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Amethyst | The best in the lot for its undamaged, 3-dimensional, rolling surface and intense coloration! Very translucent, and very unusual ! | Quartz |
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Gem Chalcedony pseudomorph after Fluorite | A superb plate with unusually good relief to the crystals amidst the solid covering, and good form overall. | Quartz |
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Fluorite on Amethyst | Charlie had only one flat of this very unusual association, which he said was found at the end of the 1990s here. The fluorites here are mattte-green, but translucent, and they sit on contrasting amethyst crystals to 1 cm in size. The largest fluorite on this plate is 2 cm. | Quartz |
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Gem Chalcedony pseudomorph after Fluorite | A large plate in overall good condition, a little elongated - probably could be trimmed in two, and each half sold for the same! Super translucent crystals here, and rich coverage overall. | Quartz |
| File:Fluorite-Quartz-k-133a.jpg | Fluorite on Amethyst | Charlie had only one flat of this very unusual association, which he said was found at the end of the 1990s. The fluorites here are mattte-green, but translucent, and they sit on contrasting amethyst crystals to 2 cm in size. The largest fluorite on this plate, which is also our largest specimen of ... | Quartz |
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Gem Chalcedony pseudomorph after Fluorite | Not only for the size and condition, but for the overall "glow" of the colorful crystals, this is one of my favorites, and certainly one of the more elegant large pieces saved. Superb plate, with great relief to the crystals. | Quartz |
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Gem Chalcedony pseudomorph after Fluorite | A good large plate. Has some minor damage, hence the low price | Quartz |
| File:Quartz-t06-15a.jpg | Amethyst | This is an alegant, nearly-floating cluster of deeply colored amethyst from the classic and historic deposits of Siberia. It is extremely color and gemmy! The crystals are backed by a thin plate of matrix attached to the backside, but from teh front they look like a kinetic sculpture, "dancing" almo... | Quartz |
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Gem Chalcedony pseudomorph after Fluorite | A showy large specimen, excellent representation of the find for the price - discounted somewhat because it is a bit "blocky" | Quartz |
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Gem Chalcedony pseudomorph after Fluorite | Extremely cute miniature with great form and translucency! | Quartz |
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Gem Chalcedony pseudomorph after Fluorite | A gorgeous large plate with nice form overall and an almost silky sheen, superb for the material! Probably the most "blue" of the lot, in terms of outright color appeal. It is thereofre the prettiest piece here, I would say, of the larger specimens. | Quartz |
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Gem Chalcedony pseudomorph after Fluorite | Minor damage, hence the low price for this large plate with good crystals and coverage! | Quartz |
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Gem Chalcedony pseudomorph after Fluorite | A large, very good plate with sharp crystals and good color | Quartz |
| File:Fluorite-Quartz-pa15a.jpg | Gem Chalcedony pseudomorph after Fluorite | A large, very good plate with sharp crystals and good color | Quartz |
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Gem Chalcedony pseudomorph after Fluorite | One of the larger plates in good condition, a very impressive large specimen overall! | Quartz |
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Citrine | A super example of rare natural citrine from Mexico, with juicy, amber-colored, fat crystals in a stunning knob! This is a very rare, and really good, example from a small batch brought to market by Doug Wallace at one of Marty's Hotel shows in Tucson about 4 years ago. BETTER IN PERSON! | Quartz |
| File:Quartz-t06-53a.jpg | Amethyst | These brilliantly glassy, lustrous crystals were found early last year in a new find at this old locality. The differ from previous finds in the high lustre and unusually even lavender color, whereas most amethysts from this place show either uniform deeper purple hue or a gradient from purple to cl... | Quartz |
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Calcite (twinned) on Amethyst with Pyrite | A unique specimen, like none I have seen before from this region. It features a superb, gemmy, transparent, twinned calcite measuring 3 cm across, perched with smaller calcites cascading down the termination of a deep purple amehtyst point. It is amazing such a thing survived being found and cut out... | Quartz |
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Amethyst | A MOST unusual, sharply color-zoned slice of amethyst from a bizarre stalactitic growth. This was found in India , I know not when. | Quartz |
