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EE76D2: Thick, really thick, this crystal does not look anything like the other descloizites I have seen. I really like the bulk of it as well as its strange architecture.
Berg Aukas, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region Namibia
Specimen size: 5.2 × 2.5 × 1.5 cm = 2.0 × 1.0 × 0.6
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EK86V1: Aggregate of very flattened dipyramidal crystals of dark brown, almost black color, with a second generation of smaller reddish crystals.
Berg Aukas, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region Namibia (1970-1980)
Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.8 × 3.3 cm = 2.1 × 1.9 × 1.3
Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 0.9 × 0.6
Former collection of Uwe Niemeyer
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TR46G3: Such crystallization is very uncommon. Crystals are orthorhombic bipyramids of very well-shaped faces and edges, with a beautiful bright brown color. With a wide "pedigree" as its five labels show. We'll send these labels to the buyer of the specimen.
Olifantsfontein Mine, Olifantsfontein, Grootfontein Namibia
Specimen size: 4 × 3.4 × 2.4 cm = 1.6 × 1.3 × 0.9
Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.2 × 0.2
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EZ96X0: Radial groups of very elongated small prismatic, acicular, crystals that have very well defined faces and edges, neatly visible with a lens. The crystals, colorless and very bright, are on a rocky matrix.
Berg Aukas, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region Namibia
Specimen size: 7.3 × 4 × 1.9 cm = 2.9 × 1.6 × 0.7
Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.1 cm = 0.1 × 0.0
Intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV
Former collection of Claus Hedegaard. Number 12875
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Lepidolite with Clevelandite |
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TL96L5: Testaceous group of well defined prismatic Lepidolite crystals. Excellent terminations and nice mauve color. Associated with laminar Albite crystals and minor Fluorapatite (very fluorescent) in the matrix.
Otjua, Karibib, Erongo Namibia
Specimen size: 13.3 × 9.4 × 5.6 cm = 5.2 × 3.7 × 2.2
Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.2 × 0.2
Fluorapatite very fluorescent long & short UV
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Phlogopite with Calcite |
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TG12N2: A novelty of Tucson 2009. Flattened crystal of hexagonal profile on a matrix of pinkish Calcite. Very interesting is the fact that the crystals have some terminations. It has been analyzed and shown to be Phlogopite. Well send a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the sample.
Arandis, Swakopmund, Erongo Region Namibia (2008)
Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.3 × 3.7 cm = 1.5 × 1.3 × 1.5
Main crystal size: 3.7 × 2.9 cm = 1.5 × 1.1
Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV
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TA26N2: A novelty of Tucson 2009. Flattened crystal of hexagonal profile on a matrix of pinkish Calcite. Very interesting is the fact that the crystals have some terminations. It has been analyzed and shown to be Phlogopite. Well send a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the sample.
Arandis, Swakopmund, Erongo Region Namibia (2008)
Specimen size: 8 × 7.1 × 3.5 cm = 3.1 × 2.8 × 1.4
Main crystal size: 6.6 × 5.5 cm = 2.6 × 2.2
Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV
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TD98V7: Druse of Dioptase crystals, a lot of them doubly terminated, with very acute rhombohedral terminations, translucent, extraordinarily bright and on a matrix of crystalline Quartz.
Kandesei Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region Namibia (2011)
Specimen size: 5.3 × 2.9 × 3.2 cm = 2.1 × 1.1 × 1.3
Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.3 cm = 0.3 × 0.1
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TA92AD1: Two single and isolated crystals, with a considerable length for the locality, partially doubly terminated, translucent, very bright and implanted on a matrix coated by Calcite.
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region Namibia (2011)
Specimen size: 6.7 × 4 × 2.7 cm = 2.6 × 1.6 × 1.1
Main crystal size: 1.5 × 0.9 cm = 0.6 × 0.4
Calcite minor fluorescence short UV
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TJ89L0: A novelty of Tucson 2008. This Shattuckite specimen comes from the recent works in the Kandesei Mine, on Kaokoveld, that started recently to mine for collection specimens. Very esthetic botryoidal growth, with an intense and very uniform color.
Kandesei Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region Namibia (2007)
Specimen size: 3.4 × 3 × 1.5 cm = 1.3 × 1.2 × 0.6
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Shattuckite with Malachite and Quartz |
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TE100Z9: Fine botryoidal Shattuckite aggregate, with an intense and deep blue color, that fills a vug on a Quartz matrix with crystalline Malachite.
Kandesei Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region Namibia (2009)
Specimen size: 5 × 3.5 × 2.8 cm = 2.0 × 1.4 × 1.1
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TL20AB1: Fine botryoidal Shattuckite aggregate, with a felted surface and a very uniform and intense blue color with, with clearer blue borders with an intense and deep blue color, that upholster a vug on a Quartz matrix.
Kandesei Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region Namibia (2009)
Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.4 × 4.3 cm = 2.0 × 1.3 × 1.7
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Shattuckite with Quartz |
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TV26Q2: Globular groups of deep sky blue color filling a vug on a Quartz matrix. The mining has been abandoned so probably we must expect an increasing scarcity of this kind of sample in the mineral market.
Kandesei Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region Namibia (2009)
Specimen size: 5.9 × 4.7 × 2.4 cm = 2.3 × 1.9 × 0.9
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TN27Z3: Very well defined and isolated globular growths with velvet surfaces and an intense and uniform blue color. They are partially coating a Quartz matrix. Original.
Kandesei Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region Namibia (2009)
Specimen size: 6 × 4.1 × 1.6 cm = 2.4 × 1.6 × 0.6
Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.1 × 0.1
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TT14Q2: Deep blue botryoidal growths filling a vug on a crystallized Quartz matrix and Malachite. The mining has been abandoned so probably we must expect an increasing scarcity of this kind of sample in the mineral market.
Kandesei Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region Namibia (2009)
Specimen size: 8 × 6.9 × 4.8 cm = 3.1 × 2.7 × 1.9
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TQ27R9: Globular growths of Shattuckite with a very deep and uniform blue color. They are coated by microcrystals of clear Quartz and are with a bundle of acicular crystals of Malachite on a matrix of Quartz.
Kandesei Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region Namibia (2009)
Specimen size: 8.6 × 8.2 × 5.3 cm = 3.4 × 3.2 × 2.1
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TB78Z3: Quartz crystals very rich in Shattuckite inclusions with an unusually intense and uniform color. A sample that is very different than usual.
Kandesei Mine, Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Region Namibia (2009)
Specimen size: 3.4 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.3 × 1.3 × 0.9
Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.2 cm = 0.8 × 0.5
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Malachite with Quartz |
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TG14V1: Radial group of very well developed crystals of primary Malachite. They are very bright and have perfect terminations, a very deep color and are on Quartz matrix.
Kaokoveld Plateau, Kunene Namibia (2009)
Specimen size: 7.8 × 6.5 × 5 cm = 3.1 × 2.6 × 2.0
Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.7 cm = 0.5 × 0.3
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MV63R5: Group of cubic crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are transparent, very bright and have spectacular changes of color, between the green and the deepest and intense blue-violet shades.
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region Namibia (09-11/2009)
Specimen size: 7.1 × 5.2 × 2.2 cm = 2.8 × 2.0 × 0.9
Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.4 cm = 0.7 × 0.6
Fluorescent long & short UV
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ER49X0: Group of cubo-octahedral crystals, one of them clearly dominant and of a considerable size for the locality. They are translucent and have a very deep green color with violet color zoning in some areas.
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo, Otjozondjupa Namibia
Specimen size: 9.4 × 8.6 × 4 cm = 3.7 × 3.4 × 1.6
Main crystal size: 6.2 × 5.5 cm = 2.4 × 2.2
Minor fluorescence long & short UV
Former collection of Claus Hedegaard. Number 13034
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MR96R5: Group of cubic crystals with very well defined faces and edges. They are transparent, bright and have a very fine violet color zoning parallel to the edges of the intense green crystals. Some areas on the sample are partially coated by small white crystals of Calcite.
Okorusu Mine, Otjiwarongo District, Otjozondjupa Region Namibia (09-11/2009)
Specimen size: 15.5 × 7.8 × 4.3 cm = 6.1 × 3.1 × 1.7
Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.6 cm = 0.6 × 0.6
Fluorescent long & short UV
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MM11Y9: Scepter-shaped growth with an octahedral crystal at the top that shows very well defined dissolution shapes and has a green color, more intense and bright at the base. Just different.
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region Namibia
Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.6 × 1.9 cm = 1.3 × 1.0 × 0.7
Former collection of Piroska Magyar
Fluorescent long & short UV
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TW27L1: Group of cubic and sharp Fluorite crystals, very transparent, showing deep green cubic internal and centered zonations. The lighter green color is specially pleasant and intense. The main crystal presents an interesting curiosity: is totally hollow, due to natural dissolution processes.
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region Namibia (2007)
Specimen size: 4.6 × 3 × 2.7 cm = 1.8 × 1.2 × 1.1
Main crystal size: 3 × 2.5 cm = 1.2 × 1.0
Minor fluorescence long & short UV
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TK69S0: A novelty at Tucson 2011. Crystal with a very acute pyramidal polycrystalline termination. The crystal is transparent, bright and a deep sky blue color with slight violet shades. They are floaters with irregular surfaces, having had been formed in channels of dissolution in bigger crystals, now missing. The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a novelty from Tucson 2011 in the Russian magazine Mineral Observer on page 70 in the volume 16, number 2
Ameib Farm 60 (Ameib Farm), Usakos, Karibib District, Erongo Region Namibia (02-03/2010)
Specimen size: 2.7 × 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 1.1 × 0.4 × 0.3
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TB69S0: A novelty at Tucson 2011. Crystal with a very acute pyramidal polycrystalline termination. The crystal is transparent, bright and a deep sky blue color with slight violet shades. They are floaters with irregular surfaces, having had been formed in channels of dissolution in bigger crystals, now missing.
Ameib Farm 60 (Ameib Farm), Usakos, Karibib District, Erongo Region Namibia (02-03/2010)
Specimen size: 3.2 × 0.7 × 0.6 cm = 1.3 × 0.3 × 0.2
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TL8X6: Very aerial group of bright and transparent crystals. They have a very intense blue color, very well defined faces and edges and perfect pinacoidal terminations and are on feldspar matrix.
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region Namibia (2012)
Specimen size: 4.8 × 4 × 2.1 cm = 1.9 × 1.6 × 0.8
Main crystal size: 3.5 × 0.8 cm = 1.4 × 0.3
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TK87X5: Group of Beryl (aquamarine variety) crystals, one of them clearly dominant, doubly terminated, with the prism faces beveled by a pyramid and the pinacoid. They are very transparent and bright, with a very well defined and uniform sky-blue color. They are on a feldspar matrix with small black Schorl crystals.
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region Namibia (2012)
Specimen size: 5.1 × 3 × 1.4 cm = 2.0 × 1.2 × 0.6
Main crystal size: 3.7 × 0.8 cm = 1.5 × 0.3
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TA49X6: Bright single Beryl crystal (aquamarine), with very intense color and very well defined faces and edges and a parallel growth. It is on a feldspar crystal matrix with Schorl crystals.
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region Namibia (2012)
Specimen size: 5.2 × 3.9 × 3.4 cm = 2.0 × 1.5 × 1.3
Main crystal size: 4.5 × 1.5 cm = 1.8 × 0.6
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TJ66H9: We especially note, on the same specimen, the coincidence of a prismatic crystal of Schorl with two crystals of Beryl (Aquamarine) on a matrix of Feldspar, probably Orthoclase.
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region Namibia
Specimen size: 5.4 × 4.7 × 3 cm = 2.1 × 1.9 × 1.2
Main crystal size: 5.1 × 2.2 cm = 2.0 × 0.9
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TE8X5: Group of crystals with very well defined faces and edges, with a clear greenish-yellow color and with deep blue geometrical color zoning on terminations. They are on a thin feldspar matrix with small Schorl crystals.
