WHAT'S NEW 15
Posted SUNDAY 26th MAY 02


ALL PRICES ARE IN $US.DOLLARS PLUS FREIGHT

Code WN15-1 COPPER in CALCITE. $70-00 US.
From .From Keweenaw, Michigan, USA.
Size Thumbnail, 2.1 x x1.2 x 1cm. Weight 3 grams,

Nice single crystal of bright Copper in Calcite.
Looks better in person the photos do not do it justice.

Code WN15-2 PYROMORPHITE and CROCOITE. $18-00 US.
From Dundas, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA.
Size Miniature 3.1 x 5.4 x 1.6cm. Weight 22 grams.

Nice combination the longest Crocoite is 10mm x 1mm there is more on the back.

Code WN15-3 IMPERIAL TOPAZ $14-00 US.
From . Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, BRAZIL.
Size Thumbnail 2.8 x .5 x .4cm. Weight 1.5 grams.

This is a by-color Topaz the top is a Amber color but the bottom is more pink a very nice crystal.







Code WN15-4 IMPERIAL TOPAZ $12-00 US.
From Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, BRAZIL.
Size Thumbnail, 2.2 x .7 x .4cm, Weight 1.7 grams.

An other by-color Topaz the top is a Amber color but the bottom is more pink looks good a very nice crystal.







Code WN15-5 FLUORITE. $42-00 US. SOLD
from Cave-in-Rock, Hardin County, Illinois.
Size Small Cabinet, 5.5 x 6.7 x 3.1cm. Weight 131 grams.




Code WN15-6 GALENA $38-00 US.
From Sweetwater mine, Reynolds county, Missouri, USA.
Size Cabinet, 5.6 x 6.7 x 5.5cm. Weight 807 grams.

This Galena came from a Hamel Mining & Minerals as job lot it had been in storage for a few years a nice Galena..
The large crystal is 52 x 41mm.

Code WN15-7 GREEN CALCITE . $33-00 US.
From Shuikoushan, Hunan Province, CHINA.
Size Small Cabinet, 4.9 x 6.4 x 3.7cm. Weight 156 grams.

What a great color for Calcite you don't often see this nice a green.
Nice piece with great color.

Code WN15-8 CUPRITE. $45-00 US. SOLD
From Phoenix mine, Liskeard, Cornwall, ENGLAND.
Size Cabinet, 8.8 x 6.6 x 6.5cm. Weight 376 grams.




Code WN15-9 RED TOURMALINE $45-00 US.
From AFGHANISTAN.
Size Large Thumbnail, 1.7 x 3.1 x 2.5cm. Weight 15 grams.

What a unusual shaped Tourmaline it seems to have grown on the side wall and what would have been the bottom of the crystal is green
growing upwards like a Scepter and into Rubellite, Nice










Code WN15-10 ALBITE on Bi-Color TOURMALINE, $35-00 US.
From AFGHANISTAN.
Size Thumbnail, 2.2 x 1.5 x 1.7cm, Weight 4.7grams.

A bi-color Tourmaline with a dark green base turning to light green then pink at the termination.
The Tourmaline crystal is 22 x 8 x 9mm
The Tourmaline looking as if its growing through theAlbite is esthetic.

Code WN15-11 Bi-Color TOURMALINE. $35-00 US.
From AFGHANISTAN.
Size Thumbnail, 2 x .9 x .8cm. Weight 2.5 grams.

Nice green turning to pink this may be small but it is a good color and well terminated.
Looks great.








Code WN15-12 FLUORITE with BERYL $20-00 US. SOLD
From Karooba, KAZACHSTAN.
Size Thumbnail, 1.6 x 2.5 x 2.2cm. Weight 12 grams.




Code WN15-13 CALCITE $18-00 US. SOLD
From Irai City Rio grande do Sul, BRAZIL
Size Small miniature, 1.9 x 3.1 x 3.1cm, Weight 6 grams.





Code WN15-14 CASSITERITE. $25-00 US.
from Viloco mine, La Paz Department, BOLIVIA.
Size Large Thumbnail, 2.6 x 3.5 x 3cm. Weight 60 grams.

This piece has crystals on the top and crystals on the bottom it is a lot more lustrous than shown and has the
Orange Red color typical of Cassiterite. Looks good in person.

Code WN15-15 PYROMORPHITE $40-00 US.
From Daoping Lead-Zinc mine, Yangshu Guangxi Province, CHINA.
Size Thumbnail, 1.6 x 2.7 x 2.3cm. Weight 12 grams.

There seems to be a lot of minerals coming out of China at the moment lets hope it keeps coming
and we can get more like this PYROMORPHITE.
Nice green barrel shaped crystals to 6mm long x 3mm wide Hard to get the true color because of the reflection.

Code WN15-16 CHRYSOBERYL . $35-00 US.
From Espirito Santo, BRAZIL.
Size Thumbnail, 1.5cm High x 1.8cm Wide x .7cm Deep. Weight 11 grams.

Nice crystal formation one looks like it is twined there are some small dark inclusions

Code WN15-17 SCHEELITE and DOLOMITE. $45-00 US.
From Linwu, Hunan Province, CHINA.
Size Small miniature, 1.6cm High, 3.6cm Wide, 3.9cm Deep. Weight 47grams.

The Scheelite crystal is 15mm High 27mm Wide a nice combination with the Dolomite.
In the bottom right picture you can see what appears like a ding near the top of the crystal its actually a cavity.







Code WN15-18 FADEN QUARTZ $22-00 US.
From Vida Grande, Quartzite, ARIZONA, USA.
Size Thumbnail 2.6 x 1.6 x 1.1cm. Weight 1.9grams.

A cluster of tabular crystals with the Faden line running down through them.
The largest crystal is 22mm long, 8mm wide, 2mm thick, The cluster without the matrix is 24mm long.








Code WN15-19 FADEN QUARTZ with HEMATITE, $25-00 US.
From Vida Grande, Quartzite, ARIZONA, USA.
Size Thumbnail 3 x 1.9 x .3cm. Weight 2.4grams.

The growth appears to have all been to the one side of the Faden line in this cluster.
There are a couple of small Hematite crystals at the base, A nicely stacked cluster.

Code WN15-20 Tabular double terminated Quartz, $32-00 US.
From Sichuan province, CHINA.
Size Cabinet, 4.5 x 7.1 x 5.2cm, Weight 106 grams.

The large Tabular crystal measures 7.8cm x 2.7cm x 1cm. This is a very esthetic looking piece
with the larger tabular siting at a angle on top of the smaller crystal that sits on a crystal covered quartz base.

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