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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

#81565, Gold (native gold), Coulterville-Mariposa region, Mother Lode Belt, California (m) $2325

#81567, Gold (native gold), Bald Mountain, Sonora District, California (m) $5975

#81566, Gold (native gold) on Quartz, Mother Lode Belt, California (m) $1750

#81563, Tanzanite (blue-violet gem variety of Zoisite), Karo Mine, Merelani Hills, Tanzania (Type Locality for Tanzanite) (m) $3650

#78084, Gold (crystallized native gold), Coulterville-Mariposa region, Mother Lode Belt, California (t) $1950

#81525, Tanzanite (blue-violet color change gem variety of Zoisite), Merelani Hills, Tanzania (Type Locality for Tanzanite) (m) $1500

#75727, Cerussite and Quartz in Galena solution cavity, Wheatley Mine, Phoenixville District, Pennsylvania (lc) $1450

#72982, Mesolite over Stilbite, Pune District, India (lc) $2750

#72837, Diamond (1.27 carat pale-brown elongated macle, twinned uncut diamond), South Africa (t) $1430

#72554, Diamond (1.96 carat gem-quality cuttable colorless complex uncut rough diamond), Orapa Mine, Botswana (t) $10890

#70044, Diamond (3.88 carat gem-grade yellow complex uncut diamond), Almazy Anabara Mine, Russia (t) $6000

#81719, Uncut Rough Diamond (1.92 carat superb gem-quality cuttable pale-yellow complex diamond), Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Russia (t) $6095

#73542, Diamond (2.32 carat superb cuttable gem-grade pale-yellow octahedral rough diamond), Almazy Anabara Mine, Russia (t) $7625

#73297, Diamond (2.35 carat gem-quality cuttable pale-yellow complex uncut rough diamond), Almazy Anabara Mine, Russia (t) $7590

#73299, Diamond (1.97 carat gem-grade cuttable pale-yellow complex rough diamond), Almazy Anabara Mine, Russia (t) $6500

#73008, Diamond (1.81 carat pale-gray cubic uncut rough diamond), Diavik Mine, Canada (t) $1605

#73541, Diamond (1.99 carat superb cuttable gem-grade yellow complex rough uncut diamond), Brazil (t) $5685

#72568, Diamond (1.71 carat fancy yellowish-green irregular rough diamond), Almazy Anabara Mine, Russia (t) $1485

#70946, Diamond (2.62 carat gem-quality parallel pale-yellow interconnected uncut diamonds), Mirny, Russia (t) $4605

#70947, Diamond (1.99 carat gem-grade colorless octahedral uncut rough diamonds), Mirny, Russia (t) $3510

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