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Heliodor The color is great, the lustre is top quality, the clarity is like a gem, totally clean and clear...you just could not ask for more in a classic Russian heliodor of this size. From a freak gem pod encountered in the late 1980s, these are modern classics but few are arou ndthe market these days havin... Beryl
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Morganite A VERY interesting, floater crystal that is unusually trigonal in overall appearance! This is a classic White Queen color, a rich, intense pink hue like a normally ripe (but not over-ripe) grapefruit shade. It is 362 grams. The crystal is complete all around, all faces complate. It displays nicely o... Beryl
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Aquamarine (floater) The pictures convey that this is gemmy and transparent throughout, so gemmy at over 1 inch thick that it is absolutely no barrier at all to reading small print of a book through the whole length of the crystal! This is nearly a floater, complete all around and terminated on both ends, with only a sm... Beryl
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Morganite This is a complete floater, crystallized all around with "etch effects" caused by resorption into solution after the crystal was formed which affected all edges, and masses at 267 grams. In person, this incredibly sparkling specimen glitters like it is made of glass that is covered with sugar, and h... Beryl
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Aquamarine with Schorl and Albite Seldom do you see aquas from anywhere but Shigar in Pakistan with such lustre to them, and color at the same time. This is an intensely blue crystal that looks richly included by albite in the photo, but ACTUALLY you are looking right through a ft 2-inches of almsot totally transparent, gem-grade, m... Beryl
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Heliodor Glassy and gemmy with superb lemon yellow color, this heliodor also exhibits complexly bevelled, pyramidal faces at the termination. It looks like a yellow bullet! MUCH MUCH better and gemmier and more lustrous in person because it is transparent, and the camera has a hard time of it. Beryl
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Heliodor This heliodor has superb lemon-yellow color and luster. The upper portion of the crystal is transparent and could be facetted. It is from a small pocket of remarkably fine crystals found last summer - most crystals from here are etched by natural solutions after formation and it is VERY VERY rare to... Beryl
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Heliodor This heliodor has superb lemon-yellow color and luster. The upper portion of the crystal is transparent and could be facetted. It is from a small pocket of remarkably fine crystals found last summer - most crystals from here are etched by natural solutions after formation and it is VERY VERY rare to... Beryl
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Aquamarine on Albite This is a dramatic piece, one of my favorites in the size and price range for its unique 3-dimensional display qualities. The two aquas splay out from the central, curving cluster of sharp albite crystals. They have a porcelain look to them and contrast sharply with the gem aquas. This is NOT repair... Beryl
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Chamosite with Emerald A highly unusual specimen featuring mediocre but colorful emerald, which serves as the background for superb, sharp crystals of chamosite, the iron analogue of clinochlore. The sharpest crystal here is a doubly-terminated , razor-sharp crystal measuring 1.7 cm across. I had not seen these before fro... Beryl
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Aquamarine A very unusual citylike cluster of elongated, tapering aquas, from a new locale. This was picked up by Dr. Emanuele Marini on site, in his travels there. I have not see others, and he told me the find was quite small. It is slightly etched, and looks frosted on the surface, thus. They are quite uniq... Beryl
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Emerald Just a huge, fat, glowing green emerald! It is rather crude in the back due to some contact and damage on the back faces, but is fully terminated and displays impressively. It has very good, even color, quite dark actually, and is transparent or highly translucent through about 75% of the crystal. G... Beryl
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Aquamarine, Schorl, Cleavelandite A fat, juicy, very bright 2.5 x 1.7 x 1.2 cm aquamarine is here hanging off a razor-sharp schorl, for a really nice contrast of color and geometry. The aqua is phantomed, with a clear internal core and a flat hexagonal termination down hidden beneath the glassy and pristine surface termination. This... Beryl
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Aquamarine Mined in July of 1981, this light blue-green, slightly etched, transparent and lustrous aqua, is truly oustanding for the locality and for Brazil in general. It exhibits both a pyramid and a pinacoid at the termination, which is exquisitely formed and glassy. Note the dramatic slanted faces on the t... Beryl
