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Crystals, Minerals of the World, Top Shelf
AZURITE CRYSTAL MEXICO 2
Top Gemmy Azurite Crystal Mexico 2. This specimen is truly aesthetic showing great quality formations of Gem Crystal Azurite. Sharp terminations featuring Tabular and Prismatic crystals with splendid vitreous faces. All round an outstanding Top Shelf specimen. This location has closed and this quality is becoming very hard to come by. Mounted on a perspex display pad for enhanced display.
Dimensions:
3cm x 2.7cm x 2cm, 16.8g (not including perspex pad).Location:
Milpillas Mine, Nacozari, Sonora, Mexico.Azurite
Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2.SKU: MW7426-1 -
Jade, Top Shelf
TOP BLACK JADE ROUGH
A grade Top Black Jade Rough ready for a crafts person to carve or make jewellery with. This is genuine true black nephrite jade from Cowell, South Australia (the best Black Jade in the world). This variant of jade is becoming more popular and is used, in particular, for carving into super-lustrous pendants and jewellery. One of the toughest rocks on the planet. The Black colour is from an inclusion of Iron of up to 8%. This is the best specimen from a lot of 1000kg.
To be honest I was hoping to save this one for my self but have no time for cutting stones. The stone has three cut faces with a square corner which makes it easy to hold in a vice for diamond saw cutting. There is the expected slight green that you can see with a strong Jade torch. One face you can see is polished roughly to 3000. Some pics are with wet and dry stone to show the quality of colour and polish with great reflection. This stone is best polished with aluminium oxide then diamond to get the mirror finish. You can see the reflection of a beautiful flower in the polished window on this Jade Stone.
Location:
Cowell, South Australia, Australia.Dimensions:
28cm x 22cm x 16cm, 17500g.Jade is a name that was applied to ornamental stones that were being brought to Europe from China and Central America. It wasn’t until 1863 that it was realized that Jade was being applied to two different minerals. The two minerals are both exquisite for the purposes that jade is put to task and are hard to distinguish from each other. Now both are called Jade.
Toughest Natural Stone in the World
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Crystals, Minerals of the World, Top Shelf
AMAZONITE CRYSTAL CLUSTER
A super Amazonite Crystal Cluster. It features great crystal formation and aqua blue green colouration. Most Amazonite on the market these days is the massive, rock like type from Madagascar or Brazil, which often has a lot of iron staining and pale colour. This cluster stands out in comparison as a great collectible piece for the collector. This cluster looks much better in person and is a good size too. Amazonite is a popular mineral, which is hard to find in decent terminated clusters like this.
Location:
Konso, Ethiopia.Dimensions:
6.6cm x 5.7cm x 2.7cm, 116g.Amazonite Microcline
KAlSi3O8.SKU: MW5225 -
Jade, Polished Stones, Spheres, Top Shelf
BLACK JADE SPHERE LARGE
A beautiful highly polished Black Jade Sphere. With a reflective surface like a mirror, you can see my reflection taking the photos. This is a Nephrite Black Jade Sphere from Western Australia. Jade is one of the many mineral treasures found in this vast land of Australia. These are not readily available and we never know if we can source more. It is iron impurities that adds the intense blackness to this jade. An essential for any jade or Aussie mineral collection. Great properties all round. Difficult to photograph with its highly reflective surface. Due to the very fine tight knit grain it takes one of the highest polishes of any stone. This sphere has a few characteristic white marks often visible in nephrite jade.
Location:
Western Australia.Dimensions:
9.3cm in diameter, 1253g.SKU: BLKJSPH0108-1 -
Australian Minerals, Crystals, Minerals of the World, Top Shelf
LARGE GARNET CRYSTAL
A Large Garnet Crystal. These are old stock we’ve dusted off and are rare to come across nowadays. This lovely Australian Almandine Garnet shows great crystal shape and has some good glossy faces. Large size and very nice crystal form, these are special and rare specimens. Super-collectible Aussie classic. This material was retrieved during the 1980’s, the mine is no longer in operation.
Location:
Irelands Garnet Mine, Thackaringa, near Broken Hill, NSW.Dimensions:
9cm x 7.2cm x 6.6cm, 950g. That’s pretty big, like it would hurt if dropped on ones toe.Almandine: Fe32+Al2(SiO4)3.
Family: Garnet.SKU: C0406-1 -
Crystals, Minerals of the World, Top Shelf
DIOPTASE CRYSTAL CLUSTER
A lovely bright Dioptase Crystal Cluster. This mineral always attracts comments for its vivid and natural colour. Large well formed Dioptase Crystals make this specimen worth collecting. A super piece and collectors favourite.
Location:
Altyn Tyube, Kazakhstan.Dimensions:
6.4cm x 5.3cm x 5cm, 155g.CuSiO3 -H2O
Hydrated copper silicate.SKU: F3708 -
Minerals of the World, Quartz, Top Shelf
BLUE QUARTZ CRYSTALS
An amazing cluster of rare Blue Quartz Crystals. Featuring very well formed crystals, clustered over a chunk of rock. This is a rare mineral specimen and a must for any quartz collection. Blue Quartz crystals are Dipyramidal shape. Dipyramidal Crystals don’t form the more common upright quartz clusters most people associate with quartz. The blue colouration is due to inclusions of Magnesioriebeckite. This is old stock and a must have for the quartz or mineral collector.
Location:
Cantera Juanona, Antequera, Malaga, Spain.Dimensions:
4.4cm x 3.3cm x 2.3cm, 24g.Quartz: SiO2.
Magnesioriebeckite: {Na2}{Mg3Fe23+}(Si8O22)(OH)2
SKU: G0305