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region Namibia (2012)
Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.4 × 2.3 cm = 2.6 × 1.7 × 0.9
Main crystal size: 2 × 0.5 cm = 0.8 × 0.2
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TZ73R1: Group of Beryl aquamarine crystals with a very well defined and uniform blue color. From transparent to translucent in different areas of the prism but completely transparent on terminations. They are on a base of acicular
crystals of Schorl and support a small coating of yellow Opal in part of the piece.
Erongo Mountain, Usakos, Erongo Region Namibia
Specimen size: 10.5 × 7.8 × 4.4 cm = 4.1 × 3.1 × 1.7
Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.9 cm = 0.7 × 0.4
Opal intense fluorescence long and short UV
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TL37E0: The photo says a lot about the esthetics of this great specimen, so all we need to add is that it is a floater and that the form and brilliance are as good as the photo suggests. It is a really great specimen.
Davib East Farm 61 (Davib Ost Farm), Karibib District, Erongo Region Namibia
Specimen size: 7.5 × 7 × 3.8 cm = 3.0 × 2.8 × 1.5
Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.4 cm = 0.7 × 0.6
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TX96D8: From old discoveries comes this Cuprite that has been psuedomorphised by Malachite. The piece is a floater, the crystal is well defined, and it has a form that is different from the typical ones. It also has the virtue of being on matrix, something that is not usual in material from this mine. A special classic specimen.
Ogonja (Onganja), Seeis, Windhoek District, Khomas Region Namibia
Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.0 × 0.9 × 0.7
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TD99P1: The crystals have the very neat forms of the dodecahedron; very unusual, as isolated forms, for Cuprite. They are bright and have reddish reflections, contrasting with the white matrix of Quartz. The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine Rivista Mineralogica Italiana on page 280 in number 2009/4
Ogonja (Onganja), Seeis, Windhoek District, Khomas Region Namibia
Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.2 × 2.7 × cm = 3.2 × 2.4 × 1.1
Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.8 cm = 0.3 × 0.3
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TD87AD1: Very aerial dendritic growths with parallel formations of extraordinarily sharp and very well defined octahedral crystals.
Ogonja (Onganja), Seeis, Windhoek District, Khomas Region Namibia
Specimen size: 2.6 × 2.2 × 1.7 cm = 1.0 × 0.9 × 0.7
Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.6 × 0.2
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TE48AD1: Dendritic growth of crystals that have very well defined faces and edges, with the dominant forms of the octahedron and the dodecahedron.
Ogonja (Onganja), Seeis, Windhoek District, Khomas Region Namibia
Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.4 × 1.5 cm = 1.1 × 0.9 × 0.6
Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.7 cm = 0.6 × 0.3
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TX30AD1: Very aerial arborescent growth of very well defined crystals, slightly elongated, with the octahedron and the dodecahedron as dominant forms.
Ogonja (Onganja), Seeis, Windhoek District, Khomas Region Namibia
Specimen size: 7 × 3.7 × 2.4 cm = 2.8 × 1.5 × 0.9
Main crystal size: 1 × 0.5 cm = 0.4 × 0.2
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EB66X0: Very aerial spherical growths. They are translucent and with a green color that changes its intensity, it passes to whitish on the smaller spherules at the base.
Koedoekop, Keetmanshoop, Karas Namibia
Specimen size: 9.3 × 3.7 × 6.4 cm = 3.7 × 1.5 × 2.5
Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.6 × 0.6
Former collection of Claus Hedegaard. Number 13038
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Smithsonite with Hemimorphite |
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MV71AC6: Botryoidal aggregates of small greenish blue Smithsonite crystals on a matrix coated by small and very bright Hemimorphite crystals. Very esthetic as the image shows. This sample has been photographed and published in the magazine "Le Rθgne Minιral" number 126, page 47
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Lόderitz District, Karas Region Namibia (2007-2010)
Specimen size: 12.7 × 7.1 × 3.8 cm = 5.0 × 2.8 × 1.5
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.5 × 0.5
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MK49AA7: Swirling platy growths of very sharp Tarbuttite crystals, transparent, bright and with a uniform pale green color, they are partially coated by white Hydroxylapatite and Hemimorphite micro-crystals. The three co-existing species on the sample have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Lόderitz District, Karas Region Namibia (2006-2007)
Specimen size: 7.2 × 3.4 × 2.5 cm = 2.8 × 1.3 × 1.0
Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.3 × 0.2
Fluorescent long UV & minor fluorescence short UV
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MF38AA7: Fanlike growths of Hydroxylapatite and Hemimorphite micro-crystals on Tarbuttite partially dissolved but distinguishable on the back side of the sample due to its green color. The three co-existing species on the sample have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Lόderitz District, Karas Region Namibia (2006-2007)
Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.6 × 2.6 cm = 1.9 × 1.4 × 1.0
Main crystal size: 2 × 1.4 cm = 0.8 × 0.6
Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
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MN68AA7: Divergent growths, on matrix, of acicular Tarbuttite crystals with a pale green color and partially coated by white Hydroxylapatite and Hemimorphite micro-crystals. The three co-existing species on the sample have been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analyses to the buyer.
Skorpion Mine, Rosh Pinah, Lόderitz District, Karas Region Namibia (2006-2007)
Specimen size: 5.8 × 4 × 3.2 cm = 2.3 × 1.6 × 1.3
Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.1 cm = 0.2 × 0.0
Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
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TB88: A Namibian novelty: in one area of the Namibian dessert, more or less due West of Uis, people found new Actinolites, very sharp and with a slight green tint, making the specimens more agreeable than others that are blacker. We got this specimen, which is a floater and complete on all its sides, for its luster and perfection.
West Uis Namibia (12/02)
Specimen size: 8.5 × 2.5 × 2 cm = 3.3 × 1.0 × 0.8
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E66FD2: The Italian Demantoids are really good, but this one does not miss the mark by far, transparent, aerial on the matrix of white calcite.
Namgar Mine, Usakos-Omaruru, Erongo Namibia
Specimen size: 4 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm = 1.6 × 1.4 × 1.0
Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.2 × 0.2
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EP16K3: Group of lenticular crystals with an especially intense color and luster. The base of the specimen is sawn but it doesnt diminish the esthetic value of the specimen.
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba) Congo DR (Zaire)
Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.2 × 2.6 cm = 2.6 × 2.0 × 1.0
Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.2 × 0.1
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MA6AG7: Aggregate, on matrix, of crystals that are very rich in faces with a predominant rhombohedron, between transparent and translucent, very bright and with an extraordinary color due to its liveliness and depth.
Kakanda, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba) Congo DR (Zaire)
Specimen size: 7.2 × 6.5 × 4.7 cm = 2.8 × 2.6 × 1.9
Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.1 × 0.1
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TN66L1: Nice specimen with unusual fan-shaped growths formed by acicular Malachite crystals, with velvet aspect brilliance. From a Shaba locality not yet well known by mineral collectors.
Mindingi Mine (Mindigi Mine), Swambo, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba) Congo DR (Zaire) (2007)
Specimen size: 9.5 × 5.9 × 4.7 cm = 3.7 × 2.3 × 1.9
Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.1 cm = 0.7 × 0.0
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JJ86F4: A kidney-like, very esthetic, intensely colored form that has a brilliant but satiny surface. This one was shown in number 336 (January-February 2005) on the magazine Minιraux et Fossiles. We will send the purchaser a copy of the magazine.
Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba) Congo DR (Zaire)
Specimen size: 7 × 5.6 × 9.3 cm = 2.8 × 2.2 × 3.7
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TP57AE5: Stalactitic Malachite growths, on matrix, elongated and with spheroidal thickenings on the terminations. They are bright with an excellent color, very deep and uniform.
Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba) Congo DR (Zaire)
Specimen size: 7.3 × 7.3 × 5.6 cm = 2.9 × 2.9 × 2.2
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EA14Y6: Flattened radial aggregates of fine prismatic crystals showing a very deep blue color and a very good luster. They are on a rocky matrix with green surficial staining of an unidentified secondary mineral of copper. A classic of the mineralogy from the type locality for the species.
L'Etoile du Congo Mine (Star of the Congo Mine), Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba) Congo DR (Zaire)
Specimen size: 5.1 × 3.1 × 0.9 cm = 2.0 × 1.2 × 0.4
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E16EDH5: Crystals are very bright and appear in radial groups. Some of these groups are deep uniform marine blue, some others have a clearer blue in zones near the center and are deeper on the edges. We call attention on the contrast with the deep green color of the Malachite base.
L'Etoile du Congo Mine (Star of the Congo Mine), Lubumbashi (Elizabethville), Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba) Congo DR (Zaire)
Specimen size: 8.9 × 6.3 × 3 cm = 3.5 × 2.5 × 1.2
Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.5 cm = 0.2 × 0.2
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TB17E6: These crystals of Cuprite have a very metallic luster, but are not that red. That said, the definition and form are, in my opinion, good, so overall it is a neat specimen.
Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba) Congo DR (Zaire)
Specimen size: 5.5 × 4.6 × 3.3 cm = 2.2 × 1.8 × 1.3
Main crystal size: 1 × 0.6 cm = 0.4 × 0.2
Calcite extremely fluorescent long & short UV
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MC67I0: Color and luster are magnificent. The group is formed by a lot of crystals with very well defined faces and edges and absolutely free of damage. The specimen, really esthetic, is from a recent find at a classic mine.
Tantara Mine, 20 m.↓, Shinkolobwe, Katanga (Shaba) Morocco (2006)
Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.1 × 2.2 cm = 1.5 × 1.2 × 0.9
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.5 × 0.4
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TX16H7: The main crystal, rising on a surface of smaller crystals, can be considered as a giant. Its faces and edges are perfectly defined, bright and partially pseudomorphed by another (undetermined) copper mineral. The matrix is a very rich blue mineral described as Chrysocolla on the label but it must be Plancheite. Please note that although the original labels state that the locality is "near Gouloukoutou River", we have labeled it as Tantara because we believe that this is the right locality. The sample is with two old labels, of Burminco (George Burnham) and from D.E. Boydston collection.
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba) Congo DR (Zaire)
Specimen size: 4.9 × 4 × 3.2 cm = 1.9 × 1.6 × 1.3
Main crystal size: 2.8 × 1.7 cm = 1.1 × 0.7
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NR56P8: Botryoidal and spherical growths of small acicular crystals of Shattuckite with a single Dioptase crystal that has an excellent color and luster and very well defined faces and edges.
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba) Congo DR (Zaire)
Specimen size: 6 × 4.9 × 3.2 cm = 2.4 × 1.9 × 1.3
Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.5 cm = 0.3 × 0.2
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EG48AE5: An unusual Malachite aggregate on the scalenohedral shape of former Calcite crystals that had first been pseudomorph by Dioptase, which is residually retained on some areas on the sample.
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Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm = 1.9 × 1.4 × 1.0
Main crystal size: 2 × 1.1 cm = 0.8 × 0.4
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EF87Z9: Botryoidal growths with surfaces that have a felted aspect. They are on matrix and have very fine hair-like crystals with an intense sky-blue color. The sample has an excellent quality for the species.
Tantara Mine, Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba) Congo DR (Zaire)
Specimen size: 6 × 5.2 × 2.2 cm = 2.4 × 2.0 × 0.9
Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.1 cm = 0.2 × 0.0
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EF10W7: Very aerial groups of thick tabular crystals of Baryte. They are translucent, bright and have a clear green color due to Malachite inclusions. They are on matrix, with small coatings of globular clear green Malachite. Due to its esthetics and perfection it is one of the best examples of this Baryte with Malachite we have seen.
Shangulowι Mine, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba) Congo DR (Zaire) (11/1997)
Specimen size: 8.4 × 3.7 × 5.6 cm = 3.3 × 1.5 × 2.2
Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.5 cm = 0.8 × 0.6
Fluorescent short UV
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E59AH5: Growth of two generations of Baryte crystals. The first in laminar crystals has been completely replaced by Malachite. The second one formed gray tabular crystals. Very original.
Shangulowι Mine, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba) Congo DR (Zaire) (11/1997)
Specimen size: 5 × 3.5 × 4.2 cm = 2.0 × 1.4 × 1.7
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ME47W9: A novelty at Munich 2012. Parallel and rosette growths, on a matrix with Malachite coatings, of very well defined crystals of Azurite whose luster and color are very much more vivid than usual. The sample is an indication of what this mine can, perhaps, offer in the future.
