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CLZ1 Silver in Calcite

Cobalt, Ontario, Canada

4.7 x 3.3 x 1.7 cm

$25

A polished slab of calcite, with a vein of silver exposed. Classic material.

CLZ2 Legrandite

Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico

4.2 x 2.4 x 4.1 cm

$50

A miniature with a cluster of bright yellow legrandites on a limonite matrix.

CLZ38 Garnet var. Grossular

Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada

3.0 x 2.5 x 1.1 cm

$50

A "toenail" of gemmy orange grossulars from the now closed Jeffery Mine.

CLZ39 Garnet var. Grossular

Jeffrey Mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada

3.0 x 2.65 x 2.0 cm

$48

A "toenail" of gemmy orange grossulars from the now closed Jeffery Mine.

CLZ3 Garnet var. Hessionite

Northern Areas, Pakistan

5.0 x 4.1 x 2.3 cm

$35

A couple hessionite garnets, showing good color and a few faces, on matrix.

CLZ4 Jamesonite

Noche Buena Mine, Zacatecas, Mexico

5.0 x 3.7 x 3.0 cm

$35

A specimen with thousands of hair-like crystals of this lead, iron, antimony sulfide.

CLZ5 Beryl var Aquamarine:

2 Thumbnails

Aqamarine: 3.2 x 1.8 x 1.1 cm

Schorl: 2.9 x 2.3 x 1.4 cm

Gilgit, Northern Areas, Pakistan

$36

Two thumbnails--an aquamaine on an albite matrix, and a similarly configured schorl on albite. The aqua is water-clear and terminated.

CLZ6 Garnet var. Hessionite

Northern Areas, Pakistan

4.2 x 4.4 x 2.1 cm

$36

Another hessionite garnet on matrix.

CLZ7 Spinel in Calcite

Near Aliabad, Hunza Valley, Northen Areas, Pakistan

6.1 x 3.9 x 3.1 cm

$38

Several purple/red spinel crystals on matrix. This is from the same locality as the famous pargasites, though it stopped producing shortly after the earthquake of 2005.

CLZ8 Magnetite

Potosi, Bolivia

7.0 x 6.6 x 2.6 cm

$28

A cabinet specimen with many bright, sharp magnetites on matrix.

CLZ9 Arsenopyrite

Cobalt, Ontario, Canada

6.2x 3.8x 2.1 cm

$45

A very beautiful specimen, with two arsenopyrites on a quartz matrix. Good quality Yaogangxian arsenopyrites are getting harder to find.

Despite a couple saw marks on the back, this thing is still priced at about 1/3 of its retail value.

CLZ10 Molybdenite

Molly Hill Mine, Quebec, Canada

2.2x 2.1x 2.2 cm

$18

A TN specimen with a complete molybdnite xtl on matrix.

CLZ40 Mimetite

Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico

7.8x 5.4x 3.2 cm

$35

Mimetite on matrix, not from the newer finds but discovered some time in the mid 1990's.

CLZ11 Muscovite, Tourmaline, Quartz

Stak Nala, Gilgit-Skardu Road, Gilgit, Pakistan

5.5x 4.4x 2.8 cm

$38

A typical Stak Nala combo specimen, with small elbaites and sharp muscovite books all perched on quartz crystals

CLZ12 Fluorite

Minggang, Xinyang, Henan, China
11.5x 7.3x 4.4 cm

$85

A cabinet specimen of light purple, botryoidal fluorite, from the find made within the past year

CLZ13 Fluorite

Minggang, Xinyang, Henan, China
10.3x 7.7x 3.9 cm

$70

A cabinet specimen of light purple, botryoidal fluorite, from the find made within the past year

CLZ14 Epidote (3 Specimens)

Tormiq Valley, Baltistan, Pakistan

Largest: 3.2 cm

$28

Three epidote crystals, in two habits. The bottom left piece is 3.2 cm, the smallest (right) is about an inch.

