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Rubellite Tourmaline, California
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Lustrous and translucent, hot pink pink
tourmaline with a green cap is a 26 gram crystal, 1 1/4 by 1 1/8 by
3/4 inch (30mm x 27mm x 18mm). From Pala Chief mine, San Diego County,
California. |
| Item Number: rubeca01 |
Price: $ 95.00 |
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Rubellite Crystal, California
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The 30 gram terminated pink tourmaline
crystal has a green core at the base. The upper portion is all rubellite
in classic "California pink" color and is only slightly
milky. 1 1/4 by 7/8 by 3/4 inch. Healed cracks are from ground movement |
| Item Number: rubeca03 |
Price: $ 118.00 |
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Green Tourmaline, California
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Pale green tourmaline is clear and lustrous
with pink along one of the three prism faces. 27.8 gram tourmaline
from Pala Chief mine, San Diego County, California is 1 1/8 by 7/8
by 3/4 inch. |
| Item Number: tourca05 |
Price: $ 98.00 |
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Imperial Topaz
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Lustrous topaz prism from Oroe Preto,
Brazil are orange with pink hues. The imperial topaz crystals have
vertical striations, flat bottoms, and steep terminations. 25 x 10
x 8mm, 1 by 5/8 by 1/2 inch and weighs 4 grams. |
| Item Number: topimp04 |
Price: $ 50.00 |
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Topaz in Matrix from Mexico
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Six clear gem topaz are 5/8 inch to
3/4 inch on a piece of rhyolite granite from Mexico |
| Item Number: topmex01 |
Price: $ 38.00
sale $ 28.50 |
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Pale Aquamarine Crystal
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Pale blue green aquamarine has maximum
clarity and gem luster. A 1 1/4 inch central core is cast over dissolved
blade shaped crystals. A 3/4 inch thick layer of aquamarine covering
over half of the specimen has hundreds of complex crystal faces. The
2 1/4 inch by 1 3/4 inch by 1 3/4 inch aquamarine from Virgim Da Lapa,
Minas Gerais, Brazil weighs 6 1/2 ounces. |
| Item Number: aquabr10 |
Price: $ 175.00
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Yellow Barite Crystals, Oregon
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ellar twins are A shaped 1 by 1 by 1/2
inch specimen is lemon yellow when backlit. The gemmy barite crystals
are from Dreamchaser Mine, Lane County Oregon. |
| Item Number: barior01 |
Price: $ 18.00 |
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Morganite Beryl Crystal Cluster
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The 1 3/4 by 1 1/2 by 3/4 inch , 42
gram morganite beryl crystal cluster has several crystal gr Rubillite
Tourmaline, Brazil own together, one is a flat with telescoping faces,
another prism has vertical striations, included black prism crystals,
and vivid rainbow colors. The clear morganiteis lustrous with soft
pink color. There is a bit of feldspar attached to the bottom of the
morganite from Conselheiro Pena, Minas Gerais |
| Item Number: morgan03 |
Price: $ 245.00
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Morganite, California
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A light shade of pink beryl has an interior
glow that highlights the fantastic intricate crystal structure. One
face in the bottom photo consists of numerous individual terminations.
23 gram morganite from Ocean View Mine, San Diego County, California
is 1 1/4 by 1 by 3/4 inch. The morganite surrounds a book of 1/2 inch
muscovite mica. |
| Item Number: morgan04 |
Price: $ 98.00 |
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Yellow Brazilianite Crystals, Brazil
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Alkaline sodium aluminum phosphate
A spray of gemmy yellow brazilianite with albite feldspar crystal
frosting is 1 3/8 inch long and weighs 5 grams. Location: Divino des
Laranjeires, Minas Gerais, Brazil. |
| Item Number: brazil02 |
Price: $ 44.00
sale $ 33.00 |
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Brazilianite Crystal
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DescriptionBrazilianite crystal is translucent
yellow,5/8 by 9/16 by 5/16 inch. Sodium Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide.
