California Mineral Specimens

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California pegmatites offers a good selection of top shelf minerals including fine tourmalines, kunzites, aquamarines and spodumenes.  How about those gold, benitoite, garnets and the other fine specimens form California, as well.

 

 

OKH-875

OKH-875    Fluorite      Felix Mine, Azusa, California.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  Atypical crystal form for the location exhibited by a green crystal showing light purple edge phantoms (internally).  This was subsequently covered by green fluorite in a cube octahedron combination.  Really unusual in several ways.  2.1 x 1.5 x 1.2 cm with main crystal being 1 cm in diameter.  No damage.  $50

 

 

 

 

OKH-800

OKH-800    Quartz with Chlorite     Shingle Springs, El Dorado Co., California.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  Nicely developed chlorite phantom inside this double terminated quartz crystal.  Tiny “Wilber” otherwise a damage free floater.  Unusual location.  Nice bright quartz overgrowths in some spots.  2.9 x 1.9 x 1.4 cm.  $35

 

 

 

OKH-768

OKH-768    Gold    Grass Valley, California.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  A well formed 9. x .5 x .2 cm nugget.  All gold, no accessories.  No damage and in a perky box.  $50

 

 

 

 

OKH-760

OKH-760      Gold     Grass Valley, California.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  This small, 1 cm, piece displays lots of gold leaf (maybe crystals…tough to tell when it’s this small) and is mounted in a perky box.  In nice condition, fine luster and interesting form.  $35

 

 

 

OKH-721

OKH-721    Artinite and Desautelsite     San Benito, County, California.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.    Nice groupings of acicular artinite crystals.  The sprays are well formed in most cases and damage free.  No matting.  Good coating of yellow desautelsite below on the matrix and on most other surfaces of the matrix.  The entire piece measures 5.2 x 4 x 3 cm.  Very nice displayable example of this rare mineral.  $175

 

 

 

 

OKH-722

OKH-722    Artinite and Desautelsite     San Benito, County, California.  Ex. Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.    A lesser specimen with incomplete groupings of acicular artinite crystals.  No matting.  Good coating of yellow desautelsite below on the matrix in some areas.  The entire piece measures 6.4 x 3.5 x 2.6 cm.  Good systematic collection example of this rare mineral.  $65

 

 

 

 

OKH-623

OKH-623   Fluorite   Felix Mine, Azusa, California.  Ex.  Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  This small example measures 3.4 x 1.7 x 1.6 cm overall.  What makes it special is the elaborate crystals.  They are well formed transparent green octahedrons that have been overgrown by cubes.  I each octahedral point is a larger cubic growth of clearer fluorite.  Very reminiscent of Mexico and Peru.  No damage.  $60

 

 

 

 

OKH-696

OKH-696    Tourmaline    Stewart Mine, Pala, California.  Ex.  Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  Bubblegum pink single crystal with no damage and nice form.  1.8 x 1.4 x 1.4 cm overall.  The termination is covered by growth hillocks and the prism is highly striated.  A fine luster and excellent translucence (transparent in areas).  $260

 

 

 

 

OKH-684

OKH-684    Gold Nugget    Diltz Mine, Mariposa County, California.  Ex.  Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  3.1 gram specimen that measures 1.6 x 1 x .7 cm and is slightly hollowed on backside.  There is a tiny dab of rubber cement on the backside that should be removed otherwise a perfect, show example.  $300

 

 

 

 

OKH-685

OKH-685    Elbaite     Himalaya Mine, Pala, California.  Ex.  Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  A wonderful, copetition grade TN specimen that measures 2.2 x 1.9 x 1.8 cm.  Nice rich colors and great translucence to pink region, gemmy in green cap.  Fine termination without the normal dings and minor issues.  One 2 mm dissolution pit on termination.  Minor modifications to what is essentially a finely single terminated crystal.  No damage.  Very aesthetic.  $425

 

 

 

 

 

OKH-714

OKH-714    Fluorite   Felix Mine, Azusa, California.  Ex.  Paul and Dawne Dunning Collection.  This example is a more typical specimen from the location.  It is dominated by a large octahedron measuring 3 cm on edge.  It’s surfaces are highly modified by cubes, it is apple green in color, and internally transparent.  It measures 7 x 5.4 x 4.4 cm overall and is damage free.  $300

 

 

 

 

 

