David K. Joyce

Latest Additions

Below are the most recent additions to my specimens database. Click on any of the thumbnails to view a larger image of the specimen.

All prices in Canadian dollars. For payment in US$, deduct 24% or multiply by 0.76.

 

Item #26068 Quartz, var. Amethyst 10.6x8.6x5.5 cm Largest Crystal Size: 28mm $150.00 La Manche Mine Avalon Peninsula, Placentia Bay Newfoundland, Canada A very thick plate of quartz covered by deep-purple, terminated quartz crystals. There are not many prism faces present but where they are the prism faces are qhite or colourless with increasing purple towards the terminations, which a re gemmy-clear purple! Looks great!	Item #26067 Quartz, var. Amethyst 5.5x5.4x3.9 cm Largest Crystal Size: 18mm $85.00 La Manche Mine Avalon Peninsula, Placentia Bay Newfoundland, Canada Here is a beautiful cluster of amethyst crystals from a vein at the old La Manche Mine on the Island of Newfoundland. The crystals have lighter coloured, to colourless prism faced and very gemmy, purple terminations. Looks great!	Item #26066 Quartz, var. Amethyst 6.2x4.7x3.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: 9mm $55.00 La Manche Mine Avalon Peninsula, Placentia Bay Newfoundland, Canada A mound of light coloured, amethystine quartz crystals. Nice example from a new vein discovered at this very old, long closed mine.	Item #26065 Quartz, var. Amethyst 7.7x5.5x3.1 cm Largest Crystal Size: 20mm $75.00 La Manche Mine Avalon Peninsula, Placentia Bay Newfoundland, Canada A nice plate of amethyst terminations with a colourless prism faces showing on a couple of the crystals. One of the larger crystals is damaged but the rest are fine. Attractive specimen that looks great.
Item #26064 Quartz, var. Amethyst 7.2x6.1x2.4 cm Largest Crystal Size: 18mm $110.00 La Manche Mine Avalon Peninsula, Placentia Bay Newfoundland, Canada A very attractive plate of purple amethyst crystal terminations. The crystals are a deeper purple the closer that you get to the crystal tip. Nice looking piece!	Item #26063 Quartz, var. Amethyst 6.1x4.8x2.7 cm Largest Crystal Size: 25mm $95.00 La Manche Mine Avalon Peninsula, Placentia Bay Newfoundland, Canada A very attractive cluster of purple tipped quartz crystals from this old lead mine. The amethyst terminations of these crystals are gemmy purple! Looks great!	Item #26062 Quartz, var. Amethyst 5.6x4.3x3.5 cm Largest Crystal Size: 12mm $85.00 La Manche Mine Avalon Peninsula, Placentia Bay Newfoundland, Canada A nice mound of quartz crystals that show deep purple tips and lighter to white prism faces. Very attractive example from this very old, long-closed mine!	Item #26061 Quartz, var. Amethyst 8.7x7.5x4.1 cm Largest Crystal Size: 28mm $120.00 La Manche Mine Avalon Peninsula, Placentia Bay Newfoundland, Canada A beautiful plate of amethyst crystals! The crystals have lighter coloured or whitish prism faces but much more purple, gemmy amethyst tips. Attract ive specimen from this very old mine that has been closed for over 100 years!
Item #26060 Quartz, var. Amethyst 10.0x9.2x6,7 cm Largest Crystal Size: 38mm $140.00 La Manche Mine Avalon Peninsula, Placentia Bay Newfoundland, Canada This specimen is a larger plate of quartz crystals that have very clear, gemmy, purple tips and less purple to colourless prism faces. Seriously, the tips are very gemmy and some nice gems have been cut from La Manche Mine amethyst. Displays very well!	Item #26057 Goethite, Calcite 9.0x7.5x2.8 cm Largest Crystal Size: c-12mm $65.00 Steep Rock Iron Mine Atikokan Ontario, Canada This specimen is mostly a plate of lustrous, botryoidal goethite but here and there is is obvious that the goethite formed on top of sharp, rhombohedral calcite crystals. The forms of the calcite crystals are obvious under the goethite. Interesting and shows well.	Item #26056 Quartz, var amethyst, var agate 6.8x5.0x4.6 cm Largest Crystal Size: 4mm $55.00 Amethyst Cove Cape Blomidon Nova Scotia, Canada A portion of an agate vein that has an opening in the middle lined with small amethystine quartz crystals. From the same volcanics that produce the zeolites of the Bay of Fundy!	Item #26055 Baryte, Calcite 12.3x5.2x4.6 cm Largest Crystal Size: 7mm $65.00 Rainy Cove Bay of Fundy Nova Scotia, Canada The top of this specimen is a long vug of calcite crystals, simple, iron tinted scalenohedra. At one end of the vug is a cluster of light yellow baryte crystals. The baryte crystals are gemmy and thin tabular. Interesting piece from an unusual locality!