from Divino des Laranjeiras, Minas Gerais Brazil. This is a nice size
for a thumbnail specimen or a gem crystal to wirewrap or prong set. |
| Item Number: brazil08 |
Price: $ 17.50 |
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Brazilianite Crystal
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Sodium Aluminum Phosphate Hydroxide
The aesthetic grouping of brazilianite crystals consists of three
crystals. A stocky 5/8 inch crystal attached to a small 1/2 crystal
with a 1 inch crystal perpendicular to the other two. A patch of drusy
quartz tops the thumbnail mineral specimen from Divino des Laranjeires,
Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Item Number: brazil06 |
Price: $ 40.00
sale $ 30.00 |
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Celestite Crystal, California
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1 3/4 by 1 1/2 by 1 inch blue celestite
crystal is strontium sulfate. The crystal has a deep blue center natural
flat side for easy display.Celestite is strontium sulfate found in
limestone. Location: Baja California. |
| Item Number: celeca01 |
Price: $ 21.00 |
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2 Yellow Chrysoberyl, Brazil
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Multiple Twinned Yellow Chrysoberyl
9/19 and 3/8 inch chunky crystal masses are multiple twins of clear
yellow chrysoberyl from Santa Teresa, Espirito Santo, Brazil. |
| Item Number: chryel02 |
Price: $ 31.00 |
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Yellow Chrysoberyl, Brazil
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The three twinned crystals from 5/16
to 1/2 are clear yellow chrysoberyl from Santa Teresa, Espirito Santo,
Brazil. |
| Item Number: chryel03 |
Price: $ 38.00 |
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Yellow Chrysoberyl, Brazil
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oxide of beryllium and aluminum
.7 gram 7 to 8mm clear yellow gem quality crystals could be prong
set like a gemstone. |
| Item Number: chrysb10 |
Price: $ 24.00 |
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Chrysoberyl Twins, Brazil
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Oxide of beryllium and aluminum is a
trilling. The chrysoberyl crystal group has distinct crystal form
and is clear enough to see the complex interior structure. 1.9 gram
vee shaped twin is flat on the back and on the other side has striations
showing the twinned crystal structure. 1 1/8 by 9/19 by 1/8 inch thick
yellow chrysoberyl is from Santa Teresa, Espirito Santos, Minas Gerais,
Brazil |
| Item Number: chrysb11 |
Price: $ 19.00 |
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Chrysoberyl Trilling
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oxide of beryllium and aluminum
The yellow chrysoberyl trillings crystal group has distinct crystal
form and is clear enough to see the complex interior structure. chrysoberl
trilling crystals are 3/4 by 3/8 by 3/16 inch thick with translucent
yellow tips and striations that show the twinned crystal structure.
Location: Santa Teresa, Espirito Santos, Minas Gerais, Brazil. |
| Item Number: chrysb12 |
Price: $ 19.00 |
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Purple Fluorite Crystal, Illinois
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From Hardin County Illinois the 2 by
b1 5/8 by 1 1/8 inch thick fluorite has crystal and cleavage faces
and is clear with light purple color. |
| Item Number: fluill15 |
Price: $ 17.00 |
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Yellow Andradite Garnet, Arizona
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Yellow andradite garnet from Arizona
are sharp crystals up to 5/16 inch. 1 1/2 by 3/4 by 3/4 inch. |
| Item Number: garnaz01 |
Price: $ 20.00
sale $ 15.00 |
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Yellow Almandine Crystal Cluster
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Translucent yellow almandine garnets
up to 1/2 inch form the 2 3/4 by 1 3/4 by 1 1/4 inch cluster. Location
Unknown looks like the Arizona yellow almandine garnets. |
| Item Number: garyel02 |
Price: $ 24.00
sale $ 18.00 |
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Large Grossular Garnet, Maine
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2 1/2 by 2 1/2 by 2. Green diopside
and garnet marble matrix holds the 2 inch grossular garnet from Pitts
Mine, West Minot ME. The color of the garnet is a blend of orange
and brown. |
| Item Number: grosme01 |
Price: $ 46.00
sale $ 34.50 |
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Spodumene Crystal
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Clear and lustrous, spodumene lithium
crystal from Pala Chief Mine, San Diego County, California weighs
10 grams, and is 3 3/4 by 3/4 by 1/4 inch. |
| Item Number: spdca01 |
Price: $ 22.00 |
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Topaz on Smoky Quartz DT
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A single clear topaz crystal is perched
on a smoky quartz double terminated crystal. 1 3/4 inch quartz has
a 7/8 inch by 9/16 inch by 9/16 inch (22x13x13mm) TOPAZ. The topaz
has stepped faces adding to the reflective surfaces and the gemlike
optical properties. Location: Padre Paraiso, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
19 grams weight. |
| Item Number: topbrz02 |
Price: $ 24.00
sale $ 18.00 |
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Topaz Crystal Cluster, Brazil
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A large and lustrous, 1 1/8 inch by
3/4 inch by 5/8 inch, topaz crystal has a dozen smaller crystals attached
around the girdle of the crystal. 28 grams. Photos shows both sides
of the topaz crystal cluster from Padre Paraiso, Minas Gerais, Brazil. |
| Item Number: topbrz04 |
Price: $ 29.00
sale $ 21.75 |
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Buergerite Tourmaline Crystals
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NaFe3Al6Si6O18(BO3)3O3F
Sodium Iron Aluminum Boro-silicate Oxide
Buergerite is a rare iron and sodium rich tourmaline with fluorine.
