The Tucson Show 2012 Mineral Rooms
Updated April 18th, 2012
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Gorgeous pink Morganite crystal
on Lepidolite and Cleavelandite with Quartz!
Beautiful 4.5 cm Morganite snuggled between crystal clusters of pink Lepidolite and white
Cleavelandite!
The Morganite is gemmy to translucent with a perfect textbook form and glassy crystal
faces. There is
no damage and the Morganite is complete on all sides. The color could best be described as
a pastel pink
with just a tiny hint of orange. The Lepidolite clusters are rosy-pink and provide a
beautiful contrast.
From Pech, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan.
Measures 11 cm by 18 cm by 10.4 cm in total size.
Comes with a custom made, labeled base
Price $12,500
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Iridescent crystals of Galena set atop
Dolomite covered matrix!
There are also tiny clusters of golden Chalcopyrite
scattered about, adding additional color
to the cluster. The Galena crystals are octahedral in form and exhibit a lovely
blue-purple-red
iridescent flash. They measures to 2.2 cm in size. In excellent condition with no visible
contacts.
From the West Fork Mine, Centerville, Viburnum Trend
District, Reynolds Co., Missouri.
Measures 5.2 cm by 9.5 cm by 5 cm in total size.
Ex. Russell Mineral Collection
Price $585
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GEMMY crystal of Imperial Topaz!
This is a gorgeous, fat, terminated crystal of
Imperial Topaz and the color is incredible!
The crystal itself has glassy surfaces and sharp striations. There are some of the normal
matrix influenced irregularities that are common to these crystals but they are almost
invisible to
the naked eye. The color could best be described as an intense, glowing golden orange.
Very nice!!
From Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Measures 3.4 cm by 3.1 cm by 2.2 cm in total size. Weighs 38.1 grams.
Ex. R. R. Stoddard Mineral Collection
Price $1450
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Fine crystal of Imperial Topaz!
A lovely gem crystal featuring the famous
golden-orange Imperial Topaz color!
The top is perfectly terminated and the surfaces are glassy and striated. Very nice!
From Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Measures 3.8 cm by 1.1 cm by .8 cm in total size. Weighs 5.8 grams.
Ex. R. R. Stoddard Mineral Collection
Price $785
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Large crystals of Sulfur set atop
Aragonite covered matrix!
Great looking specimen with Sulfur crystals
measuring 3.5 cm, 3.3 cm, and 3.2 cm in size!
All three crystals are doubly terminated with great looking faces and only one minor
contact
which does not detract. The surfaces are satiny lustrous with a fine internal
translucence.
From Agrigento, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy.
Measures 4.6 cm by 6.6 cm by 3.8 cm in total size.
Price $2850
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Incredible combination of Rubyjacl
Sphalerite crystals on Galena cubes!
Also with a small Calcite on the far left side, this
is one of the finest Tri-State combo miniatures
I've acquired in years. The large 2.8 cm twinned Sphalerite crystal at the very top sits
perfectly
atop the cubic Galenas. A coating of smaller Rubyjack crystals coat the top faces and add
a strong
reddish tint to the specimen. The largest Galena on the left measures 2.7 cm and
all exhibit lustrous
faces on both front and back, with the back being slightly more mirror-like. With attached
Chert matrix.
From the Ballard Mine, Baxter Springs, Picher Field,
Tri-State District, Cherokee Co., Kansas.
Measures 5.5 cm by 5 cm by 4.8 cm in total size.
Price $985
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Neat specimen of mustard-yellow
Orpiment crystals in cluster!
I must admit that I've never offered a specimen of
Orpiment from this locality before.
The Roberts Mountains are in the middle of nowhere in the center of Nevada but they
produce some good looking Orpiment. This specimen is in excellent condition with only
minor contacts. The largest crystal at top measures about 3 cm in size and the luster of
all
ranges from satiny to glassy on the back. The only point of trimming is along the far
right edge.
From Roberts Mountains, Eureka County, Nevada.
Measures 6.7 cm by 4.8 cm by 3.8 cm in total size.
Price $385
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Rare! Lustrous specimen of Galena
crystals with Fluorite!
This fine specimen is from the obscure Hill-Ledford
Mine and is the first specimen I've found from
this scarce locality in quite some time. It's also one of the best Hardin County Galena
plates I've offered
and was once in the personal collection of the mine owner himself, Mr. Paul Ledford. The
Galenas are
all complete and undamaged with modified faces. A rolling, satiny luster highlights each
crystal as do
the pretty light purple Fluorite cubes seen beneath the largest 4.5 cm Galena and on the
far right side.
Circa 1957 - From the Hill-Ledford Mine,
Cave-in-Rock District, Hardin County, Illinois.
Measures 6.8 cm by 9.3 cm by 4.8 cm in total size.
Ex. Paul Ledford, Roy A. Smith Mineral Collections
Price $1450
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Gemmy crystals of vibrant purple
Fluorite with Barite blades!
Each Fluorite cube displays a slightly darker
phantom just beneath the surface. The crystals
are very gemmy and allow one to look inside all the way to the underlying matrix. The
surfaces
are very glassy and reflective with only a few tiny contacts along the edges that do no
detract.
Cream-colored Barite blades cluster along the left edge and climb upwards over the very
top.
From Berbes, Berbes Mining area, Ribadesella, Asturias,
Spain.
Measures 12.5 cm by 9.2 cm by 5.7 cm in total size.
Price $4850
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Scarce specimen combination mix Native
Copper with green Prehnite nodules!
The Native Copper juts out at the top and appears as
small crystals between the Prehnite nodules
and white Dolomite. There's even a small Copper wire located on the upper left side of
this fine combo.
From the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan.
Measures 9.3 cm by 6.8 cm in size.
Ex. Russell MacFall Mineral Collection
Price $850
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