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1041031) Anglesite - Touissit, Touissit District, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco
Size: 5.0 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm (miniature)
Price: $ 600
ex. Lloyd Tate Collection.

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Glassy transparent gemmy colorless well formed large anglesite crystal set on a small amount of matrix. Complete all around; only tiny and very minor chipping as seen. Overall in great condition. The specimen is hot glued to an acrylic display base and will be shipped as such unless otherwise requested. Size: 5.0 x 3.0 x 2.0 cm. Ex Lloyd Tate collection.

1041131) Apophyllite-(KF) with Stilbite - Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India
Size: 9.5 x 9.0 x 3.5 cm (cabinet)
Price: $ 1600
ex. Lloyd Tate Collection.

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Very pretty and showy pale green gem quality glassy crystals of apophyllite to 2.0 cm in length are scattered over a matrix of silky white stilbite crystals to 3.2 cm. Very clean of damage and measures 9.5 x 9.0 x 3.5 cm in size overall. A gorgeous specimen. Ex Lloyd Tate collection.

1041128) Apophyllite-(KF) with Stilbite - Momin Akhada, Rahuri, Ahmadnagar District, Maharashtra, India
Size: 8.5 x 8.0 x 4.0 cm (small cabinet)
Price: $ 1600
ex. Lloyd Tate Collection.

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Glassy gem quality green crystals of sparkling apophyllite-(KF) to 1.4 cm in size are attractively covering the top of a 8.5 x 8.0 x 4.0 cm matrix with minor white stilbite. No damage. From the finds in this area during the early 2000's. Showy. Ex Lloyd Tate collection.

4801080) Cinnabar with Quartz - Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou Province, China
Size: 3.0 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm (thumbnail)
Price: $ 2000
ex. Ron Pellar collection.

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Superb dark red sharply and neatly twinned cinnabar crystal set on a small plate of sparkling colorless quartz crystals. Shows all around. To the naked eye this is damage-free; under a 10x loupe I can find one crystal edge with very tiny and light chipping. Overall I think this in excellent condition. Shows nicely all around 360 degrees. Size: 3.0 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm. Ref: Liu, Fine Minerals of China (2006). Ex Ron Pellar collection.

1044335) Elbaite - Cruzeiro mine, Sao Jose da Safira, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 3.5 x 1.5 x 0.9 cm (miniature)
Price: $ 1400
ex. Lloyd Tate Collection.

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Choice gemmy unusual sceptered elbaite crystal, the top gemmy green, the lower part gemmy pink. Complete all around - no damage. Size: 3.5 x 1.5 x 0.9 cm. Ref: The Mineralogical Record: 11: 363-367; 370; Cornejo and Bartorelli, Minerals & Precious Stones of Brazil (2010), pp 509 - 513. Ex Lloyd Tate collection.

1041109) Fluorapatite - Chumar Bakhoor, Hunza Valley, Gilgit District, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Size: 4.5 x 4.0 x 3.5 cm (miniature)
Price: $ 900
ex. Lloyd Tate Collection.

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A loose floater grouping of deep pink glassy partly transparent fluorapatite crystals measuring 4.5 x 4.0 x 3.5 cm in size overall. Complete all around. Very light and minor tiny chipping present in one area on what I consider the back of the piece; overall in great condition. The base termination is natural but not sharp like the top termination. The color, luster and size of the crystals is excellent for this species! Ex Lloyd Tate collection.

1041083) Fluorapatite - Corrego da Luz, Conselheiro Pena, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 5.0 x 4.0 x 2.0 cm (miniature)
Price: $ 1200
ex. Lloyd Tate Collection.

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A fine floater grouping feauturing two double terminated translucent pink glassy fluorapatite crystals attached without matrix. These are attached forming a sort of "v". Measures 5.0 x 4.0 x 2.0 cm. Complete all around - no damage or chipping. Neat specimen! I can not find any reference to the given locality. Ex Lloyd Tate collection.

1041120) Fluorapatite - Medina, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size: 6.3 x 4.0 x 3.5 cm (miniature)
Price: $ 900
ex. Lloyd Tate Collection.

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Glassy lustrous gemmy transparent crystals of fluorapatite forming a 6.3 x 4.0 x 3.5 cm cluster without matrix. Complete all around, even on the base, with very little attached matrix. In outstanding condition damage-wise. Extremely choice example for the species from a major find in the 1990's. Ex Lloyd Tate collection.

1042385) Orpiment - Cut 62, Twin Creeks Mine, Potosi District, Humboldt Co., Nevada, USA
Size: 8.5 x 8.0 x 3.0 cm (small cabinet)
Price: $ 1500
ex. Lloyd Tate Collection.

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Superb dark orange translucent prismatic terminated crystals of orpiment to 1.4 cm in size are scattered richly throughout this 8.5 x 8.0 x 3.0 cm matrix. Exceptionally free of damage. Excellent for the species from this one-time find in the late 1990's. Ref: The Mineralogical Record: 31: 311-322. Ex Lloyd Tate collection.

4801079) Rosasite on Malachite after Azurite - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
Size: 2.5 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm (thumbnail)
Price: $ 650
ex. Ron Pellar collection.

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Neatly shaped cluster of prismatic terminated azurite crystals, these replaced by malachite and then in turn coated by lovely sky-blue crystallized rosasite. Two tiny areas on the smaller crystal are present where the rosasite is missing, showing underlying malachite. In excellent condition. Size: 2.5 x 2.3 x 1.6 cm. Ref: Gebhard, G. (1999): Tsumeb II. A Unique Mineral Locality. GG Publishing, Grossenseifen, Germany, 328 p. Ex Ron Pellar collection.

1044013) Topaz - Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, USA
Size: 4.2 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm (miniature)
Price: $ 250
ex. Lloyd Tate Collection.

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Beautiful spray of transparent gemmy sherry colored glassy topaz crystals measuring 4.2 x 2.5 x 2.3 cm in size overall. Some are double terminated. The quality is excellent. No damage. Ref: The Mineralogical Record 10:261-278. Ex Lloyd Tate collection.

1044532) Topaz with Fluorite, Albite, Microcline - Shengus, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan
Size: 9.5 x 9.5 x 9.0 cm (cabinet)
Price: $ 1200
ex. Lloyd Tate Collection.

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A 9.5 x 9.5 x 9.0 cm matrix of crystallized white microcline and albite, this studded with gemmy colorless glassy topaz crystals to 2.3 cm in length are green translucent to transparent rounded fluorite crystals to 1.2 cm. Neat combination specimen that is very clean and free of damage. Sits nicely for display. Ex Lloyd Tate collection.

4601918) Wulfenite with Mimetite - Ojuela Mine, Mapimi, Mun. de Mapimi, Durango, Mexico
Size: 8.0 x 6.5 x 3.0 cm (small cabinet)
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Neat and attractive spiky prismatic terminated crystals of wulfenite to 1.1 cm in length are scattered aesthetically over a 8.0 x 6.5 x 3.0 cm matrix with minor green botryoidal crystallized mimetite. The specimen is in excellent condition and very fine. Ref: The Mineralogical Record, 34(5), 1-91.

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