Item #26054 Pyrolusite 6.5x5.0x4.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: 5mm $70.00 Steep Rock Iron Mine Atikokan Ontario, Canada A thick plate of razor-sharp crystals of this manganese oxide mineral. The whole specimen is composed of manganese oxides, I think mostly pyrolusite. The flat surface with the crystals is tilted up at 45 degrees for perfect viewing.	Item #26053 Calcite, Marcasite 7.3x5.5x3.4 cm Largest Crystal Size: 42mm $90.00 McMillan Quarry Kemptville Ontario, Canada A beautiful plate of calcite crystals showing unusual morphology; very elongated scalenohedra with small rhombic faces at the termination. The crystals are full of tiny marcasite crystals, inside the crystals. There are no marcasite crystals outside of the calcite or in-on the matrix. Very nice piece!! Displays very well!	Item #26051 Baryte, Dolomite 10.4x5.6x5.8 cm Largest Crystal Size: b-8mm, d17mm $110.00 Blue Circle Quarry South Gloucester, Carleton Co. Ontario, Canada A nice vug of pink, "saddle-shaped" dolomite crystals with two divergent baryte clusters on the dolomites. Very interesting baryte specimen from an unusual location!	Item #26048 Chalcopyrite, Dolomite 10.5x7.5x6.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: ch-1mm, d-1mm $55.00 Restigouche Mine Bathurst New Brunswick, Canada A dolomite-lined vug of ferroan dolomite that is speckled with golden and irridescent chalcopyrite crystals. This mine operated back in the 80's and 90's but has been closed for some time.
Item #26047 Fluorite, Quartz 8.0x5.7x4.8 cm Largest Crystal Size: 16mm $85.00 St. Lawrence Fluorspar Mine St. Lawrence Newfoundland, Canada A well crystallized specimen from one of the fluorite veins at St. Lawrence. The mine has re-opened but this is a specimen from 20 years or so ago. It shows green octahedra, partly covered with small quartz crystals. There are other small clusters of quartz crystals scattered about the specimen. Nice!	Item #26045 Celestine, Dolomite 10.5x8.5x6.5 cm Largest Crystal Size: C-17mm, d-6mm $75.00 High Falls Manitoulin Island Ontario, Canada A geode-like formation that is a thick, limestone shell with a pinkish dolomite crystal lining. On one side is a cluster of thin-bladed, very light bluish celestine crystals! Very cool. Apparently, these "nodules or geodes weather out of the sediments at High falls and could be opened to reveal the crystals. I say could because there was a finite number and the deposit is worked out. Beautiful and interesting!	Item #26043 Fluorapatite, Calcite 7.6x6.3x5.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: 66mm $65.00 Miller Property Eganville Ontario, Canada An elegant, longish light green fluorapatite crystals nicely embedded and exposed in creamy-whitish coarse calcite. The terminations are rounded, as is often the case for Grenville apatites. The prism faces are very sharp and lustrous. Sits naturally, just like in the pictures, for display.	Item #26041 Microcline 9.5x6.0x3.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: 50mm $45.00 Miller Property Eganville Ontario, Canada A good-looking, sharp cluster of microcline crystals, associated with augite. The crystals are sharp and complete on the front and attached to matrix or incomplete on the back. Sits perfectly for display!