| File:Quartz-t07-84a.jpg | Citrine with Tourmaline inclusions | Beautiful GEMMY citrine crystals with a very good amber/smoky hue to them, host several cute tourmalines included iside the bottom of the big crystal. Citrine of this size and quality is very uncommon. The piece came apart in the mail to me and is now simply contact-repaired at their junciton. It is... | Quartz |
| File:Quartz-t06-52a.jpg | Amethyst | These brilliantly glassy, lustrous crystals were found early last year in a new find at this old locality. The differ from previous finds in the high lustre and unusually even lavender color, whereas most amethysts from this place show either uniform deeper purple hue or a gradient from purple to cl... | Quartz |
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Amethyst Scepter | Pleasing to the eye and to the discerning taste, this doubly-terminated scepter is really quite a little gem. It is rather more developed than most from the locality, in terms of 3-dimensionality. This was a onetime find in or about 1981 if i recall. VERY hard to get one, nowadays! | Quartz |
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Meta-Autunite | A VERY striking, colorful, large specimen of gorgeous yellow autunites! the hue on these is more yellow than green, unlike autunite from other localities. I am told this is an exceptional piece for the locality. | Quartz |
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Amethyst | Simply stunning! the pictures DO NOT do this specimen justice. It is MUCH MORE INTENSE than others you see fomr the locality, literally in the top 1percentile for color an dintensity, not to mention the great lustre and pristine condition. ILLUSTRATED IN MINERALOGICAL RECORD's MEXICO ISSUE ON THIS L... | Quartz |
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Amethyst | Distinctive and dramatic pair of �rabbit-ears� Amethyst crystals, with good color and perfect form. The surfaces are gently frosted, which create a softness to the specimen that adds even more appeal. Shown strongly lit and with minimal backlighting. | Quartz |
| File:Chrysocolla-Quartz-nex48a.jpg | Chalcedony Coating, Chrysocolla | A crust of botryoidal, translucent, lustrous, opalescent green, "gem silica" / chalcedony has formed over bright green chrysocolla. The spheres reach 1.3 cm across. This exquisite specimen comes with an old, pre-1940 label from preeminent dealer, Lazard Cahn. | Quartz |
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Amethyst with hematite inclusions | Superb pair of doubly-terminated, very lustrous Amethyst crystals from the famous locality of Thunder Bay. Each crystal is 2.5 cm in length. What is so rare about these, in addition to the unusual red coloration due to included Hematite, is tha fact that these Amethysts are doubly-terminated. In fac... | Quartz |
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Gem Chalcedony pseudomorph after Fluorite | Extremely cute miniature with great form and translucency! | Quartz |
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Amethyst | A tremendously elegant, pristine, 3-dimensional, complete-all-around amethyst from this classic locality. This specimen is particularly good because it has dominant crystal aesthetics instead of being jumbly like so many of them are, and because the matrix remains attached whereas many clusters are ... | Quartz |
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Amethyst | This is a large amethyst plate from an important locality mined for specimens only in recent years, the Anahi mine high up several hundred miles east of the Andes in the Pantanal. The largest crystals measure to 15 cm. While many good plates have come out, it is difficult to obtain specimens of this... | Quartz |
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Curite with Vandenbrandeite | A really rich specimen , beautiful, with orange curite microcrystals completely covering the Vandenbrandeite within protected vugs on 2 faces of the specimen. The rest of the specimen shows solid Vandenbrandeite - and is thus among the richest examples of the species I have seen. This can, obviously... | Quartz |
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Amethyst | This is a REALLY monstrous and suprisingly pristine amethyst plate from an important locality mined for specimens only in recent years, the Anahi mine high up several hundred miles east of the Andes in the Pantanal. The largest crystals measure to 15 x 8 x 7 cm. While many good plates have come out,... | Quartz |
| File:Quartz-sn129a.jpg | Amethyst | Beautiful duet of crystals on matrix from a rare locality! | Quartz |
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Autunite | This is a large and beautiful example of the classic material from Washington, circa the 1950s-1960s. It is an extremely elegant and large specimen. Remarkably, it is nearly pristine (just a few tiny bruises of no import) and furthermore is completely crystallized around the back (where flat crystal... | Quartz |
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Poldervaartite on Chalcedony-coated Calcite | A very well-balanced specimen featuring two gemmy, pristine balls of Poldervaartite perched on crystallized matrix. The Poldervaartite measures 3 cm long and 2 cm across, and is pristine and complete, of highest quality. | Quartz |
