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The Wulfenite crystals display the quintessential tabular-blocky butterscotch crystals, so characteristic of the location. The Wulfenite crystals measuring to 1.2cm are highly lustrous, perfectly contrasted with the white Calcite matrix. The white Calcite matrix also has a second phase of Calcite crystal which forms a druse growth on one area of the display face. The Calcite crystals having a slight pinkish colour due to minute inclusions of Goethite. The specimen also has yellow areas of very minute Descloizite crystals. A fantastic specimen of Wulfenite from the mine. 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A classy example from  Los Lamentos.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46538616996015,"sku":"CC2939","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC2939.png?v=1770137856"},{"product_id":"wulfenite-4","title":"WULFENITE","description":"A fine specimen consisting of many blocky tabular well formed Wulfenite crystals to 1.2cm on edge The crystals are superbly arranged with burnt orange translucency and mirror bright prism faces. The specimen is in good condition and is very well proportioned as a whole - a classic Erupcion specimen.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46538617946287,"sku":"CC3055","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC3055.png?v=1770137928"},{"product_id":"wulfenite-with-vanadinite-and-descloizite","title":"WULFENITE with VANADINITE and DESCLOIZITE","description":"A very characteristic large miniature of Wulfenite from the famous Erupción  mine in the Los Lamentos Mountains of Chihuahua, Mexico.  Fine open form, thick tabular crystals of Wulfenite with the classic sandwiched colours of vibrant tangerine centres with butterscotch toffee outer faces.  These measure to 1.6 cm and are associated with lustrous reddish-brown patches of Vanadinite micro-crystals.  Some edges of the Wulfenite crystals are lightly covered in a minute druse of brown Descloizite.  A fine specimen from the late Michael P. Cooper collection with his label. ","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46540772999343,"sku":"CC3899","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC3899.png?v=1770203532"},{"product_id":"acanthite-after-argentite-with-calcite","title":"ACANTHITE after ARGENTITE with CALCITE","description":"This aesthetically pleasing miniature combination of well-formed metallic steel-grey crystals of Acanthite after Argentite with small scalenohedral Calcite crystals is also an extreme rarity. Despite being a well-known silver producer, Peregrina mine is not known for specimens of silver-bearing minerals. The rich crystals presented here were previously labelled as Argentite - presumably because of their shape and chemistry - but it is now known that Argentite is only stable above 177 degrees C, below which it converts to Acanthite. These crystals measure up to 0.7 cm across and are attractively associated with gemmy colourless to opaque white scalenohedral Calcite crystals measuring to 1.1 cm, many of which are double terminated. A real Mexican rarity for the silver species connoisseur. Note that close-up photos where taken under daylight conditions.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46540783190191,"sku":"CC4645","price":900.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC4645.png?v=1770204338"},{"product_id":"mimetite-4","title":"MIMETITE","description":"A most attractive miniature Mimetite from the San Pedro Corralitos mine in Chihuahua, Mexico. The specimen displays an aesthetic intergrown bubbly-botryoidal habit, forming spherical crystalline aggregates of typically 5 to 9 mm diameter which completely hide a characteristic chocolate-orange to rusty-brown limonitic matrix.  The Mimetite is a rich acidic lemon-yellow with a delightful satin lustre created by the micro-terminations.  Some of the spheres are divided internally by planar features. In many orientations these divisions are not apparent, but in certain directions can create a split colour effect of acidic lemon juxtaposed against lemon-curd yellow.  A top-notch miniature Mexican Mimetite which is sure to please.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46540785680559,"sku":"CC4708","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC4708.png?v=1770204477"},{"product_id":"volborthite","title":"VOLBORTHITE","description":"This rare crystal spray of platy Volborthite comes from a singular discovery at the Milpillas mine, Cuitaca, Mexico in about 2014. Usually, Volborthite only occurs as smears on rock, or single small platy crystals, making this find truly exceptional. Off-matrix, this delightful thumbnail-sized cluster of very lustrous dark olive green stacked platy crystals of Volborthite is extremely fine. There are one or two areas where it appears to have been attached to matrix but overall, these are exceptional Volborthite crystals - really lustrous and like layers of scales. An extremely fine example of this very rare species.