Worldwide Minerals
No. FlZns705a
FLUORITE on SPHALERITE -
$695
This long storied and now defunct historic U.S. locality has produced some of
the world's finest Calcite and Fluorite specimens extant. This piece is
bursting with some of the best "grape-jelly" purple color Fluorite cubes that
I've seen from Elmwood. This piece is virtually undamaged and nearly every
Fluorite cube has at least one phantom. If that wasn't enough, the
Fluorites are sitting atop great quality, gemmy reddish-brown Sphalerite
crystals. These pieces are instant classics from the U.S. and this one
really has it all.
Locality: Elmwood, Carthage, Smith County, Tennessee
Specimen Size: 8.5 x 7.5 x 6 cm. (Crystal Size: 2 cm.)
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No. CobSwed705a
COBALTITE on matrix -
$1,450
First off, let me say that this specimen is a nightmare to photograph and the
piece looks much better in person than the photos would indicate. Some of
the best crystallized Cobaltite specimens in the world are found at this
locality, and it is very difficult to obtain matrix specimens of this material.
This piece is a good size specimen from this locality and any time you can find
an isolated matrix Cobaltite crystal over 1 centimeter across, it's always
impressive.
Locality: Hakansboda, Lindesberg, Vstmanland, Sweden
Specimen Size: 6.5 x 5.0 x 4.9 cm. (Crystal Size: 1 cm.)
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No. CarCong705a
CARROLLITE -
$1,100
A few years ago, this probably would have been one of the largest Carrollite
crystals in the world, and even after the tremendous find in 2001, this piece
stands out as a large crystal for the species.
All in all, this is an exceptional crystal for this
very rare copper cobalt nickel sulfide.
This bright silvery-white color crystal is predominantly
octahedral in form (which is less common habit for this material) very distinct
repeating cubic modifications on the terminations of the all six ends of the
octahedron. The most impressive feature of this crystal is that it has
absolutely mirror bright luster (thus making it very difficult to photograph)
and is about as sharp as any crystal I've seen from this locality. There
is a contact along two sides, but the sheer size and overall quality of this
piece makes up for it in my mind. To the best of my knowledge, there are
no more of these crystals coming out of the ground and they are sure to go up in
value if the locality doesn't produce any more world class specimens. For
a piece of this caliber with such great sharpness and splendent luster, it is
very fairly priced.
Locality: Kamoya II (South Kamoya mine), Kambove
city, near Likasi (1OO Miles from Kolwezy)
Shaba Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire)
Specimen Size: 3.2 x 3.2 x 2.4 cm.
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No. CuTsum705a
NATIVE COPPER -
$195
First off, let me preface this by saying that I purchased this specimen labeled
as being from Tsumeb. I haven't seen many Native Coppers from Tsumeb, but
they do exist, and this one has similar form to ones I've seen in the past.
Any help on verifying the locality info on this one would be much appreciated.
Regardless, this is still a very aesthetic showy crystal group with distinctly
sharp crystals in arborescent form. The piece is virtually undamaged, but
it is a too big for a thumbnail.
Locality: Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
Specimen Size: 3.3 x 1.6 x 1 cm.
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No. BarCo705a
BARITE -
$325
Here we have a great group of sharp, lustrous, and very gemmy crystals of some
of the best quality Barites ever collected in Colorado. Typically the
crystals from this locality have good blue-grey color, but they're rarely as
gemmy as the ones above. Keep in mind that this locality has produced any
good crystals in over 10 years and this piece is from the great find from the
1980's. Every Colorado collector should have one of these specimens in
their collection.
Locality: Leeson Pocket, Stoneham, Weld County, Colorado
Specimen Size: 5.2 x 3.0 x 2.2 cm.
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