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Gem Chalcedony pseudomorph after Fluorite | These beautiful specimens are rare survivors of a small find that produced GREAT carving rough for cabochons and jewelry made of chalcedony (its gemmy and transparent/translucent!), to the detriment of the original specimens from our point of view! Charlie saved some from the wrecker, though, and th... | Quartz |
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Gem Chalcedony pseudomorph after Fluorite | These beautiful specimens are rare survivors of a small find that produced GREAT carving rough for cabochons and jewelry made of chalcedony (its gemmy and transparent/translucent!), to the detriment of the original specimens from our point of view! Charlie saved some from the wrecker, though, and th... | Quartz |
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Amethyst | An unusually bright, gemmy, sparkling specimen comprised of beautiful gem amethyst crystals. The piece is complete all around and 3-dimensional! | Quartz |
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Kasolite | A rich specimen with Beautiful neon-orange fiery crystals of kasolite easily eye-visible! There are small yellow crystals associated, probably Guillemanite. | Quartz |
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Amethyst | Sharp crystals with the utterly brilliant lustre and internal sparkle that seem to characterise this find. The largest crystal is 1.7 cm. One doubly-terminated crystal is just over 1 cm. Beautiful amethyst from an unusual locality, found May 2008. They are all from what the collectors (Luca and Fabr... | Quartz |
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Amethyst | This deposit, discovered less than ten years ago, is noted for huge amethyst crystal groups, composed of huge individual crystals such as this one - to my mind, the world's finest large amethyst crystals in this size range! It is more unusual to find clusters of this size (useable for most collector... | Quartz |
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Cuprosklodowskite altering to Uranophane | This remarkable specimen clearly shows embedded crystals of green Cuprosklodowskite altering to Uranophane , yellow and altered by the time it reaches the protected shallow cavity in the center of the piece. Most unusual! | Quartz |
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Gem Chalcedony pseudomorph after Fluorite | A cute miniature with bizarrely ghostly-colored crystals on one side, and darker crystals on the other, showing two zones of fluorite on either side of the matrix. Super example without breaking the bank! | Quartz |
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Saleeite | Beautiful neon-yellow crystals of this rare species, from a locality I was not aware that it came from. I am sure this is very rare....i certainly haven't seen it for sale. This specimen is covered with a laquer to preserve the crystals . | Quartz |
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Gem Chalcedony pseudomorph after Fluorite | My favorite! A wonderful small cab, 100% translucent, with rolling 3-dimensional form and unusually good eye appeal! | Quartz |
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Amethyst | Particularly intense purple crystals with the utterly brilliant lustre and internal sparkle that seem to characterise this find. The largest crystal is 1.2 cm but teh intense color set against the sparkling greenish (prehnite?) vug behind the gate of the crystals, makes it a special piece. Beautiful... | Quartz |
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Citrine | An old and little-known locaiton today, the Esmeralda was mined heavily in the early 1900s and this piece may well date back that far. It is unusual in that citrine is rare for the County. | Quartz |
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Soddyite | Eye visible sub-mm crystals of soddyite, which is very rare , especially so nicely isolated on matrix as this cluster is. | Quartz |
| File:Quartz-Rutherfordine-Uraninite-bb12a.jpg | Uraninite Xl with Rutherfordine | A sharp example of well-formed uraninite from this classic locale! RARE AND OLD! | Quartz |
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Amethyst scepter | Bill Sanborn's collection was noted for an extensive suite of Asian minerals, and this is as superb a specimen for the classic old Korean amethysts as any I have seen. It is a very aesthetic, balanced, choice miniature, complete all around. There is a minor ding in each termination, but it still dis... | Quartz |
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Amethyst | A classic Maine amethyst point, with UNUSUALLY good gemminess and translucency to it for the size. Probably an older specimen, though I have no way to tell. All I can say is that this is MUCH MUCH more gemmy and translucent than anything I have seen from hewre in modern times and it is likely to hav... | Quartz |
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Amethyst | An important historic specimen, these intense lavender-colored amethysts with an almost silky texture to them are few and far between. This miniature has great aesthetics, with real rock matrix as a perch for 1 inch amethysts. It has never been cleaned, and so is a bit "dirty"; but I like the antiqu... | Quartz |
