1044474) Beryl - Murzinka Mine, Sarapulka District, Ekaterinburgskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia Size: 6.9 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm (small cabinet) Price: $ 450 ex. Lloyd Tate Collection
An unusual and neat colorless to very slightly yellowish tapering prismatic single terminated transparent beryl crystal maesuring 6.9 x 0.6 x 0.4 cm in size. Complete all around 360 degrees; no damage. Neat for this old classic locality! Ex Lloyd Tate collection. Ref: Mineralogical Almanac, Vol. 5, 128 pp. 3384021) Copper - Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan Size: 4.7 x 3.0 x 3.0 cm (miniature) Price: $ 900
Extremely choice and fine old-time specimen with well defined crystals of native copper to 2.2 cm in size set in a shapely grouping measuring 4.7 x 3.0 x 3.0 cm in size overall. Shows nicely all around 360 degrees and very clean of damage. I like the patina on this one; the quality is excellent! Ref: The Mineralogical Record: 23: 2. 1041776) Diopside with Actinolite inclusions - Nuristan Province, Afghanistan Size: 3.8 x 1.5 x 0.4 cm (miniature) Price: $ 215 ex. Lloyd Tate Collection
Neat "inclusion specimen" consisting of a pale greenish to colorless transparent single terminated diopside crystal measuring 3.8 x 1.5 x 0.4 cm in size, this heavily included with wispy green acicular crystals of actinolite. Clean and free of damage; complete all around 360 degrees. Ex Lloyd Tate collection. 1044283) Elbaite - Araçuaí, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil Size: 6.4 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm (small cabinet) Price: $ 1800 ex. Lloyd Tate Collection
Beautiful pink double terminated gemmy glassy lustrous elbaite crystal measuring 6.4 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm in size. The bottom termination is natural but more crude than the top main termination. Complete all around and damage-free. Minor mica in association. Ex Lloyd Tate collection. Ref: The Mineralogical Record: 12: 73-77. 1044134) Enstatite - Mogok, Sagaing District, Mandalay Division, Burma (Myanmar) Size: 3.1 x 0.5 x 0.3 cm (miniature) Price: $ 325 ex. Lloyd Tate Collection
An excellent olive-green transparent gemmy double terminated enstatite crystal measuring 3.1 x 0.5 x 0.3 cm in size overall. Superb gem crystal for this species! No damage. Ex Lloyd Tate collection. 1041796) Euclase - Lost Hope Mine, Mwami, Karoi District, Mashonaland West, Zimbabwe Size: 3.5 x 3.2 x 2.4 cm (miniature) Price: $ 3850 ex. Lloyd Tate Collection
This locality in Zambia is known for having produced outstanding specimens of euclase. The miniature shown here is superb. Glassy lustrous well formed complex blue crystals to 1.3 x 1.2 x 1.2 cm in size are forming a 3.5 x 3.2 x 2.4 cm cluster with minor quartz. Completely and naturally crystallized all around 360 degrees; no damage. Superb example for this species! Ex Lloyd Tate collection. 1043540) Forsterite with Ludwigite inclusions - Sapat Gali, Manshera, Naran-Kagan Valley, Kohistan District, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan Size: 3.5 x 1.7 x 0.9 cm (miniature) Price: $ 1500 ex. Lloyd Tate Collection
A superb transparent gemmy green single terminated undamaged forsterite crystal measuring 3.5 x 1.7 x 0.9 cm in size. The crystal is heavily included with black wispy acicular crystals of ludwigite. Complete all around 360 degrees. A neat inclusion specimen for both species - unusual and choice! Ex Lloyd Tate collection. G711053) Gold - Eagle's Nest Mine (Mystery Wind Mine), Placer Co., California, USA Size: 6.1 x 3.9 x 0.8 cm (miniature) Price: $ 3850
A gorgeous and beautiful miniature specimen of crystallized gold from California! Bright somewhat flattened hoppered octahedral crystals of native gold are coming aesthetically off of a massive colorless quartz matrix. The gold is for the most part free-standing. This is a very attractive and choice piece. Size: 6.1 x 3.9 x 0.8 cm. Ref: The Mineralogical Record:20(5):387. 1042236) Gold - Eagle's Nest Mine, Placer Co., California, USA Size: 3.6 x 3.2 x 2.4 cm (miniature) Price: $ 3600 ex. Lloyd Tate Collection
