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OKF-286

OKF-286     Pyrite     RESERVED   Navajun, LaRioja, Spain.  A fine large, high luster cube which measures 3.7 cm on edge firmly embedded in matrix.  There is a naturally flattened base which allows the piece to sit beautifully for display. Zero damage.  9.1 x 7.5 x 6 cm overall.  Notice that the luster is so high that reflections of the matrix appear on some faces like they would be seen in a mirror.  Crystal is bright gold in color which does not show well in the pic.  A great price at   $40

 

 

 

 

 

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OKF-229        Pyromorphite    RESERVED    Daoping Mine, Yangshu, Guangxi Prov., China.      I have recently reacquired this fine piece from a collector liquidating his specimens.  An outstanding small cabinet specimen of what will likely become a modern classic for pyromorphite.  This one has large deep apple green crystals nicely dispersed over the entire length of the specimen.  In addition some regions have clusters of smaller crystals which almost appear to be a second-generation growth.  A floater cluster with the biggest crystals (to 1.6 cm each!) sitting up on the top of the specimen.  A fine specimen measuring 8 x 4.5 x 3 cm that will add color to any case.  These crystals exhibit moderate luster and exceptional translucence.  Some are solid while others are hollow and complex.  These are becoming much more difficult to find in specimens larger than thumbnail size.  Here is one with absolutely no damage and fine eye appeal.  A fantastic specimen for the discriminating collector.   2,200$

 

 

 

 

 

OKD-696

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OKD-696    Cerussite Twin    Roughten Gill Mine, Caldbeck Fells, Cumbria, England.  Ex. Dr. Steve Chamberlain Collection.  Bright green/ yellow pyros are sprinkled over much of this matrix.  Most of the matrix is light blue in color (this does not show well in the photos) and composed of an unknown mineral.  The pyros are up to several millimeters and the specimen is 9 x 10 x 7 cm.  Colorful and interesting.  60$

 

 

 

 

 

OKF-034

Babbingtonite and prehnite

OKF-034    Babbingtonite and Prehnite   Campside Quarry, 1978 Pocket, Deerfield, Massachusetts.  A serious East Coast Classic which would be an outstanding addition to any serious collection.  This cabinet specimen measures 9.6 x 6 x 5.3.  Crystals are to well over a cm each but probably average about a half cm each.  Minor green prehnite.  A couple tiny patches missing crystals are not noticeable.  Approx. 60% of display face is well crystallized.  This is a very fine babbingtonite specimen and well worth the price…1,490$

 

 

 

 

OKD-822

OKD-822    Herkimer Diamond Scepter   Treasure Mountain Mine, Little Falls, New York.  This fine specimen is a branching scepter floater.  The cap is rather clear and it has a couple skeletal pits but no other skeletal growth patterns.  The base terminating has some anthraxolite which protruded at one time and is now smoothed off and gone.  The stem on this one is exceptionally long and nice for its size (4.2 cm long).  An impressive piece to view in person.  425$

 

 

 

 

 

OKD-820

OKD-820    Herkimer Diamond Scepter   Treasure Mountain Mine, Little Falls, New York.  Here is a gorgeous piece which measures an impressive 5.3 cm.  The stem is super black and the cap has minor skeletal form.  There is minor matrix contact while most of the base is terminated in multiple places.  There is a tiny uncapped branch near the base of the piece which looks to be mostly etched away.  Zero damage.  This is a fine piece very displayable and highly desirable.  Don’t miss out on this one.  590$

 

 

 

 

OKD-650

OKD-650   Herkimer Diamond Scepter   Treasure Mountain Mine, Little Falls, New York.  An exceptional, damage free, non-repaired specimen with nice stem development and interesting form.  This 6 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm specimen has a complex black stem which is double terminated.  There is also an apposing double terminated stem growing out of the base a 90 degree angle.  There are a couple very tiny dolomite crystal molds where there was once some matrix contact but otherwise a floater.  375$

 

 

 

 

 

OKD-782

OKD-782    Herkimer Diamond Scepter   Treasure Mountain Mine, Little Falls, New York.  Like many larger Herks this one is slightly smoky.  It is exceptionally large at 6.6 cm.  Unusual in that some faces are glassy smooth while others are so skeletal they are hollowed out below their surfaces.  This was a dumbbell which is highly overgrown covering almost the entire original stem which is now mostly internal.  One of the big faces is hollowed out and partially filled by anthraxolite sands and massive calcite.  This looks rather trashy in the photos but is quite interesting and unusual in person.   A fine large specimen.  650$

 

 

 

 

OKD-777

OKD-777    Herkimer Diamond Dumbbell Scepter   Treasure Mountain Mine, Little Falls, New York.  What a beautiful 4.7 cm dumbbell scepter!  Good balance in form and aesthetic.  This piece has only the most minor of skeletal growth on a couple of faces.  The stem is a deep black color and has moderate exposure.  There is zero damage to this fine specimen and it displays wonderfully.  There is moderate anthraxolite including a small piece which penetrates on surface.  Unusually clear for a larger piece.  A small touch of calcite…floater.   Great specimen!   500$