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Mesolite on Chalcedony | Nestled down in a basaltic vug is a most beautiful "puff ball" of Mesolite, undamaged and sharp! The stark white Mesolite , which measures 4.5 cm across, is actually composed of fine acicular crystals. | Quartz |
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Chalcedony | The matrix for this unusual specimen is basalt which later hosted a layer of gray chalcedony. From that layer emanated several, stalactitic forms of colorless, translucent, chalcedony, to 5.0 cm in length. Attached to the stalactites are a few doubly terminated, translucent light pink crystals of st... | Quartz |
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Fluorite on Amethyst | This is an unbelievable 6 cm (!!) spherical, honey-colored Fluorite with shiny, silky luster and a gemmy core. And...it is resting on Amethyst for amazing contrast! Very rarely will you find an Indian Fluorite this good, for both quality and size. It also happens to be perched in a well-balanced, co... | Quartz |
| File:Chrysocolla-Quartz-d05-44a.jpg | Chalcedony on Chrysocolla | The best thumbnail example of this material I have ever seen! Complete and perfect all around! | Quartz |
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Gem Chalcedony pseudomorph after Fluorite | A dramatic specimen with good color and excellent coverage, showing a bit of matrix underneath a solid carpet of good crystals. Nice display specimen! | Quartz |
| File:Fluorite-Quartz-pa18a.jpg | Gem Chalcedony pseudomorph after Fluorite | A reference example of this material | Quartz |
| File:Fluorite-Quartz-pa19a.jpg | Gem Chalcedony pseudomorph after Fluorite | A cute toenail sized, colorful, reference specimen of this material. Quite nice, really! | Quartz |
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Gem Chalcedony pseudomorph after Fluorite | A huge, elongated, dramatic specimen just covered with deeply colored, sharp crystals! Probably worth more broken into thirds, but I liked the rarity of the size here. | Quartz |
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Gem Chalcedony pseudomorph after Fluorite | A large, very good plate with sharp crystals and good color - but also with more 3-dimensional surface geometry than ost of them here. Nice display specimen! | Quartz |
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Gem Chalcedony pseudomorph after Fluorite | A large, very good plate with sharp crystals and good color | Quartz |
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Amethyst | Sharp crystals with the utterly brilliant lustre and internal sparkle that seem to characterise this find. The largest crystal is 2.2 cm. This is among the larger of the find! Beautiful amethyst from an unusual locality, found May 2008. They are all from what the collectors (Luca and Fabrizio Ferrer... | Quartz |
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Gem Chalcedony pseudomorph after Fluorite | Some damage at the edges, and hence the low price...but still a good core area of highly representative, pretty crystals! And a lot of altered fluorite for the price, overall. | Quartz |
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Calcite on Amethyst | This absolutely superb specimen features a large, rounded, flattened, rhomb of colorless calcite, 6.0 cm across, aesthetically perched on a matrix of pastel, lilac amethyst, to .5 cm across. This specimen is definitely a candidate for competition. The color contrast is awesome! VERY RARE OLD STYLE! | Quartz |
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Amethyst | Sharp crystals with the utterly brilliant lustre and internal sparkle that seem to characterise this find. The largest crystal is 1.7 cm and doubly-terminated. This is among the larger of the find, and there is much color on this small matrix specimen...the crystals are the deeper hue to come from t... | Quartz |
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Amethyst | Sharp crystals with the utterly brilliant lustre and internal sparkle that seem to characterise this find. The largest crystal is 1.25 cm. Beautiful amethyst from an unusual locality, found May 2008. They are all from what the collectors (Luca and Fabrizio Ferrero) called "the labour day pocket". | Quartz |
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Amethyst | Sharp crystals with the utterly brilliant lustre and internal sparkle that seem to characterise this find. The largest crystal is 1 cm but there are many, protectively arranged at the entrance to this pocket. Beautiful amethyst from an unusual locality, found May 2008. They are all from what the col... | Quartz |
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Stilbite on Chalcedony stalactites | Looking very much like a freeform sculpture, this specimen features several crystals of pearlescent to light salmon color, translucent, stilbite, to 4.0 cm in length, on gray chalcedony and basalt. At the top of the specimen is a saddle shaped, lustrous, transparent, doubly terminated, crystal of he... | Quartz, Stilbite-Ca |
