My Collection

Green Fluorite Balls Very attractive green gemmy crystal groupings of fluorite to 1.5 cm across on a crystallized quartz matrix.

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Amethyst Mass: 128 Main crystal restored to matrix A prominent 5x3cm amethyst crystal sitting up from a tan and white matrix with a smaller amethyst across the base. The zoning and imperfections inside the crystal are very clear and the whole piece is incredibly pretty.

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Japan Law Quartz Water clear quartz crystals with a prominent Japan Law twin flanked by sharp, prismatic quartz crystals in very fine condition. Very pretty cabinet display piece.

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Crocoite Needles Three 7cm crocoite crystals host hundreds of super-thin, bright-orange crocoite crystals that radiate in random directions forming a very delicate and aesthetic cluster. The larger host crystals and some of the smaller delicate crystals have a silvery coating of gibbsite.

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Silver Tipped Manganocalcite Branches Pink "cauliflower" branches of manganoan calcite frosted with an unidentified gray metallic coating on the tips. Fluoresces bright red.

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Tri-State Galena Several cubes of Galena arranged in short chains on a yellow-gray matrix. The piece is quite aesthetic even up close. There are tiny Galena cubes and one small Calcite on the top with three Calcite groups on the bottom. This specimen was originally part of the Arbini collection where it was self-collected by Ben Arbini. ...

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Chrysocolla Mass: 72 Beautiful stalactitic crystallized blue chrysocolla specimen 8.5 x 4.0 x 3.0 cm in size. Not absolutely perfect, but still I think in very good condition and shows nicely all around.

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Stibnite Typical of these some micro-chipping present. Needlelike crystals of stibnite to 3.5 cm in height coming neatly off a 12.0 x 8.0 x 5.0 cm matrix.

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Pyrite With Rhodochrosite Mass: 1240 An exceptional large bright lustrous striated pyrite crystal 9.0 cm across set on a matrix with crystallized rhodochrosite and minor sphalerite. Extremely fine old-time example for the species from this mining district. Previous label from Ward's in Rochester New York**. In very good condition. There is ...

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Zoned Fluorite Two large, purple cubes of fluorite nested one on top of the other. Color is zoned from orange-yellow in the middle to purple on the edges. The photo was taken with a backlight to show-off the brilliant colors.

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Realgar on Gray Matrix Mass: 68 Sharply terminated, deep red, lustrous realgar crystals on gray matrix. From a find in late 2005.

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Rhodochrosite with Manganite Raspberry red spikes of rhodochrosite forming a flower and sprinkled with manganite.

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Fluorite Acquired from mineralauctions.com. A very pretty cube that shows phantom zoning with purple (blue in sunlight) transitioning to colorless, with flashes of orange on the bottom (from iron inclusions). The front of the piece features a smaller cubic crystal and upon close inspection you can see that the majority of the front face is ...

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Fluorite, Calcite Mass: 444 Glassy mostly gemmy deep green cubic crystals of fluorite to 3.8 cm on edge forming a 9.5 x 6.5 x 6.0 cm grouping. Scattered with crystallized calcite, quite attractive. In very good condition with only minimal micro-chipping present. Displays nicely on its own.

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Baryte Roses Thin bladed crystals of barite forming rosettes shaped groupings to 3.0 cm across over this 11.0 x 10.0 x 4.0 cm matrix. In very good condition. This is one of my all time favorite barytes. It was not expensive, but it photographs so well and it looks incredible on display in my cabinet.

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Gemmy Blue Baryte Blades Pale blue, sharp, gemmy baryte blades standing tall from a limonite matrix.

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Calcite with Boulangerite 4 balls of bladed calcite included with Boulangerite which gives them a dark gray, metallic color.

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Pyromorphite On Malachite Mass: 86 Sharp, yellow-green prismatic pyromorphite crystals on a carpet of dark green malachite. The back side of the specimen is botryoidal shape and covered almost entirely by tiny pyromorphites. This piece was from the October 2010 "Pizza Pocket" find collected by Paul Melville and David Rosewall (original label ...

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Gersdorffite Excellent semi-lustrous octahedral crystals of metallic gersdorffite to 1.3 cm across standing up nicely from a matrix. In very fine condition and shows nicely all around. Excellent example for this mineral.

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Wulfenite A beautiful cluster of lustrous orange red tabular wulfenite crystals. In outstanding condition for one of these, exceptional example collected between 2009 and 2013. The quality is extremely high.

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Copper Crystallized small cabinet sized native copper specimen measuring 10.5 x 4.5 x 6 cm in size overall. Two very small marks on showing, these visible on the right side of the close up photo, otherwise perfect.

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Mesolite with Apophyllite Very aesthetic and pretty sprays of white radiating mesolite crystals set on matrix with green apophyllite. Measures 15.0 x 13.0 x 9.0 cm. Ex Jordi Povill collection.

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Hematite, Rutile Beautiful cluster of radiating rutile crystals with minor hematite. Measures 4.5 x 2.5 x 0.8 cm.

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Wulfenite Glassy absolute gem quality beautiful orange red crystals of wulfenite, the prominent one 1.0 cm across, set on matrix. Minimal chipping present to some of the smaller crystals on the matrix, the prominent crystal in excellent condition. Measures 3.0 x 2.0 x 1.5 cm. Shows all around.

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Wavellite Mass: 76 Blue wavellite balls on matrix. The edges of some of the wavellite balls are broken revealing two generations of growth from green to blue.

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Calcite Mass: 166 Permanently glued to an acrylic base for display. Sparkly, deep orange, calcite crystals, mostly less than 1mm in length, forming rosettes arranged attractively on a basalt matrix.

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