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46540794822831,"sku":"CC4976","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC4976.png?v=1770204674"},{"product_id":"meteorite-carbonaceous-chondrite","title":"METEORITE Carbonaceous Chondrite","description":"The Allende meteorite, from Chihuahua district, Mexico, fell on February 8th 1969, and belongs to a rare class of meteorite, a Carbonaceous Chondrite. Despite the class being rare, the fall itself was the largest known of all Carbonaceous Chondrites, with over 2 tonnes recovered. Composed of distinctive pisolitic (pea-like) grains of Olivine, Orthopyroxene, Augite and Anorthite the Allende is often described as the most studied of all meteorites. This impressive 202 g specimen is a cut half of a fairly rounded individual meteorite with some excellent areas of black fusion crust remaining although the majority of its exterior is rough where the crust has spalled off. Its interior, as shown in the large cut surface shows the classic pisolitic textures for which this meteorite is renowned. An impressive display specimen from Allende.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46540797870255,"sku":"CC5047","price":6000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC5047.png?v=1770204730"},{"product_id":"acanthite","title":"ACANTHITE","description":"A very rich specimen of Acanthite forming characteristic metallic grey crystals, measuring to around 8mm with a rounded appearance. Crystals of Acanthite are intergrown over ruby red crystallized Proustite-Pyrargyrite, and minor metallic yellow Pyrite with white Calcite. 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A delightful Sceptred Amethyst of good colour from Veracruz.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46540831588527,"sku":"CC5729","price":950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC5729.png?v=1770205690"},{"product_id":"volborthite-1","title":"VOLBORTHITE","description":"Like a delicate green flower, this single, thumbnail-sized rosette of glossy, dark olive green platy Volborthite crystals is from the famous find in 2014\/2015 at the Milpillas mine, Mexico. This find, reportedly on Level 26, introduced the world to an entirely new level of quality for a rare species formerly known only in microcrystals. One or two pockets, bearing just a few dozen high quality crystals were found, but nothing in the intervening decade since. Measuring 1.4 cm in diameter, this beautiful rosette is perched on a tiny piece of white matrix. A world-class Volborthite from this unique find.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46540857278639,"sku":"CC6327","price":1250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC6327.png?v=1770207142"},{"product_id":"volborthite-with-brochantite","title":"VOLBORTHITE  with BROCHANTITE","description":"Excellent platy crystal rosettes of dark olive green Volborthite form a very rare combination with acicular turquoise green Brochantite crystals, from the relatively recent (2014-15) find at Milpillas mine at Cuitaca in Sonora, Mexico.  Overall, the rosettes of Volborthite crystals measure to 1.4 cm on snow white Dickite covering a light grey Limestone.  Volborthite from Milpillas mine is regarded as probability the best for its species in the world.  The Brochantite forms as very fine, hair-like acicular crystals around the base of the Volborthite, in long delicate sprays.  Despite being so fragile, the Brochantite is fairly well protected by the Volborthite.  A superb small miniature of Volborthite with Brochantite from the Milpillas mine in Mexico.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46540857409711,"sku":"CC6328","price":4750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC6328.png?v=1770207145"},{"product_id":"volborthite-2","title":"VOLBORTHITE","description":"Milpillas mine, in Mun. de Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico is rightly famed for its exceptional Azurite crystals with their magnificent 'wet' resinous lustre, but this mine has also produced some of the world's finest specimens of Volborthite. This thumbnail specimen from the famous discoveries in 2014 presents excellent platy intergrown dark olive green crystals of Volborthite, upon the central area of a white clay-rich ('Dickite') matrix. Although undoubtedly a small specimen the Volborthite crystals it hosts are extremely high-class.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46540857475247,"sku":"CC6330","price":600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC6330.png?v=1770207147"},{"product_id":"legrandite","title":"LEGRANDITE","description":"Measuring just under 7 x 4 x 2 cm, the rare zinc arsenate, Legrandite, forms fine radial sprays of acicular, bright lemon yellow crystals from the Ojuela mine at  Mapimí in Durango, Mexico.  It is probably from the spectacular find made at this mine during the 1970s.  