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Small cabinet GALLERY

(Last update 03/29/2008)

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Tourmaline (MSC01) - Minas Gerais, Brazil - 1.0 oz., 1 3/4 in. - (SOLD)

Complex xl. cluster of green Tourmaline

Hematite (MSC07) - Isle of Elba, Italy - 5.2 oz., 2 1/2 in. - $25

Irridescent platy xls. - very old specimen

Pyrite, Sphalerite (MSC08) - Huaron, Peru - 4.2 oz., 2 in. - $25

Excellent striated Pyrite cubic xls. with small black and "ruby" Sphalerites

Malachite (MSC09) - Zaire, Africa - 1.4 oz., 1 3/4 in. - $25

Micro xls. of Malachite coating flat platy structures on botryoidal pink matrix - good "loupe" specimen

Pyrrhotite (MSC10) - Santa Eulalia, Chihuahua - 3.0 oz., 1 3/4 in. - $35

Bronze, well-formed xl. cluster (weakly magnetic)

Azurite-coated Selenite (MSC11) - Pinal Co., Arizona - 5.0 oz., 2 1/2 in. - $30

Needle-like Selenite xls. colored by royal blue Azurite in vugs and patches

Tetrahedrite, Quartz (MSC12) - Animon Mine, Peru - 4.6 oz., 2 3/8 in. - $55

Very large single Tetrahedrite xl. (~1 1/2 in.) imbedded in Pyrite matrix with other Tetrahedrite and Quartz xls.

Galena, Quartz, Pyrite (MSC13) - Animon Mine, Peru - 5.2 oz., 2 1/2 in. - $25

Irridescent blue-gold microcrystalline coating and quartz xls. on Galena cubes - worthy of loupe examination!

Zircon (MSC17) - S. Wazirastan, Pakistan - 2 oz., 2 in. - $65 (SOLD)

Very well-formed red-orange Zircon xl. (1/2+ in.)

Turquois (MSC18) - Old Bishop Mine, Virginia - 3.6 oz., 3 in. - (SOLD)

Great seam of rare turquoise Turquoise xls.

Axinite (MSC19) - Dalnegorsk, Russia - 4.6 oz., 2 3/4 in. - $45

Very sharp reddish brown transparent xls. to 1/2 in.

STAUR01 - Staurolite xls. - Kola Penninsula, Russia - 3 1/2 oz., 3 in. - $20

Staurolite xls. which have been coaxed out of their matrix using an abrasive airgun

VANAD01 - Vanadinite on Barite - Mibladen, Morocco - 2 oz., 2 in. - (SOLD)

Sharp, well-formed Vanadinite xls. on Barite blades

CARR01 - Carrollite xls. - Kamoya Mine, Katanga District, Zaire, Africa - 4 12 oz., 2 in. - $15

Small Silvery well-formed rarity

AMAZON01 - Amazonite - Crystal Peak, Teller County, Colorado - 5 oz., 3 in. - $20 (SOLD)

Solid Amazonite of simply unbelievable color....

Cerussite (MSC20) - Tsumeb, Namibia, Africa - 5.2 oz., 2 1/4 in. - $1500

Virtually all transparent, internally clean, golden Cerussite with excellent crystal faces

TORB02 - Torbernite - Zaire, Africa - 1 oz., 2 X 1 1/2 X 1/2 in. - $65

Very well-formed rare grass-green Torbernite crystals on matrix

STAUR06 - Staurolite crystals in Mica schist - Windham, Maine - 3 oz., 2 3/4 X 1 3/4 X 1 in. - $17

Nice red-brown crystal with a tiny twin in Mica schist

GAL01 - Galena, Dolomite - Sweetwater Mine, Reynolds County, Missouri - 5 1/2 oz., 2 X 2 X 1 1/2 in. - $45

Exceptional 1/2 in. Octahedral twinned Galena crystal "parents" on matrix, plus three nicely-formed "kids"

SPYR01 - Pyrite on matrix - Navajun Mine, La Rioja, Spain - 3 1/2 oz., 2 X 1 3/4 X 1 1/2 in. - $25

Mirror-like faces on a 3/4 in.+ Pyrite crystal

Items pictured above which are also on sale in my eBay store have an eBay item # following the price; you can go to my eBay store by clicking here.  If you are considering a purchase of any of the specimens not listed in eBay, please send me an email with any questions; additional images may be available upon request. 

 

Jim Simpson (tigerowner@gmail.com)

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