C9508207) Calcite - Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Aghbar, Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco Size: 5.2 x 4.3 x 3.1 cm (miniature) Price: $ 1200
Gorgeous lustrous translucent pink crystals of calcite set on a small amount of matrix. These are actually large flattened rhombohedral crystals measuring to 4.5 cm in width. Most Moroccan pink calcite specimens are druses of crystals; large free-standing crystals such as those shown here are quite unusual. No damage. Size: 5.2 x 4.3 x 3.1 cm. E3128205) Epidote with Actinolite - Knappenwand, Knappenwand area, Untersulzbach valley, Hohe Tauern Mts, Salzburg, Austria Size: 7.2 x 4.6 x 2.3 cm (small cabinet) Price: $ 2500 2010-09-10 05:42:53 (PDT): Warning: imagecreatefromjpeg() [function.imagecreatefromjpeg]: gd-jpeg, libjpeg: recoverable error: Corrupt JPEG data: 3374 extraneous bytes before marker 0xd9: /data/danw/html/s_common.php: line 806 2010-09-10 05:42:53 (PDT): Warning: imagecreatefromjpeg() [function.imagecreatefromjpeg]: 'db_pics/pics/l/E3128205a.jpg' is not a valid JPEG file: /data/danw/html/s_common.php: line 806
An outstanding well crystallized example from this classic Austrian locality! Highly lustrous mirror-bright dark green prismatic terminated crystals of epidote to 5.2 cm in length are forming an aesthetic grouping with minor fibrous green actinolite. No damage and shows well all around 360 degrees. This is actually from recent collecting activity at this old locality. Size: 7.2 x 4.6 x 2.3 cm. Ref: The Mineralogical Record 17(3), 167-181. S9501264) Stannite with Quartz, Arsenopyrite - Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China Size: 4.8 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm (miniature) Price: $ 350
A neat and unusual stacked grouping of lustrous metallic stannite crystals, these averaging 0.5 cm in size. Minor colorless transparent quartz and metallic arsenopyrite in association, the latter on the back side of the specimen. Completely crystallized all around 360 degrees and damage-free. Size: 4.8 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm. Ref: Rocks & Minerals: 80(1), 46-57. W2945161) Wulfenite - Mežica (Miess), Slovenia Size: 8.0 x 5.2 x 3.4 cm (small cabinet) Price: $ 1200
A fine old-timer consisting of a 8.0 x 5.2 x 3.4 cm white matrix, this liberally scattered with carmel colored blocky lustrous crystals of wulfenite to 1.0 cm in size. Very minor rubbing is present to a few crystals; overall I think in very good condition damage-wise. Very choice European small cabinet specimen! Z9508208) Zoisite var. Tanzanite - Merelani Hills (Mererani), Lelatema Mts, Arusha Region, Tanzania Size: 3.4 x 2.4 x 2.1 cm (miniature) Price: $ 7500
An excellent beautiful purple to blue to reddish gem quality terminated glassy single terminated tanzanite crystal is set nicely with a minor amount of matrix. Shows nicely all around 360 degrees and is absolutely free of damage. Nice with matrix. The quality is outstanding! Size: 3.4 x 2.4 x 2.1 cm.
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