Crocoite Specimen #Aus01 Dundas Extended Mine Dundas Tasmania Australia 3.2 x 2.7 x 2.2cm Small Miniature $15 To start off my Australian update, here's a very colorful and what I would call, a "fun" specimen. It's comprised of a number of elegant, gemmy red-orange xls to 1.1cm.  Enjoy!

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	Gypsum var. Selenite Specimen #Aus02 Australia 11.0 x 9.9 x 5.2cm Cabinet $150 ex Martin Zinn III collection #7863 Here's one of  the most unusual specimens I've ever offered for sale. It is truly a 3-dimensional specimen which has grown "roots".  As a forester, I really appreciate this piece as it reminds me more of a plant with roots than a mineral specimen.  The "upper" portion of the specimen is made up of a solid mass of intricate and transparent to sandy brown xls to 3.0cm. The "roots" are made up of a 6 clusters of selenite xls that pass from the lower layer on through to the upper.  A truly remarkable and unique mineral specimen.  Wow!

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	Malachite and Wulfenite Specimen #Aus03 Whim Creek Mine Port Headland Western Australia 12.2 x 5.9 x 2.8cm Cabinet $65 I'm not quite sure how to describe this piece.  It reminds me of a landscape, where the malachite forms a mountain peak while the surrounding matrix and wulfenite xls, the valley below.  OK, enough daydreaming.  The malachite "cone" is velvety looking, somewhat botroidal and measures 1.7x1.7cm.  The valley is dotted with numerous (100+) golden colored and somewhat gemmy wulfenite xls to 3mm. Cool rock!

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	Malachite and Wulfenite Specimen #Aus04 Whim Creek Mine Port Headland Western Australia 12.2 x 5.9 x 2.8cm Cabinet $75 This specimen is literally covered with botroidal malachite masses ranging in size from 1mm to 2.3cm  The xls range in color from emerald green to and almost bluish green.  To accent the mass of malachite, there are a number of golden wulfenite xls (to 1mm) accenting the malachite. The larger malachite "masses" remind me of tribbles. The more I look at this piece, the more I like it! Way cool rock!

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	Malachite and Cerrusite Specimen #Aus05 Brown's Prospect Rum Jungle Northern Territory Australia 6.3 x 4.5 x 2.7cm Small Cabinet Here's a specimen that's made up of dark emerald to pale green botroidal malachite masses to 2.7cm in concert with golden cerrusite "blobs" to 2mm. The malachite almost looks velvety to the touch. Cool rock!

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	Malachite after Azurite Specimen #Aus06 Whim Creek Mine Port Headland Western Australia 4.5 x 4.2 x 3.0cm Miniature $50 Here's a specimen that's made up of dark emerald malachite masses to 1.8cm which have replaced azurite.  The malachite "shimmers' as you hold it to the light and looks velvety to the touch.  An unusual and attractive display specimen.

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	Mimetite Specimen #Aus07 Broken Hill Yancowinna County New South Wales Australia 2.4 x 2.2 x 1.2cm Thumbnail $30 Here's a small but very colorful specimen from down under.  It's made up of lime green to golden mimetite xls to 5mm on matrix.  An attractive display specimen.

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	Rhodonite and Galena Specimen #Aus08 Broken Hill Yancowinna County New South Wales Australia 4.4 x 3.0 x 2.0cm Miniature $35 Here's a really cool and colorful combination specimen.  It's made up of an almost cubic mass of rhodonite that's gemmy red when backlit. It's nicely contrasted by silvery galena xls making this a very attractive specimen from down under.

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	Rhodonite and Galena Specimen #Aus09 Broken Hill North Mine Yancowinna County New South Wales Australia 6.7 x 4.5 x 4.0cm Small Cabinet ex Bill Hiss collection #1466 This specimen is made up of interconnected masses of lustrous silver galena and gemmy red rhodonite xls.  In my humble opinion, this is a very attractive specimen from down under.

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	Rhodonite and Galena Specimen #Aus10 Broken Hill Yancowinna County New South Wales Australia 2.9 x 2.7 x 1.1cm Large Thumbnail $30 This specimen is made up of interconnected masses of lustrous silver galena and gemmy red rhodonite xls to 1.2cm.  Another attractive specimen from down under.

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	Garnet var. Spessartine and Galena Specimen #Aus10 Broken Hill North Mine Yancowinna County New South Wales Australia 6.5 x 4.0 x 2.6cm Large Thumbnail $40 ex Bill Hiss collection #1984 Here's a matrix specimen that has a number of absolutely gemmy, transparent root beer colored garnet xls to 1.3cm.  Intermixed with garnet is a mass of silvery galena.  This specimen is MUCH better in person than my humble photographs display.  Another really cool piece from down under.