File:Beryl-tt25a.jpg Aquamarine Gem Crystal ex. Gene Meieran Collection A flawless, totally gem quality crystal of intense blue aqua from a region that produces such quality only in small pockets, and vrey rarely. This aqua is distinct in its combination of clarity, color, and termination style. Beryl
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Aquamarine ("bobble-head") A really unique aqua, out of how many thousands we have seen fro mhere?! The termination bubbles out into some amazing complex thing with a complex form that seems to me to have too many faces and yet there it is...MUCH BETTER , more lustrous, and gemmy, in person! Beryl
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Aquamarine with Schorl This fat, dramatic crystal is one of the largest, sharpest single crystals I have seen for the locality to date. It is sharply formed and very symmetric. The termination is lustrous, and really neat to look at because of the included schorls - not too many, and not too few. A small bit of matrix giv... Beryl
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Aquamarine with Quartz A very unusual citylike cluster of elongated, tapering aquas, from a new locale. This was picked up by Dr. Emanuele Marini on site, in his travels there. I have not see others, and he told me the find was quite small. It is slightly etched, and looks frosted on the surface, thus. They are quite uniq... Beryl
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Morganite with Tourmaline A stunning specimen that looks like nothing so much as dark tourmalines stuck in a wad of hot pink bubblegum. The color here is maximal for an Afghani morganite, and is much more intense, even, in person. The crystal is translucent, with some transparent areas, but universally bright and lustrous. T... Beryl
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AQUAMARINE on ALBITE So many aquas occur on boring ol' rock matrix...to get them to stick on crystallized matrix, and standing upright, has always been a challenge for Mother Nature. This stunning, unrepaired aquamarine specimen is one of the finest in its size class and style, in my own opinion. It is not just a "big f... Beryl
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Aquamarine with Spessartine Garnet A totally gem aqua, with a cute accent of spessartine at the base! Some pocket clay, which can be cleaned off if desired, remains atop. I chose to leave it as a highlight to teh form at the termination, which otherwise is hard to photograph as it is so gemmy and clear. Beryl
File:Beryl-tt64a.jpg Heliodor This is a piece that just leaps out in person and really justifies a lot of hyperbolic adjectives. It is a super-clean, gem clear, transparent, intensely colored heliodor of very high quality from this classic old gem mine! In person, you just cannot believe the color...This is pristine, and complet... Beryl
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AQUAMARINE on ALBITE This stunning, large matrix aquamarine specimen is from the same unique find of several years ago, as the specimen above. It is not just a "big flashy aqua" with size and color...like others from this find, it has a unique 3-dimensionality to it. The piece is dramatic, for the way the starkly contra... Beryl
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HELIODOR A shocking, GOLDEN-hued heliodor of true yellow color - no orange or pale citrine-like color here. This is heliodor the way the name (from Helios, for sun), intended to describe a rock. The crystal is nearly pristine but for the slightest of nicks atop, complete all around, and doubly-terminated. It... Beryl
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Tantalite with Morganite A surprising, very rare specimen featuring a very sharp, fine , 2-cm tantalite crystal in matrix with associated lepidolite and morganite. Tantalite crystals are rare, and of this quality extremely rare, from the County. The morganite is a bous - for free - as its at the other end of the specimen. F... Beryl, Manganotantalite
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Kunzite with Morganite and Quartz When I was first offered this specimen via email from a source in Peshawar, who said it had just been hauled in from Afghainstan, I passed on it. I thought it must be a glued-together fake, and a pretty bad fake at that since it was so obvious this could not be real. Unrepaired and a pristine floate... Beryl, Spodumene
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Schiavinatoite This specimen is highlighted by a crystal of super rare, lustrous, black, schiavinatoite, 1.0 cm across, a niobium, tantalum, borate. The matrix is quartz and rubellite. This crystal is the most LUSTROUS example of the species I have seen, as most are very dull in lustre. This is a newly named, extr... Beryl, Strontiumapatite
File:Blodite-4za15a.jpg Bloedite A sharp crystal of this rare sodium-magnesium sulfate. It does need to be oiled with mineral oil to preserve its hydration state, if in a humid environment. This is a great piece, for quality and symmetry! Blodite
File:Celestine-4za10a.jpg Celestite Unusual blue-cored celestite crystals consisting of two generations. Very sharp hexagonal form for the species....as a side note, this is the first place I collected as a kid, on the field trip with the Columbus Rock and Mineral Society to which Carlton got me into when he found me collecting fossil... Celestine
File:Celestine-4za5a.jpg Celestite An unusual bubbly celestite that is just plain neat! Celestine
