds of the 1970�s produced some great Huebnerites, and this fits well into that pantheon of terrific specimens. The 4.5 cm Huebnerite is stunning and classic, with its superb luster and sub-parallel bladed growth making for a dramatic termination. The Quartz crystals are excellent � w... | Hubnerite |
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1972 BLUE-CAP TOURMALINE! | This is the almost unattainable Holy Grail of tourmaline collectors, to own one of the famous 1972 San Diego bluecaps - and not just any bluecap; but an unrepaired specimen with the best lustre and glassy top. Only a few dozen of this calibre were mined by Bill Larson and Ed Swoboda with their team ... | Iron |
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Tourmaline (blue cap) | This piece is from the edge of the famous Blue Cap pocket in the 1970s, what we in San Diego called affectionately the greycap pocket. It is a faint blue in color a tthe termination, but really more a mix of pale green and lavender with a colorless zone atop that gives the illusions of the hint of b... | Iron |
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Tourmaline Blue Cap Pocket | This equant, intensely colored crystal is from the famous Blue Cap Pocket of late December, 1972. It is an honest-to-god real "BlueCap" from this most famous tourmaline pocket in US history and one of the few tourmaline finds ever to achieve literally godlike, romanticized status among worldwide col... | Iron |
| File:Kottigite-d05-39a.jpg | Koettigite | A HUGE wheatsheaf cluster of this rare species, found only once in this quality, some 30 years ago! This is an extremely rare specimen, of good size. | Kottigite |
| File:Kutnohorite-k221a.jpg | Kutnahorite | Beautiful, intricate floater cluster of elongated kutnahorite! | Kutnohorite |
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Kutnahorite | A stunning 3-dimensional treelike cluster of bright pink kutnahorite crystals, probably on a manganocalcite core. This is a VERY DRAMATIC specimen, and is much more impressive in person! The cluster is 6 cm across tip to tip, and VERY 3-dimensional! | Kutnohorite |
| File:Calcite-Kutnohorite-cktsr-7a.jpg | KUTNAHORITE ON MANGANOCALCITE PS. CALCITE TWIN | A complex specimen featuring sheaves of kutnahorite perched upon a twinned calcite crystal that has been completely replaced by manganoan calcite.... FLOATER! Unique, in my experience, for this particular combinaiton of qualities | Kutnohorite |
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Kutnahorite | Superb, really pink kutnahorite crystals PERCHED on matrix of manganese ore! They measure 4-plus cm long. You ALMOST NEVER SEE this style of crystallized kutnahorite on matrix! In fact, I cannot recall the last time I saw one on matrix. | Kutnohorite |
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Kutnahorite | A gorgeous specimen, very intricately crystallized in 2 generations. The brighter pink crystals probably have more manganese, but the form of both indicates kutnahorite (though it is possible the paler colored crystals have altered to calcite, I suppose). Anyways,one of the most gorgeous I have seen... | Kutnohorite |
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Manganocalcite on Kutnahorite | A beautiful specimen with DEEP PINK manganoan calcite in 3-dimensional rounded globules and odd extended tubes, perched atop a curving mass of paler-pink, less lustrous and so contrasting, kutnahorite. This is a palm-sized piece with rich color and dimensionality to it that makes a stunning visual i... | Kutnohorite |
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Kutnahorite on Rhodochrosite | A rich plate of unusually rich pink rhodochrosite, much more pink than red as is common from teh mine. On it are perched little bowties of the rare species kutnahorite, which is a true pastel pink here. Very pretty contrast, and overall a very pretty (and large) specimen for the price! | Kutnohorite |
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Kutnahorite with Manganocalcite | A beautiful, truly sculptural specimen with finely filigreed crystals of kutnahorite in curving rows and layers twisting upon each other. Extremely dramatic example of this style, as I think the pics convey! Usually this style is labelled simply as kutnahorite, but there is probably some manganocalc... | Kutnohorite |
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Kutnahorite with Manganocalcite | A beautiful, truly sculptural specimen with finely filigreed crystals of kutnahorite in curving rows and layers twisting upon each other. Extremely dramatic example of this style, as I think the pics convey! Usually this style is labelled simply as kutnahorite, but there is probably some manganocalc... | Kutnohorite |
| File:Kutnohorite-k292a.jpg | Kutnahorite | A dramatic cluster of two kutnahorite clusters, richly pink and sharply tapered! Complete and 3-dimensional, 360 degrees! | Kutnohorite |