Other Legrandite crystals from a beige coloured matrix, from which the displays emanates.  The Ojuela mine is one, if not the most famous mine in Mexico, known for its 143 recorded species and type locality to seven.  Such specimens of Legrandite are now becoming quite rare and are difficult to find.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46540859867311,"sku":"CC6426","price":5100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC6426.png?v=1770207217"},{"product_id":"volborthite-3","title":"VOLBORTHITE","description":"A rare specimen of very lustrous dark olive green crystals of Volborthite from a singular discovery at the Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mexico. The specimen we have to offer displays a pleasing rosette of slightly divergent parallel bladed crystals. A great specimen from the find that made its first appearance at the 2015 Tucson Show. We also have several other specimens from the find.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46540863668399,"sku":"CC6488","price":1000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC6488.png?v=1770208445"},{"product_id":"volborthite-4","title":"VOLBORTHITE","description":"A rare specimen of very lustrous dark olive green crystals of Volborthite from a singular discovery at the Milpillas Mine, Cuitaca, Mexico. The specimen we have to offer displays a pleasing rosette of slightly divergent parallel bladed crystals. A great specimen from the find that made its first appearance at the 2015 Tucson Show. 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This is classic, older material, perhaps never to be repeated again.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46540864520367,"sku":"CC6586","price":4000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC6586.png?v=1770208531"},{"product_id":"wulfenite-15","title":"WULFENITE","description":"Excellent, colour zoned, burnt toffee-orange to caramel-brown Wulfenite crystals from the classic the Erupción mine in the Los Lamentos mountains of Mexico.  Characteristic blocky, broad tabular crystals of lustrous Wulfenite measuring to over 1 cm are tightly intergrown over a snow-white matrix of fine-grained Calcite. The Wulfenite crystals are best described as thick and chunky, often about half as thick as they are long. A choice miniature from the Erupción mine in Mexico and a fine addition to a Wulfenite or Mexican collection. Ex Peter Rosewarne Collection.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46540864880815,"sku":"CC6634","price":950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC6634.png?v=1770208572"},{"product_id":"paradamite","title":"PARADAMITE","description":"A fine specimen of the rare mineral Paradamite forming essentially three groups of translucent yellow parallel crystals with a rounded form measuring overall to 6mm, associated with scattered further micro-crystals of Paradamite, and micro-crystals of Adamite partly covered by Fe-oxides. All on the characteristic 'Limonitic' matrix from the Ojuela Mine, Mexico. A neat specimen of Paradamite from the mine.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46540918784175,"sku":"CC7423","price":850.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC7423.png?v=1770216794"},{"product_id":"smithsonite-24","title":"SMITHSONITE","description":"The Kelly mine in Socorro County, New Mexico, USA, is often described as the world's best Smithsonite locality and this first-class, museum-grade small cabinet specimen, aptly demonstrates why.  A 7 mm thick crust of lustrous and drusy, translucent rich duck egg blue-green-turquoise Smithsonite forms gently undulating globular mounds over a layer of pale turquoise blue silky Aurichalcite on altered limestone matrix.  The Smithsonite continues around one edge to underneath the specimen where it changes to a matt, earthy bright turquoise, which also appears to be Aurichalcite.  The globular habit in combination with its stunning colour and silky lustre produces a majestic specimen.  A Kelly mine Smithsonite of the highest quality that would grace any top collection, be this private or museum.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46540976193711,"sku":"CC7546","price":8500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC7546.png?v=1770221642"},{"product_id":"mimetite-with-calcite","title":"MIMETITE with CALCITE","description":"Lustrous sparkling yellow-beige Mimetite richly covering the display face of the specimen with a later development of white rhombic Calcite crystals on a limestone matrix, from the San Antonio Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico. A fine display of Mimetite from the mine.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46540991791279,"sku":"CC7716","price":3600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC7716.png?v=1770222342"},{"product_id":"fluorapatite-5","title":"FLUORAPATITE","description":"Excellent gemmy-translucent lustrous lemon-yellow terminated crystals of Fluorapatite measuring to 3cm display within a concave specimen of white Calcite partly coated the Fluorapatite crystals, from the Cerro de Mercado Mine, Mexico.