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Amethyst Scepter | This extremely sharp and well-developed scepter is from the famous 1985 find at Hopkinton, near the coast in Rhode Island. This find was instantly one of those classics where specimens became treasured like gold among East Coast collectors, and few were seen to trickle out. Today, they are very hard... | Quartz, Topaz |
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Citrine with Chlorite Inclusions | Citrine is VERY rare from Russia. We buy all the good specimens we can find, which amounts to only a handful a year, even though we have early access to most of the sources. This one does not have the intense acid-yellow color that some Russian ones do, but a lighter amber hue. The large, intergrown... | Quartz, Tosudite |
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Cadmium-rich hemimorphite (calamine) | Bright, lustrous, yellow, cadmium- rich, hemimorphite has formed a complete crust, with crystals clusters to .7 cm across. This deposit is best known for this species including the famous, huge plate in the Carnegie Museum which displays cadmium- rich hemimorphite after calcite. The material was fou... | Smithsonite |
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Cobaltocalcite | A shocking pink-purpley color marks this unique locality within the Pyrenees. I have seen only a few of them in many years, and this one is of high quality for color saturation and form I would say. Ex. Jean Chervet collection (Chervetite is named after this Belgian geologist) | Sphaerocobaltite |
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Kunzite in Matrix | This MATRIX GEM KUNZITE crystal has excellent form and is simply a miracle for a San Diego kunzite. It is actually a floater, perched in matrix! It has rich Pala-quality color down the c-axis but the most amazing feature is its windowpane clarity and gemminess. The Anita Mine is a small modern rewor... | Spodumene |
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Kunzite in Matrix | This remarkable matrix GEM crystal has incredibly good form and terminations for a San Diego kunzite. It has rich Pala-quality color down the c-axis. Hiriart Hill is around the corner from the actual Pala Chief Mine but is more or less the same area and this locality was also an important producer o... | Spodumene |
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Kunzite | A shocking locality specimen! This came out of a small pocket hit recently (2002) by mine owner Roland Reed. It is a vivid hue and has great glassy lustre to it. It is completely terminated atop and is complete all around except for a few small trivial cleaves along the back edge (facing away from t... | Spodumene |
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Kunzite with Albite | This stunning small cab is NOT afghani as your eyes would have you first believe! Instead, it is the best for its size that I saw from a lot of several dozen pieces at Tucson that had just came in from the old tourmaline mines at Barra de Salinas. Despite the fact that such crystal sharpness and for... | Spodumene |
| File:Spodumene-ch39a.jpg | Kunzite | A doubly-terminated kunzite crystal with striking elongated-but-complete terminations from the famous find known as the Beebe Hole, hit by Loren Beebe while garnet-prospecting over 25 years ago in remote SD County! This one has excellent pink color for the find. It is large, and exceptionally transl... | Spodumene |
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Kunzite | A superb, very sharp and totally gemmy floater of kunzite, from San Diego. Crystals of this quality from modern workings are even more rare than those surviving from the turn of the 1900s era of mining here. This was probably collected in the 1970s and was obtained from the Norm Dawson estate (Bob w... | Spodumene |
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Kunzite | NOTE IN PERSON THE COLOR IS AN EVEN , INTENSE PINK - the photos do not convey this well. This is a superbly sharp, unusually well-terminated crystal of about 370 grams, from the classic occurrence here. It is a floater, complete on the bottom, and looks equally fine from either side. For its size, i... | Spodumene |
| File:Spodumene-sn135a.jpg | Kunzite | AN AMAZINGLY SHARP KUNZITE CRYSTAL!!!! SO SHARP, SO GLASSY, you'd think it was a selenite! He had this at $1000, FYI | Spodumene |
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Kunzite in matrix | This is a spectacular display piece, museum sized and of high quality, showcasing a rare large kunzite IN MATRIX from the county. The undamaged crystal has a rich pink color, and is DOUBLY-terminated, complete at both ends. The crystal is not broken off from or repaired onto its matrix - rather, it ... | Spodumene |
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Kunzite, Quartz, and Cleavelandite | A large specimen with TWO kunzite crystals, both terminated on the "business" end. The larger, chunky one measures 4.5 cm and is 1.7 cm thick. The other measures 2.5 cm, with less color but nicely transparent. | Spodumene |