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Fluorite and Celestite A superb example from the recent find at Clay Center of glassy, amber-colored fluorites in association with milky crystals of celestite. Clay Center has long been known as a fluorite specimen locality; the crystals can range from transparent such as this, to a rather murky brown. This largish crysta... Celestine
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Celestite on Sulfur This gorgeous and unusually large piece features dozens of gem-quality, sparkling clear celestites perched in matrix of minutely crystalline sulfur. It is dramatic and colorful, as well as a great example of this old classic combo from a now-defunct locality! Celestine
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Chabazite var. Phacolite A really nice miniature of this rare chabazite varietal, with translucent sharp crystal rosettes to 1 cm. ex. Australian National Museum of Victoria Chabazite-Ca
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Chabazite This oldtime specimen is a plate of intergrown, lustrous, orange rhombs of chabazite, 2.5 cm across. The salmon color is quite distinctive. I am told this is a very rich specimen, and probalbvy dates to the heyday of New Jersey collecting in the 50s and 60s. Honestly though, I valued it as a chabazi... Chabazite-Ca
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Chabazite This specimen features salmon pink pseudo-cubic crystals of lustrous chabazite, to 1.5 cm across, aesthetically arranged on this specimen. This specimen of a rare zeolite family species has a very nice sculptural quality about it. For the locality this is the richest color I have seen, and the large... Chabazite-Ca
File:Chabazite-Ca-sn121a.jpg Chabazite Rare, large crystals of chabazite . Nice! Chabazite-Ca
File:Chabazite-Ca-mrz197a.jpg Chabazite var. Phacolite Superb sharp crystals of this rare form of chabazite, to 7 mm in size. Very aesthetic specimen, with rare separation to the crystals as well Chabazite-Ca
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Chabazite with Calcite A sharp cluster featuring very rich color, and an unusual association with crystallized calcite! This is new material collected recently from this classic old locality that is difficult to access, by my friend Rod Tyson (a semi-retired mineral dealer and well-known Canadian field collector!). Chabazite-Ca
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Gmelenite pseudo. Chabazite This is a dramatic cluster of large gmelenites to about an inch, which have replaced chabazite. The lustre is unusually good on this piece, almost glassy and so far better than on others I have seen in the past! This is new material collected recently from this classic old locality that is difficult... Chabazite-Ca
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Chabazite An oddball locality piece, with sharp, lustrous crystals completely covering the volcanic rock matrix. Pretty chabazite by any standards, as well! Chabazite-Ca
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Gmelinite pseudo. after Chabazite This is a dramatic cluster of large gmelenite crystals featuring a giant 3 cm crystal in the middle, all of which have replaced chabazite. The lustre is unusually good on this piece, almost glassy and therefore far better than on others I have seen in the past! This is new material collected recentl... Chabazite-Ca, Gmelinite-Na
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Gmelinite pseudo. after Chabazite This is a dramatic cluster of large gmelenite crystals featuring a giant 2.5 cm crystal in the middle, all of which have replaced chabazite. The lustre is unusually good on this piece, almost glassy and therefore far better than on others I have seen in the past! This is new material collected recen... Chabazite-Ca, Gmelinite-Na
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Chabazite This is a dramatic large plate of intensely colored crystals to over 2 cm diagonal, which is very large for the species. Chabazite is a fairly rare zeolite species not often found in the same deposits, and in sizable crystals, as the more common zeolite species stilbites and apophyllites (i know not... Chabazite-Ca, Gmelinite-Na
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Chabazite with Heulandite A plate featuring many extremely sharp chabazite crystals to just over 1 cm, with vivid color the most intense I have seen from here. They are perched on a thin plate of heulandite. This is new material collected recently from this classic old locality that is difficult to access, by my friend Rod T... Chabazite-Ca, Heulandite-Ca
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Chabazite with Heulandite A cluster of extremely sharp chabazite crystals to just over 1 cm, with vivid color the most intense I have seen from here. They are perched on a thin plate of heulandite. This is new material collected recently from this classic old locality that is difficult to access, by my friend Rod Tyson (a se... Chabazite-Ca, Heulandite-Ca
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Chabazite with Heulandite This is a sharp, attractive small cab with pastel salmon-pink chabazite and small, pearlescent heulandite crystals, perched on a blanket of stilbite. The chabazites are quite good for the locale, and to 1.75 cm across in size. Old specimen from the 1940s-1960s era here, I am told (and as the old War... Chabazite-Ca, Heulandite-Ca