 

 

 

 

OKE-313

OKE-313    Aquamarine    RESERVED    Shigar Valley, Baltistan, Northern Areas, Pakistan.    Very cool specimen of mostly gem aquamarine.  Complex terminations with some of those faces slightly etched.  Zero damage, interesting form and outstanding aesthetics.  3.9 x 3.5 cm overall size.  $190

 

 

 

 

OKE-329a

OKE-329    Barite    Bartow Co., Georgia.  Ex. Nancy Collins Collection.  Wonderful display piece with acicular barites to 2.5 cm each in sheaths on top of brown matrix rock.  4.1 x 3.4 x 3 cm.  Zero damage even where the crystal extend beyond the matrix!!   155$

 

 

 

 

 

Scepter 2

Scepter 2 is a single terminated, 6.5 cm specimen.  It was included in the slide show I gave at the Rochester Mineralogical Symposium, 2005.  Very tiny ding on side of cap near tip which is difficult to see but there.  Good classic form.  750$ but I would accept 650$ 

 

 

 

 

OKD-487

OKD-487      Herkimer Diamond Scepter     Treasure Mountain Mine, Little Falls, New York.    This 5.6 cm long crystal is what the locals refer to as an “internal shaft scepter”.  The crystal caps on both ends of this dumbbell have mostly overgrown the shaft.  Additional rider crystals put the finishing touches on hiding the black stem which can now only be seen through the crystal faces.  Partially skeletal in form.  A small piece of one rider crystal is gone.  A tiny tip ding of about 1 millimeter on basil termination.  Another specimen which is much better in person.  A fine example.  600$

 

 

 

 

OKD-805

OKD-805    Herkimer Diamond Scepter   Treasure Mountain Mine, Little Falls, New York.  This 4.5 cm specimen has it all:  slightly smoky cap, jet black stem, calcite and dolomite matrix attachment (reattached), mirror smooth surfaces with one being skeletal…and that skeletal growth extends into the cap making a good deal of it hollow!  All that is seen in the photos as internal fracturing is actually this hollowed out region.  Very unusual and very rare.  390$

 

 

 

 

 

OKD-799

OKD-799    Herkimer Diamond Scepter   Treasure Mountain Mine, Little Falls, New York.  This piece is an exceptional specimen measuring in at 6 cm.  It is highly skeletal and slightly smoky.  The tip has a tiny ding and there is a small chip off the side of one rider (both of which are not distracting).  The specimen is both interesting and aesthetic.  There is a tiny cluster of dolomite crystals near where there is some minor matrix contact.  A fine specimen which is difficult to come by at any price.  550$

 

 

 

 

OKD-795

OKD-795    Herkimer Diamond Dumbbell Scepter   Treasure Mountain Mine, Little Falls, New York.  Here is a big dumbbell for which the site is so famous.  This one measures 6.6 cm.  It has great balance and form.  There are several nice riders all in parallel growth with the caps.  The specimen has been repaired along its center otherwise it is damage free.  There is a contact with matrix on its backside and on the tip of one of the caps which is clearly visible in the photographs.  The specimen displays wonderfully and is very substantial in both size and form.  1,100$

 

 

 

 

OKD-781

OKD-781    Herkimer Diamond Scepter   Treasure Mountain Mine, Little Falls, New York.  Here is a 5.5 cm specimen which almost defies description.  It came from what may have been the best pocket ever discover at Treasure Mountain.  It is amazingly complex with a well exposed stem almost 2 cm wide!  There isn’t a true cap just a large grouping of parallel growth, highly skeletal riders.  Minor exposed anthraxolite shard.  Everything is fully terminated (floater), damage free and interesting to look at.  A complex and unusual specimen.   600$

 

 

 

 

 

OKD-776

OKD-776    Herkimer Diamond Scepter   Treasure Mountain Mine, Little Falls, New York.  Here is a 4.1 cm scepter with an amazingly complex form.  There is a deep black and very thick stem which has a large number of clear riders.  It is a fully terminated floater with lots of character.  No damage to this fine specimen.  Pieces of this complexity are rare and highly desirable.  450$

 

 

 

 

 

OKF-336

OKF-336    “Pocket Beryl     RESERVED   Ochard Quarry, Buckfield, Oxford County, Maine.  Ex Dr. Steve Chamberlain collection.  This is one of those exceptional specimens that one only rarely sees, even in the periodicals.  Most beryl crystals from New England are embedded in pegmatite.  As a result they are normally broken, poorly formed, opaque (translucent at best) and downright ugly.  This specimen however came from a true pocket in which it grew freely and later was highly etched.  It looks more like a piece from Brazil or Russia than from the United States.  This large thumbnail measures 3 cm long and 2 cm wide and is completely damage free.  It is a light lemon yellow color and gem within.  It's entire external surface is highly etched with its base being less so than the rest of the crystal.  It is singly terminated and has retained its hexagonal form.  I don't believe it's possible to find comparison pieces on the market, so the price attached to this one may seem excessive for thumbnail specimen.  I do not feel this is the case in that it was sold for $800 to Steve.  This would be a special piece for any East Coast collector especially ones specializing in New England minerals and I'm sure it will find a home very quickly.  $900

