1041029) Anglesite - Touissit, Touissit District, Oujda-Angad Province, Oriental Region, Morocco Size: 3.4 x 3.4 x 2.0 cm (miniature) Price: $ 750 ex. Lloyd Tate Collection
Beautiful gemmy yellow crystals of anglesite are forming a 3.4 x 3.4 x 2.0 cm cluster without matrix. Shows nicely all around 360 degrees. No damage; this is a choice little miniature for the species! Ex Lloyd Tate collection. 1041344) Benitoite with Neptunite - Dallas Gem Mine, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA Size: 3.8 x 2.1 x 1.8 cm (miniature) Price: $ 1250 ex. Lloyd Tate Collection
A neat little combination piece for this locality! A 3.8 x 2.1 x 1.8 cm matrix is hosting on one side a powder blue benitoite crystal 1.6 x 1.0 x 1.0 cm in size. On the left side is a brilliant lustrous black neptunite crystal measuring 1.8 x 0.6 x 0.6 cm. This shows all around 360 degrees. No damage - the quality is excellent! Ex Lloyd Tate collection. Ref: The Mineralogical Record 8, 442-452. 1044508) Beryl var. Emerald - Adams Hiddenite and Emerald Mine, Alexander Co., North Carolina, USA Size: 3.0 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm (miniature) Price: $ 1600 ex. Lloyd Tate Collection
An excellent partly gemmy translucent green single terminated emerald crystal measuring 3.0 x 2.0 x 1.6 cm in size. Complete all around and without damage. The crystal shows very minor natural etching to the faces, not atypical of this locality. The size and quality of the crystal is quite good for a North Carolina emerald specimen. Ex Lloyd Tate collection. Previous label from the collection of F. John Barlow. 1044523) Beryl var. Heliodor - Virgem da Lapa, Jequitinhonha valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil Size: 4.4 x 4.4 x 1.7 cm (miniature) Price: $ 485 ex. Lloyd Tate Collection
Neat naturally etched crystal of gemmy yellow heliodor measuring 4.4 x 4.4 x 1.7 cm in size overall. Complete all around and no damage. There are many neat natural "cuts" due to the etching. Ex Lloyd Tate collection. Ref: The Mineralogical Record: 13: 19-28. 1041403) Calcite - Dal'negorsk, Primorskiy Kray, Far-Eastern Region, Russia Size: 4.3 x 3.7 x 3.7 cm (miniature) Price: $ 160 ex. Lloyd Tate Collection
Choice glassy transparent colorless complex crystals of calcite forming a double terminated grouping upon a shard of breccia matrix. Shows all around 360 degrees. No damage or chipping. The crystals are of excellent quality. Size: 4.3 x 3.7 x 3.7 cm. Ex Lloyd Tate collection. Ref: The Mineralogical Record (2001): 32: 3. 3206142) Copper with Dolomite - Mashamba West Mine, Kolwezi, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) Size: 11.5 x 8.5 x 6.3 cm (cabinet) Price: $ 20000
A spectacular crystallized grouping of native copper coming off a small amount of breccia matrix. The crystals measure to 0.7 cm in size and are aesthetically arranged. There are brilliant neon-pink micro crystals of dolomite scattered throughout the native copper crystals. Crystallized all around 360 degrees - no damage. According to Lhoest, et al, in The Mineralogical Record: 22: page 17, native copper is quite rare in the Shaba Crescent. This specimen is part of a very small find in 1992. An example, said to be the "best of the find", is shown in F. John Barlow Collection, page 316. Based on the photo of that specimen, I feel that this piece is far superior in quality. Measures 11.5 x 8.5 x 6.3 cm in size overall. The specimen comes with a special acrylic display base. A rare and beautiful combination cabinet specimen! 5145381) Copper with Prehnite - Houghton Co., Michigan, USA Size: 6.4 x 6.2 x 2.3 cm (miniature) Price: $ 500 ex. Don Belsher
An excellent high quality combination large miniature/small cabinet specimen for this U.S. classic! A brecciated sparkling pale green crystallized prehnite matrix is hosting a grouping of choice well formed crystals of native copper to 2.0 cm in size. Crystallized all around 360 degrees and damage-free. The copper crystals have a nice patina. Very fine and choice! Size: 6.4 x 6.2 x 2.3 cm. Ex Don Belsher collection. Ref: The Mineralogical Record: 23: 2. 1044157) Elbaite with Albite - Stak Nala, Haramosh Mts., Skardu District, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan Size: 4.7 x 4.4 x 4.0 cm (miniature) Price: $ 350 ex. Lloyd Tate Collection
