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B-113 Barite on Petrified Wood $35 SOLD
Puerco Ridge, Navajo County, Arizona
10 x 5.5 x 2.3 cm.
When one thinks about petrified wood, one rarely thinks about accessory minerals that can be found associated with the petrified wood. These remarkable specimens were found in the spring of 2008 by my friend and insatiable digger, Ken Gochenour. This fine specimen features blades up to 2 cm. of the mineral Barite in a parallel growth and in bundles on a manganese oxide-coated piece of petrified wood. I was so impressed with these specimens that I purchased every single one that he had with him when I saw him. A great specimen for any collector of petrified wood, Arizona minerals, or just mineral specimens in general.
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B-114 Barite and Calcite on Petrified Wood $35
Puerco Ridge, Navajo County, Arizona
6.8 x 5.5 x 1.8 cm.
When one thinks about petrified wood, one rarely thinks about accessory minerals that can be found associated with the petrified wood. These remarkable specimens were found in the spring of 2008 by my friend and insatiable digger, Ken Gochenour. This fine specimen features wheat-sheaf-like bundles of the mineral Barite to 1.5 cm. on top of a layer of spongy-looking Calcite that fluoresces red when illuminated under SWUV light. Under the Calcite, a layer of manganese oxide coats this specimen of petrified wood. I was so impressed with these specimens that I purchased every single one that he had with him when I saw him. A great specimen for any collector of petrified wood, Arizona minerals, or just mineral specimens in general.
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B-115 Barite on Petrified Wood $135 SOLD
Puerco Ridge, Navajo County, Arizona
15.7 x 10.8 x 4.8 cm.
When one thinks about petrified wood, one rarely thinks about accessory minerals that can be found associated with the petrified wood. These remarkable specimens were found in the spring of 2008 by my friend and insatiable digger, Ken Gochenour. This fine specimen features a myriad of wheat-sheaf-like bundles of the mineral Barite up to 2 cm. on a manganese oxide-coated piece of petrified wood. I was so impressed with these specimens that I purchased every single one that he had with him when I saw him. A great specimen for any collector of petrified wood, Arizona minerals, or just mineral specimens in general.
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G-069 Gypsum with Sand inclusions $25
Ahahrani, Saudi Arabia
4.2 x 4.2 x 2 cm.
Here is a mineral specimen that you don't see for sale every day, or at least I haven't. This interesting mineral specimen consists of three interpenetrating Gypsum crystals that are heavily included by sand. When was the last time you saw a mineral specimen from Saudi Arabia for sale?
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C-134 Calcite $35
Er Rachidia Province, Morocco, between Taouz and Algerian border
7 x 3.1 x 3.6 cm.
Continuing our saga through the deserts of north Africa, here we are offering a specimen that I picked up just last week: a stalactite-like stack of interpenetrating crystals of Calcite, which are lightly-included by sand. The contrast between the sand color and the orange-red portions of this mineral specimen make it all the more interesting.
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C-135 Calcite $30
Taouz, Er Rachidia Province, Morocco, near Algerian border
5.6 x 3.1 x 3.5 cm.
Continuing our saga through the deserts of north Africa, here we are offering a specimen that I picked up just last week: a stalactite-like stack of interpenetrating crystals of Calcite as large as 2.2 cm., which are lightly-included by sand. The contrast between the sand color and the orange-red portions of this mineral specimen make it all the more interesting.
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G-066 Gypsum pseudomorph after Halite $35 SOLD
Point Sal, Santa Barbara County, California
3.9 x 4 x 3.8 cm.
Here's an example of the great diversity of pseudomorphs. These well-formed, hoppered crystals of Gypsum after unusually large Halite crystals are from a location that has now been permanently closed for over six years. While never abundant when they could be collected, they are very hard to come by these days.
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G-067 Gypsum pseudomorph after Halite $30 SOLD
Point Sal, Santa Barbara County, California
3.9 x 3.6 x 3.4 cm.
Here's an example of the great diversity of pseudomorphs. These well-formed, hoppered crystals of Gypsum after unusually large Halite crystals are from a location that has now been permanently closed for over six years. While never abundant when they could be collected, they are very hard to come by these days.
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G-068 Gypsum pseudomorph after Halite $25 SOLD
Point Sal, Santa Barbara County, California
3.7 x 2.8 x 2.8 cm.
Here's an example of the great diversity of pseudomorphs. These well-formed, hoppered crystals of Gypsum after unusually large Halite crystals are from a location that has now been permanently closed for over six years. While never abundant when they could be collected, they are very hard to come by these days.
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G-070 Garnet variety Spessartine with Smoky Quartz $130 SOLD
Lechang Mine, Guangdong Province, China
9.3 x 7.2 x 3.1 cm.
These Spessartines are definitely in the upper echelon of Garnet specimens. For the past 8-9 years Chinese Garnets (especially the specimens from Fujian) have been quite abundant. But the really killer specimens have been too few and hard to come by. These gemmy Garnets have a luster that has to be seen in person to be fully appreciated. This specimen also features a 6 millimeter crystal of Pyrite embedded in the left center of the specimen. Another plus is the striking orange color, much like the famous Spessartines from the world famous Little 3 mine in Ramona, California.
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Q-151 Quartz with Graphite inclusions $215
Cong Li, Hunan Province, China
10.3 x 3.6 x 2.5 cm.
Here we have a large, incredibly gemmy Quartz crystal with numerous inclusions of Graphite measuring up to 2 cm. in size. It is incredibly difficult to convey in a photograph just how glassy these crystals really are. As far as I am concerned, these are the most interesting Quartz crystals that I have seen come from China. Graphite inclusions in Quartz are very rare, and even more so, in a Quartz crystal that is so glassy and lustrous.
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Q-152 Quartz with Graphite & fluid (enhydro) inclusions $230
Cong Li, Hunan Province, China
10.9 x 3.3 x 2.2 cm.
Here we have a large, incredibly gemmy Quartz crystal with numerous inclusions of Graphite measuring up to 1 cm. in size. In addition to that this crystal also features a visibly moving bubble inside a inverted v-shaped channel filled with water. It is incredibly difficult to convey in a photograph just how glassy these crystals really are. As far as I am concerned, these are the most interesting Quartz crystals that I have seen come from China. Graphite inclusions in Quartz are very rare, and even more so, in a Quartz crystal that is so glassy and lustrous.
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Q-153 Quartz with Graphite inclusions $200
(double terminated)
Cong Li, Hunan Province, China
11.7 x 2.6 x 1.9 cm.
Here we have a large, incredibly gemmy Quartz crystal with numerous inclusions of Graphite measuring up to 1.2 cm. in size. It is incredibly difficult to convey in a photograph just how glassy these crystals really are. On top of that, this crystal is double terminated and has over a dozen smaller Quartz crystals attached to the main crystal. As far as I am concerned, these are the most interesting Quartz crystals that I have seen come from China. Graphite inclusions in Quartz are very rare, and even more so, in a Quartz crystal that is so glassy and lustrous.
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S-086 Stilbite $30
Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India
9.9 x 6.8 x 5 cm.
Here we have a salmon-colored cluster of Stilbite crystals, some of which exhibit the classic bow-tie crystal habit and measure up to 4.5 centimeters. A good example of the mineral Stilbite and priced to sell.
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