Item #26040 Fluoro-richterite 15.0x10.2x6.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: 11.5cm $225.00 Earle Farm Wilberforce, Haliburton County Ontario, Canada One of the largest fluoro-richterite crystals that i have ever seen! It is a twinned, singly terminated crystal attached to calcite. I suspect it has been re-fastened to the calcite but it is the original matrix. The crystal is very handsome and a superb example of this amphibole group mineral! Displays well too, for an amphibole!!	Item #26038 Zircon 13.2x11.0x7.5 cm Largest Crystal Size: 33mm $275.00 Keuhl Lake Brudenell Township Ontario, Canada A sharp zircon crystal is well exposed in the side of this feldspar matrix. The crystal is doubly terminated but the lower termination is buried in the feldspar. The crystal is square in cross section with a long length to width axial ratio. The feldspar is sawn on the base and on the back. This crystal was embedded in a large, very hard boulder and sawing was the way deemed best to get it out intact! Impossible to tell from the display angles. Displays very well!	Item #26037 Smithsonite 4.8x4.4x2.4 cm Largest Crystal Size: n/a $65.00 79 Mine Gila County Arizona, USA A very nice mound of deep green smithsonite, a colour characteristic of the 79 Mine. Stands perfectly for display!	Item #26034 Copper, Gypsum 4.6x2.3x0.6 cm Largest Crystal Size: 6mm $45.00 Mission Mine Pima County Arizona, USA Lots of very fine, delicate, dendritic copper crystals are safely embedded and protected in clear gypsum. Very attractive and interesting!
Item #26033 Copper, Gypsum 3.9x2.4x0.3 cm Largest Crystal Size: 2mm $40.00 Mission Mine Pima County Arizona, USA Very fine, delicate, dendritic native copper crystals are embedded in this cleavage of clear gypsum in a number of places, mostly around the edges.	Item #26032 Copper, Gypsum 4.8x1.7x0.6 cm Largest Crystal Size: 2mm $45.00 Mission Mine Pima County Arizona, USA Very fine, bright coppery, copper crystals embedded in a number or areas of this, water-clear gypsum.	Item #26031 Copper, Gypsum 4.4x2.6x0.3 cm Largest Crystal Size: 6mm $35.00 Mission Mine Pima County Arizona, USA Chains of very fine, coppery-red, copper crystals are present in this cleavage of clear gypsum. Very nice up close!	Item #26030 Copper, Gypsum 3.7x2.2x0.4 cm Largest Crystal Size: 5mm $35.00 Mission Mine Pima County Arizona, USA This section of clear selenite has a chain of super fine, beautiful copper crystals traversing across the middle of it. Very nice!
Item #26029 Copper, Gypsim 6.5x2.3x0.7 cm Largest Crystal Size: 5mm $65.00 Mission Mine Pima County Arizona, USA Extremely delicate, untarnished copper-red crystals of copper are embedded in clear selenite. A delight and wonder to look at up close.	Item #26027 Copper, Gypsim 5.3x1.6x1.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: 5mm $35.00 Mission Mine Pima Co. Arizona, USA Spectacularly fine native copper crystals are embedded and protected in glass-clear selenite. Beautiful!	Item #26023 Lazulite, Siderite 5.3x4.2x1.3 cm Largest Crystal Size: 6mm $110.00 Rapid Creek Yukon, Canada A plate of lustrous, twinned, deep blue lazulite crystals, Some excellent ones. Looks great!	Item #26022 Lazulite 5.9x4.0x1.4 cm Largest Crystal Size: 7.5mm $85.00 Rapid Creek Yukon, Canada Some beautiful, twinned crystals of deep-blue lazulite on this plate. Some corroded siderite associated. Some bruising but does look great.
