Tucson Show Specimens Vol.3: African Minerals

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KM023 Aragonite var. Tarnowitzite

Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia

Ex. Norman and Roslyn Pellman Coll.

Thumbnail: 2.3 x 2.5 x 2.2 cm

35,000Yen/US$294/€216

Lustrous white crystal to 1.4 cm on a martix.No damage.

KM024 Smithsonite

Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia

Ex. Norman and Roslyn Pellman Coll.

Thumbnail: 1.9 x 1.6 x 1.7 cm

35,000Yen/US$294/€216

Translucent lustrous yellow single crystal. No damage.

KM041 Cerussite with Chalcotrichite inclusions

Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia

Miniature: 4.5 x 3.7 x 2.6 cm

68,000Yen/US$571/€420

Very rare red cerussite crystal to 6 mm on a matrix.

KM042 Barite

Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia

Miniature: 3.4 x 2 x 2.3 cm

65,500Yen/US$550/€410

Well terminated amber colored crystal with phantom to 2 cm tall on a matrix. No damage to the crystal.

KM048 Cerussite with Malachite inclusions

Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia

Miniature: 3.6 x 2.8 x 2.1 cm

220,000Yen/US$1,849/€1,358

This is a vary rare specmen of lustrous twin cerussite with malachite.

KM052 Cerussite with Chalcotrichite inclusions

Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Namibia

Thumbnail: 2.3 x 2.5 x 2.1 cm

100,000Yen/US$840/€617

Very rare red cerussite crystal to 1.2 cm lomg om calcite.

KM055 Sugilite in Quartz with Ruizite

N'Chwaning Mine, Kalahari Manganese Fields, Kuruman

South Africa

Thumbnail: 2,6 x 1.1 x 1.1 cm

35,800Yen/US$300/€220

Sugilite crystals in quartz...very rare!!!

KM072 Cobaltoan Calcite

Kakanda South Mine, Kambove, Katanga Province

Dem. Rep. of the Congo

Miniature: 3.3 x 3.5 x 2 cm

13,800Yen/US$116/€85

Transparent pink doubly terminated crystal of cobaltoan calcite to 1.1 cm tall on a matrix.