The blocky triangular prisms are striated lengthwise. Bronze to brown
color with transparency at the surface, The buergerite crystals are
from Governador Valadares, Minas Gerias, Brazil. The mineral specimen
is primarily buergerite with a few associated minerals on the surface;
in particular some small cubes. 2 1/4 inch by 1 1/4 inch by 1 3/4
inch.
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| Item Number: trbubr01 |
Price: $ 40.00
sale $ 30.00 |
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Imperial Topaz
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Lustrous topaz prisms from Ouro Preto,
Mina Gerais, Brazil are orange with pink hues. The imperial topaz
crystals have vertical striations, flat bottoms, and steep terminations.
22x8x7mm, 7/8 by 5/16 by 1/4 inch and weighs 3 grams. The irregularity
on the side of the crystal in the first photo is incomplete crystal
formation on one face and is not damage. |
| Item Number: topimp06 |
Price: $ 47.00 |
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Blue Topaz Pebble
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Water worn blue topaz crystal is lustrous
baby blue. 7/16 by 3/8 inch blue topaz is from Teofilo Otoni, Minas
Gerais, Brazil. |
| Item Number: bltpbr01 |
Price: $ 21.00
sale $ 15.75 |
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Bi Color Tourmaline, California
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Gemmy green cap on milky pink prism
is topped with white feldspar. The watermelon cap is From Pala Chief
mine, San Diego County, California. The tourmaline portion is 1 1/8
by 1 by 3/4 inch. The specimen weighs 23.1 grams. |
| Item Number: tourca02 |
Price: $ 67.00 |
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Green Tourmaline, California
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10.9 gram green tourmaline from Pala
Chief Mine, San Diego County, California is gemmy green with pink
blush on one end. The gemmy green tourmaline is 1 1/4 by 11/16 by
7/16 inch. 30mm x 18mm x 12mm has a flat termination on one end. |
| Item Number: tourca06 |
Price: $ 52.00 |
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Blue-Green Tourmaline, Brazil
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Elbaite tourmaline from Santa Rosa,
Brazil is clear vibrant blue-green in color. The color changes with
direction of your view and by room lighting. 1 inch by 3/32 inch,
1.4 gram striated and terminated tourmaline prism |
| Item Number: trblbr04 |
Price: $ 31.00 |
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Blue-Green Tourmaline, Brazil
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Blue-green tourmaline terminated prism
from Santa Rosa, Brazil. The clear 1 3/16 inch long prism has 1/4
inch wide striated faces. weighs 3 grams. |
| Item Number: trblbr06 |
Price: $ 98.00 |
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2 Pink Elbaite and Green Elbaite Tourmaline
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Two terminated tourmaline crystals are
3/4 inch long; the crystal to the left is pink at the base and green
at the top. The tourmaline to the right is green. Both have tiny tourmalines
attached to the prism faces. Location: Coronel Murta, Minas Gerais,
Brazil. |
| Item Number: trelbr13 |
Price: $ 18.00 |
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Green Elbaite Tourmaline
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The terminated triangular elbaite tourmaline
crystal is deep translucent green with blue tints when viewed at different
angles. The 13/16 inch prism is 3/16 inch thick. Location: Coronel
Murta,
Minas Gerais, Brazil. |
| Item Number: trelbr14 |
Price: $ 26.00 |
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Elbaite Tourmaline Crystal, Brazil
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Pink at the top and green at the bottom,
the translucent elbaite tourmaline is 1 3/8 inch by 1/4 inch with
a steep termination. Colonel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Two photos
of the one tourmaline crystal |
| Item Number: trelbr21 |
Price: $ 35.00 |
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Elbaite Tourmaline Crystal, Brazil
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Pink at the bottom and green at the
top, the translucent elbaite tourmaline is 1 3/8 inch by 1/4 inch.