Item #26020 Wardite, Siderite, Quartz 9.3x6.5x3.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: 7mm $70.00 Rapid Creek Yukon, Canada Several, sharp, lustrous wardite crystals on this mostly siderite specimen, with lots of small sparkling quartz crystals and a few minor sprays of greenish gormanite here and there. The wardite crystals are very lustrous, pseudo-octahedra. Nice!	Item #26019 Lazulite, Quartz, Siderite 8.3x5.0x3.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: 9.5mm $65.00 Rapid Creek Yukon, Canada The vug in the middle of this brecciated matrix is lined with small siderite and sparkling quartz crystals. The star of the specimen is the deep blue, twinned 9.5mm lazulite crystal that is front and center at the top of the vug. Nice example of this beautiful mineral.	Item #26018 lazulite, Siderite 4.7x4.0x1.5 cm Largest Crystal Size: 6mm $55.00 Rapid Creek Yukon, Canada A plate of lustrous, blue and green lazulite crystals on sort of corroded siderite crystals. The is some bruising of some of the lazulites but many are excellent!	Item #26017 Lazulite 4.2x3.3x1.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: 8mm $120.00 Rapid Creek Yukon, Canada Usually lazulite from Rapid Creek is associated with other minerals but this is mostly a plate of just lustrous, deep blue lazulite crystals. Nice!
Item #26016 Lazulite, Siderite, Quartz 11.1x3.6x2.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: 7mm $110.00 Rapid Creek Yukon, Canada A great looking specimen of deep blue, twinned lazulite crystals , associated with siderite, small quartz crystals and some small, white fluorapatite crystals. Tilts forward for perfect display. Beautiful specimen from one of the localities that produces the best!	Item #26014 Siderite, Brazilianite 5.1x4.5x1.2 cm Largest Crystal Size: s-8mm, b-5mm $45.00 Rapid Creek Yukon, Canada One larger and several smaller brazilianite crystals are scattered around this plate of dark-brown, lustrous, rhombohedral siderite crystals. The brazilianite crystals are sharp, doubly terminated crystals with a very light greenish-yellow colouration.	Item #26013 Fluorapatite, Siderite 5.4x2.2x5.3 cm Largest Crystal Size: f-5mm $45.00 Rapid Creek Yukon, Canada The top part of this matrix is covered by siderite crystals and fluorapatite crystals. The fluorapatite crystals are sharp, with short, striated, prism faces, plus pyramidal terminations. Nice specimen of one of the less common Rapid Creek phosphates.	Item #26011 Eosphorite, Siderite 3.8x2.9x3.2 cm Largest Crystal Size: 7mm $45.00 Rapid Creek Yukon, Canada A radiating cluster of orangey eosphorite crystals, both complete, terminated crystals and crystal sections occupies much of the top of this siderite crystal-coated open fracture in iron shale. An interesting specimen from the Yukon!
Item #26010 Gormanite 5.6x3.3x3.6 cm Largest Crystal Size: 4mm $65.00 Rapid Creek Yukon, Canada Sprays of dark, green gormanite line a couple of open cavities in this brecciated, siderite cemented iron-phosphate shale. Very nice example of this rare mineral!	Item #26009 Eosphorite 5.9x3.7x2.3 cm Largest Crystal Size: 11mm $40.00 Rapid Creek Yukon, Canada Sprays of eosphorite crystal sections are exposed in a seam in iron sediments. Interesting specimen of this phosphate mineral.	Item #26008 Gormanite 6.5x3.4x3.8 cm Largest Crystal Size: 4mm $80.00 Rapid Creek Yukon, Canada This specimen has a vug at one end that is lined with dark green crystals of the rare mineral gormanite. There is also a nice vug of crystals on the underside of the specimen. Very good!	Item #26007 Brazilianite, Siderite 9.0x3.3x1.4 cm Largest Crystal Size: b-8mm $45.00 Rapid Creek Yukon, Canada A few sharp, very light greenish brazilianite crystals are scattered about this thin plate of nice, brown crystals of siderite.
Item #26006 Eosphorite, Siderite 4.5x3.1x2.3 cm Largest Crystal Size: 6mm $50.00 Rapid Creek Yukon, Canada Thie top of this specimen was a thin, open seam of siderite and eosphorite crystals. When split, a nice radiating group of complete and sectioned eosphorite crystals was revealed on the siderite. Attractive, interesting specimen!	Item #26005 Siderite, Gormanite, Eosphorite, Quartz 9.0x4.0x3.2 cm Largest Crystal Size: s-5mm, g-6mm, e-2mm $60.00 Rapid Creek Yukon, Canada This specimen looks like a siderite specimen, at first with the top covered with dark-brown, sharp rhombs of siderite and patches of sparkling quartz crystals. If you look closely, though there are a number of small sprays of light green gormanite plus some orangey needles of eosphorite. Nice!	Item #26003 Fluorapatite 8.7x9.5x5.3 cm Largest Crystal Size: 2mm $140.00 Rapid Creek Yukon, Canada Mounds of colourless fluorapatite crystals cover this matrix all over. This is a different form of fluorapatite from Rapid Creek that displays perfectly, as is.	Item #26002 Kulanite, 7.8x2.3x2.5 cm Largest Crystal Size: 3mm $75.00 Rapid Creek Yukon, Canada Lots of nice, thin bladed crystals of dark green kulanite associated with colourless, gemmy prismatic fluorapatite. crystals that are smaller than the kulanite crystals. Some of the fragile kulanite crystals are fractured but many are just fine. Photogenic, too!
