Mimetite
stock #24.1-457
Tsumeb
Otjikoto Region,
Namibia
2.6 x .8 x .7 CM (thumbnail)
price: $90
A gem clear yellow Mimetite thumbnail with elongated habit. From the golden age at Tsumeb, the main crystal is 2.5 CM tall. In good condition overall however the termination has a tiny rough contact point. Displays well and has great luster, the tip contact keeps this a very inexpensive piece so if you are not a perfectionist, a great value.
Elbaite - Etched scepter crystal
stock #24.1-243-(DK)
Barra do Salinas Mining District, Coronel Murta
Minas Gerais,
Brazil
3.1 x 1.6 x 1.4 (thumbnail)
price: $2990
A very sharp, gem clear and vivid color scepter Tourmaline of the type that made Barra do Salinas famous. This is an older piece and in person far more gemmy and bright than most that are on the market today. It is certainly competition grade and stands out from most others of this material. The stem is well-etched and is also transparent seen through the complex striations. Super esthetic with a bright green cap that contrasts beautifully with the white, pink and red stem. This is still small enough to be a thumbnail but just barely. It is complete, undamaged, doubly terminated and has a display impact much bigger than the small size.
Adamite- bi color crystals
stock #AX-10-831
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi
Durango,
Mexico
3.3 x 2.6 x 1.7 CM (thumbnail)
price: $140
Bundles of bi-color Adamite crystals on Gossan matrix. a choice thumbnail in fine condition. The Adamites from Mina Ojuela are one of the mineral world’s best values for quality and still reasonable cost. A nice example with a pale pink to red color contrasting with a yellow green hue.
Pyromorphite on Quartz
stock #24.1-431
Mercur Mine, Bad Ems, Nassau
Rhineland-Palatinate,
Germany
3.4 x 2.3 x 1.7 CM (thumbnail)
price: $200
A choice, bright green thumbnail specimen from this famed, classic locality. The condition is excellent, no damage to note and the Pyro crystals are clustered in sheaf-like masses. The habit is unusual for a Bad Ems Pyromorphite, the contrast with the matrix makes it stand out well.
Barite - unusual locality
stock #24.1-192
Tses Baryte Prospect, Brukkaros Complex, Berseba Townlands Farm 426, Ber
Il Karas Region,
Namibia
2.7 x .8 x .6 CM (thumbnail)
price: $140
Single crystal of Barite (Baryte) from an unusual locality the Tses Propect in the Il Karas of Namibia. This shows a distinct golden to orange color transition. Nice thumbnail that is in fine condition and perfectly terminated. This seems to have been a one time find. these are more or less impossible to find except from older collections.
A pair of terminated transparent Tourmalines from vintage 1980 finds at Coronel Murta (Minas Gerais, Brazil). This Elbaite is also quite dichroic and best appreciated when rotated in front of a polarized light like a computer screen. The color ranges from almost colorless blue hue to a very dark green. In very good condition overall, this is nearly all facet grade clear and has fine well-developed striations. 17.5 grams and quite different from more recent Brazilian Tourmalines. This will fit at an angle in a perky box but not a 1 inch cube.
Lazurite crystal on Marble
stock #24.1-191
Sar-e Sang, Kuran wa Munjan District
Badakshan,
Afghanistan
3.3 x 2.7 x 2.6 CM (thumbnail)
price: $110
A well-exposed and sharp crystal of Lazurite on contrasting white Marble matrix. It is hard to find such a good thumbnail of Lazurite, the crystals tend to be much too large. In fine condition, a choice classic specimen.
SOLD Anglesite - gemmy crystal
stock #SOLD 24.1-187
Touissit, Touissit-Bou Beker Dist., Jerada Province
Oriental Region,
Morocco
3.1 x 2.6 x 2.1 CM (thumbnail)
price: $0
Bright yellow striated main crystal of Anglesite on a thin matrix of other Anglesites and Galena. A very nice thumbnail from the famed and now classic Touissit Mines of Morocco. The other Anglesites are incomplete and have noticeable edge damage, the main crystal is in better shape overall, the termination is very sharp, but is rough on the lower end. Not for perfectionists but still choice, affordable and a very nice gem grade crystal with fine color and luster.
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