Kimbwι, Kinsevere District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba) Congo DR (Zaire) (09/2012)
Specimen size: 6.2 × 4.9 × 4.4 cm = 2.4 × 1.9 × 1.7
Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.2 × 0.1
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AE11AA2: Aggregate of small scalenohedral crystal of this very rare species. They are on matrix, are translucent, very bright and have a very deep color. The sample has been analyzed and we will send a copy f the analysis to the buyer.
Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba) Congo DR (Zaire)
Specimen size: 2.4 × 1.7 × 0.7 cm = 0.9 × 0.7 × 0.3
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Between 2001 and 2003 Congo has given us fabulous Carrollites, which were much better than the older ones. We got hold of many nice specimens that sold well on our web pages. We still run into them when buying from our normal sources and we still see some good specimens which we can offer on our website. Thus we can continue to offer this excellent mineralogical species.
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EP56Y6: Group of sharp crystals with very well defined faces and edges showing the forms of the dodecahedron, the cube and a finely striated tetrahexaedron. They have thin Chalcopyrite coatings, are very bright and their morphology is most unusual for Carrollite from Kambove.
Kamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba) Congo DR (Zaire) (2002)
Specimen size: 2.5 × 2 × 1.4 cm = 1.0 × 0.8 × 0.6
Main crystal size: 2 × 1.7 cm = 0.8 × 0.7
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TU2B6: It is not common to find an octahedral form in a very sharp and brilliant undamaged crystal (Calcite covers its natural crack) Minor Chalcopyrite as well.
Kamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba) Congo DR (Zaire) (08-09 / 2001)
Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.4 cm = 1.0 × 0.9
Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.6 × 0.5
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TD51G0: The crystal is near perfection. Dominated by the cube and the octahedron, it is especially interesting for its brightness and its esthetic position on the Calcite matrix.
Kamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba) Congo DR (Zaire) (2001)
Specimen size: 4 × 4 × 3 cm = 1.6 × 1.6 × 1.2
Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.6 × 0.6
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EX17I2: Crystal on Calcite matrix. It is very well developed, with predominating forms of the octahedron but with the four faces of the tetrahexahedron in every visible corner.
Kamoya South II Mine, Kamoya, Kambove District, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba) Congo DR (Zaire) (2002)
Specimen size: 5 × 4.9 × 3.5 cm = 2.0 × 1.9 × 1.4
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.1 cm = 0.5 × 0.4
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TB62Q0: A novelty at Tucson 2010. Opal on a matrix of dominant bluish shades with harlequin effect and green reflections. Although the Ethiopian Opal was previously known we note the detailed locality, so we can consider it a novelty.
Tsehay Mewcha, Wegeltena, Delanta, Wello Ethiopia (10/2009)
Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.7 × 2 cm = 0.8 × 0.7 × 0.8
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TX63Q0: A novelty at Tucson 2010. Opal on a matrix of dominant bluish shades with harlequin effect and reddish, orange and green reflections. Although the Ethiopian Opal was previously known we note the detailed locality, so we can consider it a novelty.
Tsehay Mewcha, Wegeltena, Delanta, Wello Ethiopia (10/2009)
Specimen size: 2.7 × 1.9 × 2.1 cm = 1.1 × 0.7 × 0.8
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MG12F6: The crystal has a sharp well-defined form, and it stands out from the matrix because of its great green color. It comes from a recently discovered locality (for mineral collectors that is)
Kenticha, Negele area, Sidamo Ethiopia (2002)
Specimen size: 4.2 × 4 × 4.4 cm = 1.7 × 1.6 × 1.7
Main crystal size: 3.7 × 3 cm = 1.5 × 1.2
Fluorescent short UV
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MF63F5: A really very interesting specimen. One can see how the Quartz and Microcline have grown together and then have continued until they end in the geometric faces of a crystal of amazonite, which is also large, well defined, and has good color.
Kenticha, Negele area, Sidamo Ethiopia (2002)
Specimen size: 8.5 × 5.7 × 4.2 cm = 3.3 × 2.2 × 1.7
Minor fluorescence long & short UV
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TC28W4: Aggregate of very acute scalenohedral crystals. They are translucent, with a color between red and mauve, very intense, deep and uniform, and are on a matrix of manganese oxides. The locality is not well known for good collection samples.
Moanda Mine, Moanda, Lιboumbi-Leyou, Haut-Ogoouι Gabon (1958)
Specimen size: 5,8 × 4 × 2.7 cm = 2.0 × 1.6 × 1.1
Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.1 cm = 0.2 × 0.0
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EV78X6: Druse of crystals that have an uncommon shape for Rhodochrosite, with very elongated prism faces and very flattened rhombohedral terminations. They have a very deep and intense color and are on a matrix of manganese oxides. A lost locality from which it is currently very difficult to obtain good samples. The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published in the magazine Rivista Mineralogica Italiana on page 214 in number 2013/3
Moanda Mine, Moanda, Lιboumbi-Leyou, Haut-Ogoouι Gabon (±1980)
Specimen size: 7.3 × 6.7 × 3.8 cm = 2.9 × 2.6 × 1.5
Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.1 cm = 0.2 × 0.0
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TC64L1: This tabular crystal shows a deep red color, translucent under a light source. With triangular growth striations on the pinacoid.
Ampanihy area, Toliara Madagascar
Specimen size: 3.2 × 3.1 × 0.6 cm = 1.3 × 1.2 × 0.2
Fluorescent long UV & minor fluorescence short UV
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Corundum (variety ruby) with Pyrope (variety rhodolite) and Muscovite |
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MH29L7: Well defined Corundum crystal, translucent and with a color that varies between red (under sunlight) and mauve with bluish tones (under artificial light). Crystal is partially included in a rich Muscovite and Pyrope (variety rhodolite) matrix.
Zazafotsy Quarry, Ambahatraso, Ihosy, Fianarantsoa Madagascar (10/2007)
Specimen size: 5.6 × 4.2 × 3.4 cm = 2.2 × 1.7 × 1.3
Main crystal size: 1.8 × 1 cm = 0.7 × 0.4
Minor fluorescence long & short UV
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TP37J3: Doubly terminated prismatic crystal, very rich of faces, combining prism, pyramid and pinacoid. Partly transparent, very bright and with a deep color between red and mauve. On Biotite matrix.
Zazafotsy Quarry, Ambahatraso, Ihosy, Fianarantsoa Madagascar (2006)
Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.4 × 4.3 cm = 2.3 × 1.3 × 1.7
Main crystal size: 2.2 × 0.9 cm = 0.9 × 0.4
Minor fluorescence long & short UV
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MN69K8: A novelty from Munich 2007. Corundum crystal of sharp faces and edges, excellent terminations and good color. It shows different color shades depending of the type of light they receive, and has a marked zonation between red and blue-mauve. On the front crystal face you can see some curious concentric growth figures around a little triangular rhombohedron face. The matrix, very rich in Muscovite, also has abundant red growths of Pyrope (variety rhodolite).
Zazafotsy Quarry, Ambahatraso, Ihosy, Fianarantsoa Madagascar (10/2007)
Specimen size: 7.7 × 3.9 × 4.5 cm = 3.0 × 1.5 × 1.8
Main crystal size: 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 0.6 × 0.6
Minor fluorescence long & short UV
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MA74I1: Crystals are prismatic, very well developed. The main one is doubly terminated, with triangular growth pits on terminations. In addition to its quality and esthetics, we note its variable color mainly blue but with reddish zones. A new find at Munich 2006 because there were not specimens of such high quality from the locality.
Zazafotsy Quarry, Ambahatraso, Ihosy, Fianarantsoa Madagascar (2006)
Specimen size: 9.5 × 8.1 × 5 cm = 3.7 × 3.2 × 2.0
Main crystal size: 5.3 × 4.4 cm = 2.1 × 1.7
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TT9K9: Extremely elongated crystal with many dark green inclusions, probably Clinochlore.
Ambatomanoina, Ambatolampikely, Antananarivo Madagascar (2006)
Specimen size: 6.8 × 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 2.7 × 0.6 × 0.5
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TT16AH1: Group of very clear Quartz crystals, on a rocky matrix very transparent and bright and with very well defined phantom growths that show their inner pyramidal faces coated by clear green microcrystalline Muscovite (variety fuchsite) growths. Great esthetic appearance.
Anovitra, Itremo, Ambatofinandrahana District, Amoron'i Mania Region, Fianarantsoa Province Madagascar (07/2017)
Specimen size: 11.3 × 8 × 8 cm = 4.4 × 3.1 × 3.1
Main crystal size: 4.3 × 1.2 cm = 1.7 × 0.5
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TA56G1: Fine specimen of the discovery in August 2004, in Madagascar, with the typical complex twin and excellent color, bright and clarity.
Sambava, Antsiranana Madagascar (08/2004)
Specimen size: 4.3 × 4 × 3.5 cm = 1.7 × 1.6 × 1.4
Extremely fluorescent long & short UV
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TB27G9: A group of slightly flattened crystals that have a very uncommon type of twinning. They are on a matrix of little Quartz crystals. With the Calcite, some white prismatic crystals of Laumontite have also grown.
Sambava, Antsiranana Madagascar (08/2004)
Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.5 × 4 cm = 2.6 × 1.8 × 1.6
Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.3 cm = 0.6 × 0.5
Intense fluorescence long & short UV
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MB70L1: This floating twinned Chrysoberyl, which has well-defined contours, intense yellow color and brilliance, shows an assymmetric growth due probably to formation conditions. The two parts of the twin are well marked by the central joint and fine divergent growth striations. Good size and very original.
Lac Alaotra, Ambatondrazaka, Tamatave Madagascar (2005)
Specimen size: 3.8 × 2.3 × 0.3 cm = 1.5 × 0.9 × 0.1
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MC48H1: The specimen has some cyclic tabular twins of good color, luster and transparency and, which is very uncommon, they are on Quartz matrix.
Ampanorana Est, Ambatondrazaka, Tamatave Madagascar (07/2005)
Specimen size: 4.4 × 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 1.7 × 0.6 × 0.6
Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.9 cm = 0.4 × 0.4
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TA62F3: A crystallographic rarity. The crystal is almost exclusively formed by the faces of at least three pyramids, while the prism is almost inexistent. One side is covered with Muscovite, which contrasts well with the deep blue-green of the Beryl. This all makes for a strongly esthetic specimen whose base is formed by the surfaces of its contact with the pocket.
Brieville, Vohambohitra, Tamatave Madagascar (2003)
Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.3 × 6.9 cm = 3.0 × 2.5 × 2.7
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TB99S3: A single crystal with very well marked parallel growths and very well defined terminal faces. It is transparent with a slightly orange color and pinkish and mauve shades and color zoning perpendicular to the main direction of the crystal. The matrix is a smoky Quartz crystal.
Tsarafara, Sahatany, Vakinankaratra, Antananarivo Madagascar (07/2000)
Specimen size: 4.8 × 3.3 × 3 cm = 1.9 × 1.3 × 1.2
Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1 cm = 0.9 × 0.4
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TA67Q8: Sharp prismatic crystal with very well defined faces and edges terminated by the three typical faces of a very flattened rhombohedron. It has deep mauve color with orange reflections and has a very well defined phantom.
Camp Robin area, Fianarantsoa Madagascar (2005)
Specimen size: 4.5 × 1.6 × 1.9 cm = 1.8 × 0.6 × 0.7
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MT49G5: A floater crystal whose base is recrystallized. It has beautiful color zones, with a clear contrast between the inner red zone and the skin which varies from green to yellow. The lower termination is especially complex.
Anjanabonoina, Betafo, Antsirabι Madagascar (04/2005)
Specimen size: 3.7 × 1.2 × 0.9 cm = 1.5 × 0.5 × 0.4
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TF8S7: The crystal is completely transparent, very bright and it has a wide variety of color shades that form soft gradations. The group of terminal faces is exceptionally sharp and neat, showing the three faces of rhombohedron perfectly equilibrated with the pinacoid.
