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#CI129  $140.00

CASSITERITE     Santin Mine, Guanajuato , Mexico
ex. U.S. National Museum Specimen

A lustrous grouping of jet black Casitterite formerly in the Smithsonian collection.
The Cassiterite is well formed into tiny, highly lustrous crystals that could not be picked up very well by my camera. Number on label matches that on the specimen.

#CJ185   $95.00

AMETHYST
Las Vigas,  Municipio de Tatatlia
Veracruz, Mexico

Numerous Amethyst crystals are placed in various orientations all over the front face of this 7.6 x 5 x 3.8 cm specimen. The Amethyst crystals are all in good shape and are a light purple in the center with a very nice darker purple color toward the terminations. There are 3 crystals on this specimen that are double terminated. The most aesthetic Amethyst crystal is the one that lays essentially horizontal across the uppermost part of the specimen and is attached by the center of the crystal, as seen in the upper, right image. It measure 2 x 0.4 x 0.4 cm. The other 2 doubly terminated crystals lay essentially vertical on the specimen and are more toward the front of the specimen, creating a triangle with the uppermost doubly terminated Amethyst. The specimen can be easily orientated so as to see all three, doubly terminated crystals at once.

#CI155  $32.00

TETRAHEDRITE and CALCITE     Quiruvilca Mine, La Libertad Dept., Peru

A large, steel gray Tetrahedrite crystal measuring 1.5 x 1.25x 0.5" is placed in the center bottom of this 2.75 x 2 x 1.75" specimen. The larger crystal is intact with small, disc shaped, off white crystals of Calcite placed on the bottom section of the crystal. Some damage to the periphery of the specimen.

  

#CG513  $7.00

PSILOMELANE     Nancy Mine, Socorro, New Mexico

A thin carpet of tiny, acicular, deep black and lustrous Psilomelane crystals covers the entire front face of this 1.25 x 1 x 0.25" specimen. Housed in a large thumbnail box.

 

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