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Minerals from South America
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Specimen # 1051
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7 x 3.5 x 2 cm
$ 10
light blue-green mineral with areas of clear quartz
Amethyst, Chevron
Specimen # 1052
Rio Grande du Sol, Brazil
2.5 x 1 x1 cm
$ 10
Atacamite
Specimen # 1053
Mina la Farole, Capiapo, Chile
12.5 x 9 x 2.5 cm
$ 65
Bright green crystals with some black-green terminations
Atacamite
Specimen # 1053
A magnified view of this specimen to
see detail of the Atacamite crystals
Azurite - Malachite
Specimen # 1054
Seabra, Bahia, Brazil
3 x 2.5 x 2 cm
$ 38
Bright blue azurite with green malachite
Azurite - Malachite
Specimen # 1054
Another image of this mineral; I almost missed the azurite altogether with these jpegs; you can see it on the extreme right edges of several of the Malachite spheres when you click the specimen for an enlargement
Fuchsite (Chromian Muscovite)
Specimen # 1055
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
7 x 5 x 2.5 cm
$ 15
Chunk of massive green muscovite
Garnets in matrix
Specimen # 1056
Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm
$ 40
Rose colored garnets in a dark mica matrix; this is a very nice specimen
Hematite and Rutile
Specimen # 1057
Novo Horizonite, Bania, Brazil
3.5 x 3 x 0.8 cm
$ 55
Bright silver hematite with golden rutile's projecting through clear quartz
Hematite and Rutile
Specimen # 1057
Another view of this glistening specimen
Hematite and Rutile
Specimen # 1058
Novo Horizonite, Bania, Brazil
2.5 x 2.6 x 1.5 cm
$ 50
Bright silvery hematite with golden rutile's projecting through clear quartz
Hematite and Rutile
Specimen # 1058
Another view of the specimen above showing the
rutile's extending from the hematite
Kyanite on Quartz
Specimen # 1059
Capelinha Mine, Jequiinhonla Valley
Minas Gerais, Brazil
7.5 x 5 x 4 cm
$ 75
Interlocking blue crystalline elongate columnar crystals
Kyanite on Quartz
Specimen # 1059
Another view of this splendid specimen
Kyanite on Quartz
Specimen # 1060
Capelinha Mine, Jequiinhonla Valley
Minas Gerais, Brazil
7 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm
$ 100
Interlocking blue crystalline elongate
columnar crystals
Kyanite on Quartz
Specimen # 1060
Another view of the specimen above
Lepidolite
Specimen # 1061
Aracuai, Minas Gerias, Brazil
6.5 x 3 x 0.2 cm
$ 75
A beautiful, flat, translucent plate of
pink, lamellar lepidolite
Lepidolite
Specimen # 1061
Another magnified view of the above specimen; it is hard to see the pink to purple color in these jpgs
Molybdenum ore
Specimen # 1062
Jardinera # 1 Mine, Inca de Oro, Chile
3 x 3 x 2 cm
$ 28
Silver metallic specimens collected in 1994
Molybdenum ore
Specimen # 1062
Another view of this Molybdenum specimen
Pyrite with Druzy Quartz
Specimen # 1063
Julcani, Angaraes Province,
Huancavelica Department, Peru
6.5 x 4.5 x 2 cm
$ 38
Pyrite with Druzy Quartz
Specimen # 1063
Another view of the small cabinet specimen; what is in sharp focus here are the 4 ball-like structures which could be chalcopyrite?
