No.:
M96
Name:
Verdelite With Smoky Quartz & Lepidolite
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Cruzeiro Mine, Doce Valley, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Size:
Size: 6.7 x 4.1 x 3.3 cm (cabinet) / Largest crystal: 6.7 cm
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Description:
Dark-green and well-terminated verdelite crystals up to 3.1 cm in length (the slender one) are nicely intergrown with a coffee-brown, sharp
edged and water-clear smoky quartz crystal which has a height of 6.7 cm. The more dominant and thick-prismatic verdelite crystal has a size of 2.8 cm. At that the ensemble is accompanied by smaller pinkish to silvery lepidolite crystals. The striated verdelite crystals show a very interesting cat's eye effect. Very impressive miniature from the world-famous Cruzeiro Mine, Doce Valley, Sao Jose da Safira, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The piece comes from an older Swiss collection.
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No.:
M95
Name:
Smoky Quartz
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Davib Ost Farm 61, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
Size:
Size: 8.0 x 5.8 x 4.7 cm (cabinet) / Largest crystal: 6.0 cm
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Impressive crystal group of dark coffee-brown crystals of smoky quartz up to 6.0 cm in size, which are nicely intergrown together. The smoky
quartz crystals are very sharp terminated and show a good transparency and coloration. At that the bottom is mostly re-crystallized and one of
the crystals shows a somewhat hoppered structure because of a geothermal etching process. Highly attractive specimen from the famous Davib Ost
Farm 61, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia.
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No.:
M94
Name:
Proustite
Price:
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Find Spot:
Friedrich-August-zu-Randeck Mine, Mulda, Freiberg District, Saxony, Germany
Size:
Size: 3.0 x 3.1 x 1.8 cm (miniature) / Largest crystal: 1.0 cm / Ex. Coll. G. Sansoni with two old labels
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Impressive German classic: Very well-crystallized and -terminated, dark-reddish and lustrous proustite crystals up to 1.0 cm in size - perched on silver-bearing pyrite/argentopyrite. When backlit the piece you can see partially cherry-red areas. Prosutite specimens in such a quality, size and especially crystal size are extremely rare on the market today and are and have always been very sought after. The piece comes from the collection of the very prominent German collector, scientist and author - Gerhard Sansoni, Freiberg with two labels and the corresponding number. The labels show an exact locality and informed us, that the piece was already bartered in 1962. Old German classic from the Friedrich-August-zu-Randeck Mine, Mulda, Freiberg District, Saxony, Germany.
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No.:
M93
Name:
Native Gold On Quartz
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Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Size:
Size: 2.8 x 5.7 x 2.2 cm (small cabinet)
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A snow-white, hackly quartz matrix hosts two spots of butter-yellow, leafy native gold. The piece is a very attractive gold-matrix specimen with a good size from the world-famous deposit Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The piece comes from an older German collection and was found in the 60ies. The gold is not etched out of the quartz. Other smaller spots of gold and a small amount of pyrite are also visible on the piece.
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No.:
M92
Name:
Fluorite
Price:
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Find Spot:
Davib Ost Farm 61, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
Size:
Size: 3.7 x 4.8 x 1.5 cm (miniature) / Largest crystal: 1.1 cm
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Description:
Grass-green fluorite cubooctahedrons up to 1.1 cm in size - nicely intergrown together. The fluorite crystals show very interesting darker phantom zones inside which remember me a bit on the famous "alien eye phantoms". The whole crystal group is a floater with a nicely crystallized back. Thatsway the pice shows a very good transparency. Nice miniature from the famous Davib Ost Farm 61, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia.
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No.:
M91
Name:
Aquamarine
Price:
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Find Spot:
Jacobina, Bahia, Brazil
Size:
Size: 5.6 x 2.0 x 1.4 cm (miniature) / Largest crystal: 5.6 cm
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Highly attractive greenish-blue and nicely geothermal etched aquamarine crystal with a length of 5.6 cm. This crystal has gem quality and shows awesome growth patterns on its crystal faces - similar to the patterns of the Volodarsk heliodor crystals. The crystal is a fine colored gemstone and shows a shape like the Jaqueto style. Only the bottom was the point of contact with the matrix. BUT here is the point: This is a new and probably onetime find from a small farm nearby Jacobina, Bahia, Brazil in 2019. Not much crystals were found in a small pegmatite autcrop.
