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The deep green color on this larger cabinet piece is amazing. The cubes have faces up to 3.5 cm. The edges are bevelled. A very showy specimen from Xianghuapu Mine, Chenzhou, Hunan Province, China!

Pale purple octahedral crystals cover the face of the large cabinet size specimen. It is fro m Jinhu City, Zhejiang Province, China.

Vibrant orange color grouping of octahedral scheelite crystals. The faces on large crystal measure approximately 4.0 cm! This specimen is from Shuijing, Huya Township, Mount Xuebalding, Pingwu, Mianyang, Sichuan, China.

Attractive specimen of olive green siderite with chalcopyrite. This specimen is from Kaiwu Mine, Hezhang Co., Bijie, Guizhou, China.

Pale light purple fluorite covering scalenohedral calcite crystals. This fluorite contains trace amounts of Yittrium. This specimen is from Dachang, Quilong, Guizhou, China.

An attractive larger plate of ‘sea foam’ green fluorite cubes. Crystals are sharp and up to 2.0 cm on edge. There is no damage and the luster is great.. This piece is very three dimensional.  The specimen is from Xianghuapu Mine, Linwo Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China.

Well center crystals of deeper green fluorite crystals up to 4.0 x 3.8 cm. A small pink octahedral fluorite sits to one side of the main green fluorite crystal. Isolated crude quartz crystals and equally crude arsenopyrite crystals are also present. Overall a very nice composition piece. This specimen is from Huanggang Mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia China.

A group of well terminated quartz crystals provides an impressive background for a grouping of multiple arsenopyrite crystals. This specimen is from Yangoaxion Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China.

Attractive floater grouping of multiple pink octahedral crystals from Huanggang mine, Hexigten Banner, Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, China. Crystal luster is good and faces are sharp. These specimens were mined in 2019. When backlit faint needles of hedenbergite can be seen as inclusions.

This specimen is from Yaogangaxion Mine, Yizhang Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China. Several cubes with faces up to 0.7cm sit on a matrix covered by small white quartz crystals. The cubes are somewhat isolated and contrast nicely. The fluorite crystals themselves all contain  phantoms. The luster is good. Very attractive small cabinet specimen.

Rather stout tourmaline grouping in pristine condition. The colors vary from a green to blue/green. Multiple terminations are all intact. The non terminated end of the group is pocket healed. This specimen is from Paprok Mine, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan.

Unusual majenta/pink tourmaline with a very sharp termination. This specimen comes from the Malkan Deposit, Chitinskaya Oblast, Transbaikalia, Eastern Siberia Region, Russia.

This is a great locality specimen coming from Jos Plateau, Nigeria. It is composed of several terminated emerald green tourmalines.

Two parallel crystals. Both are well terminated. Several smaller tourmaline crystals project outwards from the main crystal at the base. Color ranges from pink at the base and somewhat in the core to an apple green top of the crystal. Overall length of this group is 7.7 cm! This specimen is from Paprok, Kamdesh District, Nuristan, Afghanistan.

Great display piece. Half of this specimen shows large dolomite rhombs. The other half is a combination of azurite and malachite in gypsum covered nodules. This specimen is from Bou Baker, Touissit – Bou Beker mining district, Oriental Region, Morocco.