Yaoganxian Fluorites have quickly become some of the most easily recognizable and abundant Fluorites on the market. These pieces seem to be everywhere lately, but they will one day no longer be available. This specimen is a nice little Fluorite showing SUPERB gem clarity (virtually water clear throughout) and cubic diagonal twinning. The color varies depending upon the lighting but shows shades of green or blue-green around the edges, and fairly dark purple "phantoms" near the edges. The piece has some slight damage, thus the reduced price, but one could have a superb quality gem cut from this crystal, that's how gemmy it is.

Locality: Yaogangxian mine, Chenzhou, Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China

Specimen Size: 2.8 x 2.6 x 2.2 cm.

The Commodore mine has produced some of the most colorful and attractive Sphalerite specimens in all of Colorado, or the United States for that matter. These specimens were all over the market 30 years ago, and now they are highly prized and highly sought after by Colorado collectors. My brother has cut some of the most vivid and sparkling gemstones from broken Sphalerite crystals that came out of the Commodore and they have always sold the second he puts them out for sale. I can only think of a few world localities that produce/produced such superb gemmy Sphalerite crystals in any quantity over the last 50 years, and the specimens from Creede truly are classics. This specimen features a dramatic, complexely crystallized/twinned, sharp, semi lustrous, multi color (green, gold and orange) crystal group flaring off a stem of matrix. When the crystal is backlit, it shows a myriad of color and is clearly gemmy enough to facet a superb quality gem. Do not miss out on this historic and flashy Colorado Sphalerite.

Locality: Emperious vein, Commodore mine, Creede, Mineral County, Colorado

Specimen Size: 2.8 x 1.7 x 1.4 cm.

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Not that I have made it a point to devote a great deal of attention to Dolomite thumbnails I have seen over the years, but I will say that this piece is the finest Dolomite thumbnail that I have handled. I must stress that this specimen looks much better than the photos indicate, and would thrill any thumbnail collector to own it. Dolomite simply should not get this good folks. The piece features a spectacular GEM quality twinned crystal with sharp, glassy faces and an eye-catching cognac color. The Dolomite is sitting atop a very dark red tabular Uvite crystal with accenting rhombohedra of colorless Magnesite. I have seen some rather crude Dolomites from this mine over the years, and until this piece, never once did I consider even owning one of them. This is the kind of specimen that would fit into any collection because the quality transcends anything else that I have encountered from Brumado. A very impressive thumbnail of a species that most collectors do not often consider a "must have" for their collections.

Locality: Brumado mine, Bahia, Brazil

Specimen Size: 2.4 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm.

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This specimen is about 10 years old and is a good full sized thumbnail for this material. It features a striking sharp Chalcopyrite crystal with matte luster which is associated with gemmy needle Quartz and black Sphalerite crystals. A very representative thumbnail of this well known material.

Locality: Nikolaevsky mine, Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Russia,

Specimen Size: 2.8 x 2.7 x 1.8 cm.

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