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Chabazite var. Haydenite with Heulandite A large specimen hosting dozens of sharp chabazite crystals showing a golden, iridescent, almost metallic lustre. Although small, to about 2mm, the crystals really stand out dramatically because of their sharp geometry and riveting color - more so in person, please note. The earliest reference I fou... Chabazite-Ca, Heulandite-Ca
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Chabazite on Heulandite This is a sharp, attractive miniature of pastel salmon-pink chabazite upon pearlescent heulandite crystals. The chabazites are quite good for the locale, and 1.3 cm in size. Old specimen from the 1940s-1960s era here, I am told. Chabazite-Ca, Heulandite-Ca
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Chabazite on Heulandite A plate of heulandite featuring an extremely sharp chabazite crystal to approx. 2 cm, with vivid color the most intense I have seen from here. This is an extremely aesthetic miniature, competition level for the species. I believe it also shows off a penetration twin. Lastly, you can see the tip of t... Chabazite-Ca, Heulandite-Ca
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Stilbite on Chabazite This was the best miniature stilbite I was shown from the new find at this locality, featuring a gorgeous rosette oon chabazite matrix, and intense color. This is new material collected recently from this classic old locality that is difficult to access, by my friend Rod Tyson (a semi-retired minera... Chabazite-Ca, Stilbite-Ca
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Quartz xls pseudo after Laumontite , and Delessite This unusual pseudo features a diverging, half moon spray of dark gray, laumontite crystals which has been totally replaced by quartz colored brown by inclusions of (i am told) delessite. The crystals average 3.0 cm in length. It is overall very elegant and interesting, and is complete on both sides... Chamosite
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Garnet A MAJOR specimen from this important, classic garnet locality on the East coast, with robust, 3-dimensional, golfball-like crystals in matrix of quartz and muscovite. The large crystal is 3.5 cm. Contacted on back, the piece is complete on the front. This is a dramatic display specimen of something ... Chromium
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Garnet This is a 3-cm crystal embedded solidly in mixed quartz and muscovite matrix, from this most classic of East Coast garnet locales. The Garnet is contacted by attachment points on top and back, but technically not broken; and it displays nicely from the front.ex. Ken Hollman Collection . In the late ... Chromium
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Garnet A very sharp, well-developed crystal of classic Russell garnet. It displays very nicely, and is compelte all around except the bottom. ex. Russell Jones collection. In the late 1800s, Daniel Clark and FS Johnson worked a pegmatite that produced these, but no precise locality was given...today they a... Chromium
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Garnet on Feldspar WOW! One must SEE this contrast of brilliant wine-red garnet on snow-white feldspar to believe it. It is truly a unique, and visually appealing, specimen. The feldspar crystal is even twinned, as a bonus! Complete all around! Chromium
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Alexandrite A very good, nearly complete, sixling. The luster is excellent, as is the color with transmitted light (more green in person). BETTER IN PERSON! Chrysoberyl
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Alexandrite An excellent,classic reference example from this old find. It has some edge wear, and is dark, but nevertheless shows color change, some internal gemminess, and a stout overall form. Note the date of 1850 on one label. Chrysoberyl
File:Clinochlore-t06-99a.jpg Kammererite Truly oustanding miniature with sharp crystals, and many of them, to 8 mm in size. This is an extremely colorful and well-balanced specimen, much better in person as the brightness and lustre is hard to convey. When lit well, the Kammererite crystals are quite gemmy and almost glow with deep magenta... Clinochlore
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Kammererite This beautiful miniature specimen features a GEMMY 1.7 cm crystal atop, which is of quite rare size for the species. More than that, it will literally cut a large stone, again a rarity for the species. This was in the Irv Brown miniatures collection in San Diego, in the mid 1990s, and was then sold ... Clinochlore
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Kammererite with acicular Erythrite Another oustanding Kammererite with sharp crystals to 8 mm in size. This is an extremely colorful and attractive large specimen, much better in person as the brightness and lustre is hard to convey. When lit well, the Kammererite crystals are quite gemmy and almost glow with deep magenta color. Kamm... Clinochlore
