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Demantoid Garnet - 4.21 ct, Russia

Demantoid Garnet - 4.21 ct, Russia. Photo Heritage Auctions There's something about the Russian version of this exotic Garnet that sets it apart from all other localities. The Russian material contains enough Chromium in its structure to give it a clean...

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Tags: Russia, Demantoid Garnet

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2 juin 2013

Incomparable Rutilated Quartz "Egg", Madagascar

Incomparable Rutilated Quartz "Egg", Madagascar. Photo Heritage Auctions This magnificent Rutilated Quartz egg from Madagascar is a beauty to behold. With glassly clarity, the egg has a copper to gold hue emanating from the rutilated fibers inside the...

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Tags: Madagascar, Rutilated Quartz

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2 juin 2013

A superb end piece of the Fukang pallasite, Fukang, Xinjiang Uygur Province, China

A superb end piece of the Fukang pallasite, Fukang, Xinjiang Uygur Province, China. Photo Heritage Auctions Meteorites that originate from the core-mantle boundary of a small planet or asteroid destroyed during, or shortly after, the formation of our...

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Tags: China, Fukang, Xinjiang Uygur Province, pallasite

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2 juin 2013

Platinum nugget, Kondyor Massif, Khabarovsk Krai, Far Eastern Federal District, Russian Federation

Platinum nugget, Kondyor Massif, Khabarovsk Krai, Far Eastern Federal District, Russian Federation. Photo Heritage Auctions In the remote wilderness of Far Eastern Russia, inland from the Sea of Okhotsk, is a circular feature some six kilometers across...

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Tags: Platinum nugget, Far Eastern Federal District, Khabarovsk Krai, Kondyor Massif, Russian Federation

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2 juin 2013

Gold Nugget, Alaska

Gold Nugget, Alaska.Photo Heritage Auctions As anyone who has watched popular television over the past year can attest, there is Gold in Alaska. They can also state with some degree of confidence that most of it is in the form of fine grains. Big nuggets...

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Tags: Gold Nugget, Alaska

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2 juin 2013

Paraiba Tourmaline, 2.62 Ct. Paraiba or Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Paraiba Tourmaline, 2.62 Ct. Paraiba or Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil. Photo Heritage Auctions No indication of heat treatment. In excellent condition. Measurements are 9.27 x 7.38 x 5.55 mm, and it weighs 2.62 carats. Estimated Price: $45,000 - $55,000...

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Tags: Brazil, Paraiba Tourmaline, Rio Grande do Norte

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2 juin 2013

Spectacular "Gem" Ammonite, Placenticeras costatum. Late Cretaceous Bearpaw Formation, Alberta, Canada

Spectacular "Gem" Ammonite, Placenticeras costatum. Late Cretaceous Bearpaw Formation, Alberta, Canada. Photo Heritage Auctions Spectacular "Gem" Ammonites are highly prized in museums and collections around the world. This fine specimen dates back 70...

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Tags: Ammonite, Cretaceous Period, Canada, Alberta, Placenticeras costatum

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2 juin 2013

Shergottite / Mars Rock, Sahara Desert, Morocco

Shergottite / Mars Rock, Sahara Desert, Morocco. Photo Heritage Auctions This is a large end piece of the planet Mars - and is the main mass (the largest existing specimen) of the Martian Meteorite NWA 7397. Found in 2012, NWA 7397 contains large ovoid...

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Tags: Morocco, shergottite, Mars Rock, Sahara Desert

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31 mai 2013

Marra Mamba Tiger Eye, Crocidolite, Datolite, hematite, Hemimorphite, Wulfenite, quartz, Lace Agate, Psilomelane

Yellow Datolite with Copper and Hematite Marra Mamba Tiger Eye with Blue Crocidolite seams from Hamersley Range in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. (This source was mined out over 20 years ago). True Marra Mamba Tiger’s eye comes only from this...

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Tags: quartz, Hemimorphite, Wulfenite, hematite, Lace Agate, Marra Mamba Tiger Eye, Crocidolite, Datolite, Psilomelane

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20 mai 2013

Quartz included with Plancheite and some other unknown mineral (possibly Conichalcite)

Posté par Alain Truong à 23:40 - Commentaires […] - Permalien [#]

Tags: quartz, Conichalcite, Plancheite

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