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Kunzite | A significant large kunzite from the county, from a very small mine in the Pala pegmatites. This crystal is complete, big, and gemmy. It has a uniquely pastel color to it, quite a bit lighter (but not colorles) than the traditional old Pala material. Comes with a custom base fo rdisplay, on which wi... | Spodumene |
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Kunzite with Tourmaline | Talk about color! This lilac kunzite has DEEP PURPLE COLOR: NOT PINK, but a true PURPLE. It is particularly intense on the long and shortest axes. I think the pics speak for themselves, here! The kunzite is also doubly-terminated, complete on the bottom as well. I will make a base so it can display ... | Spodumene |
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Kunzite | A BRILLIANTLY lustrous, utterly glassy kunzite crystal showing extreme elongation. It sparkles off the many subfacets you can see. In person, it is a nice medium pink color, and would be considered both fine and large for the mine to have such clarity and color both. Mined in the 1990s by Roland Ree... | Spodumene |
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Kunzite tomahawk | This crystal has incredibly unique form and terminations for a San Diego kunzite. It is a floater, complete all around! It has rich Pala-pink color down the c-axis , though paler from the sides. THis locality was an important producer of gem-grade cutting material in the early years of the 1900s whe... | Spodumene |
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Kunzite | This is one of those famous pieces that is pretty much known by name throughout the higher levels of the collecting community. It was illustrated in the Mineralogical Record back in vol. 31, page 62. It was one of the featured gem crystals in the Sotheby's Auction of the Freilich collection in Janua... | Spodumene |
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Kunzite | weight: 29.4 pounds Perhaps one of the world's largest crystals for the species ! It is complete all around, and with remarkably little etching effects given the size of the crystal. It is nearly entirely gemmy, especially in teh center. The tip just glows with purple and maroon hues, with any kind ... | Spodumene |
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Kunzite in Matrix | These specimens were collected in the mid-1950s and this piece found its way into local miner Roland Reed's collection via the George Ashley collection. Korpi got it from Reed. As you would expect, hard-matrix specimen of kunzite from San Diego COunty are EXTREMELY RARE and most kunzites from the Co... | Spodumene |
| File:Dyscrasite-Stibarsen-mrz183a.jpg | Dyscrasite on Allemontite | Razor-sharp dyscrasite crystals to 1.5 cm surmount a mound of allemontite matrix, making this a very displayable miniature. Most in this size are too jumbly, too clunky, or do not have matrix attached. For a display quality of miiature, this one is among the better I have seen for the aestthetics of... | Stibarsen |
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Cavansite on Stilbite | Clusters of deep, royal blue, cavansite, have grown nestled in snowy-white blades of stilbite. The largest group of cavansite crystals is a stalactite of interconnected sphereical aggregates measuring over 3 cm in length. It is a floater , really, complete all aroun dwithin the nest of stilbite (tha... | Stilbite-Ca |
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Stilbite | An oustanding floater cluster of stilbite, with aesthetics and balance, pristine and sparkling. This is one of the best quality stilbites I have seen from this important old locale! In the 1700s and 1800s, Faeroe stilbite was all the rage, and unmatched by samples from elsewhere. Few documented spec... | Stilbite-Ca |
| File:Stilbite-Ca-d06-210a.jpg | Stilbite | This specimen is typical of the best stilbites from the trap rocks of New Jersey. A huge, complete, hemispherical aggregate of translucent stilbite, measuring 7.0 cm across, is aesthetically perched on matrix. VERY 3-dimensional! | Stilbite-Ca |
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Cavansite and Stilbite on Stilbite | For its size, this is one of the finest, most interesting cav's I have seen lately of the ball-style, as i call it. It features about 10 of them intergrown to form a rather large cluster winding very aesthetically across the top of this stilbite matrix, and creating a stark contrast! It is pristine ... | Stilbite-Ca |
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Stilbite, Lepidolite, Cleavelandite | A superb specimen for the locality featuring the best stilbites on a Himalaya Mine specimen I have seen out there for sale, with sharp, fat crystals to an inch long. OK, so most of us don't rank the Himalaya as the #1 spot for zeolites, but tha tmakes it all the more interesting in my book. The asso... | Stilbite-Ca |
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Stilbite on Quartz | A CHOICE miniature of Himalaya stilbite, with rich chocolatey color! Ex. Tim Sherburn Collection | Stilbite-Ca |