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Kammererite There is nothing that quite matches the vivid purple-red hue of Kammererite as found in a series of remarkable pockets some 20 years ago, and these crystals show it to its best advantage. The major crystal (1.2 cm) is lustrous and GEMMY (as in, you COULD cut a stone from it and those go for good mon... Clinochlore
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SAPPHIRE/RUBY This specimen features a SHARP doubly terminated, lustrous and gemmy, lavender and red, bicolored crystal atop, that is about 1 cm across. It is very gemmy and there is a significant amount of cutting material here! Minor contact on the back side is insignificant to the display face (a shot from beh... Corundum
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RUBY/SAPPHIRE This specimen literally hosts a "jewel" atop! The dominant crystal is a well terminated, glassy and gemmy, purpley to rose red crystal that looks faceted! It is lustrous and sharp all around. In fact, the very tip of the crystal is facet quality and probably worth quite a bit, if cut. 29.8 carats Corundum
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RUBY This is a rather equant, glassy and gemmy, rose to cherry red, doubly terminated, ruby crystal. The color is very close to the pigeon�s blood red, found in rubies. Only contacted at the bottom. This is a SUPERB loose ruby crystal of really quite good lustre and form compared to rubies from any other... Corundum
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RUBY This matrix hosts lustrous and gemmy, lavender colored ruby crystals, to .7 cm across, perched high on matrix. Some peripheral contact is present to the sides of the crystals, hence the low price - but it looks good from the front. Corundum
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RUBY/SAPPHIRE Perched aesthetically on matrix is a lustrous and gemmy, color-zoned sapphire and ruby crystal, measuring 1.5 cm in length. It is completely freestanding with a fully exposed termination, and is thus one of the best matrix crystals I have seen from the find as yet. Absolutely superb! Even the gemsto... Corundum
File:Corundum-winza-04a.jpg RUBY This is an extraordinarily glassy and gemmy, rose-cherry-red crystal of ruby. It is also doubly terminated and nearly complete all around, only with minor contact on the back side. A real gem, this does have some intrinsic cutting value and is as gemmy as any good crystal in this lot! The high price... Corundum
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RUBY This ruby specimen is composed of several, intergrown crystals with a few small sharper crystals poking out of the top. The lustrous and translucent crystals are primarily lavender in color. The color is oddly between sapphire and ruby and in particular more purpley under fluorescent lights and more... Corundum
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SAPPHIRE/RUBY This lustrous and gemmy, lavender colored crystal is also doubly terminated. Two smnall spots of Minor damage or contact is present but do not materially affect the display of the specimen. The color is oddly zoned between part sapphire and part ruby; and in particular more purpley under fluorescent... Corundum
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RUBY This is a lustrous and gemmy, deep red crystal. It is nearly complete all around, with just minor contact on the back side. For sharpness and clarity, this is one of the larger crystals of quality we have yet seen. There is some cutting rough in this crystal, as well. Seldom do ruby crystals come ou... Corundum
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Sapphire A dramatic, large, example of these strange sapphires collected in the mid 1990s by the Gochenour brothers, in Riverside County (OK, strictly speaking not in San Diego County but hey, its close enough and the same basic geology!). This crystal is very aesthetically placed, and displayed in the matri... Corundum
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RUBY/SAPPHIRE A large, complex, doubly-terminated, crystal. It is lustrous and translucent, lavender to rose-red colored and has a sizable amount of translucent gem rough inside, I would say. The piece leans more to ruby but is obviously zoned and has regions of sapphire as well. 83 carats Corundum
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Gem Ruby with Sapphire core In 1984 Charlie , along with John Barlow , sponsored a collecting trip to Nepal for these. I have his note on the back of an old business card that states, in his opinion, this was the best crystal found. Note the winding core in the middle which is a sapphire core, something rarely seen and in need... Corundum
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Ruby a very pretty, deep red ruby of classic "pigeon-blood" color, perched nicely in contrasting matrix! The ruby shows exquisite form and has the best color. It is somewhat translucent but not gemmy per se (as these tend to be). The crystal measures 2 x 0.8 x 0.7 cm in size Corundum
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RUBY Unusual for THIS locality, here we have a stereotypical ruby crystal of classic hexagonal form and pink-red color. It look smore Russian or Vietnamese in form, but its from teh same place as the odd bicolors and pure intense rubies we have seen come from Winza lately. Nicely doubly terminated, this ... Corundum
