Silver (arborescent, fine crystallized)
stock #A7-064-(556)
Kearsarge Lode, Houghton County
Michigan,
United States
4.8 x 1.6 CM (miniature)
price: $900
Spring 2013
A very delicate and elegantly crystallized silver with exceptional for for the locality. From the Kearsarge lode this is not typical at all and is a remarkably well prepped and presented tree of fine spinel law crystals and feathery branches. ex Larry White collection, a fine old time piece!
Heulandite on botryoidal Quartz
stock #9.1-253D(stk)
Jalgaon District
Maharashtra,
India
9.8 x 7.2 CM (cabinet)
price: $550
Spring 2013
Ex. Doug Ervin collection, Ex Collector's Edge. The mineral market is flooded with average quality trap-rock specimens, so we avoid most Indian Zeolites unless they are especially good. This one is one of those few! Perfect, undamaged, sharp, well-composed and a great example of the specie. Far better in person the esthetics are top notch.
Scorodite (with Beudantite?)
stock #AX-10-595
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi
Durango,
Mexico
4.7 x 3.6 CM (miniature)
price: $285
Spring 2013
A nice sized vug of rich gemmy blue Scorodites in a hard (not crumbly!) matrix. Micro brownish spheres are noted that are reputed to be Beudantites but look much like Carminites to me, either way, a nice addition. In excellent condition, with magnification it is possible to see through the very clear blue crystals to the brown matrix below! A Mexican classic, these are rare on the market and this is a good example.
A fine alpine cleft Pink Fluorite that is NOT Swiss or French but a much rarer Italian Piedmont piece! With magnification this is especially striking, the octahedrons are glassy, sharp and show complexities, they are set in a vug lined with spiky Clinozoisites and glassy rhomb form Adularia. All with a sprinkle of bright green Clinoclore (Amesite?). Very rare to see any of these for sale this is an especially nice older specimen of pre 1960 vintage. Ex Bill Hlaydsz collection.
Adamite (spherical aggregate)
stock #10.1-178
Mina Ojuela, Mapimi
Durango,
Mexico
4.4 x 4.4 CM (miniature)
price: $950
Spring 2013
Mina Ojuela has produced loads of nice Adamites, (it is the world's best locality for the mineral) but really great ones are very uncommon and prized. This one is top quality. The most desirable form of Adamite is the Spherical radiating pinwheel of brilliant lemon-green color from Mina Ojuela. This is a impressive, fine specimen with a lustrous damage-free sphere. Great esthetics and color, this had been in the collection of Ernie Schlichter. A very good value for this quality!
Elbaite (fine intergrown crystals)
stock #A7-262-(304)
Golconda Pegmatite district, Governador Valadares, Doce Valley
Minas Gerais,
Brazil
4.8 x 1.1 CM (miniature)
price: $1150
Spring 2013
A really clean, simple, elegant and eye catching miniature gem crystal! From the Larry White collection, this is a little more gemmy than the photos show. There is one repair on this that is not easily seen. Older material unlike anything found recently, this has bright luster and super esthetics.
A really fine, rare Erongo specimen with textbook spinel twin form and great esthetics! Better in person by far, this piece is nicely composed with a divergent group of Schorl Tourmaline that host and penetrate into the Fluorites. The Fluorites are spinel twinned and show delicate zoning. These are stacked like a shish-kabob on the Schorl. It is easy to see the dark Tourmalines inside the Fluorite. Undamaged and displays great, an excellent piece for the Fluorite cabinet or in an Erongo suite.
Cuprite coated by Malachite
stock #AX-11-226
Onganja Mine, Windhoek District
Khomas Region,
Namibia
4 X 3 CM (miniature)
price: $1450
Spring 2013
An important classic, the find of these fantastic Cuprites was made 45 years ago, there have been none since. These are now very rare on the market and this one is in fine condition. On the base and in one corner the malachite coating did not form and the bright red Cuprite is clearly seen. Some chipping is present on backside and underneath but the display side is clean and undamaged. Great color and textbook sharp form are what sets the best old Onjanga Cuprites apart.
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