1044393) Beryl with Albite, Microcline - Nuristan Province, Afghanistan Size: 6.6 x 6.5 x 4.0 cm (small cabinet) Price: $ 3000 ex. Lloyd Tate Collection
Beautiful glassy pink tabular morganite crystal measuring 5.0 x 3.2 x 2.3 cm in size is studded perfectly upon a matrix of crystallized albite. Damage-free; the crystal shows all around 360 degrees. The crystal is partially gemmy with areas of transparency. Size: 6.6 x 6.5 x 4.0 cm. Ex Lloyd Tate collection. 3700489) Fluorite with Sphalerite, Calcite - Elmwood mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA Size: 10.2 x 5.7 x 3.1 cm (cabinet) Price: $ 500 ex. Lloyd Tate Collection
Choice pale purple partly transparent lustrous cubic crystals of fluorite measuring to 3.0 cm on edge are scattered attractively over a 10.2 x 5.7 x 3.1 cm crystallized sphalerite matrix. Many small colorless sparkling calcite crystals are in association. There are several cubic crystal corners that have strange growth features upon them; these at first appear to be damage, but are actually natural etchings. Overall in great condition damage-wise. Neat combination piece! Ex Steve Neely collection #489. Ref: The Mineralogical Record: 9: 213-218: American Mineral Treasures (Lithographie, LLC; 2008); pages 336-347. 1043580) Zircon - Vishnovogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast', Southern Urals, Urals Region, Russia Size: 5.0 x 4.2 x 3.5 cm (miniature) Price: $ 265 ex. Lloyd Tate Collection
A choice lustrous brown zircon crystal measuring 2.0 cm across is frozen nicely within a 5.0 x 4.2 x 3.5 cm matrix. No damage and sits well for display by itself. Quite nice for the species from this locality. Ex Lloyd Tate collection.
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