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RUBY This is a major matrix piece for the discovery, to date. Aesthetically perched high on its matrix is a doubly terminated, lustrous and translucent, cherry red crystal of ruby, measuring 2.2 cm in length. Very nice form and sharpness make it stand out dramatically! This crystal is unlike most others ... Corundum
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RUBY Perched high on its matrix is a lustrous and translucent, cherry red crystal of ruby, measuring 1.2 cm in length. Minor chipping is present around the edges, unfortunately, but it still is a showy gem ruby and now at a reduced price. Interestingly, note the sharp sapphire zone to one edge, of this c... Corundum
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SAPPHIRE (floater) A gemmy, bright sapphire with excellent form, interesting and highly attractive striations , and pale but distinct blue color! DOUBLY-TERMINATED FLOATER and quite nice for the price, I thought! Corundum
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SAPPHIRE on SAPPHIRE (twinned) This incredibly unusual specimen features a 1.7-cm blue sapphire crystal perched atop an inverted, twinned sapphire crystal! Or, if you display it another way, a twinned crystal with a crossing normal sapphire at its base (probably the best viewing angle in person as the narrow end of the twin has a... Corundum
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RUBY This is a killer thumbnail specimen, my favorite matrix thumbnail from the lot that I had. A bit of matrix is host for 2 crystals of lustrous and translucent, cherry red ruby with exquisite micro-details on the faces and sharp bevelled edges. The larger one, exhibiting superb crystal form, measures ... Corundum
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Sapphire A bizarre yellow sapphire with a weloganite-shaped body, illustrating either twinning of some kind or just a weird "pinch" about the middle of a single crystal. The ends are terminated with a simple hexagon, and the piece is thus a floater. It is VERY sharp, showing none of the rounding normally ass... Corundum
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Sapphire (twinned) This exceptionally sharp sapphire crystal shows flanges to the sides that reflect a rare, well-formed twinning habit. Seldom do you see such a twin in the species, and usually it is present in rather clunky crystals. Specimens this sharp are hard to get because they mostly come from the gem gravels ... Corundum
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Sapphire (floater) Beautiful and gemmy crystal with a lovely blue to amber color. The luster is EXCEPTIONALLY good, with the form and aesthetics on this crystal being exactly what you would want from any uncut sapphire. ( This is natural and unheated!) Corundum
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RUBY Perched aesthetically atop a dark black matrix is a single, well formed crystal of glassy and gemmy, rose red ruby, measuring .7 cm across. It has some internal cracking, but these do not come to the surface and the form, for the price, is very dramatic! Corundum
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Ruby WOW! This specimen features a doubly-terminated ruby crystal perched atop contrasting matrix! It is gemmy and bright, with vivid color especially when backlit. Large, matrix rubies of this calibre are NOT common and it is a piece that is far better in person than conveyed in the pics. Corundum
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Ruby Although it is only weakly translucent (unless strongly backlit), this is a fine example of a doubly terminated ruby crystal on matrix and particularly good for the locality. The crystal is deep purple with red overtones and is 2.75 cm in length. It exhibits good satiny luster and contrasts nicely w... Corundum
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RUBY A near floater, this doubly terminated SAPPHIRE/RUBY crystal is lustrous and translucent, with a rose red color. It is complete, but irregular in form due to contact constraints during growth. Note the particularly sharp zoning within this crystal. 11 carats Corundum
File:Corundum-tn21a.jpg Sapphire This is alovely sapphire crystal. It is gemmy, partly transparent, with a light grayish-blue color. In addition, it exhibits superb luster. Corundum
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Ruby on Marble An impressive ruby specimen from the classic ruby mines here which date back even to Roman times. Large crystals in matrix are rare. Large GOOD crystals in matrix are almost unheard of. This is a rare example of such a piece, with a dominating 3 x 3 x 1.2-cm crystal sticking straight up and complete... Corundum
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Ruby This 1.5 x 1.4 x 0.9 cm ruby is blood red, with the top color more characteristic of a Mogok ruby than of Afghanistan (they tend to be a little more pink). It shows extremely fine crystal form, and is perched on contrasting marble matrix. Together, one of the best ruby thumbnails I can recall seeing... Corundum
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Ruby with Calcite Incredibly gemmy ruby crystal, perched on matrix! This redefines what you might expect in a gem ruby specimen, particularly on matrix. Seldom are they GEMMY as opposed to "gemmy"... Corundum