| File:Cavansite-Stilbite-Ca-cmi20a.jpg | Cavansite on Stilbite | A superb cluster of deepest, royal blue, cavansite, with irridescent luster is perched on a matrix of drusy, tan, stilbite. The color is as deeply saturated as they come. The cavansite cluster measures a whopping 4 cm across and 2 cm in depth. Except for minor bruising on the upper curve to the rear... | Stilbite-Ca |
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Cavansite on Stilbite | Simply stated, this is a superior specimen! An elegant, curving cluster of cavansite balls, displaying the deepest royal blue color and almost iridescent luster, has grown across drusy, tan stilbite crystals. The largest ball of cavansite is over 2 cm across. In addition, the base of the specimen ha... | Stilbite-Ca |
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Calcite and Cavansite on Stilbite | This specimen is simply a great combo piece! Calcite is VERY rare from this quarry, and seldom associated with cavansite even when found. This piece shows off a huge, pseudo cubic, golden-colored, calcite crystal with a wonderful and sparkly luster, perched on a contrasting stilbite matrix. Above an... | Stilbite-Ca |
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Cavansite with Stilbite | This matrix specimen has a layer of tan, drusy, stilbite, on which are jauntily arranged, several aesthetic clusters of lustrous, deep teal blue, cavansite. Each cluster is about 1 cm across. VERY flashy and colorful specimen! | Stilbite-Ca |
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Stilbite | Exceptional miniature for the species from any US locale, much less the HImalaya where such rich stilbite specimens are extremely rare~! | Stilbite-Ca |
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Powellite on Stilbite | Thumbnail collectors arise! This competition quality specimen has lustrous, pink blades of stilbite, to 2 cm long, topped by a cluster of tan, translucent and lustrous powellite crystals, to 2 cm in length. Superb example of the species in tn size, and on matrix no less! | Stilbite-Ca |
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Stilbite | This is an oldtimer, collected at least several decades ago , of exceptionally nice stilbite from this classic traprock quarry of New Jersey. The crystals are tan colored, translucent, and reach 5.0 cm across. This is an extrmeley aesthtic, large, and fine example of stilbite from the US and particu... | Stilbite-Ca |
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Stilbite included by Celadonite | This artistic natural sculpture is composed of rosettes of bladed stilbite which has been colored green by the mineral celadonite, a potassium, iron, magnesium, silicate. It is also a member of the mica group. The largest rosette measures 10.0 cm across. I have never seen one so large and dramatic, ... | Stilbite-Ca |
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Red Stilbite | This V shaped specimen of stilbite is bisected by a doubly terminated, pearlescent stilbite crystal. All three of the main crystals exhibit translucence and super luster as well as a terra-cotta color. The dt crystal measures 2.7 cm across. | Stilbite-Ca |
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Cavansite and Calcite on Stilbite | A basaltic matrix with a pearlescent, druse of stilbite, act as the host for two rosettes of royal blue, translucent, cavansite, to 1.3 cm across. Jauntily perched on top of the upper cavansite rosette, is a transparent, light, amber colored calcite crystal, measuring .7 cm in length. Amazing aesthe... | Stilbite-Ca |
| File:Calcite-Cavansite-Stilbite-Ca-indi-61a.jpg | Cavansite, Stilbite, Calcite | This unusual specimen exhibits three generations of mineral, staring with a matrix of tan, drusy, stilbite, upon which grew a cluster of royal blue, cavansite measuring 1.5 cm in length. Encrusting the cavansite is a generation of colorless, gemmy, calcite crystals, to .2 cm across. This latter encr... | Stilbite-Ca |
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Fluorapophyllite and Stilbite (floater) | This is an exquisite, "bow tie", doubly terminated, crystal cluster, of lustrous, transparent, light, mint green, fluorapophyllite. Attached are a few, pearlescent, stilbite crystals to 1.3 cm across. It is a large, and impressive thumbnail that really stands out from the crowd. its not just a "smal... | Stilbite-Ca |
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Fluorapophyllite and Stilbite | Perched on a sliver of matrix, is a single, lustrous, transparent, light, mint green, fluorapophyllite crystal, terminated by the basal pinacoid. I love this new find, with unusual dramatic and isolated apophs having such a stark termination, and bought much of it. There are also attached a few pear... | Stilbite-Ca |
| File:Fluorapophyllite-Stilbite-Ca-indi-55a.jpg | Fluorapophyllite and Stilbite | On a basaltic matrix with a white, druse of chalcedony, are emplaced, pearlescent, stilbite crystals, to 2.5 cm across. There is also a single, light, mint- green, fluorapophyllite crystal, with good luster and translucence, which measures 7.0 cm in length. I love this new find, with unusual dramati... | Stilbite-Ca |