Ampatsikahitra, Sahatany Valley Madagascar (08/2010)
Specimen size: 2.1 × 1 × 0.9 cm = 0.8 × 0.4 × 0.4
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TA64Q0: A novelty at Tucson 2010. A floater crystal with very well defined faces and edges, a very unusual shape for the species, with a very obvious twin, a very good luster and an excellent degree of transparency.
Tampo'ny llapa, Sahatany Valley, Ibitiny, Antsirabe Madagascar (20/12/2009)
Specimen size: 3.3 × 1.8 × 0.7 cm = 1.3 × 0.7 × 0.3
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EX92M2: Extraordinary parallel and well defined crystal growth of this extremely rare borate. In the same sample the Schiavinatoite is accompanied by Elbaite (Rubellite), Danburite and smoky Quartz. The specimen is from a recent find (2008) in the same region as the Type Locality.
Ampanodiana, Andrembesoa, Betafo, Antananarivo Madagascar (2008)
Specimen size: 2 × 1.7 × 1.3 cm = 0.8 × 0.7 × 0.5
Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.8 cm = 0.3 × 0.3
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EF66AI1: A novelty at Tucson 2018. A group, on matrix, of cubic Fluorite crystals, between translucent and transparent, with a very deep green color and marine-blue dichroism, not intense but clearly visible in sunlight. The crystals are more individualized and complete than usual with such samples. The locality is very new and even though Madagascar is a well-known mineralogical paradise there were no references to Fluorite occurrences other than the small crystals included in Quartz from Mandronarivo.
Mandronarivo area, Beroroha District, Atsimo Andrefana Region, Toliara Province (Tulιar) Madagascar (06-11/2017)
Specimen size: 4.6 × 4.6 × 3.6 cm = 1.8 × 1.8 × 1.4
Main crystal size: 3 × 2 cm = 1.2 × 0.8
Fluorescent long & short UV
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TQ49AH0: A novelty at Tucson 2018. A group of Fluorite crystal cubes between translucent and transparent, with a very intense and deep green color and marine-blue dichroism, clearly visible in sunlight. On a matrix coated by white Quartz. The locality is totally new and, even though Madagascar is a well-known mineralogical paradise, there were no more references to Fluorite occurrences other than the small crystals included in Quartz from Mandronarivo. The specimen has been photographed and published in the magazine Paragιnesis, number 02/2018, page 98
Mandronarivo area, Beroroha District, Atsimo Andrefana Region, Toliara Province (Tulιar) Madagascar (08-11/2017)
Specimen size: 7.7 × 3.9 × 3.8 cm = 3.0 × 1.5 × 1.5
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.5 × 0.4
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MX6AC8: Sapphirine crystals on matrix, one of them clearly dominant, with very well defined faces and edges and an intense and uniform blue color. The sample is from the Tom Moore collection whose label well send to the buyer.
Androy Region, Toliara Province (Tulιar) Madagascar
Specimen size: 2.7 × 2.1 × 2.3 cm = 1.1 × 0.8 × 0.9
Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.3 cm = 0.6 × 0.5
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TF67AD0: A novelty at Tucson 2016. An isolated crystal on matrix. It is translucent, bright, with a uniform and intense bluish-green color and with very well defined prismatic faces. Of an excellent quality for this rare silicate.
Grandidierite deposit, Tranomaro Commune, Tranomaro-Maromby area, Amboasary District, Anosy Region (Fort Dauphin Region), Toliara Province (Tulιar) Madagascar (05-12/2015)
Specimen size: 2.9 × 2.2 × 1.5 cm = 1.1 × 0.9 × 0.6
Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.5 cm = 0.9 × 0.6
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TE99AD0: A novelty at Tucson 2016. Parallel growth, on matrix, of translucent and bright crystals with a uniform bluish green color and with very well defined prismatic faces. Of an excellent quality for this rare silicate.
Grandidierite deposit, Tranomaro Commune, Tranomaro-Maromby area, Amboasary District, Anosy Region (Fort Dauphin Region), Toliara Province (Tulιar) Madagascar (05-12/2015)
Specimen size: 3.6 × 3 × 2.1 cm = 1.4 × 1.2 × 0.8
Main crystal size: 3 × 1.3 cm = 1.2 × 0.5
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TD47AD0: A novelty at Tucson 2016. An isolated crystal on matrix. It is translucent, has a uniform bluish-green color and has very well defined faces and edges (also the terminal). Of an excellent quality for this rare silicate.
Grandidierite deposit, Tranomaro Commune, Tranomaro-Maromby area, Amboasary District, Anosy Region (Fort Dauphin Region), Toliara Province (Tulιar) Madagascar (05-12/2015)
Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.2 × 1.8 cm = 1.5 × 1.3 × 0.7
Main crystal size: 1.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.6 × 0.2
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TA93AD0: A novelty at Tucson 2016. Single crystal on matrix, with a uniform bluish green color and with faces and edges very much better defined than usual for this species. Of an excellent quality for this rare silicate.
Grandidierite deposit, Tranomaro Commune, Tranomaro-Maromby area, Amboasary District, Anosy Region (Fort Dauphin Region), Toliara Province (Tulιar) Madagascar (05-12/2015)
Specimen size: 5.5 × 4 × 3.9 cm = 2.2 × 1.6 × 1.5
Main crystal size: 2.7 × 2.3 cm = 1.1 × 0.9
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Madagascar is the major source of Rhodizite, a rare Beryllium Oxide, with Caesium, Potassium and Aluminium. From our friends in this country we got choice specimens that have better color (more greenish and intense) than is usual.
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AA76F3: The dodecahedral crystals are yellow and intensely brilliant. They also have a degree of transparency that is not very common. This one has just the right amount of matrix to give it the perfect esthetic balance. The specimen has been analyzed and we will send a copy of the analysis to the person that buys it.
Antsogombato, Antsirabe Madagascar (2001)
Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.4 × 2 cm = 1.3 × 0.9 × 0.8
Main crystal size: 2 × 1 cm = 0.8 × 0.4
Minor fluorescence long & short UV
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TF48AG3: Very sharp dodecahedral crystal with a vivid yellow color, translucent, bright and on matrix, with Elbaite (rubellite variety). The crystals like this have an outer zone that is rich in Caesium, thus are dominant Londonite, and the interior zone is rich in Potassium, thus are dominant Rhodizite.
Antsogombato Mine, FKT Antsentsindrano, Andrembesoa, Betafo District, Vakinankaratra Region Madagascar
Specimen size: 6.4 × 5.4 × 3.7 cm = 2.5 × 2.1 × 1.5
Main crystal size: 2.5 × 1.7 cm = 1.0 × 0.7
Minor fluorescence short UV
Former collection of José Luis Vallecillo
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DA97Z0: Very sharp translucent and bright Rhodizite crystal with a greenish color. It is on a Elbaite- rich matrix (variety rubellite). The rubidian Rhodizite was considered as a possible new species, but analysis indicates it is just a very rare Rhodizite variety.
Tetezantsio-Andoabatokely, Andrembesoa, Betafo, Antananarivo Madagascar
Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.8 × 3 cm = 1.7 × 1.1 × 1.2
Main crystal size: 1 × 0.8 cm = 0.4 × 0.3
Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
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EQ66N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. Group of crystals with a dominant dodecahedron and the faces of a trapezohedron on the edges. The crystals, on matrix, are very clear and bright, have a good green color and a curious flattened shape. The locality was not well known until recently, and habit of the Demantoid is really unusual. This specimen was published in the magazine Le Rθgne Minιral number 90, page 42.
Antetezambato outcrop, Antetezambato, Maherivaratra Commune, Ambanja District, Antsiranana Province Madagascar (05-06/2009)
Specimen size: 2.5 × 2.3 × 1.6 cm = 1.0 × 0.9 × 0.6
Main crystal size: 1 × 0.7 cm = 0.4 × 0.3
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TB31Q0: Two crystals on matrix, one of them clearly dominant. They are very rich in faces, with the dominant forms of the dodecahedron and the trapezohedron. With an intense green color, very bright and transparent.
Antetezambato outcrop, Antetezambato, Maherivaratra Commune, Ambanja District, Antsiranana Province Madagascar (11-12/2009)
Specimen size: 4.2 × 3.2 × 1.4 cm = 1.7 × 1.3 × 0.6
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.8 cm = 0.5 × 0.3
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EV57N8: A novelty in Ste. Marie 2009. Group of crystals with a dominant dodecahedron and the faces of a trapezohedron on the edges. The crystals, on matrix, are very clear and bright, have a good green color and a curious flattened shape. The locality was not well known until recently, and habit of the Demantoid is really unusual. This specimen was published in the magazine Le Rθgne Minιral number 90, page 42.
Antetezambato outcrop, Antetezambato, Maherivaratra Commune, Ambanja District, Antsiranana Province Madagascar (05-06/2009)
Specimen size: 4.4 × 3.6 × 2.8 cm = 1.7 × 1.4 × 1.1
Main crystal size: 0.6 × 0.6 cm = 0.2 × 0.2
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TA50Q6: Dodecahedral crystals beveled by trapezohedron faces. They are isolated or in groups and are translucent, very bright and with an excellent green color. They are on matrix with Quartz, a very rare association on this locality.
Antetezambato outcrop, Antetezambato, Maherivaratra Commune, Ambanja District, Antsiranana Province Madagascar (08/2009)
Specimen size: 11.2 × 6.8 × 3.6 cm = 4.4 × 2.7 × 1.4
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.7 cm = 0.5 × 0.3
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TP49Q0: A novelty at Tucson 2010. A druse on matrix of crystals very rich of faces, with the dominant forms of the dodecahedron and the trapezohedron and greenish brown color. Their luster is extraordinary and they are with small white crystals of Stilbite. The Topazolite variety has been well defined on this kind of sample and this will be reflected in a future article in Mineralogical Record.
Antetezambato outcrop, Antetezambato, Maherivaratra Commune, Ambanja District, Antsiranana Province Madagascar (05-06/2009)
Specimen size: 4.7 × 3.2 × 2.3 cm = 1.9 × 1.3 × 0.9
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 0.9 cm = 0.5 × 0.4
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TF28AD6: Very aerial aggregate, on matrix, of good sized crystals, very rich in faces, with the dominant forms of the dodecahedron and trapezohedron. The crystals have a greenish brown color and an extraordinary luster.
Antetezambato outcrop, Antetezambato, Maherivaratra Commune, Ambanja District, Antsiranana Province Madagascar (05-06/2009)
Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.8 × 2.5 cm = 2.3 × 1.9 × 1.0
Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.9 cm = 0.5 × 0.4
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TL94Q0: A novelty at Tucson 2010. An alignment of good sized crystals, very rich of faces, with the dominant forms of the dodecahedron and the trapezohedron and greenish brown color. Their luster is extraordinary and they are with small white crystals of Stilbite. The Topazolite variety has been well defined on this kind of samples and this will be reflected in a future article in The Mineralogical Record.
Antetezambato outcrop, Antetezambato, Maherivaratra Commune, Ambanja District, Antsiranana Province Madagascar (10-11/2009)
Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.7 × 3.3 cm = 2.6 × 2.2 × 1.3
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1.2 cm = 0.5 × 0.5
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Andradite (variety topazolite) with Quartz |
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TP97S1: Group of big (for Topazolite) trapezohedral crystals that have grown on a first phase of Demantoid whose color, intense green, abruptly passes to the golden brown of Topazolite. The crystals are bright, transparent and have excellent, very deep color, being on a matrix of Quartz. A very exclusive sample.
Antetezambato outcrop, Antetezambato, Maherivaratra Commune, Ambanja District, Antsiranana Province Madagascar (09/2009)
Specimen size: 8.4 × 7.2 × 4.1 cm = 3.3 × 2.8 × 1.6
Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.7 cm = 0.8 × 0.7
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TE51Q0: A novelty at Tucson 2010. A centered group of good-sized crystals, very rich in faces, with the dominant forms of the dodecahedron and the trapezohedron and greenish brown color. Their luster is extraordinary and they are with small white crystals of Stilbite. The Topazolite variety has been well defined on this kind of sample and this will be reflected in a future article in Mineralogical Record.