Colonel Murta, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Two photos of the one tourmaline
crystal |
| Item Number: trelbr22 |
Price: $ 36.00 |
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Aqua-green Tourmaline with Twins
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1 1/8 inch by 7 /16 inch aqua-green
tourmaline has a pair of twins protruding from the side. The gemmy
green tourmalines have smallerpink tourmalines attached to the tip.The
unusual tourmaline crystal specimen is from Minas Gerais, Brazil. |
| Item Number: tourbr15 |
Price: $ 55.00
sale $ 41.25 |
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Rubellite Tourmaline Crystals
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The grouping of parallel prisms are
dark pink on the flat termination with a sparkling of pink through
in the clear lower portion of the crystal, 3/4 by 5/16 by 1/4 inch.
location: Cruizero Mine, Sao Jose Da Safira near Governor Valaderes,
Minas Gerais Brazil. |
| Item Number: trrbbr10 |
Price: $ 42.00
sale $ 31.50 |
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Rubellite Tourmaline Crystals
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Two pale pink tourmaline prisms are
7/16 by 3/16 and 3/8 by 1/8 inch. Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. |
| Item Number: trrbbr11 |
Price: $ 29.00
sale $ 21.75 |
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Rubellite Tourmaline Crystals
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3/4 by 3/16 inch and 3/8 by 3/16 inch.
The tall crystal has a healed fracture and has the short prism has
a dark shade of pink. Salinas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. |
| Item Number: trrbbr12 |
Price: $ 29.00
sale $ 21.75 |
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4 Green Tourmaline Crystals
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Four green elbaite prisms from Minas
Gerais, Brazil are clear, bright green and terminated. The stubby
prisms are 3/8 inch long by 3/16 inch wide. |
| Item Number: trelbr24 |
Price: $ 22.00
sale $ 16.25 |
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Uvite Tourmaline Crystal
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Magnesium rich tourmaline forms short
crystals with a wide three faced termination. 5/8 inch in diameter
by 3/8 inch thick uvite tourmaline crystal is dark green with reflective
faces and edges. Clear magnetite rhombohedra crystals are attached
to the thumbnail mineral specimen from Brumado Bahia, Brazil. |
| Item Number: truvbr11 |
Price: $ 19.00 |
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Large Uvite Tourmaline Crystal
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1 1/4 by 15/16 by 5/8 inch is a narrow,
wide wedge shaped crystal that is a flat back and two angled flat
faces all with beveled edges. Dark green yet translucent. The magnesium
rich tourmaline is from Brumado Bahia, Brazil. |
| Item Number: truvbr12 |
Price: $ 45.00 |
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Uvite in Quartz Crystal
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1/2 by 5/8 inch wedge shaped green uvite
tourmaline crystal in imbedded in the base of the 1 1/4 inch by 5/8
inch clear quartz prism. The uvite tourmaline in quartz mineral specimen
is from Brumado Bahia, Brazil. |
| Item Number: qtuvit01 |
Price: $ 17.00 |
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Yellow Calcite, Ohio
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The 231 gram crystal has an interlaced
structure that provides a shimmering display. The bright yellow calcite
crystal, from Ohio, is 3 ½ inches by 2 ½ inches by 1
¾ inches. |
| Item Number: calyel01 |
Price: $ 35.00 |
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Scapolite Crystals, Canada
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Scapolite is formed in metamorphic action
on impure limestone. The complex composition is sodium or calcium
aluminum silicate, with The green scapolite crystals are 1 inch and
5/8 inch long and are faintly translucent. Location: C. Alumeet Island,
Quebec Canada. |
| Item Number: scapol01 |
Price: $ 17.00
sale $ 12.75 |
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More Calcites!
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This page is all calcite mineral specimens
from North and South America, Africa, and other localities around
the world. Calcite has more crystal forms than any other mineral.
Cruise this page to see some of the calcite crystal varieties. Tsumeb
calcites have many secondary metal minerals. |
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