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S8184 - Opal - $375 SOLD
Queretaro, Mexico
Overall Size: 2.3 x 1.7 cm
Easy to see why these are called fire opal! Unreal jelly like orange and red color, not only are they
flaming on your monitor but equally intense in person! This nicely shaped piece has smooth glassy
faces revealing the inner transparency just beneath the surface for a warm glow that rarely occurs
in the mineral kingdom. Always tough to find a quality opal which catches the eye. Overall size is
2.3 x 1.7 cm.
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S8185 - Pyromorphite - $650 SOLD
Sherman Mine, Kellogg, Idaho
Overall Size: 11 x 6 cm
Splendid pyro for the cabinet! Richly coated hexagonal grass-green crystals blanket over a brown
matrix of 4 inches! Not to be confused with the Bunker Hill mine, specimens from the Sherman mine
are much older as production ceased long ago with larger pieces like the one pictured here
remaining very much a collector item! American material of such magnitude is hard to obtain
especially from one of the most celebrated U.S. localities. It has the color and size to be considered
a significant pyromorphite. In good condition.
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S8186 - Opal - $365
Queretaro, Mexico
Overall Size: 2.6 x 1.8 cm
Easy to see why these are called fire opal! Unreal jelly like orange and red color, not only are they
flaming on your monitor but equally intense in person! This nicely shaped piece has smooth glassy
faces revealing the inner transparency just beneath the surface for a warm glow that rarely occurs
in the mineral kingdom. Always tough to find a quality opal which catches the eye. Overall size is
2.6 x 1.8 cm.
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S8187 - Fluorite with Dolomite - $200 SOLD
Elmwood Mine, Smith County, Tennessee
Overall Size: 11 x 8.5 cm
Nice large colorful display piece! All well developed transparent to translucent deep rich purple cubic
crystals up to 3.5 cm in size have grown on a contrasting dolomite matrix of 11 x 8.5 cm in overall
size. A real sharp looking Elmwood fluorite, nothing can compare to the distinctive visual impact
from this now closed producer of fine mineral specimens!
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S8188 - Opal - $350
Queretaro, Mexico
Overall Size: 2.4 x 1.6 cm
Easy to see why these are called fire opal! Unreal jelly like orange and red color, not only are they
flaming on your monitor but equally intense in person! This nicely shaped piece has smooth glassy
faces revealing the inner transparency just beneath the surface for a warm glow that rarely occurs
in the mineral kingdom. Always tough to find a quality opal which catches the eye. Overall size is
2.4 x 1.6 cm.
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S8189 - Opal - $350
Queretaro, Mexico
Overall Size: 2.2 x 1.5 cm
Easy to see why these are called fire opal! Unreal jelly like orange and red color, not only are they
flaming on your monitor but equally intense in person! This nicely shaped piece has smooth glassy
faces revealing the inner transparency just beneath the surface for a warm glow that rarely occurs
in the mineral kingdom. Always tough to find a quality opal which catches the eye. Overall size is
2.2 x 1.5 cm.
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S8190 - Babingtonite with Quartz - $375
Lane Quarry, Westfield, Massachusetts
Overall Size: 7.1 x 4.7 cm
A respectable piece of multifaced jet-black crystals reaching 1.5 cm in length standing on sparkling
quartz matrix of 7.1 x 4.7 cm in size, harder and harder to find since the area has been closed to
collecting for sometime. This North American babingtonite is the kind of specimen that surely took
persistent effort to field collect. Undamaged example of quality.
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S8191 - Calcite - $250
Thomasville Quarry, York County, Pennsylvania
Overall Size: 11 x 8.8 x 6.5 cm
Spectacular quality! These calcites have great saturated yellow color that few worldwide localities
can rival, in addition to having such large crystals, the main xtl measures 11 x 8.8 x 6.5 cm in overall
size. Some matrix is clinging to the side as a welcome addition, all in all it's ideal for display!
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S8192 - Quartz with Sphalerite - $250
Huanzala Mine, Dos de Mayo Province, Peru
Overall Size: 9.1 x 8 cm
Transparent tapered colorless quartz crystals up to 5 cm long stick out of bright black sphalerites
with stacked pyramidal inset striations forming a commonly seen combo that goes well together,
from an earlier discovery which is recycling for the first time. Measures: 9.1 x 8 cm in size.
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S8193 - Vanadinite with Barite - $225 SOLD
Acif Mine, Anti Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Overall Size: 4.5 x 4 cm
Colorful arrangement of razor sharp saturated red crystals resting over blades of whitish barite of 4.5
x 4 cm in overall size. What a piece for the miniature suite, one of the most attractive minerals
available, plus it's unparalleled from Morocco. High level of quality, a really pretty association!
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S8194 - Zinkenite - $300
San Jose Mine, Oruro District, Cercado Province, Bolivia
Overall Size: 6.7 x 3.5 cm
Felted mass of long slender metallic gray crystals reaching the species near maximum size of 4 cm
in length on matrix of 6.7 x 3.5 cm in overall size. From the mining region known for producing
wonderful examples of this lead antimony sulfide, museum level rarity.
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S8195 - Orpiment - $165 SOLD
Elbrusskiy Mine, North Caucasus, Russia
Overall Size: 6.8 x 5.5 cm
Russian orpiments absolutely pour with color! Spherical clusters bunch together on matrix which
measures 6.8 x 5.5 cm in overall size, sparkles when rotated in hand, definitely not an ugly rock.
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