Antetezambato outcrop, Antetezambato, Maherivaratra Commune, Ambanja District, Antsiranana Province Madagascar (05-06/2009)
Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.2 × 3.7 cm = 3.4 × 2.4 × 1.5
Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.6 cm = 0.7 × 0.6
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One of the most interesting novelties during Tucson 2003 was the new species Pezzottaite from Madagascar (a Cesium rich Beryl whose name has already been officially published in the IMA list). Their color is totally different from other Beryl and their chemical composition (CsLiBe2Al2Si6O18) is also different from that of regular Beryl. As usual, knowing how things happen in the mineral world, we purchased the specimens now offered on line. We selected them for their sharp form, good color or especially in the case of the best one for its 'matrix' appearance.
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TC9C4: Floater, as were the majority of the specimens of this find, pretty gemmy and sharper and better formed than the majority.
Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro, Antsirabe Madagascar (11/2002)
Specimen size: 1.6 × 1.2 × 0.6 cm = 0.6 × 0.5 × 0.2
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TY89L1: Well defined tabular Pezzottaite crystal of this rare specimen. The crystal is clearly dominated by pinacoidal faces, a very thin prism and a pyramid. Great specimen with good size, excellent color and transparency.
Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro, Antsirabe Madagascar (11/2002)
Specimen size: 2 × 1.9 × 0.7 cm = 0.8 × 0.7 × 0.3
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TD37C4: Well, this particular specimen is something special. In this find sadly not many good specimens were found on matrix. Although this specimen is not strictly "on matrix" given its particular form it looks like a matrix specimen. Color quality and geminness are those of the best of the find. The size is good when comparing it with the largest ones. Its price is, in our opinion, reasonable based on the prices for other really good specimens.
Ambatovita, Mandrosonoro, Antsirabe Madagascar (11/2002)
Specimen size: 3 × 2.6 × 0.9 cm = 1.2 × 1.0 × 0.4
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ET13M3: A floater, a complete Grossular dodecahedron, beveled by trapezohedron faces. Crystal shows a very curious color zoning, creamy color and opaque on the edges and yellow to greenish and transparent in the center of the faces. A novelty, because this color zoning it was not seen before.
Mendiι Kossa, Arrondissement Goundara, Cercle de Bafoulabι, Kayes Region Mali (2008)
Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.4 × 3.8 cm = 1.9 × 1.7 × 1.5
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TN63H9: A nice miniature in which there are two main prismatic crystals with excellent terminations of acute pyramids. All crystals are very sharp and bright. Previously in the Thomas Moore collection.
Mount Malosa, Zomba District Malawi
Specimen size: 3 × 2.7 × 1.3 cm = 1.2 × 1.1 × 0.5
Main crystal size: 3.2 × 0.3 cm = 1.3 × 0.1
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MM14V0: Doubly terminated crystal of Aegirine with pyramidal faces on one of the terminations and polycrystalline growth on the opposite end. Its on a doubly terminated crystal of Quartz, colorless and transparent in the prism and neatly deep smoky on the terminations, one of them with a group of small crystals of Aegirine.
Mount Malosa, Zomba District Malawi
Specimen size: 6.5 × 3.9 × 1.1 cm = 2.6 × 1.5 × 0.4
Main crystal size: 6.5 × 0.5 cm = 2.6 × 0.2
Former collection of Claus Hedegaard
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EH6AD8: Aggregate of very elongated Aegirine crystals that are doubly terminated, very bright and with Quartz crystals. The sample has very unusual esthetic quality.
Mount Malosa, Zomba District Malawi (2014)
Specimen size: 6.5 × 4.5 × 1.6 cm = 2.6 × 1.8 × 0.6
Main crystal size: 5.5 × 0.4 cm = 2.2 × 0.2
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EF76AE4: Very elongated single Aegirine crystal with a very acute pyramidal termination, very bright and on matrix, with Orthoclase and small creamy Zircon crystals.
Mount Malosa, Zomba District Malawi (2016)
Specimen size: 9.4 × 2.4 × 1.5 cm = 3.7 × 0.9 × 0.6
Main crystal size: 8.3 × 1 cm = 3.3 × 0.4
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EC26AD8: A considerably large Aegirine crystal with very well defined faces and edges, with good terminations and a unique characteristic, a very well defined and visible frontal twin, not previously noted at Mount Malosa, as far as we know. The twinned crystal is on a matrix of white feldspar crystals and its back is partially coated by small Zircon crystals, many of them doubly terminated.
Mount Malosa, Zomba District Malawi (2014)
Specimen size: 15 × 11.8 × 11.2 cm = 5.9 × 4.6 × 4.4
Main crystal size: 13 × 6.8 cm = 5.1 × 2.7
Zircon fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV. Feldspar minor fluorescence short UV.
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EM46P4: A fan group of very elongated prismatic crystals with complex terminations, very bright and with a group of white Feldspar crystals (probably Microcline) partially covered by small doubly terminated crystals of Zircon on the base of the sample. For their luster and size of crystals this is an exceptional piece.
Mount Malosa, Zomba District Malawi (04/2009)
Specimen size: 17.5 × 3.9 × 2.9 cm = 6.9 × 1.5 × 1.1
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MB70M8: Crystal has multiple termination and it is partially fibrous. It looks very well defined, very aerial, and has excellent luster. It stands on a matrix of small crystals of Albite.
Mount Malosa, Zomba District Malawi (2008)
Specimen size: 8 × 5 × 3.9 cm = 3.1 × 2.0 × 1.5
Main crystal size: 7.4 × 2 cm = 2.9 × 0.8
Albite fluorescent short UV
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EQ37AC0: A novelty at the Ste. Marie-aux-Mines 2015 Show. Excellent example in which the two directions of the smoky Quartz crystals have been controlled epitactically by the feldspar upon which they grew. They resemble multiple Japan law twins but they are not twins. This phenomenon is seen on similar specimens from the Erongo Mountains, Namibia, as described by John White in an article in Rocks & Minerals, vol. 87, Sept./Oct. 2012, pp. 459-462, but this one has a related combo of small species, classics from Malawi.
Mount Malosa, Zomba District Malawi (11-12/2014)
Specimen size: 8.4 × 4.1 × 2.9 cm = 3.3 × 1.6 × 1.1
Main crystal size: 2.3 × 1.6 cm = 0.9 × 0.6
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EM27AC0: A novelty at the Ste. Marie-aux-Mines 2015 Show. Excellent example in which the two directions of the smoky Quartz crystals have been controlled epitactically by the feldspar upon which they grew. They resemble multiple Japan law twins but they are not twins. This phenomenon is seen on similar specimens from the Erongo Mountains, Namibia, as described by John White in an article in Rocks & Minerals, vol. 87, Sept./Oct. 2012, pp. 459-462, but this one has a related combo of small species, classics from Malawi. The specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine Rocks & Minerals on page 11 in the volume 91, number 1, Jan/Feb 2016
Mount Malosa, Zomba District Malawi (11-12/2014)
Specimen size: 8 × 3.5 × 3.6 cm = 3.1 × 1.4 × 1.4
Main crystal size: 2.7 × 0.7 cm = 1.1 × 0.3
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EP37AC0: A novelty at the Ste. Marie-aux-Mines 2015 Show. Excellent example in which the two directions of the smoky Quartz crystals have been controlled epitactically by the feldspar upon which they grew. They resemble multiple Japan law twins but they are not twins. This phenomenon is seen on similar specimens from the Erongo Mountains, Namibia, as described by John White in an article in Rocks & Minerals, vol. 87, Sept./Oct. 2012, pp. 459-462, but this one has a related combo of small species, classics from Malawi. The specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine Rocks & Minerals on page 11 in the volume 91, number 1, Jan/Feb 2016
Mount Malosa, Zomba District Malawi (11-12/2014)
Specimen size: 9.2 × 4 × 4 cm = 3.6 × 1.6 × 1.6
Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.1 cm = 0.8 × 0.4
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EQ46K3: Fanlike group of laminar very well shaped crystals. Their size is very considerable for the species. A magnificent sample of a very uncommon species. We analyzed the specimen and well send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mount Malosa, Zomba District Malawi (03/2007)
Specimen size: 6.1 × 5.9 × 4.9 cm = 2.4 × 2.3 × 1.9
Main crystal size: 6 × 4 cm = 2.4 × 1.6
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EF16K6: Eudidymite forms a parallel growth of delicate white and doubly terminated crystals implanted on a doubly terminated black crystal of Aegirine.
Mount Malosa, Zomba District Malawi (2006)
Specimen size: 6.3 × 4.1 × 1.7 cm = 2.5 × 1.6 × 0.7
Main crystal size: 3 × 2.2 cm = 1.2 × 0.9
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EA98Y7: Aggregate of very thin laminar Eudidymite crystals that show very well defined contours, a more than considerable size for the species and with small and acute black Aegirine crystals. An excellent sample of a very uncommon species. The sample has been analyzed and well send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mount Malosa, Zomba District Malawi (2005)
Specimen size: 14.6 × 7.8 × 1.8 cm = 5.7 × 3.1 × 0.7
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ED78P9: A museum sample, both for its size (enormous for the species) and for its quality. It consists of an aggregate of large white laminar crystals of Epididymite with a satiny luster and with fine black crystals of Aegirine. The sample has been carefully analyzed to differentiate it from Eudidymite, also present at the locality. Well send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Mount Malosa, Zomba District Malawi (07/2007)
Specimen size: 13.2 × 9.2 × 1.7 cm = 5.2 × 3.6 × 0.7
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TV87C9: Recently new Barylites were found in the famous Mt. Malosa mining area. They are much better than the others found on the past such as the Langban ones. From this great new find of an uncommon species we selected this specimen for its good combination with the Aegirine as well as for its nice form.
Mount Malosa, Zomba District Malawi (2002)
Specimen size: 2 × 1.6 × 1.3 cm = 0.8 × 0.6 × 0.5
Main crystal size: 0.8 × 0.2 cm = 0.3 × 0.1
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EB66AF5: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2017. Very unusual parallel growth, on matrix, of two very well defined elongated crystals (the most common shape is platy and poorly defined), partially doubly terminated, with very well developed faces and edges and with excellent terminal faces that are transparent-translucent and quite bright, with small Aegirine and Quartz crystals. This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2017 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine Le Rθgne Minιral number 136, page 47
Machinga, Machinga District Malawi (02/2017)
Specimen size: 3 × 2.9 × 1.9 cm = 1.2 × 1.1 × 0.7
Main crystal size: 2.4 × 0.7 cm = 0.9 × 0.3
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MT49AE4: A novelty at Munich 2016. Well individualized Niobophyllite crystals with parallel growths, an intense color, and with Aegirine and Orthoclase. The sample is from a recent find in a relatively new open area far from the well-known Mount Malosa. This sample has been photographed and published as a novelty in Munich 2016 in the magazine Le Rθgne Minιral number 132, page 49, the magazine Mineral Up on page 59 of the 2016/02 edition and the magazine Paragιnesis, number 01/2017, page 68
Machinga, Machinga District Malawi (2016)
Specimen size: 4 × 3.7 × 2.6 cm = 1.6 × 1.5 × 1.0
Main crystal size: 3.5 × 1 cm = 1.4 × 0.4
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MK73AE4: Single gemmy crystal, fully transparent and very bright, with very well defined faces and edges on the prism and also on the terminal rhombohedra. A crystal of excellent quality. It is different from what is usually found at this mine.
Naipa Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province Mozambique (08/2016)
Specimen size: 3.2 × 1.3 × 1.1 cm = 1.3 × 0.5 × 0.4
Weight: 10 grams
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ET52AE4: Single crystal with very well defined parallel growths and very well defined terminal faces. It is transparent, with different color zones alternating between pink and bluish green. It is different from what is usually found at this mine.
Naipa Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province Mozambique (08/2016)
Specimen size: 4.7 × 2.4 × 2.2 cm = 1.9 × 0.9 × 0.9
Weight: 28 grams
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EV26AE4: Single crystal with a very well defined parallel growth and very well defined terminal faces. It is transparent and has colored stripes alternating pink and bluish green color. Its different to the most usually found at this mine.