A beautiful color zoned lustrous partly transparent gemmy green to pale green and pinkish elbaite crystal measuring 1.8 cm in length is set nicely upon a matrix of blocky white albite crystals. No damage. Measures 4.7 x 4.4 x 4.0 cm in size overall. The crystal is very pretty. Ex Lloyd Tate collection. Ref: The Mineralogical Record: 16: 393-411. 1044295) Elbaite with Lepidolite - Minas Gerais, Brazil Size: 6.4 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm (miniature) Price: $ 1650 ex. Lloyd Tate Collection
Two beautiful gemmy lustrous green terminated elbaite crystals forming a parallel cluster with minor purplish lepidolite. Measures 6.4 x 2.1 x 1.9 cm in size. Complete all around 360 degrees. No damage; on the right side there appears to be some contacting, but looking close with a loupe this is naturally crystallized. A very pretty tourmaline specimen! Ex Lloyd Tate collection; previous label from the collection of F. John Barlow. 1041858) Fluorite - Dolomite Products Quarry, Penfield, Monroe Co., New York, USA Size: 3.4 x 2.6 x 2.5 cm (miniature) Price: $ 400 ex. Lloyd Tate Collection
A large, for the locality, beautiful gem quality pale blue grouping of fluorite crystals measuring 3.4 x 2.6 x 2.5 cm in size without matrix. Complete all around; this is very clean and free of damage for one of these at this locality, especially considering the size of the crystals. Choice! Ex Lloyd Tate collection. Ref.: Rocks & Minerals: 17:199-203; 60:229. 3700188) Fluorite - Elmwood mine, Carthage, Central Tennessee Ba-F-Pb-Zn District, Smith Co., Tennessee, USA Size: 9.4 x 8.5 x 6.5 cm (small cabinet) Price: $ 550 ex. Steve Neely collection
Neat large dark purple cubic fluorite crystal with minor barite. The corners are glassy and transparent, allowing one to view into the interior of the crystal. No damage. Size: 9.4 x 8.5 x 6.5 cm. Ex Steve Neely collection #188. Ref: The Mineralogical Record: 9: 213-218: American Mineral Treasures (Lithographie, LLC; 2008); pages 336-347. 1041910) Fluorite - Shangrao Prefecture, Jiangxi Province, China Size: 13.5 x 10.5 x 2.5 cm (cabinet) Price: $ 750 ex. Lloyd Tate Collection
A flat 13.5 x 10.5 x 2.5 cm crystallized plate of pale greenish fluorite, the top scattered nicely with deeper green frosty translucent octahedral fluorite crystals to 3.6 cm in size. No damage - a beautiful cabinet piece. Ex Lloyd Tate collection. 1042310) Gypsum - Las Salinas, Otume Village, Pisco, Pisco Province, Ica Department, Peru Size: 6.5 x 5.7 x 3.5 cm (small cabinet) Price: $ 200 ex. Lloyd Tate Collection
Gorgeous transparent orange twinned crystals of gypsum, the main one 3.7 cm in length, set on matrix. Shows nicely all around 360 degrees. No damage - the quality is very high for one of these. Size: 6.5 x 5.7 x 3.5 cm. Ex Lloyd Tate collection. Ref: The Mineralogical Record: 34: 253. 1042335) Hematite with Rutile - Cavradi gorge, Curnera Valley, Tujetsch, Vorderrhein Valley, Grischun, Switzerland Size: 3.8 x 2.7 x 2.4 cm (miniature) Price: $ 495 ex. Lloyd Tate Collection
Superb flattened lustrous metallic crystals of hematite to 2.5 cm in size are forming an attractive 3.8 x 2.7 x 2.4 cm cluster. Shows well all around 360 degrees and very clean and free of damage. Small red rutile crystals are studded upon the hematite crystal faces, typical of the locality. Fine Swiss classic. Ex Lloyd Tate collection. Previously in the collection of George Feist, though no labels. I remember acquiring this from George in the 1990's and later selling it to Lloyd. 1043590) Leifite with Serandite - Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada Size: 5.0 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm (miniature) Price: $ 950 ex. Lloyd Tate Collection
Choice combination specimen for these two species consisting of a lustrous tabular orange serandite crystal, this studded with a sparkling colorless "ball" of leifite crystals measuring 2.5 cm in diameter. Complete all around - damage-free. Size: 5.0 x 3.5 x 3.5 cm. Ex Lloyd Tate collection. Ref: The Mineralogical Record, 21, 284-359.
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