New Specimens from Denver Show 2007!
* Updated 11/12/2007 *

MIN#DENVER2007-181 NEW!

GORGEOUS!! Gemmy green Beryl var. Emerald crystal sitting atop dark Calcite crystals!
Emeralds with deep color are always in demand but Emeralds with deep color on dark Calcite
are the cream of the crop! This Emerald crystal measures 1.7 cm with a perfect termination!
From the Coscuez Mine, Muzo, Boyaca Department, Colombia.
Measures 4.8 cm by 3.4 cm in size.
Comes with a custom made, labeled base.
Ex. Schorsch Mineral Collection.
Price $15,000

MIN#DENVER2007-182 NEW!

Gorgeous plate of golden-yellow Fluorite cubes with Quartz accenting!
From the Silver Mines in Freiberg, Saxony, Germany.
Measures 8 cm by 8 cm in size.
Ex. Dearborn, Scalisi Collections
Price $1250

MIN#DENVER2007-185 NEW!

Very pretty plate of pink Inesite sprays with brown Hubeite and Microcline!
From the Fengjiashan Mine (Daye Copper Mine), Ezhou Prefecture, Hubei Province of China.
Measures 11 cm by 10.3 cm in size.
Price $895

MIN#DENVER2007-187 NEW!

Fine Arizona combo featuring Aurichalcite sprays on matrix with orange Wulfenite blades!
This gorgeous mix of minerals also includes colorless sprays of Hemimorphite crystals!
From the '79 Mine, Hayden, Dripping Spring Mountains, Gila County, Arizona.
Measures 7.2 cm by 8 cm in size.
Price $685

MIN#DENVER2007-188 SOLD!

Aesthetically pleasing cluster of orange Stilbite with Quartz accents from Australia!
From Tambar Springs, New South Wales, Australia.
Measures 5.1 cm by 7.8 cm in size.
Ex. Harold Urish Collection
Price $485

MIN#DENVER2007-189 SOLD!

EXCEPTIONAL! Cabinet plate of granny-apple green Pyromorphite crystals on matrix!
From the Daoping Lead-Zinc Mine, Gongcheng County, Guangxi Province of China.
Measures 8 cm by 10.5 cm in size.
Price $2850

MIN#DENVER2007-190 NEW!

Terminated tabs of blue Celestine with golden Calcite on matrix!
From Maybee, Monroe County, Michigan.
Measures 6.5 cm by 8.3 cm in size.
Price $585

MIN#DENVER2007-191 SOLD!

Beautiful plate of botryoidal Rhodochrosite with Pyrite!
This is a cabinet sized plate and one of the better I've seen from Japan.
Beautiful rolling surfaces of glossy red Rhodochrosite and only one minor contact!
From the Oppu Mine, Aomori Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan.
Measures 11.5 cm by 15 cm in size.
Price $1850

MIN#DENVER2007-192 NEW!

Lustrous surfaces highlight this interesting mix of Calcite and Pyrite on Calcite with a Fluorite crystal!
The "mushroom" shaped cluster of white drusy Calcite is perched perfectly atop the colorless Fluorite!
From the Herja Mine, Baia Mare, Maramures County, Romania.
Measures 3.8 cm by 5.2 cm in size.
Price $385

MIN#DENVER2007-193 SOLD!

EXCEPTIONAL! Cabinet sized plate of glassy Chrysocolla included Barite crystals on Chrysocolla!
From the Shinkolobwe Mine, Shaba Province, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Measures 10.2 cm by 12.2 cm in size.
Ex. Edward David Collection
Price $3250

MIN#DENVER2007-194 NEW!

Blood-red crystal of Realgar perched atop a cluster of fine Stibnite needles!
From the 180 meter Level, No. 5 Mine, Baia Sprie, Maramures County, Romania.
Measures 3.7 cm by 4.8 cm in size with a doubly terminated 1.5 cm Realgar!
Price $350

MIN#DENVER2007-195 SOLD!

Gorgeous plate of BLUE Fluorite cubes on drusy matrix!
From the Glory Hole, Blanchard Claims, Bingham, Socorro County, New Mexico.
Measures 13.5 cm by 11 cm in size.
Price $585

MIN#DENVER2007-196 NEW!

WOW! Three very glassy and deep orange Scheelite crystals on Muscovite!
I found a small collection of Scheelites at the show and this is the fourth of four.
Scheelites have become very difficult to find and quality ones have all but disappeared!
This specimen combines great color with sharp crystals and glossy surfaces. Very nice!
From Ping Wu, Sichuan Province of China.
Measures 9 cm by 8.5 cm in size with a 3 cm Scheelite at top.
Price $2250

MIN#DENVER2007-197 NEW!

UNIQUE! Eye catching specimen of Fluorite on a Dolomite coated Fluorite with Sphalerite!
As I see it, this specimen has three growth stages. The first grew a large octahedral Fluorite on Muscovite.
The second coated that Fluorite and Muscovite with a drusy of small Dolomite xls. The third and final stage
saw a new growth of lavender Fluorite with Sphalerite over the original Fluorite - minus the one corner!
From the Yaogangxian Mine, Yizhang County, Hunana Province of China.
Measures 10 cm by 9.8 cm with a 7.2 cm Fluorite!
Price $985

MIN#DENVER2007-198 NEW!

Gem crystals of rootbeer-colored Barite on Yellow Calcite!
The upright Barite crystal on the right is doubly terminated.
From Elk Creek, Meade County, South Dakota.
Measures 4.5 cm by 4 cm in size.
Price $950

MIN#DENVER2007-199 SOLD!

Cute Elmwood combo featuring a lustrous Sphalerite crystals perched atop a Galena cube!
From the Elmwood Mine in Smith County, Tennessee.
Measures 5.5 cm by 3.5 cm in size.
Ex. Mark Kielbaso Collection
Price $895

MIN#DENVER2007-200a SOLD!

EXCEPTIONAL! Gorgeous blue cluster of Rosasite in a small matrix vug!
This is one of the prettiest Arizona Rosasites I've seen in a long time.
Classic specimen from the Silver Bill Mine in Gleeson (now a ghost town), Arizona.
Measures 5.5 cm by 7.4 cm in size.
Ex. Harold Urish Collection
Price $1250

MIN#DENVER2007-200b NEW!

SUPERB! Sparkling specimen of Quartz drusy over Aurichalcite sprays and Chrysocolla!
This is a New Mexico specimen which is much greener than the Arizona specimens due to the
added Aurichalcite needle clusters! Definately the best plate of this material that I've seen.
From Otero County, New Mexico.
Measures 9.8 cm by 8.7 cm in size.
Price $785

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