 

 

 

 

 

OKF-029

OKF-029    Chalcedony on Crocolite  FIGURED SPECIMEN   Dundas, Tasmania.  Ex. Dr. Steven Chamberlain Collection.  Previous Lazard Chan Collection, N Western Univ. Collection.  This fine TN specimen was figured in Rocks and Minerals Magazine, Vol. 54.  This is a stunning ,all be it small, pseudomorph which has outstanding provenance.  2.5 x 1.8 x 1.5 cm specimen with a couple of crystals missing from the cluster.  This is an important specimen which needs a good home and some tender care.  395$

 

 

 

 

OKE-371    Fluorite on Quartz    Francon Quarry, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.  Ex. Steve Chamberlain Collection, Prev. FIGURED SPECIMEN in the German publication Mineralieu Welt (Mineral World) in the early 1990s.  I do not have the article but assume this specimen took a fine pic (hopefully better than mine!).  The purple fluorites are almost micro and coat the majority of the parallel growth sceptered quartz.  A fine TN specimen which Dr. Chamberlain collected from the now closed quarry in 1977.  A fine, damage free, aesthetic specimen.  2 x 1.5 x .9 cm overall.  295$

 

 

 

 

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OKD-122    Uvite and Magnesite    RESERVED   Brumado, Bahia.  Ex. Carlo Barbosa material.  Gemmy, green, tabular crystals to 1 cm each.  The grouping is a plate which is fully crystallized on both sides with minor rhombs of magnesite to .5 cm on one side.  Very clean piece with contact only on base and minor points on edges and no damage.  5.5 x 3 cm.   60$

 

 

 

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OKD-305   Dioptase   Tsumeb, S.W. Africa.   Ex. Nancy Collins Collection.   A colorful piece with fold after fold of completely coated waves of dioptase crystals.  Individual crystal are up to .5 cm each and in most areas intergrown yet well defines.  Some areas (base) have individual crystals on matrix.  A couple minor contact areas otherwise really close to a floater grouping.  7 x 3.5 x 3 cm overall.  Highly aesthetic piece for a classic African location.  280$

 

 

 

 

OKE-050

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OKE-050    Silver on Acanthite    Huang Tong Xiang Mine, Town of Lu Jiang, Anhui Prov., China.  This specimen is a wonderful 3.2 cm single crystal of acanthite which is well formed and thickly coated by wire silvers to a cm in size.  The pictures of this one should give you a good idea of the density of these silvers.  No damage floater.  This is an exceptional thumbnail sized specimen at a giveaway price.  200$

 

 

 

OKF-090

OKF-090    Uraninite    RESERVED  Payne Property, Gatineau Park, Hull, Quebec, Canada.  Ex. Dr. Steve Chamberlain Collection.  Very uncommon to see a well formed crystal without damage of this material.  3 x 2.2 x 1.6 cm overall.  Even though this is only a partial crystal is a very nice one.  145$

 

 

 

 

OKF-041

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OKF-041    Denton Mine, Illinois.    RESERVED    This fluorite is of an unusual amber/ yellow color. With some partial faces of a dark purple which appears almost black in color.  The crystals are to 2.6 cm on edge and form a large cap which appears to once have been an overgrowth (later generation) on an earlier generation of fluorite.  Mineralized on back with smaller crystals.  Damage free and desirable.  9.5 x 8 x 4 cm.  395$

 

 

OKF-042

OKF-042    Cave-In –Rock, Illinois.   RESERVED   Ex. Dr. Steve Chamberlain.  A good grouping of damage free yellow crystals to 2.7 cm on edge.  6.5 x 4.5 x 4 cm overall.  A nice double terminated calcite and other tiny calcites on hoppered fluorite surfaces.  90$

 

 

 

 

OKF-038

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OKE-038    Fluorite   RESERVED  Rosiclare Level, Denton Mine, Ozark- Mahoning Company, Harris District, Southern Illinois.  Mined Sept. 1993.  Yellow cored fluorites with nice rich phantomed, purple overcoatings.  Very minor pyrites.  Impressive form and colors.  This is a fluorite!  Somewhat hoppered growth to center of crystals.  No damage and the specimen displays in numerous positions.  7.8 x 7.5 x 5 cm with largest fluorite measuring 4.6 cm on edge.  Great luster and form.  This has everything one would want in a top fluorite.  475$

 

 

 

 

OKF-031