This here is a very fine miniature with a total weight of 17.8 grams (= 89.0 carat). The piece comes from the collection of a German gemstone collector, which labels come with the piece.
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No.:
M90
Name:
Beryl Var Goshenite on Fluorite With Herderite
Price:
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Find Spot:
Davib Ost Farm 61, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
Size:
Size: 9.1 x 14.4 x 6.6 cm (large cabinet) / Largest crystal: 1.7 cm
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Awesome mineral combination from a smaller recent find in 2018 in the Davib East Farm area, Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia: Grass-green to purple-zoned fluorite crystals up to 1.7 cm in size - with a very interestingly distorted cubooctahedral shape - freestanding on numerous yellowish and nicely grouped muscovite crystals. The fluorite is accompanied by highly lustrous. mostly double terminated and colorless beryl prisms up to 2.0 cm in length. At that on the specimen there are numerous tiny, sparkling and white to colorless herderite crystals visible which are partly covering the muscovite and the fluorite crystals. The piece is a highly interesting and very attractive combo specimen in best condition. No damage!
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No.:
M89
Name:
Beryl Var Heliodor With Fluorite
Price:
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Find Spot:
Davib Ost Farm 61, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
Size:
Size: 7.0 x 6.0 x 4.4 cm (cabinet) / Largest crystal: 2.1 cm
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Description:
Very interesting, thick-prismatic and yellowish-greenish beryl crystals (var. heliodor) up to 2.1 cm in size - intergrown with cuboctahedral shaped fluorite crystals up to 0.7 cm in size and freestanding on white to beige microcline matrix. The beryl crystals are mostly double terminated and show clearly visible zoned terminations. The fluorite crystals are showing an unique colorzoning: The faces are dark purple and inside the crystals are green. At that the fluorite sits on black, lustrous schorl crystals. This very attractive specimen is in best condition and comes from a recent and small find in the last year (2018) in the Davib East Farm area, Karibib District, Erongo Region, Namibia. Due to its aesthetics this mineral-combination is incredibly interesting.
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No.:
M88
Name:
Acanthite
Price:
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Find Spot:
Imiter Mine, Tinghir Province, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco
Size:
Size: 3.4 x 0.8 x 0.8 cm (miniature) / Largest crystal: 3.4 cm
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Awesome acanthite crystal cluster in a pseudo-octahedral, uniaxial parallel/dendritic growth with a total length of the "acanthite tree" of 3.4 cm. The very impressive, sculptural and 3-dimensional miniature with its metallic luster shows an storybook habit for the species. This unique and pristine acanthite specimen was found in the July, 2009 in the famous Imiter Mine, Tinghir Province, Draa-Tafilalet Region, Morocco.
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No.:
M87
Name:
Fluorite On Schorl
Price:
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Find Spot:
Davib Ost Farm 61, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
Size:
Size: 7.1 x 6.2 x 3.9 cm (cabinet) / Largest crystal: 6.2 cm
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Unique fluorite-schorl combination from the famous Davib Ost Farm 61, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia: A grass-green and transparent fluorite cubooctahedron sits right atop the crystal face of a much larger schorl crystal with a diameter of 6.2 cm. The schorl crystal shows a very interesting, fibrous termination and a sharp edged habit. At that between fluorite and schorl there is a smaller, elongated quartz crystal visible. That awesome specimen a completely natural art work I can say! Found in the year 2018.
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No.:
M86
Name:
Aquamarine On Microcline
Price:
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Find Spot:
Davib Ost Farm 61, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia
Size:
Size: 5.0 x 4.5 x 4.4 cm (miniature) / Largest crystal: 2.7 cm
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Sky-blue, sharp terminated and gemmy aquamarine crystal with a length of 2.7 cm freestanding atop a blocky, beige microcline crystal like a chimney on a roof. Excellent and pristine miniature with an impressive "architectural" setup. Found in 2018 in the Davib Ost 61 Farm Area, Karibib, Erongo Region, Namibia.
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