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Los Lamentos, Chihuahua, Mexico. A partucularly sharp and brightly-colored wulfenite on matrix--> |
crystals to 1.6 cm, whole is 9.5 x 6 cm . . . |
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Pingwu, Sichuan, China A composite twinned crystal of remarkable luster and freedom from damage; on minor muscovite 6.5 cm . . $1400 |
Ouro Preto, Minas gerais, Brazil. A highly specular and well-formed large piece with display quality faces front and back 11 cm long 6 cm thick . . |
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Sarany, Urals, Russia This specimen was selected from hundreds because it had by far the largest crystals (we also have much less expensive uvarovite) |
8.5 x 4 cm; stands upright too . . #muvarov . . $510 |
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Panasqueira, Portugal. SOLD A large apatite crystal (4 x4 cm) with the darker core charateristic of this classic locality. Good luster, from old collection, associated muscovite. |
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Stannite with Arsenopyrite and Quartz, Yaogangxian, Hunan, China. This is the closest to the perfect Stannite as one is ever likely to see, even in museums. A lustrous stannite with perfectly proportioned quartz and arsenopyrite crystals. Stannite is 3 cm, whole piece 5 cm (some dolomite , muscovite) . . $1250 |
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Ruby, Ramaura flux-grown This is a ruby crystal grown with great expertise in a platinum crucible to allow the crystal to develop with absolutely minimal interference. The result is stunning crystal faces and bright red color. The flux process unlike the flame process, allows great crystallinity to become evident in the product |
same crystal as left about 3 cm across. Attractive crystalline inclusions were hard to bring out in the photograph. Such crystals have won awards in the Smithsonian. They are some of the few manmade gemstones allowed for public exhibit in the National Collection in Washington but this kind of crystal is allowed. This one SOLD but smaller ones avalable, please enquire . |