Specimen # 1064
Julcani, Angaraes Province,
Huancavelica Department, Peru
4.5 x 3.5 x 2 cm
$ 35
Pyrite with Druzy Quartz
Specimen # 1064
Another view of the above specimen showing the druzy quartz covering this area
Pyrite with Druzy Quartz
Specimen # 1064
Another view of the above specimen; this a very nice Peruvian Pyrite
Quartz Crystal Clusters
Specimen # 1065
Minas Gerais, Brazil
7 x 6.5 x 4 cm
$ 15
Clear quartz crystal cluster
Specimen # 1065
Another view of the Brazilian Quartz specimen
Tourmalinated Quartz
Specimen # 1066
Minas Gerais, Brazil
Black Shorl crystals in clear quartz
13 x 8 x 5 cm
$ 250
Specimen # 1066
A close up view of the Shorl Crystals
Polyhedroid Quartz
Specimen # 1067
Minas Gerais, Brazil
10.5 x 5.5 x 5 cm
$ 100
Unusual quartz specimens with weird polyhedroid shapes; no two specimens are ever alike
References: Lapidary Journal, December, 1974, or Austrailan Gems & Crafts Magazine, December/January, 1974-75
Polyhedroid Quartz
Specimen # 1067
Another view of the Polyhedroid Quartz Crystal
Quartz, Polyhedroid S
Topaz, Golden
Specimen # 1068
Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4.5 x 4 x 3 cm
$ 25
Great color, but fairly opaque and somewhat included
Topaz, Light blue
Specimen # 1069
Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2 x 1.3 x 1 cm
$ 35
You know this is topaz and not beryl due to its weight (density); it weighs 86.9 grams; it also has a natural shiny to "wet" appearance
Verdelite Tourmaline on Quartz Matrix
Specimen # 1070
Barra das Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4 x 2 x 2 cm
$ 65
Verdelite Tourmaline on Quartz Matrix
Specimen # 1070
Another view of the Brazilian Green Tourmaline in
Quartz specimen noted above
Rubellite Tourmaline on Quartz Matrix
Specimen # 1071
Barra das Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3 x 2.5 x 1.5 cm
$ 55
Rubellite Tourmaline on Quartz Matrix
Specimen # 1071
Another view of specimen 1071
Kunzite
Specimen # 1072
Barra das Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
5.5 x 1 x 0.5 cm
$ 25
Although the pic makes the specimen appear "frosted", it is actually very
transparent and pink in color
Rutilated Quartz
Specimen # 1073
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
3.5 x 2.5 x 2 cm
$ 35
Rutilated Quartz
Specimen # 1073
Another view of the splendid, mainly golden, rutile's embedded in quartz; Rutilated Quartz
is one of my personal favorites for cutting cabs or faceting gems
Specimen # 1074
Laranjeiras, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil 4 x 3 x 3 cm
$ 20
Specimen # 1074
A closer view
Specimen # 1075
Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.5 x 0.5 x 0.5 cm
$ 10
Aquamarine
Specimen # 1076
Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1.7 x 0.8 x 08 cm
$ 15
Aquamarine
Specimen # 1077
Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.7 x 1.2 x 0.5 cm
This one was difficult to photograph. It really is light blue, and very translucent
$ 35
Corundum (Ruby)
Specimen # 1078
Carnaiba, Bahia, Brazil
2.5 x 1.5 x 1 cm
$ 45
Corundum (Ruby)
Specimen # 1079
Carnaiba, Bahia, Brazil
2.7 x 2.3 x 1 cm
$ 25
Topaz (transparent, facet grade material)
Specimen # 1080
Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
3 x 3.2 x 2.5 cm
$ 49
Pyrite on Quartz
Specimen # 1081
Oruro, Bolivia
4.5 x 3 x 2.5 cm
$ 20
Specimen # 1081a
Another view of the specimen above on its other side
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Hematite with Rutilated Quartz
Specimen # 1082
Novo Horizonte, Bahia, Brazil
4 x 3 x 2 cm
$ 20
Epidote
Specimen # 1083
Padre Paraiso, Minas Gerais, Brazil
2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm
$ 8
Shorl Tourmaine on Quartz
Specimen # 1084
Teofilo Otoni, Minas Gerais, Brazil
4 x 4 x 3 cm
$ 25
Emerald with Quartz
Specimen # 1085
Carnaibe, Bahia, Brazil
4.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm
$ 15
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