Naipa Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province Mozambique (08/2016)
Specimen size: 6.4 × 2.4 × 2.4 cm = 2.5 × 0.9 × 0.9
Weight: 65 grams
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NG69AH6: A novelty at Munich 2017. Lepidolite (series) pseudomorphous after a single Elbaite (rubellite variety) crystal with visible parallel growths. The Elbaite is visible on the base where it is translucent with an intense pink color and rich in channels and other dissolution forms.
Naipa Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province Mozambique (07/2017)
Specimen size: 9.8 × 3.3 × 3.1 cm = 3.9 × 1.3 × 1.2
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MR94AG3: A novelty at Munich 2017. Parallel growths of Lepidolite (series) crystals pseudomorphous after Elbaite. They are bright with an intense pink color, with channels and other dissolution forms and with the crystalline remains of Elbaite (verdelite variety) on the upper end. This specimen was photographed for the Munich 2017 section of the magazine Mineralien Welt and appears on page 70 of number 1/2018
Naipa Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province Mozambique (07/2017)
Specimen size: 13.2 × 5.2 × 5.2 cm = 5.2 × 2.0 × 2.0
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MT16AG3: A novelty at Munich 2017. Parallel growths of Lepidolite (series) crystals, pseudomorphous after Elbaite, with good terminations. They are bright, with an intense pink color, with channels and other dissolution forms and with transparent Elbaite (verdelite variety) crystals on the upper end that seem to be a later Elbaite generation. This sample has been photographed and published as a novelty in Munich 2017 in the magazine Le Rθgne Minιral number 138, page 39, the magazine "Lapis" number 12/2017, page 43 and the magazine Mineralien Welt on page 69 of number 1/2018
Naipa Mine, Alto Ligonha District, Zambezia Province Mozambique (07/2017)
Specimen size: 15.4 × 5 × 4.7 cm = 6.1 × 2.0 × 1.9
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TY56H7: An extraordinary specimen. A group of two crystals, one of them twinned, dominant and bigger, showing parallel growth following the twin plane. The definition of the crystal is magnificent. Although its color is not red the analysis determined it is really Tantalite-(Mn). Well send a copy of the analysis to the buyer. Also, this specimen was photographed for the whats new at St Marie 2006 section of the magazine Minιraux et Fossiles and appears on page 21 of number 353. We will send the purchaser a copy of the magazine.
Murrua Mine, Gile, Quelimane, Alto Ligonha Mozambique (2005)
Specimen size: 10.3 × 6.2 × 4.4 cm = 4.1 × 2.4 × 1.7
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TC28I1: Very short prismatic crystal with a perfect flat termination and the other showing dissolution shapes. The sharpness of faces and edges is excellent and so is the color, very deep.
Alto Ligonha Mozambique
Specimen size: 5.8 × 4.4 × 2.5 cm = 2.3 × 1.7 × 1.0
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NA63Z6: An aggregate of exceptionally well developed crystals, really large for the species. They are on matrix with very sharp laminar Muscovite crystals. A sample of great quality that has been analyzed. We will send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Naipa Mine, Alto Ligonha, Zambezia Mozambique (±1985)
Specimen size: 3.2 × 2.8 × 2.3 cm = 1.3 × 1.1 × 0.9
Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.8 cm = 0.4 × 0.3
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TP27L1: Very sharp and brilliant Amethyst crystal. Specimen shows nice and well defined color zonations that are inside the known phantom growths. The terminal rhombohedra faces present the beginning of window growths.
Gobobos Volcano, Gobobosebberge Namibia
Specimen size: 7.6 × 2.3 × 1.8 cm = 3.0 × 0.9 × 0.7
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TD13J5: Magnificent crystal, very well defined and bright with an esthetic graded change of color clearer at the base and deeper on the termination with zoning. An important aspect is that it is on matrix, which is very rare with samples from this region. Even it had (badly) been popularized as Brandberg, the true locality is Gobobos, another nearest volcano. The specimen is from the Charlie Key collection.
Gobobos Volcano, Gobobosebberge Namibia
Specimen size: 10.3 × 7 × 3.8 cm = 4.1 × 2.8 × 1.5
Main crystal size: 7.4 × 1.9 cm = 2.9 × 0.7
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EA67Y0: Aggregate of crystals with polycrystalline growths and very well defined forms. They are translucent, bright and have a very intense and uniform color. The sample has the usual high quality of the good Brandberg Prehnite, but its size is bigger than usual.
Goboboseb Mountain, Brandberg, Erongo Namibia
Specimen size: 12.5 × 11.5 × 3.5 cm = 4.9 × 4.5 × 1.4
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MF48AA9: Aggregate of crystals of a considerable size for the locality and with very well defined faces and edges. They are translucent and have a yellow color with orange shades. It is from a very well known locality but which very few Wulfenite samples of good quality are preserved.
M'fouati, Bouenza Republic of the Congo
Specimen size: 3.9 × 3.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.5 × 1.3 × 0.9
Former collection Caroline Martaud (Wulfenites)
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EB36J8: A very recent rediscovery of this rare species, which seems to have disappeared many years ago. On fissures and vugs of a Limonite matrix grown small yellowish crystals of this rare phosphate on a base of blue Turquoise. This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record΄s web page, in the What's New section of the March 13, 2008 edition.
Kourou Diakouma Mount, Saraya, Tambacounda Region Senegal (01-03/2007)
Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.3 × 3.1 cm = 1.7 × 0.9 × 1.2
Main crystal size: 0.1 × 0.1 cm = 0.0 × 0.0
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EM97M2: Very rich Senegalite vug coated by very sharp and lustrous crystals, with an intense yellow color and transparency. Between the matrix and the Senegalite crystal base, one can see a thin blue layer of Turquoise that is coating other small vugs in the matrix, accompanied by Crandallite. It is from a recent find (March 2008) at the Type Locality for the species. The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazines Mineralogical Record on page 68 in the volume 40 number 1, and in Rivista Mineralogica Italiana page 190, number 2008/3. Also in the magazine "Lapis" number 04/2014, page 11
Kourou Diakouma Mount, Saraya, Tambacounda Region Senegal (03/2008)
Specimen size: 7.7 × 6.6 × 5.9 cm = 3.0 × 2.6 × 2.3
Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.1 cm = 0.1 × 0.0
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EF47AC2: Very rich Senegalite vug with spheroidal growths of very sharp and lustrous crystals with an intense yellowish green color and high transparency. Between the matrix and the Senegalite, one can see a thin blue layer of Turquoise that is coating other small vugs in the matrix, accompanied by white Crandallite. The sample, from the type locality for the species, is from a very well known and single find in 2008.
Kourou Diakouma Mount, Saraya, Tambacounda Region Senegal (2007-2008)
Specimen size: 8.4 × 6 × 4.3 cm = 3.3 × 2.4 × 1.7
Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.1 cm = 0.1 × 0.0
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EP48M2: Really esthetic specimen formed by vugs coated by very sharp and lustrous Senegalite crystals, with an intense yellowish color and transparency. Between the matrix and the Senegalite crystal base, one can see a thin blue layer of Turquoise that is coating other small vugs in the matrix. The specimen is from a recent find (March 2008) at the Type Locality for the species.
Kourou Diakouma Mount, Saraya, Tambacounda Region Senegal (03/2008)
Specimen size: 10.1 × 9 × 5.2 cm = 4.0 × 3.5 × 2.0
Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.1 cm = 0.1 × 0.0
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MH27R8: Esthetic growth of two groups of elongated radiating prismatic crystals with very acute terminations. The crystals, bright and of uniform clear sky blue color, are on a small matrix.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (2009)
Specimen size: 8.5 × 8 × 4.5 cm = 3.3 × 3.1 × 1.8
Main crystal size: 4.5 × 0.9 cm = 1.8 × 0.4
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Bultfonteinite with Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) and Calcite |
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EZ56R1: Fanlike groups of snowy white acicular crystals of Bultfonteinite replacing the faces of short elongated crystals of Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) which has a pseudocubic habit. In some cases the replacement is deeper and forms a more or less complete pseudomorph of the preexisting Hydroxyapophyllite-(K). All are on a matrix of clear, complex, crystals of Calcite. Well send a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the piece.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (2006)
Specimen size: 8 × 8 × 6 × cm = 3.1 × 3.1 × 2.4
Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.2 cm = 0.6 × 0.5
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MZ14D5: The N'Chwaning Mine is famous for its fine Rhodos but it also produces curious Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) specimens which are totally different from the Indian ones or any others for that matter. This esthetic group perched on its matrix displays very well due the extremely aerial position of the crystals.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (2001)
Specimen size: 7 × 3.5 × 3 cm = 2.8 × 1.4 × 1.2
Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.4 × 0.4
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MF86Y9: Irregular aggregate of very sharp Gaudefroyite crystals that are very aerial, bright and are with small white Baryte crystals. This specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine Mineralogical Record on page 39 in the volume 48, number 1 (January-February 2017)
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa
Specimen size: 4.2 × 2.6 × 1.8 cm = 1.7 × 1.0 × 0.7
Main crystal size: 1.8 × 0.3 cm = 0.7 × 0.1
Former collection of Piroska Magyar
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LR36F4: This specimen shows parallel growths on a single axis, so typical of the finds from N'Chwanning. The tetrahedral crystals are brilliant with very well defined faces and edges, and a brilliant surface. From the David Lucas collection, number 587 so we will give the buyer his label.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa
Specimen size: 3.5 × 3.2 × 3.3 cm = 1.4 × 1.3 × 1.3
Calcite extremely fluorescent long & short UV
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ET29Y5: Irregular aggregate of very sharp octahedral crystals, extraordinarily bright, on matrix and with small groups of white Celestine crystals.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa
Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.3 × 2.9 cm = 2.6 × 2.1 × 1.1
Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.1 × 0.1
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EC56R1: Fanlike groups of snowy white acicular crystals of Bultfonteinite replacing the faces of short elongated crystals of Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) which has a pseudocubic habit. In some cases the replacement is deeper and forms a more or less complete pseudomorph of the preexisting Hydroxyapophyllite-(K). All are on a matrix of clear, complex, crystals of Calcite. Well send a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the piece.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (2006)
Specimen size: 8.5 × 3.4 × 2.5 cm = 3.3 × 1.3 × 1.0
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.5 × 0.4
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TQ97N0: A novelty for Tucson 2009. Very well defined crystals of the best quality for the species. With an excellent luster, they are on a matrix of white crystals of Calcite. From a recent find (2008) at the new NChwanning III mine.
N'Chwaning III Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (2008)
Specimen size: 6.6 × 6 × 3.9 cm = 2.6 × 2.4 × 1.5
Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.3 cm = 0.1 × 0.1
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Bixbyite with Hausmannite and Celestine |
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TG96W4: Group of extraordinarily large cubic crystals of Bixbyite. They are very bright and form polycrystalline growths, with small crystals of Hausmannite and small white coatings of Celestine.
N'Chwaning III Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (2011)
Specimen size: 10 × 7.4 × 4.6 cm = 3.9 × 2.9 × 1.8
Main crystal size: 2.3 × 2.2 cm = 0.9 × 0.9
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TF12X3: A novelty at Tucson 2013. Sharp, brilliant, octahedral crystals. The contrast between the black Jacobsite crystals and the white Calcite makes this specimen nicer than usual. We'll send a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the piece.