Item #26001 Brazilianite, Siderite 4.2x3.6x3.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: 9mm $65.00 Rapid Creek Yukon, Canada One larger brazilianite crystal and many smaller ones stud the top of this plate of rhombohedral siderite crystals. The brazilianites are all lustrous crystals with very good form.	Item #25994 Antimony 3.2x2.1x1.1 cm Largest Crystal Size: n/a $45.00 Lake George Antimony Mine Prince William Parish, York Co. New Brunswick, Canada Pure, silvery native antimony is present on this exposed seam in black rock matrix. This was an active antimony mine up until 20 years or so ago, long closed now.	Item #25993 Boltwoodite, Calcite 2.9x2.4x2.3 cm Largest Crystal Size: 3mm $75.00 Swapkomund Namibia A couple of sprays of deep-yellow boltwoodite span this calcite crystal lined vug in massive calcite. Very nice example!	Item #25989 Arsenopyrite 2.3x1.3x1.8 cm $35.00 Canada A very sharp, twinned arsenopyrite crystal that has some metasediment matrix attached to the back. It is one large crystal with satinny lustre with a second crystal protruding at 60 degrees or so. Nice!
Item #25988 Copper, Quartz 3.2x2.1x1.7 cm Largest Crystal Size: 2mm $35.00 Lasalle Mine Houghton County, Keweenaw Peninsula Michigan, USA arguably, this is one, long, complex crystal made up of sharp, smaller components in parallel. Very interesting crystals!	Item #25987 Acanthite, ps argentite 1.3x1.2x0.8 cm Largest Crystal Size: as above $55.00 Fresnillo Zacatecas Mexico A complex, lustrous, silver sulphide crystal with sharp faces. From one of the most prolific silver mining areas of the world!	Item #25985 Cuprite, Calcite 3.7x3.2x2.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: 3mm $70.00 Tsumeb Mine Otjikoto Namibia A very nice vug of gemmy, red cuprite crystals, associated with white calcite crystals line this vug. Very nice example for this famous copper mining area!	Item #25983 Anglesite 1.8x1.4x0.2 cm Largest Crystal Size: as above $55.00 Levell 11, Bunker Hill Mine Kellog Idaho, USA We don't see many specimen from this old mine any more, besides the pyromorphite specimens. A less well known mineral from this mine was anglesite which could occur in very good crystals. Here is a nice example! .
Item #25982 Anglesite 2.7x1.6x0.5 cm Largest Crystal Size: as above $40.00 Touissit, Oujda-Angad Morocco A gemmy, nicely striated crystal of anglesite from the modern day classic locality. This crystal is a bit bruised on the edges but is a good locality piece.	Item #25981 Anglesite 2.6x2.4x2.1 cm Largest Crystal Size: 25mm $95.00 Touissit Mine Oujda Morocco A stunning, doubly terminated, gemmy, colourless anglesite crystal has a number of smaller anglesite crystals attached to it. Really nice specimen from this long-closed mine. Very nice!	Item #25980 Anhydrite 3.0x2.4x2.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: n/a $35.00 Faraday Mine Bancroft Ontario, Canada This specimen is a deep purple cleavage of anhydrite from the Faraday Mine. Long Closed!	Item #25979 Azurite, Malachite 2.8x2.4x1.9 cm Largest Crystal Size: 3mm $45.00 Juanita Mine Kelly, Magdalena Dist. Socorro Co. New Mexico, USA A gorgeous, divergent spray of deep blue azurite crystals is very well exposed in this cavity along with some fuzzy balls of malachite. Looks great!
