Crystals and minerals - colored |
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A truly stunning specimen of tiny glittery crystals of dioptase from
Kaokoveld, Namibia, displayed on a
semi-circular base of polished black onyx. For some reason my camera cannot record this colour
accurately - it is actually a deep, rich emerald green.
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A pair of clear amethyst points, displayed on an antique gold coloured
base. From Piedras Parado, Veracruz, Mexico.
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A natural cone covered in tiny glittery dark brown crystals of calcite,
with a few larger whitish crystals around the base. From the Brushy Creek Mine, Missouri.
Displayed on a black walnut base.
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A mass of tiny crystals of pyromorphite from Guang Xi Province, China,
displayed on a black walnut base.
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A pale sage-green coating of chrysocolla over quartz crystals,
Shaba Province, Zaire, displayed on a
black walnut base.
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Intensely blue and green azurite from the Daye Mine, China. The
surface glitters with tiny dark crystals. Polished black onyx base.
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A naturally formed ball of azurite from San Juan County, Utah. Mounted on a polished
black onyx base.
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Intricate and darkly iridescent carborundum (silicon carbide), man-made in
Poland, displayed on a
black and white swirled glass base.
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Glittery black carborundum (silicon carbide), man-made in
Poland, displayed on a
black walnut base.
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Smokey quartz crystals,
mounted on a black walnut base.
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Smokey quartz crystals,
mounted on a black walnut base.
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Milky fire or jelly opal from Mexico on a matrix base, displayed on
a rough stone slab.
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A matte orange roughly bowl shaped specimen of fire opal from Mexico.
Displayed on a rectangular black onyx base.
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A textured slab of fire opal from Mexico, displayed
on a rectangular polished
black onyx base.
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A natural rough bowl of fire opal from Mexico, with a small hole
piercing it, displayed
on an oval polished
black onyx base.
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A textured slab of fire opal from Mexico, displayed
on a circular polished
black onyx base.
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A striking chunk of orange fire opal on matrix from Mexico, displayed
on a rectangular black walnut base.
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A mass of glittery orange wulfenite crystals on matrix from the Rawley
Mine, Maricopa County, Arizona, displayed on a
black walnut base.
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A beautifully formed bright orange wulfenite crystal on red-brown
matrix from the Rawley
Mine, Maricopa County, Arizona, displayed on a
black walnut base.
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Orange vanadinite crystals from
Mibladen, Morocco, displayed on a black walnut base. .
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