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CLQ1 Pyromorphite,

Daoping-Yangshuo Orebody, Guilin area, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Central South Region, China

9.6x 3.8x 2.9 cm

$50

A cabinet pyromorphite with numerous bright green crystals on a rust stained quartz matrix. This makes for a very beautiful contrast.

CLQ2 Pyromorphite,

Daoping-Yangshuo Orebody, Guilin area, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Central South Region, China

6.4x 4.7x 4.1 cm

$50

A cabinet pyromorphite with numerous bright green crystals on a rust stained quartz matrix. This makes for a very beautiful contrast.

CLQ3 Rhodochrosite

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

3.6x 2.3x 3.7 cm

$55

A miniature rhodochrosite with many small, red scalenohedrons to about __ cm. These began to trickle out in the 1980's, though these days are getting hard to find. This is a good miniature at a very good price.

CLQ4 Rhodochrosite

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

3.6x 2.6x 4.5 cm

$36

A miniature rhodochrosite composed of a rhodochrosite lined vug. These began to trickle out in the 1980's, though these days are getting hard to find.

Please note that the color is a paler, light pink in person.

CLQ5 Rhodochrosite

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

4.8x 3.5x 2.5 cm

$26

A miniature rhodochrosite with many pink rhombs on matrix. There is a blemish on the display face, as visible in the pictures. These began to trickle out in the 1980's, though these days are getting hard to find.

Please note that the color is a paler, light pink in person.

CLQ6 Rhodochrosite

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

6.1x 3.7x 5.0 cm

$27

A number of bright pink rhodochrosites on a nicely contrasting matrix of manganese oxides.

CLQ7 Rhodochrosite

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

5.1x 3.2x 3.7 cm

$22

Numerous small pink rhombs on a matrix of black manganese oxides.

CLQ8 Rhodochrosite

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

4.3x 2.3x 4.1 cm

$28

A layer of bubblegum pink rhodochrosite, composed of numerous tightly packed rhombs, on matrix.

CLQ9 Afghanite

Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan, Afghanistan

4.2x 2.0x 2.2 cm

$36

A terminated, specimen of afghanite on matrix. I have a surplus of these things, so this one goes cheap.

CLQ10 Pezzottaite

Ambatovia, Antananarivo Prov., Madagascar

1.4x 1.2x .35 cm

$56

A gemmy and rather large crystal of this rare and relatively new mineral, first marketed as "Raspberry Beryl." Due to the high cesium content, it was later discovered to be a new species. These are only found at one locality, and the price on this one is not bad by any means.

CLQ11 Legrandite

Mina Ojuela, Mapimi, Durango, Mexico

3.2 x 1.9 x 1.7 cm

$24

A miniature with a cluster of bright yellow legrandites on a limonite matrix. Some damage, but this stuff is rare.

CLQ12 Boleite Amalia Mine, Santa Rosalia Co., Baja California, Mexico Largest cube: 3 mm (edge) $29 Fourteen (14) boleite cubes to 3 mm. This locality was last worked in the 1970's (when these crystals were unearthed) and almost none has been found since.

CLQ13 Rhodochrosite with Shigaite Kuruman, Northern Cape Prov., South Africa 5.1x 1.3x 1.6 cm $27 A piece of lustrous pink rhodochrosite from the Kalahari, with a 2 mm shigaite nestled among the rhodchrosites. Please note that the color a bit light pink in person.

CLQ14 Beryl var. Emerald Panjshir Valley, Hessa-e-Say District, Panjshir Province, Afghanistan 4.8x 2.5x 2.8 cm $36 A bright green, though opaque emerald from the Panjshir valley, showing good faces..

CLQ15 Corundum var. Ruby

Near Aliabad, Hunza Valley, Hunza, Pakistan

3.9x 2.7x 2.7 cm

$34

A miniature ruby from the Hunza Valley. This locality stopped producing shortly after the large earthquake that shook the region (though whether the two events are related I am not certain.) When I visited Pakistan in 2006, I was only able to find a few low quality pieces. I purchased this one way back in 2001, and recently rediscovered it in a mixed flat

CLQ16 Shattuckite

Kandesei, Koakoveld, Kunene, Namibia

5.9x 5.0x 2.7 cm

$65

Inter grown malachite and rdiating shattuckite can be seen on a quartz matrix. From the new find, and priced to sell.

CLQ17 Tourmaline, Lepidolite Kunnar, Afghanistan 4.5x 3.3x 2.6 cm $50 A cluster of lepidolite crystals, with several lustrous rubellite tourmalines nestled among them.

CLQ18 Tourmaline, Lepidolite Kunnar, Afghanistan 4.0x 2.7x 2.4 cm $43 An unterminated rubellite surrounded by lepidolite, the lithium rich mica.

CLQ19 Tourmaline, Lepidolite Kunnar, Afghanistan 6.25x 3.6x 2.3 cm $88 A step-like cluster of rubellites, most with at least one termination, and some lepidolite.

CLQ35 Ilmenite Skardu, Northern Areas, Pakistan 4.6x 3.7x 2.0 cm. $29 A miniature specimen with a complete ilmenite crystal on matrix. Most likely from Alchuri.