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Stilbite and Fluorapophyllite on Stilbite | This is a fine mineral specimen, not only for the two generations of stilbite and a rocket ship-like fluorapophyllite, but also for the the superb balance of the whole specimen. The whole specimen is on a matrix of basalt and small white chalcedony clusters. A large, cauliflower�like cluster of ivor... | Stilbite-Ca |
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Red Stilbite | On a basaltic matrix with pastel green, clusters of chalcedony are emplaced, lustrous, translucent, dark salmon color, crystals of stilbite, to 4.5 cm across. The color contrast is amazing! This is one of the largest examples form this small find of last fall. . This piece has a few VERY trivial lit... | Stilbite-Ca |
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Stilbite | This is a superb, lustrous, translucent, salmon pink, "bow tie", of stilbite. The form and color are spectacular! Totally common as a species, totally typical in classic bowtie form; and yet of superb quality for the common style and with a bit more color and 3-dimensionality than usual...its those ... | Stilbite-Ca |
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Fluorapophyllite and Stilbite | Growing on a sliver of matrix, are two, large, blocky, crystals of glassy, bi-colored, fluorapophyllite ,the largest of which is 7.0 cm in length. For aesthetics, the two crystals form a near perfect "V" and there are also pearlescent, 2.0 cm across stilbite crystals scattered on the fluorapophyllit... | Stilbite-Ca |
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Stilbite on Calcite | A spectacularly rich stilbite specimen for the locality! The stilbites are perched on parchment-like flaky calcite crystals. | Stilbite-Ca |
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Fluorapophyllite and Stilbite | This is an aesthetic miniature on matrix, consisting of India�s two best known, trap rock, mineral species. The very lustrous, partially transparent, light green, fluorapophyllite measures 5.0 cm in length and terminates in a basal pinacoid. Along side the big crystal are a few pearlescent stilbite ... | Stilbite-Ca |
| File:Stilbite-Ca-indi-74a.jpg | Red Stilbite | This is a cluster of lustrous, translucent, blocky, terra-cotta-red, colored stilbite crystals, to 2.0 cm across. | Stilbite-Ca |
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Stilbite | The best viewing angle for this specimen shows a 3-dimensional upright stilbite "bow tie", 8.0 cm in length, with a pastel salmon color and great luster and translucence. The matrix is a thin veneer of basalt. On the side of the specimen is a light emerald green fluorapophyllite, whose termination i... | Stilbite-Ca |
| File:Stilbite-Ca-indi-35a.jpg | Stilbite | When a mineral collector desires a choice stilbite specimen, his/her quest is almost always for a matrix "bow tie". This 8.0 cm tall stilbite, is lustrous, translucent, and exhibits a pastel salmon color. Its sits on a matrix of white, drusy, chalcedony. For accent, at the base of the stilbite, is a... | Stilbite-Ca |
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Red Stilbite | This is an aesthetic cluster of terra-cotta colored stilbite crystals, to 2.0 cm in length, perched high on a contrasting dark gray basaltic matrix. The crystals are both lustrous and translucent. | Stilbite-Ca |
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Red Stilbite | Although not on matrix, this specimen features the tallest crystals, to 3.0 cm in length, of any specimen in this group.It is nearly a floater, with a few contacts on the back only. The terra-cotta colored crystals are lustrous and translucent. | Stilbite-Ca |
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Red Stilbite | This is an aesthetic miniature of terra-cotta colored stilbite on basalt. The super arrangement of the translucent, lustrous, sprays, which reach 2.0 cm across, make this a fine specimen. | Stilbite-Ca |
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Red Stilbite | This terra-cotta-red colored stilbite appears to be a complete floater in the form of "cauliflower". The largest, diverging spray of the lustrous, translucent, stilbite measures 4.0 across. Very nice! | Stilbite-Ca |
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Red Stilbite | This is an outstanding spray of diverging, terra�cotta-red colored, translucent, lustrous, stilbite on a sliver of basalt along with small chalcedony spheres. The largest spray of stilbite measures 5.0 cm across. The color and form are super by any standard and this rare color makes it really a uniq... | Stilbite-Ca |
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Red Stilbite | Terra-cotta-red colored stilbite crystals abound on a matrix of basalt. The lustrous and translucent crystals occur in diverging sprays, the largest of which measure 3.0 cm across. One of the largest such plates of this material I have seen to date! | Stilbite-Ca |
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Red Stilbite | This specimen, along with the following 6 pieces, represents a new find of stilbite, from India, found last fall and really quite sensational as they are about the reddest color I have seen in the species (you have seen red heuldanite, yes...but NOT red stilbite before, i htink?!). The matrix is bas... | Stilbite-Ca |
