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OKH-333 Diopside Mt. Bity, Antanamarivo Prov., Madagascar, circ 1982. Ex. Dr. Steve Chamberlain. A simply formed, prismatic green, diopside measuring 2.9 x 1.1 x 1 cm. No damage. Good luster and decent form. 25$
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OKH-334 Diopside in Calcite Mt. Bity, Antanamarivo Prov., Madagascar, circ 1982. Ex. Dr. Steve Chamberlain. A simply formed, prismatic green, diopside crystals to 2 cm each in calcite. 3 x 2.5 x 1.3 cm overall. No damage but there are a couple contacts. Good luster and decent form. 30$
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OKH-335 Diopside in Calcite Mt. Bity, Antanamarivo Prov., Madagascar, circ 1982. Ex. Dr. Steve Chamberlain. Two specimen, one a single crystal at 1.8 cm long and the second has several small diopsides to 1.2 cm each in calcite. No damage. Good luster and decent form. 20$
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OKI-647 Thorianite RESERVED Andolobe, Madagascar. Ex Dr. Steve Chamberlain collection. A .7 x .6 x .4 cm crystal in a cleave of tan/ yellow calcite. The crystal is missing part of a back edge but displays great from the front and sides. It is slightly iridescent, radioactive, high in luster and has nice surface features. An excellent piece. 70$
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OKI-478 Almandine Ampandramaika, Madagascar. Ex Dr. Steve Chamberlain collection. A slightly tabular floater crystal measuring 2.7 x 2 x 1.5 cm. A couple very tiny marks…as close to damage free as I have ever seen one of these. Deep red color and good luster. Very nice. 80$
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OKI-479 Almandine Ampandramaika, Madagascar. Ex Dr. Steve Chamberlain collection. A slightly tabular floater crystal measuring 2.5 x 2.2x 1.8 cm. A couple very tiny marks and one small crystal contact that looks more like striations than a contact. Deep red color and good luster. Nice. I chopped the price in half given the trivial damage. 40$
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OK-004 Almandine Ampadramaika, Madagascar. Ex. Dr. Steve Chamberlain Collection. This large single crystal is a floater with only a couple minor rubs. Highly displayable, high luster, mild translucence and spectacular textbook form. There are minor striations on its glassy faces and the crystal is an equidimentional shape at 2.5 cm in diameter. Wow! 125$
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OKD-391 Schorl Tongabeno, Madagascar. This piece is a thin pencil of jet black tourmaline with light striations the length of its “c” axis. The luster is very high and there is a tiny tip ding only noticeable under 10x magnification. The termination itself is rather crude, almost rounded. The crystal measures 8 cm long and .8 cm wide. It displays very nicely. 120$
OKA-403 Celestite Madagascar. Thin sharply pointed crystals to 2 cm each fill an opening shaped like a dragon¹s mouth. This 10 x 8 x 6 cm specimen displays great. 75$
OKA-468 Sapphirine Andory, Southern Madagascar. 6 cm specimen contains several
gray blue, opaque crystals. One is very nice in form and is approx. 1.5 cm long
and 1 cm wide. Interesting specimen. 60$