CLZ15 Tourmaline var. Schorl (10 Pieces)

Gilgit, Pakistan AND Stak Nala

Largest matrix specimen: 5.5x 4.4x 3.8 cm

Largest single crystal: 2.5x 1.6x 1.6 cm

$100

Nine schorl specimens, and one elbaite from Stak Nala. All are terminated. The Stak Nala piece is pictured in the upper right corner of the box, and has a green termination when backlit.

CLZ16 Fluorite

De'An Mine,Jiangxi Prov., China

13.3x 11.0x 4.0 cm

$75

A cabinet specimen from the De'An mine. This stuff made a huge splash on the market a couple yeas back, but is now getting harder to find. It appears dark green under normal lighting, but when backlit it appears purple, as in the photographs.

CLZ17 Smithsonite

United States

5.5x 3.4x 2.3 cm

$17

A bubbly smithsonite from somewhere in the US.

CLZ18 Beryl var. Morganite, Elbaite

Kunnar, Aghanistan

4.7x 4.5x 2.2 cm

$68

A complete and pale morganite crystal, with a couple green elbaites growing through it. It is not gemmy (it would be much more expensive otherwise) but is still a good example of this variety of beryl.

CLZ19 Prehnite

Baluchistan, Pakistan

17.7x 16.0x 5.6 cm

$85

A large cabinet specimen of stalactitic prehnite on a prehnite matrix. Slightly better color in person

CLZ20 Rhodochrosite

Uchucchacua Mine, Oyon Prov., Lima Dept., Peru

3.1x 3.3x 6.3 cm

$14

A couple pink rhodochrosite scalenohedrons on the top of a column of matrix. The piece is pictured from the top down--it extends for the largest dimension provided above.

CLZ21 Fluorite

Xianghualing, Linwu Co., Chenzhou Prefecture, Hunan Province, China

12.2x 11.2x 2.6 cm

$76

A cabinet specimen with many light green fluorites on matrix. The color is better in person--this camera has a hard time with blues and greens.

CLZ22 Cinnabar

Tongren, Guizhou Prov., China

5.4x 4.2x 4.3 cm

$26

A long, twinned cinnabar nestled among many dolomite crystals. The color is not so red in person--the picture was taken under strong lighting. Still a good (and cheap) example of the species with a rather large crystal.

CLZ23 Tourmaline var. Schorl, Muscovite

Gilgit, Pakistan

8.5x 8.4x 8.2 cm

$65

A large Pakistani specimen, with a roughly terminated schorl sitting in the center of a muscovite starburst.

CLZ24 Beryl var. Aquamarine, Muscovite

Chumar Bakhoor, Nagar Valley, Pakistan

13.6x 9.3x 6.4 cm

$100

If you have admired the Pakistani aquas from Chumar Bakhoor, but never wanted to pay thousands of dollars, here is your chance to get one. This was a trim off of a larger specimen. There is some damage, and the tops/backs of some of the crystals (including the largest one) are gone--but you can see from the pictures what's left.

CLZ25 Manganadamite

Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico

8.4x 5.2x 2.7 cm

$24

Many purple manganadamite crystals on matrix.

CLZ26 Fuyun Co., Altay Prefecture, Xinjiang Autonomous Region., China

7.1x 4.4x 2.0 cm

$22

An interesting holmquistite specimen from China.

CLZ27 Lapis Lazuli

Sar-e-Sang, Kokcha Valley, Afghanistan

8.0x 5.0x 4.9 cm

$20

A chunk of lapis that could be used for lapidary material, or something else.

CLZ28 Bastnaesite

Zagi Mtn., Near Peshawar, NWFP, Pakistan

12.6x 7.1x 5.5 cm

$85

A large matrix specimen, with a LOT of bastnaesite on it. Unfortunately many of the crystals are weathered... but like I said, there is a LOT of bastnaesite on this thing.

CLZ29 Boleite

Amalia Mine, Santa Rosalia Co., Baja California, Mexico

Largest cube: 7 mm (edge)

Largest matrix specimen: 3.0x 2.7x 1.0 cm

$150

Nine boleite specimens. The largest cube is 7 mm on edge (not diagonally). The largest matrix piece was collected by Ed Swoboda. This stuff will only get harder and harder to find...