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Fine Mineral Specimens - Gallery VII
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Cavansite on Stilbite - $1500
Wagholi Quarry, Pune Dist., Maharashtra, India
7.1 x 6.0 x 5.7 cm
MMB-531 - Bladed crystals of cavansite to 2 cm rest atop a thick spire of drusy stilbite. Possessing one of the most saturated colors in the mineral kingdom, cavansite less rarely forms in these "wheat sheaf," bladed crystals instead of the radial clusters.
  
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Amazonite with Smoky Quartz - $875
Pike's Peak area, Teller County, Colorado
4.2 x 3.0 x 2.9 cm
–ex Richard Kosnar Collection
MMB-535 - This attractive combination piece features amazonite crystals with deep turquoise color and two smoky quartz crystals showing higher than normal luster for the area. The specimen is unrepaired and is nearly perfect. Also a miniature version of a previously featured masterpiece.
  
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Hematite with Quartz and Rutile - $1750
Cavradi, Val Tavetsch, Canton Graubunden, Switzerland
5.0 x 3.0 x 1.8 cm
–ex Dr. Richard Webster Collection
MMB-534 - Fine, intergrown blades of hematite with mirror-bright luster and bevelled edges rise from a quartz crystal matrix. The specimen is pristine with a small contact on the left which doesn't detract visually at all. Numerous slivers of brownish-red rutile add visual contrast to the striated hematite. Stunning.
  
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Azurite & Malachite - $5250
Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
6.2 x 3.9 x 3.9 cm
- ex Ed David Collection, - ex Irv Brown Collection
MMS-201 - A parallel pair of highly lustrous azurite crystals (to 3.4 cm) looks like two arrowheads embedded in a malachite crystal. The light green areas in the photo are evidence of the chatoyancy (sheen) this specimen displays, quite attractive in person. Two additional azurite crystals intersect the malachite.
  
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Pyromorphite - $2500
Bad Ems, Lahn valley, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
5.8 x 3.3 x 2.5 cm
MMS-200 - This pyromorphite "floater" has lustrous crystals to 1.7 cm which form a cluster that arches gracefully--quite unusual. Classic pyromorphite specimens from this old locality in Germany are highly desired and difficult to secure. This is a prize at this price.
  
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Wulfenite on Descloizite - $2500
Ahumada Mine, Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico
5.4 x 5.0 x 2.4 cm
- ex Irv Brown Collection
MMB-514 - Numerous isolated wulfenite crystals rest on a descloizite matrix upon quartz. The largest of the translucent, caramel-colored crystals measures 1.6 cm and is 7 mm thick. The overall economy of form of this specimen contributes to make this a very fine small-cabinet specimen.
 
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Helvite with Spessartine - $3950
Tongbei, Fujian Prov., China
7.0 x 5.6 x 2.8 cm
MMB-515 - Large helvite crystals to 2.2 cm find the perfect complement in numerous gemmy spessartine garnets, all on a light gray matrix. Difficult to find in such quality, this specimen has an added aesthetic appeal arising from the positioning of the helvite crystals and contrasting textures and colors. A world-class helvite specimen to be sure. Available with a custom lucite base.
  
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MMS-186 - This gemmy morganite crystal, pierced with schorl tourmaline inclusions, measures a sizeable 7.5 cm. Complete all around, the morganite crystal also displays well from the back, the lower portion of which is coated with a network of green-black schorl crystals. From the famous find in the 1960's.
 
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Cerussite - $3250
Tsumeb Mine, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
5.8 x 4.6 x 3.1 cm
- ex Pellman Collection
MMS-208 - A significant water-clear cerussite jewel (2.4 cm) showing V-twinning perches atop a stack of untwinned partly transparent cerussite with a bit of matrix. Classic cerussite crystals from Tsumeb are highly sought after by collectors, especially specimens with superb form and transparency.
  
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Tourmaline with Smoky Quartz - $8500
Stak Nala, Skardu, Baltistan, Pakistan
8.0 x 6.5 x 7.2 cm
MMS-212 - A lustrous and striated tourmaline crystal (7.1 cm, 3.5 cm exposed) with a collar of bladed white cleavelandite towers above a trio of fully terminated smoky quartz crystals. A transparent, partially complete pink apatite crystal balances the right side.
  
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