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Sapphire A super example of these strange sapphires collected in the mid 1990s by the Gochenour brothers, in Riverside County (OK, strictly speaking not in San Diego County but hey, its close enough). THis crystal is very aesthetically placed, and displayed in the matrix. It has, as most do, a few clean repa... Corundum
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SAPPHIRE/RUBY This specimen hosts a rather large, lustrous and translucent, color-zoned crystal, measuring 3.1 cm across and 2.4 cm in length. Minor contact on the left side of the crystal does not diminish the quality of the specimen, and is not immediately distracting from the front face anyhow. The other faces... Corundum
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SAPPHIRE/RUBY This specimen is almost entirely a single large, lustrous and translucent, bicolored sapphire/ruby crystal, measuring 3.1 cm across and 2.4 cm in length. Massive, gemmy ruby serves as the matrix , of which a bit is attached to the backside. Minor contact is present on the back side where it was atta... Corundum
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RUBY Aesthetically crowning the top of a massive sapphire matrix are several lustrous and translucent, rose red to cherry red crystals of ruby. A larger, VERY sharp ruby crystal to 1.25 cm in length dominates the middle. Impressive overall for the richness and the color, with a prominently displayed domi... Corundum
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Ruby At approximately 1 inch in height, this is a fairly good-sized ruby crystal by any standard. For Vietnam, where most rubies are resorbed and somehow lumpy it seems, it is of exceptional sharpness. The termination is complete all around, and the crystal is freestanding from the matrix completely and ... Corundum
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Ruby on Calcite Ex Bill Larson collection. Attached on one side by marble matrix, this is a dramatic, doubly-terminated, translucent, deepest pigeon�s blood red, ruby crystal. It has natural wet lustre...its har dto photo both the lustre and color so you have two different shots to emphasize each, if you can combin... Corundum
File:Corundum-sn86a.jpg Ruby BETTER IN PERSON, a truly juicy , red, translucent ruby with outstanding color and great waxy lustre! Complete all around Corundum
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RUBY Emplaced atop a matrix of gemmy, massive sapphire, are several lustrous and translucent, rose red ruby crystals, to .7 cm in length. The overall effect of a small flower opening up is very pleasing. These crystals, though small, are super-gemmy and lustrous! Corundum
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Ruby This is a superb, unusually sharp ruby crystal of a size we rarely see in good form, much less being on matrix. The piece is 2.5 inches tall overall and 2 inches wide. the ruby is blood red! there is a single crystal and a heartshaped twin! the twin is about 1.25 inches! this is majestic, and incred... Corundum
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Ruby in marble This specimen has multiple crystals with the juiciest, waxy red lustre and color you could ask for in a ruby. They GLOW with color. Each cluster is about an inch across. The striations on the crystal faces increase the reflection of light, too, as an added bonus. I have seen many rubies from here tr... Corundum
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Cumengeite and Pseudoboleite on Boleite This is an exemplary example of the epitaxial, or oriented serial growth, of these rare species one upon the other, with sharp form and good color as well. The Cumengeite is the sharp, pyramidal-like outgrowth popping out of one face of the central cube. All of the steppes upon the original simple c... Cumengite
File:Cumengite-rom37.jpg Cumengeite The larger specimen here is 1.4 cm across, and is a classic, sharp, symmetrical cumengeite of high value. The piece dates to older material found at the turn of the 1900s. The smaller specimen next to it is from recent finds (recent meaning in the Larson/Swoboda workings of 1973-1974), and is sharp ... Cumengite
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Cerussite with Chalcotrichite inclusions Among the rarest of the rare of beautiful Tsumeb mineral combinations, are these gorgeous, blood-red chalcotrichite-included cerussites. I am told that they were only found twice in the mine, for the last time during the early 1970s. Fine specimens that are more than just smears of color are exceedi... Cuprite
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Cerussite with Chalcotrichite inclusions Among the rarest of the rare of beautiful Tsumeb mineral combinations, are these gorgeous, blood-red chalcotrichite-included cerussites. I am told that they were only found twice in the mine, for the last time during the early 1970s. Fine specimens that are more than just smears of color are exceedi... Cuprite, Topaz
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Tourmaline var. Rubellite A fat, juicy crystal with intense color, again darker than you normally see in a thumbnail Jonas specimen, and a vibrant internal brightness. Terminated all around save for a shallow grooved contact on the back face. Elbaite