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46540993298607,"sku":"CC7790","price":4500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC7790.png?v=1770222431"},{"product_id":"stephanite-4","title":"STEPHANITE","description":"From the Mun. de Fresnillo area in the state of Zacatecas, Mexico, a stunning miniature of lustrous metallic grey Stephanite crystals in an open form, so displaying individual crystals to their best advantage.  Intergrown crystals of Stephanite measure to 1 cm with striated prism faces and pinacoid terminations, some crystals displaying multiple terminations.  Small areas are dusted with micro-crystallised, biscuit coloured Siderite.  Stephanite is a relatively rare silver sulphosalt and can often form as more massive or poorly defined crystals, certainly not the case in this specimen.  It is mounted on a small bevelled acrylic base and comes with an Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Earth Sciences label, #1026.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46540993691823,"sku":"CC7808","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC7808.png?v=1770222450"},{"product_id":"boleite-and-pseudoboleite-with-gypsum","title":"BOLEITE  and PSEUDOBOLEITE  with GYPSUM","description":"Very well formed cubic crystals of Boleite with several crystals showing Pseudoboleite epitaxial developments out from the Boleite faces. Lustrous deep blue crystals of Boleite\/Pseudoboleite measure from micro to nearly 5mm clustered over a blue-green thin crust of Brochantite\/Paratacamite on colourless Gypsum, with a grey-white Anglesite replacement of Galena. A rich Boleite\/Pseudoboleite specimen from the Amelia Mine Baja California, Mexico. The specimen comes with an old Johann Isidor Weinberger pre-1915 label over print by a red Julius Bohm stamp.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46540994379951,"sku":"CC7846","price":5000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC7846.png?v=1770222482"},{"product_id":"acanthite-3","title":"ACANTHITE","description":"A fine Christmas tree of intergrown metallic silvery-grey Acanthite crystal with pronounced cubic habit measuring to 1.3cm. The well developed intergrown crystal array measures overall to 5cm tall. 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Legrandite is a rare zinc arsenate and makes a splendid large miniature which will displays well.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46541001556143,"sku":"CC7891","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC7891.png?v=1770222783"},{"product_id":"pyrargyrite-6","title":"PYRARGYRITE","description":"A well-crystallized large thumbnail of Pyrargyrite forming intergrown crystals to nearly 2 cm with some development of hopper terminations and a lustrous metallic grey colour.  This fine ex-matrix specimen is from the San Juan de Rayas mine in Guanajuato, Mexico and although the overall patina is that of a silvery-black oxidation layer, close observation using a small loupe (or good close-up eyesight) reveals large areas tending to mottled cherry red, the true colour of Pyrargyrite.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46541058048175,"sku":"CC8341","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC8341.png?v=1770224089"},{"product_id":"topaz-8","title":"TOPAZ","description":"Classic light orange-brown translucent crystals of Topaz in white Rhyolite from the Mina Veronica, El Copetillo, Mexico. Crystals of Topaz measure to 2cm with pinacoid terminations. 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Boleite is a complex potassium-lead-silver-copper oxychloride and in this rich large miniature\/small cabinet specimen forms equant cubic crystals, each face of which has a depressed central hopper filled with leafy emerald green Atacamite, the juxtaposition of the two species makes a most interesting specimen.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46542967767215,"sku":"CC11068","price":950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC11068.png?v=1770296807"},{"product_id":"pyrargyrite-with-calcite-1","title":"PYRARGYRITE with CALCITE","description":"A fine aesthetic large cabinet specimen displaying rich islands of Pyrargyrite crystals in a snowy bed of crystallised white Calcite from Mexico.  Very bright, 2 to 5 mm crystals of metallic maroon to silvery-grey Pyrargyrite contrast superbly against the druse of small scalenohedral Calcite crystals.  When held at certain angles some Pyrargyrite crystals produce stunning flashes of characteristic ruby red.  This is an excellent example well crystallised Pyrargyrite, a silver sulphosalt, which will look fabulous when displayed.  No specific mine has been recorded with this specimen, but it is known to originate from Mexico.