WHAT'S NEW 11
Posted SUNDAY 17th MARCH 02

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ALL PRICES ARE IN $US.DOLLARS PLUS FREIGHT

Code WN11-1 Calcite. $22-00 US.
From near Dargaville North Island, New Zealand.
Size Cabinet,22 x 9 x 4.5cm. Weight 872 grams,

The crystals are up to 4mm long.
They seem to have a iridescent coating nice.

Code WN11-2 FLUORITE, CALCITE & QUARTZ. $265-00 US.
From Blackden Mine, Weardale, County Durham, England.
Size Large cabinet, 20 x 12 x 20cm. Weight 3455 grams





Some damage on this piece there is a ding bellow the large crystal (that's what kept the price down)
but it is still a great piece.
The large fluorite is 43mm x 36mm the rest are up to 25mm the Fluorite is so clear that it is hard to photo.
It is ice blue under fluorescence great looking.
Very large for a Blackden fluorite I don't see them this size very often.




Code WN11-3 Calcite and Siderite $20-00 US.
From Dalnegorsk, Primorsky kraj, RUSSIA.
Size Miniature 5 x 3.9 x 2.1cm. Weight 26 grams

The Calcite has grown on and around the Siderite it is mostly double terminated
and sits on the end of the Siderite like double terminated scepters looks great better than shown.
The largest calcite is 25mm x 15mm




Code WN11-4 Rhodochrosite. $16-00 US.
From santa Eulalia, Chihuahua, MEXICO
Size Thumbnail, 2.7 x 2.4 x 1.2cm, Weight 8.2 grams.



The Rhodochrosite is darker than shown the crystals are up to 4mm long.
Nice little thumbnail for the price.





Code WN11-5 Cavansite. $20-00 US. SOLD
from Waghol mine near Pune, INDIA.
Size Thumbnail 2.4 x 1.3 x 1.6cm. Weight 3 grams.




Code WN11-6 CAVANSITE & STILBITE $28-00 US.
From Waghol mine near Pune, INDIA.
Size Large Thumbnail, 2.8 x 2.4 x 1.4cm. Weight 7 grams.



Another nice Cavinsite with great colour the Cavinsite cluster measure's 13mm x 17mm.
Looks real nice the blue contrasts against the clear to white Stilbite matrix the blue colour is darker than shown

Code WN11-7 Fluorite on Quartz. $40-00 US.
FromYaogangxian mine, Yizhang county, Hunan Province, CHINA.
Size Small Cabinet, 6.6 x 5.3 x 5cm. Weight 182 grams.

The darker looking areas are a coating of a pyrite metallic type mineral there are larger fluorite crystals on the side and back but they
are covered with the coating.
A unusual piece the whole thing is a cluster of Fluorite perched on a cluster of Quartz crystals (3) the center
quartz that you can see has a some damage at the back of the termination it is hard to see and does not effect the aesthetics of the piece.

Code WN11-8 Azurite & Smithsonite. $25-00 US.
From Kelly mine, Socorro county, New Mexico, U.S.A..
Size Small Cabinet, 6.9 x 5.1 x 3.2cm. Weight 125 grams.




This is a old location the color of the Smithsonite is not as yellow green as shown in the photo more of a gray green,
The left side picture is more the true colour the bottom picture is from a small area on the back it is a yellow green.
Nice piece the Azurite are up to 1mm long.




Code WN11-9 FLUORITE & QUARTZ $20-00 US. SOLD
From Taolin lead-Zinc mine, Linxiang County, Hunan Province, CHINA.
Size Miniature 4.6 x 6 x 3.5cm. Weight 113 grams.




Code WN11-10 SMITHSONITE, $32-00 US.
From Tsumeb mine, NAMIBIA.
Size Small Miniature, 2.4 x 4.4 x 1.3m, Weight 12.9 grams.




Great specimen as the photos show one side is a nice light pink brown crystals and the other side is covered
with darker sherry coloured crystals, the crystals are up to 4mm long.
Great Smithsonite good price.