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Kutnahorite and Quartz on Rhodochrosite | A matrix of beautiful, massive pink rhodochrosite, is the pincushion for a host of gemmy, colorless quartz crystals, to .8 cm in length. On top of the quartz crystals is a coating of off white kutnahorite along with a few crystals of splendent, brassy chalcopyrite, to .75 cm across. Despite its Trep... | Kutnohorite |
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Kutnahorite | The best specimens of kutnahorite are from the Wessels mine. This aesthetic specimen has several elongated, doubly terminated, "baseball bat" shaped crystals, colored light pink, and measuring 4.5 cm in length. Very nice, and dramatic! | Kutnohorite |
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Tourmaline Green Cap Pocket | This equant, intensely colored crystal is from the famous Green Cap Pocket of 1988, collected by John McLean working for Pala Intl. This is the crystal they kept for their own collection, amidst only a dozen or so good singles of this size. Pieces today are almost impossible to come by - I don't thi... | Lead |
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Sapphire (Corundum) | An unusual crystal in several respects, for both its strong, vivid yellow-orange color ; and for its twisted form. This specimen weighs 53 cts and is a complete floater. Its surreal, curving form is graceful and bizarre. As well, I just have never seen such a color-saturated sapphire in this hue, as... | Lead |
| File:Manganaxinite-tn42a.jpg | Axinite | VERY RARE OLD CLASSIC! This very lustrous crystal of clove brown axinite is from the centuries-old ore deposits of Cornwall, England. | Manganaxinite |
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Axinite (ferroan) | A very thick , floater axinite crystal from the famous Urals deposits that were producing in the 1980s. This is an oustanding crystal for lustre and symmetry of form , especially for the price. It has some very mior edge abrasions, but none that are significant enough to bother me or show off in a d... | Manganaxinite |
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Axinite | Brilliantly lustrous and gemmy, 2 cm crystal, sitting wonderfully on matrix! This is the BEST aesthetic quality you could ever ask for in an axinite! It is pristine save for an infinitesimal chip on the back edge, and qualifies as competition quality in my book. | Manganaxinite |
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Ferro-axinite | Most people today do not realize that before the finds from California and the Ural Mountains, in the last couple of decades, the world's best gem axinites came from Brazil (even if larger ones came rarely from Japan in the 1800s, they weren't gemmy). Bahia today produces many other minerals, but th... | Manganaxinite |
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Axinite | Mined in 2005, this sharp axinite specimen features two large crystals (to 3 cm) that rise elegantly in back of a cluster of smaller crystals. Good axinite specimens are rare for this locality, and this nice-sized full miniature is particularly aesthetic as an example. | Manganaxinite |
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Axinite | Sharp, very gemmy, crystals to 7mm are covering this contrasting matrix. A good old Swiss locality, that I was not previously familiar with. | Manganaxinite |
| File:Manganaxinite-lw28a.jpg | Axinite | This beautiful pair of intergrown crystals have excellent gemminess, color and luster. There is one small area on the back from which a small Axinite is missing. This is of the quality from the famous pockets of the 1980�s - and the mine is no longer producing them. Even with a bit of minute edge we... | Manganaxinite |
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Axinite | An exceptionally large and rich locality specimen of axinite, which is exceedingly rare in the County. Ex. Tim Sherburn Collection | Manganaxinite |
| File:Manganotantalite-sd369a.jpg | Tantalite | Extremely rare in County, this is the only example of the species I have seen from the Little Three mine, as well. It is a complete, though slightly etched, crystal. | Manganotantalite |
| File:Albite-Manganotantalite-ck33a.jpg | Tantalite in Albite | A 1.2 and a 0.8 cm crystal of tantalite, which is extremely rare from any mine in San Diego COunty and notably so from the Elizabeth R. From the collection of Roland Reed, mine owner (the mine is named after his daughter). This is a VERY IMPORTANT locality specimen | Manganotantalite |
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Ferroan Pyrosmalite | With sharp bronzed crystals of this classic European classic, we have here a superb miniature! The crystals rech 9 mm in size and display prominently on matrix of minutely crystallized pyrosmalite. All crystals are pristine save a small , teeny tiny chip on the left edge of the upper crystal (and it... | Manganpyrosmalite |
| File:Natroapophyllite-pkn25a.jpg | Apophyllite (floater) with unknown inclusions | This is a single, tabular, FLOATER crystal of fluorapophyllite with unknown reddish inclusions. | Natroapophyllite |
