B3003224) Beryl - Wah Wah Mts, Beaver Co., Utah, USA Size: 5.4 x 3.9 x 2.9 cm (miniature) Price: $ 450
A 5.4 x 3.9 x 2.9 cm white rhyolite matrix, this studded with two lustrous glassy beautiful red prismatic terminated slightly translucent beryl crystals, the largest measuring 0.7 cm in length. The upper crystal is perfect; the lower crystal has very slight and minor microscopic level chipping, the extent of this visible in the photos. Ex Peter Gillis collection. E9502788) Erythrite - Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Aghbar, Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco Size: 5.5 x 4.9 x 2.3 cm (miniature) Price: $ 1500
A 5.5 x 4.9 x 2.3 cm matrix, the front side mostly covered by deep royal purple translucent bladed terminated crystals of erythrite to 12 mm in length. Very clean of damage - this is quite good for a miniature sized example of this species! Ref: The Mineralogical Record: 38: 345-407. E9502789) Erythrite - Aghbar Mine (Arhbar Mine), Aghbar, Bou Azzer District, Tazenakht, Ouarzazate Province, Souss-Massa-Draâ Region, Morocco Size: 7.2 x 5.8 x 3.4 cm (small cabinet) Price: $ 2000
A 7.2 x 5.8 x 3.4 cm breccia matrix, this mostly covered with superb purple bladed terminated crystals of erythrite to almost 2 cm in length. A little bit of contacting around the edges of the piece; the main crystals are all in excellent shape. Some show translucency. These are very large and well formed crystals for this species! Ref: The Mineralogical Record: 38: 345-407. G3003343) Gold - Sigma mine, Val d'Or, La Vallée-de-l'Or, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Québec, Canada Size: 5.8 x 4.9 x 2.9 cm (miniature) Price: $ 2500
A brecciated quartz matrix measuring 5.8 x 4.9 x 2.9 cm in size, this invested very richly with bright metallic crystalline native gold. There is a lot of gold here; the piece weighs 2.9 ounces/83 grams. S3003379) Silver - Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru Size: 5.6 x 3.5 x 3.3 cm (miniature) Price: $ 2500
From the important find of native silver at this mine around 1999/2000. Thick bright ropy wires of native silver to 3.5 cm in height and about 0.7 cm in thickness are coming off a black matrix. Shows nicely all around 360 degrees. Very thick wires for silver at this locality. Aesthetic and attractive! Size: 5.6 x 3.5 x 3.3 cm. Ex Peter Gillis collection. S2688904) Stephanite - Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany Size: 1.7 x 1.7 x 0.6 cm (thumbnail) Price: $ 400
A very fine flattened metallic silver semi-lustrous sharply formed stephanite crystal, quite large at 1.7 x 1.7 x 0.6 cm in size. The crystal is complete all around and very clean of damage. Superb for the species from this classic mining district. Ex David Brandon collection.
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