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Posted by: macadmin on 05.14.2020 | Filed under:

Detailed Description This wodginite has one of the sharpest and finest terminations of any crystals I’ve seen from this find. The crystal is in excellent condition, with an incomplete edge at the back. Superb definition at the top of this crystal. Browse more Wodginites (click here) Browse more Brazilian Specimens (click here) About These Wodginites […]

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Detailed Description This is a sweet specimen – the main crystal is at the top of a tapered “tail” of  crystallized wodginite. The crystal is sharp and very lustrous. In excellent condition – no damage, with one contact area at the back/side. An aesthetic wodginite. Browse more Wodginites (click here) Browse more Brazilian Specimens (click […]

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Detailed Description This is a great wodginite crystal – it has the brightest lustre, with very sharp, well-defined termination faces. In excellent condition, tiny chips in a couple spots. Super wodginite. Browse more Wodginites (click here) Browse more Brazilian Specimens (click here) About These Wodginites Wodginite is not a common mineral, and it is quite […]

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Detailed Description A large wodginite crystal, with sharp, lustrous termination faces. In excellent condition, with minor chipping on an edge I’d display at the back (third photo shows the back). Great wodginite. Browse more Wodginites (click here) Browse more Brazilian Specimens (click here) About These Wodginites Wodginite is not a common mineral, and it is […]

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Detailed Description A large, well-developed, sharp crystal of wodginite. In excellent condition (very minor chipping), very complete for crystals from this find. Browse more Wodginites (click here) Browse more Brazilian Specimens (click here) About These Wodginites Wodginite is not a common mineral, and it is quite difficult to acquire good crystals. These ones are from […]

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Detailed Description Sharp, lustrous green wardite crystals to 0.6 cm are associated with small intense blue lazulite crystals on a carpet of sparkling irridescent micro siderite crystals on this piece. the wardite crystals are bright and glassy, and range from light green to a very cool blue, owing to inclusions of lazulite. In very good condition […]

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Detailed Description This is a large plate from Rapid Creek , sprinkled with sharp, lustrous pseudo-octaherdal wardite crystals up to 0.5 cm.  In association, some sparklind deep blue lazulite crystals are present (micro). The specimen is in good condition overall, with many complete undamaged wardite crystals in excellent condition, and there are also spots where crystals […]

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Detailed Description This plate features many sharp, lustrous wardite crystals – the largest parallel-growth group at the right is 1.4 cm. These wardite crystals show a somewhat flattened habit, with the usual pseudo-octahedral crystal form, and striated, glassy crystal faces. In very good condition, with many undamaged crystals, a couple of missing tips and minor chipping. […]

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Detailed Description This specimen features an aesthetic cluster of beautiful, sharp wardite crystals to 1.1 cm. The pseudo-octahedral wardite crystals are selectively sprinkled (on only some faces) with sparkling micro quartz crystals. These wardites are glassy with good translucence. In excellent condition, a couple of minor chips, and some incomplete crystals at the periphery – the […]

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Detailed Description Gorgeous deep green-blue crystals of vivianite – absolutely sharp, lustrous and glassy. The top portion of the large crystal is transparent. In excellent condition, no damage. Note: vivianite should be kept in a place out of regular light to preserve this level of perfection, colour and transparency. This is a truly beautiful vivianite. […]

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This unique specimen is comprised entirely of vesuvianite, ranging from dark magenta-purple to very light green. Most of the piece is made up of interlocking tiny grains and crystals that formed up against one another. In the middle of the piece is a cavity hosting a nest of gorgeous small jewel-like vesuvianite crystals. From a […]

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This is a sharp vesuvianite crystal with glassy lustre, a textbook tetragonal crystal. Some glistening translucence beneath the crystal surfaces. Nice rich brown colour, particularly in the termination. The crystal has the small beginnings of a bottom termination, before that is interrupted by a contact on the bottom (there is a contact on one side […]