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46542967799983,"sku":"CC11069","price":3000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC11069.png?v=1770296809"},{"product_id":"wulfenite-with-mimetite","title":"WULFENITE with MIMETITE","description":"The Ojuela mine at Mapimí in Durango, Mexico, is very well known for its specimens of Wulfenite on Mimetite and this is an exceptional example.  The square tabular blades of mustard-lemon-yellow Wulfenite attain 1.5 x 1.2 x 0.2 cm and display superbly against the undulating surface of botryoidal, zingy-apple-green Mimetite. Scattered between the Wulfenite crystals are tiny, colourless platy crystals that appear to be a different generation; a naturally corroded habit of Wulfenite and worthy of further study.  Please note, the largest Wulfenite crystal has one corner missing, but this does not detract from the specimen's aesthetic.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46542991949999,"sku":"CC11536","price":5000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC11536.png?v=1770300159"},{"product_id":"wulfenite-24","title":"WULFENITE","description":"A fine Wulfenite specimen displaying large blocky-chunky lustrous colour zoned from orange to burnt orange crystals measuring to 1.8cm. One crystal showing a chisel-like termination while others have multiple hopper terminations. Crystals of Wulfenite have formed on the characteristic white Calcite over a Limestone matrix, from the Erupción mine, Mexico.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46542991982767,"sku":"CC11538","price":3500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC11538.png?v=1770300161"},{"product_id":"pyromorphite-77","title":"PYROMORPHITE","description":"Pyromorphite is an uncommon mineral from the Ojuela Mine, Mexico as the deposits are mostly dominated by Arsenate species. The specimen we have from the mine displays rounded crystals of lemon yellow to slightly greenish yellow Pyromorphite mostly covering the top surface of the matrix.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46542999650479,"sku":"CC11575","price":950.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC11575.png?v=1770301291"},{"product_id":"pyromorphite-78","title":"PYROMORPHITE","description":"Excellent crystal specimen of orange-yellow to yellow-green prismatic Pyromorphite crystals measuring to 4-5mm form on a triangular matrix of white quartz and light brown 'Limonite'. From the San Luis Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico. 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Interspersed between the base of these crystal aggregates are small white rhombic crystals of Calcite, displaying colour zoning. This is a top-end Potosí mine Mimetite which really does not disappoint.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46543000371375,"sku":"CC11616","price":4500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC11616.png?v=1770301344"},{"product_id":"mimetite-31","title":"MIMETITE","description":"A beautifully aesthetic group of velvety, botryoidal Mimetite crystals covering a spongy orange-tan Limonite matrix from San Pedro Corralitos in Chihuahua, Mexico. Individual spheres are typically 6 to 10 mm in diameter and vary in colour from zesty-lemon to a rich egg yolk-yellow. Some botryoidal groups show a marked colour change dividing the spheres into two distinct coloured hemispheres. A choice and  miniature of this habit and beautiful colour of Mimetite from San Pedro Corralitos, Mexico.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46543000404143,"sku":"CC11617","price":4000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC11617.png?v=1770301345"},{"product_id":"mimetite-33","title":"MIMETITE","description":"A fine display of excellent bright yellow crystalline-botryoidal Mimetite covering the disc-like specimen with colourless lustrous crystals of Calcite scattered in areas on the Mimetite. A superb display specimen from the San Pedro Corralitos mining area in Mexico.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46543008039087,"sku":"CC11708","price":4000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC11708.png?v=1770302216"},{"product_id":"quartz-var-amethyst-4","title":"QUARTZ Var. AMETHYST","description":"This is a delightful small cabinet size 'star'-burst radiating array of light lilac coloured gemmy Quartz (var. Amethyst) crystals, individually measuring to 7 cm in length and with excellent sharp terminations displaying the classic three dominant faces from the Piedra Parada area in Veracruz, Mexico. Although the prisms have a hexagonal cross-section the six largest crystals on this small cabinet specimen each exhibit markedly different symmetry with some sections being so asymmetric, they appear triangular. Likewise their terminations differ a great deal making this not only aesthetic, but crystallographically fascinating. Internally, the crystals are transparent, but with a myriad of  tiny flashes of light and reflections, which add significantly to its allure. In great overall condition this is a wonderful classic from this most famous of Mexican occurrences.