Item #25978 Boleite, Gypsum 0.8cm across cm Largest Crystal Size: 2.5mm $55.00 Amelia Mine Santa Rosalia, Baja California Mexico Several cubic boleite crystals are perched on a simple white gypsum crystal. Ususally boleite crystals are in an unstable clay-like material but these are attached to nicely contrasting, stable gypsum!	Item #25977 Azurite, Malachite, Galena 2.7x2.4x2.1 cm Largest Crystal Size: 0.5 $45.00 Sherman Tunnel Mine Leadville Colorado, USA A cavity in this heavily oxidized ore is lined with small azurite crystals and rounded knobs of malachite. There are small quartz crystals around and some small cerussite crystals. Nice specimen from an unusual location!	Item #25975 Cuprite, Copper, Calcite 1.9x1.6x0.9 cm Largest Crystal Size: 4mm $75.00 Tsumeb Otjikoto Namibia This is an interesting one. Beautiful, lustrous, red cuprite crystals have formed and totally covered native copper crystals. You can see sharp native copper crystals sticking out around the base and right out of the top of one of the spires of cuprite crystals. See it on the top of the right branch? Copper can be seen embedded in the calcite, as well. The calcite crystals are very sharp scalenohedra. Excellent!	Item #25973 Beryl, var. Aquamarine 2.4x0.7x0.7 cm Largest Crystal Size: as above $55.00 Teofilo Otani Minas Gerais Brazil A gemmy, well formed crystal from this phenomenal pegmatite district. Te termination is composed of a couple of pyramidal forms and a very small pinacoid. Very light greenish colour. Beautiful crystal!
Item #25971 Beryl, var. Aquamarine 1.8x1.9x1.7 cm Largest Crystal Size: as above $75.00 Mt. Antero Buena Vista Colorado, USA A beautifully formed crystal of brazilianite showing sharp prism, pyramidal modifications and a dominant pinacoidal termination. A very gemmy, light greenish crystal. Hard to photograph, it is so clear!	Item #25969 Brazilianite 2.1x1.9x1.9 cm Largest Crystal Size: 12mm $75.00 Minas Gerias Brazil Extremely gemmy, light green crystals of brazilianite cover most of the top-front of this feldspar matrix. Well-terminated, beautiful crystals.	Item #25968 Bayldonite, Mimetite 2.7x2.2x1.6 cm Largest Crystal Size: micro $45.00 Gold Hill Mine Toole County Utah, USA Lots of light green bayldonite crystals associated with white mimetite crystals on this gossanous matrix. Very good!	Item #25967 Beudantite 2.7x2.2x1.9 cm Largest Crystal Size: micro $45.00 Tsumeb Otjikoto Namibia This specimen is loaded with gemmy, yellow-brownish trigonal (hexagonal-looking) crystals of this rare lead mineral. Mine is a very quick photo. I'm sure that you can do much better with a bit of time and effort. Excellent example!
Item #25964 Copper 2.8x2.8x2.1 cm Largest Crystal Size: 6mm $75.00 Emke Mine Onganja Namibia A cluster of sharp crystals of native copper with no other minerals present. The crystals appear to be largely branching dodecahedra but some are twinned or have other crystal faces, as well. Nice example for this famous copper mining area!	Item #25963 Copper, ps Aragonite 2.7x1.8x1.5 cm Largest Crystal Size: as above $75.00 Corocoro La Paz Bolivia A very sharp pseudomorph of native copper replacing a pseudo-hexagonal crystal of aragonite. From the famous locality in Bolivia.	Item #25962 Copper 2.6x1.2x1.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: 5mm $35.00 Bisbee Cochise County Arizona, USA I'm not sure that this cluster of dendritic copper crystals is natural or from a copper processing plant or some other un-natural crystallization. If it is natural , it is pretty nice! If it is not, the crystals are nice anyway!!	Item #25960 Beryl 1.9x1.4x1.3 cm Largest Crystal Size: 13mm $35.00 Tanco Mine Bernic Lake Manitoba, Canada A pure-white, cesium rich terminated beryl crystal with a little quartz attached.