CLQ20 Fluorite

De'An Mine,Jiangxi Prov., China

10.9x 4.5x 4.6 cm

$78

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.

CLQ21 Metastibnite Oruro, Oruro Dept., Bolivia 5.6x 3.5x 3.3 cm. $38 An exceptional specimen for the species, from a find made around 3 years ago. No more has been found since. Under the intense lighting conditions used to take the photograph, some of the usually hidden redness of the metastibnite became visible.

CLQ22 Andorite Oruro, Oruro Dept., Bolivia 3.2x 2.2x 1.2 cm. $24 A rough crystal of andorite, a rare sulfosalt form Bolivia.

CLQ23 Adamite

Dachang Sn-Polymetallic Ore Field, Nandan Co., Hechi Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China

8.1x 3.7x 3.8 cm

$24

An adamite specimen from the new occurrence at the Dachang Ore field. These have not been widely available.

CLQ24 Adamite

Dachang Sn-Polymetallic Ore Field, Nandan Co., Hechi Prefecture, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China

9.6x 6.3x 3.1 cm

$18

An adamite specimen from the new occurrence at the Dachang Ore field. These have not been widely available.

CLQ25 Chalcotrichite

Daye Copper mine, Daye Co., Huangshi Prefecture, Hubei Province, China
4.1x 2.8x 3.9 cm

$22

A .8 cm vug filled with chalcotrichite from the major find a few years ago. These have all but disappeared from the market.

The nature of the specimen makes it particularly durable, as the crystals are all situated in a vug.

CLQ26 Scheelite on Muscovite,

Ping Wu Co., Sichuan Prov., China

8.1x 4.3x 3.4 cm

$45

A cabinet specimen of scheelite on muscovite, with the main crystal measuring 1.5cm. The crystal is a bit rougher, so this one gets sold cheaply. Still a nice representative from the mine that has arguably produced the worlds best scheelite, and a very good price..

CLQ27 Vivianite

Kerch, Crimea Peninsula, Ukraine

4.1x 3.3x 2.2 cm

$24

An older specimen of vivianite of limonte form Ukraine Nearly all the vivianite for sale today comes from Bolivia, this one is different.

CLQ28 Wavellite

Mt. Ida, Arkansas, United States

3.5x 3.5x 4.2 cm

$16

A sample of wavellite from the classic locality at Mt. Ida, Arkansas.

CLQ29 Fluorite

Rogerley Mine, Weardale, Durham Co, England, United Kingdom

2.1x 1.9x 1.5 cm

A twinned crystals of fluorite form the famous RogerlyMmine. The color changes when the piece is viewed under different types of lighting.

CLQ30 Quartz with RADIATION DAMAGE!

Gilgit-Skardu Northern Areas, Pakistan

5.8x 3.4x 2.5 cm

$26

Here's an oddity for the quartz collectors: a terminated crystal showing two dark orbs, where radioactive inclusions have caused damage to the surrounding lattice. The quartz crystal is nothing special, but the radiation damage has a definite "cooleness factor."

CLQ39 Pyrite Navajun, Spain 5.8x 4.7x 4.7 cm. $20 A pyrite crystal on matrix, with the longest edge measuring 1.8cm.

CLQ31 Calcite

Daye Mine, Hubei Prov., China

20.8x 2.2x 1.8 cm

$39

An elongated calcite crystal, with smaller crystals branching from the main "stem."

CLQ32 Calcite

Daye Mine, Hubei Prov., China

14.1x 1.7x 1.4 cm

$36

An elongated calcite crystal, with smaller crystals branching from the main "stem."

It's a bit like a flower.

CLQ33 Descloizite

Berg Aukas, Grootfontein, Namibia

5.8x 3.2x 4.6 cm

$36

A cluster of descloizite from Grootfontein, one of the best localities for the species in the world.

One of the little crystal sheafs has been broken off and reattached, though given its invisibility and the number of undamaged clusters, it doesn't make too much of a difference.

CLQ34 Smokey Quartz on Feldspar

Moat Mountain, Bartlett, New Hampshire, United States

6.6x 5.4x 3.6 cm

$37

A cluster of terminated smoky quartz crystals on a matrix of feldspar crystals, a couple of which appear to have microcline cores.

CLQ35 Anatase Kharran, Baluchistan, Pakistan 3.2x 2.9x 1.3 cm. $29 A miniature specimen with two anatase crystals on matrix Largest xtl: .6 cm.

CLQ36 Anatase Kharran, Baluchistan, Pakistan 3.7x 2.9x 2.1 cm. $36 A miniature specimen with an anatase crystal sharing its matrix with a cluster of quartz crystals.

CLQ37 Fluorite/ Opal aka: Beryllium Nodule, Tiffany Stone Thomas Range, Juab Co., Utah, United States 5.2x 4.3x 2.8 cm. $36 A beryllium nodule. These things are actually mixtures of opal and fluorite, and are only found at one locality worldwide. This could be cut into at least a few nice cabs, or left as is.

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