N'Chwaning III Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (±08/2012)
Specimen size: 1.6 × 1.3 × 1.3 cm = 0.6 × 0.5 × 0.5
Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.1 × 0.1
Calcite minor fluorescence long & short UV
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EX91AG3: A novelty at Denver 2017. Botryoidal aggregates of Jouravskite micro-crystals, a very rare calcium and manganese sulfate-carbonate. They are very sharp, very bright, have and an extraordinary lemon-yellow color and are on a Xonotlite matrix. This specimen was photographed for the Munich 2017 section of the magazine Mineralien Welt and appears on page 71 of number 1/2018 and the magazine Paragιnesis, number 01/2018, page 103
N'Chwaning III Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (2017)
Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.6 × 1.7 cm = 2.3 × 1.4 × 0.7
Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.3 × 0.1
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EZ99AG4: A novelty at Denver 2017. Very well defined lenticular Jouravskite crystals, a very rare calcium and manganese sulfate-carbonate. They are translucent, very bright, with an extraordinary lemon-yellow color and on matrix, with white Xonotlite aggregates and translucent botryoidal Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) aggregates with a lavender color. The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine Mineral Up on page 64 in number 2017/2
N'Chwaning III Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (2017)
Specimen size: 8.8 × 4.4 × 1.2 cm = 3.5 × 1.7 × 0.5
Main crystal size: 0.7 × 0.3 cm = 0.3 × 0.1
Xonotlite fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
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Inesite with Orlymanite and Calcite |
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ER27X0: Radial growths of acicular crystals of Inesite with a very deep color, with white scalenohedral crystals of Calcite and on a botryoidal growth of Orlymanite, a rare silicate of calcium and manganese. From the type locality for Orlymanite.
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa
Specimen size: 6.7 × 3.6 × 2 cm = 2.6 × 1.4 × 0.8
Main crystal size: 1 × 0.1 cm = 0.4 × 0.0
Calcite fluorescent long & short UV
Former collection of Claus Hedegaard. Number 10830
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EH37D2: Really nice form for this reasonably uncommon mineral and just how I like them: very aerial crystals well separated from the matrix.
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (1980)
Specimen size: 5 × 4.7 × 3 cm = 2.0 × 1.9 × 1.2
Fluorescent long & short UV
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MD12AE7: Botryoidal aggregate of Gageite, a rare manganese and zinc silicate. It has a greenish-brown color and is coating a matrix of manganese oxides crowned by a group of rhombohedral Rhodochrosite crystals that are translucent, bright and have a uniform pink color. The sample has been analyzed and well send a copy of the analysis to the buyer.
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa
Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.2 × 2.4 cm = 1.1 × 0.9 × 0.9
Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.4 cm = 0.2 × 0.2
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EF89AA5: Parallel growths of small Sugilite crystals with good terminations. They are on matrix, with radial sprays of small Pectolite crystals. Very recently we posted this same specimen, but its vivid and uniform bluish color gave us some doubts about its identity, so we removed it until it could be analyzed. We will send the buyer a copy of the analysis confirming that it is sugilite.
Wessels Mine, Hotazel, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa
Specimen size: 4.1 × 4 × 2 cm = 1.6 × 1.6 × 0.8
Pectolite intense fluorescence short UV & fluorescent long UV
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TQ49AF2: A group of very well defined crystals on matrix. They are bright and have a very intense color. Ephesite, a phyllosilicate of the mica group, is a very rare species, and more rare in crystals of this length and quality. The sample is from Charles Key.
Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa
Specimen size: 3.7 × 4.1 × 2.5 cm = 1.5 × 1.6 × 1.0
Main crystal size: 0.4 × 0.3 cm = 0.2 × 0.1
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TH97N0: Very aerial group of very sharp octahedral crystals of a considerable size. They are transparent, bright and have and excellent, very intense green color. From a recent find in Riemvasmaak in 2008.
Riemvasmaak, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province South Africa (2008)
Specimen size: 6 × 5 × 3.6 cm = 2.4 × 2.0 × 1.4
Main crystal size: 3.3 × 3 cm = 1.3 × 1.2
Fluorescent long & short UV
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TG50N0: Group of very sharp octahedral crystals. They are transparent, bright, with inclusions, and have an excellent, very intense green color. Partially coated by white Quartz. From a recent find in Riemvasmaak in 2008.
Riemvasmaak, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province South Africa (2008)
Specimen size: 7 × 5.9 × 4.5 cm = 2.8 × 2.3 × 1.8
Main crystal size: 2.2 × 1.6 cm = 0.9 × 0.6
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EC28Q7: Isolated and grouped octahedral crystals, transparent and with a very intense and uniform green color and partially coated by white Quartz.
Riemvasmaak, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province South Africa (01/2010)
Specimen size: 8.2 × 5.7 × 3.2 cm = 3.2 × 2.2 × 1.3
Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.5 cm = 0.7 × 0.6
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EB68Q7: Group of transparent octahedral crystals with a very intense and uniform green color, some of them with centered inclusions.
Riemvasmaak, Orange river area, Kakamas, ZF Mgcawu District, Northern Cape Province South Africa (01/2010)
Specimen size: 9.3 × 8.3 × 4.8 cm = 3.7 × 3.3 × 1.9
Main crystal size: 2.6 × 2.2 cm = 1.0 × 0.9
Fluorescent long & short UV
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TB89J1: Very aerial and esthetic specimen with an excellent crystallization in which appear, without predominance of one or another, the faces of the cube, slightly rough, and those of the octahedron, completely smooth. The green color is another feature of this original sample.
Pella, Orange River, Northern Cape Province South Africa (2006)
Specimen size: 6.3 × 6 × 4.2 cm = 2.5 × 2.4 × 1.7
Main crystal size: 3.5 × 3.5 cm = 1.4 × 1.4
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TR17S0: A novelty at Tucson 2011. Parallel and sceptered growth with some doubly terminated crystals that are transparent, very bright in deep smoky shades and on a parallel group of very elongate crystals of white Quartz.
Steinkopf, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape Province South Africa (08/2010)
Specimen size: 6.3 × 1.6 × 1.5 cm = 2.5 × 0.6 × 0.6
Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.1 cm = 0.7 × 0.4
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TE28S0: A novelty at Tucson 2011. Parallel and sceptered growth with a centered window formation. Crystals are very bright with deep smoky shades and are on a parallel group of very elongate crystals of white Quartz.
Steinkopf, Namakwa District (Namaqualand), Northern Cape Province South Africa (08/2010)
Specimen size: 8.2 × 3.5 × 2.5 cm = 3.2 × 1.4 × 1.0
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ML27T8: Very well defined laminar growths and very thin hooked crystals on Quartz matrix. The sample is from a locality that is rarely referenced in mineral collections. From the Claus Hedegaard collection (num. 13579), whose label well send to the buyer.
Witwatersrand field, Gauteng South Africa
Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.8 × 2.2 cm = 1.3 × 1.1 × 0.9
Opal Fluorescent long & short UV
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MH66AA7: Aggregate of two small very sharp Shigaite crystals. They are laminar, bright, with a very intense and deep color and on a rocky matrix coated by a botryoidal Rhodochrosite growth, very bright and with a very intense, vivid and uniform pink color. The whole sample is extremely esthetic.
N'Chwaning I Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (2006)
Specimen size: 8.7 × 6.2 × 4.9 cm = 3.4 × 2.4 × 1.9
Main crystal size: 0.3 × 0.1 cm = 0.1 × 0.0
Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
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From the great Olmiite finds made in N'Chwaning Mine we offer this further material. The quality is, as you can see, much better than the Poldervaartites found in the Wessels Mine. Notably the color is much more intense and redder. On the subject of the color it is necessary to warn you that some of these new Olmiites show an intense color change depending of the kind of light used: in day light they become yellowish but in artificial light they are a spectacular strawberry red color.
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AX49AD6: Doubly terminated crystal on matrix. It is very individualized, translucent, bright and with a good color, with fine polycrystalline growths on the surface of its faces. The sample is from the Sylvane collection, which label well send to the buyer.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (01/2002)
Specimen size: 2.3 × 2.2 × 2.2 cm = 0.9 × 0.9 × 0.9
Main crystal size: 2 × 1.5 cm = 0.8 × 0.6
Fluorescent long & short UV
Former collection of Josep Amigó (Silvane)
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EQ99: Excellent color, perfection, and esthetic: the form is really nice, it looks like a snowman. A exclusive and funny thing.
N'Chwaning II Mine, Section 5 south, stope 46-47 roof, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (01/2002)
Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.7 × 1.7 cm = 1.0 × 0.7 × 0.7
Main crystal size: 2.4 × 1.9 cm = 0.9 × 0.7
Fluorescent long & short UV
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EQ6E8: Two complex crystals placed on their matrix to give a very aerial sample. It stands out for the sharpness of the crystal form, which is prismatic and doublepyramid, which is not that common in Kuruman. While the color is a little less intense than other samples it is compensated for by the intense brilliance, which is due to the large number of flat faces on the crystals.
N'Chwaning II Mine, Section 5 south, stope 46-47 roof, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (01/2002)
Specimen size: 2.8 × 2.6 × 1.9 cm = 1.1 × 1.0 × 0.7
Main crystal size: 1.3 × 0.9 cm = 0.5 × 0.4
Fluorescent long & short UV
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TM96N2: A novelty of Tucson 2009. Unusual groups of crystals of irregular contour, more or less oval-shaped. They are pink, and more intense on the terminations. They are on very acute scalenohedrons of Calcite and on matrix. They have come from a single geode. At first we believed they could be Poldervaartite due to the presence of the accompanying Calcite and the pinkish color of the crystals, but the analysis confirms that they are Olmiite (the manganoan end of the series) and not Poldervaartite (the calcian end). Well send a copy of the analysis to the buyer of the sample. The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published as a new discovery in the magazine Mineral Up on page 29 in number 2009/2.
N'Chwaning II Mine, upper levels, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (12/2008)
Specimen size: 3.4 × 2.3 × 3.8 cm = 1.3 × 0.9 × 1.5
Fluorescent long & short UV
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EB54E8: This one stands out for the crystalline terminations, pyramidal and in complex groups that give it a spherical look, and the sharpness of the forms of the prismatic faces. Both the color and brilliance are magnificent. The position of the group on the matrix makes it very esthetic and adds the definitive touch.
N'Chwaning II Mine, Section 5 south, stope 46-47 roof, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (01/2002)
Specimen size: 4.8 × 2 × 3.4 cm = 1.9 × 0.8 × 1.3
Fluorescent long & short UV
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MB27AH0: A very aerial Olmiite crystal with polycrystalline growths, with very well defined faces and edges, translucent with a pink color that changes to reddish under an incandescent light. It is on matrix, with white Calcite crystals. The sample, a South African classic, is from the Desmond Sacco collection, whose label well send to the buyer.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (2017)
Specimen size: 4.9 × 3.4 × 2.7 cm = 1.9 × 1.3 × 1.1
Main crystal size: 1.4 × 1.4 cm = 0.6 × 0.6
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EB2B9: Two photos showing its spectacular color change. Just minor matrix on its rear, almost a floater specimen complete in all sides with perfect form and excellent luster-color perfection. The crystals have a spherical form, they are gemmy and are formed by hundreds of small parallel grow crystals. A beauty!. This specimen was photographed for the magazine Mineralien Welt and appears on page 18 of number 1/2009.
N'Chwaning II Mine, Section 5 south, stope 46-47 roof, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (01/2002)
Specimen size: 5.5 × 3.7 × 3.2 cm = 2.2 × 1.5 × 1.3
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TM98D8: Recently new Olmiites were found in N'chwaning. The color is a little more orange than the first ones, and the crystals are a little bit smaller. But these ones are on a matrix of small crystals of gemmy Calcite, making the whole specimen esthetically pleasing. The prices are also lower than they were for the first ones, so we think they are a good deal. In this case the crystals of Poldervaarite are well positioned on the matrix, nicely separated, aerial, and have good contrast with the matrix.
N'Chwaning II Mine, N'Chwaning mining area, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese field (KMF), Northern Cape Province South Africa (11/2003)
Specimen size: 8.2 × 6.3 × 2.2 cm = 3.2 × 2.5 × 0.9
Main crystal size: 1.7 × 1.2 cm = 0.7 × 0.5
Extremely fluorescent long & short UV
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MA88N6: Globular growths of small crystals of Olmiite whose faces are very well defined and very bright, with two degrees of color, clear cream in some areas and slightly orange in others. On matrix, with small crystals of white Quartz.
N'Chwaning II Mine, 45 level, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape South Africa (10/2008)
Specimen size: 4.8 × 4.7 × 3.3 cm = 1.9 × 1.9 × 1.3
Main crystal size: 1.2 × 1 cm = 0.5 × 0.4
Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
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MH31M5: A novelty of Munich 2008. The sample forms globular growths of well defined terminations of crystals. The deeper color is similar to the older pieces, classified then as Poldervaartite. This specimen was photographed for the whats new at Munich 2008 section of the magazine Mineralien Welt and appears on page 18 of number 1/2009.
