Minerals
of
Brazil
No. Uv Bra 1
UVITE -
(SOLD)
This is a beautiful specimen with sharp, lustrous,
undamaged, gem/gemmy crystals of Uvite on
Magnesite matrix.
Locality: Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
Specimen Size: 4.5 x 4 x 2.5 cm.
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No. Hem Bra 1
HEMATITE -
$150
A fine specimen with epitaxial Hematite on Magnesite.
Locality: Brumado, Bahia, Brazil
Specimen Size: 5 x 3 x 4 cm.
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No. Cass Bra 1
CASSITERITE -
$225
Cassiterite twins on Albite from this pegmatite locality.
Locality: near Linópolis, Córrego Frio Dist., Minas
Gerais, Brazil
Specimen Size: 6.5 x 5 x 4 cm.
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No. 18
EOSPHORITE -
$500 (SOLD)
A killer thumbnail size specimen with a crystallized
"ball" of translucent/transparent blades of dark
greenish-brown Eosphorite on and with gem Quartz
crystals.
Locality: Lavra da Ilha (an island in the middle of the
Jequitinhonha River), Taquaral, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Specimen Size: 2.5 x 2 x 1.5 cm.
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No. 17
EOSPHORITE -
$550
This is a super miniature size specimen with fine,
translucent, bladed crystals of orange-brown
Eosphorite on a gem Quartz crystal.
Locality: Lavra da Ilha (an island in the middle of the
Jequitinhonha River), Taquaral, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Specimen Size: 4.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm.
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No. C 73 B
CHRYSOBERYL -
$1,250
Chrysoberyl is one of my favorite minerals and this is a
great example of a very fine, sharp, classic,
"heart-shaped", gemmy, green, twinned "floater" crystal.
Locality: Americana, Teofilo Ottoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Specimen Size: 3.5 x 2 x 1 cm.
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No. And 1 Braz
ANDALUSITE -
$300 (SOLD)
Andalusite aside from being very elusive in fine crystals
has a very strong pleochroism which makes it
extremely beautiful. This is a very sharp, gem crystal of
a species that few collectors have a good example.
Locality: Rio del Prado, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Specimen Size: 1.6 x 1.1 x 0.6 cm.
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No. Elb Alb Brazil 1
ELBAITE -
$1,450
A great specimen consisting of lustrous,
doubly-terminated, gem crystals on sharp, gemmy
Albite crystals. These pictures do not show the true
gemminess and electric color of the Tourmaline
crystals.
Locality: Xanda mine, Virgen da Lapa, Minas Gerais,
Brazil
Specimen Size: 6 x 3.5 x 2 cm. (Elbaite crystals: 2.5
cm.)
Mined: 1974
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No. H 1 B
BERYL (variety
Heliodor
) -
$7,000
This is one of the finest examples of a Brazilian
Heliodor that I've ever seen. At one point in time,
this would rival other specimens for the "best in the
world" title (excluding the Russian Heliodors).
Nevertheless, this is an absolutely gem, deep golden
color, prismatic, sharp crystal that would yield large,
clean gemstones from a mine that produced some
superb specimens ! Richard Kosnar brought this piece
back from Brazil in July of 1974, after he had been
made aware of the locality from Richard Gaines in
1973. Other associated minerals at this locality are
dark gemmy Rubellite, Microcline and Muscovite.
Locality: Serra da Mesa mine, Minaçu (Minassu),
Goias, Brazil
Specimen Size: 5.5 x 2 cm. (Weight: 47.5 grams)
Mined: 1974
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