Wulfenite on Duftite
stock #17.1-336
Tsumeb
Otjikoto Region,
Namibia
3.2 x 2.2 x 2.1 CM (thumbnail)
price: $330
Pre Holiday 2017
A superb, sharp yellow Wulfenite crystal perched on a delicate matrix of bright green Duftite balls and related minerals. Great combination with wonderful color and in exceptional condition. With 20 x magnification I can just see one very microscopic bruise point that is impossible to find otherwise. Choice display specimen that has fine form and color contrast.
Apatite (Fluorapatite) with Byssolite inclusions
stock #17.1-683
Ganadao (Gandahab) Mohmand Agency
FATA Federally Administered Tribal Areas,
Pakistan
4 x 2.7 x 1.2 CM (miniature)
price: $600
Pre Holiday 2017
A complete, sharp transparent alpine style Apatite prism loaded with Byssolite needles that give the transparent colorless crystal a deep green hue. Very similar in form and look to Austrian and other European cleft Apatite. There is no damage and the whole is a floater with no point of attachment. Some of the edges show very complex multi faced crystallization and a few conjoined smaller crystals.
Quartz (Herkimer Diamond- Black stem scepter)
stock #17.1-684
Treasure Mountain, Little Falls, Herkimer County
New York,
United States
3.6 x 1.8 x 1.3 (small miniature/ large thumbnail (toenail))
price: $340
Pre Holiday 2017
A Northeastern US mineral legend, the black stemmed scepters of Herkimer are quite rare and despite hundreds of diggers toiling in the hard Dolomite only a few are found every few years. From a recent exceptional pocket this is a perfect example with no damage (extra rare) and doubly terminated (crudely) which is almost unheard of. The black stem is partly deep smoky brown with a few tiny areas of transparency. The top is sharp and glassy and also has dark inclusions some of which are brightly fluorescent. A fine small example of this most uncommon of Herkimer Diamond Quartz!