Item #25959 Benitoite, Joaquinite 2.3x2.7x1.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: 6mm $65.00 Benitoite Gem Mine San Benito County California, Canada There are two beautiful, well formed benitoite crystals on this gray matrix. They are gemmy, deep blue and sharp. One has a little of the crystal missing off one corner.	Item #25953 Bournonite, Pyrite 2.1x2.0x1.8 cm Largest Crystal Size: 15mm $40.00 Pachapaqui Peru A nice cluster of flat-terminated, twinned bournonite crystals sprinkled with tiny pyrite crystals.	Item #25950 Arsenopyrite 3.3x2.0x1.7 cm Largest Crystal Size: as above $45.00 Jardine Montana, USA A twinned, crystal of arsenopyrite that is oxidized on the outer surface. The crystal is not complete and is missing part of the crystal on the backside. Still, an interesting crystal from an interesting locality.	Item #25949 Copper, Quartz 2.8x2.4x2.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: 2mm $40.00 Lasalle Mine Houghton Co Michigan, USA The front of this silicified basalt host a quart crystal-lined vug that contains a branch of very sharp, slightly oxidized copper crystals. Very nice crystals!
Item #25948 Copper 3.5x2.2x1.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: 4mm $65.00 Laurium Mine Houghton County Michigan, USA An excellently crystallized native copper specimen showing copper crystals formed in silicate minerals that have been mostly removed. Natural patina.	Item #25946 Copper 2.2x2.1x1.5 cm Largest Crystal Size: n/a $40.00 Mohawk Mine Keweenaw Co. Michigan, USA This specimen features a unique mineralogical and geological phenomenon; an amygdule completely filled with native copper in an ovoid shaped mass. Looks like a copper ball embedded in basalt! It is!	Item #25943 Axinite. 2.4x1.8x0-.5 cm Largest Crystal Size: as above $65.00 Puiva Mount Russia A razo-sharp crystal of axinite from this famous locality. The crystal is gemmy and the faces lustrous and sharp.	Item #25940 Chrysoberyl 1.8x1.5x0.4 cm Largest Crystal Size: as above $75.00 Minas Novas Minas Gerais Brazil Here is a thick-tabular, twinned crystal of chrysoberyl from an interesting locality. Nice form, colour and stria!
Item #25939 Chrysoberyl 1.2x1.2x0.7 cm Largest Crystal Size: as above $95.00 Santa Teresa Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais Brazil A gemmy, yellow-green trilling of chrysoberyl with no matrix. Nice front and back! Classic chrysoberyl location.	Item #25938 Chrysoberyl 1.1x0.9x0.5 cm Largest Crystal Size: as above $75.00 Espirito Santo Minas Gerais Bolivia A gorgeous, small trilling of chrysoberyl! Three criss-crossing gemmy yellow-green crystals on a pedestal of smaller chrysoberyl xls. Very nice example!	Item #25934 Cassiterite, Quartz 2.6x2.1x2.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: 22mm $75.00 Viloca Bolivia A gorgeous, 22mm lustrous, twin of dark brown cassiterite perched on a rusty, single milky quartz crystal.	Item #25932 Azurite 2.8x2.5x1.8 cm Largest Crystal Size: 22mm $140.00 Morenci Mine Morenci Arizona, USA A cluster of intense blue azurite crystals from this famous locality. The crystals are well formed prismatic crystals with matte-finished faces.
Item #25930 Cassiterite 2.5x2.0x1.6 cm Largest Crystal Size: n/a $65.00 Fresnillo Zacatecas Mexico A very good botryoidal clump of "wood tin" from Mexico. A classic Mexican occurrence.	Item #25919 Iron, Terrestrial 3.7x3.4x0.2 cm Largest Crystal Size: n/a $40.00 Hungtukun Massif Siberia Russia One side of this black basalt is richly mineralized with native iron. The specimen is sawn both sides and polished on both sides. Nice, reasonable example!	Item #25918 Iron, Terrestrial 3.5x3.3x0.2 cm Largest Crystal Size: n/a $55.00 Hungtukun Massif Siberia Russia The right side of this black basalt is laced through with native iron. The piece is sawn and polished both ides to best reveal the mineralogical textures of this unusual mineralization.	Item #25913 Iron, Terrestrial 5.5x2.4x0.3 cm Largest Crystal Size: n/a $45.00 Hungtukun Massif Siberia Russia A polished slice of basaltic rock, richly mineralized with native iron. Nice one!
