A small slab section of Rhodochrosite stalactite with good red color and complete all around. This shows the radiating crystal structure or flower-like form and not the usual "bullseye". Looks fine on both sides, this is from the famed Capillitas (Argentina) which is the only place in the world where such things are found.
Selenite - bladed crystals (fluorescent)
stock #17.1-050
Salinas de Otuma, Otuma Village, Paracas, Pisco, Pisco Province
Ica,
Peru
6.1 x 6.1 x 4.1 CM (cabinet)
price: $150
Spring 23
Gemmy orange blades of Selenite from the find almost 20 years ago at Salinas de Otuma. The condition is excellent and the form is an unusual, flower-like cluster. The edges of each crystal is incredibly thin and almost colorless while the center of the crystal blades is a rich orange. These have become uncommon on the market but they remain attractive and still affordable.
Cobaltite - classic Swedish
stock #17.1-713
Hakansboda, Lindesberg
Vestland,
Sweden
3.4 x 2.6 x 2.5 CM (small miniature/ large thumbnail (toenail))
price: $130
Spring 23
A sharp metallic crystal of well-formed Cobaltite sits well-exposed on a Sulfide matrix. Ex Glenn Petrie collection, in excellent condition and with bright luster. Usually many of these crystals are quite damaged, this is in excellent condition and is over 7 MM across.
Spinel
stock #21.1-061
Parker Mine, Laurentides
Quebec,
Canada
3.3 x 2.8 x 1.7 CM (thumbnail)
price: $110
Spring 23
Anatase - classic location and form
stock #21.1-530
Hardanngervidda, West, Odda, Ullensvang
Vestland,
Norway
1.4 x .6 x ..7 CM (thumbnail)
price: $180
Spring 23
A very sharp dark Anatase crystal with a bluish color from the classic Norwegian locality of Hardangervidda. In excellent condition and with fine luster on many of the faces. The area that holds these is quite vast but now nearly all of the well-known spots are in a National Park and no collecting has been done for many years. Although this area had some active mines long ago, the Anatase was only found in the occasional Alpine cleft and not in general mining. These crystals have been prized for well over 150 years and are in all great museums.
Fluorite on Quartz
stock #22.1-548
Aouli. Midelt, Khenifra Province
Draa-Tafilalet Region,
Morocco
4.8 x 3.1 x 3 CM (miniature)
price: $160
Spring 23
Bright yellow Fluorites on contrasting reddish druzy Quartz. The main Fluorite is elongated and gem clear; a very glassy contrast to the matrix. Close exam shows many odd inclusions in the crystals, but overall this a simply a cute, colorful and affordable Fluorite.
Opal - vintage USA specimen
stock #0949-JM-3447
Waterville, Douglass County
Washington,
United States
7.3 x 6.3 x 4.6 CM (cabinet)
price: $160
Spring 23
A nearly pure mass of waxy green Opal ex AE Foote, a roughly 1890 vintage specimen. The locality listed at that time was Waterville, the capital of Douglass County in Washington. We can find no later examples of this Opal anyplace on line, though Mindat does list a deposit at a dam site and there is a lake named Opal Lake. Yet nothing looks even remotely like this specimen. So this seems to be another lost location, perhaps found in a single spot long ago. The Opal is lustrous, good dense jelly that is vividly fluorescent and has some color variation but no fire. Ex John H. Marshall collection with Foote Label attached.
Fluorite
stock #13.1-149
Gordonsville Mine, Carthage, Smith County
Tennessee,
United States
5.2 x 4 x 3.3 CM (small cabinet/ large miniature)
price: $150
Fall 22
Nice Gordonsville Mine (Elmwood) Fluorite. Zoned outer edges and a nice clear corner cap over growth on the main cube. These have become less available and more expensive in the past few years though they were common some time ago. These are classics already and the corner overgrowth on this one is textbook perfect.
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