FROM MY PRIVATE COLLECTION

This specimen of Famatinite is one the ten best Famatinite specimens found in a one-time find at the Quiruvilca Mine, Peru.

It was in my private collection for the last 10 years and is from the collection of Georg Gebhard, who was the co-author of "Die Weltbesten Kristalle von Famatinit und Luzonit," 1998 in Lapis, vol. 23, No. 9, pp. 35-37. The title of the article translates as, "The World's Finest Crystals of Famatinite and Luzonite." This article documents the find and describes the exceptional quality of the Famatinite specimens.

#82444, Famatinite with Tennantite on Pyrite, Quiruvilca Mine, Peru (c) $4500

#82477, Azurite with minor Mimetite, Touissit Mine, Morocco (t) $85

#82199, Beryl var. Aquamarine, Erongo Mountains, Namibia (t) $65

#82364, Stephanite with Calcite, Mina El Solar, Taxco, Mexico (t) $85

#82351, Gold (native gold) in Quartz, Mockingbird Mine, California (t) $95

#82479, Elbaite Tourmaline (bi-colored), Anjanabonoina, near Ambohimanambola, Madagascar (t) $85

#82360, Topaz, Devil's Head, Rampart Range, Colorado (t) $75

#82108, Grossular Garnet with Vesuvianite, Carrickavrickan skarn, Ireland (t) $85

#82110, Grossular Garnet with Vesuvianite, Carrickavrickan skarn, Ireland (t) $70

#82346, Rutile (twinned crystals), Diamantina, Brazil (t) $48

#82435, Beryl var. Aquamarine, Erongo Mountains, Namibia (t) $55

#82320, Vanadinite, North Home Mine, Radersburg District, Montana (t) $24

#82369, Almandine Garnet and Dravite in Phyllite, Red Embers Mine, Erving, Massachusetts (t) $55

#82436, Beryl var. Aquamarine, Erongo Mountains, Namibia (t) $35

#82344, Azurite, Nevada Lode, La Sal, Utah (t) $45

#82453, Realgar, Getchell Mine, Nevada (t) $35

#82476, Quartz with Rutile inclusions (Rutilated Quartz), Novo Horizonte, Brazil (t) $18

#82404, Realgar, Getchell Mine, Nevada (t) $25

#82464, Babingtonite and Calcite on Prehnite, Millington Quarry, New Jersey (m) $36

#82358, Elbaite Tourmaline (bi-colored), Brazil (t) $35

#82465, Azurite, Tsumeb Mine, Namibia (t) $48

#82478, Vivianite, Huanuni District, Bolivia (t) $35

#82336, Fluorite, Alto Ligonha Pegmatite Field, Mozambique (t) $22

#82375, Quartz var. Amethyst (jewelry grade), Catalan Agate-Amethyst District, Uruguay (t) $28

#82337, Goethite pseudomorphs after Pyrite, road cut on Rt. 600 (Coffee Pot Road), near Dotsero, Colorado (t) $32

#82466, Elbaite Tourmaline in Lepidolite, Havey Quarry, Maine (m) $30

#82368, Quartz on Johannsenite with Manganbabingtonite, Iron Cap Mine, Arizona (t) $26

#82475, Vanadinite, Puzzler Mine, Castle Dome District, Arizona (t) $28

#82376, Aragonite (pseudo-hexagonal twinned crystal), Barrel Spring Creek, Wyoming (t) $18

#82353, Manganite, Caïdat de Taouz, Morocco (t) $24

#82335, Stellerite, Sokolovskiy-Sarbaiskiy Mine, Kazakhstan (t) $24

METEORITES

#82470, Campo del Cielo Iron Meteorite, Campo del Cielo, Argentina (t) $35

#82472, Pallasite Meteorite Polished Slice (partial), near Seymchan, Russia (t) $30

#82473, Campo del Cielo Iron Meteorite, Campo del Cielo, Argentina (t) $25

RADIOACTIVE MINERALS

#82462, Tyuyamunite, Ridenaur Mine, Arizona (t) $20

#82459, Samarskite-(Y), Spinelli Quarry, South Glastonbury, Connecticut (t) $32

#82422, Tyuyamunite and Calcite, New Mexico (t) $22

#82463, Zippeite, Ridenaur Mine, Arizona (t) $20

#82020, Zeunerite-Metazeunerite, Majuba Hill, Antelope District, Nevada (t) $18

#82424, Tyuyamunite, Carlin Trend, Nevada (t) $15