OKI-606

OKI-606    Axinite    San Quinita, Baja, California.  Ex. Dr. Steve Chamberlain Collection.  A fine, very translucent blade of axinite measuring 1.5 x 1.3 x .3 cm.  Damage free and mounted in a perky box.  25$

 

 

 

 

OKI-632

OKI-632     Epidote    Miracle Mountain Mine, Calaveras Co., California.  Ex. Dr. Steve Chamberlain Collection.  A nice, stocky, mildly translucent crystal from a locale which I know nothing about.  An expensive piece for me to acquire, nice form and attractive.  2.6 x 2.6 by a cm thick.  120$

 

 

 

 

 

OKF-436

OKF-436    Boleite    Amelia Mine, Baja, California.  Ex. Dr. Steve Chamberlain Collection.  Prev. Donald Briggs collection.  A beautiful little .5 cm floater crystal of this rare mineral mounted on a post in a perky box.  Deep blue and of the highest luster for the species.  Nicely priced!  35$

 

 

 

 

 

OKF-291

Close up

OKF-291    Rutile     Champion mine, Laure, Inyo County, California.  Ex Nancy Collins collection.  This find plate of crystals measures 6.5 x 5.3 cm in is approximately 2 cm in thickness.  The primary crystal is 1.4 cm and absolutely gorgeous.  The luster is very high on the specimen.  One tiny accessory crystal is broken, otherwise this is a damage free specimen.  None of the main crystals have any problems.  A great piece for this locality.  $175

 

 

 

 

 

OKF-287

A dusty close up

OKF-287    Rutile     Champion mine, Laure, Inyo County, California.  Ex Nancy Collins collection.  This section of matrix measures 7.5 x 6.5 cm and averages approximately 3 cm thick embedded within a surface are several rutile crystals to 2 cm each.  There of exceptionally high luster and damage free.  These specimens rival those of the famous Graves Mt. in Georgia and show more tints of red.  A very good specimen for this unusual rutile locale.  $150

 

 

 

 

 

OKF-150

OKF-150    Benitoite and Neptunite    San Benito, California.  Ex. Nancy Collins Collection.  This attractive specimen measures 7.3 x 3.8 x 3.1 cm.  Its primary display face boasts a lustrous, double terminated, 1.8 cm neptunite crystal.  Others are present as well, including one which is broken off near the termination of the primary neptunite.  There is also one small benitoite which is approximately .4 cm on edge.  It is somewhat hidden near the upper edge of the piece.  $125

 

 

 

 

 

OKE-396

OKE-396    Azurite    Santa Rosalia, California.  Ex. Nancy Collins Collection.  A perfect ball of beautifully formed azurite crystals.  Two old collection #s one being in the old style of writing it right on the flat surface of a crystal.  Minor glue on base of ball.  2.5 cm diameter.  A fine American specimen which is nearly impossible to find for sale today.  280$

 

 

 

 

 

OKD-540

OKD-540     Benitoite    Dallas Mine, San Benito Co., California.  Ex. Nancy Collins Collection.     Several blue beitoite crystals to 1.9 cm on edge form this attractive thumbnail sized specimen.  The crystals interpenetrate one another at odd angles.  Two crystals have small chips on their bottom sides from matrix contact.  Good translucence and form.  Moderate to good luster.  165$

 

 

 

 

 

OKD-031

OKD-031        Aquamarine   Stewart Mine, Pala, California.   Ex. Jay Walter Collection.  Nice 4 cm double terminated crystal with a tabular rider crystal on one side in parallel growth.  Partial crystal and lots of contacts which are isolated to the backside of the specimen.  Minor modification to top termination of main crystal.  A fine U.S. classic.  200$ 

 

 

 

 

CC0100

Coemanite cluster from Boron, California. 70$

Double terminated crystals to over a cm.

Very showy. Minor glue/ foam on backside.

OKB-016

OKB-016 Garnet/ Epidote Bishop, Inyo Co., California. Gemmy, glassy luster, brownish red garnets up to 3 cm form a small pocket like cluster with several translucent green epidote crystals at its center. Attractive grouping with all the garnet crystals only being partial crystals. The epidotes are prismatic and reach up to 2.5 cm. 4.5 x 5 x 3.5 cm overall. Good piece from an unusual location. 35$

 

 

 

 

 

OKB-017

OKB-017 Garnet Bishop, Inyo Co., California. Gemmy, brownish red garnets up to 2.5 cm. Smaller garnets in the .5 cm range are complete and very nice. 4 x 2.5 x 3 cm. Fantastic luster. 20$

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