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46543012528303,"sku":"CC11795","price":1200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC11795.png?v=1770302445"},{"product_id":"wulfenite-26","title":"WULFENITE","description":"A large tabular crystal of burnt orange Wulfenite from Los Lamentos. Mexico measuring to 3.4cm with smaller crystal cutting through in an X-like configuration. A large crystal from the location.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46543015542959,"sku":"CC11984","price":600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC11984.png?v=1770302639"},{"product_id":"wulfenite-27","title":"WULFENITE","description":"An excellent superb rich specimen of deep butterscotch to burnt-orange abundantly intergrown crystals of Wulfenite from the  Erupci'n Mine, Mexico. Very lustrous crystals of Wulfenite measure to 8mm+ on a matrix of small Wulfenite crystals intergrown with some 'Limonite'. A fine display specimen from the mine.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46543015575727,"sku":"CC11986","price":4500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC11986.png?v=1770302641"},{"product_id":"pyrargyrite-with-quartz-1","title":"PYRARGYRITE with QUARTZ","description":"Well-formed stout prismatic crystals of Pyrargyrite measuring to 1.3cm have developed atop a white Quartz crystal matrix with scattered crystals of pyramidal white Calcite crystals. Crystals of Pyrargyrite have a light coating of yellow metallic Chalcopyrite\/Pyrite. A pleasing bright Pyrargyrite specimen from the Fresnillo area in Mexico.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46543015870639,"sku":"CC12000","price":3000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC12000.png?v=1770302659"},{"product_id":"amethyst-4","title":"AMETHYST","description":"A classic specimen of Quartz var. Amethyst from the Municipality of Las Vigas de Ramirez in central Mexico, displaying substantial and beautifully coloured crystals measuring to 6 cm tall and at various orientations. Covering a thin yet strong plate of Quartz matrix, the Amethyst crystals grade from translucent milky pink clouded bases through to gemmy rich amethyst purple terminations.  The prism bodies are of regular hexagonal cross section whereas the terminations are distorted with alternating small and large pyramidal faces, forming an essentially triclinic apex. A beautiful and showy Amethyst Quartz from the world-renowned state of Veracruz in Mexico, a name synonymous with world-class Amethyst.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46543040151727,"sku":"CC12593","price":1600.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC12593.png?v=1770304245"},{"product_id":"smithsonite-41","title":"SMITHSONITE","description":"A stunning and classic cabinet specimen of rose pink, botryoidal Smithsonite displaying a fabulous silky lustre from the iconic Choix locality in Sinaloa, Mexico.  A crust of pink Smithsonite, up to one centimetre thick, covers a previous generation of white Smithsonite.  The edges of the pink and base of the white Smithsonite both exhibit attractive radial crystalline structures set normal (i.e. at ninety degrees) to sinusoidal horizontal bands showing successive depositions of Smithsonite.  Occasional pits and tubular holes descend into the specimen from the top surface, suggesting former inclusions which have been preferentially dissolved with evolving fluid chemistry.  It is a beautiful, tactile specimen in a shade of pink difficult to describe, enhanced further by its silky to resinous lustre.\n","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46543052439727,"sku":"CC13126","price":2750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC13126.png?v=1770305330"},{"product_id":"legrandite-2","title":"LEGRANDITE","description":"This is a lovely miniature specimen of the rare zinc arsenate mineral Legrandite from perhaps its best known locality - Ojuela mine, in Mexico. The Legrandite forms vivid acidic bright lemon-yellow crystals in parallel alignment in a chocolate-brown limonitic gossan matrix.  There are very few terminations due to the way the Legrandite has spanned a cavity, but the defining feature is the length of the crystals at over 2 cm and the overall coverage. This is undoubtedly a very rich example of Legrandite.","brand":"Crystal Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46543056339119,"sku":"CC13376","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/8516\/2671\/files\/CC13376.png?v=1770305559"},{"product_id":"acanthite-with-polybasite-and-chalcopyrite","title":"ACANTHITE with POLYBASITE and CHALCOPYRITE","description":"Well-formed cubooctahedral crystals of metallic grey Acanthite measuring to 9mm are clustered over replaced crystals of tabular Polybasite, with a bright crystalline metallic yellow also coating crystals of Polybasite. 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