GALLERY 5
RC81 Wolframite with muscovite and arsenopyrite
Tabular dark grey wolframite crystals with shiny metallic arsenopyrite crystals and tan muscovite crystals.
Pansaqueira Mine, Portugal
Measures 6.5 x 6 x 3 cm
Price $450
RC82 Sonora Sunrise/Sunset (polished slab)
Striking combination of turquoise chrysocolla, red cuprite and black manganese oxide. From the famous Milpillas Mine.
Sonora, Mexico
Measures 22 x 13 x 0.7 cm
Price $250
RC83 Laguna Agate (polished slab)
One of the most prized agates in the world owing to its tight banding and bright colours. It is found almost due south of El Paso in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico and is mined in a mountainous area associated with andesitic lavas
Measures 16 x 10 x 0.7 cm
Price $350
RC84 Variscite. (polished slab)
Variscite is a light green/turquoise-coloured hydrated aluminium phosphate mineral formed by deposition from phosphate‑bearing water reacting with aluminium-rich rocks. It normally forms as nodules and a notable occurrence is Fairfield in Utah, USA. This specimen comes from the Little Green Monster Variscite Mine in that area.
Measures 9 x 7.5 x 0.5 cm
Price $250
RC85 Condor Agate
This popular agate was discovered in 1993 at San Rafael, Mendoza Province in the Patagonia region of Argentina. It is mined from shallow surface excavations. This one has a quartz centre.
Measures 9.5 x 6 x 4 cm
Price $100
RC86 Lazurite in diopside
Crystal aggregate in diopside with pyrite veining.
Sar-E-Sang, Afghanistan
Measures 7 x 6 x 5 cm
Price $250
RC87 Lazurite in marble
Euhedral 2 cm crystal in white marble with pyrite veining.
Sar-E-Sang, Afghanistan.
Measures 7.5 x 5 x 4 cm
Price $450
The colours of the specimens shown in this website may vary slightly from actual specimen colour.