Superbly crystallized brilliant lustrous bright gold, with sharp flattened octahedral crystals measuring to 0.6 cm in size, forming a floater matrix-less cluster measuring 3.6 x 3.2 x 2.4 cm in size. No damage; there is excellent crystallized gold all around 360 degrees. A very "three-dimensional" specimen that is much more attractive in the hand than as shown in the photos. The quality is outstanding! Ex Lloyd Tate collection; prior to Mr. Tate, this was in the collection of Wallace Mann. Ref: The Mineralogical Record: 35(1): 65-72. 1042224) Gold - Santa Elena, Bolivar, Venezuela Size: 2.1 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm (thumbnail) Price: $ 1685 ex. Lloyd Tate Collection
A superb large slightly hoppered gold crystal measuring 2.1 x 1.2 x 0.8 cm in size. No damage and complete all around 360 degrees; an outstanding crystal from the Venezuela gold fields. Ex Lloyd Tate collection. 1042276) Grossular - Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Shipton Township, Richmond Co., Québec, Canada Size: 4.3 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm (miniature) Price: $ 1250 ex. Lloyd Tate Collection
Gorgeous gemmy sparkling lustrous crystals of grossular to 1.0 cm in size are covering the front side of a 4.3 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm matrix. No damage - the quality of the crystals is excellent making for a beautiful miniature specimen! Ex Lloyd Tate collection. Ref: The Mineralogical Record. 35: 123-135; The Mineralogical Record, 10(2),pp:69-80. 1042353) Mimetite - Dry Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England, UK Size: 7.7 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm (small cabinet) Price: $ 1800 ex. Lloyd Tate Collection
This locality is known for providing the world with some of the finest examples of "campylite" known. The specimen shown here is a classic example, with lustrous rounded brown crystals and crystal groupings to 0.5 cm in size covering nicely the top side of a 7.7 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm "psilomelane" and quartz matrix. No damage - the quality is excellent! Ex Lloyd Tate collection. Ref: Cooper & Stanley, Minerals of Caldbeck Fells (1990) P1022759) Pyromorphite - Daoping Mine, Gongcheng City, Gongcheng Co., Guilin Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China Size: 4.2 x 3.3 x 1.6 cm (miniature) Price: $ 1500 ex. Dawn and Jim Minette
An aesthetic loose grouping of highly lustrous green prismatic terminated crystals of pyromorphite measuring 4.2 x 3.3 x 1.6 cm in size. The largest crystals measure to 2.2 cm in length. On the "bottom" of the specimen there is a tiny area with slight "touching"; other than this the piece is perfect. Very choice miniature. Ex Dawn and Jim Minette collection. Ref: The Mineralogical Record 36(1) 25-33. 1044149) Titanite - Saranovskii Mine, Saranovskaya Village, Gorozavodskii area, Permskaya Oblast', Middle Urals, Urals Region, Russia Size: 3.2 x 1.5 x 0.15 cm (miniature) Price: $ 900 ex. Lloyd Tate Collection
Beautiful thin complete loose single crystal of gem green "chrome" titanite measuring 3.2 x 1.5 x 0.15 cm in size. One chip is present along an edge as seen in the photos, otherwise perfect. The color and transparency is excellent for this species. Ex Lloyd Tate collection. 1043869) Zoisite - Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mts, Arusha Region, Tanzania Size: 2.3 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm (thumbnail) Price: $ 750 ex. Lloyd Tate Collection
A superb gemmy blue single terminated glassy "tanzanite" crystal measuring 2.3 x 1.0 x 0.9 cm in size overall. Complete all around and damage-free. Ex Lloyd Tate collection. Ref: The Mineralogical Record: 40: 348-408.
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