Amethyst on Quartz

Amethyst on Quartz, Jackson Crossroads, Wilkes Co., Georgia. 5″ tall.

Morganite with Kunzite on Quartz and Clevelandite

Morganite with Kunzite on Quartz and Clevelandite, Mawi, Laghman Prov., Afghanistan. 8″ wide. “11″

Vanadinite - NEW FIND

ACF Mine, Mibladen, Midelt, Morocco

76mm x 68mm x 25mm

Cluster of big, lustrous and sharply formed crystals of vanadinite from new find. Color is brown/reddish. Crystal size up to 1.5 cm. From new find in September 2011. Specimen mounted on acrylic base.

$260

Data last checked on 28th Dec 2012 - specimen may no longer be available

From: Spirifer Minerals

Ref: 7041

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Veszelyite (huge crystal)

Black Pine Mine, Phillipsburg, Montana

19mm x 14mm x 12mm

I was stunned when this turned up in an old collection. My first thought was that this had to be an azurite until I looked closer. The crystal is HUGE for the species, a compound crystal that is fat and thick and nearly 2 cm across. It is pristine and undamaged. I have not cleaned it because I believe the powdery coating is another mineral species, phillipsburgite, and teh slight contrast is visually appealing. This is a major, major crystal for the locality and a large thumbnail of impact and significance, good for any top rarities or thumbnail collection.

$2500

Data last checked on 28th Sep 2012 - specimen may no longer be available

From: The Arkenstone

Ref: DEN12-26

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Azurite / Poteryaevskoe Mine

Azurite / Poteryaevskoe Mine, Western-Siberian Region, Russia...What would you say? A crystalline blue rose?

Locality: Poteryaevskoe Mine, Rubtsovskoe Cu-Zn-Pb deposit, Rudnyi Altai, Altaiskii Krai, Western-Siberian Region, Russia

1,7cm x 1,7cm
AZURITE - floater

Diamond from africa for $1500

Africa

10mm x 10mm x 5mm

Glassy partly gemmy floater undamaged octahedral loose diamond crystal measuring 1.0 x 1.0 x 0.5 cm. Complete all around. Ex Sal Avella collection.

$1500

Data last checked on 8th Nov 2012 - specimen may no longer be available

From: Dan Weinrich

Ref: 1321130

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Chalcedony snowy white botryoidal covered by drusy Quartz crystals

Chalcedony snowy white botryoidal covered by drusy Quartz crystals / Minas Gerais, Brazil

Lapis Lazuli (hand polished)

Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan

55mm x 35mm x 30mm

This royal blue Lapis sculpture has intense, fabulous color. (an even richer blue in person) It has an excellent polish (done in Hong Kong, not in Afganistan), and the carving itself resembles a spinnaker sail. It weighs 95.9 grams. It has just enough gold pyrite, and a tiny bit of white marble to accentuate the intense blue that only comes from the best Lapis. I pulled a handful of the best pieces from a large purchase of hundreds that I bought three years ago (since then the quality has been terrible). It exhibits the right combination of color, polish and shape. Set it on a shelf, or on your desk and enjoy its natural beauty. This is the same grade that cabs are cut from and set in gold rings. 

$115

Data last checked on 7th Jun 2012 - specimen may no longer be available

From: The Crystal Circle

Ref: LAPIS3

Wire Gold on Quartz

Precious miniature. An elongated wire growth, practically cylindrical, on a matrix of white Quartz. Wire forms are very rare with Gold and this find from Venezuela was one of the main novelties at Tucson 2007.

Santa Elena, La Gran Sabana, Bolívar  Venezuela (07/2006)

Specimen size: 1.7 × 1.1 × 0.7 cm = 0.7” × 0.4” × 0.3”

Diamond (1.03 carat yellow-gray dodecahedral crystal) from Venetia Mine, Limpopo Province, South Africa.

Minerals Species: Diamond (1.03 carat yellow-gray dodecahedral crystal).
Location of mineral deposit: Venetia Mine, Limpopo Province, South Africa.
Description: Sparkling natural diamond crystal with pale yellow-grray color and dodecahedral crystal form with secondary faces. This diamond has excellent transparency and lustrous faces giving it superb natural sparkle. Internally has one subsurface inclusion. No damage.
Overall size of mineral specimen: 5.5x5x4 mm.
Size of individual crystals: 5.5 mm.
Price: $1135 net (plus shipping).

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Beryl, Quartz

Locality: Brumado, Bahia, Brazil

Size: small cabinet, 7 x 4.5 x 4 cm

Emerald on Quartz

This is quite simply the best matrix Brazil emerald known, and has been featured on the back cover of Le Regne Minerale in 1998 and in a photo in the Min Record as well. It GLOWS with color. Steve has owned this since the 90s. The pocket was found in 1997 and it was sold to noted french collector Gilles Emmringer. He had one of the best collections of fine quality brazilian gem crystals at the time. Shortly thereafter it was exchanged to Steve Smale. Since its deaccession to Smale, Steve has owned it as one of his marquis gem beryl specimens, well-known from being shown at Tucson and at his home You simply cannot find an equivalent emerald from Colombia or Nigeria , as this rich matrix look remains unique as well. In person, the color is a very glassy and rich hue of green that gem people tell me has a "hint of blue" in it. the result is a very intense color that stands out in brightness form the rather more common , and still expensive, Colombian material. There is simply not another matrix emerald like this, to our knowledge, anywhere on the planet. The piece is large, at 7 x 4.5 x 4 cm overall. The crystal is also of good size at 3.5 cm tall, 2 cm wide, and 1.5 cm thick. It is , again, extremely glassy and bright. the extra color pizzazz contributed by all the small crystals on the side of the central quartz contributes a lot of visual impact and helps to "centre" the eye on the middle. EVEN IF THIS WERE COLOMBIAN , it would fetch a very high price for the aesthetics and color brilliance of the large emerald. The fact that it comes from Brazil, from a mmuch rarer and smaller discovery that seems to have been a on-time occurrence, makes this far more significant than any comparably sized Colombian piece could be, however. I consider myself fortunate that we were able to make an exchange with which we both feel happy (he still has one of the best Colombian matrix emeralds!), to acquire this specimen. It was not for sale, only for trade, in other words. Comes with custom lucite base for easy display.

Quartz with Realgar, Orpiment and Sphalerite / Paloma Mine, Peru