Titanite v. Sphene
stock #8DK-004
Capelinha
Minas Gerais,
Brazil
7.2 x 6.2 x 4.4CM (cabinet)
price: $900
Outstanding Sphene cluster that is dominated by a perfect 3.2 CM main crystal. From the earlier Capelinha finds. The color is a rich yellow green and the luster is glassy. All of the crystals on this piece have a surface dusting of tiny diopside crystals. With any backlighting the Sphene really glows. All the major crystals are complete, undamaged by eye. With 10x magnification some minor crystals show damage and there are micro chips, clearly not an issue for display, this is an outstanding example from finds made almost 20 years ago.
SOLD Tourmaline v. Liddicoatite
stock #SOLD 8DK-069
West of Ogbomosho, Ibadan area
Oyo State,
Nigeria
8.5 x 3.6 CM (cabinet)
price: $0
A very large and impressive deep red Liddicoatite from finds made over 20 years ago in Nigeria. Deep red with a purplish cast, this crystal has glassy faces, and is eyecatching especially in good light. This location briefly produced a small number of "eluvial" gem crystals from a soft, decomposing matrix. This was not the same as alluvial material that has been transported in a stream and then rounded on the crystal edges, but is a type of weathering in place. This example has some edges that show rounding and roughness, but the crystal is complete, very well striated and has wonderful deep color. These are impossible to find on the market today and this is a very good example.
Amethyst
stock #13.1-060
Irai, Alto Urugual region
Rio Grande do Sul, South Region,
Brazil
8.1 x 6.5 CM (cabinet)
price: $250
Simply a very esthetic and unusually well formed piece. The "flower" is 7 cm in diameter and the individual "petals" reach 3.8 CM. The color is a gradation from light to dark purple and the whole sits neatly on a quartz matrix. Excellent condition and showy. Irai has been a very prolific location so good specimens can still be found for a reasonable sum. This is well above average for quality and a very good value.
Rose Quartz doubly terminated
stock #8 DK-079
Pitorra Claim, Laranjeiras, Galileia, Doce Valley
Rio Grande do Sul, South Region,
Brazil
7.8 x 3.5 CM (cabinet)
price: $3300
A killer small cabinet of rose quartz in a well presented spray. This large (5.9 CM) "bowtie" sits perfectly on a quartz crystal shard, and is in excellent condition with no damage. Rose quartz crystals are quite rare, only known of any size from a handful of locations, and usually not very esthetic. This is a great exception perfect as a centerpiece of a quartz suite or in any collection of good, esthetic minerals.
A really different, esthetic and quite remarkable specimen from the fantastic mine of Shangbao. This piece is a cluster of long, slender doubly terminated quartz arranged like a picket fence. This is decorated by pearly dolomite crystals and hosts a single glassy gem-like fluorite crystal. The Fluorite is a complex cubo octahedron and has a good purple phantom inside. The color of the Fluorite also changes depending on the type of light it is displayed in. In great condition, this specimen is quite unlike any other, and a fine addition to a fluorite suite or