File:Elbaite-jonas-35a.jpg Tourmaline var. Rubellite A slender, very gemmy, lustrous crystal of typical color and lustre for the pocket. It is beautiful and of high quality, just a little too slender to fetch a much higher price - but not by much! This is an excellent representative example from this famous pocket. Elbaite
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Tourmaline var. Rubellite A gorgeous, gemmy, vibrantly lustrous crystal with the top internal brightness and surface lustre - when combined, these qualities are like no other rubellite. The photos cannot do it justice! Elbaite
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Tourmaline var. Indicolite altering to Lepidolite A large, fat, equant indicolite crystal is starting to alter to multicolore dlepidolite here, caught in the act! I have sene fully pseudomorphed crystals from here occasionally, but small and ugly things in general. This one is really neat, and the matrix perch makes it a display-quality specimen as... Elbaite
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Tourmaline var. Rubellite on Quartz A fat, barrel-like , doubly-terminated crystal of 1.5 cm, perches on top of a translucent doubly-terminated quartz! The second crystal has one termination, and prvides a great accent and more color. Smallish in size (really a toenail and not a fully robust sized miniature) but so intricate and inter... Elbaite
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Tourmaline var. Rubellite The finest thumbnail in the lot, this is a riveting specimen with fiery color - the photos do not convey it. It is exceptionally gemmy and lustrous, and the red is unusually intense for a smaller crystal. The combination of these qualities and the lepidolite matrix make it very special to my eye. Pe... Elbaite
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Tourmaline var. Indicolite (with Sinkankas' signed/inscribed book) A good San Diego indicolite, which is rare in such size and condition anyhow, but the HISTORY here is so neat! Note how the piece was passed from one major collector to another, through decades. John Sinkankas even sketched the piece on the inside cover! A watercolor painting shown on the inside is ... Elbaite
File:Elbaite-jonas-27a.jpg Tourmaline var. Rubellite A single perfect gem crystal, doubly-terminated, nearly flawless internally, and of rich color. It is pristine and fully termianted. the photo only conveys a HINT of teh true gemminess and fire here! Elbaite
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Tourmaline var. Rubellite This is a vibrant, sparkling "jewel-like" cluster of slender gem Jonas crystals, spraying up from matrix one one side. On the bottom, more robust, darker crystals can be seen. This is a showy large miniature and at first glance looks like it should be worth about 5 times this price: However, many cr... Elbaite
File:Elbaite-jonas-32a.jpg Tourmaline var. Rubellite Unfortunately broken up, on either end, but a good piece of facet rough for somebody who wants to play around with cutting a Jonas gem to match the rough....you can get a few nice stones out of this one! Approx 6 grams cutting rough here Elbaite
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Indicolite Tourmaline A big fat blue tourmie from the Stewart is considered quite a rarity! This one, though dark, shows good color when backlit and has a lighter, extremely glassy blue termination as well. It is complete all around, though somewhat contacted in the back where it grew against something else and has not t... Elbaite
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INDICOLITE (NEUSCHWABEN TOURMALINE) cut & rough set GEM WEIGHT: 1.54 carats Extremely fine crystal and a matching cut stone of this classic deep blue, unheated, natural indicolite that once set the standard for blue hue in gem tourmalines. Elbaite
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Indicolite with Lepidolite slice of blueberry pie A glassy, fat, 5 x 4 x 3.5 cm BLUE indicolite sits here perched smugly on a pie-shaped matrix of crystallized cleavelandite - hence the (heatstroke-induced?) nickname given it by the Gochenours upon mining last year. Because of its form, color and lustre, this piece is one of the very best CG tourma... Elbaite
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Tourmaline var. Indicolite (rough and cut set) GEM: 6 x 4 x 4 mm and 1.35 carats A matrix specimen featuring an extremely fine small crystal of this classic deep blue, unheated, natural indicolite that once set the standard for blue hue in gem tourmalines. I am told these came out befor eBrazilian indicolite was common, and still set the standar... Elbaite
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Tourmaline var. Rubellite A gorgeous, absolutely gemmy, 4-cm-long crystal of red glass projecting from an aesthetic matrix of lepidolite....this is a killer display-quality miniature! The doubly-terminated quartz floating to the right makes a perfect accent. There is one very clean repair on the tourmaline, 1 cm up from its ... Elbaite
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Tourmaline var. Rubellite on Cleavelandite This beautiful matrix piece hosts gem-cranberry-red tourmalines to just over 3 cm , on geometric bladed cleavelandite matrix. One rarely sees Jonas tourmalines for sale today anyhow, and this overall aspect is unusual. It features 5 crystals of substantial display value, all poking out from and cont... Elbaite