Item #25912 Iron, Terrestrial 4.1x2.0x0.2 cm Largest Crystal Size: n/a $40.00 Hungtukun Massif Siberia Russia One end of this basaltic-rock matrix is richly filled with native iron. A slice of the mineralization, polished on and similar both sides.	Item #25909 Silver, Calcite 5.5x5.8x4.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: 5mm $225.00 Bouismas Mine Bou Azer Morocco Lots of silver in this one! Excellent branches of divergent, elongated silver crystals are well exposed in this matrix of calcite and wall rock. Stands just like this for perfect display.	Item #25908 Silver, Calcite 8.7x5.5x3.2 cm Largest Crystal Size: 5mm $75.00 Bouismas Mine Bou Azer, Ouarzazate Morocco Very nice, silvery branches od silver crystals are perfectly exposed on the front, and just as many on the back of this white calcite matrix. With a little support, displays beautifully.	Item #25904 Silver, Calcite 8.8x6.5x3.4 cm Largest Crystal Size: 5mm $95.00 Bouismas Mine Bou Azer, Ouarzazate Morocco This specimen actually stands like this! It has a pedestal base on the left and an arm of calcite that goes op the the right. The calcite is well laced with nicely exposed, dendritic branches of bright silver crystals. Very nice specimen from this locality.
Item #25894 Lazaraskeite 1.2x0.8x0.4 cm Largest Crystal Size: micro $75.00 Western Santa Catalina Mountains Pima County Arizona, USA A small but potent specimen that has lots of sharp, gemmy-blue, prismatic lazaraskeite crystals on it. Excellent specimen of this new, rare mineral from the type locality.	Item #25892 Lazaraskeite 1.9x1.2x0.8 cm Largest Crystal Size: 0.5mm $130.00 Western Santa Catalina Mountains Pima County Arizona, USA Lots of well-formed, individual prismatic crystals and clusters of lazarskeite crystals on this piece. Photogenic!	Item #25887 Lazaraskite 2.7x2.7x2.0 cm Largest Crystal Size: mico $110.00 Western Santa Catalina Mountains Pima County AZ, USA Much of the top of this specimen is sprinkled with sparkling, well formed gemmy, blue crystals of this unusual new, rare copper mineral. Nice!	Item #25886 Lazaraskeite 3.0x2.0x1.3 cm Largest Crystal Size: micro $120.00 western Santa Catalina Mountains Pima County Arizona, Canada Excellent coverage of gemmy blue, prismatic, lazaraskeite crystals on corroded pegmatite. The matrix is mostly feldspar and muscovite. Lots to look at!
Item #25885 Lazaraskeite 2.7x2.3x1.7 cm Largest Crystal Size: micro $130.00 Western Santa Catalina Mountains Pima County Arizona, USA Lots of sparkling, blue lazaraskeite crystals are present on the surface and in cracks and interstices of this specimen. Rich!	Item #25884 Lazaraskeite 2.2x1.8x1.4 cm Largest Crystal Size: micro $110.00 Western Santa Catalina Mountains Pima County Arizona, USA Much of the front of this specimen is generously splashed with many gemmy, light blue, lazaraskeite crystals. The crystals are well formed prismatic and excellent representatives of this new, unusual mineral.	Item #25883 Lazaraskeite 2.4x2.1x0.8 cm Largest Crystal Size: micro $95.00 Western Santa Catalina Mountains Pima County Arizona, USA The entire front of this plate is mostly covered with a light blue, sparkling druse of lazaraskeite crystals.	Item #25881 Lazaraskeite 2.4x1.7x2.2 cm Largest Crystal Size: micro $120.00 Western Santa Catalina Mountains Pima County Arizona, USA Lots of coverage of sky-blue, gemmy, well formed lazaraskeite crystal on this piece. Lots on top but there are cavities and seams of them on pretty well all sides, as well! Nice!