N'Chwaning II Mine, 45 level, Kuruman, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape South Africa (10/2008)
Specimen size: 9.2 × 5.8 × 3 cm = 3.6 × 2.3 × 1.2
Main crystal size: 2.8 × 2.1 cm = 1.1 × 0.8
Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
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ER86P2: Very aerial on its small Muscovite matrix, the trapezohedral crystal is almost complete and has an excellent definition of its faces and edges. Color, luster and transparency are magnificent.
Sangulungulu Hill, Naan, Loliondo, Ngorongoro, Arusha region Tanzania (2008)
Specimen size: 2.5 × 1.9 × 1.9 cm = 1.0 × 0.7 × 0.7
Main crystal size: 1.9 × 1.9 cm = 0.7 × 0.7
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MG27N6: Trapezohedral crystal of Spessartine with very well defined faces and edges, translucent and having an excellent color and standing on a matrix of Mica with brownish Kyanite.
Sangulungulu Hill, Naan, Loliondo, Ngorongoro, Arusha region Tanzania (2008)
Specimen size: 4 × 2.7 × 2 cm = 1.6 × 1.1 × 0.8
Main crystal size: 2 × 1.6 cm = 0.8 × 0.6
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EF59T0: A novelty at Sainte Marie-aux-Mines 2011. Very transparent and bright parallel growth with a pink! color that appears with special intensity in some areas of the crystal. This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2011 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine Le Rθgne Minιral, special edition, number 100, page 132 and the magazine Rivista Mineralogica Italiana on page 191 in number 2011/3
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region Tanzania (2011)
Specimen size: 2.2 × 1.2 × 0.5 cm = 0.9 × 0.5 × 0.2
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Zoisite (variety tanzanite) with Prehnite |
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MX89AA8: Parallel growth of two Zoisite (tanzanite variety) crystals, one of them very elongated. They are transparent, with a very intense and uniform color and small white Prehnite crystals, whose existence testifies that the sample has not been heated to increase its color intensity.
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region Tanzania (±2011)
Specimen size: 3.5 × 1.6 × 0.8 cm = 1.4 × 0.6 × 0.3
Main crystal size: 3.5 × 0.7 cm = 1.4 × 0.3
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EM63T0: A crystal with very well defined faces and edges, transparent, very bright and with a doubly terminated crystal. The color is especially intense and, due to some details, we believe it is natural, not induced by heating. The "fresh" appearance of related Prehnite crystal, with some white areas that must change color when heated, and the grayish shades at the bottom of the piece, that must also turned to blue-violet, are reasons why we offer this sample as natural, not heated.
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region Tanzania (2010)
Specimen size: 3.6 × 1 × 1.2 cm = 1.4 × 0.4 × 0.5
Main crystal size: 3.6 × 1.2 cm = 1.4 × 0.5
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Zoisite (variety tanzanite) with Prehnite and Chabazite |
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EG14T0: Group of two crystals. One of them, the left one, is doubly terminated, blue with slightly greenish areas. They are transparent, very bright and with crystals of Chabazite and well formed Prehnite crystals completely coating the back side and the top of the Zoisite crystals. This specimen was photographed and published as a novelty at the 2011 Ste. Marie Show in the magazine Le Rθgne Minιral, special edition, number 100, page 132.
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region Tanzania (2010)
Specimen size: 4.2 × 4.1 × 1.5 cm = 1.7 × 1.6 × 0.6
Main crystal size: 3.5 × 1.4 cm = 1.4 × 0.6
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Zoisite (variety tanzanite) with Graphite |
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TM10X4: Single crystal, very big for the species, that shows very well marked parallel and laminar polycrystalline growths, with a good termination, an excellent violet-blue color and on a matrix of small laminar hexagonal Graphite crystals. It is partially coated by very small unidentified crystals that fluoresce orange under the UV light. A piece for the collector, not for faceting but very interesting as a mineral sample.
D-Block Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Arusha Tanzania (2012)
Specimen size: 11.7 × 6.2 × 2.7 cm = 4.6 × 2.4 × 1.1
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TM81AH6: A very sharp Diopside crystal with very well defined faces and edges and a perfect termination, very rich in faces. It is bright, completely transparent, with a very intense and uniform color and has small Graphite inclusions. Well send the sample in its original Perkins box from the R.J. Noble collection, also containing the collection label.
Samax Mine, Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region Tanzania
Specimen size: 2 × 0.7 × 0.4 cm = 0.8 × 0.3 × 0.2
Former collection of Bob Noble
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TH26S3: A novelty at Tucson 2010. With the exceptional Tanzanite with Prehnite also appeared from Merelani some crystals of Diopside of notable size. This one has an excellent development of the upper terminal faces. It is transparent with an intense color and has an associated curious dark Titanite crystal that we analyzed. It also has small crystals of graphite on the back side.
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region Tanzania (2010)
Specimen size: 4.4 × 2.5 × 1.7 cm = 1.7 × 1.0 × 0.7
Main crystal size: 3.2 × 1.6 cm = 1.3 × 0.6
Fluorescence short UV & minor fluorescence long UV
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EA27W1: Aggregate of very elongated and flattened prismatic crystals with good terminations. They are translucent, bright and have an unusual and really intense green color, very rare for the species. Another representative species from Merelani.
Merelani Hills, Lelatema Mountains, Simanjiro District, Manyara Region Tanzania (2011)
Specimen size: 7 × 1.6 × 1 cm = 2.8 × 0.6 × 0.4
Fluorescent short UV
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Anglesite with Galena |
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ED68V0: Group of short prismatic crystals, rich in faces, between transparent and translucent, with a lemon yellow color and on Galena matrix. The sample is from a very classic locality for the species. Only very rarely is it possible to obtain old samples of this quality, and still more infrequently with a yellow color. Its from a well known European collection whose label well send to the buyer.
Sidi Amor ben Salem Mine, Slata, Tajerouine Tunisia
Specimen size: 5.8 × 3.1 × 2.9 cm = 2.3 × 1.2 × 1.1
Main crystal size: 2.1 × 1.6 cm = 0.8 × 0.6
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MA63L8: Group of Rutile crystals that show perfect cyclic twins on a matrix of Limonite and Quartz. Very bright, striated faces and deep red color transparency and reflections visible under an intense light. Although the first locality given in the market was D.R. of Congo, we can give the correct locality as Zambia, close to the D.R. of Congo border.
Kinyanfumbe Zambia (2007)
Specimen size: 3.1 × 2.3 × 2.6 cm = 1.2 × 0.9 × 1.0
Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.4 × 0.4
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MB60L8: Group of Rutile crystals, one of them with a good size. On a Limonite matrix that resembles a conglomerate. Rutile crystals display a perfect example of the classic cyclic twin. Very bright, striated faces and deep red color transparency and reflections visible under an intense light. Although the first locality given in the market was D.R. of Congo, we can give the correct locality as Zambia, close to the D.R. of Congo border.
Kinyanfumbe Zambia (2007)
Specimen size: 3.2 × 4.1 × 3.2 cm = 1.3 × 1.6 × 1.3
Main crystal size: 0.9 × 0.9 cm = 0.4 × 0.4
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MA61L8: Group of Rutile crystals that show perfect cyclic twins on a matrix formed by Rutile, Limonite and a bit of Quartz. Very bright, striated faces and deep red color transparency and reflections visible under an intense light. Although the first locality given in the market was D.R. of Congo, we can give the correct locality as Zambia, close to the D.R. of Congo border.
Kinyanfumbe Zambia (2007)
Specimen size: 5 × 4 × 2.9 cm = 2.0 × 1.6 × 1.1
Main crystal size: 1 × 1 cm = 0.4 × 0.4
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MX66S3: Centered and fanlike growths of acicular crystals of Malachite with very deep, intense and uniform color, and with scoriaceous growths of very clear green Chrysocolla.
Nkana Mine, Kitwe Zambia
Specimen size: 11.2 × 9 × 2.6 cm = 4.4 × 3.5 × 1.0
Main crystal size: 0.2 × 0.2 cm = 0.1 × 0.1
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TG89L3: The definitive thumbnail. Extremely well defined Libethenite crystals, with marked pseudo-octahedral habit. Very deep green color, excellent luster and on matrix. This sample was collected by K. J. Reid in November, 1976, who published an interesting article on The Mineralogical Record (Vol. 9 n. 6, Nov.-Dec. 1978). The specimen has been reviewed, photographed and published in the magazine Mineral Up on page 26 in number 2008/2.
Mindola pit, Nkana Mine, Kitwe Zambia (11/1976)
Specimen size: 2.1 × 1.6 × 1.4 cm = 0.8 × 0.6 × 0.6
Main crystal size: 1.1 × 1 cm = 0.4 × 0.4
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TE99L1: Very sharp, complex and excellent luster Libethenite crystals on matrix. The specimen comes from a one of the most classical Libethenite localities, where nowadays it is quite difficult to find fresh and high quality specimens. This sample was collected by K. J. Reid in November, 1976, who published an interesting article on The Mineralogical Record (Vol. 9 n. 6, Nov.-Dec. 1978).
Mindola pit, Nkana Mine, Kitwe Zambia (11/1976)
Specimen size: 4.5 × 3.6 × 3 cm = 1.8 × 1.4 × 1.2
Main crystal size: 1.5 × 1.4 cm = 0.6 × 0.6
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MC57S3: Druse of dipyramidal crystals, with very well defined faces and edges and deep and uniform green color, on matrix.
Nchanga Mine, Chingola Zambia
Specimen size: 10.2 × 7.5 × 3.6 cm = 4.0 × 3.0 × 1.4
Main crystal size: 0.15 × 0.15 cm = 0.1 × 0.1
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TY26T3: Aggregate of very acute crystals with slightly curved faces and edges, with clear green color and white areas and on limonite matrix. We note the locality, where the Pyromorphite is a not so common. The sample is from John Marshalls collection, whose label and card well send to the buyer.
Broken Hill Mine, Kabwe (Broken Hill), Central Province Zambia
Specimen size: 6.7 × 5.2 × 4.7 cm = 2.6 × 2.0 × 1.9
Main crystal size: 1 × 0.3 cm = 0.4 × 0.1
Minor fluorescence long & short UV
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Very interesting novelty of 2007 Munich Show: trigonal crystals of Ilmenite transformed into an intimate intergrowth of Rutile and Hematite. Microscopic examination shows that Rutile (reddish) occurs as a delicate network of needles which are oriented parallel to the basal sections of the former Ilmenite, while Hematite (black) forms the interstices.
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MC9K7: Epitaxial growth of red brilliant twinned Rutile on a doubly tabular former Ilmenite crystal pseudomorphed by Rutile and Hematite. This specimen was published on the Mineralogical Record΄s web page, in the What's New section of the January 18, 2008 edition.
Mwinilunga District, North-Western Province Zambia (05/2007)
Specimen size: 3.8 × 3.3 × 2 cm = 1.5 × 1.3 × 0.8
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MG62K7: Epitaxial growth of red brilliant twinned Rutile on a tabular former Ilmenite crystal pseudomorphed by Rutile and Hematite. The former Ilmenite is showing well-marked geometrical forms. The specimen's photo has been reviewed and published in the magazine Rocks & Minerals on page 174 in the volume 85, number 2 , in the magazine Le Rθgne Minιral number 97, page 42, and in the magazine extraLAPIS on page 49, number 43, "Pseudomorphosen".
Mwinilunga District, North-Western Province Zambia (05/2007)
Specimen size: 5.6 × 2.9 × 1.5 cm = 2.2 × 1.1 × 0.6
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MG56R5: Epitaxial growths of twinned deep red and bright Rutile crystals on a thick tabular crystal of Ilmenite pseudomorphed by Rutile and Hematite.
Mwinilunga District, North-Western Province Zambia (2005)
Specimen size: 11.4 × 5.6 × 1.7 cm = 4.5 × 2.2 × 0.7
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