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Rhodocrosite Stalactite
This is a rare, unrepaired specimen featuring intertwining stalactites of freestanding rhodochrosite from this important deposit! You often see single fingers, or several stalactites grown together in a solid mass, but rarely do you see anything as aesthetic and dramatic as what we have here
Size: 8.7 x 4.3 x 2.4 cm
Locality: Capillitas Mine, Andalgala, Catamarca, Argentina
Malachite
Size: 8.0 x 6.1 x 0.7 cm
Locality: Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
4.25 inch rhodochrosite polished slice. The slice is 100% natural beauty. It is perfect even thickness. No repairs no chips. From the 1970’s or earlier as it is from the mine owners collection. I know him well after 27 years of business. If you have interest talk to me. Or buy
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Gem cutters. A 98 gram gem aquamarine crystal that will yield a huge gemstone and many smaller. Offering this crystal now.
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Offered from my collection is this huge, museum rhodochrosite plate from Capillitas and Catamarca deposits in Argentina when the mine was in full production. Note it’s thickness. No treatment, no repairs. https://goldenhourminerals.com/shop
In our permanent collection. A perfect Seraphinite slice mined in Korzunovskoe, Irkutskaya Oblast’, Russia. 1970
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Nicely developed main crystal, surrounded by a bed of smaller crystal development
✨Sparkle sparkle✨
Boulder Opal in brown ironstone matrix
Fluorite
Fujiang, China
Amethyst
Brandberg, Namibia
Not your ordinary rutile. The color of the rutile is true to the photos. One of 12 found by a papaya farmer in 2005 Brazil. This is a higher end collector piece
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A hematite you can do a project with. Not dark and dank
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Twin kunzite with peak terminations
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Gemmy reddish-orange Crocoite
Rhodochrosite - Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Province, Lima Department, Peru
Black Opal - Lightning Ridge, NSW, Australia
Dioptase on Calcite matrix - Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto Region, Namibia
native gold on quartz
Tourmaline - Darra-i-Pech Pegmatite Field, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
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Halite
Size: 7.9 × 5.9 × 5.3 cm
Locality: Racalmuto Mine, Agrigento Province, Sicily, Italy
Marcasite - Rudabanya, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary
Gem heliodor at about 15 grams from 1970 Tajikistan
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New Find in Santa Eulalia Chihuahua, Mexico. Aesthetic Show of faint Pink Calcite with contrasting Rainbow Chalcopyrite. 4.25 inch Across. A Cool even distribution of Chalcopyrite with speckles here and there. A beauty show with no damage across it’s surface.
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Rose Quartz on Rock Crystal - Ilha Claim, Taquaral, Itinga, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Fe2O3
Locality:
Forno Glacier, Vallone del Vannino, Formazza, Formazza Valley, Ossola Valley, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
Largest Crystal Size: 9 mm
Multiple aggregate of iron roses made up of hematite plates, with iridescence on some faces.
Gianfranco Ciccolini’s Photo
Tourmaline on Smoky Quartz and Feldspar - Paprok Mine, Kamdesh District, Nuristan Province, Afghanistan
Meta-Autunite - Streuberg Open Pit, Bergen, Saxony, Germany
Split Geode with peach-colored Calcite - La Grange Quarry, Lewis County, Missouri